HB2304sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. James A. DeLeo

Filed: 5/9/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2304

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2304 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Director of Central Management Services is authorized to convey by Quit Claim Deed for $1 to the City of Chicago or the Chicago Park District the following described real property: surplus property located within the area bordered by Oak Park Avenue, West Irving Park Road, North Narragansett Avenue, West Montrose Avenue, and Forest Preserve Drive, Chicago, Illinois; provided, however, that should the property fail to be used for any public purpose within the first 10 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly or fail to be used at any time by the Grantee for public purposes, then title shall revert to the State of Illinois.

Section 10. "An Act in relation to certain land", approved June 13, 2000, Public Act 91-824, is amended by changing Section 20-10 as follows:

(P.A. 91-824, Sec. 20-10)

Sec. 20-10. The Director of Central Management Services is authorized to:

(a) convey by quit claim deed for $1 buildings A & B of the former Henry Horner School property located on Oak Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois to Maryville Academy, provided however that should the property fail to be used by Maryville Academy for charitable or educational purposes, the title shall revert to the State of Illinois;

(b) convey by quit claim deed for $1 upon identification and survey of a site mutually agreeable to the parties to New Horizon Center for the Developmentally Disabled, provided that should the property fail to be used by New Horizon Center for the Developmentally Disabled for charitable or educational purposes, title shall revert to the State of Illinois;

(c) convey by Quit Claim Deed for $1 to the City of Chicago or the Chicago Park District the following described real property:

A PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 16,000 SQUARE FEET ON AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST IRVING PARK ROAD, HAVING APPROXIMATELY 135 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON SAID WEST IRVING PARK ROAD AND A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET, HAVING ITS EASTERLY BOUNDARY PARALLEL TO AND APPROXIMATELY 1,111 FEET WEST OF THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF NORTH NARRAGANSETT AVENUE, AND ITS WESTERLY BOUNDARY BEING PARALLEL TO AND 135 FEET WEST OF THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE, ALL IN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Provided however, should the property fail to be used by the Grantee for public purposes, title shall revert to the State of Illinois;

(d) take steps to preserve, landscape, memorialize and protect unmarked historic cemetery grounds located by archeological survey on the grounds of Chicago Read Mental Health Center. This subsection shall also allow the relocation of the remains pursuant to regulations and procedures established by the Historic Preservation Agency when deemed necessary by the Director of Central Management Services. For the purpose of the relocation of such remains, the Secretary of Human Services is designated next of kin when it is not possible to definitively establish the identity of any such remains;

(e) (the General Assembly finds and declares that the authorization under this subsection (e) as originally enacted by Public Act 91-824 was never acted upon; and, therefore, the provisions of that originally enacted subsection (e) are rescinded by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly) in order to facilitate the conveyances referenced in subsections (a) and (b) after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Human Services, and the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs and upon obtaining necessary appraisals, surveys, and environmental reports, and in accordance with and in coordination with any pre-existing redevelopment agreement, convey title by quit claim deed to Chicago Read Joint Venture, Limited Partnership to surplus property located within the area bordered by Harlem Avenue, West Irving Park Road, North Narragansett Avenue, West Montrose Avenue, and Forest Preserve Drive, Chicago, Illinois, but excluding the area comprised of the property of the former Henry Horner School and the property referred to as the "Phase Three Property" under the Chicago Read-Dunning Redevelopment Agreement, at fair market value and on such terms and conditions necessary to bring about the orderly redevelopment of such surplus property, provided however that "surplus property" as described in this Section shall not include buildings and grounds currently under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services unless specifically consented to by the Secretary of Human Services; and

(f) accept replacement State facilities constructed in order to relocate State operations located in facilities to be replaced or otherwise transferred to coordinate with necessary redevelopment.

(Source: P.A. 91-824, eff. 1-1-01.)

Section 15. The Director of Central Management Services shall obtain a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its effective date, and shall record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the county in which the land is located.

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