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Streator approves demolition of three vacant homes · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter approves demolition of three vacant homes Written by Bill Frescos.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. The Streeter City Council approved the
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  Speaker 1: demolition of three vacant homes during its meeting Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 1: As part of Streeter's ongoing effort to remove unsafe structures.
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  Speaker 1: The council awarded a thirty eight thousand dollars contract to
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  Speaker 1: demolish homes at fifteen zero two North Bloomington Street, five
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  Speaker 1: hundred eleven Fifth Avenue, and eight to fifteen North Jackson Street.
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  Speaker 1: According to city documents, the homes were among seven properties
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  Speaker 1: initially considered for demolition. The city removed the four other
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  Speaker 1: properties from the project because of budget constraints and the
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  Speaker 1: potential sale of some properties. One of the homes, fifteen
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  Speaker 1: zero two North Bloomington Street, tested positive for asbestos, so
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  Speaker 1: council also approved a twelve thousand, three hundred dollars asbestos
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  Speaker 1: abatement before the building can be demolished. The total cost
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  Speaker 1: of the three demolitions and asbestos removal is about fifty thousand,
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  Speaker 1: three hundred dollars, keeping the project just above the city's
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  Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars budget