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WHEREAS, The City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, City, by and through its Department of Transportation ("CDOT"), is the owner of a public alley located parallel to North Nordica Avenue to the west and North Sayre Avenue to the east and is bounded by West George Street to the north, and West Wolfram Street to the south (the "Public Alley") as depicted on Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, Norwegian Lutheran Bethesda Home Association, a/k/a Bethesda Home and Retirement Center, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation ("Bethesda") is the owner of real property adjacent to the Public Alley ("Adjacent Property") legally described on Exhibit B, which Adjacent Property contains those certain buildings and other improvements (as exist from time to time, collectively, the "Building"); and
WHEREAS, Bethesda desires to use the Public Alley as a point of ingress and egress to the Building, and in connection therewith, Bethesda desires to use a portion of the Adjacent Property (the "Easement Property") to widen the Public Alley and to create an alley easement area ("Alley Easement Area"); and
WHEREAS, City desires that Bethesda construct, repair, replace, and maintain, certain improvements at Bethesda's sole cost and expense, and to CDOT standards ("Alley Improvements") in the Alley Easement Area, including grading and paving, installing curbs, sidewalks, and striping, all and to CDOT standards, all to be located on a site development plan approved by the City, and to be installed and constructed in accordance with construction drawings approved by the City and to CDOT standards; and
WHEREAS, City is seeking a non-exclusive, perpetual easement over, across and upon the Easement Property (the "City Easement") for the sole and exclusive purposes of...
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