BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
Section 1. Pursuant to Section 2-8-040 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, which allows erection of honorary street name designations, the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation shall take the necessary action for standardization of West Twenty-Third Street, between South Central Park Avenue to South Lawndale Avenue as "Honorary Pastor Victor H. Rodriguez Way."
Ricardo Munoz, 22nd Ward Alderman
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.
Date: March 12, 2019
Office of Budget and Management 121 N. LaSalle Room 604 Chicago, IL 60602
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Ricardo Mufioz, Alderman of the 22nd Ward, hereby authorize the Office of Budget Management to withdraw the funds associated with the cost of installation for the honorary street designation for Pastor Victor H. Rodriguez from my:
? Ward's aldermanic expanse allowance
Upon passage of this honorary street designation ordinance, pursuant to Section 2-8-040 of the Chicago Municipal Code.
Sincerely,
Born on January 16. 1967 in Nuevo Ideal, Durango Mexico, Victor Hugo Rodriguez was the eldest of four children born to Juana and Emigdio Rodriguez. Al the age of 10, Victor and his family left their home in Mexico and relocated to the Chicago neighborhood of Little Village, a neighborhood that would later capture his heart. Throughout his life, Pastor Vic - as he was affectionately known, remained a resident of Little Village, where he lived with his beautiful wife of 27 years, Magdalena Rodriguez, and raised his two sons and a nephew whom he regarded as a son, Victor (20), Isaih (17) and Luis Alberto Perales (21).
Pastor Vic's love for God and the Community was ignited at a young age after he and his family mistakenly stumbled into La Santisima Trinidad Lutheran Church. It was there that he developed a passion for sharing God's Love and where he met his future wife. It was this passion for Christ ...
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