Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2018-3962

• Record #: SO2018-3962
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/17/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 5/25/2018
• Title: Honorary street designation as "Gorale Podhalanscy Way"
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Reboyras, Ariel
• Topic: STREETS - Honorary Designations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/25/2018	78314	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
5/17/2018		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Recommended to Pass
5/17/2018		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Direct Introduction

SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance of America was founded in Chicago in 1929 to organize Polish highlanders spread throughout the United States and Canada, into a single, cohesive highlander family, while promoting their love for the Highlander dialect, literature, and Podhalan art; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance focuses on uniting persons connected with Southern Poland, including Podhale, Orawa, Pieniny and Spisz; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance was founded by Karol Stach, Antoni Zygmuntowicz, Franciszek Cyrwus, Stanislaw Tatar, Stanislaw Bachleda, Anna Topor, and Henryk Lokanski; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance has helped churches, schools, charity organizations, and young people by sharing love their love of their homeland and tradition; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders headquarters, known as the "Highlander Home," is located in the 14th Ward along Archer Avenue on the Southwest Side; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance has lasted continuously for 87 years and consists of 86 chapters, including more than 3,000 members; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance has its own radio station, WPNA 1490, and publishes quarterly periodicals to inform the public about current organizational issues; and

WHEREAS, the Polish Highlanders Alliance has perpetuated its love for Poland by designating a part of Archer Avenue with the honorary name "Gorale Podhalanscy Way"; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to an ordinance heretofore passed by the City Council which
allows for the erection of honorary street-name signs, the Commissioner of the Department of
Transportation shall take all necessary action for the standardization of South Archer Avenue,
between South Hamlin and South Lawndale as " Gorale Podhalanscy Way."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

Map of Proposed Signage








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