HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 24-O-25 Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City-Owned Real Property at 2221 Keeney Street, Evanston, Illinois03/10/2025
24-O-25
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City-Owned
Property at 2221 Keeney Street
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston owns real property located at 2221
Keeney Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, 60202 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 Arnel, Inc.,
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 Arnel, Inc.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to Subsection 1-17-4-2(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hereby repealed.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: ______________
Introduced:_________________, 2025
Adopted:___________________, 2025
Approved:
__________________________, 2025
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_____________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie,
Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOT F IN MACTAGGART AND NEWTON’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION
OF PART OF THE EAST ½ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF
SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COMMON ADDRESS: 2221 Keeney Street, Evanston, IL 60202
PIN: 10-24-310-029-0000
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