HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 27-O-25 Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate a Sale Contract for City-Owned Real Property located at 1222 Washington Street to Evanston Township High School District No. 20203/31/2025
27-O-25
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City-Owned
Property at 1222 Washington Street
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston owns real property located at 1222
Washington Street, 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 Evanston Township High
School (“ETHS”) for use in the ETHS “Geometry in Construction” Program;
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hereby repealed.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
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOT 2 IN TULLIO SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 16 AND 17 EXCEPT THE EAST 50 FEET
IN BLOCK 2 IN HUNTOON’S ADDITION TO EVANSTON, A SUBDIVISION OF THAT
PART OF THE SOUTH 25 RODS OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.: 11-19-304-048-0000
Commonly Known As:1222 Washington Street, Evanston IL 60202
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