REPORT OF THE TAX
DELINQUENCY SUBCOMMITTEE
(Recessed and
Reconvened on
The Honorable,
The Board of Commissioners of
ATTENDANCE
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Present: |
Chairman Sims, Commissioners Beavers and |
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Vice Chairman Goslin, Commissioners |
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Also
Present: |
Stephanie Milito – Planner, Department of Planning and
Economic Development; Randolph Johnston – Assistant State’s Attorney; Ken
Pilota, Esq. – Law Offices of Ken Pilota; Janice Morrissy – Director,
Community/Economic Development, Village of Riverdale; Adrian P. Zeno, Esq. – Zeno
Law Office, P.C. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your Tax
Delinquency Subcommittee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County met
pursuant to notice on
Upon determining that there was not a
quorum present, Chairman Sims took testimony on the Items and then recessed the
meeting to the hour of
ATTENDANCE
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Present: |
Chairman Sims, Vice Chairman
Goslin, Commissioners Beavers, |
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Absent: |
Commissioner Moreno (1) |
Tax Delinquency Subcommittee of the Board of Commissioners
of Cook County reconvened its recessed meeting at the hour of
Chairman Sims directed the Secretary to
the Board to call roll, at which time it was determined that a quorum was
present.
Your
Subcommittee has considered the following items and, upon adoption of this
report, the recommendations are as follows:
295882 |
Re: No Cash Bid Request Package for the 1. The
Village of VOLUME PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER 197 29-07-108-001-0000 197 29-07-108-002-0000 197 29-07-108-003-0000 197 29-07-108-004-0000 2. This
Request Package contains 4 Property Index Numbers (PINs). 3. The following PINs are currently
vacant lots with no improvements situated thereon, and after development,
will be used as a commercial day care center providing the benefit of
property taxes to the 4. The municipality will file for tax
exempt status upon acquiring a perfected deed to the subject parcels and will
maintain the status until a developer acquires title and ownership of the subject
parcels. 5. A Third Party Request has been made
by Dr. Jalal Jato for the development of a 6. The
municipality will retain Adrian P. Zeno, Esq. as legal counsel to obtain the
tax deed and the municipality will bear all legal and other costs associated
with acquisition of the parcels. 7. The municipality agrees to submit, to
the Cook County Office of Economic Development, No Cash Bid Reports on the
status of each parcel for five years or until development is complete,
whichever occurs last, as required by the Cook County No Cash Bid Ordinance. *Referred to the
Committee on Tax Delinquency Subcommittee on |
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Commissioner Butler,
seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of Communication Number
295882 as amended. The motion carried.
Adrian P. Zeno, Esq., Zeno Law Office, P.C., stated that the
four pins are being requested specifically for the construction of a parking
lot to be used for a day care facility (not for the construction of a day care
facility itself).
Stephanie
Milito, Planner, Department of Planning and Economic Development, stated that
this is correct, and that this information is in the Department’s
recommendation letter.
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295883 |
Re: No Cash Bid Request Package for the 1. The
Village of VOLUME PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER 198 29-07-210-016-0000 198 29-07-210-017-0000 198 29-07-210-018-0000 198 29-07-210-019-0000 198 29-07-210-020-0000 198 29-07-210-021-0000 198 29-07-210-022-0000 198 29-07-210-023-0000 198 29-07-210-024-0000 2. This Request Package contains 9
Property Index Numbers (PIN). 3. The following PINs are currently
vacant lots with no improvements situated thereon. The intended use is to provide residential
development or construction of a public library and will provide the benefit
of more tax revenue to the Village of Dixmoor or having a public facility for
its citizens: 29-07-210-016-0000,
29-07-210-017-0000, 29-07-210-018-0000, 29-07-210-019-0000,
29-07-210-020-0000, 29-07-210-021-0000, 29-07-210-022-0000, 29-07-210-023-0000,
29-07-210-024-0000. 4. The municipality will file for tax
exempt status upon acquiring a perfected deed to the subject parcels and will
maintain the status until a developer acquires title and ownership of the
subject parcels. 5. No Third Party Request has been made
on the following PINs:
29-07-210-016-0000, 29-07-210-017-0000, 29-07-210-018-0000,
29-07-210-019-0000, 29-07-210-020-0000, 29-07-210-021-0000,
29-07-210-022-0000, 29-07-210-023-0000, 29-07-210-024-0000. 6. The
municipality will retain Adrian P. Zeno, Esq. as legal counsel to obtain the
tax deed and the municipality will bear all legal and other costs associated
with acquisition of the parcels. 7. The municipality agrees to submit, to
the Cook County Office of Economic Development, No Cash Bid Reports on the
status of each parcel for five years or until development is complete,
whichever occurs last, as required by the Cook County No Cash Bid Ordinance. *Referred to the
Committee on Tax Delinquency
Subcommittee on |
Commissioner Butler,
seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of Communication Number 295883
as amended. The motion carried.
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295884 |
Re: No Cash Bid Request Package for the The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the Please accept this request to obtain the following three
(3) properties. VOLUME PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER 195 29-04-108-019-0000 195 29-04-108-023-0000 195 29-04-108-028-0000 Parcel 29-04-108-019-0000 is a vacant industrial
building. Parcel 29-04-108-023-0000 is
a commercial building that is occupied by a business operating as C & R
Excavating. Parcel 29-04-108-028-0000 is a vacant commercial building. The Village has submitted Affidavits of
Abandonment with respect to both vacant properties. The Village intends to use each of these three buildings
for industrial and commercial development.
They are not part of our The Village agrees to report the status of each parcel to the
Cook County Department of Economic Development annually for five consecutive
years or until the intended use is complete, whichever is last. Also, the Village will apply for tax exempt
status on each parcel once a tax deed is obtained until a developer is
designated. The Village has retained the Law Offices of Kenneth W.
Pilota and shall bear all costs to proceed to tax deed and perform all legal
and other activities associated with this program. *Referred to the
Committee on Tax Delinquency Subcommittee on |
Ken Pilota, Esq., Law Offices of Ken Pilota, stated that,
with regard to these three parcels, the Village of Riverdale has not yet
identified a third party, but would like to acquire these parcels and prepare
them for future commercial and industrial redevelopment.
Ms. Malito stated that it is very difficult at present to
determine the occupancy of these parcels. She state that she did see some
trucks which look new at the location; the village stated in its package that
it an excavating company is occupying the property.
Janice Morrissy, Director, Community/Economic Development,
Chairman Sims stated that it needs to be determined whether
the property is occupied. If someone owns
it, it is
Randolph Johnston,
Commissioner Butler, seconded
by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of Communication Number 295884. The motion carried.
Chairman Sims entered
into the record a letter from Elizabeth Reidy,
Commissioner Butler moved
to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Vice Chairman Goslin. The motion carried and the meeting was
adjourned.
YOUR COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTION
WITH REGARD TO THE
MATTERS NAMED HEREIN:
Communication Number 295882 Approved
as Amended
Communication Number 295883 Approved
as Amended
Communication Number 295884 Approved
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Respectfully
submitted, Tax
Delinquency Subcommittee XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Deborah
Sims, Chairman |
Attest:
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Matthew B.
DeLeon, Secretary
The audio recording for this meeting is available from the
Office of the Secretary to the Board,