Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-8842

• Record #: O2015-8842
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 12/9/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 1/13/2016
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) with Amtrak, Metra and RTA to allocate funds for rehabilitation and improvement of property in Canal/Congress Redevelopment Area (Union Station)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/21/2016		City Council	Signed by Mayor
1/13/2016	16520	City Council	Passed	Pass
1/11/2016		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
12/9/2015	14598	City Council	Referred

CHICAGO January 13, 2016

To the President and Members of the City Council:

Your Committee on Finance having had under consideration

A communication recommending a proposed ordinance concerning the authority to enter into and execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with Amtrak, Metra and RTA to allocate funds for rehabilitation and improvement of property in Canal/Congress Redevelopment Area.

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Having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body pass the proposed Ordinance Transmitted Herewith

This recommendation was concurred in by
of members of the committee with




Respectfully submitted
Chairman

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR•
December 9,2015










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 intergovernmental agreement with Amtrak regarding Union Station.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor


Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), a home rule unit of government under Section 6(a), Article VII ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to collaborate on the improvement and development of Union Station and its related properties (the "Property") in Chicago, Illinois;
WHEREAS, Chicago Union Station Company, an Illinois corporation, the sole shareholder of which is the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a District of Columbia corporation ("Amtrak"), owns the Property; and

WHEREAS, the City, through its Department of Transportation ("CDOT"), and in collaboration with Amtrak, the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority, an Illinois municipal corporation, by and through its Commuter Rail Division ("Metra"), the Regional Transportation Authority, an Illinois municipal corporation ("RTA," and coll...