ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), is a home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its goverrment and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Authority (the "RTA") is a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its Department of Housing and Economic Development (the "Department"), has been working cooperatively with the RTA to conduct a Metra Station Areas Typology Study ("the Study"); and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Study is to encourage transit-friendly development in the vicinity of all Metra rail station areas located in the City, to provide a tool for elected officials and private developers to attract appropriate, desired development to the rail station areas, and to identify opportunities for development of Metra and City-owned properties in the vicinity of the rail stations; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the objectives of the Study, the RTA wishes to contract with a consultant ("the Consultant") to work in collaboration with the City to developthe Study; and
WHEREAS, the City and the RTA wish to enter into an intergovernmental agreement, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A (the "Agreement"), whereby the respective understandings, covenants and obligations of the City and the RTA for jointly undertaking the Study, including contracting with the Consultant, shall be set forth; and
WHEREAS, the City and the RTA each have the legal authority to enter into the Agreement pursuant to Article VII, ยง10 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as amended (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.), now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated in and made a part of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. The Commissioner o...
Click here for full text