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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE AND THE VILLAGE OF WESTMONT
FOR THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS FOR THE LIBERTY PARK WATER EXPANSION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000
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WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") (P.L. 117-2) was signed into law on March 11, 2021 to provide COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus; and
WHEREAS, United States Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") released the Final Rule on January 6, 2022 to provide guidance on the use of ARPA funding; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Grant, OMC Approval Number 1505-0271, DuPage County ("County") has been allocated $179,266,585.00 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS); and
WHEREAS, ARPA permits the use of allocated funds for water and sewer infrastructure that that promotes clean drinking water; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Westmont ("Village") wishes to improve water quality, reliability, accessibility, and safety by eliminating the use of well water within the Village's Liberty Park Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the Liberty Park Water Expansion Project ("Project") is designed to improve water quality, reliability, accessibility, and safety by eliminating the use of well water; and
WHEREAS, the Project (i) constructs and installs approximately 2025 linear feet of 8" watermain within the Liberty Park Subdivision, (ii) builds a new watermain along Lincoln Street giving access to a watermain where none existed prior, and (iii) extends and loops a watermain along 41st Street in preparation for extending the watermain into the rest of the subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the County agrees to reimburse the Village up to $700,000 in ARPA funds for costs associated with said P...
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