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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown, known as "Wally" by his peers
3 and friends, has served the Forest Preserve District of DuPage
4 County for 20 years; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as a Forest Preserve
6 District Commissioner; he has championed for the protection of
7 natural resources in DuPage County forest preserves; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has worked to provide educational
9 and recreational opportunities for citizens of all ages in
10 DuPage County forest preserves; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served several Forest
12 Preserve District and County committees with distinction for
13 many years, including the Executive, Finance, Land
14 Acquisition, Golf Enterprise, Legislative, Stormwater, and
15 Special Budget committees; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Vice Chairman of the
17 Enterprise Revenues Distribution Committee in 1991; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has served as Vice Chairman of
19 the Special Committee on the Natural Areas Management Program
20 and as a member of the Headquarters Facility Planning Ad Hoc

 

 

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1 Committee in 1996; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the
3 Landfill and Solid Waste Committee in 1988; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the
5 In-House Attorney Sub-Committee in 1989; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Chairman of the Golf
7 Enterprise Committee in 1997; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of
9 the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners from 2002
10 to 2004 and was later appointed Treasurer in 2007; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has envisioned and supported the
12 acquisition and development of Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve in
13 Darien, a natural area complete with a mature oak woodland and
14 open prairie and nearly 2 miles of looped limestone footpaths;
15 and
 
16     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has played an instrumental role
17 in other notable forest preserve projects, including the
18 acquisition of Lyman Woods Forest Preserve and Nature Center in
19 Downers Grove, the development of the Southern DuPage Regional
20 Trail and Lemont Road trailhead at Waterfall Glen Forest

 

 

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1 Preserve in Darien, the acquisition and restoration of Mayslake
2 Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, the restoration of the Graue House
3 at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook, the
4 operations of gas-to-energy facilities at Greene Valley and
5 Mallard Lake forest preserves, and the development of off-leash
6 dog areas at several forest preserves; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Wallace H. Brown has been a model politician, true
8 to his values; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 gratefully acknowledge and recognize the outstanding service
12 of Wallace H. Brown to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage
13 County and its citizens, officially commend him for his long
14 and exemplary service, and congratulate him on his retirement;
15 and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Wallace H. Brown as a symbol of our esteem and
18 respect.