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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is located in
3 Northwest Suburban Cook County, 27 miles from downtown Chicago;
4 it is part of an area of 32 communities along Interstate 90
5 from O'Hare airport to Elgin; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The diversity of the business and industry of
7 Rolling Meadows provides a stable economic base which, in turn,
8 creates outstanding municipal services, educational systems,
9 health and human care agencies, and recreational facilities;
10 and
 
11     WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows development, much like the
12 Northwest suburban area, traces its incorporation to 1955 when
13 the Illinois Toll Road and O'Hare International Airport were
14 under construction; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The primary early residential developer of the
16 City, Kimball Hill, acquired approximately 537 acres of
17 farmland and broke ground for the first single family ranch
18 style home on July 21, 1953; and
 
19     WHEREAS, At the time that Rolling Meadows was incorporated
20 on February 26, 1955, it had a population of 5,162; in the year
21 2000, the official count for the city was 24,604; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows employs the full-time
23 equivalency of over 200 people and offers a variety of services
24 to its residents, including nationally-recognized police and
25 fire protection, public works, water and sewer services, refuse
26 collection, snow and ice control, and street maintenance; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows is also served by an excellent
28 Public Library which was voted "Library of the Year" by the
29 North Suburban Library System in 2002; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, In addition, the City of Rolling Meadows is served
2 by outstanding park districts which maintain parks, public
3 swimming pools, indoor ice arenas, and a Community Center which
4 has a public gymnasium and an auditorium; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The City of Rolling Meadows is proactive in
6 attempting to expand and strengthen its economic base; the City
7 desires to be known as the best site in the greater Chicago
8 area in which to locate and operate a business and, as a
9 result, maintain Rolling Meadows as a great place to call home;
10 therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 we congratulate the City of Rolling Meadows on the occasion of
14 its 50th anniversary of its incorporation; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the City of Rolling Meadows.