ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois of 1970, and as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Park District (the "Park District") is a body politic and corporate unit of local government and park district ofthe State of Illinois organized and existing under the Chicago Park District Act, 70 ILCS 1505/0.01 et. seq. with authority to exercise control over and supervise the operation of all parks within the city of Chicago and to enter into intergovernmental agreements upon approval of its Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the City and Park District (together, the "Parties") have authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the City, in cooperation with the Park District as a non-participating construction co-sponsor, has undertaken the construction of a certain multi-use public way path to the Navy Pier and Chicago River bridge segments of the Lakefront Trail from Grant Park on the south to Jane Addams Memorial Park on the north, shall be attached to North Lake Shore Drive (the "Navy Pier Flyover Improvements") and lies adjacent to Lake Point Tower ("Lake Point Tower"), in Chicago, Illinois, as such Improvements are more fully described on Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the City's construction ofthe Navy Pier Flyover Improvements will extend through and over the Park District's DuSable Park, as depicted on Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, the City's construction of the Navy Pier Flyover Improvements will extend through and over the Park District's Jane Addams Memorial Park; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have mutually determined that is it necessary and appropriate that the Parties enter into an Intergovernmental License Agreement (the "License Agreement") providing for...
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