SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) ofthe 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 City is the owner of certain properties comprising a sewer system which serves primarily residents of the City (the "City's Sewer System"); and
WHEREAS, the City through its Department of Water Management ("DWM") has built an InfoWorks Sewer Model for the City of Chicago (hereinafter "the Model") through a series of contracts and related task orders individually with CDM, CH2M HILL, Inc. and MWH Global, Inc. (collectively the "Consultants"); and
WHEREAS, Section 3061(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Pub. L. No. 110-114) directs the Secretary ofthe Army, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental entities, to conduct, at Federal expense, a feasibility study of the range of options and technologies available to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and other aquatic pathways; and
WHEREAS, other studies and projects may be implemented within the waterways that flow through the City under continuing authorities and specific authorization; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE"), represented by the U.S. Army Engineer District, Chicago (hereinafter the "Chicago District Engineer") has expressed an interest in using the Model for purposes of its Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study (hereinafter "GLMRIS") in order to incorporate safety and economic considerations of basement flooding into GLMRIS and to quantify compensatory storage requirements needed to offset basement flooding impacts caused by project alternatives; and
WHEREAS, USACE has expressed an interest in using the Model ...
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