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Record #: O2018-7212   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/20/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Final action: 10/31/2018
Title: Honorary street designation as "Margaret Hartigan Way"
Sponsors: Moore, Joseph
Topic: STREETS - Honorary Designations
Attachments: 1. O2018-7212.pdf

Ordinance Designating 1000 through 1100 blocks of West Albion Avenue as Honorary "Margaret Hartigan Way"

WHEREAS, Margaret Hartigan led a life full of family, community and civic leadership; and

WHEREAS, Born in New York in 1940, Mrs. Hartigan married Neil Hartigan in 1962 after having graduated from Rosemont College, they then moved to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago where she spent much of her adult life; and

WHEREAS, Margaret and Neil had a son, John, and daughters, Elizabeth Connelly, Laura Jenkins and Bridget Routh, whom they raised in their home on Albion Avenue, just steps from Lake Michigan; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hartigan was a tireless civic leader working on important issues in the Rogers Park neighborhood, across Chicago, as well as with national organizations, including the Rogers Park Community Council, St Ignatius Glenola Club, the 49th Ward Democratic Party, Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, the Service Club of Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry board, Children's Memorial Hospital board, Chicago Community Trust executive committee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra board, Field Museum board, Lincoln Park Zoo board, Harris Theater board, Chicago Cancer Society, the Lt. Governor and Attorney General Wives Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as the boards of Northwestern University, Loyola University, DePaul University, Mundelein College, Georgetown University, Rosemont College, Sacred Heart Schools, St. Ignatius college Prep, and St. Scholastica High School; and

WHEREAS, Following a rich life of family, community and civic leadership Margaret Hartigan passed away on June 28, 2003; and .

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

 

Section 1. Pursuant to Section 2-8-040 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, which allows erection of honorary street name designations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take the necessary action for standardization of 1000-1100 West Albion Avenue as "Margaret Hartigan Way."

 

Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication. *

 

JOSEPH A. MOORE

Alderman,49th Ward 7356 North green view Avenue Chicago. Illinois 60626 telephone 773-338-5796 ward49@cityofchicago.org www.ward49.com

CITY COUNCIL

CITY OF CHICAGO

 

COUNCIL CHAMBER

City Hall. Room 200 121 North lasalle street

Chicago. Illinois 60602 Telephone 312-744-3067

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

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Committees. Rules and Ethics Education and Child Development Finance

Health and Environmental Protection Human Relations Special Events. Cultural Affairs and Recreation

 

 

 

 

Date: September 20, 2018

Office of Budget and Management 121 N. LaSalle, Room 604 Chicago, IL 60602

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

I, Joseph A. Moore, Alderman of the 49th Ward, hereby authorize the Office of Budget Management to withdraw the funds associated with the cost of installation for this honorary street designation for Marge Hartigan from my:

 

•   Ward's annual menu program budget

 

upon passage of this designation ordinance, pursuant to Section 2-8-040 of the Chicago Municipal Code.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Alderman, 49tn Ward

 

Biography of Margaret Hartigan

Margaret Hartigan led a life full of family, community and civic leadership in Chicago. Born in New York in 1940, Mrs. Hartigan married Neil Hartigan in 1962 after having graduated from Rosemont College. They then moved to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago where she spent much of her adult life. Margaret and Neil had a son, John, and daughters, Elizabeth Connelly, Laura Jenkins and Bridget Routh, whom they raised in their home on Albion Avenue, just steps from Lake Michigan.

 

Mrs. Hartigan was a tireless civic leader working on important issues in the Rogers Park neighborhood, across Chicago, as well as with national organizations, including the Rogers Park Community Council,^St Ignatius Glenola Club, the 49th Ward Democratic Party, Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, the Service Club of Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry board, Children's Memorial Hospital board, Chicago Community Trust executive committee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra board, Field Museum board, Lincoln Park Zoo board, Harris Theater board, Chicago Cancer Society, the Lt. Governor and Attorney General Wives Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as the boards of Northwestern University, Loyola University, DePaul University, Mundelein College, Georgetown University, Rosemont College, Sacred Heart Schools, St. Ignatius college Prep, and St. Scholastica High School.

Following a rich life of family, community and civic leadership Margaret Hartigan passed away on June 28, 2003.

 

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Ordinance Designating 1000 through 1100 blocks of West Albion Avenue as Honorary "Margaret Hartigan Way"

WHEREAS, Margaret Hartigan led a life full of family, community and civic leadership; and

WHEREAS, Born in New York in 1940, Mrs. Hartigan married Neil Hartigan in 1962 after having graduated from Rosemont College, they then moved to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago where she spent much of her adult life; and

WHEREAS, Margaret and Neil had a son, John, and daughters, Elizabeth Connelly, Laura Jenkins and Bridget Routh, whom they raised in their home on Albion Avenue, just steps from Lake Michigan; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hartigan was a tireless civic leader working on important issues in the Rogers Park neighborhood, across Chicago, as well as with national organizations, including the Rogers Park Community Council, St Ignatius Glenola Club, the 49th Ward Democratic Party, Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, the Service Club, of Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry board, Children's Memorial Hospital board, Chicago Community Trust executive committee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra board, Field Museum board, Lincoln Park Zoo board, Harris Theater board, Chicago Cancer Society, the Lt. Governor and Attorney General Wives Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as the boards of Northwestern University, Loyola University, DePaul University, Mundelein College, Georgetown University, Rosemont College, Sacred Heart Schools, St. Ignatius college Prep, and St. Scholastica High School; and

WHEREAS, Following a rich life of family, community and civic leadership Margaret Hartigan passed away on June 28, 2003; and .

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

 

Section 1. Pursuant to Section 2-8-040 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, which allows erection of honorary street name designations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take the necessary action for standardization of 1000-1100 West Albion Avenue as "Margaret Hartigan Way."

 

Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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