Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2011-6419

• Record #: O2011-6419
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 7/28/2011
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Final action: 9/8/2011
• Title: Contract and associated grant agreement with Code for America Labs, Inc. and Chicago Community Foundation
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Grant

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/9/2011		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor	Pass
9/8/2011	7077	City Council	Passed	Pass
8/31/2011		Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development	Recommended to Pass	Pass
7/28/2011	3760	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
July 28, 2011
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Chief Information Officer, 1 transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of a contract and associated grant agreement with Code for America Labs, Inc. and the Chicago Community Foundation.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,

Mayor|1010|ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a municipal corporation and home rule unit of local government under Section 6(a), Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a proposed agreement between Code for America Labs, Inc., a California corporation doing business as Code for America ("CFA"), and the City (the "CFA Contract," the substantially final form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and hereby incorporated herein), CFA will build relationships with the City community, strengthen the City's network of civic resources, conduct research that informs and drives an information technology solution for the City, and ultimately provide the City with lightweight, creative solutions (including an open source interface for the City's 311 program) that the City can sustain and grow on its own (the foregoing shall be known as the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, The Chicago Community Foundation ("CCF") is an Illinois not-for-profit V corporation and an affiliate of The Chicago Community Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Smart Chicago Trust Fund ("Smart Chicago") is a component fund of CCF;
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WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Understanding between the City, acting through the Department of Innovation and Technology ("DolT"), and CCF dated January 4, 2010, the City is a member of the advisory committee of Smart Chicago (the "Smart Chicago Advisory Committee"); and
WHEREAS, CCF desires to grant to the City an amount not to exceed $150,000 (the "Gran...