SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of local government under the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and has the authority to promote the health, safety and welfare of its inhabitants, to furnish essential governmental services through its various departments and agencies and to enter into contractual agreements with units of local government for the purpose of achieving the aforesaid objectives; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 1956, the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") created the Public Building Commission of Chicago (the "Commission"), an Illinois municipal corporation, / pursuant to the Public Building Commission Act of the State of Illinois (the "Act") for the purpose of facilitating the funding, acquiring and constructing of public buildings, improvements and facilities for use by local public agencies in the furnishing of essential governmental services; and
WHEREAS, the Commission is authorized and empowered by the Act to conduct assessments and inspections (which may include upgrade, repair or construction work) of City-owned facilities for conformance with compliance requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq. (the "Assessments/Inspections"); and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Assets, Information, and Services ("AIS") desires to contract with the Commission in order for the Commission to carry out Assessments/Inspections on the City-owned facilities described on Exhibit A hereto and hereby made a part hereof (the "Facilities"); and
WHEREAS, the City, through AIS, wishes to provide the Commission a portion of its duly appropriated and legally available funds in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 (the "City Funds") forthe Assessments/Inspections on the Facilities; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
Section 1. The recitals of this ordinance are hereby incorporated into this text as if set out ...
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