OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITV OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
April 13,2016
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 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 is the owner of the vacant parcel of property located at 1105-1111 East 95th Street, Chicago, Illinois, which is legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"), which Property is located in the Stony Island Commercial/Burnside Industrial Redevelopment Project ("Area") established pursuant to ordinances adopted by the City Council of the City on June 10, 1998, published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council for such date at pages 70203 through 70366; and
WHEREAS, 95th St Building LLC, ("Grantee"), 1123 E. 95th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60619, has offered to purchase the Property from the City for the sum of Thirty Four Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($34,000.00), such amount being the appraised fair market value of the Property, to improve with a parking lot thereon; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 16-015-21 adopted on March 17, 2016, by the Plan Commission of the City of Chicago (the "Commission"), the Commission approved the negotiated sale of the Property to the Grantee; and
WHEREAS, public notice advertising the City's intent to enter into a negotiated sale of the Property with the Grantee and requesting alternative proposals appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, a newspaper of general circulation, on February 16, 2016, and February 23, 2016; and
WHERE...
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