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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is located in 
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Northwest Suburban Cook County, 27 miles from downtown Chicago; 
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it is part of an area of 32 communities along Interstate 90 
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from O'Hare airport to Elgin; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The diversity of the business and industry of 
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Rolling Meadows provides a stable economic base which, in turn, 
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creates outstanding municipal services, educational systems, 
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health and human care agencies, and recreational facilities; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows development, much like the 
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Northwest suburban area, traces its incorporation to 1955 when 
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the Illinois Toll Road and O'Hare International Airport were 
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under construction; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The primary early residential developer of the 
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City, Kimball Hill, acquired approximately 537 acres of 
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farmland and broke ground for the first single family ranch 
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style home on July 21, 1953; and

 
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    WHEREAS, At the time that Rolling Meadows was incorporated 
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on February 26, 1955, it had a population of 5,162; in the year 
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2000, the official count for the city was 24,604; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows employs the full-time 
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equivalency of over 200 people and offers a variety of services 
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to its residents, including nationally-recognized police and 
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fire protection, public works, water and sewer services, refuse 
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collection, snow and ice control, and street maintenance; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows is also served by an excellent 
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Public Library which was voted "Library of the Year" by the 
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North Suburban Library System in 2002; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In addition, the City of Rolling Meadows is served 
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by outstanding park districts which maintain parks, public 
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swimming pools, indoor ice arenas, and a Community Center which 
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has a public gymnasium and an auditorium; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is proactive in 
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attempting to expand and strengthen its economic base; the City 
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desires to be known as the best site in the greater Chicago 
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area in which to locate and operate a business and, as a 
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result, maintain Rolling Meadows as a great place to call home; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate the City of Rolling Meadows on the occasion of 
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its 50th anniversary of its incorporation; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the City of Rolling Meadows.