CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the resolution approving the sixth amendment to the intergovernmental agreement between the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District for maintenance of the Riverwalk
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William Novack, Director/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Commencing in 2003 the City of Naperville ("City") and the Naperville Park District ("Park District") agreed to jointly fund the maintenance of the Riverwalk. Following completion of the initial section between Main Street and Eagle Street in 1981, the Riverwalk grew significantly, stretching from Jefferson Avenue to Hillside Road. The Park District had agreed to maintain that initial 1981 section, and as each section was added it was assumed the Park District could carry the maintenance burden.
Following the completion of the east extension of the Riverwalk from Washington Street to Hillside Road, the Park District stated they could no longer fund all the maintenance, resulting in the 2003 maintenance agreement. That agreement basically stated that the Park District would pay for all maintenance west of Washington Street and the City would pay for everything east of Washington Street along with all future additions to the Riverwalk. Additionally, there was a provision that required the City to fund any difference between inflation of the Park District's maintenance cost and any taxing limitations that Park District faced. At the end of this year the City and Park District will have finished the fourth maintenance agreement between the two agencies, with each agreement having a five-year term.
DISCUSSION:
The last two five-year agreements included not only the maintenance of the Riverwalk but also the City reimbursement to the Park District for their annual programming costs for the Millennium Carillon. Prior to 2013 the City had two separate agreements reimbursing the ...
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