Forest Preserve District of Cook County - File #: 22-0438

• File #: 22-0438
• Version: 1
• Type: Intergovernmental Agreement
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/28/2022
• In control: Real Estate Committee
• On agenda: 10/18/2022
• Final action: 11/15/2022
• Title: PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Department of Planning and Development Other Part(ies): Village of Niles, Illinois Request: Authority for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") with the Village of Niles, Illinois ("Niles"). Goods or Services: Niles is requesting an IGA to provide signage and landscaping improvements at the entrance to a paved trail spur connection from Caldwell Avenue to the North Branch Trail through the Bunker Hill Forest Preserve. The site improvements will be constructed and maintained by Niles at no cost to the Forest Preserves. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Eighteen (18) years with automatic one (1) year renewals thereafter. Fiscal Impact: N/A License Fee: $1,531.22 (waived) License Application Fee: $500.00 (waived) YELAR Fee: $6,900.00 (waived) Tree Mitigation Fee: N/A (no tree removal) Accounts: N/A District(s): 13 Su...
• Sponsors: FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR., SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN
• Indexes: (Inactive) ARNOLD RANDALL, General Superintendent
• Related files: 19-0396

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2022	1	FPD Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
11/15/2022	1	Real Estate Committee	approve	Pass
10/18/2022	1	FPD Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

Department: Department of Planning and Development

Other Part(ies): Village of Niles, Illinois

Request: Authority for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") with the Village of Niles, Illinois ("Niles").

Goods or Services: Niles is requesting an IGA to provide signage and landscaping improvements at the entrance to a paved trail spur connection from Caldwell Avenue to the North Branch Trail through the Bunker Hill Forest Preserve. The site improvements will be constructed and maintained by Niles at no cost to the Forest Preserves.

Agreement Number(s): N/A

Agreement Period: Eighteen (18) years with automatic one (1) year renewals thereafter.

Fiscal Impact: N/A

License Fee: $1,531.22 (waived)

License Application Fee: $500.00 (waived)

YELAR Fee: $6,900.00 (waived)

Tree Mitigation Fee: N/A (no tree removal)

Accounts: N/A

District(s): 13

Summary: The Forest Preserves operates and maintains the North Branch Bicycle Trail in Northern Cook County. Niles obtained approval to construct a paved trail spur to connect residents and businesses to the trail as part of a larger bike and pedestrian improvement program under a separate intergovernmental agreement approved by the Board of Commissioners on November 19, 2019 (Board Item No. 19-0396). Niles is now proposing to construct and maintain signage and landscape improvements at the entrance to the trail spur to identify the trail entrance and provide wayfinding information. Niles will be responsible for design, construction and future maintenance costs associated with the project. The license fee, license application fee, and the YELAR fee will be waived because the improvements provide a benefit to Forest Preserves trail users at no cost to the Forest Preserves. The IGA constitutes a license for Niles to construct and maintain the improvements for the same time period a...