OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
April 15,2015
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 easement agreement regarding property located at 1515 West Haddon.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
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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, WPA 2, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("WPA 2), owns the property legally described on Exhibit A ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, a North/South 9-inch clay municipal storm sewer line built in 1919 runs under Property. No public record currently exists evidencing that 1919 storm sewer; and
WHEREAS, City and WPA 2 have agreed to WPA 2 constructing and installing a new North/South 12-inch ductile iron storm sewer ("Sewer Facilities") in that portion of the Property (the "Easement Area"), depicted in "red" on the two page "Plat of Survey" attached hereto as Exhibit B, to be installed during WPA 2's construction of its private development of a 41-unit, six-story apartment building on the Property; and
WHEREAS, City and WPA 2 have agreed to share equally in the payment of the total costs and expenses, including labor, for the construction and installation of the Sewer Facilities not to exceed the total amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000), to be shared equally; and
WHEREAS, after WPA 2's construction and installation of the Sewer Facilities, WPA 2 shall transfer ownership of the Sewer Facilities to the City; and
WHEREAS, City, through its Department of Water Management, shall own, maintain and operate the Sewer Facilities at its own cost and...
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