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63-R-80
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Release Rights
under 1924 Resolution and Authorizing the City
Manager to Enter into an Easement Agreement over
{ Foster Field and to Accept a Quitclaim Deed of
i a Portion of Foster Field
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WHEREAS, on July 1, 1924, the City Council of the City of Evanston
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,,did by resolution accept from School District 75, the predecessor of School
(District 65, a deed granting and surrendering to the City of Evanston for
recreation, school and educational purposes "full charge, control and super-
vision of said premises (the property commonly known as "Foster Field" and
'legally described in Exhibit "A" hereto) at all hours of the day and night
when the public schools of said District are not in session, but reserving
'to the children attending Foster School in said District, free, direct, easy
and unobstructed access to said premises at all times for playground purposes";
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WHEREAS, in 1955, the City of Evanston did cause the building known
;as "Foster Field Community House" to be constructed on a portion of said
foster Field; and
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f WHEREAS, it is appropriate and in the best interests of the City
,that School District 65 convey by quitclaim deed to the City of Evanston that
portion of the above referenced Foster Field upon which the Foster Field
':Community House is located together with sufficient land to maintain said
;building in conformance with the City of Evanston Zoning Ordinance (and
legally described in Exhibit "B" hereto); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has further de-
termined that the interests of the City of Evanston make it unnecessary,
•unsuitable and inconvenient to continue its existing interest in the
:remaining portion of the property known as Foster Field (legally described
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in Exhibit "C" hereto), and that it is in the best interests of the City
of Evanston to release the said July 1, 1924 resolution.
t; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
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,,EVANSTON that the City Manager be and hereby is authorized and directed to
13accept a quitclaim deed of the property described in Exhibit "B" hereto, to
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"enter into any necessary easement agreements concerning said Foster Field
and to release such rights of the City of Evanston under City of Evanston
=:Resolution enacted July 1, 1924 as are necessary.
Adopted: 1980.
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EXHIBIT "A"
Block 1 including the vacated alley therein in McNeill's addition
to Evanston, north west quarter of the north east quarter in
Section 13, Township 41 north, Range 13 east of the third principal
meridian, in Cook'County, Illinois.
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EXHIBIT "B"
The West 229.48 feet of the following described property, taken
as a single tract: Vacated lots 7 to 12 and 13 to 18, all in-
clusive, and vacated alley lying between said lots, in vacated
Block 1 in McNeill's addition to Evanston, in the NW 1/4 of the
NE 1/4 of Section 13, Township 41 North, Range 13, East of the
Third Principal Meridian (except therefrom the West 37.48 feet
of vacated Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18), in Cook County, Illinois.
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EXHIBIT "C"
Parcel 2: The West 37.48 feet of vacated Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18
in vacated Block 1 in McNeill's Addition to Evanston, in the
NW 1/4 of the 14E 1/4 of Section 13, Township 41 North, Range 13,
East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
Parcel 3: Vacated Lots 1 to 12 and 13 to 24, all inclusive, and
vacated alley lying between said Lots, taken as a single tract
(except therefrom the West 229.48 feet of Lots 7 to 12 and 13
to 18, all inclusive, and vacated alley lying between said Lots),
in vacated Block 1 in McNeill's Addition to Evanston, in the NW 1/4
of the NE 1/4 of Section 13, Township 41 North, Range 13, East of
the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.