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AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING LIMITED TENANT POST-POSSESSION OF A PORTION OF THE ORLAND PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER BY THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (the “Village”) is a home rule municipality organized and existing under the provisions of the Illinois Constitution, Article 7, Section 6; and
WHEREAS, the Village is authorized and empowered by its constitutional home rule authority to acquire property that is useful, advantageous or desirable for municipal purposes or for the public health, welfare and safety; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2008, the Village filed a Complaint for Condemnation in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois under Case No. 08 L 050965 (the “Condemnation Proceedings”) in order to acquire certain fee simple, permanent easement and temporary easement interests over certain portions of the 7.13 acre site commonly known as the Orland Plaza Shopping Center (“Orland Plaza”); and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2011 a Final Judgment Order and Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims (“Settlement Agreement”) were entered in the Condemnation Proceedings requiring a number of tenants located within the Orland Plaza, including tenant, Bloomingfield’s Florist, Inc., to fully vacate and relinquish possession of their respective leasehold spaces within the Orland Plaza by February 14, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Bloomingfield’s Florist, Inc. previously requested that the Village allow it to retain certain defined and limited post-possessory rights to its existing tenant space (9636 West 143rd Street) up through March 14, 2012, as Bloomingfield’s Florist, Inc. and its owner, Lawrence A. Zona, would suffer extreme hardship to their business operations, as they were unable to relocate and begin business operations within their new tenant space prior to the February 14, 2012 deadline set forth within the Settlement Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2012, the President and Board of Trustees of the...
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