File #: 22-0423    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: Walnut Grove Farms, Steven Heinsohn, Kirkland, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Row crop farming at the Arthur Janura/Poplar Creek preserves 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 $230,400.00 over five (5) years Accounts: Corporate Land Use Fees 51001.411366 (revenue generating) Contract Number(s): #74000011239 issued under Project #22 RM 115 Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final contract is subject to legal review and approval. District(s): 15 Summary: The Forest Preserves has solicited a contract for row crop production at select sites which were hist...
Indexes: (Inactive) ARNOLD RANDALL, General Superintendent
Attachments: 1. Map
Related files: 22-0422

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PROPOSED CONTRACT

 

Department(s):  Department of Resource Management

 

Vendor:  Walnut Grove Farms, Steven Heinsohn, Kirkland, Illinois

 

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

 

Good(s) or Service(s): Row crop farming at the Arthur Janura/Poplar Creek preserves

 

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 $230,400.00 over five (5) years

 

Accounts: Corporate Land Use Fees 51001.411366 (revenue generating)

 

Contract Number(s):  #74000011239 issued under Project #22 RM 115

 

Concurrences:                     

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

 

District(s):  15 

 

Summary:  The Forest Preserves has solicited a contract for row crop production 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 seeding one or more of the following row crops: wheat, oats, soybeans, and/or corn. 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 row crop farming 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.

 

Walnut Grove Farms / Steven Heinsohn was the sole bidder for the Arthur Janura/Poplar Creek preserves row crop site, for a total potential revenue generation over the next five (5) years of $230,400.00. This site will be farmed as certified organic.

 

Site                                                                                                                              Acres                                          Revenue

Arthur Janura/Poplar Creek                     576                                               $230,400.00

 

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