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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the citizens of the 
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Village of Buffalo Grove for winning the 2010 Environmental 
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Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association 
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for the stabilization and naturalization of the White Pine 
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Drainage Channel; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The Village of Buffalo Grove has actively worked 
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on the implementation of a project that would address erosion 
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and non-point source pollution along the White Pine, an urban 
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drainage channel that discharges directly into Buffalo Creek 
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and the Des Plaines River System, since early 2005; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The White Pine Drainage Channel project has 
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incorporated numerous innovative restoration methods, such as 
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the use of both native plant bio-engineering, along with 
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traditional armoring techniques, to create a system that could 
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withstand the volatile nature of the urban waterway; the 
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addition of a pedestrian pathway along the channel and the 
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installation of educational signage seeks to help to improve 
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the public's awareness and understanding as to the importance 
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of such restoration projects; embedded boulders were placed at 
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the toe of the bank to reduce the shear stresses caused during 
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high flow periods, while native plantings and turf reinforcing 
 


 






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mats were designed and installed to further prevent erosion and 
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to lock-in the boulder toe, providing for a cohesive and 
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naturalized system; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In addition to the stream naturalization portion 
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of the improvement, the project also constructed a bike path, 
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which extended from the bike path system located on the 
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northern side of Lions Park on the south and extending north 
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along the White Pine Corridor to the Buffalo Grove Park 
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District's Alcott facilities on the north side of Bernard Drive 
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in Buffalo Grove; and

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The government and citizens of the Village of 
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Buffalo Grove should take pride in this wonderful project and 
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the example this project sets for other municipalities; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the citizens of the Village of Buffalo Grove for 
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winning the 2010 Environmental Project of the Year by the 
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American Public Works Association for the stabilization and 
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naturalization of the White Pine Drainage Channel; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
 


 






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presented to the Buffalo Grove Village Board as a symbol of our 
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esteem and respect.