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06/12/2003
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AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an
Easement Agreement with Onyx Waste Services, Inc.
For Construction and Maintenance of a Screening Wall
On The Public Right -of -Way Adjacent to 1711 Church Street
WHEREAS, Onyx Waste Services, Inc. ("Onyx") is the owner of the property at
1711 Church Street ("the Property"); and
WHEREAS, Onyx intends to improve an existing waste transfer station that it
operates on the Property; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide a substantial buffer, screening transfer station
• operations from neighbors located west of the Property, Onyx proposes to install a pre -cast
concrete sound wall, 14 feet in height, (hereinafter "Screening Wall") on: 1) a portion of the
unused and unimproved eight -foot wide public alley that adjoins the west boundary of the
Property and that runs between the north line of Lot 2 and the north line of Lot 9 in
Block No. 4 of Merrill Ladd's Second Addition (hereinafter "Alley"); and 2) thirty-three
(33) feet of Lyons Street that are located immediately north of the Alley and west of the
vacated portion of former Lyons Street ("Lyons Street Segment"); and
WHEREAS, construction and maintenance of the Screening Wall will require an
easement on the Alley and the Lyons Street Segment of a maximum of three (3) feet in
width along the west property line of the Property and three (3) feet in width from the
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northeast corner of the building on Lot 9 easterly to the west property line of the Property,
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all as shown on the Plat of Easement that is attached hereto and made a part hereof as •
Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, Onyx and the City are desirous of entering into an easement
agreement providing for the afore -described construction and maintenance of the
Screening Wall; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is in the best interest of the City to enter said
Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to sign, and
the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City of Evanston,
an Easement Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and made a part hereof, between •
the City of Evanston and Onyx Waste Services, Inc. for the construction and maintenance
of a Screening Wall on the public right-of-way adjacent to 1711 Church Street.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate
any additional terms of the Agreement as may be determined to be in the best interests of
the City.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: 3 , 2003
Adopted: ��. a-�� , 2003
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