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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE, ILLINOIS AND
THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF DU PAGE COUNTY
FOR STORMWATER COMPENSATORY STORAGE AND GRADING
WITHIN TIMBER RIDGE AND WINFIELD MOUNDS FOREST PRESERVES
(ESTIMATED COUNTY COST $251,432.00)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (hereinafter referred to as COUNTY) proposes to replace the Geneva Road bridge and construct a stormwater compensatory storage area within the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's (hereinafter referred to as DISTRICT) owned property, all within unincorporated Winfield Township (hereinafter referred to as PROJECT); and
WHEREAS, DISTRICT owns certain property commonly known as the Timber Ridge Forest Preserve, and the Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve (hereinafter "TIMBER RIDGE and WINFIELD MOUNDS"); and
WHEREAS, in order to accommodate the proposed improvements at Genva Road, it will be necessary for the COUNTY to construct and maintain certain drainage improvements within the TIMBER RIDGE and WINFIELD MOUNDS Forest Preserves; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and the DISTRICT have determined that it is necessary to enter into an Easement Agreement (hereinafter referred to as AGREEMENT) to provide for the installation and future maintenance of certain drainage improvements for the PROJECT within TIMBER RIDGE and WINFIELD MOUNDS Forest Preserves; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and the DISTRICT are municipalities as defined in Section 1 (c) of the Local Government Property Transfer Act 50 ILCS 605/1(c) (hereinafter referred to as TRANSFER ACT); and
WHEREAS, Section 2 of the TRANSFER ACT authorizes the conveyance of real property from one municipality to another municipality upon two-thirds vote of the corporate authorities of the transferor municipality; and
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to a conveyance under Section 2 of the TRANSFER ACT, the transferee (COUNTY) must first declare by ordinan...
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