Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SR2014-210

• Record #: SR2014-210
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 4/2/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics
• Final action: 4/30/2014
• Title: Submission of public question by referendum to Chicago voters at November 4, 2014 election on whether U.S. Congress should require Federal Aviation Administration to revisit criteria for establishment of "noise contours" that determine which residences near airports are eligible for noise mitigation, and whether State of Illinois should account for concentrations of at-risk students living in poverty or who speak English as second language when determining how state resources for education are allocated
• Sponsors: Laurino, Margaret, O'Connor, Mary
• Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2014	79486	City Council	Adopted as Substitute	Pass
4/30/2014		Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics	Recommended to Pass
4/2/2014	78487	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Pursuant the Illinois Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/28-1, et seq., and the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/1-1-8, the corporate authorities of a municipality have the authority to submit a public question to the electors of the municipality by means of a referendum; and

WHEREAS, The City Council hereby intends to submit to the residents of the City of Chicago two public questions of city-wide significance; and

WHEREAS, The City Council believes it is in the best interest of the residents of Chicago to move expeditiously as possible to submit these propositions to the voters at the next regularly scheduled general election to be held on November 4, 2014; now, therefore,

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

Section 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated herein and made part hereof as though fully set forth herein.

Section 2. The City Council of the City of Chicago does hereby initiate and authorize the following public questions to be submitted to the voters of the entire City of Chicago at the regularly scheduled general election next occurring after the effective date of this resolution on November 4, 2014:

Should Congress pass a law that requires the Federal Aviation Administration to revisit the criteria it uses to create the "noise contours" that determine which residences near airports across the country are eligible for noise mitigation?
Yes ? No

Should the State of Illinois account for concentrations of at-risk students living in poverty or who speak English as a second language when determining how state resources for education are allocated?
Yes ? No

Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Chicago shall certify the public questions referenced herein to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners in accordance with Article 28 of the Election Code,

Section 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its passage.


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent...