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, ; � . <br /> y��, { <br /> ������� <br /> ORDINANCE NO. � �o�Z <br /> ORDINANCE VACATING ALLEY <br /> - BLOCK 12 OF NORTH ADDITION - <br /> WHEREAS, the Decatur Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and <br /> Office Building Authority owns all premises abutting each side of <br /> the alley which extends from East William Street to East North <br /> Street and is between and parallel with North Franklin Street and <br /> North Jackson Street; and <br /> WHEREAS, said Authority will construct a Civic Center including <br /> municipal offices for the City along with appurtenant structures <br /> on a portion of said premises; and, <br /> WHEREAS , said Authority has requested that said alley be vacated; <br /> and, <br /> WHEREAS, said alley is no longer useful to the public as an <br /> alley and the public interest will be subserved by the vacation <br /> thereof and the public will be relieved and freed of the burden of <br /> maintaining the same as an alley; and, <br /> WHEREAS, there exists certain sewers, watermains, telephone <br /> conduits and power lines and other utilities in said alley. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> DECATUR, ILLINOIS : <br /> Section 1. That the alley in said City be and the same is <br /> hereby vacated as an alley or public way effective and upon the <br /> exceptions and conditions hereinafter provided inasmuch as the <br /> public interest will be subserved thereby and the public will be <br /> relieved and freed of the burden of continuing to maintain the same <br /> as an alley and the sam� is no longer useful to the public as an alley <br /> and it will be put to another public use necessary and convenient <br /> in the public interest and the interest of the City, said alley being <br /> shown on the plat thereof hereto attached and hereby made a part <br /> hereof and more particularly described as follows : <br /> Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 1 in Block 12 <br /> of North Addition to Decatur, now known as Allen McReynolds <br /> and Company's Addition to the Town now City of Decatur, <br /> as per plat recorded in Book G page 365 of the records <br /> in the Recorder' s Office of Macon County, Illinois; thence ' <br /> North along the East lines of Lots 1 through 8 of said , <br /> Block 12 to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8 ; thence ' <br /> East to the Northwest corner of Lot 9 in said Block 12 ; , <br /> thence South along the West lines of Lots 9 and 10 in !, <br />