Full Text of HR0297 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Elliott Hartstein | 4 | | on his retirement as Buffalo Grove Village President; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, As Village President, Elliott Hartstein was a | 6 | | leader in many forums, including the Northwest Municipal | 7 | | Conference, where he served as President; the Metropolitan | 8 | | Mayors Caucus, where he served on the Executive Committee; the | 9 | | Illinois Municipal League, where he served as a Vice President | 10 | | and Member of the Board of Directors; and the Lake County | 11 | | Municipal League, where he had served as Secretary; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was also appointed by the Lake County Board to | 13 | | represent Lake County on the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for | 14 | | Planning, where he has served on the Executive Board and as | 15 | | Vice Chairman; he was instrumental in preparing the 2040 Plan | 16 | | for the Seven County Region while serving on the Agency; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, He helped organize and served as the founding | 18 | | President of the Northwest Suburban JCC; he served on the Board | 19 | | of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and served as | 20 | | Vice Chairman of the Federation's Committee on Soviet Jewry, | 21 | | and he served on the National Board of the National Conference | 22 | | for Soviet Jewry; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He has also been actively involved in the Jewish | 2 | | United Fund to raise funds for social welfare needs, and the | 3 | | Annual Walk for Israel; he served the Crohn's and Colitis | 4 | | Foundation, where he locally served as Vice President and | 5 | | nationally on the Board of Directors; he chaired the Citizens | 6 | | Advisory Committee for School District 96, served on the Ad Hoc | 7 | | Committees to build Prairie School, Twin Groves Junior High, | 8 | | and the Woodlawn and Country Meadows schools, as well as | 9 | | referendum committees for the Park District; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, He will continue to work with economic development | 11 | | on the Milwaukee corridor and redevelopment on Dundee Road, the | 12 | | expansion and improvement of commuter rail service on the North | 13 | | Central Commuter line, the extension of Route 53, and a center | 14 | | for the performing arts as a joint project of the Village and | 15 | | Park District; on the State level he will continue to work | 16 | | toward pension and budget reforms, campaign finance reform, | 17 | | redistricting reform, educational funding reform, and a fairer | 18 | | tax system through a progressive income tax constitutional | 19 | | amendment; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, During his time as Village President, the | 21 | | community built the Arboretum Clubhouse, worked with the State | 22 | | to secure the expansion and improvement of Route 22, and worked | 23 | | with Lake County to expand and improve Deerfield Parkway; they |
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| 1 | | improved the community newsletter and webpage; and the commuter | 2 | | rail line saw the completion of double tracking and working to | 3 | | get freight lines reduced; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The community was a leader in becoming smoke free | 5 | | and encouraging other communities and the State of Illinois to | 6 | | follow their example; as a result, Buffalo Grove was a Gold | 7 | | Award winner from the Metropolitan Clean Air Counts campaign; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Buffalo Grove created an | 10 | | amazing Arts Commission, and introduced an Invitational Fine | 11 | | Arts Festival and Symphonic Band; a Farmers Market was | 12 | | introduced, and additions like Affinity Health Care, Escape | 13 | | Family Entertainment Center, a new Dominick's, new Walgreen's | 14 | | stores, and Leica Camera Company; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Buffalo Grove has seen many new and positive | 16 | | changes while Elliott Hartstein has served as Village President | 17 | | and will miss his leadership; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Elliott Hartstein on his retirement and wish | 21 | | him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Elliott Hartstein as a symbol of our respect and | 3 | | esteem.
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