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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program
3 (UPARR) is a matching federal grant program administered by the
4 National Park Service of the Department of the Interior; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The purpose of the program is to provide funding
6 for the rehabilitation of parks and recreation areas in cities
7 and urban communities; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Since the establishment of the program in 1978,
9 approximately 1500 individual grants totaling more than
10 $270,000,000 have been made to eligible cities and counties;
11 and
 
12     WHEREAS, No funds have been appropriated under UPARR for
13 the past 5 years; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Urban park development is essential for economic
15 revitalization, environmental stewardship, and public
16 recreation; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 urge the Congress of the United States of America to support
20 funding for the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program; and

 

 

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1 be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
3 delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the
4 Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member
5 of the Illinois congressional delegation.