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18-R-87
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to
Contract for and Complete the Purchase of
1859 East Railroad Avenue
WHEREAS, the City Manager has heretofore been
authorized on behalf of the City of Evanston to negotiate the
purchase of certain real estate located at 1859 E. Railroad
Avenue and legally described.as follows:
The West 5 feet of that Part of Lot 1 lying North of the
North 16 feet of the South 27 feet taken for alley in case
54770 County Court and the South 10 feet of the West 45
feet of Lot 2 and the North 15.65 feet of Lot 3 (except
that part,of the North 15.65 feet of said Lot 3. lying West
of the following described line: Beginning at a point in
'! the North line of Lot 3 aforesaid 12.26 feet East of the
North West corner of said Lot 3; thence South to a point
in the Southwesterly line of Lot 3 aforesaid 23 feet
j Southeasterly of said North West corner of said Lot 3 in
Owner's Subdivision of Lot 21 in County Clerks Division of
Lands in the North West 1/4 of Section 18, Township 4'1
North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in
Cook county, Illinois.
WHEREAS, said property is*ccntiguous to'the downtown
i business district and a valuable acquisition in the best
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interest of the City's economic development; and
WHEREAS, a real estate sales contract has been
negotiated by the parties for the sale of Sixty-seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($67,500),including purchase price and
other associated expenses, with an early April, 1987
anticipated closing.date:
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 desirable, and take title to
1859 East Railroad Avenue for Sixty-seven Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($67,500) which includes the purchase price and other
associated expenses.
This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the
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manner provided by law.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Adopted:
01 1987.
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Mayor