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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department: Planning and Development
Other Part(ies): Cook County
Request: Authorization to amend an existing Intergovernmental Agreement to jointly plan for site development of new forest preserve land and land adjacent to property owned by Cook County near the Oak Forest Health Center.
Goods or Services: The proposed Second Amendment to the IGA provides for the following actions:
1. Temporary Easement Agreement. The County and the District agree to execute an Easement Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto, upon completion of surveys and legal description for conveyance of approximately 1.418 acres for the purposes of constructing, inspecting, maintaining, repairing, replacing and removing a multi-purpose trail;
2. Permanent Easement. The County and the District agree that this temporary easement will be replaced with either a permanent easement or the conveyance of the fee upon a determination of the desirability of conveying additional property for purposes of the Preserve and upon agreement of the parties as to any appropriate compensation.
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: Same as original IGA
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Summary: In July 2011, the District Board approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Cook County and the Forest Preserve District to establish a joint planning initiative to provide for cooperation and to prepare plans for the development of 175 acres of new forest preserve land adjacent to the Oak Forest Health Center that was formerly owned by Cook County. Pursuant to the IGA, a consultant was retained and a master planning process was undertaken, with public participation and participation by the Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems. This Master Plan has been completed. On July 10, 2012, the County Board and the District Board amended the IGA to provide for access, signage, and other actions to further the cooperative development of the Preserve. The parties now have determined that the use of portions of the existing service road on the Campus would facilitate the timely and cost-effective development of the proposed multi-purpose trail on the Preserve District 6.
The Chief Attorney and Chief Financial Officer have approved this item.
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