TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JULY 12, 2018
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
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Authority to issue a 60-day permit to the City of Chicago’s Department of Aviation for construction staging and capping a portion of a City sanitary sewer and two appurtenant manholes on and beneath two (2) approximate 50’ x 25’ areas located at the southeast corner of the Majewski Reservoir site and for constructing a temporary approximate 15’ x 30’ gravel access driveway. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00
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Dear Sir:
The City of Chicago (“City”) owns and maintains a sanitary sewer servicing the North Airfield of O’Hare International Airport. A portion of the sewer is located beneath the southeast corner of the District’s Majewski Reservoir (“Reservoir”) site. The Board of Commissioners granted the City authority to construct this portion of the sewer through a series of permits issued on June 28, 1990, and July 11 and August 27, 1991.
The City’s Department of Aviation (“CDA”) is in the process of relocating the sewer, including the portion on District land, in conjunction with the Illinois State Tollway Highway Authority Department of Transportation’s Elgin-O’Hare Western Access project. The relocation involves filling and capping the existing sewer and constructing a new sewer on non-District owned land. CDA has requested a 60-day permit for construction staging.
CDA has represented that the capping work will not require any excavation, as CDA will access the sewer through the two existing City manholes. CDA will reinstall any fencing it removes at the end of each work day to prevent unauthorized access to the Reservoir site. Upon completion of the project, CDA will replace the removed portion of the fence and the temporary driveway, and will place new topsoil and reseed the grass in each Staging Area.
The District’s technical departments have reviewed this request and have no objections thereto. A nominal fee of $10.00 is recommended as is customary for a governmental agency using District land for a public purpose.
It is requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the issuance of a 60-day permit to the City of Chicago’s Department of Aviation for construction staging and capping a portion of a City sanitary sewer and two appurtenant manholes on and beneath two (2) approximate 50’ x 25’ areas located at the southeast corner of the Majewski Reservoir site and for constructing a temporary approximate 15’ x 30’ gravel access driveway. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.
It is also requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk be authorized and directed to execute said permit agreement on behalf of the District after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:CMM:JW:vp
Recommended, John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, David J. Walsh, 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 July 12, 2018
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