Full Text of HR1389 95th General Assembly
HR1389 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On October 2, 2009, the International Olympic | 3 |
| Committee (IOC) will select the host city for the Games of the | 4 |
| XXXI Olympiad, commonly known as the 2016 Summer Olympic Games; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago 2016 Committee, working in | 7 |
| cooperation with the United States Olympic Committee, has | 8 |
| submitted a bid to host the 2016 Games; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 4, 2008, the International Olympic | 10 |
| Committee placed the Chicago 2016 bid on its short list of four | 11 |
| finalist Candidate Cities for the 2016 Games; and
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| WHEREAS, Although the International Olympic Committee has | 13 |
| accepted Chicago's desire to be admitted to the rank of | 14 |
| Candidate Cities, the IOC has at the same time called attention | 15 |
| to what their permanent staff considers to be room for | 16 |
| improvements in Chicago's bid, as measured on a variety of | 17 |
| metrics; and
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| WHEREAS, These metrics include Chicago's highway and | 19 |
| public transportation resources, and the city's overall | 20 |
| infrastructure; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of this showing, on the International | 2 |
| Olympic Committee's overall numerical ranking, Chicago, on | 3 |
| June 4, 2008, scored below two other cities also chosen as | 4 |
| Candidate Cities for the 2016 Games, Madrid and Tokyo; and
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| WHEREAS, Only twenty-two cities around the world have been | 6 |
| chosen to host a Summer Olympic Games, of which only three, | 7 |
| Atlanta, Los Angeles, and St. Louis, have been cities located | 8 |
| within the United States of America; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The United States Olympic Committee, and the | 10 |
| separate United States Olympics teams, have entrusted their | 11 |
| chance to see the Summer Olympic Games in North America in 2016 | 12 |
| to the City of Chicago and the people of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics would allow | 14 |
| Chicago to display itself to the world as a multi-ethnic city | 15 |
| and a model for the future direction of all of the peaceful | 16 |
| people of Earth; the direct economic benefits, indirect | 17 |
| economic benefits, and prestige bestowed by the honor of | 18 |
| hosting the Games of the XXXI Olympiad are literally | 19 |
| incalculable; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| the House of Representatives congratulates the Chicago 2016 |
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| Committee upon the selection of Chicago as a Candidate City for | 2 |
| the Games of the XXXI Olympiad; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives | 4 |
| expresses its gratitude to the United States Olympic Committee | 5 |
| for its support of Chicago's candidacy; and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives | 7 |
| declares its support for the Chicago 2016 effort and stands | 8 |
| ready to take whatever actions seem appropriate to assist that | 9 |
| Chicago 2016 Committee as they prepare their Candidature File | 10 |
| for the International Olympic Committee, which is due on | 11 |
| February 12, 2009; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That the people of Chicago and the State of | 13 |
| Illinois should cooperate on a nonpartisan basis to deploy the | 14 |
| resources necessary to meet the requirements requested by the | 15 |
| International Olympic Committee and assure the world that these | 16 |
| Games of the XXXI Olympiad will be successfully hosted by | 17 |
| Chicago; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That this resource deployment will require the | 19 |
| enactment by Illinois of a comprehensive capital bill, which | 20 |
| will provide billions of dollars for essential needs in the | 21 |
| areas of roads, public transportation, and airports by | 22 |
| fulfilling the promises within the bid application; and be it |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this preamble and | 3 |
| resolution be presented to Governor Rod Blagojevich, Chicago | 4 |
| Mayor Richard M. Daley, and Patrick G. Ryan, Chairman and CEO | 5 |
| of the Chicago 2016 Committee.
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