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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an
Amendment to the Existing Lease with the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for
the Former Permalawn Property and Adjacent Property Referred
to as North Shore Parcels 2.12 and 2.13
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago (formerly known as the Sanitary District of Chicago) entered into a Lease
Agreement dated April 6, 2006, with the City of Evanston for a thirty (30) -year term
beginning on May 1, 2006, and ending on April 30, 2036, for real estate located at
2222 Green Bay Road and referred to as North Shore Parcels 2.12 and 2.13 (hereinafter
• "Demised Premises"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston had previously requested use of the
Demised Premises to build trail connections along the North Shore Channel to the Green
Bay Trail and -other trails along the Channel, to extend Twiggs Park, and to facilitate
parking; and
WHEREAS, the City has now requested that the Lease Agreement be
amended to allow use of the Demised Property as an additional staging area for a Sewer
Relief project until November 30, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Title 1, Chapter 17, Section 4-1, of the City Code authorizes
the City Council to lease real estate for any term not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years
when, in its opinion, use of such real estate by the City is no longer necessary,
Is appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interest of the City; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that the proposed lease
amendment for the Demised Premises is in the best interest of the City of Evanston,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
a part hereof.
SECTION 1: That the foregoing recitals are found as fact and made
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
sign, and the City Clerk hereby authorized and directed to attest, on behalf of the City- of
Evanston, an Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for North Shore Parcels 2.12 and 2.13 marked
as Exhibit A and attached hereto and incorporated herein.
SECTION 3: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional terms and conditions of the said Amendment to the Lease
Agreement which may be in the best interests of the City.
SECTION 4: That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval in the manner required by law.
L Lorraine H. Morton, Mayor
Attest:
Mary W: 11111 rr��'s_,�ity Clerk
Adopted: �n`f ' d, , 2006
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EXHIBIT A
• AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 6, 2006, BY
AND BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION
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DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, LESSOR, AND THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, LESSEE, ON 2.1 ACRES OF REAL ESTATE AT
2222 GREEN BAY ROAD
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