Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
70 ILCS 507/ - Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act.

(70 ILCS 507/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/5)
Sec. 5.
Legislative findings.
(a) The General Assembly finds that there has been a dramatic change in the
area known as "Fort Sheridan", a former federal reservation, and that failure
to make the most economical, efficient, environmentally sensitive, and properly
planned use of the land available for development in the Fort Sheridan area
will result in (i) blight, deterioration, and decay; (ii) destruction of
irreplaceable natural, recreational, housing, and commercial resources; (iii)
diminished opportunity for the private home building industry to operate at its
highest potential capacity in providing good housing needed for those who live
in the area and those expected to move into the area in the future; (iv) the
need for costly and effective public facilities and services at all levels; (v)
inefficient and wasteful use of land resources; (vi) a failure to make the most
economical use of the land available for development; (vii) decreasing
employment and business opportunities for the citizens of the area; and (viii)
the decreased effectiveness of public and private facilities for urban
transportation.
(b) The General Assembly finds that better patterns of development and
revitalization of Fort Sheridan are essential to accommodate future
population growth; to prevent further deterioration of the Fort Sheridan
properties and the people's physical and social environment; and to make a
positive contribution to improving the overall quality of life in the Fort
Sheridan area of Illinois. The General Assembly finds that the health,
welfare, morals, and safety of its citizens require the encouragement of well
planned, diversified, and economically sound community development, including
major additions to Fort Sheridan, while simultaneously preserving open space
and historic areas. The General Assembly finds that desirable community
development on a significantly large scale may be prevented by difficulties in
(i) obtaining adequate financing at moderate cost for enterprises which involve
large initial capital investment, extensive periods before investment can be
returned, and regular patterns of return; (ii) the timely assembly of
sufficiently large sites in economically favorable locations at reasonable
costs; and (iii) making of necessary arrangements among all private and public
organizations involved, for providing site and related improvements (including
streets, sewer and water facilities, and other public and community facilities)
in a timely and coordinated manner, and (iv) facilitating the transfer of title
to certain lands to the Forest Preserve District of Lake County.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/10)
Sec. 10.
Definitions.
In this Act:
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Fort Sheridan Redevelopment
Commission.
"City" means a municipality.
"Commission" means the Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission.
"Comprehensive plan" means a plan (which may include several redevelopment
plans) setting forth a comprehensive process or scheme for the redevelopment of
Fort Sheridan.
"Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct, reconstruct, improve,
modify, extend, landscape, expand or obtain possession by way of gift or
purchase.
"Director" means a member of the Board.
"Fort Sheridan" means the 712 acres, more or less, of real estate generally
located on the shore of Lake Michigan, and as legally described in the Fort
Sheridan Retrocession Act.
"Intergovernmental agreement" means the intergovernmental agreement
establishing the Commission.
"Land development" means any, all, or a combination of the following: the
process of clearing and grading land; making, installing, or constructing water
lines and water supply installations, sewer lines and sewage disposal
installations, steam, gas, and electrical plants and installations, roads,
streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, and other
installations or work, whether on or off the site, which the Commission deems
necessary or desirable to prepare land for recreational, residential,
commercial, industrial, or other uses, or in providing facilities for public or
other uses. "Land development" further means to construct or acquire by gift
or purchase, reconstruct, improve, better, or extend any project within Lake
County, but related to Fort Sheridan, or to acquire by gift or purchase lands
or rights in
land in connection with Fort Sheridan.
"Member" means a party to the Intergovernmental Agreement.
"Municipality" and "Unit of Local Government" have the meanings
given to such terms in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
"Operate" means to operate, maintain, administer, repair, and promote, and
any
other acts necessary or proper with regard to such matters.
"Person" means any natural person, firm, or corporation, public or private.
"Project" means any utility, structure, facility, or other undertaking that
will implement a defined, organized, planned and scheduled, diversified,
economically and technologically sound, quality environment, that the
Commission is authorized to construct, reconstruct, improve, equip, or furnish
under this Act. "Project" will include, but is not limited to: buildings and
other facilities intended for use as classrooms, laboratories, student
residence halls, instructional and administrative facilities for students,
faculty, officers and employees, and motor vehicle parking facilities and fixed
equipment, any commercial facilities, the construction or improvement of
streets, sidewalks, and sewer and water facilities, the construction of
schools, parks, playgrounds, community and municipal buildings and the
implementation of new community development programs. "Project" also means any
land development including but not limited to planning, engineering,
construction, acquisition, or financing of one or more buildings,
structures, or other improvements to land. "Project" further means housing
facilities, health, hospital and medical facilities, stadiums, physical
education installations, hotels, motels, dormitories, aquariums, museums,
convention centers, planetariums, civic buildings, nursing homes, harbors, and
terminal facilities. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the
financing for or the
construction of plants, projects or facilities for (1) the manufacture or
generation of electric energy in competition with an electric supplier as
defined in the Electric Supplier Act; or (2) the transmission, distribution, or
manufacture of gas in competition with a public utility as defined in the
Public Utilities Act.
"Redevelopment area" means Fort Sheridan.
"Redevelopment plan" means any one or more plans approved or adopted by the
Commission setting forth programs or procedures for one or more Fort Sheridan
projects and the protection of adjacent areas, and all administrative, funding
and financial details and proposals necessary to effectuate the plan.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/15)
Sec. 15. Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission; creation; duties.
(a) By intergovernmental agreement approved by ordinance adopted by any 3
or
more cities which are contiguous to or encompass all or part of Fort Sheridan,
and the county within which they lie, those cities and counties may establish
the Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission, itself a municipal corporation and
a public body politic and corporate. The intergovernmental agreement shall
provide the manner and terms on which any member may withdraw from membership
in the Commission and on which the Commission may terminate and dissolve in
whole or in part. The intergovernmental agreement may be amended
by the concurrence of all the members who have approved the existing
intergovernmental agreement. The intergovernmental agreement shall set forth
the
corporate name of the Commission as the "Fort Sheridan Redevelopment
Commission" and the duration of the Commission. The Commission's duration may
be perpetual. Promptly upon entering into an
intergovernmental agreement establishing the Commission or
upon amending any intergovernmental agreement, a copy of the
intergovernmental agreement or amendment shall be filed in the Office of the
Secretary of State of Illinois. The addition or withdrawal of
any member or the dissolution of the
Commission shall be promptly certified by an officer of the Commission to the
Secretary of State of Illinois.
(b) The governing body of the Commission shall be a board of directors. The
number, terms of office, and qualifications of the Board of Directors shall be
set forth in the intergovernmental agreement. Each party to the
intergovernmental agreement shall appoint 2 directors. The method of voting by
directors shall be provided for in the intergovernmental agreement, which may
authorize the corporate authorities of a member to designate an individual to
cast the vote or votes of its directors at any meeting of the Board. The
Board shall determine the general policy of the Commission, approve the
annual budget, make all appropriations, adopt all resolutions and
ordinances providing for the issuance of bonds or notes by the Commission,
adopt its bylaws, rules, and regulations, and have such other
powers and duties as may be prescribed in this Act and the intergovernmental
agreement.
The Board shall act by a vote of a majority of its Directors or by a greater
majority if required in the intergovernmental agreement. The Board may create
one
or more committees, define their duties, and designate the members of the
committees. The members of the committee do not have to be members of the
Board. The Commission shall have
officers who shall be elected in a manner and for a term as prescribed by the
intergovernmental agreement or determined by the Board under the
intergovernmental agreement.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), alone or in conjunction with other persons,
the Commission shall have authority to: (i) act as public developer in carrying
out development programs in and for Fort Sheridan; (ii) make available adequate
management, administrative and technical, financial, and other assistance
necessary for
encouraging the defined, organized, planned and scheduled, diversified,
economically, technologically, and environmentally sound community environment
in Fort Sheridan, and to do so through the use of management procedures and
programs which will rely to the maximum extent on private enterprise; (iii)
provide a conduit for the State and federal governments to make their resources
available to Fort Sheridan; (iv)
encourage the fullest utilization of the economic potential of supply of
recreational, residential and commercial building sites at reasonable costs;
(v) utilize improved technology in producing well-designed housing needed to
accommodate the people of the area; (vi) create or aid the creation of
neighborhoods where people live and find recreation; (vii) assist, plan,
develop, build and
construct, or finance any facility or project to enhance the community
environment and technological management when requested to do so by any
college, municipality or other municipal corporation.
(d) The Commission shall have no power except as set forth in the
intergovernmental agreement and such power shall be exercised, if at all, in
accordance with the procedures and subject to the limitations, if any, provided
in
the intergovernmental agreement. Accordingly, the Commission shall have such
powers as shall be provided in the intergovernmental agreement establishing it,
which may include, but need not be limited to, the following powers:
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/17)
Sec. 17. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/20)
Sec. 20.
Filing; Issuance of certificate of incorporation.
The
Commission established under this Act shall file duplicate originals of its
initial intergovernmental agreement in the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Illinois, on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of
State. When all franchise taxes, fees, and charges have been paid, and
the Secretary of State finds that the statement is in conformity with the
provisions of this Act, he or she shall:
(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/25)
Sec. 25.
Commission not to have taxing power.
The Commission shall not have power to levy
taxes for any purpose whatsoever except as provided in Section 15 of this Act
with respect to Special Service Districts and Tax Increment Financing
Districts.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/30)
Sec. 30.

Anti-trust laws; State action exemption; tort immunity; tax
exemption.
(a) The Commission is hereby expressly made the beneficiary of the
provisions of Section 1 of the Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act,
and the General Assembly intends that the State action exemption
to
the application of the federal anti-trust laws be fully available to the
Commission to the extent its activities are either (i) expressly or by
necessary implication authorized by this Act or other Illinois law; or (ii)
within traditional areas of local governmental activity.
(b) Members of the Commission, and their present and former officers,
employees, agents, and independent contractors shall have the same immunities
as established by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort
Immunity Act.
(c) Property, income, and receipts of or transactions by the Commission
shall be exempt from all taxation, the same as if it were the property, income,
or transaction of a city or county member.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 507/35)
Sec. 35.
Intergovernmental Agreements by and with Members.
In order to
implement the intergovernmental agreement or any redevelopment plan, land
development, or project approved by the Commission, members of the Commission
and the Commission shall have the authority to enter into additional
intergovernmental agreements among and between themselves; provided, however,
that no additional intergovernmental agreement shall take effect unless
executed, or otherwise consented to, by all of the members of the Commission.
The agreements may, notwithstanding any statutory limitation or the absence of
any other specific statutory authority, provide for: (i) the joint exercise,
combination, or transfer of any power or function among or between any of the
contracting parties; (ii) the performance, by any one or more of the
contracting parties, of any service, activity, or
undertaking that any of the contracting parties is authorized to perform; and
(iii) the limitation or restriction of the exercise of any power or function,
or the performance of any service, activity, or undertaking, by any of the
contracting parties; provided, however, that no such agreement shall empower
the Commission to exercise directly
either zoning or taxing powers not
expressly authorized by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-149, eff. 1-1-96.)

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