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24-0289
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 6/11/2024 | | |
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24-0138
| 1 | | | Easement Request | EASEMENT REQUEST
Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to grant a permanent and temporary easement to Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) at intersection of 95th Street and Archer Avenue near Willow Springs for an area not to exceed 7.462 acres for permanent easements and 1.459 acres for temporary easements or 325,045 square feet for permanent easements and 63,552 square feet for temporary easements. Construction would impact two hundred seven (207) living trees and fifty-four (54) dead trees, resulting in tree mitigation fees. In practice, more trees may need to be removed than originally estimated. Any increase in the tree mitigation fee will be in accordance with the Tree Mitigation Plan (see Board Item No. 20-0279), and if such increase is more than 20% of the original estimate, then approval will be sought from the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Reason: IDOT has identified this intersection as a high percentage crash location due to the original 1926 design and plans to modify th | | |
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24-0269
| 1 | | | Ordinance | PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR McGINNIS SLOUGH
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in part of Section 3, Township 36 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois near McGinnis Slough in District 17.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (the “District”), pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided, has from time to time acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, lands necessary and desirable for District purposes containing one or more natural forests or parts thereof, or lands connecting such forests or parts thereof, or lands capable of being reforested for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna, and scenic beauties within the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, and to restore, restock, protect, and preserve the natural forests and said lands together with their flora and fauna, as nearly as may be, in their natural state and condition, for the purpose of the education, pleasu | | |
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24-0219
| 1 | | | Intergovernmental Agreement | PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Department of Planning and Development
Other Part(ies): Village of Orland Park, Illinois (the “Village”)
Request: Authorization to execute agreement
Goods or Services: Conveyance of permanent and temporary easements and tree removal adjacent to the McGinnis Slough Forest preserve for road improvements associated with the proposed widening of a portion of 143rd Street, subject to donation of property to the Forest Preserves and other terms and conditions
Agreement Number(s): N/A
Agreement Period: Agreement shall remain in effect until improvements are removed or abandoned.
Fiscal Impact: N/A. Waiver of compensation for the appraised value of the proposed permanent and temporary easements totaling $18,200.00, and the value of up to one additional acre of permanent easement area if needed, and tree mitigation fees totaling $392,663.39 is recommended in exchange for the donation of 26.7 acres of land and improvements with an appraised value of $2,620,000.00 located just east of McGinnis Slough at 13951 LaGrange Road.
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