R-05-11 Res. Setting Public Hearing for Amending TIFRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT,
ILLINOIS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR
AMENDING THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, AND RELATED
MATTERS
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees (the "Corporate Authorities ")
of the Village of Lemont, Illinois (the "Municipality ") intends to undertake required
proceedings concerning amending the Downtown project area (the "Downtown Redevelopment
Project Area," which is generally described as follows (See attached "Downtown TIF
Diagram" and legal description.):
The Redevelopment Project Area is generally described as: The Downtown Lemont
Amended Redevelopment Project Area, as previously amended, is generally bounded by the
area starting at the intersection of New Avenue and Lockport Street. The boundaries run
southeast along Lockport Street to an alley between Illinois Street and Cass Street. They
then run northwest along the alley to Lemont Street. The boundaries then turn southeast
along Lemont Street to Cass Street, where they turn northeast along Cass Street to Stephen
Street. At Stephen Street, the boundaries turn northwest to Illinois Street. They then turn
northeast along Illinois Street to the intersection with Main Street. The boundaries then turn
north to the northeast corner of the I & M Canal parcel. The boundaries then turn westerly
along the northern property lines of three parcels that are just north of the I & M Canal
parcels to the alley east of Stephen Street. The boundaries then turn northwest to the end of
the alley. The boundaries then turn southwest to the A.T. & S.F. Railroad. The boundaries
then follow Stephen Street southeast to parcel 22 -20- 404 -012. They then turn northwest and
follow the northern lot lines of parcels fronting on the north side of Canal Street. They turn
south and follow the west lot line of parcel 22 -20- 404 -006 to Canal Street. The boundaries
go southwest along Canal Street to Lemont Street. The boundaries then turn southeast along
Lemont Street to the G.M. & O. Railroad. The boundaries follow the G.M. & O. Railroad
southwesterly to State Street. At State Street, the boundaries turn southeast to New Avenue.
The boundaries then turn northwest along New Avenue to Lockport Street,
in the Municipality under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (65 ILCS 5/11 -74.4-
1 et seq.)), and the related redevelopment plan, and redevelopment project and the adoption of
tax increment financing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, ILLINOIS, as follows:
1. The Corporate Authorities hereby _ set March 28, 2011 as the date for the
public hearing under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act for the Downtown
Redevelopment Project Area, Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project, at 7:00 p.m. at
the Village Hall, Board meeting room, 418 Main Street, in Lemont, Illinois, with the joint review
board to meet on February 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the Village Hall, Board meeting room, 418
Main Street, in Lemont, Illinois.
2. The appropriate officers, employees, consultants and representatives of the
Municipality are hereby authorized to take such further and supplemental actions, including
required notices preliminary to and in connection with the public hearing and the required joint
review board meeting for the Downtown Redevelopment Project Area and amended
Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project.
3. This Resolution shall be effective immediately after its passage and
approval.
Upon motion by Trustee , seconded by Trustee
, adopted this 24th day of January , 2011 by roll call vote, as
follows:
Voting "Aye" (names):
Voting "Nay" (names):
Absent (names):
Village Clerk
Approve ' : , 2011
i age President
Downtown TIF District Diagram
NORTH
Village of Lemont, Illinois
Downtown Lemont
AMENDED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
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& ASSOCIATES INC
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 37
NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTH HALF OF
SECTION 20; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTH HALF (ALSO
BEING THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 IN COUNTY CLERK'S DIVISION OF SECTION 20)
A DISTANCE OF 1460 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A BEND IN SAID LOT 1; THENCE
SOUTHWESTERLY 960 FEET ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOTS 1 AND 2
IN SAID COUNTY CLERK'S DIVISION TO A NORTH -SOUTH ALLEY IN SINGER AND
TALCOTT'S STONE COMPANY SUBDIVISION; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 180 FEET
MORE OR LESS TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 209 IN SANITARY DISTRICT
TRUSTEE'S SUBDIVISION IN SAID SECTION 20; THENCE SOUTHWEST 140 FEET
ALONG LAST SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF ATCHISON,
TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD RIGHT -OF -WAY; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY
ALONG LAST SAID RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF STEPHEN
STREET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF STEPHEN
STREET TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOTS 6 THRU 10 OF BLOCK 28 IN THE VILLAGE OF
KEEPOTAW, A PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 20;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 THRU 10 AND ITS WEST
EXTENSION TO THE EAST LINE OF LOT 17 IN COUNTY CLERK'S DIVISION, A
SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SAID SECTION 20; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE
EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 17 TO THE NORTH LINE OF CANAL STREET; THENCE
WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF CANAL STREET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF LOT 1 IN VILLAGE OF LEMONT, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF
SAID SECTION 20; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF
THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 AND ALONG THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 10 IN SAID
VILLAGE OF LEMONT TO A POINT ON A LINE PARALLEL AND CONCENTRIC WITH
AND 25 FEET NORTHERLY FROM THE SOUTH BOUND MAIN TRACK OF THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE LAST
DESCRIBED LINE TO THE EAST LINE OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF
SAID SECTION 20; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE TO THE
WEST LINE OF LOTS 1 THRU 14 INCLUSIVE IN BLOCK 10 IN SAID VILLAGE OF
LEMONT; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE TO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 10 IN SAID VILLAGE OF LEMONT;
THENCE WESTERLY TO THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 2 IN THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
AT A POINT THAT IS 25 FEET SOUTHERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE
NORTHBOUND MAIN TRACK OF SAID ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY;
THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 2 TO THE NORTH
LINE OF NEW AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF NEW
AVENUE TO THE WEST LINE OF BLOCK 9 IN SAID VILLAGE OF LEMONT; THENCE
SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE LAST SAID WEST LINE TO THE SOUTH RIGHT -OF-
WAY LINE OF NEW AVENUE; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE LAST SAID RIGHT -
OF -WAY LINE TO A POINT 30 FEET WEST OF LOCKPORT STREET; THENCE
SOUTHEAST TO A POINT IN THE WEST LINE OF LOCKPORT STREET 20 FEET
SOUTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF NEW AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG
THE WEST LINE OF LOCKPORT STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE EAST -WEST
ALLEY IN BLOCKS 7 AND 8 OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT AS RECORDED AUGUST
8, 1974 AS DOCUMENT NO. 184242; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 902 FEET ALONG
THE LAST SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE WEST LINE OF LEMONT STREET; THENCE
SOUTHEASTERLY 198 FEET ALONG LAST SAID WEST LINE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF
CASS STREET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 526 FEET ALONG LAST SAID SOUTH
LINE TO THE EAST LINE OF STEPHEN STREET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 300
FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE SOUTH LINE OF ILLINOIS STREET; THENCE
NORTHEASTERLY 1990 FEET MORE OR LESS ALONG LAST SAID SOUTH LINE TO
THE EAST LINE OF PRUYNE STREET IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS; THENCE
NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF THE ILLINOIS STREET
CUTOFF TO MERGE WITH MAIN STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 20;
THENCE NORTH 660 FEET MORE OR LESS ALONG LAST SAID EAST LINE TO THE
NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SAID SECTION 20 AND BEING THE PLACE OF
BEGINNING, ALL IN THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ALSO, THOSE PARTS OF VACATED HINSDALE STREET AND VACATED
LAWRENCE STREET IN THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT LYING NORTHERLY OF THE
NORTHERLY LINE OF CANAL STREET AND SOUTHERLY OF THE NORTH LINE OF
LOT 6 IN BLOCK 28 IN KEEPOTAW IN SAID SECTION 20, EXTENDED WEST, AND
DUE WEST OF A LINE COMMENCING AT A POINT OF SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF
CANAL STREET 56.96 FEET EASTERLY OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT
17; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG A LINE WHICH IS 56.96 FEET EASTERLY FROM
AND PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 17, A DISTANCE OF 68.65
FEET; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
CANAL STREET, A DISTANCE OF 6 FEET MORE OR LESS TO ITS INTERSECTION
WITH A LINE 15 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID
LOT 6 IN BLOCK 28 IN KEEPOTAW; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID LAST
MENTIONED PARALLEL LINE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID LOT 6 IN BLOCK 28 IN KEEPOTAW EXTENDED WEST IN COOK COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
COUNTY OF McDONOUGH ) SS.
VILLAGE OF LEMONT )
CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTION
I, do hereby certify that I am the duly selected, qualified and acting
Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont, Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois (the
"Municipality "), and as such official I am the keeper of the records and files of the Municipality and
of its President and Board of Trustees (the "Corporate Authorities ").
I do further certify that the attached Resolution constitutes a full, true and correct
excerpt from the proceedings of the Municipality's Corporate Authorities held on
2011, insofar as same relates to the adoption of Resolution No. , entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT,
ILLINOIS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR
AMENDING THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, AND RELATED
MATTERS,
a true, correct and complete copy of which Resolution as adopted at such meeting appears in the
minutes of such meeting and is hereto attached. Such Resolution was adopted and approved on the
date thereon set forth by not less than an affirmative vote of a majority of the Corporate Authorities
and approved by the City Administrator on the date indicated thereon.
I do further certify that the deliberations of the Corporate Authorities on the adoption
of the above Resolution were taken openly, that the vote on the adoption of such Resolution was
taken openly and was preceded by a public recital of the nature of the matter being considered and
such other information as would inform the public of the business being conducted, that such
meeting was held at a specified time and place convenient to the public, that notice of such meeting
was duly given to all of the news media requesting such notice, that the agenda for such meeting was
duly posted at the offices of the Municipality at least 48 hours before the meeting, that such meeting
was called and held in strict compliance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act and the
Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and that the Corporate Authorities have complied with all of
the applicable provisions of such Act and such Code and their procedural rules in the adoption of
such Resolution.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of the
Village of Lemont, Illinois, this day of , 2011.
Village Clerk
(SEAL),