2024-102 Ordinance Vacating Public Right-of-Way -800 Block of East Sangamon Street

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2024R-004903 FILED FOR RECORD IN MACON COUNTY,ILLINOIS MARY A. EATON, RECORDER DATE RECORDED: 07/08/2024 01:49 PM FILED RHSP: REC FEE: 53.00 jUL ry u yo�y STATE FEE: G L COUNTY FEE: PAGES:3 JOSH TANNER COUNTY CLERK MACON COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. a'4-10 ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY -800 BLOCK OF EAST SANGAMON STREET- WHEREAS, on the 6�' day of June 2024, upon due notice, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing upon the petition of Mervis Recycling to vacate a public right- of-way legally described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section Eleven (11), Township Sixteen (16) North, Range Two (2) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, Macon County, Illinois, described as follows: commencing at the Southeast corner of the intersection of North Morgan Street and East Sangamon Street; thence East along the South line of East Sangamon Street 320.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing along said South line 306.00 feet to a point 198.00 feet West of the centerline of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence North along a line 198.00 feet West of and parallel to the centerline of said Illinois Central Railroad, to a point on the North line of East Sangamon Street; thence West along said North line to the Southeast corner of Block Five (5) of Plant and Tuttle's Addition to the City of Decatur, as per Plat recorded in Book O on Page 431 of the Records in the Recorder's Office of Macon County, Illinois; thence South on the Southerly extension of the East line said Block Five (5)to the point of beginning. WHEREAS, said right-of-way is no longer useful to the public or to the City; and, WHEREAS, the public interest will be subserved by vacating said right-of-way and the public will be relieved from the further burden and responsibility of maintaining the same; and WHEREAS, no compensation shall be required as the proposed public right-of-way vacations are considered with the redevelopment of the former Prairie Farms property by TCCA- Tillamook that the City is a redevelopment partner of, and, WHEREAS, all appropriate utility companies were contacted and expressed no objections to the proposed vacations.