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A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK AND THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING DETENTION BASIN UPSTREAM OF THE GRASSLANDS SUBDIVISON IN THE VILLAGE
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (“Village”) has acquired from the developer of the Grasslands Subdivision (west of Wolf Road on the south side of 167th Street) the storm water detention basin immediately west of and adjacent to the said Grasslands Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the Village proposes to expand this existing detention basin and to construct a Class I Dam in an area adjacent to the Grasslands Subdivision (the “Project”) which will increase the total storm water storage of the detention basin to 22 acre-feet, provide flood protection for the Grasslands Subdivision and provide detention for future development of the existing agriculture lands to residential homes, thereby providing a public benefit of reducing and/or preventing flooding in the general area; and
WHEREAS, the Village provides to design, construct, operate, maintain and own the proposed improvements comprising the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Village’s proposed plans for the Project could be accomplished more effectively, economically and comprehensively through cooperation by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (“MWRDGC”) with the Village and using their joint efforts and resources; and
WHEREAS, the MWRDGC will reimburse the Village for 93% of the total awarded construction cost of the Project up to $558,000.00, with the Village to be responsible for securing funding or contributing its own funds for all remaining costs necessary to construct the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.) and Section 10 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution allow for and encourage intergovernmental c...
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