Bill Text: IL HR1466 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the Plainfield Township Park District on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1466 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1466-Introduced.html
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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 Plainfield Township Park | ||||||
4 | District on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its | ||||||
5 | founding in 2016; and
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6 | WHEREAS, On October 22, 1966, the citizens of Plainfield | ||||||
7 | Township authorized the establishment of the Plainfield | ||||||
8 | Township Park District; Robert Anderson, Frederick Hagerman, | ||||||
9 | Duane Maas, Charles Stansberry, Jr., and Joseph Rutten served | ||||||
10 | as the first Board of Commissioners; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In November of 1967, the Plainfield Township Park | ||||||
12 | District entered into an agreement to purchase a portion of | ||||||
13 | Section 11 in Plainfield Township for a public park entity; the | ||||||
14 | site, purchased from the Plainfield Township government for | ||||||
15 | $20,000, became the first property owned by the District; the | ||||||
16 | property is now Four Seasons Park at Lockport Street and | ||||||
17 | Interstate 55; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In March of 1968, the Plainfield Township Park | ||||||
19 | District Board of Commissioners began discussions with the | ||||||
20 | Village of Plainfield about taking over the village parks; | ||||||
21 | within a single month, the Board and the Village reached an | ||||||
22 | agreement for the District to assume management of the Village |
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1 | Green, Boy Scout/Ottawa Street, the Marybrook/Kelly | ||||||
2 | properties, the Ottawa Street baseball diamond, the Memorial | ||||||
3 | Triangle, and the McLaughlin Trust property; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Within just two years, the Plainfield Township | ||||||
5 | Park District grew from an idea into an organization managing | ||||||
6 | seven park properties; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Plainfield Township Park District has had five | ||||||
8 | full-time Executive Directors, Ed DeMarco (1977-1983), Jon | ||||||
9 | Foens (1983-1985), Greg Bott (1985-2013), Garrett Peck | ||||||
10 | (2013-2014), and the current Executive Director, Carlo | ||||||
11 | Capalbo; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Thirty-nine dedicated community members have | ||||||
13 | served on the Plainfield Township Park District Board of | ||||||
14 | Commissioners; their commitment and vision has guided the | ||||||
15 | District from its inception through a period of tremendous | ||||||
16 | growth during the mid-1990s and its continued plans for future | ||||||
17 | expansion; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Fiduciary responsibility to the residents has | ||||||
19 | always been a priority of Plainfield Township Park District | ||||||
20 | administration; the District has a AA bond rating from Standard | ||||||
21 | and Poor's and has received Certificates of Achievement for | ||||||
22 | Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance |
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1 | Officers Association of the United States and Canada since | ||||||
2 | 2006; the District has also been awarded over $8 million in | ||||||
3 | grant funding to aid in the development of parks and trails and | ||||||
4 | to fund various programs and park improvements; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Plainfield Township Park District has | ||||||
6 | expanded its boundaries and now encompasses more than 43 square | ||||||
7 | miles; the District serves more than 100,000 people and manages | ||||||
8 | 91 parks on approximately 1,300 acres; the recreational | ||||||
9 | facilities and amenities owned and operated by the District | ||||||
10 | include 65 playgrounds, two skate parks, three dog parks, 17 | ||||||
11 | basketball courts, many pathways and bike trails, and numerous | ||||||
12 | sports fields for baseball, football, soccer, and softball, as | ||||||
13 | well as the Recreation Administration Center, the Recreation | ||||||
14 | Administration Center Annex, the Normantown Equestrian Center, | ||||||
15 | the Ottawa Street Pool, and the Streams Recreation Center; the | ||||||
16 | Park District also leases the Heritage Professional Center and | ||||||
17 | manages the Plainfield Township Community Center through an | ||||||
18 | intergovernmental agreement with Plainfield Township; and
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19 | WHEREAS, A time capsule was dedicated and placed in the | ||||||
20 | ground on October 22, 2016 under a commemorative stone at the | ||||||
21 | entrance sign of Gregory B. Bott Community Park; the capsule | ||||||
22 | will be opened in 2066 during the Plainfield Township Park | ||||||
23 | District's 100th Anniversary; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
3 | recognize the Plainfield Township Park District on the occasion | ||||||
4 | of its 50th anniversary, its expansion in service to its | ||||||
5 | communities, and its promising approach towards the next 50 | ||||||
6 | years; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the Plainfield Township Park District as a symbol | ||||||
9 | of our esteem and respect.
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