TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JANUARY 20, 2022
COMMITTEE ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Authority to negotiate a tri-party intergovernmental agreement with Northfield Township and Maine Township for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of Contract 14-065-5F, Flood Control Project on Central Road from the Des Plaines River to Glenwood Lane, NSA
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Dear Sir:
Authority is requested to negotiate a tri-party intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Northfield Township and Maine Township (collectively “the Townships”) for the Flood Control Project on Central Road from the Des Plaines River to Glenwood Lane, NSA (“Project”).
On September 19, 2013, the Board of Commissioners authorized the District to negotiate an IGA with Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the captioned Project. In coordination with IDOT, the Townships, and other stakeholders, the District performed preliminary engineering to identify and evaluate solutions to address known flooding in the Project area. IDOT also assessed its drainage and roadway improvement needs along Central Road, and intends to assist with the implementation and funding of this project along with operating and maintaining the improvements in their right-of-way. Authority to enter into an IGA with IDOT will be presented to the Board of Commissioners in a future meeting.
The proposed Project includes construction of a new storm sewer in Central Road, lateral sewers in Township rights-of-way, and a new stormwater detention facility. These improvements will reduce flooding that impacts approximately 114 single- and multi-family residential structures as well as several roadways in the Project area, located in Maine and Northfield Townships.
The terms and conditions of the IGA between the District and the Townships will include design and construction of the improvements by the District, and future ownership and maintenance of the improvements, outside of the IDOT right-of-way, by the Townships.
Based on the foregoing, it is respectfully requested that the Board of Commissioners grant authority to negotiate a tri-party IGA with the Townships. Once the parties agree in principle, authority to enter into the IGA will be sought from the District’s Board of Commissioners.
Requested, Catherine A. O’Connor, Director of Engineering, KMF:JK
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 January 20, 2022