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. � a <br /> ORDINANCE NO. �/ � � I <br /> ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION <br /> DEWITT COUNTY WELL FIELD <br /> CITY PROJECT 8843 <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois, has purchased <br /> approximately 120 acres of land in DeWitt County, Illinois, <br /> beyond the corporate limits of said City, for the purpose of <br /> establishing and operating a water well field to be used to <br /> supply the water treatment plants, or waterworks, owned and <br /> operated by said City; and, <br /> WHEREAS, said 120 acres are not contiguous but rather <br /> consist of one 40 acre tract and one 80 acre tract, each <br /> separated from the other by an intervening tract of land; and, <br /> WHEREAS, in order for the wells located on the 40 acre tract <br /> to transmit water to the water treatment plants described herein, <br /> it is necessary and desirable that the City of Decatur, Illinois, <br /> acquire an easement or other right for the purpose of owning, <br /> operating and maintaining a water transmission main across the <br /> following described premises: <br /> SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND <br /> HEREBY MADE A PART HEREOF. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS : <br /> Section 1 . That it be, and it is hereby, determined to be <br /> necessary and desirable, in order to transmit water from the well <br /> field described herein to the waterworks referenced above, that <br /> the City of Decatur, Illinois, acquire an easement or other right <br /> across the real property described herein sufficient to permit <br /> said City to operate and maintain a water transmission main <br /> therein or thereon. <br /> Section 2 . That it be, and it is hereby, determined the <br /> aforesaid real property and the acquisition of an easement or <br /> other right therein or thereon is necessary for a public use and <br /> purpose. <br /> Section 3 . That the City Manager and Corporation Counsel, <br /> jointly and severally, be, and they are hereby, authorized and <br /> directed to cause an easement or other right in said real <br /> property, as herein described, to be acquired on behalf of the I <br /> City, and in the event the same is not able to be acquired by <br />