Full Text of HR1007 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on | 4 | | 20 years as a Trustee with the Peoria Park District Board; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. was appointed to the Board as | 6 | | Southern District Trustee in 1995; he was re-elected
in 1997, | 7 | | 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013; he served as Vice-President of the | 8 | | Board in
1999, 2006, and 2011; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has a record of community | 10 | | service through neighborhood associations and
school advisory | 11 | | groups; he served as a member of the Illinois Association of | 12 | | Park Districts' Joint Publication
Committee, the Joint | 13 | | Distinguished Committee, and on the Program Committee of the | 14 | | Illinois Association
of Park Districts; he currently serves on | 15 | | the Riverfront Program and Policy Advisory Committee and has
| 16 | | been a member since 2001; he served as Chairman of the Park | 17 | | District Planning Committee, the
Finance Committee, and | 18 | | currently serves as Chairman of the Recreation Advisory | 19 | | Committee; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has successfully presented | 21 | | grant requests to Illinois
Department of Natural Resources for | 22 | | Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants, including:
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| 1 | | Logan Park Basketball Courts and Picnic Shelters, $200,000; | 2 | | Proctor Recreation Center Park and Water
Playground, $212,500; | 3 | | Southtown/Carver Park Ball fields and Habideck, PHASE 11, | 4 | | $200,000; and
Mossville Soccer, $393,700; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. is an inductee of the African | 6 | | American Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. and has
been recognized for | 7 | | his efforts in conjunction with the development of the John | 8 | | Gwynn Family Aquatic
Center and Park, Logan Park renovations, | 9 | | and most recently, the Proctor Recreation Center Water
| 10 | | Playground and Park; he is the recipient of the "1999 Citizen | 11 | | of the Year Award" from Men of Theta Xi, Graduate Chapter Omega | 12 | | Psi Phi Fraternity, recognizing outstanding community | 13 | | leadership; in 2000,
he received the Dr. Martin Luther King, | 14 | | Jr. Drum Major Award; in January of 2012, he was
awarded the | 15 | | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Award for Cultural | 16 | | Development; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Robert Johnson, Sr. received the | 18 | | "Hometown Hero" award, presented by Peoria Area Convention and
| 19 | | Visitors Bureau for his involvement in bringing the Illinois | 20 | | Association of Park Districts convention to
Peoria with | 21 | | approximately 3,000 participants for a 4-day convention; in | 22 | | 2005, he was inducted into the South-West Kiwanis Club "The One | 23 | | With the Dash"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. and his wife, Gail, have been | 2 | | married for 38 years and have 4 children; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | congratulate Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on 20 years as a Trustee | 6 | | with the Peoria Park District Board, and we wish him many more | 7 | | successful years; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Robert Johnson, Sr. as an expression of our esteem | 10 | | and respect.
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