HR0934LRB098 20603 MST 57223 r

1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2696 of the 98th General Assembly has
3been proposed to dissolve the Fox Waterway Agency; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Many have significant concerns on how Senate Bill
52696 will negatively affect real estate values and quality of
6life issues along the Fox River and the Chain of Lakes; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Fox Waterway Agency is not funded with any tax
8dollars and the Agency's primary source of funds are user fees
9and grants used to fund specific projects designed to improve
10the waterways within the Agency's area, which it has been
11undertaking successfully since its founding in 1984; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Fox Waterway Agency has been successfully
13working with the State to provide dredging and related services
14to the waterway and boating public, and no State department is
15currently equipped to handle such tasks; and
 
16    WHEREAS, On average, the Fox Waterway Agency annually
17dredges 100,000 cubic yards of silt from the waterway to
18provide boater access to the water; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Fox Waterway Agency, being a local government
20body, has been able to focus specifically on the Chain of

 

 

HR0934- 2 -LRB098 20603 MST 57223 r

1Lakes, its 45 miles of waterways, and over 30 bodies of water,
2and to quickly address issues arising within the Chain of Lakes
3to continually enhance the quality of the Chain of Lakes; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Fox Waterway Agency has been implementing
5necessary and reasonable rules to improve and maintain the
6recreational boating resources of the waterway area to help
7control flooding of land adjacent to the waterways and prevent
8waterway pollution, to enhance or improve the quality of the
9waterway, and to promote tourism; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2696 seeks to dissolve the Fox
11Waterway Agency, an agency made up of dedicated local officials
12who are in the best position to make relevant decisions and
13react quickly to best serve the people who the Fox Waterway and
14Chain of Lakes serves; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we object to the passage and enactment of Senate Bill 2696 and
18encourage all Illinois State Legislators to vote against the
19bill; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the Fox Waterway Agency Chairman Wayne D. Blake.