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�' k � <br /> , , J : <br /> RESOLUTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE <br /> OF THE MOUND AND SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL SITE <br /> WHEREAS, the student population attending school in District 61 has consistently <br /> decreased over the past several years; and, <br /> WHEREAS, it is expected, based upon projections presented to the Board of <br /> Education this Fall,that the student population will continue to decline in the next seve�al years; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS,the Board closed the Durfee Elementary School atthe end of the 2001- <br /> 2002 school year due to the cost required to repair and remodel said building to meet school <br /> safety standards and due to the declining school population; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Board,forthe same reasons,has determined to close the Washington <br /> Elementary School by the end of the 2004-2005 school year; and <br /> W HEREAS,the Board is mindful of the requirement to integrate those students with <br /> special needs that are now attending Sunnyside School into the schools in the District; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Board has been given information by its architectsthatthe potential <br /> cost to repair and renovate Mound School, and particularly its roof system, will be a major <br /> expense to the District in the near future; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Board has a contract offerfrom the City of Decatur, Illinois to purchase <br /> the Mound School and Sunnyside School sites consisting of 19 plus acres forthe price of Five <br /> Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00); and <br /> W HEREAS,the City's offer provides,exceptfora preliminary environmental study,that <br /> it will purchase the land and building improvements in an "as is" condition; and <br /> W HEREAS,the City's offer provides that the Citywill take possession of the Sunnyside <br /> School property no laterthan early January,2004;and take possession of the Mound School <br /> site by no later than July 30, 2004; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board has therefore determined it to be in the best educational <br /> interest of these students to build a new elementary school in the Hope VI grant area, also <br /> referred to as the near Northside Development Area in the City of Decatur; and <br />