OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
July 24, 2013
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Water Management, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a duly constituted and existing municipality within the meaning of Section 1, Article VII, of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois ("Constitution"), and is a home rule unit of local government under Section 6(a), Article VII, ofthe Constitution; and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ("MWRD"), is a body corporate and politic organized and existing under the laws ofthe State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, by ordinance adopted by the City Council on November 15, 1989, and published at pages 6836 to 6856 of the Journal of Proceedings (the "1989 Ordinance") the City accepted a twenty-five (25) year MWRD non-exclusive sewer easement (the "Sewer Easement"), expiring on September 7, 2013, to reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove an 18-inch storm sewer and outfall on MWRD property (the MWRD Property") which discharges into the North Branch of the Chicago River north of Bradley Place and west of Rockwell, and as legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the City, by and through its Department of Water Management ("DWM"), desires to extend the Sewer Easement for an additional twenty-five year term pursuant to the terms of a Sewer Easement Agreement (the "Sewer Easement Agreement"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, MWRD is willing to grant and extend the twenty-five ...
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