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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
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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:
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City Clerk
Approved as to form:
App Au st 16 , 1971
Mayor
'�Corporalion Counsel