DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: SM-R-0005-25

• File #: SM-R-0005-25
• Version: 2
• Type: Stormwater Management Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/23/2025
• In control: Stormwater Management Committee
• On agenda: 5/6/2025
• Final action: 5/13/2025
• Title: Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the County of DuPage, Illinois and Winfield Park District, for the Winfield Creek Streambank Stabilization Project.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/13/2025	2	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
5/6/2025	2	Stormwater Management Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN COUNTY OF DUPAGE, ILLINOIS
AND WINFIELD PARK DISTRICT
FOR THE WINFIELD CREEK STREAMBANK RESTORATION PROJECT
resolution

WHEREAS, the PARK DISTRICT and the COUNTY are public agencies within the meaning of the Illinois "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act" and as authorized by Article 7, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the purposes of the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act" and Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois include fostering cooperation among government bodies; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has granted the COUNTY authority to take action to manage stormwater and control flooding and to enter into agreements for the purposes of stormwater management and flood control (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 55 paragraphs 5/5-1062.3 and 5/5-15001 et. seq.); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to said authority, the COUNTY has sought to undertake a project to restore a section of Winfield Creek including streambank stabilization, native vegetation, installation of rock toe and riffles, bioswales, filter strips and wetland restoration, located within the Village of Winfield (herein referred to as the "PROJECT"); and

WHEREAS, the COUNTY has been awarded $472,452.12 in funding for the PROJECT through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Financial Assistance Program; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency permits the use of Section 319(h) funds for stream stabilization projects; and

WHEREAS, DuPage County Board adopted the Winfield Creek Watershed-Based Plan on April 13, 2021; and

WHEREAS, the Winfield Creek Watershed-Based Plan recommends streambank stabilization practices, wetland restoration, bioswales, and filter strips to improve water...