Quick-take proceedings under Article 20 may be used for a period of no longer than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, by the Village of Johnsburg, McHenry County for the acquisition of the following described property for the purpose of constructing a METRA rail station and rail storage yard: LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT PART OF SECTION 15 AND 22, IN TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (FORMERLY THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY) AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FEDERAL AID ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS FEDERAL AID ROUTE 201); THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST (BEARINGS BASED O
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Quick-take proceedings under Article 20 may be used for a period of no longer than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, by the Village of Johnsburg, McHenry County for the acquisition of the following described property for the purpose of constructing a METRA rail station and rail storage yard: LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT PART OF SECTION 15 AND 22, IN TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (FORMERLY THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY) AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FEDERAL AID ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS FEDERAL AID ROUTE 201); THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST (BEARINGS BASED ON ILLINOIS STATE PLANE COORDINATES EAST ZONE 1983 DATUM) ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 503.21 FEET TO A BEND POINT IN SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE; THENCE NORTH 63 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 837.29 FEET TO A BEND POINT IN SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE; THENCE NORTH 64 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 81.77 FEET; THENCE NORTH 11 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 737.72 FEET; THENCE NORTH 35 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1001.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1019.96 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG A CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE EAST, HAVING A RADIUS OF 600.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 346.77 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE HAVING A LENGTH OF 341.97 FEET AND A BEARING OF NORTH 17 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 518.80 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH A LINE 80.00 FEET SOUTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID LINE 80.00 FEET SOUTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 15, A DISTANCE OF 323.79 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 41 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 545.39 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 563.07 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 289.88 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 3 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 242.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 51 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 159.41 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 750.85 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH SAID WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 19 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 2677.76 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.