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10/13/2009
7/24/2009
63-R-09
A RESOLUTION
Amending the Title and Scope of the Parking Committee to be the
Transportation/Parking Committee
WHEREAS, on January 12, 1987, Mayor Joan W. Barr created the
Mayor's Special Committee on Parking, and appointed ten (10) members to the
ad hoc Committee; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 1993, Resolution 35-R-93 was adopted
forming a Parking Committee consisting of six (6) members; and
WHEREAS, in December 2009, Mayor Elizabeth B. Tisdahl changed
• the title of the Parking Committee to be the Transportation/Parking Committee, and
appointed (8) members to the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation/Parking Committee will provide a
forum for the analysis of the traffic safety, pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and parking
needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation/Parking Committee will make
recommendations to the Administration & Public Works Committee of the City Council
with respect to solving transportation and parking problems within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation/Parking Committee will serie the
needs of citizens of the City of Evanston and the community at large.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
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THE CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The Transportation/Parking Committee is hereby
created. The Committee shall consist of eight (8) members appointed by the Mayor:
three (3) Committee members shall be members of the City Council; one (1)
Committee member shall be the Executive Director of the Evanston Chamber of
Commerce; one (1) Committee member shall be from the City Plan Commission;
and three (3) Committee members shall be Evanston residents, two (2) of whom
shall be Evanston business owners.
SECTION 2: The Transportation/Parking Committee shall study the
traffic safety, pedestrian, .bicycle, transit, and parking needs of the City, and shall
provide the Administration & Public Works Committee of the City Council with •
recommendations to solve transportation and parking problems.
SECTION 3: That this Resolution 63-R-09 shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Elizadeth. B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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dney reene, City Clerk
Adopted: &Uxyt� 2009
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