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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR THE McGINTY SLOUGH
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in part of Section 25, Township 37 North, Range 11, East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois adjacent to the McGinty Slough near Will Cook Road and 123rd Street in District 17.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (the "District"), pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided, has from time to time acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, lands necessary and desirable for District purposes containing one or more natural forests or parts thereof, or lands connecting such forests or parts thereof, or lands capable of being reforested for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna, and scenic beauties within the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, and to restore, restock, protect, and preserve the natural forests and said lands together with their flora and fauna, as nearly as may be, in their natural state and condition, for the purpose of the education, pleasure, and recreation of the public; and
WHEREAS, the said Board of Commissioners of the District also has acquired in like manner lands for the consolidation of such preserves into unit areas of a size and form convenient and desirable for public use and economical maintenance and improvement, and lands for the purpose of connecting such preserves with forested ways or links in order to increase their accessibility, use, and enjoyment, and lands for improvement by forestation, roads, and pathways, and lands for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating recreational facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the District has in a like manner acquired lands along water courses or elsewhere which, in their judgment, were required to control drainage and water conditions and necessary for the preservation of forested areas required or to be acquired as preserves and lands for the purpose of extension of roads and forested ways around and by such preserves and for parking space for automobiles and other facilities not requiring forested areas but incidental to the use and protection thereof; and
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the District as follows:
Section 1. That a unified Forest Preserve be and the same is hereby created within the District which shall contain and connect lands now owned and lands to be acquired in substantial accordance with the plat now on file in the office of the General Superintendent of the District, which by reference is hereby made part thereof, and for the purposes of said Forest Preserve and for the carrying out of the statutory purposes more particularly set out in the preamble of this ordinance, it is necessary and desirable for the District to own and it shall acquire property hereinafter described in Section 2 of this ordinance, for the purpose of creating a Forest Preserve and for District uses.
Section 2. That the lands referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance are more particularly described as follows:
A PART OF 12375 McCARTHY ROAD, PALOS PARK, ILLINOIS
Lot 1 of Holy Family Villa Subdivision, located in part of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) and the East Half (E1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of Section 25, Township 37 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian in the village of Palos Park, Cook County, Illinois more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the East Quarter (E1/4) corner of said Section 25, as shown per monument recorded as Document No. 97267364; Thence, South 88 degrees 14 minutes 07 seconds West, on the south line of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of said Section 25, a distance of 1889.26 feet, to the Point of Beginning; Thence, South 88 degrees 14 minutes 07 seconds West on said south line, 2,078.54 feet to the southeast corner of the East half (E1/2) of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 25; Thence North 1 degree 46 minutes 55 seconds West, 2,647.85 feet on the west line of the East Half of said Northwest Quarter, to the northwest corner of said East Half of the Northwest Quarter; Thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 25 seconds East, 1,323.73 feet on the north line of said East Half of the Northwest Quarter, to the northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 25; Thence North 88 degrees 09 minutes 18 seconds East, 1,796.27 feet on the north line of said Northeast Quarter; Thence, South 1 degree 44 minutes 05 seconds East, 1,083.90 feet; Thence, South 88 degrees 14 minutes 07 seconds West, 655.14 feet; Thence, South 0 degrees 23 minutes 13 seconds West, 1,272.75 feet; Thence, South 88 degrees 14 minutes 07 seconds West, 337.15 feet; Thence, South 1 degree 45 minutes 53 seconds East, 289.88 feet to the Point of Beginning.
The above described parcel contains 162.64 acres more or less, including 1.57 acres more or less, lying in public roadway Right of Way.
I, further state that the bearings shown are in Reference to Grid North as determined from the Illinois State Plane Coordinates System, East Zone, NAD 83 (2012 adjustment).
PART OF PIN: 22-25-202-002-0000
Section 3. This ordinance is hereby made and ordained to be severable as to each parcel of land or portion thereof or right of interest in any of the same hereby authorized to be acquired, and failure to acquire any of the said parcels of land described in Section 2 hereof or right of interest in any of the same shall not impair or invalidate the authority by this ordinance granted to hold, own, or acquire any other of said parcels or any right or interest therein, it being the intention of said Board of Commissioners of the District to carry out the general plan provided in this ordinance so far as legally and financially practicable, and to negotiate for purchases, condemn, or otherwise acquire from time to time the several parcels of land described in Section 2 hereof and all right or interest therein.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
District: 17
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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