Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2018-4791

• Record #: SO2018-4791
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/25/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 6/27/2018
• Title: Call for renaming of street formerly known as "Museum Campus Drive" from intersection of E 18th St and Burnham Harbor Dr to E McFetridge Dr as "Special Olympics Drive"
• Sponsors: King, Sophia D., Reilly, Brendan
• Topic: STREETS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2018	80796	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
6/20/2018		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Substituted in Committee
5/25/2018	79095	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, Special Olympics-Chicago will.celebrate its. 50 .Anniversary~during~July of
2018; and
WHEREAS, Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities that provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports to over 5 million athletes, ages 8 years old and up, from 172 different countries; and
WHEREAS, Special Olympics has been a successful force in providing children and adults with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community; and

WHEREAS, Special Olympics continues to be a local, national, and global support network that brings families together in a caring, positive way; and

WHEREAS, the First International Special Olympics Games were held in Soldier Field in Chicago on July 20, 1968, where 1,000 athletes from the United States and Canada took part in a one-day, Olympic style athletic competition; and
WHEREAS, Special Olympics Chicago was organized by the Honorable Anne M. Burke and supported by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Anne M. Burke's work teaching children with special needs and involvement with organizations helping young people propelled her to establish Special Olympics Chicago; and
WHEREAS, over the last fifty years, the Honorable Anne M. Burke has furthered the mission of Special Olympics Chicago which is dedicated to building a community of acceptance and inclusion in communities around Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Special Olympics Chicago works in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District and has grown to serve more than 5,000 athletes annually through 22 different athletic competitions; and
WHEREAS, Special Olympics Chicago continues to...