ORDINANCE NO. 98-122 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING RELOCATION AND RESTORATION OF THE HOMAN STATION HOUSE TO CENTRAL PARK AND LAKE STREET ON THE LAKE STREET PORTION OF THE GREEN LINE

WHEREAS, The Transit Authority restored service on the Green Line in 1996 after a 26 month closure for reconstruction; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has included the Homan station in a programmatic agreement that obligates the Chicago Transit Authority to preserve the Homan station as a best representative of its type; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 94-65 states that the Kedzie and Homan stations shall be reopened as a combined station as part of the Green Line reconstruction project; and

WHEREAS, The Kedzie Station has been rebuilt; and

WHEREAS, Residents of the East Garfield Park community, the Chicago Park District, and the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance have supported location of a station in Garfield Park; and

WHEREAS, Since the decision to establish the Kedzie and Homan Station as a combined station,.as reflected in the adoption of Ordinance 94-65, the State of Illinois, the Chicago Park District, and the City of Chicago have made significant investments in the historic restoration of the Garfield Park Field House and Garfield Park Conservatory; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has approved the relocation and restoration of the Homan Station to Central Park and Lake Street;

WHEREA.S, A public hearing was held by the Authority on November 4, 1998 to discuss, among other items, the financing and relocation of the Homan Station; and

WHEREAS, A restored Homan Station, relocated to a new location at Central Park and Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, would complement the historic significance of Garfield Park and would provide rail service at a location approximately equi­ distant from the Pulaski and Kedzie stations; now, therefore:

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD OF THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY: ( (

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SECTION 1. The Chicago Transit Board hereby authorizes the closing of the Homan Station at its current location and further authorizes its restoration and physical relocation to a new location at Central Park and Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois.

SECTION 2. The Chicago Transit Board hereby authorizes that a Green Line Station be opened at Central Park and Lake Street which shall be named the Central Park/Conservatory Station.

SECTION 3. The Chairman or her designee is authorized to enter into all necessary agreements with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, including but not limited to a Memorandum of Agreement substant ially in conformance with Exhibit A, attached hereto, concerning the relocation and restoration of the Station.

SECTION 4. The changes will be implemented when the necessary operating arrangements and agreements have been completed.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED: PASSED:

November 12, 1998 November 12, 1998