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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
VACATING RESOLUTION: VILLAGE OF LEMONT
WHEREAS, in 1935, the County of Cook acquired right-of-way along IL Route 83 in the Village of Lemont, for highway purposes; said document recorded as document number 12010923 in the records of the Cook County Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the acquired right-of-way includes a small parcel at the southwest corner of the IL Route 83 at Bell Road intersection; and
WHEREAS, no motor fuel tax funds have been expended for an improvement to said parcel; and
WHEREAS, there is no physical road on said parcel nor are there any discussions for a future road improvement that would include said parcel; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont has requested that the County of Cook vacate said parcel and disclaim any interest of the County of Cook to this land; and
WHEREAS, all existing utility rights to the parcel at the time of vacation remain for the maintenance, renewal, and reconstruction of said utilities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 605 ILCS 5/5-109, Cook County is authorized to vacate highway right-of-way from the county system by Resolution of the County Board, with the approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners desires to vacate the unimproved parcel at the southwest corner of the IL Route 83 at Bell Road intersection in the Village of Lemont.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby vacate the unimproved parcel at the southwest corner of the IL Route 83 at Bell Road intersection that is no longer needed for highway purposes, subject to the approval of the vacation of the right of way parcel by the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The Cook County Clerk’s Office is hereby directed to submit three (3) certified copies of this Resolution to the District One office of the Illinois Department of Transportation for approval by that agency.
The Department of Transportation and Highways is hereby directed to prepare a plat of vacation reflecting the vacation of the unimproved parcel at the southwest corner of the IL Route 83 at Bell Road intersection that is no longer needed for highway purposes, and is described as follows:
That part of lot 1 in Doolin and Kirk’s resubdivision, being a resubdivision in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 37 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof, recorded as document number 1149383, on August 30th, 1889, in Cook County, Illinois, described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the East Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14 with the North Line of the South 198.9 feet of said Lot 1; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 12 seconds West, along said North. Line, 33.00 feet to the Southwesterly right of way line of lll1nois State Route 83, per document number 12010930 and 12010923; thence North 01 degree 38 minutes 23 seconds West, along said right of way line, 3.16 feet to a point of curvature, said point being the point of beginning; thence northerly along a tangent curve to the left, on said right of way line, having a radius of 249.70 feet, having a chord distance of 209.08 feet, a chord bearing of North 26 degrees 23 minutes 23 seconds West, for an arc distance of 215.73 feet to a point of curvature; thence South 51 degrees 08 minutes 23 seconds East, along the tangent line of said curve, 115.11 feet to the point of intersection of said tangent; thence South 01 degree 38 minutes 23 seconds East, along said tangent line, 115.11 feet to the point of beginning.
Said parcel contains 0.040 acres, or 1762 square feet, more or less.
Upon approval of the vacation of the parcel by the Illinois Department of Transportation, the County Clerk is directed to file for record a certified copy of this Resolution reflecting the approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation, together with an accompanying plat of vacation, in the Cook County Clerk’s Office.
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