TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 19, 2015
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to execute a partial release of easement with the Catholic Bishop of Chicago at St. Michael's Reservoir in Schaumburg, Illinois in connection with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Elgin-O'Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00
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Dear Sir:
In May, 1981, the District entered into a 100-year easement with the Catholic Bishop of Chicago ("Catholic Bishop") for the construction, operation and maintenance of a reservoir located adjacent to the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) has requested to buy approximately 0.302 acres of the Catholic Bishop's land, upon which the District has an easement, for its Elgin-O'Hare Western Access Project (EOWA). The total size of the District's easement is 10.278 acres.
The District's technical departments have no objections to ISTHA's proposal since the land being purchased is outside the footprint of the reservoir.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and approve the execution of a partial release of the District's easement with the Catholic Bishop of Chicago at St. Michael's Reservoir in Schaumburg, Illinois in connection with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Elgin-O'Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.
It is further requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk be authorized and directed to execute the partial release of easement on behalf of the District after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Ronald M. Hill, General Counsel, RMH:STM:MLD:ss
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 March 19, 2015
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