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 organized and existing under the Chicago Park District Act, 70 ILCS 1505/0.01 etseq., with authority to exercise control over and supervise the operation of all parks within the corporate limits of the City; and
WHEREAS, Canadian Pacific Railroad previously operated an elevated rail line on an embankment within the Bloomingdale Avenue right-of-way, extending from the west line of the north/south Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way east of the Kennedy Expressway on the east to the western right of way boundary line of North Lawndale Avenue on the west, as legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Canadian Pacific Rail Line"); and
WHEREAS, in January 2013, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City on June 6, 2012, and published at pages 28547 to 28594 in the Journal ofthe Proceedings of the City Council of such date (the "Bloomingdale Trail Ordinance"), the City acquired the Canadian Pacific Rail Line for the construction of a linear public park and trail (the "Bloomingdale Trail Park"); and
WHEREAS, the Bloomingdale Trail Ordinance further authorized the acquisition of permanent or temporary interests in real property adjacent to, or in close proximity to, the Bloomingdale Trail Park in order to establish access and entry points to the park, to secure the perimeter ofthe park, to locate or relocate existing easements, to improve and maintain the existing embankment and viaducts, and to make other improvements necessary or appropriate to the development and operation ofthe park (all such real property, or interests therein, the Acquisition Parcels"); and
WHEREAS, the Blooming...
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