https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6055041&GUID=418A916A-2E24-40FD-800B-09C7495D0BF1Legistar15https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6055041&GUID=418A916A-2E24-40FD-800B-09C7495D0BF1418A916A-2E24-40FD-800B-09C7495D0BF1-2023-12-12-15-04-46Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARIA PESQUEIRA TO THE FOREST PRESERVES OF COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, as President of Healthy Communities Foundation, Maria Pesqueira leads efforts to advance health equity and ensure residents live in healthy communities; and WHEREAS, Maria recognizes that healthy communities include nature and protected public lands, and health equity demands that all residents have access to these lands and feel safe and welcome there; and WHEREAS, as a member of the Conservation and Policy Council of the Forest Preserves of Cook County from 2019 through February of 2023, Maria shared both her passion for equity and her expertise in health and human services and cultural awareness to guide efforts to implement the Next Century Conservation Plan; and WHEREAS, Maria helped develop the Nature-Compatible Recreation position paper which calls upon the Forest Preserves of Cook County to support recreational facilities and programs which provide all residents a connection with nature, oppose new uses which are not aligned with the Forest PreserveTue, 12 Dec 2023 15:04:46 GMT