OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
April 13,2016
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned property.
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government under Section 6(a), Article VII ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois of 1970 and may exercise any power related to its local governmental affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City has acquired title to numerous parcels of vacant property located throughout the City of Chicago pursuant to its responsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, many of the City-owned parcels are of minimal value, yet are costly for the City to clean-up and maintain; and
WHEREAS, by ordinance passed by the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") on December 10, 2014, the City established the Large Lot Program (codified in Chapter 2-157 of the Municipal Code of Chicago; the "Large Lot Program Ordinance") for the disposition of certain City-owned, vacant parcels, in order to provide local residents greater control over land in their neighborhood and the opportunity to possibly profit from selling those parcels in the future as the areas in which the parcels are located revitalize; and
WHEREAS, it is the City's intention to dispose of those certain City-owned, vacant parcels (i.e., no structures), which are zoned residential, located in the Roseland and Pullman community areas and the Austin community area, and identified in Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a "City Parcel", and collectively, the "City Parcels"); and
WHEREAS, public notice advertising the proposed sale ofthe City Parcels located in the Roseland and Pullman community areas appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 9, 16 and 23, 2015; and
WHEREAS, public notice advertising the proposed sale ofthe City Parcels located in the Austin community area appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 11,18 and 26, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Planning and Development (the "Department") has received applications relating to the disposition of the City Parcels; and
WHEREAS, the Department has evaluated the applications based on the criteria set forth in the Large Lot Program Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 15-083-21 adopted by the Plan Commission ofthe City of Chicago (the "Plan Commission") on September 17, 2015, the Plan Commission recommended the sale ofthe City Parcels located in the Austin community area; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 16-028-21 adopted by the Plan Commission ofthe City of Chicago (the "Plan Commission") on April 21, 2016, the Plan Commission recommended the sale ofthe City Parcels located in the Roseland and Pullman community
areas; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance ("2014 Ordinance") passed on December 10, 2014, and published in the Journal ofthe Proceedings ofthe City Council ofthe City for such date on pages 100328-100332, the City and Local Initiatives Support Corporation ("LISC") have entered into an agreement ("LISC Agreement"), dated January 1,2015, for a term of five (5) years, with two (2) one-year extension options, relating to LISC's (i) continued maintenance and hosting of a website (the "Large Lot Website") that contains information relating to the Large Lot Program, including the addresses of parcels and whether persons have submitted applications to own them, and (ii) community outreach services relating to the Large Lot Program; and
WHEREAS, the 2014 Ordinance stated, in part, that the subsidy to be paid to LISC pursuant to the LISC Agreement may not exceed $21,000.00 in each year of the LISC Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City and LISC desire to amend the LISC Agreement (i) to increase the annual maximum subsidy to be paid to LISC by Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) (for a total of $66,000 per year, commencing January 1, 2016) in consideration of LISC's providing additional maintenances services relating to the Large Lot Website and additional community outreach services relating to the Large Lot Program, and (ii) to provide a one-time subsidy in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($155,000) to LISC in consideration of LISC's making certain technical updates to the Large Lot Website, including data verification, and providing additional outreach services; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly adopted herein as the legislative findings ofthe City Council and incorporated herein and made a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. The Mayor or his proxy is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk is authorized to attest, quitclaim deeds, each such deed conveying a City Parcel to the respective Qualifying Property Owner (as that term is defined in the Large Lot Program Ordinance) selected by the Department, or to a land trust of which the Qualified Property Owner is the sole beneficiary, or to an entity of which the Qualified Property Owner is the sole owner and the controlling party, for the purchase price of One Dollar ($1.00) per City Parcel.
SECTION 3. Any deed conveying a City Parcel to a Qualifying Property Owner may contain such covenants as the Department reasonably deems necessary, including, but not limited to, covenants that require the Qualifying Property Owner for a period of five (5) years commencing on the date on which the City conveys title to such City Parcel to the Qualifying Property Owner (a) to remain in title to the City Parcel and (b) to maintain the City Parcel. The City shall have a right of reverter if the Qualifying Property Owner fails to comply with such covenants. The Department may require the Qualifying Property Owner to execute a reconveyance deed at the time the City conveys the City Parcel, for the
purpose of facilitating the City's exercise of its right of reverter, if necessary.
SECTION 4. The Commissioner of the Department (the "Commissioner") is authorized to enter into an amendment to the LISC Agreement, upon such terms and conditions the Commissioner deems reasonable, for the purposes of (i) increasing the annual maximum subsidy to be paid to LISC by Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) (for a total of $66,000 per year, commencing January 1, 2016) in consideration of LISC's providing additional maintenances services relating to the Large Lot Website and additional community outreach services relating to the Large Lot Program, and (ii) providing a one-time subsidy in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($155,000) to LISC in consideration of LISC's making certain technical updates to the Large Lot Website, including data verification, and providing additional outreach services.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. All ordinances, resolutions, motions or orders inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.
Exhibit A List of City Parcels [Attached]
Exhibit A
|
Premise PIN |
Premise Address |
|
25-16-428-010-0000 |
235 W 110TH PLACE |
|
25-21-205-011-0000 |
227 WEST 111TH PLACE |
|
25-21-220-023-0000 |
118 W. 113TH PLACE |
|
25-16-424-021-0000 |
120 W 110TH ST |
|
25-15-118-008-0000 |
10521 S. STATE STREET |
|
25-15-118-009-0000 |
10523 S.STATE STREET |
|
25-15-107-017-0000 |
10354 S WABASH AVE |
|
25-22-116-055-0000 |
11418 S CALUMET AVE |
|
25-15-121-063-0000 |
10606 S INDIANA AVE |
|
25-22-309-015-0000 |
11704 S MICHIGAN |
|
25-22-309-017-0000 |
11714 S MICHIGAN |
|
25-10-316-023-0000 |
57 E. 101ST PLACE |
|
25-16-406-033-0000 |
10736 S STATE ST |
|
25-10-301-038-0000 |
34 E 100TH ST |
|
25-15-107-012-0000 |
10355 S STATE ST |
|
25-16-414-023-0000 |
24 W 109TH ST |
|
25-09-209-043-0000 |
9635 S HARVARD AVE |
|
25-16-202-002-0000 |
153 W. 103rd ST |
|
25-09-211-009-0000 |
9621 S YALE AVE |
|
25-09-204-010-0000 |
9515 S WENTWORTH AVE |
|
25-09-204-030-0000 |
9518 S LA SALLE ST |
|
25-16-410-005-0000 |
43 W 108TH ST |
|
25-21-121-038-0000 |
11313 SPARNELL AVE |
|
25-16-214-023-0000 |
10601 S LA SALLE ST |
|
25-16-426-029-0000 |
16 W. 110th PI. |
|
25-16-430-014-0000 |
21 WEST110TH PLACE |
|
25-15-300-008-0000 |
10721 S STATE ST |
|
25-16-218-009-0000 |
139 W 106TH PL |
|
25-21-219-021-0000 |
11306 S WENTWORTH AVE |
|
25-16-202-051-0000 |
116 W 103RD PL |
|
25-16-424-018-0000 |
209 W 110TH ST |
|
25-16-424-019-0000 |
207 W 110TH ST |
|
25-16-424-020-0000 |
205 W 110TH ST |
|
25-16-405-003-0000 |
51 W. 107THST. |
|
25-16-209-013-0000 |
131 W 104TH PL |
|
25-16-209-044-0000 |
128 W 105TH |
|
25-16-404-028-0000 |
10728 S PERRY AVE |
|
25-16-404-029-0000 |
10728 S PERRY AVE |
|
25-16-427-011-0000 |
321W110TH PL |
|
25-16-404-023-0000 |
114 W 108TH ST |
|
25-16-202-059-0000 |
56 W103RDPL |
Exhibit A
|
Premise PIN |
Premise Address |
|
25-16-416-007-0000 |
243 W 109TH ST |
|
16-09-310-022-0000 |
224 N LORELST |
|
16-09-310-025-0000 |
214 N LORELAVE |
|
16-09-206-026-0000 |
4948 W HURON ST |
|
16-04-412-025-0000 |
4826 W CORTEZ ST |