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AGREEMENT BETWEEN DUPAGE COUNTY AND
LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP FOR THE PURCHASE OF
WETLAND MITIGATION BANK CREDITS
(COUNTY COST $28,470.00)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (“County”) under authority granted by the Illinois General Assembly, (55 ILCS 5/5-1062 et seq. and 5/5-15001, et seq.), is authorized to acquire land, construct improvements and enter into contracts for the purpose of construction, repair, and maintenance of County and/or township roads, bridges and appurtenances; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the above authority, the County, through the Division of Transportation, is proposing to improve the Geneva Road Bridge Over the West Branch DuPage River (“Project”); and
WHEREAS, due to the Project, 0.146 acres of wetlands will be impacted, requiring 0.219 acres of wetland mitigation; and
WHEREAS, in order for the Project to begin the County will need to obtain a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”); and
WHEREAS, USACE requires, as a condition of issuing its permit, that the County provide for the mitigation of impacted wetlands; and
WHEREAS, the County had identified the Donnelley Prairies and Oaks Wetland Mitigation Bank (“Bank”) as the USACOE- certified wetland bank closest to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the County will purchase 0.219 acres of wetland mitigation credits from the Bank’s owner/operator, Libertyville Township, in the amount of Twenty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Dollars and No Cents ($28,470.00), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board hereby approves and accepts the attached Agreement with Libertyville Township, providing for the County’s purchase of 0.219 acres of wetland mitigation credits from the Bank.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board hereby approves and accepts the attached Agreement with Libertyville Township, providing for the County’s purchase of 0.219 acres of wetland mitigation credits from the Bank, in an amount of Twenty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Dollars and No Cents ($28,470.00); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DuPage County Chair is hereby authorized to sign and execute the attached Agreement on behalf of the County, and the DuPage County Clerk is hereby authorized to attest thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one (1) certified original of this Resolution and the Agreement be sent to the Libertyville Township, 359 Merrill Court, Libertyville, Illinois 60048, by and through the Division of Transportation.
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Enacted and approved this 23rd day of January, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK