OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
November 15, 2012
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Fleet and Facility Management, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing an amendment to a previously executed Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of Education regarding the use of a parking garage by the Chicago Police Department.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and, as such, may exercise and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, on July 30, 2008, the City Council ("City Council") of the City approved an ordinance published in the Journal Proceedings of the City Council for such date at pages 34776 through 34803 (the "Ordinance") authorizing execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement ("I.GA.") with the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, ("Board"), and the Public Building Commission of Chicago ("PBC") for the development of a new Town Hall (23rd District) police station and adjoining parking garage in the vicinity of West Addison Street and North Halsted Street (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the new police station was constructed on approximately 42,000 square feet of land previously containing one hundred eleven (111) parking spaces and previously owned and used by the Board and its licensees at the northeast corner of Addison Street and North Fremont Street; and
WHEREAS, a three hundred sixty-one (361) space double helix parking garage was constructed to replace and provide the Board, its licensees and its permittees with dedicated access and exclusive use of one hundred eleven (111) parking spaces (such spaces and garage portion, the "BOE-Garage") and the City and its personnel an...
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