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MWRD agreement for the Prairie Creek flood-control project

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After a committee vote on May 4, 2026, the City Council on May 18, 2026 approved, by a 6–0 vote, an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for its Prairie Creek project, estimated at $33,800,000. The City commits to fund upsizing of the Dempster storm sewer, estimated at $436,369, and to maintain the work within City limits.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), May 18 2026. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Committee of the Whole recommends approval

    Meeting date: May 4 2026. Item VII.A.3: the motion carried.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2026-05-04, Committee of the Whole, May 4 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2026-05-04, Committee of the Whole, May 4 2026. Open the quote and source.

  2. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the agreement

    Meeting date: May 18 2026. Item VIII.L.3: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent). Other: METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

  • Estimate

    $33,800,000

    The total project

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Park Ridge and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for Construction and Maintenance of a Flood Control Project on Prairie Creek (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Estimate

    $436,369

    Construction

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Park Ridge and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for Construction and Maintenance of a Flood Control Project on Prairie Creek (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    to accept ongoing maintenance responsibilities for 50 years

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Park Ridge and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for Construction and Maintenance of a Flood Control Project on Prairie Creek (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Official source records

  1. Committee of the Whole minutes, 2026-05-04

    Committee of the Whole, May 4 2026

  2. City Council minutes, 2026-05-18

    City Council, May 18 2026

  3. Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Park Ridge and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for Construction and Maintenance of a Flood Control Project on Prairie Creek (Memorandum)

    City Council, May 18 2026

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 4 revised.

  2. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “MWRD agreement for the Prairie Creek flood-control project,” sources reviewed 2026-09-25, source records listed on this page.

Initial permanent evidence page published September 10, 2026. Follow the dated evidence above for later additions and changes. A source-check date alone does not establish a government action or project outcome.