Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-1514

• Record #: O2015-1514
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 3/18/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 4/15/2015
• Title: Sale of City-owned property at 10601 S Champlain Ave, 10724 S Langley Ave and 10734 S Langley Ave to Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, Inc.
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: PROPERTY - Sale

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/15/2015	106198	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/9/2015		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Recommended to Pass	Pass
3/18/2015	102823	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
March 18,2015










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned property.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of Article VII, Section 6(a) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City ("City Council") by ordinance adopted May 20, 1992 and published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City ("Journal") for such date at pages 16333 - 16335, established the Chicago Abandoned Properties Program ("CAP Program"), pursuant to which the City has acquired numerous abandoned properties either through statutory abandonment proceedings, or through the foreclosure of municipal liens, and conveyed such abandoned properties to developers for rehabilitation, and worked with such developers to successfully rehabilitate such abandoned properties; and

WHEREAS, the City Council, by ordinance adopted February 6, 2008 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 20654 - 20657, renamed the CAP Program as the "Preserving Communities Together Program" (the "PCT Program") and expanded the acquisition authority for such program; and

WHEREAS, there are a substantial number of abandoned, deteriorated and dangerous buildings in the City which threaten the health, safety, economic stability and general welfare of the citizens of the City, and which are the subject of certain housing court proceedings; and

WHEREAS, the City has created the PCT Program to help abate the dangers posed by abandoned, deteriorated and dange...