Form Pt 05-34 - Property Tax Claim - Charitable Ownership/use Page 5
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16Fox River. Department Ex. 2, p. 1; Applicant Exs. 4, 6 (Affidavit of Use). During
the period at issue, there were 12 buildings located on the property. Applicant Ex.
5 (photos of property).
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SPI acquired the property from Illinois District Vasa Park Association, Inc.
(IDVPA). Applicant Ex. 3, p. 1. IDVPA, in turn, had obtained the property by
warranty deed in 1953. Id., p. 2.
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The quitclaim deed from IDVPA to SPI was “[s]ubject to … all taxes, fees, and
special assessments for 2003 and thereafter ….” Applicant Ex. 3, p. 2.
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During the period when IDVPA owned the property, the property was used as a
venue for three seasonal fairs and festivals celebrating Scandinavian traditions
and culture. Applicant Exs. 9 (copy of pamphlet advertising an International
Scandinavian Festival that was held at Vasa Park on September 9, 2001, which
pamphlet bears the name of the American Scandinavian Council), 10 (copy of
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pamphlet advertising the 24
Annual Scandinavian Day that was held at Vasa
Park on September 7, 2003, which pamphlet bears the names of the Scandinavian
Day Festival Committee and IDVPA), 11 (copy of flyer advertising a Swedish
Midsummer Festival that was held at Vasa Park on June 22, 2003, which flyer
provides that the festival was sponsored by the Children’s Day Committee,
District Lake Michigan Lodge No. 8, Vasa Order of America), Applicant Group
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Ex 12, pp. 1 (copy of flyer advertising the 12
Annual Scandinavian Fish Boil
that was held at Vasa Park on July 24, 2003, which flyer indicates that the event
was sponsored by Viljan Lodge number 349), 2 (copy of story written in the June
23, 2003 edition of the Daily Herald newspaper, under the lead, “Vasa Park plays
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