Public Act 094-0653
 		





SB1211 Enrolled
LRB094 04862 LCB 34891 b






    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois owns certain real property 
in the City of Chicago in the Dunning Community Area in Cook 
County, located in Township 40 North, Range 13 East, Section 
18, that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human 
Services for the operation of the Chicago Read Mental Health 
Center; and
 
    WHEREAS, Approximately 30 acres of the Chicago Read Mental 
Health Center property contain 2 wetlands, an emergent wetland, 
and other open space that benefit the protection of the Des 
Plaines watershed; and
 
    WHEREAS, State-owned wetlands are governed by and must be 
managed
according to the Interagency Wetlands Policy Act of 
1989  and provisions of Part 1090 of Title 17 of the Illinois 
Administrative Code; and
 
    WHEREAS, The mission of the Illinois Department of Human 
Services is to improve the health, well-being, and quality of 
life of Illinois citizens; and
 
    WHEREAS, Parks, open spaces, and forests are important 
components for the health and well-being of urban residents, 
contributing to the prevention and amelioration of illness not 
only by facilitating improvements in physical fitness through 
exercise, but also by facilitating positive emotional, 
intellectual, and social experiences; and
 
    WHEREAS, The Dunning Community Area, in which the property 
is located, has been identified as underserved by open space 
and parks in the Land Policies Plans completed by the City and 
the Chicago Park District, that note that 2 large segments of 
the Dunning Community have no open space or parkland 
whatsoever; and
 
    WHEREAS, The Dunning property was originally donated to 
Cook County in 1868 by the Dunning family for health and social 
purposes and was operated by the County as a "poor farm" and a 
facility for the mentally ill until 1912; and
 
    WHEREAS, In 1912 Cook County conveyed the 235-acre Dunning 
property to the State of Illinois to be used for health and 
social purposes as stated in the original land covenant; 
therefore
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Department of Human Services is 
hereby authorized to grant and convey a permanent conservation 
easement to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on a 
parcel containing 30 acres, more
or less, that is located in 
Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the third 
principal meridian, Cook County, Illinois, situated to the West 
and South of the Chicago Read Mental Health Center, for the 
purpose of preserving and protecting the wetlands and forested 
area for the benefit of the patients of the
facility, the 
community, and the general public, this 30-acre parcel being 
more
particularly described under Section 10 of this Act.


 
    Section 10. A parcel containing 30 acres, more or less, 
located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the 
third principal meridian, Cook County, Illinois, situated to 
the West and South of the Chicago Read Mental Health Center, a 
more accurate description to be made by an Illinois 
professional land surveyor, the cost of the survey to be paid 
for by Friends of the Parks.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.