TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JULY 9, 2009
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. Richard Lanyon, Executive Director
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Authority to issue a 3-day permit to Airline Towing, Inc. to use as a staging area vacant District land located near the southwest corner of the intersection of Route 83 and Grant Road in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, known as Cal-Sag Parcel 1.03, to relocate a partially sunken barge vessel from the Cal-Sag Channel near Cal-Sag Parcel 1.03, for consideration of a nominal fee of $10.00
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Dear Sir:
Airline Towing, Inc. has been contracted by Robert Bily, owner of land adjacent to Cal-Sag Parcels 1.02 and 1.03 in Lemont, to relocate a partially sunken barge vessel which is attached to the seawall near Parcel 1.03. Airline Towing has therefore requested to use Cal-Sag Parcel 1.03 to set up a staging area to lift up the vessel in the channel and then tow it in the channel, approximately 48 feet, to the portion of the channel which is directly in front of Mr. Bily’s adjacent land.
There are no technical objections to issuing a permit to use the District’s land to stage the relocation of the vessel. The permit would include provisions to protect the District’s land including the standard environmental provisions. The permit would also require Airline Towing to contact the Engineer of Site Remediation 48 hours before the work is performed to afford the Engineer of Site Remediation the opportunity to be present during the relocation work.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and approve the issuance of a 3-day permit to Airline Towing, Inc. to use as a staging area vacant District land located near the southwest corner of the intersection of Route 83 and Grant Road in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, known as Cal-Sag Parcel 1.03, to relocate a partially sunken barge vessel in the Cal-Sag Channel near Cal-Sag Parcel 1.03 for consideration of 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 said permit after same is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Frederick M. Feldman, General Counsel, FMF:CL:DRJ:rg
Recommended, Richard Lanyon, Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, Terrence J. O’Brien, 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 July 9, 2009
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