TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
COMMITTEE ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Report on Intergovernmental Agreements with municipalities for the use of Global Positioning System units to complete sewer system mapping
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Dear Sir:
On December 1, 2016, the Board of Commissioners granted the District authority to negotiate and enter into Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with municipalities for the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) units to complete sewer system mapping. The District procured six Leica Zeno 20 GPS units for use by municipalities within the District’s corporate boundaries to collect sanitary, storm, and combined sewer data and create corresponding sewer maps.
Municipalities interested in entering into an IGA with the District to use a GPS unit must submit a letter of intent outlining their implementation plan and available staff to collect the sewer data. In return for using the unit, the municipality provides the District with their collected sewer data.
The District entered into an IGA with the following municipality during 2019 and provided them with a GPS unit for the time period listed below:
• South Barrington - six months
During 2019, the District completed outreach to promote the availability of the units by continuing to present at the quarterly Watershed Planning Council Meetings.
Respectfully Submitted, Catherine A. O’Connor, Director of Engineering, WSS:JK