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Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the County of Kane and the Forest Preserve District of Kane County for Volunteer Stream Corridor Restoration Services
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WHEREAS, this agreement is authorized under the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois (Ill. Const. Art. VII, §10), and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, Kane County owns and operates the Kane County Government Center at 719 S. Batavia Ave in Geneva, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Government Center property contains a segment of Geneva Creek, which flows westward along the southern edge of the county property and then through the Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve before draining into the Fox River; and
WHEREAS, Geneva Creek through both Kane County and District parcels is severely degraded due to ongoing streambank and stream channel erosion that has not been addressed in the 52 years that Kane County has owned the property; and
WHEREAS, Kane County’s Building Management Department, Kane County’s Environmental and Water Resources Department, and the District are working together to fund and execute a stream channel and streambank stabilization project along Geneva Creek in 2024 by contracting with a vendor experienced in the design and construction of such improvements; and
WHEREAS, the long term success of the project will be increased if a community volunteer program could be utilized on both properties to remove nuisance and invasive vegetation along the stream corridor before the stabilization project begins and continue after the project is complete; and
WHEREAS, the District already has an established Volunteer Program for Natural Areas Management to organize, train and oversee volunteers interested in performing management activities such as nuisance and invasive vegetation removal; and
WHEREAS, the District has agreed to utilize its Volunteer Program for Natural Areas Management to conduct nuisance and invasive vegetation removal on both the District-owned parcel to the east as well as the adjacent Kane County-owned parcel to the west.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the Chairman is hereby authorized to enter into the attached Intergovernmental Agreement with the Forest Preserve District for Volunteer Stream Corridor Restoration Services.
Passed by the Kane County Board on December 12, 2023.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, J.D. Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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