OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
April 10,2013
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 and an amendment to a previously authorized land sale.
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
O R DI NANCE
WHEREAS, the City ofChicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions ofthe 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, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City (the "City Council") on June 30, 2010, and published at pages 95169 through 95296 in the Journal ofthe Proceedings of the City Council for such date (the "Ordinance"), the City, St. Boniface Senior Living Foundation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation ("Sponsor"), and St. Boniface Senior Living, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer") have previously entered into that certain Agreement for the Sale and Redevelopment of Land dated October 20, 2010, and recorded in the Office ofthe Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois (the "Recorder's Office") on October 27, 2010 as document no. 1030031119 (the "Original Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Ordinance and the Original Agreement, by the City's quitclaim deed dated October 20, 2010, and recorded with the Recorder's Office on October 27, 2010, as document no. 1030031120, the City has previously conveyed, for the sum of One Dollar ($1.00), to the Sponsor the real property located at 1358 West Chestnut Street (a/k/a 921 North Noble Street), Chicago, Illinois, which at the time of purchase consisted of (a) a parcel of land (the "Boniface Parcel") improved with the surviving structure ofthe historic ...
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