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Committee adopts ordinance requiring notice to ward councilors and community meetings before city property sales
Summary
The Committee on City Property approved an ordinance adding section 2-1-110 to the city code to require notice to the ward councilor and at least one community meeting before the sale or transfer of city-owned real property; the change preserves council authority to waive notice to avoid title defects.
The Committee on City Property on April 14 approved an ordinance amending chapter two of the Code of Ordinances by adding section 2-1-110 to require that, when the city sells real property within a ward, the ward's councilor be notified and the selling department host at least one community meeting.
Councilwoman Davidson, who introduced the ordinance, said the measure was prompted by the Humboldt Street fire station sale, which occurred during a vacancy in the ward seat and left neighbors surprised. "What this is suggesting is that when the city sells real property within a ward, the city councilor of that ward is…
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