RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 21, 2019
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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Immaculate Conception School, Third Place Winner, in the 2019 State of Illinois Future City Competition (As Revised)
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WHEREAS, the Future City Competition challenges sixth, seventh and eighth graders to design a city 150 years in the future, with the goal to encourage students to make the world a better place and to pursue future careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; and
WHEREAS, the theme for the 27th Annual 2019 Future City Competition was “Powering our Future”, challenging student teams to design a resilient power grid for their city that could withstand and recover quickly from the impacts of a natural disaster; and
WHEREAS, over 20 teams competed in the Illinois Future City Competition on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, working as a team with an educator and STEM mentor, students presented their vision of the future through a virtual city design, a 1500 word city essay, a scale model of their city, and a short presentation to a panel of STEM professionals; and
WHEREAS, volunteers from the area’s STEM community, including Commissioners and staff from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, served as judges or volunteered as mentors for the competition; and
WHEREAS, Immaculate Conception School in Chicago, Illinois was awarded Third Place for the 2019 Illinois Future City Competition; and
WHEREAS, Immaculate Conception students Joey Blaul, Nora Emerson, JP Carroll, James Shevlin, Rebecca Jalloway, Emmet Tom, Patrick Wright, Nate Martin, Declan Davis, Alex Nosalik, Abby Nosalik, Chris Doud, Kevin Doud, and Guillermo Guevera worked as a team with educator Sue Canzoneri and mentor Michael Tom; and
WHEREAS, the Immaculate Conception student team designed the resilient city of Gravity Falls to withstand the natural disaster of forest fires; and
WHEREAS, in addition to winning Third Place at the Illinois Future City Competition, the Immaculate Conception student team also won the Most Complete Street Network Award and the Environmental Award; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and staff, hereby recognize Immaculate Conception School in Chicago, Illinois for winning third place in the State of Illinois Future City Competition; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented to Immaculate Conception School in Chicago, Illinois.
Dated: March 21, 2019
Approved as to Form and Legality: Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel