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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #666 (2)t STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF FULTON ) I, Nellie Crawford, hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Canton, Illinois, and as such official I further certify that attached hereto is a. copy of excerpts from the minutes of the meeting of the City Council of said City held on Nov. 19 ~ ~ 1974; that I have com- pared said copy with the original minute record of said meeting in my official custody; and that said copy is a true, correct and complete transcript from said original minute record insofar as said original record relates to a Boundary Resolution regarding Commercial Renewal and Redevelopment Areas of said City. WITNESS my official signature and the seal of said City this ~hday of Nov' , 1974. ~_ ,--' ~ City Clerk (SEAL) The City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, met in public session at its regular meeting place in the City Hall Council Chambers in the City of Canton at 6:30 o'clock P• .M. on Nov. 19 , 1974, with Alderman Donale E. Edwards, Mayor pro tem -----Robert Teririirigs, l~yo-~, Nellie Crawford; City Clerk, and the following named Council members present: . Aldermen Everett Howard,Verla H. Farr, Louis. M: Sepich, Paul Hurst, Donald E. Edwards, Virgil E. Horr, Dale Peak, Lawrence Cook, John Yerbic, Paul Spencer, Victor Kovachevich, and Beryl Conrad. Arriving in Council Chambers at 6:31 P. M.; Alderman Ronald Wilcoxen. AbSeT~:derman Monty Rupe. (Other Business) The following resolution was thereupon introduced and read in full: RESOLUTION N0. 666 A RESOLUTION setting forth the boundaries of the commercial blight area found to exist caithin the City of Canton as a result of the initial study and survey provided for by Resolution Number ; setting forth the factors that exist in the blight area that are detrimental to public health, safety, morals and welfare; setting forth a pro- posed redevelopment plan for the blight area; and providing for a public hearing on commercial blight and the proposed redevelopment plan. ,._/ WHEREAS the City of Canton, Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the "City") is authorized by The Commercial Renewal and Re- development Areas Act, appearing as Division 74.2 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), to determine whether or not any commmercial blight areas exist within the City, on the basis of an initial study and survey for that purpose; and WHEREAS the City is further authorized by the Act to set forth the boundaries of any commercial blight areas found to exist within the City as a result of the study and survey, and to set forth the factors which make the area detrimental to the public health, safety, morals and welfare; and WHEREAS the City is further authorized by the Act to sub- mit a proposed redevelopment plan, for eliminating the blight areas found to exist, at a public hearing on commercial blight; and WHEREAS it has now been determined on the basis of the initial study .and survey provided for in Resolution No.~~ of the City, that a commercial blight area does exist within the City, and that the above actions regarding commercial blight within the City should be taken: NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, as Follows: Section 1. As a result of the initial study and survey provided for by Resolution No. ~, the following area was found to be a commercial blight area: The territory located within the corporate limits of the City of Canton, Illinois, ~~ ~ ~ aggregating ,~ acres, bounded on the 2 ' '~ north by East Locust Street, bounded on the south by East Pine Street, bounded on the west by North and South Main Streets, and bounded on the east by North and South First Avenue. Section 2. The area above-described was found to be a commercial blight area because of the existence of the following factors within its boundaries which are detrimental to public health, safety, morals and welfare: Section 3. In order to eliminate the above-described commercial blight area and the factors which attend it and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals and welfare, the City Council, assisted by the Citizens Committee created pursuant to Resolution No.~~, hereby adopts a proposed commercial re- development plan for the blight area, which plan is attached here- to as Exhibit A. Section 4. In order for the City Council to introduce the testimony and evidence that entered into its decision to declare the above-described area as a commercial blight area, and to enter into the record all proposed commercial redevelopment plans received by the Council, and to allow all interested persons to appear and 3 testify for or against any proposed co a public hearing is hereby called for 7:0®'ClOCk _pM., ~ City Building directed to give notice of the hearing of general circulation within the City hearing. mmerc ial redevelopment plan, ,. Dec. 17 , 1974, at _. The City Clerk is hereby by publication in a newspaper at least 20 days before the Adopted and approved this i9th day of Nov. , 1974. `' /~ ~ Mayor Pro em Attest: ~ ~% ity Clerk It was thereupon moved by Council Member xurst and seconded by Council Member Cook that said resolution be adopted. Upon roll being called, the following voted: A Aldermen Howard, Wilcoxen, Farr, Sepich, Hurst, Edwards, H-oyre~, Peak,, Cook, Yerbic, Spencer, Kovachevich, and Conrad. Nay: None. (Other Business) Upon motion duly seconded and voted, the City Council adjourned. Mayor pro tem Attest: r City Clerk r ~ ~ ~~ . STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF FULTON ) I, Nellie Crawford, hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Canton, Illinois, and as such official I further certify that attached hereto is a, copy of excerpts from the minutes of the meeting of the City Council of said City held on Nov. 19 ~ , 1974; that I have com- pared said copy with the. original minute record of said meeting in my official custody; and that said copy is a true, correct and complete transcript from said original minute record insofar as said original record relates to a Boundary Resolution regarding Commercial Renewal and Redevelopment Areas of said City. WITNESS my official signature and the seal of said City this hday of Nov' , 1974. ~ --c -e -~'t~~. City Clerk (SEAL )