Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2017-8594

• Record #: SO2017-8594
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 12/13/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 1/17/2018
• Title: Honorary street designation as "Carmie Shoes" Way
• Sponsors: Solis, Daniel
• Topic: STREETS - Honorary Designations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/17/2018	65484	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
1/10/2018		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Substituted in Committee
1/10/2018		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Recommended to Pass
12/13/2017	64062	City Council	Referred

City Council Meeting December 13,2017

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

SECTION 1. Pursuant to an ordinance heretofore passed by the City Council which allows erection of honorary street-name signs, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take the necessary action for standardization of the Aberdeen Street from West Vernon Park Place to West Taylor Street as Honorary "Carmie Shoes" Way

DANIEL SOUS Alderman, 25^th Ward

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and Publication

Mr. Carmen DeLaurentis was an outstanding Chicagoan who passed away September 19^th 2016 at the age of 92 whose remarkable life deserves to be commemorated.

Carmen DeLaurentis was a community leader and a lifelong resident of Little Italy. He also was a lifelong parishioner at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii.

Mr. DeLaurentis was known as "Carmie Shoes" DeLaurentis. Mr. DeLaurentis received the Donald C. Piemonte Man of the Year Award for Community Service from the Gazette in 1997, always helping in the Community. A Former member of the Chicago truck drivers' union and teamsters union local 705.

Mr. DeLaurentis also was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II.

Sign Wording: Carmie "Shoes" Way