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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 Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on |
| 4 | | 20 years as a Trustee with the Peoria Park District Board; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. was appointed to the Board as |
| 6 | | Southern District Trustee in 1995; he was re-elected
in 1997, |
| 7 | | 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013; he served as Vice-President of the |
| 8 | | Board in
1999, 2006, and 2011; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has a record of community |
| 10 | | service through neighborhood associations and
school advisory |
| 11 | | groups; he served as a member of the Illinois Association of |
| 12 | | Park Districts' Joint Publication
Committee, the Joint |
| 13 | | Distinguished Committee, and on the Program Committee of the |
| 14 | | Illinois Association
of Park Districts; he currently serves on |
| 15 | | the Riverfront Program and Policy Advisory Committee and has
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| 16 | | been a member since 2001; he served as Chairman of the Park |
| 17 | | District Planning Committee, the
Finance Committee, and |
| 18 | | currently serves as Chairman of the Recreation Advisory |
| 19 | | Committee; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has successfully presented |
| 21 | | grant requests to Illinois
Department of Natural Resources for |
| 22 | | Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants, including:
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| 1 | | Logan Park Basketball Courts and Picnic Shelters, $200,000; |
| 2 | | Proctor Recreation Center Park and Water
Playground, $212,500; |
| 3 | | Southtown/Carver Park Ball fields and Habideck, PHASE 11, |
| 4 | | $200,000; and
Mossville Soccer, $393,700; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. is an inductee of the African |
| 6 | | American Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. and has
been recognized for |
| 7 | | his efforts in conjunction with the development of the John |
| 8 | | Gwynn Family Aquatic
Center and Park, Logan Park renovations, |
| 9 | | and most recently, the Proctor Recreation Center Water
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| 10 | | Playground and Park; he is the recipient of the "1999 Citizen |
| 11 | | of the Year Award" from Men of Theta Xi, Graduate Chapter Omega |
| 12 | | Psi Phi Fraternity, recognizing outstanding community |
| 13 | | leadership; in 2000,
he received the Dr. Martin Luther King, |
| 14 | | Jr. Drum Major Award; in January of 2012, he was
awarded the |
| 15 | | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Award for Cultural |
| 16 | | Development; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Robert Johnson, Sr. received the |
| 18 | | "Hometown Hero" award, presented by Peoria Area Convention and
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| 19 | | Visitors Bureau for his involvement in bringing the Illinois |
| 20 | | Association of Park Districts convention to
Peoria with |
| 21 | | approximately 3,000 participants for a 4-day convention; in |
| 22 | | 2005, he was inducted into the South-West Kiwanis Club "The One |
| 23 | | With the Dash"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. and his wife, Gail, have been |
| 2 | | married for 38 years and have 4 children; therefore, be it
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 5 | | congratulate Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on 20 years as a Trustee |
| 6 | | with the Peoria Park District Board, and we wish him many more |
| 7 | | successful years; and be it further
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 9 | | presented to Robert Johnson, Sr. as an expression of our esteem |
| 10 | | and respect.
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