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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 411
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| WHEREAS, There is a great need for economic revitalization |
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| in many
communities throughout this State;
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| WHEREAS, Each community has valuable resources at its |
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| fingertips that can be
tapped in the revitalization process;
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| WHEREAS, With adequate support and assistance from the |
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| State and other
resources, each community can participate in |
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| and shepherd its own economic
renewal;
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| WHEREAS, Successful redevelopment plans are based on |
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| policy that is
responsive to the existing composition and |
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| character of the
economically-distressed community and that |
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| allows and compels the community to
participate
in the |
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| redevelopment planning process;
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| WHEREAS, A successful redevelopment initiative creates and |
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| maintains a
capable and adaptable workforce, has access to |
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| capital, has a sound fiscal
base, has adequate infrastructure, |
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| has well-managed natural resources, and has
an attractive |
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| quality of life; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-
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| THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is |
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| created
the Community Self-Revitalization Task Force, which |
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| shall consist of 12 members
appointed by the
Governor as |
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| follows: (1) one member representing households and families; |
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| (2)
one member representing religious organizations; (3) one |
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| member representing
educational institutions; (4) one member |
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| representing daycare centers, care
centers for the |
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| handicapped, and care centers for the disadvantaged; (5) one
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| member
representing community based organizations such as |
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| neighborhood improvement
associations; (6)
one member |
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| representing federal and State employment service systems, |
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| skill
training centers, and placement referrals; (7) one member |
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| representing Masonic
organizations, fraternities, sororities, |
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| and social clubs; (8) one member
representing hospitals, |
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| nursing homes, senior citizens, public health agencies,
and |
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| funeral homes; (9) one member representing organized sports, |
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| parks,
parties, and games of chance; (10) one member |
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| representing political parties,
clubs, and affiliations, and |
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| election related matters concerning voter
education and |
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| participation; (11) one member representing the cultural |
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| aspects
of the community, including cultural events, |
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| lifestyles, languages, music,
visual and performing arts, and |
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| literature; and (12) one member representing
police and
fire |
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| protection agencies, prisons, weapons systems, and the |
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| military industrial
complex, all of whom shall serve without |
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| compensation but shall be reimbursed
for their reasonable and |
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| necessary expenses from appropriations available for
that |
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| purpose; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the need for
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| economic revitalization in the State and recommend a plan for |
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| the
revitalization of Illinois communities operating from the |
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| basic premise that
the family unit is the primary unit of |
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| community and that the demand for goods
and services from this |
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| residential sector is the main source of recovery and
growth |
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| for the redevelopment of a community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity shall
provide staff assistance to the Task Force as |
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| is reasonably required to permit
the Commission to fulfill its |
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| functions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and |
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| recommended plan
for revitalization to the Governor and to the |
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| General Assembly on or before January 12, 2005; and be it |
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| further
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