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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/1/2016 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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16-0872 11ReportReport on the investment interest income during June 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0873 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during July 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0874 13ReportReport on investments purchased during June 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0875 14ReportReport on investments purchased during July 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0876 15ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at June 30, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0896 16ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2016, in the amount of $31,582,177.79Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0840 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 2, 2016 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0841 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0882 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 23, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0900 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-656-12, Repair and Improve TARP DCS Computer Systems and Allen-Bradley Equipment at Various Service Locations, estimated cost $653,600.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0842 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 5, 2016, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 16-667-91, Petroleum Remediation and Wetland Restoration - Main Channel Atlas Parcel 15.04, estimated cost $1,600,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Requisition 1424444, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 16-0451ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0857 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 4, 2016, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 17-646-51, Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, estimated cost $5,000,000.00, Account 501-50000-612620, Requisition 1430448, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 16-0761ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0867 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Dynegy Energy Services for Contract 14-RFP-18, Supply of Electricity, for 2019, subject to the District obtaining an acceptable price, at the current or lower contracted price, for an amount not to exceed $0.04285 per kWh RTC for Group 1 and $0.03925 per kWh RTC for Group 2, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612150ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0888 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 16-RFP-18 Health Plan Administrator, with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019, Account 101-25000-601250ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-0894 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with EMD Millipore Corporation, for Preventive Maintenance, Emergency Repair and Technical Support of Water Purification Systems at Various Laboratory Locations, in an amount not to exceed $58,048.98, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1413246, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 16-0221ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0864 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-883-CF, Cherry Creek East Branch Flood Control Project, estimated cost $4,860,035.00, Accounts 401-50000-645620 and 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1434173Deferred  Action details Not available
16-0868 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-365-11 for public tender of bids a 20-year lease on 11.97 acres of District real estate located at 3151 South California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 42.06. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $385,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0884 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $29,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0885 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-063-11, Furnish and Deliver V-Belts and Conveyor Belts to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $37,000.00, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0898 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-005-11 Furnish and Deliver Pallets to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $128,000.00, Account 101-20000-623130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0906 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-366-11 for public tender of bids for a 39-year lease on portions of the ground floor and outdoor plaza consisting of approximately 10,751 sq. ft. of the 101-111 East Erie Street building in Chicago, Illinois. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $45,000.00Deferred  Action details Video Video
16-0837 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to SHI International Corporation to Furnish and Deliver Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams Software License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $10,685.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1425942ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0839 123Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with DHI Water & Environment, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 16-835-3C Energy Neutrality Feasibility Study at the Egan and the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $353,841.97, Account 401-50000-612440, Requisition 1429750 (Deferred from the August 4, 2016 Board Meeting)(As Revised)DeletedPass Action details Not available
16-0848 124Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to the Illinois Institute of Technology, pursuant to the terms of Master Agreement 14-RFP-21R, to conduct ITIL Foundation and Practitioner Training, in a total amount not to exceed $36,792.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition 1432626ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0852 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend the existing agreement with LoadSpring Solutions, Inc., for Hosting and Support of Oracle Primavera Software, in an amount not to exceed $23,760.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1433483ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-0853 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend an existing agreement with ReadSoft, Inc. for Software Maintenance and Support Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $85,114.11, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1430732ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0854 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend the agreement with Gartner, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver General Information Technology Consulting Services, Research and Advisory Services, in an amount not to exceed $127,800.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1433969ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0855 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to National Fire Protection Association to Furnish and Deliver National Fire Codes On-Line Subscription License, in an amount not to exceed $34,500.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1425930ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0856 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation for professional services related to the peer review of the Chicago Area Waterway System Microbial Source Tracking via Metagenomics Study Project, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Requisition 1433121ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0860 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC., to Furnish and Deliver SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Software, in an amount not to exceed $16,004.00, Account 101-27000-623800, Requisition 1433981ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0863 131Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, for professional engineering services for Contract 16-078-2C, Development of a Scalable Flow-through Algal Wastewater Treatment System for Sustainable Nutrient Removal, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $210,831.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1432460ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0870 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to further develop the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan - Chicago Area Waterway System Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model for Use in Evaluating Aquatic Species Mitigation Measures, Invasive Species Alternatives: Hydrological Impacts on Chicago Area Waterways in an amount not to exceed $975,320.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1434162ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0878 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., for Actuarial Service to review funding options to further improve the funding status of the District’s Retirement Plans in an amount not to exceed $23,500.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1434137ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0899 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 16-603-11, Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Salt to Various Service Areas, Groups A and B to Morton Salt, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $139,305.78, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623130, Requisitions 1428466, 1429219, and 1428310ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0886 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-237-3F, Streambank Stabilization on Oak Lawn Creek, Oak Lawn, Illinois, to Judlau Contracting, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $3,035,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $151,750.00, for a total amount not to exceed $3,186,750.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1380198ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0887 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $82,177.31, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0902 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-824-3D (Re-Bid), Rehabilitation of Bridges, NSA on the North Shore Channel, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $2,093,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $104,650.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,197,650.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1400366ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0838 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-195-AP Phosphorus Recovery System, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. in an amount of $11,883.94, from an amount of $32,066,754.29, to an amount not to exceed $32,078,638.23, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001478ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0843 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 16-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, Group B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount of $300,000.00 from an amount of $2,294,716.38 to an amount not to exceed $2,594,716.38, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001545ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0845 140Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 14-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount of $15,043,840.00, to an amount not to exceed $14,743,840.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001472ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0858 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders and amend the agreements for Contract 15-RFP-11 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C. in an amount of $40,000.00, from an amount of $197,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $237,000.00, and with Neuson Law, P.C. in an amount of $9,000.00, from an amount of $88,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $97,500.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Purchase Orders 3085891 and 3085828.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0880 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-158-3S Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation, SSA to Kenny Construction Company in an amount of $115,185.01, from an amount of $13,736,744.17, to an amount not to exceed $13,851,929.18, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000012ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0849 143ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures through Second Quarter June 30, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0895 144Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2016 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,858,200 in the Corporate Fund and Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0861 145Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Chicago Park District for a project to remove the North Branch Dam and stabilize banks along the North Branch Chicago River and the North Shore Channel from Lawrence Avenue to Devon Avenue (16-IGA-22)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0859 146Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Curtis Mason vs. MWRDGC, Case 16 WC 21126, in the sum of $40,455.35, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0847 147ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of July 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0871 148Agenda ItemAuthorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 5.95 acres of District real estate located at 3154 S. California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 42.05 and 42.16ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0879 149Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to install, operate, maintain, repair and replace electrical transmission lines onto the District’s Touhy Avenue Bridge and continue to maintain and operate existing electrical lines and appurtenances related thereto. Consideration shall be an initial annual rental fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-0889 150Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 90-day permit to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to conduct soil borings on District Main Channel Parcels 31.01, 31.02 and 31.03 located adjacent to a segment of I-294 known as the Mile-Long Bridge in Willow Springs. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0890 151Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 6611 West 86th Street in Burbank, IL for the construction of the Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvements and authority for payment to Frank J. Pajak, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $385,000.00, relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $19,907.00 and closing costs, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0891 152Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 6641 West 86th Street in Burbank, IL for the construction of the Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvements and authority for payment to Anjean Fauth, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $176,000.00, relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $37,800.00 and closing costs, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0892 153Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 8536 Natchez Avenue in Burbank, IL for the construction of the Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvements and authority for payment to Jesus R. Jaquez and Ana D. Jaquez, the owners of said real estate, in an amount of $236,500.00, relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $28,000.00 and closing costs, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0893 154Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 100’ x 21,817.44’ non-exclusive easement to Ameren Services Company d/b/a Ameren Illinois to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace, and remove 138 kv electrical transmission lines, structures and appurtenances related thereto on District real estate located between the Village of St. David and the Village of Bryant in Fulton County, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $16,300.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0897 155Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 7.43 acres of District real estate located at 4100 South Laramie Avenue in Stickney, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 39.07ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0881 156Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the City of Northlake for the acquisition of flood-prone properties (16-IGA-14) in an amount not to exceed $1,184,018.00, Account 401-50000-612400, Requisition 1434171ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0904 157Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Bellwood for Contract 11-186-3F, Addison Creek ReservoirApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0905 158Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for collaboration on the planning, design, and construction of capital projects to address flooding, and coordination of other common initiatives and mutually beneficial pursuitsApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0883 159MotionMOTION to appoint retiree to Retirement Board of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Pension FundAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O16-010A 160MotionMotion to amend item 62, file #O16-010B, Request authority to adopt the Resource Recovery Ordinance (Ordinance O16-010) to provide for the recovery and beneficial reuse of resources admitted to the water reclamation plants and solids management areas under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0901 161ResolutionRESOLUTION Adopting a Schedule for the Execution and Completion of Construction of the Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvement Project in Burbank, Illinois, Contract 14-263-3F, and Authorizing the Immediate Vesting of Title to Real Estate for the Execution ThereofAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O16-010B 162OrdinanceRequest Authority to Adopt the Resource Recovery Ordinance (Ordinance O16-010) to Provide for the Recovery and Beneficial Reuse of Resources Admitted to the Water Reclamation Plants and Solids Management Areas Under the Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised) (Deferred from the August 4, 2016 Board Meeting)"ADOPTED AS AMENDED, REFER TO ITEM #O16-010A"AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
R16-005 163Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R16-005 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Midlothian and Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois (Contract 14-252-3F) in parts of Sections 9, 10, & 16, Township 36 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, IllinoisAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0916 164Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with e-Builder, Inc. for Contract 16-RFP-11 Electronic Project Management System and Technical Support Services for a one-year period, in a total amount not to exceed $723,558.00, Accounts 401-50000-612430, 101-27000-612820, Requisitions 1434658, 1434181ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0917 165Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-203-4F Final Reservoir Preparation, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to Walsh/II in One, Joint Venture in an amount of $2,342,811.00, from an amount of $51,582,012.17, to an amount not to exceed $53,924,823.17, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available