Title/Name/Summary
Doctor Marsh IDNR Covenant - Agreement/ Covenant
History
On July 22, 2014, the Plan Commission held a public hearing per Illinois Department of Natural Resources requirements, to consider the transfer of IDNR Open Lands Trust grant obligations from the Stellwagen Family Farm at 17701 S. 108th Avenue to the Doctor Marsh property at 11601 W. 151st Street.
The 60 acre Stellwagen Family Farm was purchased by the Village in 2002 with OLT grant funds. Certain obligations are transferred to Doctor Marsh, an 80 acre open space property acquired by the Village in 2010. The covenant will establish the state’s perpetual open space requirements for Doctor Marsh, which aligns with the Village’s Comprehensive Plan to maintain the open space character of that land.
The transfer of obligations will ensure continued farming at the Stellwagen Family Farm, which was publicly supported by the Stellwagen Family Farm Foundation at the July 22, 2014 public hearing. Continued farming at Stellwagen Farm is also a long term objective for the Village of Orland Park.
This is now before the Village Board for consideration and to authorize execution of the finalized covenant.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve the covenant titled “Historic and Natural Resources Preservation Covenant For 80 acres of Doctor Marsh Property By the Village of Orland Park”, prepared by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, for the Doctor Marsh property, commonly known as 11601 W. 151st Street.