OFFICE OF jTHE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
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 an ordinance authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Public Building Commission regarding TIF assistance for a new Chinatown Library.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mayor
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of local government under the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and has the authority to promote the healthy safety and welfare of its inhabitants, to furnish essential governmental services through its various departments and agencies and to enter into contractual agreements with units of local government for the purpose of achieving the aforesaid objectives; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 1956, the City Council of the City (the "City Council") created the Public Building Commission of Chicago (the "Commission"), an Illinois municipal corporation, pursuant to the Public Building Commission Act of the State of Illinois (the "Act") for the purpose of facilitating the funding, acquiring and constructing of public buildings, improvements and facilities for use by local public agencies in the furnishing of essential governmental services; and
WHEREAS, the Commission is authorized and empowered by the Act to acquire fee simple title to real property, including easements and reversionary interests in streets, alleys and other public places, by purchase or the exercise of eminent domain, for public improvements in an area or areas that have been selected, located and approved by the governing bodies of the City and the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has heretofore undertaken the acquis...
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