Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-1847

• Record #: O2014-1847
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 3/5/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 4/2/2014
• Title: Professional Services Agreement with Inner-City Muslim Action Network for implementation and maintenance of Citywide Healthy Corner Store Pilot Program
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm, Lane, Lona
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/2/2014	77452	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/1/2014		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Recommended to Pass	Pass
3/5/2014	75221	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
March 5, 2014










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, together with Alderman Lane, an ordinance establishing the Healthy Coiner Store Pilot Program and associated grant agreement.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City has an on-going commitment to increasing access to, and consumer demand for, healthy and affordable foods in Chicago's underserved communities, including: (a) increasing the inventory and variety of affordable fresh produce in corner stores; (b) increasing the visibility and attractiveness of fresh produce items in corner stores; (c) assisting corner stores in effective fresh food retail development strategies; (d) increasing store owners' knowledge about handling and marketing fresh produce items; (e) increasing the sale of fresh produce items in corner stores; and (f) improving the economic viability of the corner store.

WHEREAS, the City, through its Department of Planning and Development ("DPD"), wishes to implement a Citywide pilot program (the "Healthy Corner Store Pilot Project") to provide assistance to corner stores to achieve the foregoing goals.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Healthy Corner Store Pilot Project, corner store owners will add healthy foods to their shelves, participate in nutrition education for customers, market healthy food, and receive technical assistance on how to improve their sales and operations.

WHEREAS, DPD wishes to enter into a contract with the Inner-City Muslim Action Network ("IMAN") to implement and maintain the Healthy Corner Store Pilot Project (the "Agreement"), including program marketing/outreach, applicant recruitment, application processing, technical assistance, compliance/monitoring and program metrics, in accordance with the terms...