Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2023-1055

• Record #: O2023-1055
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Deferred and Published
• Intro date: 2/1/2023
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 4/19/2023
• Title: Adopt-a-Landmark grant funding agreement with Greenstone United Methodist Church for preservation project at 11211 S St. Lawrence Ave
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: FINANCE FUNDS - Grant Funds

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/19/2023	62600	City Council	Deferred and Published
4/11/2023		Committee on Housing and Real Estate
3/8/2023		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Held in Committee
2/1/2023	60178	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT MAYOR

February 1. 2023










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT Y OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Greenstone United Methodist Church to provide an Adopt-a-Landmark fund.

Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.
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ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue ofthe 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, Section 17-4-1000 ofthe Chicago Zoning Ordinance (the "Downtown Bonus Ordinance") authorizes the City to award floor area bonuses to projects located in "D" districts in return for a financial contribution to the City ("Bonus Payment"); and

WHEREAS, the Bonus Payment is deposited into three funds: (i) the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, (ii) the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark Fund (which receives 10% of each Bonus Payment), and (iii) the Local Impact Fund; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark Fund is to finance landmark restoration projects; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 17-4-1006-C-4 of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, the City Department of Planning and Development (the "Department") developed a list of funding priorities for the award of grants under the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark Fund ("Funding Priorities"); and

WHEREAS, on May 27, 2021, the Department announced that it was accepting applications for landmark restoration projects; and
WHEREAS, the Department received seventeen (17) applications, five (5)of which were eliminated because they did not satisfy the eligibility criteria (for example, the subject building is not a designated landmark); and

WHEREAS, the Department evaluated the applications ...