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PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM AMENDMENT
Department: Secretary to the Board of Commissioners
Request: To accommodate renovation schedules at one of the facilities in question, the Board is being asked to switch locations of the 5/11/2017 and 7/20/2017 meetings. This is the only change requested.
Item Number: 17-0035
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Account(s): N/A
District(s): Countywide
Original Text of Item:
RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING THE LOCATION OF OFFSITE BOARD MEETINGS FOR 2017
WHEREAS, in accordance with Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 4-(a), the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (the “Forest Preserve”) Code of Ordinances, the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) shall hold regular meetings pursuant to an annual calendar adopted by resolution of the Board; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, every public body shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year and shall state the regular dates, times and places of such meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve Board satisfied its statutory and local ordinance obligations to publish notice of its schedule of regular meetings for calendar year 2017 by passing Resolution 16-0495 at the regular meeting of the Forest Preserve Board on December 13, 2016, and
WHEREAS, it was indicated in Resolution 16-0495 that the Board plans to conduct at least three of its regular meetings on March 9, 2017; May 11, 2017; and July 20, 2017 in locations other than the County Building Room 569, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60602, which is where the other regular meetings for calendar year 2017 are scheduled to be held; and
WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve Board now wishes to publicize the locations in which the regular meetings scheduled for March 9, 2017, May 11, 2017, and July 20, 2017 are to be held.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Forest Preserve Board:
1. That the Forest Preserve Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Forest Preserve Volunteer Resource Center located at 6100 N. Central Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
60646.
2. That the Forest Preserve Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at the Forest Preserve Dan Ryan Woods Pavilion located at 8659 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60620 Chicago Botanic Garden located at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois 60022.
3. That the Forest Preserve Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Chicago Botanic Garden located at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois 60022 Forest Preserve Dan Ryan Woods Pavilion located at 8659 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60620.
4. That the time for holding the regular meetings referenced above in items 1-3 of this Resolution is 11:00 a.m., local time.
5. That the same dates listed here will be used to schedule the following standing committee meetings of the Forest Preserve Board, set to begin at 10:30 a.m., local time: a) the Committee on Rules; and b) the Committee on Finance.
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