CONGRATULATING THE APARTMENT BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, The Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association (ABOMA) is celebrating its Diamond Anniversary of representing the owners and managers of some of the premiere residential buildings in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, ABOMA is a non-profit organization that advises and assists its members, engages in collective bargaining on their behalf, lobbies the various regulatory agencies against actions that are harmful to building managers and owners interests and generally promotes their welfare and interests; and
WHEREAS, ABOMA was founded in 1937, At its first meeting on April 23, it established the first lease form and the first collective bargaining agreement; and
WHEREAS, Some of ABOMA's first commercial member buildings were Farr & Company, Cochran & McCluer Company, Sudler & Company, The Real Estate Bureau of Chicago, Inc., the Marshall Field Estate, Hogan & Farwell, Quinlan & Tyson, Inc. and Barid & Warner, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Residential buildings such as 3300 Lake Shore Drive Building Corporation, 209 Lake Shore Drive Building Corporation, 1320 North State Street, 1530 North State Parkway, 1500 Lake Shore Drive and 232 East Walton Place have been members of ABOMA for the last 75 years; and
WHEREAS, The ABOMA changed its name in 1976 to Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association of Illinois to encompass a larger service area; and
WHEREAS, ABOMA currently represents, in membership, 429 high rise buildings and walk-up residential buildings containing 95,000 units with approximately 200,000 residents; and
WHEREAS, ABOMA negotiates four separate labor agreements: the SEIU Local 1 Building Services Division three-year contract covering janitorial employees in high rise residential buildings, a three year contract covering doormen and receiving room employees in residential buildings, a three-year contract covering janitorial employees in walk-up residential buildings and the Teamsters Local 727 five-year contract covering parking garage employees in high rise residential buildings; and
WHEREAS, ABOMA is partnering with the Chicago Fire Department to make a DVD concerning life safety recommendations for distribution to residents of high rises; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Robert W. Fioretti, Alderman of the 2"d Ward, has apprised this august body of the noteworthy accomplishments and significant milestone of this outstanding business association; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council gathered here, this 15th Day of November 2012 AD, do hereby congratulate the Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association for its 75 years of service to the real estate industry and extend our very best wishes for its continued success as the premiere representative of residential buildings in Chicago and Illinois.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Thjt a ouitablo copy o£this resolution be prepared and presented to ABOMA.