File #: 22-0420    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract Status: Approved
File created: 9/20/2022 In control: FPD Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/18/2022 Final action: 10/18/2022
Title: PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Department of Resource Management Vendor: Hendrix Farms, Herscher, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Hay farming at Tinley Creek Woods Contract Value: N/A Contract Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023, with four (4) one-year extension options to be exercised at the discretion of the General Superintendent or their designee Estimated Fiscal Impact: Revenue generation of up to $23,500.80 over five (5) years Accounts: Corporate Land Use Fees 51001.411366 (revenue generating) Contract Number(s): #74000011236 issued under Project #22 RM 111 Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final contract is subject to legal review and approval. District(s): 6 Summary: The Forest Preserves has solicited a contract for hay farming at select sites which were historically used for agricultural purposes prior to acquisitio...
Indexes: (Inactive) ARNOLD RANDALL, General Superintendent
Attachments: 1. Map
Related files: 22-0421, 22-0419

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PROPOSED CONTRACT

 

Department(s):  Department of Resource Management

 

Vendor:  Hendrix Farms, Herscher, Illinois

 

Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to enter into and execute

 

Good(s) or Service(s): Hay farming at Tinley Creek Woods

 

Contract Value: N/A

 

Contract Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023, with four (4) one-year extension options to be exercised at the discretion of the General Superintendent or their designee

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact: Revenue generation of up to $23,500.80 over five (5) years

 

Accounts: Corporate Land Use Fees 51001.411366 (revenue generating)

 

Contract Number(s):  #74000011236 issued under Project #22 RM 111

 

Concurrences:                     

The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final contract is subject to legal review and approval.

 

District(s): 6  

 

Summary:  The Forest Preserves has solicited a contract for hay farming at select sites which were historically used for agricultural purposes prior to acquisition by the Forest Preserves, and as such, do not exist in an ecologically natural state. Farmers will have use of the property for cutting and collection of hay. This practice allows the Forest Preserves to generate revenue, while at the same time preventing invasive plant species from overtaking fallow land. It is the Forest Preserve’s intention to restore fallow land as capacity and funding allows, and these interim farming practices are a good method to keep lands in a more manageable condition until a restoration project can take place, thereby reducing future restoration costs. The contract term for hay cutting is a period of one (1) year, with four (4) one-year mutual renewal options to be exercised by the General Superintendent or their designee, which allows the Forest Preserves the option to discontinue farming practices at our discretion in order to restore these lands to a natural condition.

 

Hendrix Farms was the sole bidder for the Tinley Creek Woods hay site, for a total potential revenue generation over the next five (5) years of $23,500.80.

 

Site                                                                                                              Acres                                            Revenue

Tinley Creek Woods                                               216                            $23,500.80

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