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<br /> IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
<br /> HARRISTOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, Petitioner
<br /> VS. 83-MC-29
<br /> CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant
<br /> PETITION REGARDING ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY
<br /> TO THE CITY OF DECATUR ON APRIL 1, 2013
<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 Cityi of Decatur, pursuant
<br /> to 70 ILCS 705/20, states:
<br /> 1. Harristown Fire Protection District,Petitioner,is a duly organized fide 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 April 1, 2013,the City of Decatur, Illinois,by action of its Counci ,passed Ordinance No.
<br /> 2013-14, annexing into the corporate boundaries of the City of Decatur,the fo owing described real
<br /> estate:
<br /> The north 236.1 feet of Lot 7 of West Sunnyside Heights Second Addition, as per plat
<br /> recorded in Book 982,page 73, of the records of the Macon County Re rder, except
<br /> that part dedicated to the Decatur Township Highway Commissioner,by instrument
<br /> recorded on August 20, 1973, as Document 943349, situated in Macon County,Illinois;
<br /> commonly known as 38o1 W. Center St., Decatur,IL 62526;
<br /> Tax ID No. 04-12-07-201-013
<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 assossed 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 6ty 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 Protec on District.
<br /> Harristown Fire Protection District, Petitioner,
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<br /> CERTIFIES that on a copy of
<br /> regoing petition was filed with the Macon County Clerk and mailed by Certified Mail, Return
<br /> Receipt Requested,postage prepaid,to Linda Swartz, Clerk of the City of Decatur, One Gary K.
<br /> Anderson Plaza, Decatur,IL 62523, and by First Class Mail,proper postage prepaid,to Wendy
<br /> Morthland, Corporation Counsel, Legal Department, One Gary K.Anderson P14za, Decatur, IL 62523•
<br /> Darrel F. Parish CITY I
<br /> F DEICATR, L
<br /> Parish&Castleman LLP
<br /> 132 S.Water St. Suite 429
<br /> Decatur, IL 62525-2304
<br /> Phone: (217)429-4283 Fax: (217) 428-4283 '07-
<br /> CITY CLERK
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