5321 VACATING A PORTION OF STREET - SAMUELS STREET

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� �OOK�� PAGE U�� ur '�1 �° i; ;�..� - �?��ti �.� • � ORDINANC� NO. 5321 � , y� . • � . AN ORDINA�dCE VACATIIVG A POti'.TION O'r STR�.:.'T -- SAP•'!UcLS STR::ET � 6v,'-iEREAS, a petition has been rec��v�d by th� City from ARCHER, DANIELS, MIDLAtdD COPdPAPdY, the o�:•ne� oP all prop2rty abutting therean except the South 726 fe�t of the �ti�st side thereof, requesting tne vacation by the City Council of a por- tion of that cextain street in the City of Decatur, Illinois, commonly known as ;loxth Samuels Street, said portion more par- ticularly descrzb�d as: Commencing at the nortnwest cornex oi the interse�- tion of East Division Street and existing North Samuels StYEet in the �ity of T�catuY, Illinois, which point is the southeast corner of Lot 9 of Race- Land Plat C, an addition to the �-ity of Decatur, as per plat recorded in Book 335, pag? 1�4 of the �:�cords in the Recozder's Office of Niacon County, Illinois; thenc� ner�h along the east line of sa�d Lot 9 and �he eas� line af Lot 4 of said 2ace-Land P�at C to the sout`� Zine of East Faries Parl:�vay; thence east 50 feet along the south linb oi said Faries Par'ctf�ay; thence soutn paral- lel to the east lines of said Lots 4 and 9 to the south line of Lot 10 of said Race-Land Piat C; thenca west 50 fee't to �he place of beginning; and � <<JHER�sAS, ther� has been received by this Council the Agree- ment of �OODAI:.E TRU�T NO, 1, D?.TED I�:ARCH 1, 1959, the o�+,ner of tne premises abut�tir.g said South 126 feet of said portion of said street by which agreeme�t said Txust does undcrtake to support tne petition aforesaid; and W:-IEREAS, petitioner has offered to relo�ate, construct anc� impro�.� � n�=,v str2?� mor�? useful to the pa:�lic anr to de�icate rigizt- of-way for th2 same over Iand ot��r�d by petitioner approximately 1,�00 feet v;esterly from the curr�nt location of said street; and h�-IEREAS, said p�rtion of said Saznuels Street is poorly drainQd and maintained to the extent tnat the bi�umino�zs surface foxmerly existing th�reon has disintegrat�d so that the same could be repaired or replac�d only a�; considerable e:cpens2 to the public; and � t�f-IERi.tiS, the exi.sting portion o� said stxeet is used aZmost ex- clusively by larr,� trucks entering into and exiti.n� fr_om �he proce�s- ing plant of �r.,titioner; and , G+IHFPwAS, the relocation of said str�et v:ill greatly relieve the traffic cong2�tion cur.rently existing on E3s� Faries park�vay in the vicinity of said portion of said S�muels St=eet and will be conduszvc- to greater traffic safety on said po��ion of said Faries �'ark�vay for the benefit of persons using the same; and