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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Resource Management
Vendor: Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Restoration at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh Nature Preserve through a grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Management Program which is administered by Friends of the Forest Preserves
Original Contract Period: 2/9/2016 - 4/30/2017
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: Up to $20,000.00 of in-kind services or via direct cash contribution
Original Approval: 2/9/2016
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $10,500.00, bringing the total match contribution for the project to $30,500.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $10,500.00
Accounts: Potential Grant Match and Work Fund, 09-6757 and Habitat Restoration, 09-6750
Contract Number(s): N/A
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
District(s): 4
Summary: The supplementary match will be spent on additional invasive plant management at the site. The partnership agreement was originally approved by the Board of Commissioners on 2/9/2016.
FOTFP has received a grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Management Program in the amount of $28,413.78 to support the restoration of sand prairie and sand savanna communities at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh Nature Preserve. This project will restore 5-acres at Powderhorn Prairie by removing invasive trees that have impacted the natural structure of the site, and managing invasive plants.
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