Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Meeting of Real Estate Committee on 6/6/2017 at 10:45 AM

File #	Ver.	Name	Type	Title	Action	Result	Action Details	Video
17-0245	1		Committee Minutes	COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 5/9/2017	approve	Pass	Action details	Not available
16-0384	1	Willow Building, LLC.	License Request	PROPOSED LICENSE REQUEST Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (“the Preserves”), as Licensor to grant a License to Willow Building, LLC., Grantee, to utilize and maintain a license to utilize a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of thirty (30) parking spaces for overflow parking for an office building located at 1622 Willow Road, Suite 200, Northfield, IL 60093. Permission is now sought, upon satisfactory completion of all due diligence and negotiation of any and all relevant provisions as determined by the Preserves' legal department, to enter into and execute the License. The request is to utilize spaces in parking lot #1 in Erickson Woods Grove, Northfield, IL. The Grantee is seeking use of the spaces to comply with Ordinance Number 03-1173 of the Village of Northfield requiring the Grantee to obtain a Special Use Permit for the use of up to an additional 30 parking spaces. Grantee agrees to indemnify the Preserves and maintain an insurance policy naming the Preserves as an additional insured. Grantee’s access to the Parking Lot	recommend for approval	Pass	Action details	Not available
17-0138	1	Glencoe Golf Course, Glencoe, Illinois and the Village of Glencoe, Glencoe, Illinois	Contract Amendment	PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Permits, Rentals, and Concessions Vendor: Glencoe Golf Course, Glencoe, Illinois and the Village of Glencoe, Glencoe, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to amend contract Good(s) or Service(s): Revenue generation relating to the use of Forest Preserve property for golf course purposes by Glencoe Golf Course (“GGC”) Original Contract Period: Continuous term from 1922 Proposed Contract Period Extension: The agreement currently has a continuous term without a termination date. The proposed amendment includes a termination date for the agreement of 20 years from the effective date of the amendment. In the event that financing is secured by either GGC or the Village of Glencoe to enable the construction of improvements, and the Forest Preserve receives proper notice of this financing, then the term of the agreement may be extended for up to a maximum of twelve (12) years in order to facilitate the ability of the GGC or the Village of Glencoe to obtain such financing.	recommend for approval	Pass	Action details	Not available
17-0170	1	Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois	License Request	PROPOSED LICENSE REQUEST Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (“the Preserves”), as Licensor to grant a License to Oakton Community College, Grantee, to locate, operate and maintain a twelve (12) inch water main across property of the Preserves to provide a secondary feed from Golf Road. The City of Des Plaines currently provides water by a single ten (10) inch main along Central Road, which has recently been determined to be inadequate for fire protection requirements. Additionally, any break in the main results in complete disruption of water service to the College. The new main would provide a looped water system to supply the needs for fire protection and continued water supply in the event of a main break. The water main will be installed underground by directional bore in order to minimize surface impact on the Preserves. As additional consideration for the issuance of this License, Grantee agrees to complete a Phase 1 engineering study with a budgeted value of $70,000.00 for a trail crossing, or to provide another benefit of equ	recommend for approval	Pass	Action details	Not available
17-0171	1	Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) at Winnetka Road at the Skokie River	Easement Request	TEMPORARY EASEMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (“the Preserves”) to amend a grant of a temporary easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) at Winnetka Road at the Skokie River for 0.171 acres or 7,450 square feet. Reason: IDOT plans to remove and replace the existing deck and superstructure of the Winnetka Road Bridge over the Skokie River. Permanent and temporary easements were granted for the project in 2012. The temporary easements expired in March 2017. As construction has not yet started, IDOT seeks a five (5) year extension on the temporary easements. No structures are proposed to be built on the temporary easement. The area for the temporary easement is 0.171 acres. IDOT indicates that a minimal number of trees are expected to be removed for this project. Term: Five (5) years Easement Fee: $1,200.00 Tree Mitigation Fee: Per the current Tree Mitigation Plan Concurrence(s): The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item. The P	recommend for approval	Pass	Action details	Not available
17-0172	1	Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) at Midlothian Meadows and Oak Forest Heritage Preserves	Easement Request	TEMPORARY EASEMENT REQUEST Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (“the Preserves”) to grant a temporary easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) at Midlothian Meadows and Oak Forest Heritage Preserves, along the west side of Pulaski/Crawford Avenue at 159th Street for 0.557 acres or 24,276 square feet. Reason: IDOT requests a temporary easement along the west side of Pulaski/Crawford Avenue to construct a ten (10) foot wide paved, shared use path connecting the south entrance of Midlothian Meadows to the Oak Forest Heritage Preserve. IDOT originally proposed a pedestrian path on the east side of Crawford but agreed to relocate this to the west side to connect two (2) Forest Preserve trails at Midlothian Meadows and the Oak Forest Heritage Preserves. IDOT will construct the path with a 20% cost share with the Preserves, estimated at $16,000.00. IDOT has offered to pay the appraised value of the temporary easement as an easement fee but Forest Preserve staff is recommending waiver of tree mitigation fees bec	recommend for approval	Pass	Action details	Not available