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Resolution Affirming a Letter of Intent and Authorizing the Purchase, Donation Acceptance, Exchange, and Sale of a Real Property of Approximately 415 +/- Acres in Campton Township and Blackberry 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, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, acquire title to or any interest in and possession of the real property which is depicted on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Property”), and which real property meets the criteria established by the Forest Preserve District for property to be acquired by it for various purposes, including the exchange or sale of some portion thereof.
3. That the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois, formally affirms the Letter of Intent dated September 3, 2025 previously provided by the District to the Village of Campton Hills, which said Letter of Intent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
4. That, conditioned upon successful negotiation and execution of the Intergovernmental Agreements and other instruments set forth in the 9/3/25 Letter of Intent, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois agrees to purchase approximately 340 acres of the Property at $28,000 per acre, for a total purchase price of approximately $9,529,296.00, all with the express intention, as set forth in the 9/3/25 Letter of Intent, to sell a portion of the Property and to exchange a portion of the Property. This authorization to purchase is further conditioned upon Shodeen, Inc. donating 75 +/- acres of the Property as set forth in the 9/3/25 Letter of Intent.
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 negotiate the Intergovernmental Agreements, arrange for the donation, the purchase, the exchange and the sale, and to execute any and all documents or other instruments necessary to acquire title to or any interest in and possession of the Property for said Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 9th day of September, 2025.
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Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois