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Home My WebLink About02-351Resolution No. 02 -351 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOR THE COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that Ed Schock, Mayor, and Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk, be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement on behalf of the City of Elgin with the Gail Borden Library District for the collection of impact fees, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. s/ Ed Schock Ed Schock, Mayor Presented: November 6, 2002 Adopted: November 6, 2002 Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 7 Nays: 0 Attest: s/ Dolonna Mecum Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ELGIN AND THE GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY DISTRICT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this Ile? day of A�o (115 Al Jq rr Z 2002, by and between the CITY OF ELGIN, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the "City ") and the GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY DISTRICT, an Illinois library district organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, in the Counties of Cook and Kane, State of Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the "Gail Borden Library "). fivers m"F4*104 WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1970, authorizes units of local government to enter into contracts to exercise, combine or transfer any power or function not prohibited to them by law or ordinance; and WHEREAS, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 51 Section 220/1, et seq, known as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, authorizes units of local government in Illinois to exercise jointly with any public agency within the state, including other units of local government, any power, privilege, or authority which may be exercised by a unit of local government individually and to enter into contracts for the performance of governmental services, activities and undertakings; and WHEREAS, the City requires a library district capital improvement development impact fee to be paid by property owners developing certain property in the City; and WHEREAS, the library district capital improvement development impact fee collected by the City is thereafter paid to the Gail Borden Library for the use for public library facilities; and WHEREAS, the City and the Gail Borden Library in the spirit of intergovernmental cooperation desire to enter into an intergovernmental agreement regarding library district capital improvement development impact fees or other library fees or contributions collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual undertakings as set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. That the foregoing recitals are incorporated into this agreement in their entirety. 2. That any library district capital improvement development impact fees or other library fees or contributions collected by the City and paid to the Gail Border. Library shall be utilized by the Gail Borden Library solely and exclusively for financing directly, or as a pledge against bonds, revenue certificates, and other obligations of indebtedness for the cost of public library facilities. 3. That to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Gail Borden Library agrees to and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, boards and commissions from and against any and all claims, suits, judgments, costs, attorney's fees, damages or 2 other relief, in any way resulting from or arising out of any aspect regarding any library district capital improvement development impact fees or other fees or contributions to be collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library, including without limitation, the existence, nature, continuation, calculation, amount, payment and /or collection of any such library district capital improvement development impact fees or other such fees and /or contributions, and /or the existence or performance of this agreement. In the event of any action against the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, boards or commissions, covered by the foregoing duty to indemnify, defend and hold harmless such action shall be defended by legal counsel of the City's choosing. 4. That the City and the Gail Borden Library further agree that in the event that any aspect of any library district capital improvement development impact fees or other fees or contributions collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library are declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction the Gail Borden Library agrees to and shall refund and reimburse to the City any and all such library district capital improvement development impact fees and /or other fees or contributions collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library. 5. That the City and the Gail Borden Library further understand and agree that all aspects regarding any library district capital improvement development impact fees or other fees or contributions to be collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library, including without limitation, the existence, nature, continuation, calculation, amount, payment and /or 3 collection of any such fees and /or contributions, shall be determined in the sole and exclusive discretion of the City. 6. That the City and the Gail Borden Library further understand and agree that all references in this agreement to library district capital improvement development impact fees or other library fees or contributions collected by the City and paid to the Gail Borden Library shall be deemed to include any and all such fees or contributions as currently exist and /or as such fees or contributions may be hereinafter amended by the City. 7. That this agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and may not be changed, modified, amended, discharged or extended except by written amendment duly executed by the parties. Each party agrees that no representations or warranties shall be binding on the other party unless expressed in writing herein or in a duly executed amendment hereto. 8. That this agreement shall be deemed to have been made in, and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois. Venue for the resolution of any disputes or the enforcement of any rights pursuant to this agreement shall be in the Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois. 9. That this agreement is not intended and shall not be construed so as to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or other agency relationship between the parties hereto. 10. That this agreement is and shall be deemed and construed to be a joint and collective work product of the City IF and the Gail Borden not be construed a purported drafter of in order to resolve conflict, if any, in Library, and, as such, this agreement shall gainst the other party, as the otherwise same, by any court of competent jurisdiction any inconsistency, ambiguity, vagueness or the terms or provisions contained herein. 11. That all notices or other communications hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed given if personally delivered, sent by overnight courier, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the addresses following their signatures, or at such other addresses for a party as shall be specified by a like notice and shall be deemed received on the date which said notice is hand delivered or the second business day following the date on which so mailed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into and executed this agreement on the date and year first written above. CITY OF ELGIN Attest: CITY OF ELGIN 150 Dexter Court Elgin, IL 60120 -5555 Attention: City Clerk GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY DISTRICT 3 Byt Attest: GAIL BORDEN LIBRARY DISTRICT 200 N. Grove Avenue Elgin, IL 60120 Attention: 7 01 ° F: \Le9a'_ Dept \Agreement \Library - Impact Fees- WAC.wpd 4/22/02 5