OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
September 14, 2021
TO THE HONORABLE, THE GITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request ofthe Commissioner of Housing, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the issuance of up to $24 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds for the benefit of Park Boulevard 3B Manager LLC.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, by virtue of Section 6(a) of Article VII ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois (the "Constitution"), the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of government and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, Park Boulevard 3B LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the "Borrower"), has proposed financing a residential rental project consisting ofthe acquisition, construction and equipping by the Borrower of two new residential rental buildings to be located at 43 West 36th Street, 3607 South Federal Street, 3603 South Federal Street and 37th Street and Federal Street (permanent address to be assigned), all in Chicago, Illinois (the "Property"), such parcels owned by the Chicago Housing Authority (the "CHA") and to be leased by the CHA to The Interfaith Housing Development Corporation of Chicago, a 501(c)(3) Illinois not-for-profit corporation ("Interfaith") or an affiliate of Interfaith and immediately reconveyed to the Borrower, containing a total of approximately eighty (80) mixed-income rental housing units contained therein as studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, by this ordinance (this "Ordinance"), the City Council of the City (the "City Council") has determined that it is necessary and in the best interests of the City to provide financing to the Borrower to enable it to pay or reimburse itself for its prior payment of a portion of the costs of the Proj...
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