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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Department of Planning and Development within the Bureau of Economic Development
Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the purposes of expending the CDBG DR funding
Goods or Services: MWRD is the designated Storm Water Management for Cook County, and this will allow DPD to participate in the financing of various projects
Agreement Number(s): N/A
Agreement Period: Begins upon execution by both parties and last through 2019
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 910-1401
Summary: The Department of Planning and Development within the Bureau of Economic Development respectfully requests authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regarding the use of the CDBG - DR funding in existing storm water management plans and projects, which include strategic acquisition of structures that sustain regular flooding in an effort to clear the land to allow waterways to run through them. In addition, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that it will host a national competition for additional Disaster Funding, for which MWRD and Cook County wish to partner as applicants.
DPD respectfully requests approval for the acceptance of this Intergovernmental Agreement and that the Bureau Chief of Economic Development or his/her designee be authorized to execute on behalf of the County of Cook any and all documents necessary to further the program approval herein including any modifications thereto.
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