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26-0456
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/15/2026 | | |
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26-0334
| 1 | | | Intergovernmental Agreement | PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Department of Planning and Development
Other Part(ies): Grand Prairie Water Commission
Request: To enter into an Intergovernmental License Agreement (“IGA”)
Goods or Services: License to allow use of Forest Preserves of Cook County (“Forest Preserves”) property for a new water transmission pipeline and related facilities.
Agreement Number(s): IGA #26-0334
Agreement Period: Fifty (50) years from date of execution followed by five (5) 10-year renewal terms, for a total period not to exceed one hundred (100) years.
Fiscal Impact: Revenue generating.
License Fee: $899,040.00 for initial 50-year term plus payment of license fees in effect at the beginning of each 10-year renewal term.
License Application and Review Fee: $3,500.00 (including $500 application fee already paid).
YELAR Fee: $7,200.00.
Additional Fees: GPWC has agreed to additional one-time payments:
Ecological Restoration: $3,000,000.00, and
Trail and Trailhead Parking Restoration: $3,000,000.00.
In addition, GPWC will directly pay the costs o | | |
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26-0383
| 1 | | | Easement Request | EASEMENT REQUEST
Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to grant a temporary easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) at IL Route 7 (Southwest Highway and 131st Street in the Groundhog Slough Forest Preserve in Palos Park) for 0.064 acres or 2,787 square feet.
Reason: A new temporary easement is needed at the northwest corner Southwest Highway and 131st as part of a larger drainage improvement project between 131st and 135th Streets. This proposed temporary easement is in addition to a prior temporary easement granted by the Forest Preserves for the project that was started in 2021 (Board Item No. 21-0223). The road segment has experienced severe flooding due to inadequate drainage infrastructure. Stormwater will be conveyed via new storm sewer and improved ditches to Mill Creek and the Cal Sag Channel. The proposed drainage improvements will allow for more effective management of the water levels at McGinnis Slough, which drains via storm sewer to the ditch along Southwest Highway. The small temporar | | |
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26-0385
| 1 | | | License Request | PROPOSED LICENSE REQUEST
Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”), as Licensor, to grant a License to the Village of Midlothian, Grantee, to locate, operate and maintain 82 linear feet of new 8” water main on Forest Preserves land at the north end of the Midlothian Meadows. The existing line was built on land owned by others in the 1930s, but changes in field conditions now necessitate relocation of a portion to Forest Preserves property. Most of the impacted land is within the Pulaski Road right-of-way. The area outside the right-of-way is not ecologically significant. No trees would be impacted. The new line will be directionally bored underground.
Term: Ten (10) years
License Fee: $5,000.00
License Application Fee: $500.00
YELAR Fee: $7,500.00
Review Fee: $3,000.00
Total one-time upfront fee of $16,000.00 for the term of the License. (Sec. 5-2A-4 and 5-2B-4)
Tree Mitigation Fee: N/A
The area of the License is: 0.028 Acres (1,230 square feet)
Concurrence(s): The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Fi | | |
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