Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago - File #: 23-0607

• File #: 23-0607
• Version: 1
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/7/2023
• In control: Real Estate Development Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2023
• Final action: 6/15/2023
• Title: Authority to issue a 3-month soil boring permit to the Chicago Transit Authority on portions of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2023	1	Board of Commissioners	Approved	Pass

TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 15, 2023

COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE

Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director                    

Title

Authority to issue a 3-month soil boring permit to the Chicago Transit Authority on portions of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00

Body

Dear Sir:

The Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”) is finalizing plans for its proposed CTA Red Line Extension Project (“Project”). The Project will extend the CTA’s Red Line from 95^th Street to 130^th Street. If extended, new railroad tracks would run within the Cottage Grove Avenue right-of-way on the eastern edge of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (“Calumet WRP”).

As part of the Project, CTA has requested a three (3) month permit to perform a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (“ESA”) on the eastern side of the Calumet WRP. CTA has identified proposed soil and groundwater sampling locations. Each sampling location will be approximately 10’ x 10’. All areas will be restored upon completion of the work and performed at no cost to the District. CTA’s contractor, CDM Smith, Inc., and its subcontractors will perform the work. The work is expected to take place in Summer 2023.

The District’s technical departments have reviewed CTA’s request to conduct soil borings and install temporary monitoring wells and have no objections thereto.

A permit fee in the amount of $5,000.00 is recommended, as the pro rata share of 10% of the fair market value of the land would yield a fee less than the District’s minimum permit fee of $5,000.00. 

It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it issue a 3-month soil boring permit to the Chicago Transit Authority on portions of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00.

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 agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.

Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:EMA:nl

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 15, 2023

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