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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Conservation Foundation works to promote the |
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| protection of open space and natural areas in Kendall County |
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| and to restore and maintain its watersheds; and
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| WHEREAS, Kendall County is the fastest growing county in |
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| Illinois and the second fastest growing county in the nation; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Kendall County residents demonstrated their |
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| support for open space preservation in a 2002 referendum and in |
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| many surveys; and
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| WHEREAS, Through private funding, The Conservation |
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| Foundation established "Protect Kendall Now!", an initiative |
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| to increase the pace of land preservation in Kendall County |
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| through the creation of a unified Open Space and Natural Areas |
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| Plan, the launching of a public awareness campaign, and direct |
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| contact with local landowners; and
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| WHEREAS, It would be advantageous for The Conservation |
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| Foundation to work with Kendall County and all municipalities |
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| within Kendall County to meet the objectives of Protect Kendall |
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| Now!; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Illinois House of Representatives supports the Protect |
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| Kendall Now! program and urges The Conservation Foundation, |
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| Kendall County, and all municipalities within Kendall County to |
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| work together cooperatively to implement this initiative; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the Chairman of The Conservation Foundation, the |