TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Authority to issue a 2½-year permit extension to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to continue to use an approximately 15.5± acre portion of the Majewski Reservoir Site to maintain, repair, reconstruct and restore an existing access road located east of Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village, Illinois to remove approximately five hundred thousand (500,000) cubic yards of soil for roadway improvement work in connection with the construction of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00
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Dear Sir:
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (“ISTHA”) is constructing the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project (“Project”). In furtherance of the Project, ISTHA entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) with the District and the Mt. Prospect Park District (“MPPD”) on September 14, 2014. Under the IGA, ISTHA agreed to remove approximately 500,000 cubic yards of soil from piles located in MPPD’s approximately 50-acre public recreation leasehold on the District-owned Majewski Reservoir Site. MPPD’s lease commenced in 2000 and expires in 2050. Under the IGA, ISTHA is to remove the soil for use as construction fill in the Project at no cost to either the District or the MPPD.
In 2015 the District issued a permit to allow ISTHA to widen, extend and use an existing access road located east of Higgins Road to haul soil away. The permit, as extended, expires June 30, 2023. ISTHA requests a 2½-year permit extension until December 31, 2025, to continue to remove the soil piles.
The District’s technical departments have reviewed this request and have no objections thereto. A nominal fee of $10.00 is recommended as ISTHA is a governmental entity utilizing the District’s property in furtherance of a public purpose. Because the permit premises are leased to MPPD, the requested extension is subject to MPPD’s continued consent.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the issuance of a 2½-year permit extension to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to continue to use an approximately 15.5±-acre portion of the Majewski Reservoir Site to maintain, repair, reconstruct and restore an existing access road located east of Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village, Illinois to remove approximately five hundred thousand (500,000) cubic yards of soil for roadway improvement work in connection with the construction of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. 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 extension agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:JAW:vp
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 February 16, 2023
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