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Resolution Approving the Purchase of Parcels Totaling Approximately 44.45 +/- Acres Adjacent to Meissner-Corron Forest Preserve in Campton Township
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WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, is
organized and existing under “An Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled “An Act to Provide for the Creation and Management of Forest Preserve Districts” approved June 27, 1913, as amended; and
WHEREAS, it has been deemed advisable, necessary and in the best interests of said Forest Preserve District that the Board of Commissioners of Forest Preserve District acquire additional lands for forest preserve purposes, which said lands, together with all lands heretofore acquired, will not exceed 55,000 acres.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. That it has been determined that a forest preserve should be laid out, established, constructed, and maintained on certain real property hereinafter described, said real property being located within the corporate boundaries of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, and that said forest preserve be used, occupied, improved, and developed for forest preserve purposes in a manner necessary and convenient for public use.
2. It is hereby determined that it is necessary and desirable that the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, shall acquire title to or any interest in and possession of the real property which is described on Exhibit A attached hereto, and which real property meets the criteria established by the Forest Preserve District for property to be acquired by it.
3. That the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois, agrees to purchase approximately 44.45+/- acres for approximately $950,000.00 ($21,372.33 per surveyed acre) pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract tendered to the District by Seller.
4. The Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County hereby authorizes the President of the District and the District's attorney, with the consent of the Forest Preserve Commission of the District, to execute any and all documents necessary to acquire title to or any interest in and possession of property for said Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois in accordance with the Purchase Contract approved hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois that the District be, and hereby is, authorized to purchase the real estate described in Exhibit A, under such terms and conditions as included in the Purchase Contract.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 14th day of October, 2025.
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Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois