92-96 AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE - CITY PROJECT 9113

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. t ORDINANCE NO. r � - / � 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, WHEREAS, 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 West 20 feet of the South 100 feet of Lot Twelve (12) of Virginia Third Addition as per Plat recorded in Book 802 Page 161 of the records in the Recorder' s Office of Macon County, Illinois; and, WHEREAS, access to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from that parcel or lot from which said premises are taken or acquired by the City should be restricted; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that said premises and said access rights be acquired for the purpose aforesaid. - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That it is, and it is hereby determined to be, necessary and desirable that the City, in order to extend said MLK Jr. Dr. as aforesaid, acquire title to the real property described above, including access rights from said remaining parcel or lot.