HomeMy WebLinkAbout065-O-23 Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City-Owned Property at 1808 Hovland Court to Community Partners for Affordable Housing08/28/2023
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston owns real property located at 1808
Hovland Court, Evanston, Illinois, 60201 and legally described in Exhibit A, attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Subject Property”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has determined that
ownership of the aforesaid Subject Property is no longer necessary, appropriate,
required, convenient, profitable, or in the best interests of the City of Evanston; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston directs the City
Manager to negotiate the sale of the Subject Property with Chicago Partners for
Affordable Housing (“CPAH”),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City Manager, or their authorized designee, is hereby
authorized and directed to negotiate the sale of the Subject Property to CPAH.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to Subsection 11742(B)(1) of the Evanston City
Code of 2012, as amended (the “City Code”), an affirmative vote of two-thirds (⅔) of the
elected Councilmembers is required to direct the process to negotiate such a sale. The
City reserves the right to reject any and all negotiations.
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SECTION 4: The City Manager or their designee is directed to publish the
notice of intent to sell the Subject Property on the City’s website and at least once in a
daily or weekly newspaper in general circulation in the City pursuant to City Code 1-14-
4-2(B)(3).
SECTION 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 7: 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 hereof that can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application, and each invalid application hereof is
severable.
SECTION 8: 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.
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Ayes: __________________________________________________________
Nays: __________________________________________________________
Absent: ________________________________________________________
Harris, Wynne, Nieuwsma, Burns, Suffredin, Revelle, Reid, Geracaris
None
Kelly
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Introduced: _________________, 2023
Adopted: ___________________, 2023
Approved:
__________________________, 2023
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra B. Ruggie, Interim Corporation Counsel
August 28
August 28
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOT 86 AND THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT 87 IN BLOCK 3 IN J.S. HOVLAND’S
EVANSTON SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF
SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COMMON ADDRESS: 1808 Hovland Court, Evanston, IL 60201
PIN: 10-13-117-056-0000
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