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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown, known as "Wally" by his peers 
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and friends, has served the Forest Preserve District of DuPage 
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County for 20 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as a Forest Preserve 
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District Commissioner; he has championed for the protection of 
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natural resources in DuPage County forest preserves; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has worked to provide educational 
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and recreational opportunities for citizens of all ages in 
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DuPage County forest preserves; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served several Forest 
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Preserve District and County committees with distinction for 
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many years, including the Executive, Finance, Land 
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Acquisition, Golf Enterprise, Legislative, Stormwater, and 
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Special Budget committees; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Vice Chairman of the 
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Enterprise Revenues Distribution Committee in 1991; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as Vice Chairman of 
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the Special Committee on the Natural Areas Management Program 
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and as a member of the Headquarters Facility Planning Ad Hoc 
 


 






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Committee in 1996; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the 
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Landfill and Solid Waste Committee in 1988; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the 
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In-House Attorney Sub-Committee in 1989; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the Golf 
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Enterprise Committee in 1997; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of 
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the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners from 2002 
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to 2004 and was later appointed Treasurer in 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has envisioned and supported the 
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acquisition and development of Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve in 
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Darien, a natural area complete with a mature oak woodland and 
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open prairie and nearly 2 miles of looped limestone footpaths; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has played an instrumental role 
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in other notable forest preserve projects, including the 
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acquisition of Lyman Woods Forest Preserve and Nature Center in 
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Downers Grove, the development of the Southern DuPage Regional 
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Trail and Lemont Road trailhead at Waterfall Glen Forest 
 


 






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Preserve in Darien, the acquisition and restoration of Mayslake 
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Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, the restoration of the Graue House 
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at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook, the 
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operations of gas-to-energy facilities at Greene Valley and 
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Mallard Lake forest preserves, and the development of off-leash 
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dog areas at several forest preserves; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has been a model politician, true 
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to his values; 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 we 
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gratefully acknowledge and recognize the outstanding service 
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of Wallace H. Brown to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage 
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County and its citizens, officially commend him for his long 
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and exemplary service, and congratulate him on his retirement; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Wallace H. Brown as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.