TIME EXTENSION ORDINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
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. 115th 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, on March 18, 2015 the City Council enacted an ordinance published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago for such date at pages 104812 through 104817, inclusive (the "March 18, 2015 Ordinance"), authorized the vacation and closure of that part of the public street described herein; and
WHEREAS, due to an unforeseen delay, the recordation of the certified March 18, 2015 Ordinance and associated Plat of Vacation were not recorded therefore an extension of time is required to allow the Chicago Park District to complete the necessary steps set forth in the March 18, 2015 Ordinance; 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 ...
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