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. '� � � � <br /> + � �1CROf�L��F� <br /> ORDINANCE NO, �— g� <br /> ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION <br /> - PIISCELLANEOUS STORPZ DR.AINAGE IPZPROVEPZENTS - <br /> P ROJE CT 3119 <br /> WHEREAS , the intersection of Brown Avenue with Regina Road <br /> (also sometimes known as Regina Avenue) and nearby lands in and <br /> of the City are subject to recurrent flooding by surface waters <br /> and to the consequent damage and threat to property and to the <br /> public health, safety and welfare connected therewith; and, <br /> �•�iEREAS , in furtherance of the continued and on-going <br /> program of the City to construct a systen of channels and <br /> drains throughout the City to alleviate the flooding by surface <br /> waters therein and the consequent damage and threat to protierty <br /> and to the public health, safety and welfare nlans and speci- <br /> fications have been nrepared for that portion of said program <br /> known as P�iscellaneous StorLn Drainage I�provements which plans <br /> and specifications include a project for the drainage of said <br /> intersection, and which were heretofore subrnitted to and approved <br /> by the Council by Resolution No . R83-143 on the 29th day of <br /> August , 1983 ; and, � <br /> WHEREAS , it is necessary that certain lands and rights in <br /> lands be acquired to construct said improvements and appurtenances <br /> thereto either by agreer,lent or by the exercise of the power cf <br /> eminent domain as provided by law. <br /> NOjJ, THEREI'ORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS : <br /> Section 1. That it be and it is hereby determined to be <br /> necessary and desirable that the City, in order to carry out and <br /> construct said surface water drainage public improvement , acquire <br /> title to or rights in real property situated in the City and <br /> described in each of the descriptions attached hereto and hereby <br /> made a part hereof as if fully set out herein. <br /> Section 2 , That it be, and it is hereby determined that <br /> the aforesaid real property and the acquisition thereof is <br /> necessary for a public u�e and purposeo <br /> Section 3. That the City P�Ianager and Corporation Counsel, <br /> jointly and severally, be, and they are hereby authorized and <br />