TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 2, 2014
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to issue a 6-month permit to Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to re-enter the District's property located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois to conduct confirmatory sampling and any necessary additional environmental remediation. Consideration shall be $2,500.00
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Dear Sir:
The District owns a 25' x 100' vacant parcel of real estate at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company ("Wrigley") owns an adjacent parcel of land at 3538 South Ashland Avenue where benzene was discovered due to a leaking underground storage tank. Reports and data indicate that the contamination migrated onto the District's property. Additionally, Wrigley entered into an Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("IEPA") to remediate its site and the affected surrounding sites.
As a result of the migration of the contamination, on September 3, 2009, the Board of Commissioners ("Board") authorized the issuance of a 9-month permit to Wrigley's environmental contractor, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. to access the District's site to perform environmental testing and remediation. On July 8, 2010, the Board amended the permit to name Wrigley as the responsible party for the site remediation. That permit, as extended, expired on December 31, 2012. During the permit period, Wrigley remediated the site pursuant to its approved remediation plan. Wrigley has requested to re-enter the site to perform confirmatory sampling to ensure that the contamination on District property has been fully remediated. In the event the confirmatory sampling shows that contamination is still present, then Wrigley will remediate any remaining contamination.
The District's technical departments have no objections to the requested permit. Because the sampling and possible remediation affects the western quarter of the site, a fee based on 10% of that section would yield a value less than the District's minimum fee of $2,500.00. Therefore, a $2,500.00 fee is recommended.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and approve the issuance of a 6-month permit to Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to re-enter the District's property located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois to conduct confirmatory sampling and any necessary additional environmental remediation. Consideration shall be $2,500.00.
It is further 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 agreement on behalf of the District after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Ronald M. Hill, General Counsel, RMH:STM:JDC:ss:kak
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 October 2, 2014
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