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Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Forest Preserve District of Kane County for the Conveyance of Stearns Road Greenway Parcels
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WHEREAS, the Illinois Constitution of 1970, Article VII, Section 10 and the Illinois Compiled Statutes (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.) authorizes the County of Kane (hereinafter the “County”) and the Forest Preserve District of Kane County (hereinafter the “District”) to cooperate in the performance of their respective duties and responsibilities by contract and other agreements; and
WHEREAS, the County, through its Division of Transportation acquired the real estate that compromises the Greenway Parcels in conjunction with the acquisition of right of way for the Stearns Road Bridge Corridor project (hereinafter the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the requirements of the Stearns Road Environmental Vision Document, the Federal Environmental Impact Statement and the Federal Highway Administration Record of Division wherein the County was obliged to acquire, protect, restore, rehabilitate and remediate the Greenway Parcels and convey the same to the District; and
WHEREAS, to bring the Greenway Parcels up to current standards for public access, the County to has agreed to transfer the Greenway Parcels to the District for an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($572,275.00).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the intergovernmental agreement for the Conveyance of Stearns Road Greenway Parcels to the Forest Preserve District of Kane County is hereby approved and that the Kane County Board Chairman is hereby authorized to execute an intergovernmental agreement therefor.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board appropriate the not to exceed sum of Five Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($572,275.00) to bring the Greenway Parcels up to current standards for public access and that said funds be paid from Motor Fuel Local Option Fund #304, Line Item #73000 (Road Construction).
Line Item: 304.520.524.73000
Line Item Description: Road Construction
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on November 12, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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