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63-R-86
A RESOLUTION
Concerning The Levy Senior Center
and The Levy Leisure Learning'Center
WHEREAS, as a result of the generous gifts of Joseph and
Sarah Levy, the City of Evanston Recreation Department has operated
The Levy Center at 1700 Maple Avenue since 1966; and
WHEREAS, The Levy Senior Center provides essential
recreational programs and other services to Evanston senior citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the present Levy Senior Center facilities are
located within the area designated for development of the
Evanston/Northwestern University Research Park; and
WHEREAS, while it is the -intention of the City of Evanston
to make the land on which the present Levy Senior Center is located
available for redevelopment in accordance with the Research Park
Master Plan; it is also the intention of the City of Evanston possibly
to relocate The Levy Senior Center to suitable facilities at an
equally accessible location within the City of Evanston prior to such
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston established The Levy Leisure
Learning Center at The Levy Senior Center facility in 1983; and
WHEREAS, The Levy Leisure Learning Center provides a variety
of opportunities for members of the Evanston community to learn new
recreational skills; and
WHEREAS; the City of Evanston may relocate The Levy Leisure
Learning Center to suitable facilities prior to possible redevelopment
of the present Levy Senior Center site:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by .the City Council of the
City of Evanston that:
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1. The City of Evanston will provide comparable replacement
• facilities at a suitable location within the City of Evanston for
The Levy Senior Center and The Levy Leisure Learning Center prior to
redevelopment of the present Levy Senior Center site; and
2. The City Manager is hereby.directed to identify such appro-
priate alternative locations for The Levy Senior Center and Levy
Leisure Learning Center as may be available, to make the necessary
estimates of the cost of such relocation, to solicit the assistance
and opinion of the Evanston Recreation Board in this matter, and to
advise the City Council as necessary to assure that necessary provi-
sions are made to relocate these programs and services prior to the
redevelopment of the present site of The Levy Senior Center. -
Mayor
• Attest -
City Clerk
Adopted: , 1986.
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