Title
Joint resolution appropriating $85,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for professional engineering services, to be provided by the Stormwater Management Commission, for Phase I and Phase II of a possible county wetland mitigation bank at the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve, pursuant to an existing agreement between Lake County and the Lake County Forest Preserve District and designated as Section 01-00000-00-ES.
Staff Summary
· Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Possible County Wetland Bank: Appropriation for Phase I and Phase II
· The County has an intergovernmental agreement with the Forest Preserve District for construction of a county wetland mitigation bank and a possible site has been identified at the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve.
· The Forest Preserve is also interested in the possibility of a larger bank to make credits available for its own needs.
· Wetland mitigation banks require permits from the U.S. Army Corps and the IDNR.
· A Phase I study to evaluate options will be undertaken and Phase II design will follow.
· The professional engineering services for the said Phase I and Phase II for the possible bank will be undertaken by the SMC pursuant to an agreement with the LCDOT.
· This resolution appropriates $85,000 of County Bridge Tax Funds for these services.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the construction of improvements to designated routes on the county highway system sometimes result in minor impacts to adjacent wetlands; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to mitigate for impacts to wetlands caused by the construction of improvements to designated routes on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, the use of wetland mitigation bank credits is an environmentally appropriate and cost effective way of handling the mitigation of said minor wetland impacts; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has an agreement in place entitled the “INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT AND COUNTY OF LAKE TERMINATING A PRIOR AGREEM...
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