ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a municipal corporation and 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 Board of Education ofthe City of Chicago (the "Board") is a body corporate and politic, organized under and existing pursuant to Article 34 ofthe School Code ofthe State of Illinois, 105 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of an act to authorize the creation of public building commissions and to define their rights, powers and duties under the Public Building Commission Act (50 ILCS 20/1 et seq.), the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") created the Public Building Commission of Chicago (the "Commission") to facilitate the acquisition and construction of public buildings and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Board operates a school known as Nicholas Senn High School (the "School") located at 5900 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60660 (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to rehabilitate portions of the School and related improvements (the "Facility") on the Property to serve the School (the rehabilitation of the Facility shall be referred to herein as the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), to finance projects that eradicate blight conditions through the use of tax increment allocation financing for redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, to induce certain redevelopment pursuant to the Act, the City Council adopted ordinances on September 29, 1999: approving and adopting a tax increment financing redevelopment project and plan for the Clark Street and Ridge Avenue Redevelopment Project Area; designating the Clark Street and Ridge Avenue Redevelopment Proj...
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