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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on
420 years as a Trustee with the Peoria Park District Board; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. was appointed to the Board as
6Southern District Trustee in 1995; he was re-elected in 1997,
72001, 2005, 2009, and 2013; he served as Vice-President of the
8Board in 1999, 2006, and 2011; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has a record of community
10service through neighborhood associations and school advisory
11groups; he served as a member of the Illinois Association of
12Park Districts' Joint Publication Committee, the Joint
13Distinguished Committee, and on the Program Committee of the
14Illinois Association of Park Districts; he currently serves on
15the Riverfront Program and Policy Advisory Committee and has
16been a member since 2001; he served as Chairman of the Park
17District Planning Committee, the Finance Committee, and
18currently serves as Chairman of the Recreation Advisory
19Committee; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. has successfully presented
21grant requests to Illinois Department of Natural Resources for
22Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants, including:

 

 

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1Logan Park Basketball Courts and Picnic Shelters, $200,000;
2Proctor Recreation Center Park and Water Playground, $212,500;
3Southtown/Carver Park Ball fields and Habideck, PHASE 11,
4$200,000; and Mossville Soccer, $393,700; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. is an inductee of the African
6American Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. and has been recognized for
7his efforts in conjunction with the development of the John
8Gwynn Family Aquatic Center and Park, Logan Park renovations,
9and most recently, the Proctor Recreation Center Water
10Playground and Park; he is the recipient of the "1999 Citizen
11of the Year Award" from Men of Theta Xi, Graduate Chapter Omega
12Psi Phi Fraternity, recognizing outstanding community
13leadership; in 2000, he received the Dr. Martin Luther King,
14Jr. Drum Major Award; in January of 2012, he was awarded the
15Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Award for Cultural
16Development; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 2001, Robert Johnson, Sr. received the
18"Hometown Hero" award, presented by Peoria Area Convention and
19Visitors Bureau for his involvement in bringing the Illinois
20Association of Park Districts convention to Peoria with
21approximately 3,000 participants for a 4-day convention; in
222005, he was inducted into the South-West Kiwanis Club "The One
23With the Dash"; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Robert Johnson, Sr. and his wife, Gail, have been
2married for 38 years and have 4 children; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5congratulate Robert L. Johnson, Sr. on 20 years as a Trustee
6with the Peoria Park District Board, and we wish him many more
7successful years; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to Robert Johnson, Sr. as an expression of our esteem
10and respect.