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41-R-80
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager
to Contract for and Complete
the Purchase of 547 Custer Avenue
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston on March 24, ;
1980, by voice vote did determine just compensation and did authorize the
purchase of property known as 547 Custer Avenue; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said determination and authorization the
owner of said property has agreed to a purchase price of Forty Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($42,500); and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of land for the purpose of community
development and neighborhood revitalization is a goal of the Evanston City
Council and the Housing and Community Development Act Committee; and
WHEREAS, funds for the purchase of said property and costs inci-
dental thereto were allocated in the 1979 Community Development Block Grant
application which was submitted to and approved by the United States De-
'partment of Housing and Urban Development on June 28, 1979; and
WHEREAS, acquisition of the said property commonly known as 547
Custer Avenue and legally described as follows:
The South half of Lot 14 in Block 8 in Keeney and
Rinn's addition to Evanston in Section 19, Town-
ship 41 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal
Meridian in Cook County, Illinois
has been determined to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• EVANSTON that the City Manager be and hereby is authorized and directed to
enter into a contract for, negotiate additional terms as necessary and take
title to 547 Custer Avenue for the sum of Forty Two Thousand Five Hundred
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Dollars ($42,500) plus tenant relocation assistance pursuant to statute.
Mayor,
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Adopted
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