96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1296

 

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 30/25-5-25 new

    Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Grants quick-take eminent domain powers for a period of one year to the Village of Johnsburg for the construction of a METRA rail station and rail storage yard. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding
5 Section 25-5-25 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 30/25-5-25 new)
7     Sec. 25-5-25. Quick-take; Village of Johnsburg. Quick-take
8 proceedings under Article 20 may be used for a period of no
9 more than one year after the effective date of this amendatory
10 Act of the 96th General Assembly by the Village of Johnsburg,
11 McHenry County for the acquisition of the following described
12 property for the purpose of constructing a METRA rail station
13 and rail storage yard:
 
14     PARCEL 1:
15     That part of the of the Southwest Quarter, part of the
16     Southeast Quarter of Section 15 and part of the Northeast
17     Quarter of Section 22, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of
18     the Third Principal Meridian, McHenry County, Illinois
19     more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the
20     intersection of the North line of the said Southwest
21     Quarter and the westerly line of the Chicago and
22     Northwestern Railroad; thence southerly along said

 

 

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1     westerly line to the intersection of the East line of said
2     Southwest Quarter and said westerly line; thence
3     continuing southerly along said westerly line to the
4     intersection of the South line of said Southeast Quarter
5     and said westerly line; thence continuing southerly along
6     said westerly line to the northerly line of F.A.P. Route
7     420; thence northwesterly along said northerly line to a
8     line lying 530.00 feet westerly of and parallel with the
9     said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern
10     Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to a
11     line lying 392.00 feet southerly of and parallel with the
12     said North line of the Southwest Quarter; thence northerly
13     along a line which intersects with the said North line of
14     said Southwest Quarter and a line lying 412.05 feet
15     westerly of and parallel with the said westerly line of the
16     Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence easterly along
17     said North line to the point of beginning.
 
18     PARCEL 2:
19     That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township
20     45 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
21     McHenry County, Illinois more particularly described as
22     follows: Beginning at the intersection of the North line of
23     the South Half of said Northwest Quarter and the westerly
24     line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence
25     southerly along said westerly line to the South line of the

 

 

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1     said Northwest Quarter; thence westerly along said South
2     line to a line lying 412.05 feet westerly of and parallel
3     with the said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern
4     Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to said
5     North line of the said South Half; thence easterly along
6     said North line of said South Half to the point of
7     beginning.
 
8     PARCEL 3:
9     PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH,
10     RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING
11     DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
12     THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID
13     SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 04 SECONDS
14     EAST, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
15     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND THE POINT
16     OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS
17     EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 96.43 FEET;
18     THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST ALONG
19     SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 149.31 FEET TO THE
20     NORTHWEST LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO.
21     98R0015236; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 28 SECONDS
22     WEST ALONG SAID LINE, 106.38 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES
23     23 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID
24     PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT 98R0015236, 1,675.00 FEET
25     TO THE OLD CENTERLINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD; THENCE NORTH

 

 

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1     36 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID
2     CENTERLINE, 292.63 FEET TO A LINE 30.00 FEET EAST OF AND
3     PARALLEL WITH THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO
4     AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 37
5     MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 621.31
6     FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 666.70 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL
7     LINE, BEING A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF
8     5,809.58 FEET, CHORD LENGTH OF 666.34 FEET, AND BEARS NORTH
9     15 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTH 19
10     DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE SAID
11     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 165.20 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A
12     DRAINAGE DITCH; THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37
13     SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID DRAINAGE DITCH, 433.61 FEET TO THE
14     SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420; THENCE
15     SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID
16     SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 109.26 FEET, TO THE PLACE OF
17     BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
18     PARCEL 4:
19     PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
20     SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD
21     PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING
22     AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
23     NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 00
24     DEGREES 14 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE
25     THEREOF, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF

 

 

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1     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F. A. ROUTE 201); THENCE
2     NORTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID
3     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 109.26 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A
4     DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 60
5     DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE
6     433.61 FEET TO A LINE 30 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE
7     EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
8     RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS
9     WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 572.26 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY
10     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420; THENCE SOUTH 61
11     DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY
12     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 505.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44
13     MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
14     LINE 147.78 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY
15     COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
16     PARCEL 5:
17     A 30 FOOT STRIP OF LAND LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE
18     EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
19     RAILROAD, BEING PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION
20     22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
21     MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
22     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND NORTH OF
23     THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD,
24     IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.