Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-1285

• Record #: O2022-1285
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 4/27/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 5/23/2022
• Title: Agreement with DataMade LLC for continued operation and improved functionality of Large Lot Land Sale program website
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Improvement

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/23/2022	47760	City Council	Passed	Pass
5/17/2022		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Recommended to Pass
4/27/2022	46047	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT MAYOR

April 27, 2022










TO THF. HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement with DataMade for the development of an online city-owned land sale platform.

Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.
ORDINANCE


WHEREAS, in accordance wilh the provisions of Article VII, Section 6(a) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois (the "State Constitution"), the City of Chicago (the "City") as a home rule unit of government may exercise any power iand perform any function relating to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, by ordinance passed by the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") on December 10, 2014 ("2014 Ordinance'), the City established the Large Lot Program (codified in Chapter 2157 of the Municipal Code of Chicago; the "Large Lot Program Ordinance") for the disposition of certain City-owned, vacant parcels, in order to provide local residents greater control over land in their neighborhood and the opportunity to possibly profit from selling those parcels ih the future as the areas in which the parcels are located revitalize; and
WHEREAS, Local Initiatives Support Corporation ("LISC") had developed and hosted a website on a platform owned by DataMade LLC ("DataMade") (the "Large Lot Website");and
WHEREAS, the Large Lot Website contains information relating to the Large Lot Program to ensure program transparency, including the addresses of parcels and whether persons have submitted applications to own them; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2014 Ordinance, the City Council granted the Department of Planning and Development (the "Department") to enter into an agreement with LISC relating to LISC's (i) continued maintenance and hosting of the Large Lot Website that contains information relating to the Larg...