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72-R-76
A RESOLUTION
Concerning the Use Of Potentially
Surplus MSD Lands
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chi ca o is presently considering the development of policies
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regarding the use and/or disposition of open or surplus lands
under its ownership; and
WHEREAS, Evanston, Skokie, and Wilmette have such lands
within their jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, such open lands.constitute a major open
space resource within each community; and
WHEREAS, the actions of each community regarding the
use of these lands will impact upon the actions of the other
communities; and
WHEREAS, the best use of such lands can be identified
through coordinated and systematic planning involving each
community; and
WHEREAS, these communities have coordinated in the
past to achieve common goals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best
interest of the City of Evanston that these communities unite
again to identify common goals with reference to the most effi-
cacious use of such lands:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois favors the reser-
vation of.surplus,or open lands of the Metropolitan Sanitary
District of Greater Chicago located within Evanston, Skokie and
Wilmette for open space use within these communities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a committee from Evanston,
to be appointed by the Mayor, be constituted to work with similar
committees from Skokie and Wilmette to undertake such planning
and coordinate this effort with the Metropolitan Sanitary
District of Greater Chicago.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that through these committees
Evanston,
Skokie
and Wilmette plan
jointly to identify the best
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patterns
of open
space use within
these lands.
/s/ Edgar vanneman. .Tr_
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Adopted December 6 , 1976
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