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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Illinois
3 House of Representatives that Regional Transportation
4 Authority Executive Director Richard J. Bacigalupo is
5 resigning his position as of January 2003 to become the
6 Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Orange County
7 Transportation Authority in Orange County, California; and
8 WHEREAS, Richard J. Bacigalupo began his public service
9 career in transportation as regional counsel for the Chicago
10 Office of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the
11 U.S. Department of Transportation; and
12 WHEREAS, He first joined the Regional Transportation
13 Authority in 1988 as General Counsel prior to being
14 unanimously elected Executive Director in 1996; and
15 WHEREAS, In his capacity as Executive Director of the
16 Regional Transportation Authority, Richard J. Bacigalupo
17 helped the RTA achieve AA financial ratings and consistently
18 receive achievement awards for financial budgeting and
19 reporting; and
20 WHEREAS, The RTA under him has creatively used its
21 planning powers to bring together all of the relevant
22 government entities to plan transit improvements in the
23 Northwest Corridor of suburban Cook County and to create the
24 region's first technical assistance program to help
25 communities plan transit-oriented development; and
26 WHEREAS, Under Bacigalupo's stewardship, the Regional
27 Transportation Authority has advocated greater cooperation
28 among its Service Boards - CTA, Metra, and Pace -
29 particularly in the area of introducing new technology to the
30 region in a coordinated manner; and
31 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is losing a valuable
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1 resource and Orange County is gaining one of our State's
2 finest in Richard J. Bacigalupo; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate Richard J. Bacigalupo for his accomplishments
6 on behalf of the Regional Transportation Authority and the
7 citizens of Northwest Illinois, and wish him well in all his
8 future endeavors; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Richard J. Bacigalupo as an expression of our
11 respect and esteem.