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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House were saddened to  learn
 3    of  the death last year of Mayor Kenneth P. Hayes of Bradley;
 4    and

 5        WHEREAS, He was elected mayor in 1981 and was  re-elected
 6    in 1985, 1989, 1993, and 1997; and

 7        WHEREAS,   Under  Mayor  Hayes'  strong  leadership,  the
 8    Village of Bradley experienced unprecedented  commercial  and
 9    retail  growth,  amounting  to  large  increases in sales tax
10    revenue to Bradley; and

11        WHEREAS, Much of the commercial  growth  and  development
12    that Mayor Hayes worked for occurred along Illinois Route 50;
13    therefore, be it

14        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
15    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF  ILLINOIS,  THE
16    SENATE  CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois Route
17    50 from North Street  to  Larry  Power  Road  in  Bradley  is
18    designated  the  Kenneth P. Hayes Memorial Highway; and be it
19    further

20        RESOLVED,  That  the  Department  of  Transportation   is
21    directed  to  erect  appropriate  signage along this route in
22    recognition of this designation; and be it further

23        RESOLVED, That suitable  copies  of  this  resolution  be
24    presented  to  Mayor  Hayes'  widow,  Mrs. Rose Hayes, to the
25    Village of Bradley, and to the Secretary of Transportation.

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