TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to issue a five (5) year permit extension to the City of Chicago for the continued use of five TARP dropshafts to receive emergency snowmelt discharges from snow-melting machines as part of the Emergency Snow Removal Plan for the Chicago Loop Area. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.
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Dear Sir:
At its meeting of January 22, 2009, the Board of Commissioners authorized the issuance of a five (5) year permit for the City of Chicago ("City") to use five District TARP dropshafts to receive emergency snowmelt discharges from snow-melting machines. The permit, which was issued for a nominal fee of $10.00, expires on December 31, 2014.
The City requested the permit as part of its Emergency Snow Removal Plan for the Chicago Loop area. Use of the dropshafts was expected only in extreme weather events or under unusual circumstances where conventional forms of snow handling were unavailable or inadequate.
The five dropshafts are located as follows:
1) DS45 - 14th Street and the East Bank of the Chicago River
2) DS48 - Roosevelt Road and the East Bank of the Chicago River
3) DS58 - Lower Wacker, East End
4) DS65 - Division Street and the East Bank of the Chicago River
5) DS66 - Blackhawk and the West Bank of the Chicago River.
The City now requests a five (5) year extension of the permit under the same framework stated above, with a new expiration date of December 31, 2019. The District's technical departments have reviewed this request and stated no objections. Since the City is a governmental entity that intends to use these facilities for a public purpose, a nominal fee of $10.00 is again recommended.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend that the Board of Commissioners authorize and approve the issuance a five (5) year permit extension to the City of Chicago for the continued use of five TARP dropshafts to receive emergency snowmelt discharges from snow-melting machines as part of the Emergency Snow Removal Plan for the Chicago Loop Area. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.
It is also requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk to execute said permit extension agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Ronald M. Hill, General Counsel, RMH:STM:CMM:vp
Recommended, David St. Pierre, Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, Chairman Committee on Real Estate Development
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for September 18, 2014