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File #: ORD 19-27    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 3/18/2019 Final action: 3/18/2019
Title: An Ordinance Approving a Highway Authority Agreement and an Environmental Indemnity Agreement between True North Energy, LLC. and the Village of Oak Park for the Property Located at 1 Harrison Street and Authorizing their Execution
Attachments: 1. Ordinance HighwayAuthorityAgreement 1 Harrison, 2. HAA 1 Harrison Street 3-12-19, 3. Env IndemnityAgreement 1 Harrison 3-12-19

Submitted By                     

Bill McKenna, Village Engineer

 

Reviewed By

LKS

 

Agenda Item Title

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An Ordinance Approving a Highway Authority Agreement and an Environmental Indemnity Agreement between True North Energy, LLC. and the Village of Oak Park for the Property Located at 1 Harrison Street and Authorizing their Execution

 

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Overview

Overview

The property owner of 1 Harrison Street (“Owner”) seeks to secure a closure of an incident regarding a leaking underground storage tank site at Shell gas station with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) which would include the execution of a Highway Authority Agreement (HAA) and a Limited Environmental Indemnity Agreement with the Village. A HAA identifies the areas in the right-of-way which exceeds IEPA soil remediation objectives and provides a mechanism to alert those who may need to perform any excavation work in the area.  A Limited Environmental Indemnity Agreement identifies the cost responsibility for managing contaminated soils. 

 

Body

Staff Recommendation

Approve the Ordinance. 

 

Fiscal Impact

There is no fiscal impact if the Ordinance is approved. The Owner has paid for all the testing and the Limited Environmental Indemnity Agreement  requires the Owner to pay all costs associated with any environmental issues should the Village, or its permittees, need to perform work in the streets where there is contamination.  The Owner will also pay for recording of the agreements with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

 

Background

Petroleum products from a former leaking underground storage tank at the Shell gas station located at 1 Harrison Street, the southwest corner of Harrison Street and Austin Boulevard, have leaked into the soils over time.  Following an environmental site investigation by the Owner it was determined that soil contamination spread into the public right-of-way on Austin Boulevard. 

 

The current owner is requesting to obtain a Highway Authority Agreement (HAA) to allow for this contamination to remain under the right of way.  The Village is requiring a Limited Environmental Indemnity Agreement which requires the Owner to pay all costs associated with any environmental issues in the future should the Village, or its permittees, need to perform work in the areas covered by this agreement.        

 

Alternatives

The alternative to this recommendation could be to delay action to gain additional information.

 

Previous Board Action

N/A.

 

Citizen Advisory Commission Action

N/A.

 

Anticipated Future Actions/Commitments

None at this time.

 

Intergovernmental Cooperation Opportunities

None at this time.

 

Performance Management (MAP) Alignment

This work is in alignment with the Governance Priority for the Department of Public Works for Infrastructure/Capital Programs.