INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to 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 government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the properties at 2331-2339 W. 115th Street and 2326-2336 W. 115' Street, are owned by the Chicago Park District, a Illinois Municipal Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Park District, with the support of the City of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development, proposes to assemble properties including the portion of the street to be vacated hereby, for the purpose of creating the Morgan Park Sports Center; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent of public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacation of that part of the public street described in the following ordinance; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. THAT PART OF WEST 115TH STREET DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8, ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF S. WESTERN AVENUE, IN THE SUBDIVISION OF ORIGINAL LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 AND THE SOUTH 93 FEET OF ORIGINAL LOTS 4 AND 5, AND ALSO A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 31, 32, 33, 38, 39 AND 40 OF THE SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF LOTS 14 AND 15 AND ALL OF LOTS 6 TO 13 INCLUDED, AND THE NORTH 57 FEET OF ORIGINAL LOTS 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK E. MORGAN PARK, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 19, 1890 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1272083; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 77.72 FEET ALONG A CURVE WHOSE RADIUS IS 95.13 FEET AND TO THE NORTH, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 66 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST 75.57 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 9 OF SAID...
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