Full Text of HR1633 95th General Assembly
HR1633 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown, known as "Wally" by his peers | 3 |
| and friends, has served the Forest Preserve District of DuPage | 4 |
| County for 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as a Forest Preserve | 6 |
| District Commissioner; he has championed for the protection of | 7 |
| natural resources in DuPage County forest preserves; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has worked to provide educational | 9 |
| and recreational opportunities for citizens of all ages in | 10 |
| DuPage County forest preserves; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served several Forest | 12 |
| Preserve District and County committees with distinction for | 13 |
| many years, including the Executive, Finance, Land | 14 |
| Acquisition, Golf Enterprise, Legislative, Stormwater, and | 15 |
| Special Budget committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Vice Chairman of the | 17 |
| Enterprise Revenues Distribution Committee in 1991; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as Vice Chairman of | 19 |
| the Special Committee on the Natural Areas Management Program | 20 |
| and as a member of the Headquarters Facility Planning Ad Hoc |
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| Committee in 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the | 3 |
| Landfill and Solid Waste Committee in 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the | 5 |
| In-House Attorney Sub-Committee in 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the Golf | 7 |
| Enterprise Committee in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of | 9 |
| the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners from 2002 | 10 |
| to 2004 and was later appointed Treasurer in 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has envisioned and supported the | 12 |
| acquisition and development of Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve in | 13 |
| Darien, a natural area complete with a mature oak woodland and | 14 |
| open prairie and nearly 2 miles of looped limestone footpaths; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has played an instrumental role | 17 |
| in other notable forest preserve projects, including the | 18 |
| acquisition of Lyman Woods Forest Preserve and Nature Center in | 19 |
| Downers Grove, the development of the Southern DuPage Regional | 20 |
| Trail and Lemont Road trailhead at Waterfall Glen Forest |
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| Preserve in Darien, the acquisition and restoration of Mayslake | 2 |
| Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, the restoration of the Graue House | 3 |
| at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook, the | 4 |
| operations of gas-to-energy facilities at Greene Valley and | 5 |
| Mallard Lake forest preserves, and the development of off-leash | 6 |
| dog areas at several forest preserves; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has been a model politician, true | 8 |
| to his values; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| gratefully acknowledge and recognize the outstanding service | 12 |
| of Wallace H. Brown to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage | 13 |
| County and its citizens, officially commend him for his long | 14 |
| and exemplary service, and congratulate him on his retirement; | 15 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Wallace H. Brown as a symbol of our esteem and | 18 |
| respect.
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