Bill Text: IL HR0155 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Elizabeth Kessler for receiving the Robert Artz Lifetime Achievement Award and thanks her for her many years of promoting conservation in Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0155 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0155-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Kessler has dedicated her more than 35 | ||||||
| 3 | year career to promoting and preserving parks and recreation | ||||||
| 4 | on the regional, state, and national levels; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Kessler currently serves the community | ||||||
| 6 | as the executive director of the McHenry County Conservation | ||||||
| 7 | District; while serving McHenry County, she has overseen many | ||||||
| 8 | successful endeavors, including a successful $73 million | ||||||
| 9 | voter-approved referendum, the protection of 5,600 acres of | ||||||
| 10 | land, the opening of 14 sites with public access and outdoor | ||||||
| 11 | amenities, the addition of 12 miles of regional trails, the | ||||||
| 12 | welcoming of over 1 million annual site visitors, and the | ||||||
| 13 | opening of the Lost Valley Visitor Center, which is the | ||||||
| 14 | county's first gold-level LEED-certified public building; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Continuing her commitment to McHenry County, | ||||||
| 16 | Elizabeth Kessler serves as an advisor to the McHenry County | ||||||
| 17 | Conservation Foundation, sits on the board of Visit McHenry | ||||||
| 18 | County, and serves as chair of Chicago Wilderness; she is a | ||||||
| 19 | past member of the board of directors of the Park and | ||||||
| 20 | Recreation Administration, past president of the National | ||||||
| 21 | Recreation and Park Association, and past chair of the | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois Park and Recreation Association; she served as the | ||||||
| 23 | 2020 chair of the Illinois Park and Recreation Association | ||||||
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| 1 | Forest Preserve and Conservation District Task Force and as a | ||||||
| 2 | member of the Illinois Association of Conservation and Forest | ||||||
| 3 | Preserve Districts; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Park and Recreation Association | ||||||
| 5 | recently honored Elizabeth Kessler with the Robert Artz | ||||||
| 6 | Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize her decades of service | ||||||
| 7 | and commitment to parks, recreation, and conservation in | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate Elizabeth Kessler for receiving the Robert | ||||||
| 12 | Artz Lifetime Achievement Award and thank her for her many | ||||||
| 13 | years of promoting conservation in Illinois; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Elizabeth Kessler as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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