HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 32-O-26, Authorizing Negotiation of Sale (Transfer) of City-Owned Properties to Mt. Pisgah (1) (1)
04/13/2026
32-O-26
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate the Sale of City-Owned
Properties at 1811 – 1815 Church Street
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston will own real properties located at 1811-
1815 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60202 and legally described in Exhibit A,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Subject Properties”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has determined that
ownership of the aforesaid Subject Properties would not be 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 transfer of the Subject Properties to Housing Opportunity
Development Corporation (“HODC”).
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 transfer of the Subject Properties to HODC.
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 transfer.
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 Properties 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hereby repealed.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.
Ayes: ______________
Nays: ______________
Introduced:_________________, 2026
Adopted:___________________, 2026
Approved:
__________________________, 2026
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
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April 13
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Attest:
_____________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie,Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOT 10 EXCEPT THE EAST 19.60 FEET (AS MEASURED ALONG THE SOUTH
LINE), ALL OF LOT 11 AND THE EAST HALF OF LOT 12 IN BLOCK 3, IN MERRILL
LADD'S SECOND ADDITION TO EVANSTON, BEING A SUBDMSION OF THE WEST
HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ALSO TO BE KNOWN AS LOT 1 IN THE MT PISGAH SUBDIVISION.
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