INTERGOVERNMENTAL VACATION ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe 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 11001-11059 S. Church Street, 11042-11128 S. Vincennes Avenue, 1649-1661 W. Chelsea Place, 1631-1645 W. Chelsea Place, 1700-1714 W. Pryor Avenue and 1718-1730 W. Pryor Avenue; together with 11102-11128 S. Hermosa Avenue, 11132-11144 S. Hermosa Avenue, and 1800-1810 W. Monterey Avenue, all in Chicago, Illinois, are owned by the City of Chicago, an Illinois municipal corporation, In Trust for the Use of Schools, for the benefit and use of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, a body politic and corporate (such Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as the "Chicago Public Schools"); and
WHEREAS, the properties at 1810-1812 W. Monterey Avenue are owned by Neighborspace, which has agreed to quitclaim its interests in the adjacent to-be-vacated alley to the City of Chicago in Trust for the Use of Schools prior to finalization of the vacation; and
WHEREAS, the subject vacation areas have been constructed over by the Chicago Public Schools as part of the athletic field and parking lot serving Morgan Park High School; 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 vacations of the public alleys described below; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO;
SECTION 1. EXHIBIT A Legal Description (larger area)
ALL OF THE NORTHERLY-SOUTHERLY 16-FOOT-WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY IN BLOCK 47 OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, BEING A RESUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON JUNE 27, 1872 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 39778, IN THE EAST HALF OF ...
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