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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Wood Dale Park | ||||||
| 4 | District on the occasion of its 50th anniversary on November | ||||||
| 5 | 18, 2017; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, At the encouragement of the Wood Dale Junior | ||||||
| 7 | Women's Club and the Wood Dale Club and local leader Jim Mixon, | ||||||
| 8 | the Wood Dale Park District was formed in November of 1967; | ||||||
| 9 | land acquisition began in 1968; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Richard J. Fenel donated the parcel of land that | ||||||
| 11 | is now
Brookwood Park to the Wood Dale Park District in 1968; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, 1970 saw successful passage of the first Wood Dale | ||||||
| 14 | Park District tax referendum and
the first affiliate | ||||||
| 15 | relationship with a school district; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, In 1971, with support from local property | ||||||
| 17 | taxpayers, the Wood Dale Park District purchased
Hamlin's Pond | ||||||
| 18 | (Lake Mini-Ha-Ha), Franzen Grove, Terrace Park, and Central | ||||||
| 19 | Park, and opened the
Fredrick Lester Pool; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, In 1987, the Wood Dale Park District purchased the | ||||||
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| 1 | Salt Creek Golf Club, and after capital
improvements, the | ||||||
| 2 | expanded Salt Creek Golf Course clubhouse facilities began | ||||||
| 3 | service in 1993, with a
major expansion in 2003, and | ||||||
| 4 | significant affiliate enhancements by TopGolf Wood Dale | ||||||
| 5 | starting in 2006; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Wood Dale Park District opened its Recreation | ||||||
| 7 | Complex in 2001; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Wood Dale Park District Comprehensive | ||||||
| 9 | Community Action Master Plan was completed
and officially | ||||||
| 10 | adopted in 2015; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | congratulate the Wood Dale Park District "Active Places, | ||||||
| 14 | Friendly Faces", on its 50th anniversary; and be it further | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, That, just as the Wood Dale Park District will | ||||||
| 16 | carry on for many more years, it will add to the
lifespans of | ||||||
| 17 | its users through active implementation of its mission | ||||||
| 18 | statement, "Serving the community with
quality recreational | ||||||
| 19 | experiences that provide a fun and healthy lifestyle"; and be | ||||||
| 20 | it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That we congratulate the fulltime staff and | ||||||
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| 1 | volunteer affiliates of the Wood Dale Park District on their
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| 2 | District's 50th anniversary; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | ||||||
| 4 | Matthew Ellmann, Executive Director of the Wood
Dale Park | ||||||
| 5 | District.
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