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Legal Deparhnent <br /> DATE: 10/31/2019 <br /> MEMO: <br /> TO: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe&Decatur City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton,City Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Resolurion Authorizing City Manager to Purchase Property Located at 855 N. Fairview Ave.,Decatur,IL <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution authorizing acquisition of a site for a fire starion. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The city's fire station architect/planner,Dewberry,recommended that the city upgrade and modernize 4 of its 7 stations,and <br /> replace/relocate the other 3. The 4 upgrades/modernizations have been cornpleted. Stations 3,5 and 7 were slated for <br /> replacement. Station#5(on Mound Road)is nearly finished and will be substantially complete by year's end. The city has not <br /> yet acquired new sites for starions 3 and 7. <br /> The staff e�camined several possible replacement sites for station 3,and detemuned that the proposed site(on the east side of <br /> Fairview Plaza where the former Kroger gas purnps were located)would provide the best access to neighborhoods on the west <br /> side of the city. Staff has also secured preliminary approval from IDOT for the necessary curb and median cuts to service the <br /> proposed site. It is recommended that the City Council approve the acquisition of the site. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Description Type <br /> Resolution Authoriz�'ng City Manager to Purchase <br /> Property Located at 855 N FairviewAve K�s��lutic>n Lcttcr <br />