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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1971-076-O-7176-0-71 p„ AN ORDINANCE • Providing for the Creation and Participation by the City of Evanston, Illinois in a Local Mass Transit District. WHEREAS, the Local Mass Transit District Act, approved July 21, 1959, as amended by House Bill No. 815 enacted by the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, effec- tive June 29, 1967, provides for the creation of a local mass transit district for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating and maintaining mass transit facilities for public service or sub6idizing the operation thereof; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the municipalities of Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Golf., Highland Park, Kenilworth, Lake Forest, Morton Grove, Niles, Northbrook, Northfield, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka, or some combination of said municipalities, • or others, shall by ordinance create and participate in the creation of a local mass transit district to be called the North Suburban Mass Transit District, the territorial limits of which shall be coexistent with the territorial limits of all the participating municipalities; and WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the public interest and for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Evanston that the City of Evanston participate in the creation of said district; and • WHEREAS, the powers of said District shall repose in and be exercised by a Board of Trustees as provided by said Local Mass Transit District Act, as amended, one of whom shall be appointed by the corporate authority of each of the munic- ipalities participating therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, that: SECTION 1: Creation. The City of Evanston hereby creates and participates in the creation of the North Suburban Mass Transit District. SECTION 2: Recording. A certified copy of this ordinance, together with a certified copy of each ordinance adopted by each participating municipality creating the District, and the names of the persons as appointed Trustees by each of the said partic- ipating municipalities shall be filed by the Clerks of the several participating municipalities with the County Clerks of Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, for recording as Certificate of Incor- poration. SECTION 3: Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage. Introduced A„gyjGt- C) , 1971 Adopted g„a �t ih , 1971 Attest: --ring V _ RrnkTq City Clerk Approved as to form: App Au st 16 , 1971 Mayor '�Corporalion Counsel