(70 ILCS 210/1)(from Ch. 85, par. 1221) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑17.)
(70 ILCS 210/2)(from Ch. 85, par. 1222) Sec. 2. When used in this Act: "Authority" means Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. "Governmental agency" means the Federal government, State government, and any unit of local government, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof. "Board" means the governing body of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority or the Trustee. "Board" does include the interim board. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Chicago. "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the County of Cook. "Navy Pier" means the real property, structures, facilities and improvements located in the City of Chicago commonly known as Navy Pier, as well as property adjacent or appurtenant thereto which may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the Authority at that location. "Park District President" means the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District. "Project" means the expansion of existing fair and exposition grounds and facilities of the Authority by additions to the present facilities, by acquisition of the land described below and by the addition of a structure having a floor area of approximately 1,100,000 square feet, or any part thereof, and such other improvements to be located on land to be acquired, including but not limited to all or a portion of Site A, by connecting walkways or passageways between the present facilities and additional structures, and by acquisition and improvement of Navy Pier. "Expansion Project" means the further expansion of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for its corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of land and interests in land, the relocation of persons and businesses located on land acquired by the Authority, and the construction, equipping, and operation of new exhibition and convention space, meeting rooms, support facilities, and facilities providing retail uses, commercial uses, and goods and services for the persons attending conventions, meetings, exhibits, and events at the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. "Expansion Project" also includes improvements to land, highways, mass transit facilities, and infrastructure, whether or not located on land owned by the Authority, that in the determination of the Authority are appropriate on account of the improvement of the Authority's grounds, buildings, and facilities. "Expansion Project" also includes the renovation and improvement of the existing grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including Navy Pier. "State" means the State of Illinois. "Trustee" means the person serving as Trustee of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. "Site A" means the tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows: PARCEL A ‑ NORTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 33.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 1500.00 feet; thence eastwardly along a line perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 418.419 feet; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 207.694 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; which point is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line, and thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 200.088 feet to the point of beginning.
There is reserved from the above described parcel of land
a corridor for railroad freight and passenger operations, said corridor is to be limited in width to a distance of 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Northbound Freight Track, and 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Southbound Freight Track, the uppermost limits, or roof, of the railroad freight and passenger corridor shall be established at an elevation of 18 feet above the existing Top of Rail of the aforesaid Northbound and Southbound freight trackage.
PARCEL B ‑ 23RD ST. AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane which is common with the bottom of the bottom flange of the E. 23rd Street viaduct as it spans Grantor's operating commuter, freight and passenger trackage, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence eastwardly along said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 200.088 feet; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 199.773 feet to the westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 120.00 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 34.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) and running thence eastwardly along said South line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 199.773 feet; thence southerly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line thence southerly along a straight line, whose southerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured a distance of 493.34 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line, perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 196.263 feet to said westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along the westerly right‑of‑way, a distance of 662.40 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcels A, B and C herein above described containing
525,228 square feet (12.0576 acres) of land, more or less.
AND,
SOUTH FEE PARCEL ‑ SOUTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroads as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northeast Fractional Quarter and the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North line of the 31st Street
viaduct, being a line 50.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the South line of said Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, which point is 163.518 feet (measured along the northerly line of said viaduct) easterly of the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad Company, and running thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 1903.228 feet, to a point which is 156.586 feet easterly, and 1850.555 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 222.296 feet, to a point which is 148.535 feet easterly, and 2078.705 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 488.798 feet, to a point which is 126.789 feet easterly, and 2567.019 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 458.564 feet, to a point which is 126.266 feet easterly and 3025.583 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 362.655 feet, to a point which is 143.70 feet easterly, and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, whose northerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) South from the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) a distance of 335.874 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgement Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point on said westerly right‑of‑way line, 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the intersection of said line with the easterly extension of the North line of East 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the westerly line of Burnham Park (as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said westerly line of Burnham Park, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; thence southwardly along said westerly line of Burnham Park, being here a straight line whose southerly terminus is that point which is 308.0 feet (measured along said line) South of the intersection of said line with the North line of 29th Street, extended East, a distance of 3185.099 feet to a point which is 89.16 feet North of aforesaid southerly terminus; thence southwestwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the Southeast, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 635.34 feet, a distance of 177.175 feet to a point on that westerly line of Burnham Park which extends southerly from aforesaid point 308.0 feet South of the North line of 29th Street, extended East, to a point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East, which is 250.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along said last described westerly line of Burnham Park, a distance of 857.397 feet to a point which is 86.31 feet (measured along said line) northerly of aforesaid point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 573.69 feet, a distance of 69.426 feet to a point on the north line of the aforementioned 31st Street viaduct, and thence West along said North line, a distance of 106.584 feet to the point of beginning, in Cook County, Illinois.
Containing 1,527,996 square feet (35.0780 acres) of land,
more or less.
AND
NORTH FEE PARCEL‑NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
PARCEL A‑NORTH OF 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 2270.472 feet to an intersection with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, a point 708.495 feet (as measured along said North line of E. 18th Street, extended East) East from the westerly right‑of‑way line of said railroad; thence continuing northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, on a straight line which forms an angle to the left of 00 degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds with last described course, a distance of 919.963 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line which forms an angle of 73 degrees 40 minutes 14 seconds from North to West with last described line, a distance of 86.641 feet; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 2448.29 feet, a distance of 86.233 feet to a point which is 100.767 feet westerly and 859.910 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 436.277 feet to a point which is 197.423 feet westerly and 434.475 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described straight line and having a radius of 1343.75 feet, a distance of 278.822 feet to a point which is 230.646 feet westerly and 158.143 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 722.975 feet to a point which is 434.030 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way and 1700.466 feet (measured perpendicular) northerly of the aforementioned northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East, tangent to last described straight line, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 160.333 feet to a point which is 424.314 feet (reassured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1546.469 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said North line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 254.54 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, which is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; and thence eastwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL B ‑ WEST 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure; and running thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet, to a point 200.088 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence eastwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet to said easterly right‑of‑way line; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line a distance of 120.024 feet to the point of beginning, excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank by deed recorded September 21, 1970 as document No. 21270060, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH OF 23RD STREET AND NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194); and running thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet, to a point 199.773 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 751.05 feet to a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) southerly from said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line whose southerly terminus is a point which is 143.70 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of the 31st Street viaduct, (being a line 50.00 feet, measured perpendicularly, northerly of and parallel with the South line of the Southeast Fractional Quarter of said Section 27), as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto, a distance of 179.851 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead bridge structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgment Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point of said westerly right‑of‑way line, which is 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the easterly line of said Illinois central Railroad right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to a said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said easterly right‑of‑way line, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 652.596 feet, to the point of beginning. Excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust Savings Bank, as Trustee, under a trust agreement dated January 12, 1978 and known as Trust No. 3448, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL D All the space within the boundaries of the following
described perimeter between the horizontal plane of plus 27.00 feet and plus 47.3 feet Chicago City Datum: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 in Block 1 in McCormick City Subdivision being a resubdivision of McCormick Inn Subdivision (recorded September 26, 1962 as Document No. 18601678) and a subdivision of adjacent lands recorded January 12, 1971 as Document No. 21369281 in Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said McCormick Inn Subdivision to a point which is 77 feet East of the Westerly line of McCormick Inn Subdivision (lying at +27.00 feet C.C.D.) for a place of beginning; thence Westerly a distance of 77.00 feet above the horizontal plane +27.00 feet above Chicago City Datum and below +47.3 feet above Chicago City Datum to the Northwest corner of McCormick Inn Subdivision; thence South along the West line of McCormick Inn Subdivision a distance of 36 feet to a point; thence East 23 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 12 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence East 54 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 24 feet along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line to the place of beginning. (Parcel D has been included in this Act to provide a means for the Authority to acquire an easement or fee title to a part of McCormick Inn to permit the construction of the pedestrian spine to connect the Project with Donnelley Hall.)
Containing 1,419,953 square feet (32.5970 acres) of land,
more or less.
"Site B" means an area of land (including all air rights related thereto) in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, within the following boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of the north line of
East Cermak Road and the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence east along the north line of East Cermak Road and continuing along said line as said north line of East Cermak Road is extended, to its intersection with the westerly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with the north line of the Twenty‑third Street viaduct; thence northeasterly along said line to its intersection with the easterly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to the point of intersection with the west line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway; thence southwesterly along said line and then west along the inside curve of the west and north lines of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway, following the curve of said right‑of‑way, and continuing along the north line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway to its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along said line to the point of beginning.
ALSO
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of
East Cermak Road at its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of South Indiana Avenue to its intersection with the center line of East Twenty‑first Street; thence easterly along said line to its intersection with the center line of South Prairie Avenue; thence south along said line to its intersection with the center line of East Cermak Road; thence westerly along said line to the point of beginning.
(Source: P.A. 96‑898, eff. 5‑27‑10.)
(70 ILCS 210/3)(from Ch. 85, par. 1223) Sec. 3. There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area. The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any real property of the Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/4)(from Ch. 85, par. 1224) Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Authority: (a) To promote, operate, and maintain fairs, expositions, meetings, and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan area, to arrange, finance, operate, maintain and otherwise provide for industrial, commercial, cultural, educational, trade, and scientific exhibits and events, and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. In addition to the rights and powers specified in Section 5, the Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary to perform such duties. (b) To carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial, or residential development of Navy Pier and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/5)(from Ch. 85, par. 1225) Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall also have the following rights and powers: (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation,
an assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in the sole custody of the secretary‑treasurer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
(b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute
any contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
(c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago Building Code, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago: Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic Development (only Chapter 5‑4 thereof); and Revenue and Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of Chicago).
(d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner
with the objects and purposes of this Act.
(e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
(f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only, the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal property and, with respect to Site B only, public property used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment of the owner, interfere with such rail transportation) for the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or interests in property or enter into agreements with the property owner, including leases, licenses, or concessions, with respect to any property owned by the Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party other than substitute property. The Authority shall develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of property. The relocation plan shall be substantially similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f), except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of displaced businesses located on property being acquired by the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the municipality in which the property is located certifies in writing that the acquisition is consistent with the municipality's land use and economic development policies and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of Chicago.
(g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor of a completed project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which contract may provide that the delivery of the project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third party capable of completing the construction.
(h) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including concession, license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24, agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a term of more than one year shall be entered into in accordance with the procurement process provided for in Section 25.1.
(i) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the operation and management of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision of goods and services on terms and conditions as the Authority determines.
(j) After conducting the procurement process provided
for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to provide for the design and construction of all or part of the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in excess of the funds that are authorized to be made available for those purposes during the term of the contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of construction.
(k) To enter into agreements, including project
agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other construction or improvement project in the most timely and efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby add to the cost of the project.
(l) To provide incentives to organizations and
entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings, or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority, subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman
of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 5,000 individuals or in excess of 10,000 individuals, as appropriate, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the Authority for the convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the Chairman or $15,000,000. In no case shall more than $5,000,000 be used in any one year to reimburse incentives granted conventions, meetings, or trade shows with a registered attendance of more than 5,000 and less than 10,000. No later than 30 days after the transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
(m) To enter into contracts with any person conveying the naming rights or other intellectual property rights with respect to the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. (n) To enter into grant agreements with the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau providing for the marketing of the convention facilities to large and small conventions, meetings, and trade shows, provided such agreements meet the requirements of Section 5.6 of this Act. Receipts of the Authority from the increase in the airport departure tax authorized by Section 13(f) of this amendatory Act of the 96th General A
(70 ILCS 210/1)(from Ch. 85, par. 1221) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑17.)
(70 ILCS 210/2)(from Ch. 85, par. 1222) Sec. 2. When used in this Act: "Authority" means Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. "Governmental agency" means the Federal government, State government, and any unit of local government, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof. "Board" means the governing body of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority or the Trustee. "Board" does include the interim board. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Chicago. "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the County of Cook. "Navy Pier" means the real property, structures, facilities and improvements located in the City of Chicago commonly known as Navy Pier, as well as property adjacent or appurtenant thereto which may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the Authority at that location. "Park District President" means the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District. "Project" means the expansion of existing fair and exposition grounds and facilities of the Authority by additions to the present facilities, by acquisition of the land described below and by the addition of a structure having a floor area of approximately 1,100,000 square feet, or any part thereof, and such other improvements to be located on land to be acquired, including but not limited to all or a portion of Site A, by connecting walkways or passageways between the present facilities and additional structures, and by acquisition and improvement of Navy Pier. "Expansion Project" means the further expansion of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for its corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of land and interests in land, the relocation of persons and businesses located on land acquired by the Authority, and the construction, equipping, and operation of new exhibition and convention space, meeting rooms, support facilities, and facilities providing retail uses, commercial uses, and goods and services for the persons attending conventions, meetings, exhibits, and events at the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. "Expansion Project" also includes improvements to land, highways, mass transit facilities, and infrastructure, whether or not located on land owned by the Authority, that in the determination of the Authority are appropriate on account of the improvement of the Authority's grounds, buildings, and facilities. "Expansion Project" also includes the renovation and improvement of the existing grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including Navy Pier. "State" means the State of Illinois. "Trustee" means the person serving as Trustee of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. "Site A" means the tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows: PARCEL A ‑ NORTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 33.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 1500.00 feet; thence eastwardly along a line perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 418.419 feet; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 207.694 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; which point is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line, and thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 200.088 feet to the point of beginning.
There is reserved from the above described parcel of land
a corridor for railroad freight and passenger operations, said corridor is to be limited in width to a distance of 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Northbound Freight Track, and 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Southbound Freight Track, the uppermost limits, or roof, of the railroad freight and passenger corridor shall be established at an elevation of 18 feet above the existing Top of Rail of the aforesaid Northbound and Southbound freight trackage.
PARCEL B ‑ 23RD ST. AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane which is common with the bottom of the bottom flange of the E. 23rd Street viaduct as it spans Grantor's operating commuter, freight and passenger trackage, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence eastwardly along said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 200.088 feet; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 199.773 feet to the westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 120.00 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 34.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) and running thence eastwardly along said South line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 199.773 feet; thence southerly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line thence southerly along a straight line, whose southerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured a distance of 493.34 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line, perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 196.263 feet to said westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along the westerly right‑of‑way, a distance of 662.40 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcels A, B and C herein above described containing
525,228 square feet (12.0576 acres) of land, more or less.
AND,
SOUTH FEE PARCEL ‑ SOUTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroads as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northeast Fractional Quarter and the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North line of the 31st Street
viaduct, being a line 50.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the South line of said Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, which point is 163.518 feet (measured along the northerly line of said viaduct) easterly of the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad Company, and running thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 1903.228 feet, to a point which is 156.586 feet easterly, and 1850.555 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 222.296 feet, to a point which is 148.535 feet easterly, and 2078.705 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 488.798 feet, to a point which is 126.789 feet easterly, and 2567.019 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 458.564 feet, to a point which is 126.266 feet easterly and 3025.583 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 362.655 feet, to a point which is 143.70 feet easterly, and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, whose northerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) South from the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) a distance of 335.874 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgement Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point on said westerly right‑of‑way line, 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the intersection of said line with the easterly extension of the North line of East 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the westerly line of Burnham Park (as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said westerly line of Burnham Park, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; thence southwardly along said westerly line of Burnham Park, being here a straight line whose southerly terminus is that point which is 308.0 feet (measured along said line) South of the intersection of said line with the North line of 29th Street, extended East, a distance of 3185.099 feet to a point which is 89.16 feet North of aforesaid southerly terminus; thence southwestwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the Southeast, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 635.34 feet, a distance of 177.175 feet to a point on that westerly line of Burnham Park which extends southerly from aforesaid point 308.0 feet South of the North line of 29th Street, extended East, to a point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East, which is 250.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along said last described westerly line of Burnham Park, a distance of 857.397 feet to a point which is 86.31 feet (measured along said line) northerly of aforesaid point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 573.69 feet, a distance of 69.426 feet to a point on the north line of the aforementioned 31st Street viaduct, and thence West along said North line, a distance of 106.584 feet to the point of beginning, in Cook County, Illinois.
Containing 1,527,996 square feet (35.0780 acres) of land,
more or less.
AND
NORTH FEE PARCEL‑NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
PARCEL A‑NORTH OF 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 2270.472 feet to an intersection with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, a point 708.495 feet (as measured along said North line of E. 18th Street, extended East) East from the westerly right‑of‑way line of said railroad; thence continuing northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, on a straight line which forms an angle to the left of 00 degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds with last described course, a distance of 919.963 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line which forms an angle of 73 degrees 40 minutes 14 seconds from North to West with last described line, a distance of 86.641 feet; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 2448.29 feet, a distance of 86.233 feet to a point which is 100.767 feet westerly and 859.910 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 436.277 feet to a point which is 197.423 feet westerly and 434.475 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described straight line and having a radius of 1343.75 feet, a distance of 278.822 feet to a point which is 230.646 feet westerly and 158.143 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 722.975 feet to a point which is 434.030 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way and 1700.466 feet (measured perpendicular) northerly of the aforementioned northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East, tangent to last described straight line, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 160.333 feet to a point which is 424.314 feet (reassured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1546.469 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said North line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 254.54 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, which is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; and thence eastwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL B ‑ WEST 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure; and running thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet, to a point 200.088 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence eastwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet to said easterly right‑of‑way line; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line a distance of 120.024 feet to the point of beginning, excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank by deed recorded September 21, 1970 as document No. 21270060, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH OF 23RD STREET AND NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194); and running thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet, to a point 199.773 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 751.05 feet to a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) southerly from said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line whose southerly terminus is a point which is 143.70 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of the 31st Street viaduct, (being a line 50.00 feet, measured perpendicularly, northerly of and parallel with the South line of the Southeast Fractional Quarter of said Section 27), as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto, a distance of 179.851 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead bridge structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgment Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point of said westerly right‑of‑way line, which is 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the easterly line of said Illinois central Railroad right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to a said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said easterly right‑of‑way line, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 652.596 feet, to the point of beginning. Excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust Savings Bank, as Trustee, under a trust agreement dated January 12, 1978 and known as Trust No. 3448, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL D All the space within the boundaries of the following
described perimeter between the horizontal plane of plus 27.00 feet and plus 47.3 feet Chicago City Datum: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 in Block 1 in McCormick City Subdivision being a resubdivision of McCormick Inn Subdivision (recorded September 26, 1962 as Document No. 18601678) and a subdivision of adjacent lands recorded January 12, 1971 as Document No. 21369281 in Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said McCormick Inn Subdivision to a point which is 77 feet East of the Westerly line of McCormick Inn Subdivision (lying at +27.00 feet C.C.D.) for a place of beginning; thence Westerly a distance of 77.00 feet above the horizontal plane +27.00 feet above Chicago City Datum and below +47.3 feet above Chicago City Datum to the Northwest corner of McCormick Inn Subdivision; thence South along the West line of McCormick Inn Subdivision a distance of 36 feet to a point; thence East 23 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 12 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence East 54 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 24 feet along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line to the place of beginning. (Parcel D has been included in this Act to provide a means for the Authority to acquire an easement or fee title to a part of McCormick Inn to permit the construction of the pedestrian spine to connect the Project with Donnelley Hall.)
Containing 1,419,953 square feet (32.5970 acres) of land,
more or less.
"Site B" means an area of land (including all air rights related thereto) in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, within the following boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of the north line of
East Cermak Road and the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence east along the north line of East Cermak Road and continuing along said line as said north line of East Cermak Road is extended, to its intersection with the westerly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with the north line of the Twenty‑third Street viaduct; thence northeasterly along said line to its intersection with the easterly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to the point of intersection with the west line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway; thence southwesterly along said line and then west along the inside curve of the west and north lines of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway, following the curve of said right‑of‑way, and continuing along the north line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway to its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along said line to the point of beginning.
ALSO
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of
East Cermak Road at its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of South Indiana Avenue to its intersection with the center line of East Twenty‑first Street; thence easterly along said line to its intersection with the center line of South Prairie Avenue; thence south along said line to its intersection with the center line of East Cermak Road; thence westerly along said line to the point of beginning.
(Source: P.A. 96‑898, eff. 5‑27‑10.)
(70 ILCS 210/3)(from Ch. 85, par. 1223) Sec. 3. There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area. The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any real property of the Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/4)(from Ch. 85, par. 1224) Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Authority: (a) To promote, operate, and maintain fairs, expositions, meetings, and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan area, to arrange, finance, operate, maintain and otherwise provide for industrial, commercial, cultural, educational, trade, and scientific exhibits and events, and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. In addition to the rights and powers specified in Section 5, the Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary to perform such duties. (b) To carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial, or residential development of Navy Pier and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/5)(from Ch. 85, par. 1225) Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall also have the following rights and powers: (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation,
an assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in the sole custody of the secretary‑treasurer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
(b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute
any contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
(c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago Building Code, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago: Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic Development (only Chapter 5‑4 thereof); and Revenue and Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of Chicago).
(d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner
with the objects and purposes of this Act.
(e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
(f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only, the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal property and, with respect to Site B only, public property used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment of the owner, interfere with such rail transportation) for the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or interests in property or enter into agreements with the property owner, including leases, licenses, or concessions, with respect to any property owned by the Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party other than substitute property. The Authority shall develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of property. The relocation plan shall be substantially similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f), except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of displaced businesses located on property being acquired by the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the municipality in which the property is located certifies in writing that the acquisition is consistent with the municipality's land use and economic development policies and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of Chicago.
(g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor of a completed project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which contract may provide that the delivery of the project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third party capable of completing the construction.
(h) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including concession, license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24, agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a term of more than one year shall be entered into in accordance with the procurement process provided for in Section 25.1.
(i) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the operation and management of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision of goods and services on terms and conditions as the Authority determines.
(j) After conducting the procurement process provided
for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to provide for the design and construction of all or part of the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in excess of the funds that are authorized to be made available for those purposes during the term of the contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of construction.
(k) To enter into agreements, including project
agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other construction or improvement project in the most timely and efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby add to the cost of the project.
(l) To provide incentives to organizations and
entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings, or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority, subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman
of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 5,000 individuals or in excess of 10,000 individuals, as appropriate, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the Authority for the convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the Chairman or $15,000,000. In no case shall more than $5,000,000 be used in any one year to reimburse incentives granted conventions, meetings, or trade shows with a registered attendance of more than 5,000 and less than 10,000. No later than 30 days after the transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
(m) To enter into contracts with any person conveying the naming rights or other intellectual property rights with respect to the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. (n) To enter into grant agreements with the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau providing for the marketing of the convention facilities to large and small conventions, meetings, and trade shows, provided such agreements meet the requirements of Section 5.6 of this Act. Receipts of the Authority from the increase in the airport departure tax authorized by Section 13(f) of this amendatory Act of the 96th General A
(70 ILCS 210/1)(from Ch. 85, par. 1221) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑17.)
(70 ILCS 210/2)(from Ch. 85, par. 1222) Sec. 2. When used in this Act: "Authority" means Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. "Governmental agency" means the Federal government, State government, and any unit of local government, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof. "Board" means the governing body of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority or the Trustee. "Board" does include the interim board. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Chicago. "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the County of Cook. "Navy Pier" means the real property, structures, facilities and improvements located in the City of Chicago commonly known as Navy Pier, as well as property adjacent or appurtenant thereto which may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the Authority at that location. "Park District President" means the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District. "Project" means the expansion of existing fair and exposition grounds and facilities of the Authority by additions to the present facilities, by acquisition of the land described below and by the addition of a structure having a floor area of approximately 1,100,000 square feet, or any part thereof, and such other improvements to be located on land to be acquired, including but not limited to all or a portion of Site A, by connecting walkways or passageways between the present facilities and additional structures, and by acquisition and improvement of Navy Pier. "Expansion Project" means the further expansion of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for its corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of land and interests in land, the relocation of persons and businesses located on land acquired by the Authority, and the construction, equipping, and operation of new exhibition and convention space, meeting rooms, support facilities, and facilities providing retail uses, commercial uses, and goods and services for the persons attending conventions, meetings, exhibits, and events at the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. "Expansion Project" also includes improvements to land, highways, mass transit facilities, and infrastructure, whether or not located on land owned by the Authority, that in the determination of the Authority are appropriate on account of the improvement of the Authority's grounds, buildings, and facilities. "Expansion Project" also includes the renovation and improvement of the existing grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including Navy Pier. "State" means the State of Illinois. "Trustee" means the person serving as Trustee of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. "Site A" means the tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows: PARCEL A ‑ NORTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 33.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 1500.00 feet; thence eastwardly along a line perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 418.419 feet; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 207.694 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; which point is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line, and thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 200.088 feet to the point of beginning.
There is reserved from the above described parcel of land
a corridor for railroad freight and passenger operations, said corridor is to be limited in width to a distance of 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Northbound Freight Track, and 10 feet normally distant to the left and to the right of the centerline of Grantor's Southbound Freight Track, the uppermost limits, or roof, of the railroad freight and passenger corridor shall be established at an elevation of 18 feet above the existing Top of Rail of the aforesaid Northbound and Southbound freight trackage.
PARCEL B ‑ 23RD ST. AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane which is common with the bottom of the bottom flange of the E. 23rd Street viaduct as it spans Grantor's operating commuter, freight and passenger trackage, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence eastwardly along said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 200.088 feet; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, said distance of 199.773 feet to the westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 120.00 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH AIR RIGHTS PARCEL All of the real property and space, at and above a
horizontal plane at an elevation of 34.51 feet above Chicago City Datum, the horizontal limits of which are the planes formed by projecting vertically upward and downward from the surface of the Earth the boundaries of the following described parcel of land:
Beginning on the westerly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) and running thence eastwardly along said South line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 199.773 feet; thence southerly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line thence southerly along a straight line, whose southerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured a distance of 493.34 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line, perpendicular to said westerly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 196.263 feet to said westerly right‑of‑way line and thence northwardly along the westerly right‑of‑way, a distance of 662.40 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcels A, B and C herein above described containing
525,228 square feet (12.0576 acres) of land, more or less.
AND,
SOUTH FEE PARCEL ‑ SOUTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroads as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northeast Fractional Quarter and the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North line of the 31st Street
viaduct, being a line 50.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the South line of said Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27, which point is 163.518 feet (measured along the northerly line of said viaduct) easterly of the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad Company, and running thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 1903.228 feet, to a point which is 156.586 feet easterly, and 1850.555 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 222.296 feet, to a point which is 148.535 feet easterly, and 2078.705 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 488.798 feet, to a point which is 126.789 feet easterly, and 2567.019 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 458.564 feet, to a point which is 126.266 feet easterly and 3025.583 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st Street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, a distance of 362.655 feet, to a point which is 143.70 feet easterly, and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of said 31st street viaduct, as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence northwardly along a straight line, whose northerly terminus is a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) South from the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194) a distance of 335.874 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgement Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point on said westerly right‑of‑way line, 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the intersection of said line with the easterly extension of the North line of East 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the westerly line of Burnham Park (as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said westerly line of Burnham Park; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said westerly line of Burnham Park, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; thence southwardly along said westerly line of Burnham Park, being here a straight line whose southerly terminus is that point which is 308.0 feet (measured along said line) South of the intersection of said line with the North line of 29th Street, extended East, a distance of 3185.099 feet to a point which is 89.16 feet North of aforesaid southerly terminus; thence southwestwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the Southeast, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 635.34 feet, a distance of 177.175 feet to a point on that westerly line of Burnham Park which extends southerly from aforesaid point 308.0 feet South of the North line of 29th Street, extended East, to a point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East, which is 250.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along said last described westerly line of Burnham Park, a distance of 857.397 feet to a point which is 86.31 feet (measured along said line) northerly of aforesaid point on the North line of East 31st Street extended East; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described line and having a radius of 573.69 feet, a distance of 69.426 feet to a point on the north line of the aforementioned 31st Street viaduct, and thence West along said North line, a distance of 106.584 feet to the point of beginning, in Cook County, Illinois.
Containing 1,527,996 square feet (35.0780 acres) of land,
more or less.
AND
NORTH FEE PARCEL‑NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 A tract of land comprised of a part of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company right‑of‑way (now known as the "Illinois Central Gulf Railroad") and a part of the submerged lands reclaimed by said Railroad as described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance, in the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southwest Fractional Quarter of Section 22, the Southeast Fractional Quarter of Section 22 and the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said tract of land being described as follows:
PARCEL A‑NORTH OF 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure, and running thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 2270.472 feet to an intersection with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, a point 708.495 feet (as measured along said North line of E. 18th Street, extended East) East from the westerly right‑of‑way line of said railroad; thence continuing northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, on a straight line which forms an angle to the left of 00 degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds with last described course, a distance of 919.963 feet; thence westwardly along a straight line which forms an angle of 73 degrees 40 minutes 14 seconds from North to West with last described line, a distance of 86.641 feet; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 2448.29 feet, a distance of 86.233 feet to a point which is 100.767 feet westerly and 859.910 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 436.277 feet to a point which is 197.423 feet westerly and 434.475 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southeastwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the West, tangent to last described straight line and having a radius of 1343.75 feet, a distance of 278.822 feet to a point which is 230.646 feet westerly and 158.143 feet northerly of the intersection of said easterly right‑of‑way line with the North line of E. 18th Street, extended East, as measured along said easterly line and a line perpendicular thereto; thence southwardly along a straight line, tangent to last described arc of a circle, a distance of 722.975 feet to a point which is 434.030 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way and 1700.466 feet (measured perpendicular) northerly of the aforementioned northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along the arc of a circle, convex to the East, tangent to last described straight line, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 160.333 feet to a point which is 424.314 feet (reassured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1546.469 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said North line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along an arc of a circle, convex to the East with a radius of 915.13 feet, a distance of 254.54 feet to a point which is 364.092 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1300.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence continuing along an arc of a circle, convex to the East, with a radius of 2008.70 feet, a distance of 154.214 feet to a point which is 301.631 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 1159.039 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 184.018 feet to a point which is 220.680 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 993.782 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 66.874 feet to a point which is 220.719 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 926.908 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 64.946 feet to a point which is 199.589 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 865.496 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly from said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 865.496 feet to a point on said northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, which is 200.088 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; and thence eastwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL B ‑ WEST 23RD STREET Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described in the 1919 Lake Front Ordinance), at the intersection of the northerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, being a line 60.00 feet (measured perpendicularly) northerly of and parallel with the centerline of the existing structure; and running thence westwardly along the northerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 433.847 feet, to a point 200.088 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point on the southerly line of said 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194), which point is 199.773 feet easterly of said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence eastwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet to said easterly right‑of‑way line; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line a distance of 120.024 feet to the point of beginning, excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank by deed recorded September 21, 1970 as document No. 21270060, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL C ‑ SOUTH OF 23RD STREET AND NORTH OF NORTH LINE OF I‑55 Beginning on the easterly line of said Illinois Central
Railroad Company right‑of‑way at the intersection of the southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct (being the southerly line of the easement granted to the South Park Commissioners dated September 25, 1922 as document No. 7803194); and running thence westwardly along said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct, a distance of 431.789 feet, to a point 199.773 feet easterly from the westerly line of said Illinois Central Railroad right‑of‑way; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 169.071 feet to a point which is 199.328 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line; thence southwardly along a straight line, a distance of 751.05 feet to a point which is 194.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 920.105 feet (measured perpendicularly) southerly from said southerly line of the 23rd Street viaduct; thence southwardly along a straight line whose southerly terminus is a point which is 143.70 feet easterly from said westerly right‑of‑way line and 3387.819 feet northerly of the intersection of said westerly right‑of‑way line with the northerly line of the 31st Street viaduct, (being a line 50.00 feet, measured perpendicularly, northerly of and parallel with the South line of the Southeast Fractional Quarter of said Section 27), as measured along said westerly line and a line perpendicular thereto, a distance of 179.851 feet to an intersection with a northerly line of the easement for the overhead bridge structure of the Southwest Expressway System (as described in Judgment Order No. 67 L 13579 in the Circuit Court of Cook County), said northerly line extending from a point of said westerly right‑of‑way line, which is 142.47 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of the easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street (as shown in Walker Bros. Addition to Chicago, a subdivision in the Northeast Fractional Quarter of Section 27 aforesaid) to a point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of the easterly line of said Illinois central Railroad right‑of‑way (being also the westerly line of Burnham Park, as said westerly line is described by the City of Chicago by ordinance passed July 21, 1919 and recorded on March 5, 1920 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, as document No. 6753370); thence northeastwardly along the northerly line of the easement aforesaid, a distance of 36.733 feet to a said point which is 215.07 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 396.19 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.321 feet to a point which is 352.76 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 211.49 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 206.308 feet to a point which is 537.36 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street and 73.66 feet (measured perpendicularly) westerly of said easterly right‑of‑way line; thence northeastwardly continuing along said easement line, being a straight line, a distance of 219.688 feet to a point on said easterly right‑of‑way line, which point is 756.46 feet (measured perpendicularly) North of said easterly extension of the North line of E. 25th Street; and thence northwardly along said easterly right‑of‑way line, a distance of 652.596 feet, to the point of beginning. Excepting therefrom that part of the land, property and space conveyed to Amalgamated Trust Savings Bank, as Trustee, under a trust agreement dated January 12, 1978 and known as Trust No. 3448, in Cook County, Illinois.
PARCEL D All the space within the boundaries of the following
described perimeter between the horizontal plane of plus 27.00 feet and plus 47.3 feet Chicago City Datum: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 in Block 1 in McCormick City Subdivision being a resubdivision of McCormick Inn Subdivision (recorded September 26, 1962 as Document No. 18601678) and a subdivision of adjacent lands recorded January 12, 1971 as Document No. 21369281 in Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said McCormick Inn Subdivision to a point which is 77 feet East of the Westerly line of McCormick Inn Subdivision (lying at +27.00 feet C.C.D.) for a place of beginning; thence Westerly a distance of 77.00 feet above the horizontal plane +27.00 feet above Chicago City Datum and below +47.3 feet above Chicago City Datum to the Northwest corner of McCormick Inn Subdivision; thence South along the West line of McCormick Inn Subdivision a distance of 36 feet to a point; thence East 23 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 12 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence East 54 feet to a point along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line; thence North 24 feet along a line which is perpendicular to the last described line to the place of beginning. (Parcel D has been included in this Act to provide a means for the Authority to acquire an easement or fee title to a part of McCormick Inn to permit the construction of the pedestrian spine to connect the Project with Donnelley Hall.)
Containing 1,419,953 square feet (32.5970 acres) of land,
more or less.
"Site B" means an area of land (including all air rights related thereto) in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, within the following boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of the north line of
East Cermak Road and the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence east along the north line of East Cermak Road and continuing along said line as said north line of East Cermak Road is extended, to its intersection with the westerly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with the north line of the Twenty‑third Street viaduct; thence northeasterly along said line to its intersection with the easterly line of the right‑of‑way of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; thence southeasterly along said line to the point of intersection with the west line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway; thence southwesterly along said line and then west along the inside curve of the west and north lines of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway, following the curve of said right‑of‑way, and continuing along the north line of the right‑of‑way of the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway to its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along said line to the point of beginning.
ALSO
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of
East Cermak Road at its intersection with the center line of South Indiana Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of South Indiana Avenue to its intersection with the center line of East Twenty‑first Street; thence easterly along said line to its intersection with the center line of South Prairie Avenue; thence south along said line to its intersection with the center line of East Cermak Road; thence westerly along said line to the point of beginning.
(Source: P.A. 96‑898, eff. 5‑27‑10.)
(70 ILCS 210/3)(from Ch. 85, par. 1223) Sec. 3. There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area. The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any real property of the Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/4)(from Ch. 85, par. 1224) Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Authority: (a) To promote, operate, and maintain fairs, expositions, meetings, and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan area, to arrange, finance, operate, maintain and otherwise provide for industrial, commercial, cultural, educational, trade, and scientific exhibits and events, and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. In addition to the rights and powers specified in Section 5, the Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary to perform such duties. (b) To carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial, or residential development of Navy Pier and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes. (Source: P.A. 86‑17; 87‑733.)
(70 ILCS 210/5)(from Ch. 85, par. 1225) Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall also have the following rights and powers: (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation,
an assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in the sole custody of the secretary‑treasurer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
(b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute
any contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
(c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago Building Code, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago: Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic Development (only Chapter 5‑4 thereof); and Revenue and Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of Chicago).
(d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner
with the objects and purposes of this Act.
(e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
(f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only, the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal property and, with respect to Site B only, public property used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment of the owner, interfere with such rail transportation) for the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or interests in property or enter into agreements with the property owner, including leases, licenses, or concessions, with respect to any property owned by the Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party other than substitute property. The Authority shall develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of property. The relocation plan shall be substantially similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f), except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of displaced businesses located on property being acquired by the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the municipality in which the property is located certifies in writing that the acquisition is consistent with the municipality's land use and economic development policies and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of Chicago.
(g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor of a completed project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which contract may provide that the delivery of the project, structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third party capable of completing the construction.
(h) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority, including concession, license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24, agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a term of more than one year shall be entered into in accordance with the procurement process provided for in Section 25.1.
(i) To enter into agreements with any person with
respect to the operation and management of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision of goods and services on terms and conditions as the Authority determines.
(j) After conducting the procurement process provided
for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to provide for the design and construction of all or part of the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in excess of the funds that are authorized to be made available for those purposes during the term of the contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of construction.
(k) To enter into agreements, including project
agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other construction or improvement project in the most timely and efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby add to the cost of the project.
(l) To provide incentives to organizations and
entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings, or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority, subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman
of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, (ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 5,000 individuals or in excess of 10,000 individuals, as appropriate, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the Authority for the convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the Chairman or $15,000,000. In no case shall more than $5,000,000 be used in any one year to reimburse incentives granted conventions, meetings, or trade shows with a registered attendance of more than 5,000 and less than 10,000. No later than 30 days after the transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in Section 605‑725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
(m) To enter into contracts with any person conveying the naming rights or other intellectual property rights with respect to the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. (n) To enter into grant agreements with the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau providing for the marketing of the convention facilities to large and small conventions, meetings, and trade shows, provided such agreements meet the requirements of Section 5.6 of this Act. Receipts of the Authority from the increase in the airport departure tax authorized by Section 13(f) of this amendatory Act of the 96th General A
