92-105 AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE - CITY PROJECT 9113

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r a ( , ORDINANCE NO. �� — 1 � � ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE - - CITY PROJECT 9113 - WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois, owns and maintains a municipal street system, as defined at I11.Rev.Stat. 1991 , ch. 121 , par. 2-104 ; and, WHEREAS, one of the streets in said system is Martin Luther King Jr. Drive ("MLK Jr. Dr. ") , which street currently has its northern terminus at or near East Pershing Road in the City of Decatur, Illinois (except for a small, non-contiguous portion thereof located south of East Mound Road in the City of Decatur, Illinois) ; and, HIHEREAS, the Council of said City intends to extend MLK Jr. Dr. north from East Pershing Road to Shutter Drive, in the City of Decatur, Illinois; and, WHEREAS, the premises described below are suitable and desirable for the location and construction of said extension of MLK Jr. Dr. , and said premises are located wholly within the corporate limits of said City: The East 10 feet of Lot Nine (9) of John W. Constant Subdivision as per Plat recorded in Book 982 Page 03 of the records in the Recorder' s Office of Macon County, i Illinois; ', AND � The East 10 feet Lot Ten (10) of John W. Constant Subdivision as per Plat recorded in Book 982 Page 03 of the records in the Recorder' s Office of Macon County, Illinois; AND Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot Eight (8) of Country Acres Addition as per Plat recorded in Book 300 Page 207 of the records in the Recorder' s Office of Macon County, Illinois; thence S 00 degrees 14 ' 16" E (Assumed Bearing) , 6 .09 feet along the East line of said property; thence N 88 degrees 59 ' 35" W 41 . 51 feet; thence S 88 degrees 07 ' 38" W 101 . 85 feet to a point on the West line of the said property; thence N O1 degrees 52 ' 22" W 4 . 00 feet to the point on the North line of the said property; thence N 88 degrees 07 ' 38" E 143 . 48 feet to the point of beginning; and,