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Resolution Approving a Bid for Common Reed Control for Five (5) Forest Preserves
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WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable for the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois to authorize a bid for control of common reed at portions of five preserves; and
WHEREAS, the District actively restores areas using modern fire suppression, clearing, and chemical treatments of both herbaceous and woody species; and
WHEREAS, the non-native, invasive plant Common Reed (Phragmites australis) is a tall (up to 15’) perennial grass that infests many District wetlands. It produces some viable seed on the highly visible plumes it produces in late summer, but primarily propagates through lateral shoots called rhizomes. This vigorously growing plant quickly forms monotypic stands of itself, at the exclusion of native fauna. Its dense growth habit minimizes its utility to native wetland fauna; ducks cannot swim through mature stands, and its stalks fail to support the nests of native wetland songbirds; and
WHEREAS, Contractors were sought to bid on summer/fall 2024 control projects of multiple, separate infestations of Common Reed, across five different preserves. The qualified lowest bids for each project were as follows:
Project 1: Freeman Kame Forest Preserve (39.9 acres): Bid of $10,794 by RES Great Lakes
Project 2: Braeburn Forest Preserve (35.1 acres): Bid of $8,032 by Integrated Lakes Management
Project 3: Great Western Trail, Campton Hills (2.1 acres): Bid of $3,756 by Integrated Lakes Management
Project 4: Great Western Trail, Elburn (33.6 acres): Bid of $9,934 by Integrated Lakes Management
Project 5: Binnie Forest Preserve (51.7 acres): Bid of $14,908 by Integrated Lakes Management; and
WHEREAS, the total for the above five (5) projects is $47,424.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois that the bids received from Integrated Lakes Management of Waukegan, IL for $36,630 and by RES Great Lakes of Chicago, IL for $10,794 are hereby accepted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 9th day of July 2024.
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Christopher Kious Myrna Molina
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois