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54-R-93
A RESOLUTION
Upon the Occasion of the Retirement
of Mayor Joan W. Barr
WHEREAS, Mayor Joan W. Barr has served as the
Mayor of the City of Evanston since April 2, 1985; and
WHEREAS, prior to election to the office of
Mayor of the City of Evanston, Mayor Barr served as Alderman of
the Second Ward of the City of Evanston during the years 1977
through 1985, serving as Chair and/or member of the Committee
on Committees, the Human Services Committee, the Administration
and Public Works Committee, the City -Chamber Committee, the
Housing and Community Development Act Committee, the
Transportation Committee, the Unified Budgeting Panel, the
Emergency Housing Task Force, the Housing Task Force; and
WHEREAS, prior to her election as Alderman, she
served as a member of the Evanston Youth Commission and
President of the Dewey Community Conference; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as Mayor she served
j as President of TOPCORP of Northwestern University/Evanston
Research Park; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as Mayor she served
as Chair and/or member of many regional boards and commissions,
including the North Shore Council of Mayors, the Illinois
Municipal League, the Northwest Municipal Conference, and the
Oversight Committee of the Private Industry Council of the
Northwest Municipal Conference; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Barr served on national and state
committees including the United States Conference of Mayors
Board of Trustees, Advisory Board, Nominating Committee,
Resolutions Committee, Housing and Economic Development
Committee, Transportation Committee, Health Committee, Arts,
Culture and Recreation Committee, Sub -Committee on Aging of
Health Committee and Sub -Committee on Culture and Recreation
Committee, and on the National League of Cities and Governor
Thompson's Illinois Employment Security Advisory Board; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as Mayor, the City of
Evanston has made substantial progress in many areas, including
but not limited to, capital improvements that include long-
range sewer improvements, planning for a new library and fire
station, rehabilitation of lakefront buildings and the Police
Department, development of the Evanston/University Research
Park, extensive commercial economic development, housing needs
for homeless and deinstitutionalized persons, housing
development and rehabilitation, adoption of the Comprehensive
General Plan and of comprehensive amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance initiation of citywide iE , recycling, recognition of
the City by receiving of the Governor's top honor in the
Hometown Awards Program, and fiscal responsibility as
acknowledged by the City's consistent AAA bond rating; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as Mayor of the City
of Evanston, Joan W. Barr has served the citizens of the City
of Evanston with distinction, giving most liberally of her
time, energy and ability;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City
Council of the City of Evanston on behalf of itself, the City
Manager, City Officials, and the residents of her community, do
hereby express great appreciation to Mayor Joan W. Barr for her
service to the City of Evanston and regret the occasion of her
voluntary retirement as Mayor of the City of Evanston.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this Resolution be
made a part of the permanent records of the City of Evanston
and that a copy, executed by the Mayor and attested by the City
Clerk, be sent to the said Mayor Joan W. Barr.
Mayor
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- "City Clerk
Adopted: May 10, 1993
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