Full Text of HR0089 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Chuck Balling, | 4 | | Executive Director of the Glenview Park District, on receiving | 5 | | the 2012 Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award is | 7 | | named in honor of Robert Artz, who in 1979, was the newly | 8 | | elected executive director of the Illinois Association of Park | 9 | | Districts; although his life was cut short, his vision for | 10 | | parks, recreation, and conservation lives on; the award is | 11 | | presented to a person whose professionalism, dedication, and | 12 | | commitment have a lasting effect on parks and recreation; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Balling has spent his career devoted to | 14 | | Illinois parks and recreation; in Gurnee, he was instrumental | 15 | | in open space land acquisitions and development of new | 16 | | facilities including a $1.5 million renovation to Viking Park | 17 | | Community Center and development of the award winning Hunt Club | 18 | | Aquatic Center; in Glenview, he led the development of | 19 | | Community Park West, a 95-acre multi-use park, which included | 20 | | securing a $750,000 donation from the Glenview Youth Baseball | 21 | | Association; he negotiated with the Village of Glenview the | 22 | | successful transfer of the 32-acre Kent Fuller Air Station | 23 | | Prairie and Evelyn Tyner Center, a Platinum LEED-certified |
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| 1 | | nature museum, as well as the 90-acre Gallery Park; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Balling has implemented cutting-edge | 3 | | business practices; his strategic planning process, which he | 4 | | has helped other park districts and organizations implement, is | 5 | | a unique collaborative effort; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Balling takes pride in mentoring future | 7 | | leaders and emphasizes continuing education and professional | 8 | | involvement; for 35 years he has dedicated himself to parks and | 9 | | recreation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award was | 11 | | presented to Chuck Balling on January 25, 2013, at the | 12 | | All-Conference Awards Luncheon held during the IAPD/IPRA | 13 | | Soaring to New Heights Conference at the Hyatt Regency in | 14 | | Chicago; more than 1,500 representatives and guests of Illinois | 15 | | park districts, forest preserves, conservation, recreation, | 16 | | and special recreation agencies attended; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Chuck Balling on receiving the 2012 Robert Artz | 20 | | Lifetime Achievement Award; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Chuck Balling as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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