Meeting Name: Real Estate Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/22/2019 9:50 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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19-0421 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/24/2019approvePass Action details Video Video
19-0352 1 AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND VIA DONATION FROM THE CITY OF ELGIN AND CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE ON THE ACQUIRED LAND NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS FEN NATURE PRESERVEOrdinancePROPOSED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND VIA DONATION FROM THE CITY OF ELGIN AND CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE ON THE ACQUIRED LAND NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS FEN NATURE PRESERVE AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in parts of Fractional Sections 19 and 30, Township 41 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois near Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve in District 15. WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois believes passage of this ordinance is necessary to ensure compliance with the Local Government Property Transfer Act, 50 ILCS 605/0.01 et seq., which provides statutory authority for one municipality to convey title to real estate to another municipality when the territory of transferor municipality is at least partly within the corporate limits of the transferee municipality and it is necessary or convenient to use, occupy or improve real estate held by the transferor municipality in the making of any public improvement or for any public purpose; and WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, IllapprovePass Action details Video Video
19-0356 1 TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR TURNBULL WOODSOrdinancePROPOSED ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR TURNBULL WOODS AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in part of Section 6, Township 42 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois near Turnbull Woods in District 13. 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 recapprovePass Action details Video Video
19-0357 1 Lake Shore Country Club, Gencoe, IllinoisSale or Purchase of Real EstatePROPOSED ACCEPTANCE OF REAL ESTATE DONATION Department(s): Legal Department Other Part(ies): Lake Shore Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois Request: It is respectfully requested that this proposed donation be approved. Description of Real Estate: That part of Lake Shore Country Club lying west of the Union Pacific Railroad, Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois Section: N/A Parcel(s): Part of PIN 05-06-100-002-0000 ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE FRACTIONAL SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING WEST OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. Fiscal Impact: $0 purchase price, plus up to $10,000.00 to cover any closing costs associated with the transaction. Accounts: Land Acquisition 51025.560010; 51006.520000 District(s): 13 Summary: The Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) has identified a parcel of land for acquisition that would add to the Forest Preserve’s current holdings near Turnbull Woods (the “Property”). The PropeapprovePass Action details Video Video
19-0381 1 City of Elgin, IllinoisSale or Purchase of Real EstatePROPOSED ACCEPTANCE OF REAL ESTATE DONATION Department(s): Legal Department Other Part(ies): City of Elgin, Illinois Request: It is respectfully requested that this proposed donation be approved. Description of Real Estate: Five (5) parcels of vacant land consisting of approximately 20.5 acres adjacent to Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve. Section: N/A Parcel(s): 06-19-321-057 That part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 41 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, being a part of Bluff Fen Subdivision, described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the East line of Cookane Avenue with the South line of Dixon Avenue extended, said point being 453.16 feet South of the South line of Bluff City Boulevard; thence South along said East line of Cookane Avenue, 99.0 feet, then East parallel with the South line of Dixon Avenue extended, 424.45 feet for a Place of Beginning; thence South parallel with the East line of Cookane Avenue, 480.85 feet; thence East at right angles to said East line of Cookane Avenue, 63.95 feet;approvePass Action details Video Video