Full Text of HR1412 95th General Assembly
HR1412 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Kelli Garvanian on | 4 |
| the occasion of her retirement after nearly 23 years of service | 5 |
| as an elected park board commissioner; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1982, Kelli Garvanian began her volunteer | 7 |
| service to the Vernon Hills community when she was appointed to | 8 |
| the Park Board's Citizen's Advisory Committee, formerly known | 9 |
| as the Recreation Committee; her volunteer service allowed the | 10 |
| Park Board to enhance its communications with local residents | 11 |
| and to ensure that all resident concerns, ideas, and | 12 |
| suggestions were thoroughly considered and acted upon by the | 13 |
| Park Board and staff; and
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| WHEREAS, Her volunteer service was a precursor to her | 15 |
| election to the Park Board in 1985; her vision over the years | 16 |
| has been to develop the best instruments to communicate with | 17 |
| the public, including establishing a website, video taping | 18 |
| Board meetings to be aired on the public access channel, and | 19 |
| updating the District's master plan and making it available to | 20 |
| all residents; her passions also included improving the quality | 21 |
| of life for the residents of her community through establishing | 22 |
| recreation opportunities and facilities, protecting open land, | 23 |
| and acquiring park space; and
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| WHEREAS, Her first major project for the Park District was | 2 |
| to acquire land to build a respectable community center as a | 3 |
| central recreation hub without a referendum; through her hard | 4 |
| work, dedication, and tiresome campaign, she was able to | 5 |
| convince a land owner to sell property to the Park District; | 6 |
| she further lobbied new developers to donate land to the Park | 7 |
| District to create neighborhood parks throughout the | 8 |
| District's boundaries; over the years, the Park District has | 9 |
| developed 22 parks, all from donated land; and
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| WHEREAS, She is actively involved in reviewing, updating, | 11 |
| and implementing new policies that affect staff
and the | 12 |
| community; she has been able to address all angles of policies | 13 |
| to ensure that equal attention is paid to all persons involved; | 14 |
| her commitment to young people was demonstrated through her | 15 |
| involvement in the Hawthorn School District PTO; she served as | 16 |
| a voice for all parents, participated in fundraising efforts, | 17 |
| and volunteered effortlessly while her son was in grade school; | 18 |
| she later became involved in a local soccer program and the | 19 |
| local high school athletics program; and
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| WHEREAS, Kelli divides her personal time between | 21 |
| volunteering in the community, being actively involved in her | 22 |
| children's activities, and now enjoying her large extended | 23 |
| family; at the same time, she still travels throughout the |
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| country as a Fraud Specialist for her company; Kelli regularly | 2 |
| attended GLMV Chamber events, networking with local business | 3 |
| owners and informing community leaders about the Park District; | 4 |
| her dedication to the importance of parks and recreation led | 5 |
| her to become involved in the Illinois Association of Park | 6 |
| Districts; she served on the IAPD Board from 1996 to 2000; | 7 |
| Kelli served on three IAPD Committees: Fund Raising Task Force, | 8 |
| Honors &
Resolutions, and Seminars; and she also served on four | 9 |
| IAPD Joint Committees: Joint Conference (Co-Chair), Joint | 10 |
| Continuing Education (Co-Chair), Joint Legislative (Co-Chair), | 11 |
| and Joint Publications (Co-Chair); and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, For over two decades, Kelli has participated in | 13 |
| the IPRA Conference; for twenty-two years, she has dedicated | 14 |
| herself to the residents of the Vernon Hills Park District; her | 15 |
| future vision holds promise that the Park District will | 16 |
| continually grow in an environmentally responsible manner, | 17 |
| providing additional play space, protecting the prairies and | 18 |
| wetlands, erecting the safest play structures, and providing | 19 |
| stimulating recreation programs for all ages and abilities; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 |
| thank Kelli Garvanian for her dedication to the people and the | 24 |
| community of Vernon Hills and wish her well in her retirement |
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| and all future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Kelli Garvanian as a symbol of our respect.
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