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PROPOSED NO CASH BID REQUEST
Requestor: Roger A. Agpawa, Mayor, City of Markham
Request: Approval of No Cash Bid Request
Location: City of Markham
Volume and Property Index Number:
029, 28-13-414-015-0000; 030, 28-14-403-021-0000; 032, 28-23-202-003-0000, 210, 29-18-318-022-0000
Summary: Please accept this letter as an official request from the City of Markham expressing interest in participating in the Cook County No Cash Bid Program to acquire the following four (4) unoccupied properties: 15854 Western Avenue, Markham, Illinois 60428, Volume 029 Property Index Number 28-13-414-015-0000, Classification 1-00 Vacant Land, Zoned C-2 Community Shopping District; 3264 W. 155th Street, Markham, Illinois 60428, Volume 030 Property Index Number 28-14-403-021-0000, Classification 1-00 Vacant Land, Zoned C-1 Neighborhood Shopping District; 3439 W. 159th Street, Markham, Illinois 60428, Volume 032 Property Index Number 28-23-202-003-0000, Classification 1-00 Vacant Land, Zoned C-1 Neighborhood Shopping District; and, 2317 W. 157th Place, Markham, Illinois 60428, Volume 210 Property Index Number 29-18-318-022-0000, Classification 1-00 Vacant Land, Zoned R-4 Single Family Residential District. The City of Markham will not utilize a third-party requestor for these properties. The City will find a developer that will not only pay the taxes of these properties but will also provide a use for the subject property that will benefit the City of Markham. The zoning class listed for each property index number is the current zoning for that respective property. The City of Markham intends the property to be used as zoned or if a developer proposes a change of zoning, the City of Markham would consider that zoning if the zoning is changed in accordance with the Illinois Municipal Code. In regards to PIN 28-23-202-003-0000, the City of Markham intends to use it as a parking lot for PIN 28-23-202-004-0000, which is next to it. Cook County Land Bank has filed a petition for a tax deed for PIN 28-23-202-004-0000, and has agreed to convey it to the City of Markham once it obtains the tax deed.
The Legal Department of the City of Markham will obtain tax deeds for these properties, and the City of Markham will bear all legal and other costs associated with the acquisition of these properties. The City of Markham will file for tax-exempt status for these properties, and the City of Markham will notify the Cook County Assessor when it conveys these properties so that they can be placed back on the tax roll.
These properties will be used for municipal use and/or maintained by the City of Markham until they are conveyed to a developer. The City of Markham will submit to the Cook County Office of Economic Development, on a form provided by the office, reports on the status of these properties for five years or until development is complete, whichever occurs last, as required by the Cook County No Cash Bid Ordinance.
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