Record #: O2022-3566   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 10/26/2022 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Final action: 12/14/2022
Title: Honorary street designation as "Laurence Michalski Way"
Sponsors: Vasquez, Jr., Andre
Topic: ALLEY - Ingress/Egress
Attachments: 1. O2022-3566.pdf

Committee on Transportation and Public Way

 

ORDINANCE

 

WHEREAS, Laurence Michalski was a long-time resident of Highland Avenue; and

 

WHEREAS, Laurence Michalski passed away on July 22, 2022; and was a lifelong Chicagoan and Edgewater resident in the same Chicago Bungalow for 52 years on W. Highland.

 

WHEREAS, Laurence Worked for and retired from the IRS, taught on a US military base, and traveled the world; and

 

WHEREAS, Laurence was a good citizen, loyal friend and neighbor ofthe Edgewater neighborhood, a dedicated dog advocate and gave generously to PAWS and Felines and Canines shelters, and will be sorely missed; now therefore:

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY 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 ofthe 1600 block of West Highland Ave, from N Clark Ave running west to N Paulina Ave, as "Laurence Michalski Way".

Andre Vasquez, Jr. Alderman, 40th Ward

 

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