OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL . MAYOR
October 31, 2012
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned property.
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances 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 any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City is the owner of the vacant parcel of property located at 419 North Long Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, which is legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Mercy Seat Baptist Church, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation ("Grantee"), 411 North Long Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60644, has offered to purchase the Property from the City for the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($1,800.00), such amount being the appraised fair market value of the Property with a parking in perpetuity deed restriction, to improve with a parking lot thereon; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 12-061-21 adopted on September 20, 2012, by the Plan Commission of the City of Chicago (the "Commission"), the Commission approved the negotiated sale of the Property to the Grantee; and
WHEREAS, public notice advertising the City's intent to enter into a negotiated sale of the Property with the Grantee and requesting alternative proposals appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, a newspaper of general circulation, on October 4, 2012, and October 11, 2012; and
WHEREAS, no alternative proposals were received by the deadline indicated in the aforesaid notice; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The City Counci...
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