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FILED
<br /> MAY 2 3 2013
<br /> MAY 2 3 2013 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MACON COUNTY,ILLINOIS ?_01S A. D U R B I N
<br /> CIRCUIT CLERK
<br /> S#A .,VOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT,Petitioner
<br /> County Clerk vs. 83-MC-29 v
<br /> tVI)ECATUR,ILLINOIS, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant
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<br /> PETITION REGARDING ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY �C
<br /> TO THE CITY OF DECATUR ON MAY 6, 2013 C
<br /> COMES NOW the Harristown Fire Protection District by its attorneys, Parish&Castleman
<br /> LLP, and for its Petition Regarding Annexation of Certain Territory to the City of Decatur,pursuant
<br /> to 70 ILCS 705/2o(b),states:
<br /> i. Harristown Fire Protection District, Petitioner, is a duly organized fie protection district
<br /> under the laws of Illinois,located entirely in Macon County.
<br /> 2. The City of Decatur, Illinois, Defendant,is a municipal corporation,duly organized under
<br /> the laws of Illinois and is located in Macon County,Illinois.
<br /> 3. On May 6, 2013,the City of Decatur,Illinois,by action of its Council passed Ordinance No.
<br /> 2013-36, annexing into the corporate boundaries of the City of Decatur,the following described real
<br /> estate:
<br /> The South 150 feet of Lot Seven(7)of West Sunnyside Heights 2nd Addition,as per Plat
<br /> recorded in Book 982, Page 73, of the records.in the Recorder's Office of Macon
<br /> County, Illinois; commonly known as 1777 North Sunnyside Road, De tur, IL 62526;
<br /> PIN 04-12-07-201-014.
<br /> 4. The Harristown Fire Protection District objects to said annexation and the disconnection
<br /> of the above-described real estate from its territory because such disconnection may cause the
<br /> territory remaining in the District to be noncontiguous and that the loss of assssed valuation by
<br /> reason of such disconnection will impair the ability of the District to render fury adequate fire
<br /> protection service to the territory remaining within the District.
<br /> WHEREFORE,the Petitioner respectfully prays that the action of the City of Decatur, Illinois,
<br /> in annexing the property described herein be declared invalid as to the Petitioner and prays the Court
<br /> to order that the said property shall remain within the Harristown Fire Protection District.
<br /> Harristown Fire Protection District, Petitioner,
<br /> By P4ASk&Castleman LLP
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<br /> CERTIFIES that on � a 3 ^ do 13 a copy of
<br /> f egoing petition was filed with the Macon County Clerk and mailed by Ce ified Mail, Return
<br /> Receipt Requested,postage prepaid,to Linda Swartz,Clerk of the City of Decat ir, One Gary K.
<br /> Anderson Plaza, Decatur,IL 62523, and by First Class Mail,proper postage pre paid,to Wendy
<br /> Morthland, Corporation Counsel, Legal Department, One Gary K.Anderson PIE a, Decatur,IL 62523•
<br /> Darrel F. Parish CITY OF 00CATUR,
<br /> Parish&Castleman LLP
<br /> 132 S.Water St. Suite 429 .� ,,
<br /> Decatur,IL 62525-2304 /�y,;06
<br /> Phone: (217)429-4283
<br /> Fax: (217)428-4283
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