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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is located in |
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| Northwest Suburban Cook County, 27 miles from downtown Chicago; |
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| it is part of an area of 32 communities along Interstate 90 |
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| from O'Hare airport to Elgin; and
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| WHEREAS, The diversity of the business and industry of |
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| Rolling Meadows provides a stable economic base which, in turn, |
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| creates outstanding municipal services, educational systems, |
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| health and human care agencies, and recreational facilities; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows development, much like the |
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| Northwest suburban area, traces its incorporation to 1955 when |
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| the Illinois Toll Road and O'Hare International Airport were |
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| under construction; and
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| WHEREAS, The primary early residential developer of the |
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| City, Kimball Hill, acquired approximately 537 acres of |
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| farmland and broke ground for the first single family ranch |
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| style home on July 21, 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, At the time that Rolling Meadows was incorporated |
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| on February 26, 1955, it had a population of 5,162; in the year |
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| 2000, the official count for the city was 24,604; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows employs the full-time |
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| equivalency of over 200 people and offers a variety of services |
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| to its residents, including nationally-recognized police and |
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| fire protection, public works, water and sewer services, refuse |
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| collection, snow and ice control, and street maintenance; and
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| WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows is also served by an excellent |
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| Public Library which was voted "Library of the Year" by the |
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| North Suburban Library System in 2002; and
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