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CTA board authorizes larger relocation payment cap for Red Line Extension parcel
Summary
CTA staff asked the board to increase the authorized relocation payment limit for property at 11900 South Cottage Grove acquired for the Red Line Extension from $5.5 million to about $8.0 million; staff said relocation activities are complete and the increase is within the project budget and does not affect overall contingency.
Bill Mooney, CTA chief infrastructure officer, presented an ordinance authorizing payment of relocation expenses related to property acquired at 11900 South Cottage Grove Avenue for the Red Line Extension. Mooney said the site — formerly the All American Recycling Facility — had relocation activity completed and staff requested raising the previously authorized cap under federal relocation rules from $5,500,000 to a new limit described in the meeting as $8,000,000.73 (the transcript includes a numeric formulation that staff stated on the record).
Mooney told the board the increased limit is within the project’s relocation budget and will not impact the overall project contingency. There were no substantive board questions on the merits of the request; directors moved the item onto the omnibus for board approval and approved placement by roll call.
What happens next: The ordinance was placed on the omnibus and recommended for board approval; if the board adopts the ordinance, CTA staff said relocation payments may be executed up to the increased authorized limit consistent with the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance procedures and the project’s approved budget.
