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AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City -Owned
Real Property Located at 2005 Grey Avenue To Evanston Township
High School District No. 202
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: On July 10, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 58-R-17
authorizing the purchase of vacant land located at 2005 Grey Avenue, legally described in
Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the "Subject Property").
SECTION 2: On September 11, 2017, the City Council passed Resolution 70-R-
17 to authorize the City Manager to execute a Development and Affordable Housing
Agreement by and among the City, Evanston Township High School District ("ETHS"), and
Community Partners for Affordable Housing to memorialize an agreement between the
Parties for the construction of a single-family home by ETHS students and staff, to be
placed on the Subject Property post -construction (the "Project"), which will be available as
affordable housing to qualified individuals.
SECTION 3: ETHS students will design and construct the home structure at
ETHS in the "Geometry in Construction" program, relocate it to the Subject Property where
contractors will complete the construction, and the home will be sold to a buyer with a 99-
year renewable ground lease to maintain affordability restrictions recorded against the
Subject Property.
SECTION 4: The City acquired the Subject Property with Affordable Housing
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Funds and wishes to negotiate the sale of the Subject Property to Evanston Township High
School District.
SECTION 5: Pursuant to Subsection 1-17-4-2-(B) of the Evanston City Code,
2012, as amended (the "City Code"), an affirmative vote of two-thirds (%) of the elected
Aldermen is required to accept the recommendation of the City Manager on the negotiation
authorized herein. The City reserves the right to reject any and all negotiations.
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 8: If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of this Ordinance
is severable.
SECTION 9: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima
facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the
Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
Ayes:
Nays:
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Introduced: ��D�✓�(/ 11�7, 2017
Adopted:�2017
Attest:
Devon Reid, City Clerk
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Approved:
2017
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Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Lot 3 in Community Hospital of Evanston Resubdivision of Lots 25 through 29 in Block 2 in
Whipple's Addition to Evanston in Section 13, Township 41 North, Range 13 East of the
Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois (the "Subject Property"); and
COMMON ADDRESS: 2005 Grey Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
PERMANENT INDEX NUMBER(S): 10-13-104-026-0000
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