Sen. James A. DeLeo
Filed: 5/26/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1211
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1211 immediately | ||||||
3 | after the title, by inserting the following:
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4 | "WHEREAS, The State of Illinois owns certain real property | ||||||
5 | in the City of Chicago in the Dunning Community Area in Cook | ||||||
6 | County, located in Township 40 North, Range 13 East, Section | ||||||
7 | 18, that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human | ||||||
8 | Services for the operation of the Chicago Read Mental Health | ||||||
9 | Center; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Approximately 30 acres of the Chicago Read Mental | ||||||
11 | Health Center property contain 2 wetlands, an emergent wetland, | ||||||
12 | and other open space that benefit the protection of the Des | ||||||
13 | Plaines watershed; and | ||||||
14 | Whereas, State-owned wetlands are governed by and must be | ||||||
15 | managed
according to the Interagency Wetlands Policy Act of | ||||||
16 | 1989 and provisions of Part 1090 of Title 17 of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Administrative Code; and | ||||||
18 | Whereas, The mission of the Illinois Department of Human | ||||||
19 | Services is to improve the health, well-being, and quality of | ||||||
20 | life of Illinois citizens; and | ||||||
21 | Whereas, Parks, open spaces, and forests are important | ||||||
22 | components for the health and well-being of urban residents, |
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1 | contributing to the prevention and amelioration of illness not | ||||||
2 | only by facilitating improvements in physical fitness through | ||||||
3 | exercise, but also by facilitating positive emotional, | ||||||
4 | intellectual, and social experiences; and | ||||||
5 | Whereas, The Dunning Community Area, in which the property | ||||||
6 | is located, has been identified as underserved by open space | ||||||
7 | and parks in the Land Policies Plans completed by the City and | ||||||
8 | the Chicago Park District, that note that 2 large segments of | ||||||
9 | the Dunning Community have no open space or parkland | ||||||
10 | whatsoever; and | ||||||
11 | Whereas, The Dunning property was originally donated to | ||||||
12 | Cook County in 1868 by the Dunning family for health and social | ||||||
13 | purposes and was operated by the County as a "poor farm" and a | ||||||
14 | facility for the mentally ill until 1912; and | ||||||
15 | Whereas, In 1912 Cook County conveyed the 235-acre Dunning | ||||||
16 | property to the State of Illinois to be used for health and | ||||||
17 | social purposes as stated in the original land covenant; | ||||||
18 | therefore"; and | ||||||
19 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
20 | following:
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21 | "Section 5. The Illinois Department of Human Services is | ||||||
22 | hereby authorized to grant and convey a permanent conservation | ||||||
23 | easement to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on a | ||||||
24 | parcel containing 30 acres, more
or less, that is located in | ||||||
25 | Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the third | ||||||
26 | principal meridian, Cook County, Illinois, situated to the West | ||||||
27 | and South of the Chicago Read Mental Health Center, for the | ||||||
28 | purpose of preserving and protecting the wetlands and forested | ||||||
29 | area for the benefit of the patients of the
facility, the |
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1 | community, and the general public, this 30-acre parcel being | ||||||
2 | more
particularly described under Section 10 of this Act.
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3 | Section 10. A parcel containing 30 acres, more or less, | ||||||
4 | located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the | ||||||
5 | third principal meridian, Cook County, Illinois, situated to | ||||||
6 | the West and South of the Chicago Read Mental Health Center, a | ||||||
7 | more accurate description to be made by an Illinois | ||||||
8 | professional land surveyor, the cost of the survey to be paid | ||||||
9 | for by Friends of the Parks.
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.".
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