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 create a Western-Ashland Bus Rapid Transit Land Use Development Plan ("BRT Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the goal of the BRT Plan is to identify land use policy changes and to determine design standards that will create an appropriate mix of uses for a transit-friendly area, will support higher density residential development, will improve the pedestrian experience around BRT stations, and will encourage the development of amenities on adjacent private property to support the BRT stations; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the objectives of the BRT Plan, the RTA wishes to contract with a consultant ("the Consultant") to work in collaboration with the City to develop the BRT Plan; 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 a study to develop the BRT Plan, 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 fu...
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