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PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM AMENDMENT
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County ("FPDCC") to utilize additional accounts for professional services provided by the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois in 2017 related to the execution of the Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan. Additional accounts are being added to accommodate departmental work that may be covered under this contract (task order). The FPDCC would also like to amend the contract to include an additional task related to land acquisition planning in southeast Cook County, a task that should not exceed $50,000 in value and is within the current budget for the contract.
This amendment applies to the existing task order, which was initially approved by the Board of Commissioners on 12/31/2016 and is valid through the end of calendar year 2017. All other details of the contract remain unchanged.
Item Number: 16-0459
Fiscal Impact: No additional fiscal impact
Account(s): Natural & Cultural Master Plan 51009.521860, Habitat Restoration 51009.521444, Habitat Enhancement 51009.521452, Potential Grant Match and Work Fund 51009.521440, Mitigation accounts: 51010.29982 and 51010.22522, 51025, 2012 Capital Improvement Bonds Fund, 51026, 2015 Capital Improvement Bonds Fund, 51057, Construction and Development Fund.
District(s): Districtwide
Original Text of Item:
PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Resource Management
Vendor: University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): (1) Assess options for a more robust measurement of restoration success based on the newly established monitoring protocol and baseline monitoring data acquired over the past year. (2) Produce a time lapse video documenting land use changes in Cook County. (3) Assess existing District ord...
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