TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 3, 2014
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
Title
Authority to issue a 2-year permit to Capitol Cement Company to operate a construction staging area on two (2) acres of District real estate located on North Shore Channel Parcel 6.20 and access thereto through North Shore Channel Parcels 6.01 and 6.02 located north of Howard Street and east of the North Shore Channel in Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $17,424.00.
Body
Dear Sir:
Capitol Cement Company ("Capitol") has requested a 2-year permit for construction staging on North Shore Channel Parcel 6.20. Capitol is engaged in a road reconstruction project along an approximately two (2) mile area along Crawford Avenue from Devon Avenue to Oakton Street in Skokie and Lincolnwood, Illinois. Access to Parcel 6.20 will be through Parcels 6.01 and 6.02. Parcel 6.01 would also be used as a parking area for the construction crew.
Parcels 6.20 and 6.01 are vacant, while parcel 6.02 is under lease to the Vineyard Christian Church for use as a parking lot. The permit is therefore subject to Vineyard's consent.
The District's technical departments have no objections to issuing a permit to Capitol for a 2-year term. The annual permit fee of $17,424.00 is based upon 10% of the site's fair market value based on a recent appraisal of nearby comparable sites.
The subject property falls within the area subject to the North Shore Channel Resolution, which requires that District land located along the North Shore Channel between Devon Avenue and the Wilmette Harbor be leased only for green-space and public recreational use. A waiver of the North Shore Channel Resolution is requested in this instance since the proposed use is under a permit of a short-term duration.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and approve the issuance of a 2-year permit to Capitol Cement Company to operate a construction staging area on two (2) acres of District real estate located on North Shore Channel Parcel 6.20 and access thereto through North Shore Channel Parcels 6.01 and 6.02 located north of Howard Street and east of the North Shore Channel in Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $17,424.00.
It is also requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and direct the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk to execute the permit agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Ronald M. Hill, General Counsel, RMH:STM:BEB:vp
Recommended, David St. Pierre, Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos Chairman, Committee on Real Estate Development
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for April 3, 2014
Attachment