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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 1048
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield |
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| encompasses 366 acres with more than 100 permanent buildings; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Fairgrounds is home to the |
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| annual Illinois State Fair and also serves as the location of |
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| hundreds of educational and entertainment events throughout |
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| the year; and
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| WHEREAS, Severe deterioration of underground electric |
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| cable has caused a massive power outage at the Fairgrounds, |
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| resulting in the cancellation of dozens of events; the |
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| cancellations will cost the local economy millions of dollars |
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| in lost revenues; and
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| WHEREAS, The Capital Development Board is in the process of |
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| completing a statewide facilities assessment to provide a "big |
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| picture" look at State facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The purpose of this assessment is to provide an |
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| inventory of State facilities, as well as to examine potential |
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| energy savings and assess unoccupied space; and
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| WHEREAS, The assessment was begun in January 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The initial assessment data have been provided to |
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| the Capital Development Board by Vanderweil Facilities |
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| Advisors; and
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| WHEREAS, The information in this assessment should be |
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| provided to members of the General Assembly, so that it may be |
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| used to help determine future maintenance and capital needs; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Capital Development Board shall provide a report, including |
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| the data provided to the Capital Development Board by |
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| Vanderweil Facility Advisors, to the General Assembly by May |
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| 30, 2008 on the status of all State facilities, including the |
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| Illinois State Fairgrounds, and their potential maintenance |
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| and capital needs broken out according to House and Senate |
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| legislative districts; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the requirement for filing the report with |
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| the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the |
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| report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of |
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| the House of Representatives; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That, if the Capital Development Board does not |
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| file the report with the General Assembly by May 30, 2008 as |
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| required, the Attorney General shall investigate the |
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| withholding of the information by the Capital Development |
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| Board; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall be |
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| delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive |
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| Director of the Capital Development Board, and the Director of |
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| Agriculture.
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