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HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 1381.,~- - -. - RESOLUTION NO. 1381 WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield requires the extension of water lines and water storage reservoirs in the vicinity of 127th Street to acquire and effectively distribute Lake Michigan water; and WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield is under direction of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to move with dispatch to secure a healthy alternate source of water and hereby declares that the property acquisition is within the public purpose needs of the Village of Plainfield; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Plainfield that the Village Staff be so instructed to prepare appraisals and purchase offers to acquire the necessary rights of way and properties to implement the expeditious acquisition of this alternate water source; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that should the Village Staff be unable to acquire the aforementioned properties in a reasonable time, the Staff is then authorized to petition the State of Illinois and ask their assistance in acquiring said properties. LLA E P SIDE T PASSED THIS 1$TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2003. AYES: Waldorf, Collins, Rock. NAPES: O'Connell, Fay ABSENTS Swalwell, Thomson. APP~iOVED THIS 1$"th DAY OF August, 2003. A3 PEST: C V LLA~E Z'I,F~~K,,~. ~,. ,, . ~ - • STATEMENT OF PUBLIC PURPOSE Historically, the Village of Plainfield's potable water supply was provided by deep well water. Since the late 1970's, the Village operated these wells under a variance granted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency because the wells naturally produced water containing an excess of combined radium standards. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has since ruled that the standard shall be enforced and the IEPA required the Village of Plainfield to create a plan to remedy the violation, and the Village subsequently entered into a Compliance Agreement with the IEPA. As a long term solution to the problem, the President and Board of Trustees chose to secure Lake Michigan water as its future potable water source, and received a Lake water allocation from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In order to construct the storage and distribution system to implement the lake water plan, rights of way and pumping station sites must be acquired. All properties to be acquired are vacant, adjacent to existing roadways or existing prescriptive easements. No person or place will be relocated or displaced. Construction of the storage and distribution system is contemplated for the spring of 2004.