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19-R-64
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has operated certain
temporary housing units:along the North Shore Channel right-
of-way of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, this housing was made available on December 1,
1946, and the objective was to provide accommodations for
persons returning from military service at the end of World
War II; and
WHEREAS, these housing units, being converted temporary
army barracks, were to be in service for a limited period, and
99 of the original 111 units were demolished in 1956:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
• CITY OF EVANSTON that the City discontinue the operation of the
veterans' housing units along the North Shore Channel right-of-
way of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago on
July 31, 1965.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby
authorized and directed to have served on all tenants in these
units a notice terminating their tenancies on July 31, 1965,
and that he, if necessary, take appropriate legal action to
secure possession of these units.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the City Manager is hereby
authorized and directed, when all units in this project have
been vacated, to cause all existing structures to be removed
from this land as soon as practicable.
ATTEST:
11s/ Maurice F. Brown Isl John D. Raer;y
Mayor
City Clerk