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90_HR0077
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, METRA Commuter Rail has a purchase of service
3 agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) under which
4 METRA pays UP to operate commuter rail service from Chicago's
5 Northwestern Station at 500 W. Madison to Geneva, Illinois;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, This service currently stops at downtown Wheaton
8 and downtown Winfield; and
9 WHEREAS, The DuPage County Board moved its offices from
10 downtown Wheaton and from other locations to a large
11 consolidated complex of courts, administrative offices, and
12 several other significant buildings, all of which are next to
13 the DuPage County Fairgrounds; and
14 WHEREAS, This county complex, between the Winfield and
15 Wheaton commuter rail stops, has very heavy automobile use
16 which passes through residential neighborhoods; and
17 WHEREAS, The county fairgrounds periodically has a large
18 influx of visitors from Chicago and other locations; and
19 WHEREAS, Eight separate buildings at this location
20 include the Courthouse, the Convalescent Center, the Jail,
21 the States Attorney's Office, the Highway Department, the
22 Animal Control Center, the Coroner's Office, and the Power
23 Plant; and
24 WHEREAS, A ninth DuPage County office building at the
25 same site includes the following: the County Clerk, Recorder
26 of Deeds, County Treasurer, Building and Zoning office, Job
27 Training office, Psychological Services, Human Resources,
28 Credit Union, Supervisor of Assessments, Board of Appeals,
29 Solid Waste, and the Environmental office; and
30 WHEREAS, Chicago residents and professionals having
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1 offices in Chicago often need to transact business in these
2 DuPage County offices; and
3 WHEREAS, Three sets of UP tracks pass east and west along
4 the north boundary and in close proximity to the county
5 complex as well as next to the County Fairgrounds; and
6 WHEREAS, METRA staff studied the concept of creating a
7 station stop at this high traffic location; and
8 WHEREAS, No METRA stop has been constructed for this
9 location which generates so much auto traffic even though
10 tracks and potential passengers are both currently present;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Such a stop would create a convenient form of
13 public transit for residents and workers in Chicago when they
14 need to travel to the DuPage Fairgrounds or the DuPage County
15 Complex; therefore, be it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 respectfully request the City of Chicago's Department of
19 Transportation and Department of Planning and Development to
20 conduct a study as to the feasibility in creating a commuter
21 rail stop at the DuPage County Complex; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
23 delivered to the Chair of METRA, the Chair of the Regional
24 Transit Authority, the Chair of the Chicago Transit
25 Authority, the Executive Director of the Chicago Area
26 Transportation Study, and the President of the Northeastern
27 Illinois Planning Commission.