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1 AN ACT concerning civil law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding
5 Section 25-5-145 as follows:
6 (735 ILCS 30/25-5-145 new)
7 Sec. 25-5-145. Quick-take; Cook County; Calumet City.
8 (a) Quick-take proceedings under Article 20 may be used
9 for a period of no more than 2 years after the effective date
10 of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly by Cook
11 County and the City of Calumet City for the acquisition of the
12 following described property for the purpose of economic
13 development:
14 PARCEL 1:
15 THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP
16 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
17 WHICH LIES NORTH AND EAST OF THE MARGIN OF THE LITTLE
18 CALUMET RIVER, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING:
19 (A) THE EAST 660 FEET OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER;
20 (B) THAT PART OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER WHICH IS BOTH
21 SOUTH OF A LINE PARALLEL TO AND 2,056.78 FEET SOUTH OF
22 THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER AND WEST OF A LINE 300
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1 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF TORRENCE
2 AVENUE;
3 (C) THAT PART TAKEN, USED OR DEDICATED FOR TORRENCE
4 AVENUE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THAT PART TAKEN
5 IN ORDER VESTING TITLE RECORDED OCTOBER 4, 2016 AS
6 DOCUMENT NO. 1627816040;
7 (D) THAT PART THEREOF CONVEYED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE
8 COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY DEEDS DULY RECORDED
9 JULY 24, 1926 AS DOCUMENTS 9349854 AND 9350297;
10 (E) THAT PART OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER DESCRIBED AS
11 FOLLOWS:
12 COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER; THENCE
13 SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF
14 230 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY ON A LINE PARALLEL TO THE NORTH
15 LINE OF SAID QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 250 FEET; THENCE NORTH
16 A DISTANCE OF 230 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
17 QUARTER; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE
18 OF 250 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
19 (F) THAT PART OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19,
20 TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
21 MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
22 BEGINNING AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE EAST 660 FEET OF
23 SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH O DEGREES 09 MINUTES
24 50 SECONDS WEST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 660 FEET OF
25 SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 1635.56 FEET; THENCE
26 NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
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1 260.28 FEET; THENCE NORTH 28 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS
2 EAST A DISTANCE OF 59.87 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 42
3 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 519.21 FEET; THENCE
4 SOUTH 45 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
5 24.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS
6 WEST A DISTANCE OF 110.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 17
7 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE
8 NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
9 615.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 30 SECONDS
10 EAST ON A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
11 NORTH WEST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 543.00 FEET TO THE NORTH
12 LINE OF SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES
13 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTH
14 WEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 1055.93 FEET TO THE PLACE OF
15 BEGINNING;
16 (G) THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19,
17 TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD
18 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS BOUNDED
19 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
20 COMMENCING AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION;
21 THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTH WEST
22 QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 1284 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE EAST
23 71.05 FEET (MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLE) TO A POINT ON THE EAST
24 LINE OF TORRENCE AVENUE, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF
25 BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING EAST ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED
26 COURSE A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG
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1 A LINE PARALLEL TO AND DISTANT 5 FEET FROM SAID EAST LINE
2 OF TORRENCE AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 316.00 FEET TO A POINT;
3 THENCE WEST, FORMING A RIGHT ANGLE WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED
4 COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID EAST LINE
5 OF TORRENCE AVENUE; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 316.00 FEET
6 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
7 (H) THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19,
8 TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD
9 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED
10 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
11 COMMENCING AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF SAID NORTH WEST
12 QUARTER; THENCE EAST A DISTANCE OF 250 FEET TO A POINT;
13 THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 30 FEET (MEASURED AT RIGHT
14 ANGLE) TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF 159TH STREET, SAID
15 POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING
16 SOUTH ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE A DISTANCE OF 30
17 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE EAST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO AND
18 DISTANT 60 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTH WEST
19 QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 722.77 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
20 NORTH ALONG A LINE FORMING A RIGHT ANGLE WITH THE LAST
21 DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 30 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID
22 EAST LINE OF 159TH STREET; THENCE WEST A DISTANCE OF
23 722.77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
24 (I) THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19,
25 TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD
26 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING THE NORTH 150 FEET OF THE
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1 SOUTH 600 FEET OF THE WEST 150 FEET OF THE EAST 810
2 FEET OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, ALL IN COOK COUNTY,
3 ILLINOIS;
4 (J) LOT 1 OF CALUMET SONIC SUBDIVISION, BEING A
5 SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
6 SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE
7 THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
8 THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 2010, AS DOCUMENT NO.
9 1030934049, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
10 PARCEL 2:
11 EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND COMMON USE OF PARKING
12 OVER, UNDER, AND ACROSS THOSE PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
13 DESCRIBED LAND:
14 THAT PART OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 36
15 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
16 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
17 BEGINNING AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE EAST 660 FEET OF
18 SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH O DEGREES 09 MINUTES
19 50 SECONDS WEST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 660 FEET OF
20 SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 1635.56 FEET; THENCE
21 NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
22 260.28 FEET; THENCE NORTH 28 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS
23 EAST A DISTANCE OF 59.87 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 42
24 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 519.21 FEET; THENCE
25 NORTH 45 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
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1 24.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS
2 WEST A DISTANCE OF 110.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 17
3 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE
4 NORTH 44 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
5 615.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH O DEGREES 17 MINUTES 30 SECONDS
6 EAST ON A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
7 NORTH WEST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 543.00 FEET TO THE NORTH
8 LINE OF SAID NORTH WEST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES
9 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTH
10 WEST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 1055.93 FEET TO THE PLACE OF
11 BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTH 30 FEET THEREOF
12 AND ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART THEREOF CONVEYED IN
13 DEED FROM SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, TO THE STATE OF
14 ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS DATED
15 AUGUST 29, 1966, AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1966 AS
16 DOCUMENT NUMBER 19955757 AND FILED SEPTEMBER 28, 1966, AS
17 DOCUMENT NUMBER LR2294057, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
18 AS CREATED BY OPERATING AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 23, 1965, A
19 MEMORANDUM OF WHICH WAS RECORDED JULY 22, 1965, AS
20 DOCUMENT NUMBER 19534723, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT DATED
21 JUNE 15, 1984, A MEMORANDUM OF WHICH WAS RECORDED AUGUST
22 27, 1984 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 27229390, AND SECONDS
23 AMENDMENT DATED FEBRUARY 3, 1933, A MEMORANDUM OF WHICH
24 WAS RECORDED MARCH 2, 1933 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 93154148.
25 PARCEL 3:
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1 THAT PART OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER WHICH IS BOTH SOUTH OF
2 A LINE PARALLEL TO AND 2,056.78 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH
3 LINE OF SAID QUARTER AND WEST OF A LINE 300 FEET EAST OF
4 AND PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF TORRENCE AVENUE;
5 EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART OF THE LAND CONVEYED TO THE
6 STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
7 BUILDINGS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 19940215;
8 AND EXCEPTING THAT PART OF THE LAND TAKEN IN CONDEMNATION
9 CASE NO. 14 L 050215.
10 PARCEL 4: INTENTIONALLY DELETED.
11 PARCEL 5: INTENTIONALLY DELETED.
12 PARCEL 6: INTENTIONALLY DELETED.
13 PARCEL 7:
14 THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP
15 36 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
16 LYING EAST OF THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AND WEST OF THE
17 NORTH LINE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS AS
18 ESTABLISHED IN DEED 8393986 FALLING IN THE FOLLOWING
19 DESCRIBED LANDS:
20 COMMENCING AT A POINT WHICH IS 10 CHAINS WEST OF THE
21 NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF
22 SECTION 19, IN TOWNSHIP 36, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE THIRD
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1 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE WEST 11 CHAINS AND 34 LINKS;
2 THENCE SOUTH 33 CHAINS AND 75 LINKS TO THE MARGIN OF THE
3 CALUMET RIVER; THENCE ALONG THE MARGIN OF SAID RIVER IN AN
4 EASTERLY DIRECTION UNTIL IT INTERSECTS A LINE RUNNING
5 NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 40
6 CHAINS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 2 OF A
7 SUBDIVISION OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER FRACTIONAL SECTION,
8 SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF SHERNTON IN THE COUNTY OF COOK, IN
9 THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
10 PARCEL 8:
11 RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS AS GRANTED IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT
12 BETWEEN SEARS, ROEBUCK, AND COMPANY AND LASALLE NATIONAL
13 BANK UNDER TRUST NUMBER 30703, GOVERNING FUTURE
14 DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE PROPERTY AFFECTED THEREBY, AND
15 PROVIDING FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS BETWEEN THE AFFECTED
16 PARCELS AND FOR UTILITY EASEMENTS, A MEMORANDUM OF WHICH
17 AGREEMENT WAS RECORDED JULY 22, 1965, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER
18 19534723 AND REGISTERED JULY 22, 1965, AS DOCUMENT
19 LR2220909;
20 AMENDMENT TO SAID OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES
21 ABOVE MENTIONED, A MEMORANDUM OF WHICH WAS RECORDED AUGUST
22 27, 1984, AS DOCUMENT 27229390 AND REGISTERED AUGUST 27,
23 1984, AS DOCUMENT LR3390805;
24 MEMORANDUM OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT
25 DATED FEBRUARY 03, 1993, AND RECORDED MARCH 02, 1993 AS
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1 DOCUMENT NUMBER 93154148;
2 Tax Parcel Numbers: 30-19-100-129-0000;
3 30-19-100-112-0000; and 30-19-100-135-0000
4 (b) This Section is repealed 3 years after the effective
5 date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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