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HOUSE RESOLUTION 14

 
2    WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative
3District are generally in the inner City of Chicago extending
4to the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills,
5and Justice, Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District has a voting-age
7population of 108,734 people of various ethnic and
8socio-economic backgrounds; and
 
9    WHEREAS, 27,909 of the residents of the 32nd Representative
10District live at or below the federal poverty level; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top
123 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent
13crime; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that 12-mile portion of
15I-90/94 located in the City of Chicago spanning from
16approximately 95th Street to the south and Roosevelt Road to
17the north; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd
19Representative District one linear mile from 67th Street to the
20north and 76th Street to the south; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Within the 32nd Representative District lies
2Halsted Street, one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, and
3Cottage Grove Avenue, one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway;
4this area generally encompasses the communities of Englewood
5and Grand Crossing including the Park Manor neighborhood; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Mayor Harold Washington
7entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the State of
8Illinois whereby the State of Illinois could operate Illinois
9State Lottery kiosks at O'Hare International Airport and,
10subsequently, Chicago Midway International Airport; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Governor James R. Thompson
12entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of
13Chicago whereby the Illinois State Police would patrol the Dan
14Ryan Expressway and all other expressways in the City of
15Chicago; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives monies after the
17imposition of fines and penalties upon those persons cited for,
18among other things, improperly operating motor vehicles on the
19Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th Street; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits
21directly from the Illinois State Lottery kiosks located at both

 

 

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1O'Hare International and Chicago Midway International
2Airports; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In fact, the Illinois State Lottery posted fiscal
4year 2013 revenues of: (1) $4,939,990 from O'Hare International
5Airport; (2) $696,776 from Chicago Midway International
6Airport; and (3) $656,000,000 overall; and
 
7    WHEREAS, It will not be a financial burden on the State of
8Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol
9area, from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th
10Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west, to
11support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of
12Illinois; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Since as recently as 1999, the Illinois State
14Police were dispatched to and patrolled the City of East St.
15Louis, Illinois to support efforts to combat crime in the State
16of Illinois; and
 
17    WHEREAS, As of the date of the filing of this resolution,
18over 800 registered voters, within the 2 mile rectangular
19boundary of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and
2076th Street, have signed a petition imploring the Governor of
21the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois State Police,
22with all deliberate speed, to that specific area within the

 

 

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132nd Representative District for a reasonable period of time;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, These 800 affected residents of the 32nd
4Representative District have stated that they are in immediate
5need of assistance and relief to protect their health, safety
6and welfare; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9there is created the Englewood Violent Crime Task Force within
10the Illinois State Police, to consist of the following:
11        (1) the Governor, or his or her designee;
12        (2) the Mayor of the City of Chicago, or his or her
13    designee;
14        (3) the Mayor of the City of East St. Louis, or his or
15    her designee;
16        (4) the Illinois Attorney General, or his or her
17    designee;
18        (5) a member of an association representing State's
19    Attorneys appointed by the Governor;
20        (6) a member of an association representing
21    African-American attorneys in Cook County appointed by the
22    Governor;
23        (7) two members of the Illinois House of
24    Representatives chosen by the Speaker of the Illinois House

 

 

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1    of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
2        (8) two members of the Illinois House of
3    Representatives chosen by the Minority Leader of the
4    Illinois House of Representatives, one of whom shall serve
5    as co-chair;
6        (9) the Director of the State Police or his or her
7    designee;
8        (10) a representative of the Park Manor Neighbors
9    Community Council appointed by the Council;
10        (11) a representative of a community-based
11    organization dedicated to outreach and prevention programs
12    for African-American men living in Woodlawn and nearby
13    south side Chicago communities appointed by the Speaker of
14    the House of Representatives;
15        (12) the President of the Student Government
16    Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago;
17        (13) the President of the Student Government
18    Association at Chicago State University;
19        (14) the Director of Corrections, or his or her
20    designee who must:
21            (A) be from the Division of Parole;
22            (B) be an active field agent; and
23            (C) possess at least a master's degree in criminal
24        justice or criminology;
25        (15) a faculty member of the Department of Criminology,
26    Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago

 

 

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1    appointed by the President of the University of Illinois;
2        (16) a representative of an organization representing
3    Chicago-area businesses appointed by the Speaker of the
4    House of Representatives;
5        (17) a representative of a statewide organization
6    representing Illinois businesses appointed by the Speaker
7    of the House of Representatives; and
8        (18) a representative of a statewide association
9    representing retail merchants appointed by the Speaker of
10    the House of Representatives; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than
1245 days following the adoption of this resolution; and be it
13further
 
14    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the
15causes of violent crime in Englewood and nearby affected
16communities; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the
18feasibility of deploying the Illinois State Police to Englewood
19and nearby affected communities and neighborhoods; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall review and analyze the
22Illinois State Police's headcount and minimum staffing levels

 

 

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1in the Chicago area, calls for service, annual overtime cost,
2and other factors that would be relevant to an Illinois State
3Police presence in the Englewood community; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a thorough
5review and analysis of the 2014 detail between Illinois State
6Police and the Chicago Police Department's fugitive
7apprehension unit in Chicago; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop a comprehensive
9long-term solution to the effect of violent crime in Englewood
10and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall recommend a plan of
12action to substantially reduce the incidents of violent crime
13in Englewood and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall draft any necessary
15legislation and make any necessary recommendations for
16appropriations for the General Assembly to pass and the
17Governor to sign to place the plan of action into immediate
18effect; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and
20recommendations and submit any and all proposed legislation to
21the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31,

 

 

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12016; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve
3without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their
4reasonable and necessary expenses from the funds appropriated
5for that purpose from the Illinois State Police; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to
8the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
9Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
10Governor of the State of Illinois, the Director of State
11Police, the Mayor of the City of Chicago, and the Mayor of the
12City of East St. Louis.