Full Text of HR0063 94th General Assembly
HR0063 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is located in | 3 |
| Northwest Suburban Cook County, 27 miles from downtown Chicago; | 4 |
| it is part of an area of 32 communities along Interstate 90 | 5 |
| from O'Hare airport to Elgin; and
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| WHEREAS, The diversity of the business and industry of | 7 |
| Rolling Meadows provides a stable economic base which, in turn, | 8 |
| creates outstanding municipal services, educational systems, | 9 |
| health and human care agencies, and recreational facilities; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows development, much like the | 12 |
| Northwest suburban area, traces its incorporation to 1955 when | 13 |
| the Illinois Toll Road and O'Hare International Airport were | 14 |
| under construction; and
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| WHEREAS, The primary early residential developer of the | 16 |
| City, Kimball Hill, acquired approximately 537 acres of | 17 |
| farmland and broke ground for the first single family ranch | 18 |
| style home on July 21, 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, At the time that Rolling Meadows was incorporated | 20 |
| on February 26, 1955, it had a population of 5,162; in the year | 21 |
| 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 | 23 |
| equivalency of over 200 people and offers a variety of services | 24 |
| to its residents, including nationally-recognized police and | 25 |
| fire protection, public works, water and sewer services, refuse | 26 |
| collection, snow and ice control, and street maintenance; and
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| WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows is also served by an excellent | 28 |
| Public Library which was voted "Library of the Year" by the | 29 |
| North Suburban Library System in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition, the City of Rolling Meadows is served | 2 |
| by outstanding park districts which maintain parks, public | 3 |
| swimming pools, indoor ice arenas, and a Community Center which | 4 |
| has a public gymnasium and an auditorium; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is proactive in | 6 |
| attempting to expand and strengthen its economic base; the City | 7 |
| desires to be known as the best site in the greater Chicago | 8 |
| area in which to locate and operate a business and, as a | 9 |
| result, maintain Rolling Meadows as a great place to call home; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| we congratulate the City of Rolling Meadows on the occasion of | 14 |
| its 50th anniversary of its incorporation; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the City of Rolling Meadows.
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