January 18, 2023 City Council Hearing
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 2-08-040 of the municipal code of Chicago, which allows erection of honorary street name designations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take necessary action for standardization of North Magnolia Avenue, between West Balmoral Avenue and West Bryn Mawr Avenue as "Honorary Marge Britton Way".
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.
Harry Osterman, 48th Ward
Alderman Harry Osterman
¦1STH WARD
Honorary Street Designee: Marge Britton Location:
5400 & 5500 blocks of North Magnolia Avenue
Reason for honoring:
Marge Britton was a 48th Ward resident her entire life. She attended Mundeline College in Rogers Park. She raised her family on the 5400 block of Magnolia and sent her children to St. Ita's Elementary School on the 5500 block of North Magnolia. She was involved in the creation ofthe Lakewood Balmoral Residents Council, Edgewater's oldest block club. She also worked very closely with former 48th Ward's Aldermans Marion Kennedy Volini, Kathy Osterman and Mary Ann Smith's office before she retired in the late 2000's. She passed away on April 8, 2022.
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Alderman .Harry Osterman
4tf.TH WARD
Apnl'27th, 2022
Resolution; Marge Britton
WHEREAS, The members ofthe Ciiy Council of Chicago wish to recognize the many nccomplishmcnts arid the passing of Marge Britton; and
WHEREAS, Marge Britten departed this present life on Friday, April 8, 2022; aiid
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WHEREAS, TlicCity Council has teen notified of her passing by The Honorable Harry Osterman, Alderoian of the 48th Ward; and
WHEREAS, lUr'si Britton grew up in Edgewater; graduating from Mundctcin College in 1959; arid
WHEREAS, she worked for a number oif regional papers, mcluding the Urner Newspaper and the Sk...
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