RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Members of this Chamber are proud to congratulate our friend and colleague, Alderman Ricardo Munoz, on his twenty-six years of dedicated service to the people ofthe 22nd Ward and the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Alderman Munoz's immigrated with his family to the United States and settled on the Near West Side of Chicago. After graduating from high school, Alderman Munoz earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Northern Illinois University; and
WHEREAS, Initially appointed in 1993 as Alderman ofthe 22nd Ward by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Alderman Munoz was re-elected by his constituents to six additional consecutive terms in office. In 1994, Alderman Munoz was elected as 22nd Ward Democratic Committeeman, a position he held until 2016; and
WHEREAS, As a junior member ofthe City Council, Alderman Munoz proposed an innovative idea for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in new education spending without raising taxes by linking the bonding capacity of city agencies with poor bond ratings to those with higher ratings, thereby enabling new bonds to be issued at rates more favorable to the City. One of the first initiatives undertaken in 1995 by the newly reconstructed Board of Education was to adopt Alderman Munoz's proposal; and
WHEREAS, Alderman Munoz challenged City leaders to provide more educational opportunities for Chicago school children. During his tenure in office, more new schools were built in the 22nd Ward than in any other Ward in the City. His educational agenda included the construction in 2003 of the first new high school building in the Little Village community in over 90 years. True to his reputation as an innovator, Alderman Munoz proposed making this new high school into the City's first ever "dual language" academy, with a curriculum that requires all students to become proficient in at least two languages; and
WHEREAS, One of the original sponsors of the historic Chicago Livi...
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