ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, On January 28, 2014, the Chicago City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate (the "Committee") held a hearing to consider an ordinance (the "Plan Ordinance") approving the Chicago Five-Year Housing Plan for 2014 to 2018 ("the Plan"); and
WHEREAS, At that hearing, the Committee proposed various amendments to the Plan, then voted to recommend approving the Plan Ordinance and the Plan, as amended. On February 5, 2014, the City Council passed the Plan Ordinance and the Plan, as amended; and
WHEREAS, As a result of subsequent administrative oversight, some, but not all, of the amendments which the Committee adopted were incorporated into the Plan document that was transmitted to the City Clerk for publication. The substantive omitted amendments were a pledged $ 15 million increase in commitment for TIF Purchase-Rehab, with a corresponding increase in units created from 400 to 700 (page 35 of the Plan document); and a pledge to hold neighborhood-level workshops to educate local contractors and developers about City programs (page 21 of the Plan document), and associated changes; and
WHEREAS, As a result of these omissions, the Plan document published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council for February 5, 2014 is not complete; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate to correct this error, so that the Journal of Proceedings contains the complete, accurate Plan document; and
WHEREAS, The Plan document (pps. 1 to 49), consists of cover pages, a preface ("This Plan Is Different"), a statement ("Vision and Guiding Principles"), seven numbered sections, Appendices A through E, and an acknowledgements closing page. "Exhibit A" referred to in the Plan Ordinance is Section 7 of the Plan document (pps. 34 to 36), and "Exhibit B" referred to in the Plan Ordinance is the entire Plan document, including Exhibit A. For the convenience of the reader, and to avoid confusing duplication, the Plan document is attached hereto once, in its number...
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