File #: FP-R-24-11-3126   
Type: FP Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 10/7/2024 In control: Forest Preserve District Commission
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action: 11/12/2024
Title: Resolution Approving a Bid for Tree Planting at the Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve for the Centennial Celebration
Attachments: 1. 2024 Centennial Grove Memo.pdf, 2. Abstract Reforestation Johnson's Mound Final 10.08.24.pdf, 3. JMoundLocator.jpg, 4. CentennialGrovePlanting.jpg

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Resolution Approving a Bid for Tree Planting at the Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve for the Centennial Celebration

 

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WHEREAS, bids have been solicited and received for the planting and maintenance of 250 trees at Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve; and

 

WHEREAS, the District seeks to celebrate 100 years of conservation through the creation of a Centennial Grove at the District’s first preserve through the planting of a combination of large and small trees; and

 

WHEREAS, the lowest qualified bid for the planting and care of the trees was received from RES Great Lakes of Chicago, Illinois in the amount of $145,000.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, that the qualified, lowest bid for tree planting and maintenance to be conducted at Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve with RES Great Lakes of Chicago, Illinois, for a contract cost of $145,000, be and hereby is, accepted and approved.

 

APPROVED AND PASSED on this 12th day of November 2024.

 

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Christopher Kious                                                       Myrna Molina

President, Kane Forest Preserve                              Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve

Kane County, Illinois                                                   Kane County, Illinois