TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 4, 2019
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Authority to issue an 8-day permit to the Blue Island Park District to use the park area of the District’s Blue Island SEPA Station 3 as an athletes’ village and viewing area and to use Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 for parking during the “4th Annual Chicago Southland Dragon Boat Festival” on the Cal-Sag Channel on June 1, 2019. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00
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Dear Sir:
The Blue Island Park District (“Park District”) has requested an 8-day permit to use the park area of the District’s Blue Island SEPA Station 3 as an athletes’ village and viewing area and to use Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 for parking during the “4th Annual Chicago Southland Dragon Boat Festival” on the Cal-Sag Channel on June 1, 2019. Similar permits were issued by the Board of Commissioners to the City of Blue Island (“City”) for the festival in 2017 and 2018.
Parcel 15.09 is currently vacant. An 8-day permit is recommended to allow the Park District the opportunity to prepare the permit premises for the event and to clean up and restore the permit premises after the event is over.
Practice sessions will be on May 31, 2019 at Fay’s Point Marina. Floating docks moored underneath the Chatham Street Bridge will be used to launch and recover the boats during the practice sessions and the races. The bridge and floating docks are not owned by the District and are located within the right-of-way of Chatham Street, which is maintained by the City. The Park District and the City will be responsible for all safety, security and traffic control matters. Safety measures for the practice sessions and the races include requiring all participants to wear life jackets, having a boat trailing the racers and having the US Coast Guard on-site.
The technical departments have no objections to the Park District’s request. The Park District has requested a waiver of providing environmental contamination insurance. As the permitted activities pose minimal risk for environmental contamination, there is no objection to this request. 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 Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the issuance of an 8-day permit to the Blue Island Park District to use the park area of the District’s Blue Island SEPA Station 3 as an athletes’ village and viewing area and to use Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 for parking during the “4th Annual Chicago Southland Dragon Boat Festival” on the Cal-Sag Channel on June 1, 2019. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.
It is also requested that the 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 after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:CMM:npe
Recommended, Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for April 4, 2019
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