R92-10 OF APPRECIATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE - GARY K. ANDERSON

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� _ ♦ , � � RESOLUTION N0. R ��—1 v RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE - GARY K. ANDERSON - WHEREAS, Gary K. Anderson has been a resident of the City of Decatur, Illinois , since 1968; and, WAEREAS, Gary K. Anderson' s philosophy is that one has an obligation to put something back into his or her community by civic and public service; and, WHEREAS, With that philosophy, Gary K. Anderson has used public service to meet those obligations. He was elected to the Decatur Board of Education and served from 1974 to 1980 , serving as school board president from 1977 to 1980 . He continued public service when he was elected to the office of Mayor in 1983 , re-elected in 1987 and again in 1991 ; and, WHEREAS, Because of Gary K. Anderson' s desire to bring jobs to the community, and to revitalize the economy, the City and the Council actively pursued and assisted businesses within the community, including: Zexel of Illinois; the development of the Decatur Industry and Technology Center; Climate Control; Continental Carbonic Products; Toxigenics, Inc. ; Cub Foods; the expansion of Carter Wallace, Inc. ; Decatur Memorial Hospital , St. Mary' s Hospital; Millikin University expansion; and creation of the Bachrach and Wal-Mart Tax Increment Districts; and, WHEREAS , During his tenure and under his leadership, many projects were undertaken and completed, for which the City, the City Council and Gary K. Anderson are justifiably proud, among said projects being: the widening and improvement of Woodford Street; the improvement of the Garfield Avenue Overpass; the rehabilitation of Merchant Street; the commencement of improvements to the Staley Viaduct, Fairview Avenue and Brush College Road; the widening and improvement of Faries Parkway; the improvement of Eldorado Street; the widening and improvement of West Main Street; the widening and improvement of 22nd Street, Pershing Road, Southside Drive/Route 48/Route 105; Lakeshore Drive/Jasper Street intersection; the authorization to extend Martin Luther King Jr. Drive North to the city limits; the improvements to the Stevens/Spring Creeks Channel; the acquisition of land for the Faries Park Basin Dredging project;