Record #: O2018-9479   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 12/12/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Final action: 1/23/2019
Title: Sale of City-owned property at 11914, 11920, 11924, 11926, 11928, 11934, 11942 and 11946 S Union Ave to Habitat for Humanity Chicago and association redevelopment agreement for construction of affordable single-family homes under City Lots for Working Families Program
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: AGREEMENTS - Redevelopment, - PROPERTY - Sale
Attachments: 1. O2018-9479.pdf, 2. O2018-9479 (V1).pdf
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
December 12,2018










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 (the "City") is a home rule unit of government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 State of Illinois Constitution and may exercise any power related to its local governmental affairs; and

WHEREAS, The City Council of the City (the ''City Council"), by ordinance first adopted on November 8, 2017 ("Program Ordinance") and published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council (the "Journal") for such date at pages 59287 through 59295, has established the City Lots For Working Families Program ("Program"), to assist with the construction of high-quality, owner-occupied single-family housing affordable to working families and authorized the Department of Planning and Development ("DPD") to (a) sell City Lots (as defined in Section 2 herein) with an Appraised Value (as defined in Section 2 herein) of Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($50,000) or less for One Dollar ($1.00) per City Lot to approved developers of projects that meet certain development parameters; (b) exempt such projects from MBE/WBE Requirements and City Residency Hiring Requirements (as defined in Section 2 herein) if all City Lots within such project have an Appraised Value equal to or less than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($125,000), and (c) waive certain City fees for such projects; and

WHEREAS, Pursuant to ordinances adopted on February 6, 2002 and published at pages 78512 through 78658, in the Journal of such date, the City Council: (i) approved a certain redevelopment plan and project ("Redevelopment Plan") for the 119...

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