Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-1401

• Record #: O2019-1401
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 3/13/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 4/10/2019
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Park District for field, track and lighting improvements at Ogden Park, 6500 S Racine Ave, using Tax Increment Financing assistance from Englewood Neighborhood Redevelopment Project funds
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/12/2019		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
4/10/2019	98074	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/8/2019		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
3/13/2019	95482	City Council	Referred

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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), is a home rule unit of government under 'Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Park District (the "Park District"), is an Illinois municipal corporation and a unit of local government under Article VII, Section 1 of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such is authorized to exercise control over and supervise the operation of all parks within the corporate limits of the City; and

WHEREAS, the Park District has undertaken to make certain park improvements at Ogden Park, which is generally located at 6500 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois and legally described in Exhibit A (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Park District wishes to construct a new turf athletic field and to make additional field improvements which will include an eight-lane running track and field lighting on the Property (the "Project"); and

WHEREAS, the Property lies wholly within the boundaries of the Englewood Neighborhood Redevelopment Area (as hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 ef seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), to finance projects that eradicate blight conditions and conservation factors that could lead to blight through the use of tax increment allocation financing for redevelopment projects; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and pursuant to ordinances adopted on June 27, 2001, and published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago, for said date, as amended by ordinances adopted on November 13, 2013, the City Council: (i) approved and adopted a redevelopment plan and project (the "Plan") for a portion of the City known as the "Englewood Neighborhood Redevelopme...