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1988-12-19 - Resolution 1988-71 - APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE RELATING TO THE FAILURE OF THE NORTHWEST WATER COMMISSION'S DIVISION A RESERVOIRRESOLUTIoN NO. 88-71 RESOLUTION APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAI, RELEASE RELATING TO THE FAILURE OF THE NORTHWEST WATER COMMISSIONI S DIVISION A RESERVOIR ITEEREAS, the Village of Buffalo is a member of the NorthwestGrove andWater Comnission (the "Comrnission"); T EEREAS, the Commisslon has undertaken a major plpeline, reservolr and pumping station project to brlng ],ake Michlgan water to the Village and the Commissionrs other member Villages; and t EEREAS, the Coumission entered into an Agreement wlth PRC Consoer Torrnsend and PRC Englneerlng, Inc. (co11ectlvely "PRC") for Engineering Servlces for the design by PRC of the Divislon A Reservoir and Pumplng Station to be erected at Foundry (the "Projecr"); and IImREAS, J. C. Whlteman, Jr. for PRC, was acting as one of construction of the project; and IIEEREAS, the Conmission and and Wolf Roads, Des Plaines, Illinois (hereinafter "Whlteman"), the supervising engineers an engineer during the (herelnafter completion constructlon; and LEERr.AS, Boockford & co. (hereinafter "Boockford") is The ceorge Sollit t Construction Company the construction and"So11itt") entered into a contract for of the Project and thereafter Sollitt undertook said organlzed and existing under the laws of the State engaged in business as an independent Lnsurance agency' IIEEREAS, Boockford obtalned and provided certaln for the Project; and I,EEREAS, the Hartford "Hardford") is an i.nsurance and Insurance Company of of a corPoration Illinois, and and lnsurance coverages I11lnois (hereinafter buslness in Illinois;conpany authorized to do '' \.z \-/ -2- IEEREAS, Hartford lssued a certain pollcy of property insurance, tdentifled as 82 TM DMll53, insuring the Conmisslon agalnst physical loss and damage, subject to its terns, conditions, provlsions, and excluslons, and namlng PRC and Sollltt as addltlonal insureds thereunder; and IIEEREAS, Hartford issued a certain policy of llab11lty lnsurance, identified as 82 C EE4063, i.nsuring the Commission against claims for property damage and bodtly injury, subject to its terms, conditions, provlsions, and exclusions, and naming PRC as an addltlonal insured thereunder; and I{EEREAS, I{artford issued a certain pollcy of excess liability lnsurance, identified as 82 HU VI{ 1321, insurlng the Comnlssion against claims of personal injury and property damage, subject to its terms, conditlons, provisions, and exclusionsl and IIEEREAS, the lludson Insurance Company (herelnafter "Hudsonr') 1s an lnsurance company authorlzed to do business in llllnois; and IIEEREAS, Iludson issued a certain pollcy of umbrella 1iabil1ty identified as HCinsurance, Northwest, advertising exclusions I I{EEREAS against c 1a ins l iab i1i ty, and ldentified as TR-NSL- 166T851-A-8 3 ' personal injury and bodily lnjury, provlslons and excluslons; and 01457, insuring Sollitt and others, including for personal injury, property damage, and subject to its terms, conditions, provisions and insuring PRC against claims for subj ect to ics terms , conditions , the Travelers Insurance Company (hereinafter "Travelers") is an insurance company authorlzed to do business in Illlnois1 and certain policy of J-iab1Lity insurancetEEREAS, Travelers issued a " \-, \-/ -3- IIEEREAS, theNorthbrook Insurance Company (hereinafter "Northbrook") Ls an lnsurance company authorlzed to do business ln Illinois; and IIEEREAS, Northbrook lssued a certaln po1lcy of liability insurance, ldentlfled as BPP 0230442, insuring So11ltt agalnst claims for property damage and bodlly injury, subject to lts terms, conditions, provlslons and exclusions, and namlng the Cournlsslon and PRC as additional l-nsureds thereunder; and I{EEREAS, International Insurance Company (herelnafter " Internat tonal" ) ls an lnsurance company authorized to do buslness 1n l111nols; and IEEREAS, Internatlonal issued a certaln pub11c officials 1lab11ity pollcy, identified as 524-049963-3, insurlng the Commission agalnst clains for wrongful acts and omlssions, lncludlng mlsfeasance and malfeasance, subject to lts terms, condltlons, provislons, and exclusions; and IIEEREAS, the Paciflc Employers Insurance conpany (herelnafter "Paclflcr') is an insurance conpany authorlzed to do buslness in Illlnolsl and I{EEREAS, Pacific lssued a certain pollcy of professional llab111ty lnsurance, identifled as &10 01 72 03, lnsurlng PRC against clalns for personal lnjury and property damage and advertislng liability, subject to its terms, condltions, provislons, and excluslons; and IIEEREAS, ln the course of the construction of the Project, dlsputes arose between and among the Conmisslon, Sollitt, PRc and Whlteman concerning the adequacy of the deslgn, constructlon management' constructlon administratlon, and the contractorrs perfornancel and IJEEREAS, on or about September 4, L984, the Division A Reservolr suffered a fallure when ce1l I and a portion of cell 2 separated from the remalnder of the reservoir (the "Reservolr Failure"), the cause of whlch fallure has been the subject of subsequent controversy and lltlgatlon; and " \'/ \-/ -4- I{EEREAS, Sollitt on November 30, 1984 ceased perfornanee on the Project contending that the Comission materially breached the constructlon contract and that lts rrork was substantlally conplete; and IIEEREAS, the Cotrlmisslon on December Il ' I984 termlnated the construction contract contendlng that Sollitt had abandoned the ProJect rrlthout legal justification and had materially breached the construction contract; and llEEnEAS, Sollitt initlated an action on or about January 3, 1985 ln the Clrcult Court of Cook County lllinols, County Department, Law Dlvlslon, bearing Docket No. 85 L 1014 seeklng damages against the Conmlssion, PRC and Whlteman for matters arising out of and relating to the construction and Reservolr Failure (hereinafter the rrSollitt Sultrr)' whlch sult remains pending and unresolved; and Ilf,EnEAS, Hartford initiated an action on or about Aprll 18, 1985 ln the Clrcuit Court of Cook County, I11lnois County Department, Chancery Divlslon, bearing Docket No. 85 CH 03841' seeking a declaratory judgnent that there was no coverage afforded under policy 82 TM DM1153 for the Reservolr Failure, and further seeking a declaratory judgment that it owned nelther a duty to defend nor indemnlfy the Conlnlsslon, PRC, and Whlteman under pollcy 82 C EE4063 for the matters alleged ln the Sollitt Sult (hereinafter the "Hartford Suit"), which sult remalns pending and unresolvedl and IIUEREAS, Northbrook lnltlated an actlon on or about October 30' 1985 ln the Clrcuit Court of Cook County, Il1inois, County Departnent, Chancery Dlvlslon, bearing Docket No. 85 CH 10587, seeking a decLaratory judgment that 1t owed neither a duty to defend nor indemnlfy the Comlission, PRC, and Whiteman under policy BPP 0230442 for the matters alleged ln the Sollitt Suit (heretnafter the "Northbrook Sutt") ' whlch sult renalns " \-, \-/ -5- pendlng and resolved, and has been consolldated for deterninatLon with the Hartford Sult; and HBEREAS, the Comuisslon, the Village of Arlington Heights (Hereinafter rrArllngton IIeights"), the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove (Iterei.nafrer "Buffalo Grove"), the Village of Palatlne (Hereinafter "palatlne") and the V11lage of Wheeling (Herelnafter "Wheellng") lnitlated an actlon on or about lIarch 31, 1986 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illlnols, County Department, Lard Dlvlslon, bearlng Docket No. 86 L 07098, seeking darnages agaLnst Sollltt, Boockford, Hartford, et al. for matters arlsing out of and rel-atlng to the constructlon contract, the Reservolr Failure, insurance procurement, and lnsurlng obllgation dlsputes (herelnafter the trComission Sult'r), which sult remalns pendlng and unresolved; and I{trEREAS, Hudson initlated an actlon on or about September 30, 1987 ln the United States Dlstrlct Court, Northern District of ll1inois, Eastern Divlslon, bearing Docket No. 87 C 8529, seeking a declaratory judgnent that lt owed nelther a duty to defend nor tndemnlfy Sollitt under pollcy HC 01457 for the matters alleged ln the Connlsslon Suit (herelnafter the "Hudson Sutt"), which sult remains pendlng and unresolved; and ITEEREAS, Travelers initiated an actlon on or about February 8, 1988 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illlnois, County Departnent, Chancery Divlslon, bearlng Docket No.88 CH 1124, seeking a declaratory judgnent that lt owed nelther a duty to defend nor lndemnify PRC and lJhiteman under po1lcy TR-NSL- 165T85 t-A-83 for the matters alleged in the Sollltt Suit (herelnafter the t'Travelers Suitrr), whlch suit remalns pending and resolvedl and IIEEREAS, a ci.alm has been nade by the Comnisslon against International for attorneys fees and costs incurred ln connection wlth one or more of '' \./ \J -6- the suits aforesald, which clalrr remains pending and unresolved, and for whlch no suit has yet been filed; and IiEEnEAS, the Conurlsslon, Arllngton Heights, Buffalo crove, Palatlne and Wheellng ln May, 1985 entered lnto a certain settlement agreement with PRC and Paciflc Lrlth respect to the engineering servlces provlded for the Project and the Reservoir Failure, sald settlement havlng as one of lts provisions the extension of a loan from PRC and Paclfic to the Conmisslon, whlch loan has not been ful1y repaid and discharged, havlng an outstandlng balance of approxlmately $1,360,000; and IIEEREAS, the parties uentioned herein have endeavored to anicably resolve and to forever put aside all manner of dlspute and controversy aEong themselves arising out of the project, the constructlon contract, and Reservolr Failure, the dutles to procure lnsurance, the duties to defend and/or lndeurnlfy under any of the liability policies of insurance hereln nentloned, coverage obllgations under any property policy of lnsurance hereln nentioned, and all clains and/or causes of action lrhich have been or could have been asserted in the suLts herein mentloned brought in consequence thereof; and IIf,EREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Buffalo of the Village andGrove have de te rmine d lt to be in " Se t tlenent the best interest iEs citizens that the Agreement on behalf and Mutual Release" attached hereto be approved and executed authorized offieials; NOW, TEEREPORE, BE IT RESOLVM OF TEE VILI,AGE OF BIIFEALO GROVE, AS FOLLOWS: of the Village by its duly cot NTrEs or cooK AND r^aKE, rl,I,rNors, BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SECTION ONE: The "Settlement Agreenent and Mutual Release"relating ' \., \) -7- to the failure of the Northwest Water Commlsslonrs Dlvislon A reservolr ("Settlenent Agreementr'), substantially in the form attached to thls resolution and by this reference Lncorporated hereln and nade a part hereof, be, and the sane hereby 1s, approved. SECTION fi{O: The Presldent and Vlllage Clerk of the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove are hereby authorlzed and directed to execute, ln such number of copies as may be required, the aforesald Settlement Agreement, substantlally in the form attached hereto, on behalf of the V1llage of BuffaLo Grove. The Vlllage Clerk ls dlrected to dellver a certlfled copy of this Resolution and the executed Settlenent Agreenent to the Northwest lJater CoDrission. SECTION TEBEE: The Resolutlon shal1 be ln full- force and effect from and af ter and approval in the manner provlded by law; this Resolutin sha11 be of no force or effect unless and until the Cornmission shall approve the aforesald and unless and untllSettlement Agreement on or its passage hordever, thatprovided, whatever Ehe aforesaid Settlenent before January 31, I989 Agreenent, ln the same as approved and the other parties forrn executed by the Comnission, has been executed by each of thereto and delivered by each to the Commission. -8- PASSD TEIS 19 rh DAY OF December , 1988 . AYES: 6 - Mar ienthal . Glover.Reid, Shields, Shifrin, Mathias NAyS: 0 - None ABSTAIN: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None APPROVED TIIIS 19 th , DAY OF Dec erob e r , 198 8 lage Pre s ident ATTEST: ,)rl*,r*..#- 67c! villaee cre ( SEAL) STATE OF ILLINOIS COIINTy OF Lake & Cook I, Janet M. Sirabian , hereby certify that I am the duly elected, quallfied and acting VIIJ^AGE CLERK of the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove, Countles of Cook and Lake, Illlnols, and the keeper of lts seal and records, I hereby further certlfy that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No.88-7r adopted on the 19 th day of Decernber 198 8 by the Vtllage Board of the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove as shown by the records ln ny custody. tIIll{BSS IIEEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and afflxed the seal- of the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove aforesaid, at said Vlllage, ln the Countles and State aforesald, this 6 th day of February , I98 I \rrr/,t f,l,,9ulu;^0 village Clerk unu.u,t ^k{ktunUy O.p.rty Vlf fu{e Clerk ) ) ) , DJP-SA006 '-' SETTLE!'IENT AG REET'IENT A ND !,IUTUAL RELEASE This Settlenent Agreement and f{utual Release is entered this 31 day of January, 1989 and tnade by and between the NoRTEwEsT wAtER couulssloN (hereinafter |lNorthwestll), the GEORGE SOLLITT CONSTRUCTION CO!'IPANY (hereinafter "sollitt"), coNsoER TOWNSEND e ASSOCIATES, INC., a successor corPoration to PRC Engineering, Inc', and PRC Consoer Tog,nsend (hereinaf ter collectively .,PRc"), J.C. hIHITEIIAN JR. (hereinafter "Whitemann ), the VILLAGE Of ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (hereinafter "Arlington Eeights"), the VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE (hereinafter "Buffalo Grove"), the VILLAGE OF PALATINE (hereinafter "Palatine"), the VILLAGE OF WHEELING (hereinafter "Wheeling"), the PACIFIC E!'iPLOYERS INSURANCE CO!,IPANY (hereinafEer "Pacific" ), the IIARTFoRD INSURANCE COIiPANY OF ILLINOIS (hereinafter "Hartford" ) ' the TRAVELERS INSURANCE CoI-IPANY (hereinafter "Travelers" ) ' the INSURANCE CoMPANYoFNoRTHA}4ERICA(hereinafterI'INA',),BoocKFoRD& CO. (hereinafter "Boockford" ), INTERNATIONAL INSIIRANCE COMPANY (hereinaf t.er "International" ), the NORTITBROOK PROPERTY s CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter ,,Northbrook,') , and the HUDSON INSURANCE COI'IPANY (hereinaf ter ,,Hudson") (al1 the foregoing being hereinafter sometimes referredtocollectivelyasthe'tparties'.),Pursuanttothe following terms, conditions, provisions, Promises and convenants. ,i consultants, heirs and legaI representatives . Each party vrarrants that before signing this Settlement Agreement and Mu reviewed sane in the p s and have bee aning, executed in multipIe, j.dentical co and aII of said counterparts shall taken t constitutes this inteqrated Settlement Agre xecute this S e ettlement Agreement and Mu ^1- ease on its behalf. seal- I Re Iease, Release may te rpa l they ce of or with their at fully informed of i,ts content have executed it of their own free wi nd knowledge thereof, and that the indiv gning belov have full authori ty to lement Agreement and Mutua I 15. This rts the ""-s" IN WITNESS WI{EREOF, this Agreement has been sigmed on the date first above written. ATTEST: NORTIIhIEST I{ATER COMMISSION Byt \TA ME ATTEST :CEORGE SOLLITT CONSTRUCTION ANY Byt I.IAME 19 14. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been signed on the date first above sritten. NORTEWEST WATER CO!.IMISSION By: NA.!,1E ATTEST : ATTEST : ATTEST: CONSO J. C.E].!.AN JR GEOR OLLITT CONSTR N CO. By: SEND &., rNc. t./\By r1 lu, h- ATTEST:VILLACE OF ARLINGTON SEIGHTS -r2- By: ATTEST: VILLAGE OT' BUEPAIO GROVE By: VILLAGE OE PALATINE VILLAGE OF WEEELING PACIFIC E}.TPLOYERS NSURANCE CO. EARTPORD INSURANCE COI.IPANY By:lL ut / / ATTEST : NAUE ATTEST: By NA},TE ATTEST : ATTEST: ATTEST: IA 1 -24- By: ATTEST : NA.I{E ATTEST: ATTEST : By TR,AVELERS INSURANCE CO}IPANY By: INSURANCE COIIPANY OF NORTH BOOCKFORD & COMPANY By: INTERNATIONA], INSURANCE CO!,IPANY By: NORTHBROOK PROPERTY & CASUA],TY INSURANCE COIIPANY ) ATTEST : ATTEST: -:=- t^ zr---.<-By: -25- ) n --..11 4 rt--z- * NAIiIE ATTEST :EUDSON INSURANCE COI,IPANY By: -26- ! CONSOER TOWNSE}ID & ASSOCIATES, INC. By, NAIIE ATTEST: NAME J.C. WHITEMAN JR. Byt VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS By: VILLAGE OE BUFFALO GROVE By: VILLAGE OE PAI"ATINE By, VJLLAGE OE WIIEELING Byt PACIEIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPA}TY By, ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST I NAJ'IE ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: NAME -20- ATTEST: ATTEST:CONSOER TOWNSEND & ASSOCIATES, INC. By, J.C. IiH I TEMAN JR. By: VILLAGE OE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS By, VILLAGE OE BUFFALO GROVE By, VILLAGE OF PALATINE NAME AJ.J,E)J,: NAME ATTEST : NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST : *U,tn b By NAIYIE ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: VI LLAGE OF WHEEL]NG Byt PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSI'RANCE COMPANY Byt NAME -20- CONSOER TOWNSEND & ASSOCIATES, INC.ATTEST : By: NAME ATTEST; NAI'IE ATTEST: J.C. WHITEI!'AN JR. Byt VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON IIEIGHTS Byt VILLAGE OF BUEFALO GROVE By, VILLAGE OF PALATINE NAME ATTEST: NA}1E ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: a -.4A1 >**e/- NAIiIE ATTEST: By: VILLAGE OE WiIEELING Byt PACIFIC EMPLOTERS INSURANCE COMPANY Byt NAfiE -20- ATTEST:CONSOER TOWNSEND & ASSOCIATES, INC. Byt J.C. WHITEI'IAN JR. By, VILLAGE OE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Byt VILLACE OE BUEEALO GROVE Byt VILLAGE OE PALATINE By: VILLAGE OF WIIEELING Byt PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSI'RANCE COMPANY Byt NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: NAME ATTEST: AJ..lEJ.I.: aml NA}IE -20- thj s 29th day of RICHARD GARRiSONCasualt' Clairns Manager , a notary public in nty , in ttre State aforesaid, N personal ly known to me to be u KN0l.l ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that PACIFIC EilPL0YERS INSURANCE COMPANY, 3700 lli lshire Boul evard, Los Angel es, Cal i forni a, has made 'constituted and appointed, and BY THESE PRESENTS does make, consti tute and appoi nt D0NALD G.'PETERS0N, ESQ. , 69 I'lest l{ashi ngton St reet, Chicajo, illinois, t rue and lawful ATT0RNEY for us and in our name, pl ace and stead to execute a S9!!l ement- Agreement and Mutual RelLase with N0RTHl.lEST tIATER C0HMISSI0N, GE0RGE S0LLITT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PRC ENGINEERING, INC., PRC CONSOER TOl.lNSEND, AND CONSOER TOI,INSEND & ASSOCIATES, INC., J,C. t.IHITEMAN, JR., thC VILLAGE 0F ARLINGT0N HEIGHTS, the VILLAGE 0F BUFFAL0 GR0VE, the VILLAGE OF PALATINE, the VILLAGE 0F t.lHEELING, the HARTF0RD INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLIN0IS, the TRAVELERS INSURANCE C0MPANY, the INSURANCE COI'{PANY OF NORTH AMERICA, BOOCKFORD & CO., INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, the NORTHBROOK PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ' ANd the HUDS0N INSURANCE C0MPANY, giving and granting unto said ATT0RNEY fu l1 povier and authority to do and perform al) and every act and thi ng whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premi ses, as ful1y, to all i ntents and purposes, as we l1Sht or coul i do if personal ly present at the doi ng thereof , wi th fulI powe r of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confi rming all that said ATT0RNEY' o r his substi tute shal I lawful ly do or cause to be d one by v i rtue hereof .IN TE SI IMONY l,{HEREOF, we have hereunto set our hand and seal December , 1988. fieJU*-"*S'i gned, Seal ed and Del ivered in Presence of (s EAL ) cTA.rtr COU NT Y OF CAL I FORN IA 0F r,os ange l e SS Su emi Matsumoto ding in the sa d ou ) )t I, and res CERTIFY person before seal edact, f o , that RICHARD GARRIS0 whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Instrument me this day in person, and acknowl edged that he and del ivered the said Instrument as his free andr the uses and purposes therei n set forth. and f or, DO HEREBYthe same appearedsigned, vol untary G IVEN December under my hand and notari al seal , thi s 29tr, day of A.D. 1988. OFFICIAL S:AL SUYEMI MATSUMOTO NoGry Arbllc{€l Omi! LOS ATTGELES q)UNW(@ t, C(frtr. E g. ^Dr. !6, 160 NOTARY PUBLiC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) or his substi tute shal I l awful ly do hereof oa cause to be done by virtue KNOI.I ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS thAt CONSOER TOl,lNSEND & ASS0CIATES, INC., 303 East }{acker Dri ve, Chi cago, I1)inois, has made, consti tuted and appoi nted, and BY THE SE PRESENTS does make, consiitute and appoi nt D0NALD G.' PETERS0N, ESQ., 69 l,Jest t,Jashington St reet, Chicqgo, Illinois, true and lawful ATT0RNEY for us and jn our name, pl ace and stead to execute a Settl ement Agreement and Mutual Release with N0RTHI,IEST I'IATER C0MMiSSI0N, GE0RGE S0LLITT C0NSTRUCTI0N C0MPANY, J.C. lr{HITEMAN, JR., the VILLAGE 0F ARLINGT0N HEIGHTS, the VILLAGE 0F BUFFAL0 GR0VE, the VILLAGE 0F PALATINE, the VILLAGE OF I{HEELING, thC PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, thE HARTF0RD INSURANCE C0MPANY 0F ILLIN0IS, the TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, thE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AI''IERICA, BOOCKFORD & CO. 'INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE C0MPANY, the N0RTHBR00K PR0PERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE C0MPANY, and the HUDS0N INSURANCE C0MPANY, gi vi ng and granting unto said ATT0RNEY full powe r and authori ty to do and perform- al I and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises' as fu1 1y, to all i ntent s and purposes, as vie mi ght or could do if personal ly present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming a1l that said ATT0RNEY IN TESTIMONY I.IHEREO we have hereunto set our hand and sealq^day of Si gned,Seal ed nce of and De ered nZ,^/#.7."n-4,(S EAL ) i--=---.:=..i,!, ROBERT H. Senior Vice FISCHER President STATE OF COUNTY OF ILLINOIS c00K , a notary publ i c in and for, and res i d n9 I the sa'i d County, in the State aforesaid, CERT I F Y, that R0BERT H. F ISCHER personal ly known to me DO HEREBYto be the same person whose name is subscri bed to the forego-ing Instrument appeaied before me th'i s day j n person, and acknowl edged that he signed, seal ed and delivered the said Instrument as hjs free and voiuntiry act, for the uses and purposes therej n set forth. IVEN under my hand a nd notarj al seal, this Q'*' d ay of A.D. 19 I, il,l otnry P il', !i:li i ,;i:rr,! ii f,ly Corrmr :S'CriU;l;esei2ili? q NO TAR Y U L c U th i s in Pre , 198?. ( ;'rii ii'i, ii ( KN0l,l ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that J0SEPH C. UHITEI'lAN, JR., 6145 Pryor St reet , Eureka, Cal i forni a, has made, constituted and appoi nted, and BY THESE PRESENTS does make, consti tute and appoint 00NALD G. PETERS0N, ESQ., 69 !lest liashington Street, Chicago,Illinois, trug and l awful ATT0RNEY for me and 'i n my name , pl ace and stead to execute a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Rel ease wjth NORTH!lEST I,IATER COMI'IISSION, GEORGE SOLLITT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PRC ENGINEERING, INC., PRC CONSOER TOtiNSEND, AND CONSOER TOI.INSEND & ASS0CIATES, INC., the VILLAGE 0F ARLINGT0N HEIGHTS, the VILLAGE 0F BUFFALO GROVE, the VILLAGE OF PALATINE, thE VILLAGE OF t,lHEELING' thE PACIFIC EMPL0YERS INSURANCE C0l'IPANY, the HARTF0RD INSURANCE COMPANY 0F ILLIN0IS, the TRAVELERS INSURANCE C0MPANY, the INSURANCE C0l.'IPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, BOOCKFORD & CO., INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, the N0RTHBR00K PR0PERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE C0MPANY, and the HUDS0N INSURANCE C0MPANY, gi vi ng and granti ng unto sai d ATT0RNEY fu1 1 power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requi si te and necessary to be done i n and about the premi ses, as ful ly, to all i ntents and purposes, as I mi ght or coulddo if personally-present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming allthat said ATT0RNEY oT his substitute shall I awful ly do or cause to be done by v i rtue hereof . IN TESTIM0NY }iHERE0F, I have hereunto set my hand o o,{r,d ay o f ogc€no€a- , 1988. Si 9ned, Se a led and Deliveredin P esence of and seal this (s EAL ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) STATE OF CAL I FORN IA HUMBOLDT ec COUNTY OF I,lliaoie E0rna^to and res 'r n9 'l n the said County, in t /.,, J1tEPH C. WHITEMAN, , a notary public in and for, he St ate aforesai d, D0 HEREBY1d CERTIFY, that J0SEPH C. !{H I TEMAN, JR. personal ly known to me to be the s ame person whose n ame is subscrj bed lo the forego ing Instrument appeared before me thi s day in penson, and acknowledged that he s i gned, s ea led and delivered the said Instrument as his free and vol untary act , for the uses and purposes therei n set forth. G IVEN under my hand and notarial seal, this 7-7'.+h day of f/"A" {C^a--0 OFFICIA,L SEAL VIRGIE EDMOND NOTAEY PUELIC . CALIFORNIA r-os Ar'{GELB CoUt{Tf Itiy c:ntn. expires MAR 18, l9{ll Dr,cen beR A.D. 1988. ,NOTARY PUBLIC il ) ) ) .im^ ffiB 'q-iUr'