Full Text of HR0352 96th General Assembly
HR0352 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On February 18, 2009, the Executive Committee of | 3 |
| the Art Institute of Chicago voted to increase the general | 4 |
| admission fees at the Art Institute of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, On March 11, 2009, the Chicago Park District | 6 |
| Committee on Programs and Recreation voted to recommend that | 7 |
| the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners enter an order | 8 |
| authorizing a change in the general admission fees at the Art | 9 |
| Institute of Chicago, effective May 23, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, On March 11, 2009, as required under Illinois law, | 11 |
| the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners entered an | 12 |
| order authorizing a fifty percent (50%) increase of the adult | 13 |
| general admission fee, from $12 to $18; and
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| WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners also authorized a | 15 |
| seventy-one percent (71%) increase of the senior and student | 16 |
| general admission fee, from $7 to $12; and
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| WHEREAS, Less than three years ago, admission to the Art | 18 |
| Institute of Chicago was free, as the Art Institute merely | 19 |
| "suggested" that visitors make a donation; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, a family of four, with two student |
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| children over twelve years of age, would pay $38 for admission | 2 |
| to the Art Institute of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, On May 23, 2009, after the general admission fee | 4 |
| increase becomes effective, it will cost $60 for that same | 5 |
| family to gain admission to the Art Institute of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Unlike the Museum of Science and Industry, the | 7 |
| Field Museum of Natural History, and the Shedd Aquarium, the | 8 |
| Art Institute of Chicago does not offer a reduced general | 9 |
| admission fee for Chicago residents; and
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| WHEREAS, The Art Institute of Chicago, which, in 2008, | 11 |
| received $6.7 million in funding from the Chicago Park | 12 |
| District, is directly subsidized by City of Chicago taxpayers; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council seeks to ensure that all | 15 |
| Chicago residents, including those on modest budgets, have the | 16 |
| ability to access one of America's premier art museums; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The residents of the City of Chicago, who | 18 |
| subsidize the Art Institute of Chicago through the payment of | 19 |
| property taxes, should have their support acknowledged and | 20 |
| rewarded with a reduced resident admission fee; therefore, be | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| urge the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners to repeal | 4 |
| the increase of the general admission fees approved on March | 5 |
| 11, 2009; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we further urge the Chicago Park District | 7 |
| Board of Commissioners to order the Art Institute of Chicago to | 8 |
| implement a reduced general admission fee for Chicago | 9 |
| residents; and be it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Gery J. Chico, President of the Chicago Park | 12 |
| District Board of Commissioners.
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