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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL
Department: Resource Management
Other Part(ies): Village of Palatine, Palatine, Illinois
Request: Authorization to extend an existing Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Palatine
Goods or Services: Maintenance of a buffer zone between Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) property and residential homes at the northeast corner of Deer Grove East in the Village of Palatine, Illinois
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: Original contract period 5/7/2013 - 5/6/2018; Proposed renewal period 5/7/2018 retroactive - 5/6/2028
License Fee: (waived)
License Application Fee: (waived)
YELAR Fee: (waived)
Tree Mitigation Fee: N/A
Accounts: N/A
District(s): 14
Summary: The Forest Preserves would like to extend the aforementioned Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) with the Village of Palatine for ten (10) years. This IGA grants the Village of Palatine limited access to Forest Preserve property for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a vegetative buffer between the Forest Preserves and residential homes at the northeast portion of Deer Grove East, immediately south of Brentwood Drive and east of Westwood Lane. The proposed work will not be conducted beyond fifty (50) yards of the Forest Preserves’ property line, and will be maintained at no cost to the Forest Preserves. The Village of Palatine will be responsible for all mowing and vegetation reduction in the area adjacent to homeowner properties annually, following the Forest Preserves’ approval of an annual work plan.
This maintenance mitigates growth and excessive height of invasive vegetation directly abutting residential properties. The Village of Palatine has been conducting such vegetation maintenance activities under the existing IGA since 2013 at no cost to the Forest Preserves.
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