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Lake County committee approves amendment to Hawthorne Woods sewer agreement, preserves Route 53 Greenway language
Summary
The Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee approved an amendment to the sanitary sewer service agreement with the village of Hawthorne Woods that covers the Kemper Ridge annexation, secures preservation language for the Route 53 Greenway corridor and anticipates future conveyance to a Greenway Authority.
The Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee on Jan. 7 approved a joint resolution authorizing a first amendment to the amended and restated agreement for sanitary sewer service with the village of Hawthorne Woods.
Austin McFarland, Lake County public works director, told the committee the amended IGA covers the Kemper Ridge properties the village plans to annex and said the development is scheduled for mixed residential use of approximately "173 units." McFarland and Eric Wagner, planning and building development director, said the village included preservation language in its annexation agreement to protect a portion of the Route 53 Greenway corridor that runs through the planned development and negotiated language anticipating eventual transfer of the corridor to a future Greenway Authority.
"The village of Hawthorne Woods, desires to enter into an amended and restated agreement for sanitary sewer service," McFarland said, recommending the board approve the IGA. He said the county has capacity to provide sanitary sewer service to the area, the village approved the agreement, and the state's attorney's office reviewed the document.
Member Wasik asked whether a provision that "the open space corridor shall be subdivided as a separate lot" could risk including the corridor in subdivision in a way that would undermine preservation. Staff responded that subdivision was intended to separate the open space from the development to accommodate a future Greenway connection and pointed to other provisions that require conveyance of the corridor to the eventual Greenway Authority "100%." Committee members also noted developer concessions, including reduced density, and praised coordination between county staff, the village and the state's attorney's office during negotiations.
A motion to approve the amended IGA was made and seconded earlier in the item; the committee approved the measure by voice vote. The IGA amendment will allow the village and county to proceed with the annexation and sewer connections while memorializing corridor preservation and a path for future conveyance.
The committee took no further action beyond approval; no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
