Kane County Forest Preserve District Commission met April 19.
Here is the minutes provided by the commission:
I. Call to Order
The Forest Preserve District Commission meeting was held Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:00 AM at Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. A, Geneva, IL 60134. The meeting was opened by President Michael Kenyon at 9:00 AM.
II. Pledge of Allegiance
Lead by Commissioner Tom Koppie.
III. Roll Call
Commissioner Deborah Allan Present
Commissioner Theresa Barreiro Present
Commissioner Mark Davoust Present
Commissioner Drew Frasz Present
Commissioner Matt Hanson Present
Commissioner Barbara Hernandez Absent
Commissioner John Hoscheit Present
Commissioner Mo Iqbal Present
President Michael Kenyon Present
Commissioner Chris Kious Present
Commissioner Tom Koppie Present
Commissioner Bill Lenert Present
Commissioner Anita Lewis Present
Commissioner John Martin Present
Commissioner Myrna Molina Present
Commissioner Jarett Sanchez Present
Commissioner Douglas Scheflow Present/Late
Commissioner Monica Silva Absent
Commissioner Susan Starrett Absent
Commissioner Clifford Surges Present
Commissioner Angela Thomas Present
Commissioner Steve Weber Present
Commissioner Penny Wegman Present
Commissioner Barbara Wojnicki Present
Others Present:
Monica Meyers, Executive Director, Ken J. Stanish, Chief Financial Officer, Ken Anderson, Jr., Chief of Planning and Operations, Ben Haberthur, Director of Natural Resources Management, John Goreth, Director of Operations, Caitlin Rodeghero, Administrative Specialist, Jerry Hodge, Attorney, Ellen J. Maglio, Recording Secretary
IV. Public Comment (Each Speaker is limited to 3 minutes) None.
V. Presentation and Approval of the Minutes from March 12, 2019
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Chris Kious, Commissioner
SECONDER: Mo Iqbal, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Douglas Scheflow, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
VI. Presentation and Approval of the Bills and Commissioners' Per Diem from March 2019
RESULT: APPROVED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Deborah Allan, Commissioner
SECONDER: Barbara Wojnicki, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Douglas Scheflow, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
VII. Bids and Proposals
FP-R-19-04-2706
Resolution Accepting Bids for Control of Wild Chervil at Various Preserves
Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) is a short-lived biennial weed. It forms a low-growing rosette in the first year of its life cycle, then flowers and produces seeds in the second year. As a heavy seed producer, it is easily spread to new locations. The bids were advertised and sent to 17 vendors, with 3 responding. The qualified low bid for each option as follows:
Option 1. Bowes Creek Woods F.P. - (45 acres): Bid of $7,630.00 submitted by Applied Ecological Services of Brodhead, WI
Option 2. Campton F.P. - (36 acres): Bid of $9,500.00 submitted by McGinty Bros of Long Grove, IL
Option 3. Meissner-Corron F.P. - (33 acres): Bid of $5,381.00 submitted by Applied Ecological Services of Brodhead, WI
Option 4. Lone Grove F.P. - (40 acres): Bid of $4,200.00 submitted by Applied Ecological Services of Brodhead, WI
Option 5. Bowes Creek Greenway F.P. - (20 acres): Bid of $5,159.00 submitted by McGinty Bros of Long Grove, IL
DISCUSSION: None.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jarett Sanchez, Commissioner
SECONDER: Drew Frasz, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
FP-R-19-04-2707
Resolution Accepting Bids for Control of Garlic Mustard at Various Preserves
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a non-native plant that has become well established in most woodlands owned by the District. This plant can tolerate shady conditions and produces prodigious amounts of highly viable seed; these two traits couple to make this weed a rapid invader of the forest understory occupying land that would normally be filled with an entire complement of woodland grasses and wildflowers.
The bids were advertised and sent to twenty-six vendors with five responding, project totaling $48,590.00 as follows:
Semper Fi Land Services in the amount of $16,750 for the following: Option 1. - Bliss Woods (86 acres) in the amount of $14,250.
Option 4. - Lone Grove (9.2 acres) in the amount of $2,500.
Tallgrass Restoration, LLC in the amount of $31,840 for the following: Option 2. - Johnson’s Mound (88 acres) in the amount of $15,840. Option 3. - Freeman Kame (63 acres) in the amount of $16,000.
DISCUSSION: None.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Barbara Wojnicki, Commissioner
SECONDER: Mark Davoust, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Douglas Scheflow, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
FP-R-19-04-2708
Resolution Accepting Bids for Control of Reed Canary Grass at Various Preserves
Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) is a perennial cool season grass that plagues many of our forest preserves. This pernicious pest is equally at home in wetlands as it is in upland environments. Reed canary grass also forms dense monotypic stands of itself that overtake wetlands at the exclusion of all other native plant species. This plant is difficult to control because of how well its root system colonizes an area, repeated herbicide treatments are often required. The bid was sent to 17 vendors, with 5 responding with a total project cost of $29,626 as follows:
Option 1. Braeburn Marsh Forest Preserve - (6 acres): Bid of $2,346 submitted by Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC of Elmhurst, IL
Option 2. Dick Young Forest Preserve - (36 acres): Bid of $8,637 submitted by Applied Ecological Services of Brodhead, WI
Option 3. Fox River Shores Forest Preserve - (18 acres): This project will NOT be conducted due to weather-related trail damages that have made the project area inaccessible for the near future.
Option 4 - Lone Grove Forest Preserve - (5.2 acres): Bid of $2,100 submitted by Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC of Elmhurst, IL
Option 5 - Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve - (12 acres): Bid of $4,128 submitted by Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC of Elmhurst, IL
Option 6 - Bowes Creek Greenway Forest Preserve - (23 acres): Bid of $5,557 submitted by Applied Ecological Services of Brodhead, WI
Option 7 - Meissner-Corron Forest Preserve - (20.5 acres): Bid of $6,858 submitted by Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC of Elmhurst, IL
DISCUSSION: None.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Matt Hanson, Commissioner
SECONDER: Mo Iqbal, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
FP-R-19-04-2709
Resolution Accepting Bids for Reforestation Work at Various Preserves
The bid was advertised and sent to 17 vendors with 5 responding, project totaling $35,746.82. The lowest qualified bid for each project was as follows:
Option 1: Needham Woods (40 acres) Big Rock - $17,997.00 submitted by Applied Ecological Service Inc. of Brodhead WI. The planting area is a former bean field that has been planted with small oak trees. The Contractor will be required to plant a total of 40 balled & burlapped hardwood trees of the 2.0” dbh size class.
Option 2: Hoscheit Woods (30 acres) St. Charles - $13, 439.00 submitted by Applied Ecological Services Inc. of Brodhead WI. The planting area is a fallow field. The Contractor will be required to plant a total of 30 balled & burlapped hardwood trees of the 2.0” dbh size class.
Option 3: Northwestern Medicine Field (6 acres) Geneva - $4,310.82 submitted by Pedersen Company of St. Charles, IL. The planting area is a mowed grass field used as a seating area in front of a platform stage. The Contractor will be required to plant a total of 6 balled & burlapped hardwood trees of the 3.0” dbh size class.
DISCUSSION: None.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Drew Frasz, Commissioner
SECONDER: Jarett Sanchez, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
FP-R-19-04-2710
Resolution Accepting a Bid for the Fabyan Forest Preserve Pedestrian Bridge Reconstruction and Fox River Causeway Removal
The bid was advertised and sent to 69 vendors with 6 responding. The plans have been reviewed and approved by the IDNR and we are the process of securing their acceptance of the proposed responsive bidder ICC Group Inc. This contract with ICC Group Inc., at a cost not to exceed $1,249,000 is for construction related to the improvements at Fabyan Forest Preserve connected to the western pedestrian bridge reconstruction, and the removal of the existing causeway and shoreline restoration within the Fox River. In addition, a 10% construction cost contingency fund shall be in place.
DISCUSSION: Commissioner Allan stated that she was grateful to staff for their efforts to secure funding for this project. The District will receive funding from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to assist with this project.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Drew Frasz, Commissioner
SECONDER: Chris Kious, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
VIII. Land Acquisition
FP-R-19-04-2711
Resolution Authorizing Land Acquisition of the Gwinn Oaks Farm Property in Big Rock Township
Approximately 108 acres of woodlands adjacent to the Big Rock Forest Preserve, contains very high quality woodlands.
DISCUSSION: None.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Bill Lenert, Commissioner
SECONDER: Theresa Barreiro, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
IX. New Business
FP-R-19-04-2712
Resolution Authorizing Commissioners' Expenses Attending the 2019 IAPD/IPRA Annual Conference in Chicago
Commissioners and staff attended the IAPD/IPRA Annual Soaring to New Heights Conference held in Chicago, January 24 -26, 2019. The following were the commissioners in attendance and their expenses including items such as conference registration, hotel, mileage, and meals during this three day conference and those attending the Chairman’s Luncheon:
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [20 TO 0]
MOVER: Drew Frasz, Commissioner
SECONDER: Deborah Allan, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSTAIN: Theresa Barreiro
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
FP-R-19-04-2713
Resolution Authorizing Payment to the Kane County Information Technologies Department for Services at the Natural Resource Management Facility
The Commission approved funding in the FY 2017/18 budget for the construction of a new Natural Resources Facility at the Mill Creek Greenway. The new 6,800 square foot facility was completed at the end of last summer and the building includes indoor space for equipment and material storage work space for repairing equipment, as well as office space for the staff.
The bulk of our Natural Resource Management (NRM) department and include our Restoration Ecologist, Wildlife Biologist and Restoration Technicians work at this location.
High speed cable internet is not currently available at the intersection of Hwy 38 & Brundige, but was available north of this site at the Kane County Juvenile Detention Facility. The invoice details the costs associated with installing point-to-point wireless data transmitters to bring the high speed internet from the Detention Facility to the silo on the old barn at the site and subsequently into the NRM office space. The invoice also details the hardware and labor costs for installing the initial hardware as well as six refurbished desktop personal computers for staff workstations. The invoice total for this work is $51,653.23. All work was completed last fall and performs well.
DISCUSSION: Commissioner Kious asked for clarification on the location of this facility. Executive Director Meyers stated that the facility is on Brundige Road in St. Charles.
RESULT: ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Deborah Allan, Commissioner
SECONDER: Jarett Sanchez, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
X. Communications
A. Committee Assignments
Removal of Barbara Hernandez from the Land Acquisition Committee and the Planning & Utilization Committee.
XI. Closed Session to Discuss Land Acquisition, Contracts, Litigation, and Personnel None.
XII. President's Comments
President Kenyon expressed his excitement and pleasure in the new acquisition of the woodlands in Big Rock Township.
RESULT: PLACED ON FILE BY VOICE VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Theresa Barreiro, Commissioner
SECONDER: Deborah Allan, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
XIV. Adjournment
RESULT: ADJOURNED BY VOICE VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mo Iqbal, Commissioner
SECONDER: Chris Kious, Commissioner
AYES: Deborah Allan, Theresa Barreiro, Mark Davoust, Drew Frasz, Matt Hanson, John Hoscheit, Mo Iqbal, Michael Kenyon, Chris Kious, Tom Koppie, Bill Lenert, Anita Lewis, John Martin, Myrna Molina, Jarett Sanchez, Douglas Scheflow, Clifford Surges, Angela C Thomas, Steve Weber, Penny Wegman, Barbara Wojnicki
ABSENT: Barbara Hernandez, Monica Silva, Susan Starrett
XIII. Departmental Reports from March 2019
http://kanecountyil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2362&Inline=True
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