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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-1964-022-R-64Amended 7-6-64 } Amended 8_8­64 . . 22-R�64y . ` RESOLUTION •. • WHEREAS; the,City.Council in 1965 ordered tie preparatitan ' of a compxehens-iVo lnventotfi and study of all classifications of tax-'eXem t p property ,located i:n the City of Evanston to' detertia3.ne,. ,if all exemptions are firmly merited under present laws and if- , any owner of .tax exempt properties,'should be-requested'to make any type of -,payment. for' municipal services; . and WHEREAS, . the City, Manager has now completed a,-'report,on Northwestern - Uni'versity"s tax exempt,properties r which -report " ` is a pi.'lot study to be relayed `to at�er. inst�:tutlons of higher- r .. _ . _ ' learningl and ` .WN8REAS, N6rthwestern University is.the largest owner' of ` tax 1 axempt property 'in the City of Evanston in -that it, holds, educational prQperties,•,more than 50 residences, and other in='w t come properties occupying a total of approacimately .l@©• scares of land; and F s • WHEREAS, certain, services rendered by, -the City ,are of clear and substantial behdfit to,the University and its student• p©pulatio,6; and , • WHEREAS, the property taxpayer in the. City of Evanston should not be' called,upon to carry a heavier tax burden so as , i r to provide the University with free service* into the ihdefinito future: NOWl-THEREFORE,, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council* ' -of the City -of. Evanston hereby requests the Mayor to appoint a -Special Committee of the City Council to represent the City Coun- cil, with -the assistance•of the City Manager, Corporation Counsel,': and ,other ,-approptiate. staff members, for purposes of etra~ erring „• with Northwesterh University officials -on this subject, and this. Committee''' is -hereby 'authorized and -directed to proceed expedi- . a tiously� with such conferences. ATTEST:y�F3Y� OW.11 " . City Clerk " . Mayor .