ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") on March 31, 2004, and published in the Journal ofthe Proceedings ofthe City Council for such date at pages 21597-21600 (the "Alley Vacation Ordinance"), the City vacated a certain 16 feet wide public alley located in the 1200 S. blocks of Sawyer Avenue and Kedzie Avenue and north of West 13th Street as legally described in the Alley Vacation Ordinance (the "Vacated Alley") pursuant to the City's Not-For-Profit Street and Alley Vacation Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the Alley Vacation Ordinance, the City, EdgeAlliance, Inc., an Illinois not for profit corporation formerly known as AIDSCARE, Inc. (the "Original Not for Profit Developer"), Garden View, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company formerly known as AIDSCARE Residence II, LLC (the "Original Phase II Owner"), The Phoenix House LLC, an Illinois limited liability company formerly known as AIDSCARE Residence III, LLC (the "Original Phase III Owner"), and AIDSCARE Residence Inc., an Illinois not for profit corporation now known as Sawyer Gardens, Inc. (the "Original Phase I Owner"), entered into that certain Agreement for the Sale and Redevelopment of Land dated on or as of September 28, 2004 and recorded on September 30, 2004 as document no. 0427441076 (the "Alley RDA"), pursuant to which the Original Not for Profit Developer, Original Phase I Owner, Original Phase II Owner and Original Phase III Owner acknowledged the prior development of the Section 811 Project (as hereafter defined) and also agreed to cause to develop and use certain improvements on portions of the Vacated Alley for non-profit purposes during the...
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