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University Park trustees debate park transfer terms, set workshop to revise draft IGA
Summary
Trustees sparred for hours over a draft intergovernmental agreement that would transfer Regency Farm, Pine Lake, Craig Park and other village properties to the new University Park Park District — raising concerns about a $10 conveyance clause, two years of village-paid insurance and indemnity language — and approved a workshop on April 15 to rewrite the agreement.
The University Park Village Board spent its meeting focused on a draft intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that would transfer several village parks and recreation facilities to the newly established University Park Park District, with trustees and residents sharply divided over the agreement’s timing, cost and legal terms.
Mayor Joe Rudez framed the discussion as a response to the referendum voters passed creating the park district and said the IGA under consideration is a working draft intended to allow the district to run programs and maintain parks once levy funds are received. “The referendum passed,” Rudez said. “This thing, it takes away a whole lot of work from the village. … This is a working document. This isn’t etched in stone.”
But trustees and public commenters repeatedly pushed back on specific draft provisions. Trustee Donna Fulcher pointed to language that would convey a list of village properties (including Regal/Bridal Farm, Pine Lake and Craig Park) “for $10” and require…
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