TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 20, 2024
COMMITTEE ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Authority to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Sewer Service Agreement with the Village of Bartlett, Illinois to extend the restrictor replacement deadline to July 1, 2025
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Dear Sir:
On December 1, 2016, the Board of Commissioners granted authority to amend the Sewer Service Agreement with the Village of Bartlett (Village). The Village had been cited by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency due to an increase in overflows from the Village’s Devon Excess Flow Facility, resulting in a violation of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The Village requested that the District temporarily accept additional flow at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant while a permanent solution was identified. At the time, a restrictor in the Village’s sewer limited flow into the District’s Bartlett Pumping Station to the dry weather flow multiplied by an allowable peaking factor. Under the amended Sewer Service Agreement, the District allowed the restrictor to be temporarily removed until January 1, 2020, for the Village to come into compliance with their NPDES permit.
On December 5, 2019, the Board of Commissioners granted authority to amend the Sewer Service Agreement with the Village to extend the restrictor replacement deadline to January 1, 2023, to allow the Village to complete a project where excess flows will be treated at their Bittersweet Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The Village project consisted of installing a new lift station and force main to convey flow to the Bittersweet WWTP.
On August 11, 2022, the Board of Commissioners granted authority to amend the Sewer Service Agreement with the Village to extend the restrictor replacement deadline to July 1, 2024. Due to the economic climate, the Village’s project was delayed, and the Village requested additional time to implement and construct a permanent solution for treatment of excess flows.
On May 23, 2024, the Village requested to extend the restrictor deadline to July 1, 2025, due to a delay in equipment delivery for the Village’s construction project of a new lift station and force main for the Bittersweet WWTP to take the Cook County excess flows. The force main and the lift station wet well has been installed, however, equipment is not scheduled to be delivered until the end of the year.
It is respectfully requested that the Board of Commissioners grant authority to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Sewer Service Agreement with the Village of Bartlett, Illinois to extend the restrictor replacement deadline to July 1, 2025 and that the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Executive Director, and Clerk be authorized to execute said amendment on behalf of the District upon approval by the Director of Engineering as to technical matters and by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Catherine A. O’Connor, Director of Engineering, KMF:MD
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 June 20, 2024