Record #: O2018-5016   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 6/27/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
Final action: 7/25/2018
Title: Intergovernmental agreement with U.S. Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers for professional assistance updating 2005 Chicago River Corridor Design
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental
Attachments: 1. O2018-5016.pdf, 2. O2018-5016 (V1).pdf
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962d-16) (the "Act"), authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the U.S. Army Engineer, Chicago District (the "District Engineer"), to provide its professional design and development assistance (the "Professional Assistance") in the preparation of a comprehensive water resources plan (the "Plan") with the City of Chicago (the "City"), acting through its Department of Planning and Development ("DPD"); and

WHEREAS, the Plan will update the 2005 Chicago River Corridor Design Guidelines and Standards, and will include the community input received during the City's 2017 River Edge Ideas Lab initiative, to provide a cohesive planning framework that promotes exceptional design and increased connectivity and natural and recreational options for the Chicago River Corridor, all pursuant to the waterway zoning requirements set forth in Section 17-8-0509 of the City of Chicago Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, the District Engineer requires that an agreement (the "Agreement") be entered into between the Department of the Army, through its District Engineer, and the City, through DPD, setting forth the terms and conditions of (i) the Professional Assistance, (ii) the $70,000 in-kind value of the Professional Assistance, and (iii) the Act's requirement that the City contribute an equivalent amount of $70,000 consisting either of in-kind value or City funds to the development of the Plan; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. The above recitals are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

SECTION 2. The Commissioner of DPD (the "Commissioner") or a designee of the Commissioner are each hereby authorized, with the approval of the City's Corporation Counsel as.to form and legality, to negotiate, execute and deliver the Agreement between the District Engineer and the City in substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhi...

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