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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING MAYOR EMERITUS OF EVANSTON ELIZABETH TISDAHL
WHEREAS, Mayor (Emeritus) Elizabeth Tisdahl of Evanston has lived in Evanston and served the community for almost four decades; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Tisdahl helped found Mothers Against Gangs and served on the Evanston Community Foundation Advisory Committee from 1987 to 1995; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Tisdahl spent twelve years on the Evanston Township High School Board of Education, serving two of those years as the president of that organization and became the alderman of Evanston's 7th Ward from 2003 until her election as mayor in 2009; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Tisdahl has also initiated a series of anti-crime (specifically anti-gang) programs, including a gun buyback initiative, in an attempt to curb rising rates of violent crime; and
WHEREAS, she forged a relationship with Northwestern University to address serious issues of student conduct and its impact on the Evanston community; and
WHEREAS, she pushed to create more city jobs for teens and young adults as key to many of the successes she had during her two terms serving as the "face of Evanston"; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, recognize former Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl for her essential contribution to the health and viability of Cook County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl.
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