Homeowners on two streets in the unincorporated Ranchettes subdivision will be able to hook up to Itasca’s water system, even though the subdivision as a whole recently turned down an offer to be annexed to the village to get water and sewer service.
The Village Board decided last week that a 12-inch water main being laid along Fairway Lane and Woodview Drive in the subdivision will be opened to any residents on those streets who wish to be annexed to Itasca or who sign a pre-annexation agreement with the village.
Residents would have to kick in about $8,000 to help pay for the main, provide their own hookup, buy a $200 water meter, and pay a $650 tap-on fee and a $45 permit fee, said Trustee Richard D’Ambrosia.
“It does not appear that the subdivision as a whole wants to annex and get Lake Michigan water,” D’Ambrosia said. “But there are a number of homeowners who would like to hook into our water system and are willing to pay that amount to do so.”
Homeowners along Fairway and Woodview who choose to postpone hooking up to the water main will have to pay 4 percent interest-about $320-for each year they delay, trustees also decided. The interest on the water main recapture fee will not be compounded, said Trustee Ron Putzell.
Forty-three homes will lie along the main and be able to hook up to it.
Itasca is running the water main through the Ranchettes subdivision to reach the Medinah Country Club, which requested access to Lake Michigan water through the village. Country club officials already have signed a pre-annexation agreement, D’Ambrosia said. The club is paying $107,000 of the $370,000 cost of the water main.
