5321 VACATING A PORTION OF STREET - SAMUELS STREET

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�� • • ��,�� BOOK16�� PACE1�1 � ~' . ORDINANCE �10. 5321 �,o� .`F ' AN ORDINAidCE VACATING E1 PO_TiTION Oc^ STR�ET -- S�1nNELS STRE�T ,' �REAS, a petition has bsen rec�iv�d by ths City �rom ARCI�R, DAI�tIELS, �IIDLAT�ID COMPAPdY, the o�:�ner of all prop�rty abutting thereon except the South 726 fee't of the cv�st side thereof, requesting the vacation by the City Council o` a por- tion of that cextain str�et in the City of Decatur, Illinois, commonly knot.��n as North Samuels Street, said portion more par- ticularly descrih�d as: Commencing at the northw�st corner oi the int�rsec- tion of East Division Street and �xisting Nor�h , Samuels Street in the City of Decatur, Illinois, v�hich point is t'r�e southeast cor,ler of Lot 9 of Race- Land Plat C, an addition to the �=ity of Decatur, as per plat recorded in Book 335, pagn 194 of the R2cords in the Recoxder's Ofiice of Nfacon County, Illinois; thence north along the east Iine of said Lot 9 and the east iine o� Lot 4 of said Race-Land plat C to the s�ut`� line of East Faries Parkt{�ay; thence east 50 feet along the south lin� o` said Faries Par?c�a:ay; tnence south paral- lel to the East lines of said Lots 4 and 9 to the south line of Lot 10 of said Race-Lanc� �'Iat C; th�nc? west 50 feet to #he place of beginning; and t+R-�EREAS, there has been received by this Council the Agr�e- ment of �ODAL',E TRUST NO, 1, D�TED P�IARCH 1, 1959, the ow;�er of the premises abuttir.g said South 726 feet oi said portion of said street by vahich agree�:�ent said Trust does undertake to support th� petition aforesaid; and WH.i�AS, petition�r has offered to relo�ate, construct an@ impro•,ri a r.�*v str2et rnor•a useful to t`::t pabl;.� and to ��icu't� �i�!:t�- of-��ray for tne sarne over land o��:ned by petitionEr approximately 1,�00 feet u,iesterl.y from the current Iocation of said street; and VJHERE�S, said portion of. said Samuels Street is poorly drain�d and maintained to the extent that the bit�aninous surtace for�nerly existing thereon has disinteg.rat�d so that th� samc could be repair�d or replaced only at consic?erable expense to the public; and � ta'HE�AS, the existing portion o� said street is used almost ex- clusively by large truc'�:s enterin� inta and exiting from the process- ing plant of �titioner; and , WII-�P,�AS, the relocation of said street will gr�atly relieve the traffic congestion currently existing on East Faries Park:vay in t'_�e vicinity of said poxtion of said S�mue7.s Stxeet and will be condusive to greater traffic safety on said port�on o� said Faries Park�vay for tne benefit of persons using the san:e; and