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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 Transportation, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an easement agreement with the Ozinga Foundation.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance 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 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, pursuant to an ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of Chicago on October 30, 1987, and published in the Journal of Proceedings of same date at pages 5786, 5788-5790, and as recorded in the Office of the Cook County Recorder on January 8, 1988, as Document No. 88-012180, the City vacated a portion of South Dearborn Street ("Vacated South Dearborn Street; and
WHEREAS, City is the owner of the westernmost six (6) feet (more or less) of the former right-of-way ("ROW") from the railroad viaduct along South Dearborn Street going north to 15th street. Additionally, City retains the entire ROW under the railroad viaduct above South Dearborn Street; and
WHEREAS, City, by and through its Department of Transportation ("CDOT"), is seeking to create a formal 13.5 foot wide pedestrian path (the "Pedestrian Path") along the western edge of South Dearborn Street between 15th Street to the North and 16th Street to the South, including the area under the railroad viaduct, and across that portion of the Vacated South Dearborn Street (the "Pedestrian Path Easement Area") as legally described on the Plat of Easement ("Plat") attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, The Ozinga Foundation, Inc., an Illinois not-for-profit corporation ("Ozinga") owns...
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