R-207 - 09/12/1976 - DEDICATION - Resolutions0 p �w�e
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VAWM, the Village President and Hoard of Trustees of the
Village of Oak Brook have through long range Planning, the Maw
and building needs required to provide a high level of municipal services; and
WHSOM, the Village of oak Brook has established a phased plan
for the construction of buildings and lwalitiw required to mast the 1009
range plans of. the Village of Oak Brook; and
WOWS, the Village of oak Brook ownenoed construction In IM
for buildings within the Village OmmOns and has mbetautially completed the
inprovenents. in 39%; and.
WS, the buildings and structures of the Village CUUMMS
to wit: the Municipal Building, the Pablic Works Building, the Public Mbrary,
Fire Station 1 end Firs Station 2 PrOM8 spew for -the. present and future
needs required to provide a high level Of municipal services.
. NUN, TMMWM, HE IT R=XM by the the Village President and
Board of Trustees . of the Village Of Oak Brook, D~,. and 0:)ok. Catulties,
Illinois, . that the Village Commas be hereby dedicated to the people of Oak,
Brook for whom the, fsoilities were desiped,: OMSUVOW and provided for In
order to inVmvm the 413slitY Of their lives and protect and promote their
health, sRf$t7.and welfare,
BE IT YMMM.MSMVED that the. Village Clerk be directed to
%n-esd the Reablution Won thd records of said Village.
PAS I Mand AMWM) by the PresidemIt and Board of Trustees Of
the village of Oak Brook, D~ County, 1114noi '. this 12th. day of Septsiber,
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SEPPSMER 12, 1976
I. CALL NESTING TO ORDER
A. Roll Call
The special meeting was called to order at 4:15 by President Howell.
All trustees were present.
II. PLEDGE of ALLBGIANCH
Led by Village Clerk Lakasil
III. INVOCATION
Led by Reverend Arthur DeKruyter, Christ Church, Oak Brook
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Mr. Paul Butler presented a brief history of the acquisition of
farmland &Long 22nd Street and along Oak Brook Road that developed
into the commercial and residential areas in the formation of Oak
Brook.
President Howell introduced the following:
Former Trustees, John Baschen and Fred Hayes.
First Village Manager, James Urlmsen
Representatives of Holabird 8 Root Architects, Tom Welch and Carol Barney.
Contractor for Village Commons, Tam Pora
Contractor for Village Library, Wayne Klein
project Manager, Roscoe Gortner•
K&M Sono s Philip
ve, Frank W. Houck state
Representative, Maim Libovitz
Tcwnshi),Assessor; Lester Swailes
Library Architect, H. James Hestrvp
Hinsdale Sardury District President, John McElwain
VI. RESOLMION
A. Resolution No. R -208 - Resolution of Appraei Um
President Lowell read in its entirety a proposed resolution cemne ding
James Dana for his efforts in behalf of the Rotary International for the
flag that was flown over the Capitol and presented to the village.
Trustee Rush moved - seceded by Trustee Brain ...
That Resolution No. R -208 as presented be approved.
Roll call vote: Ayes: Trustees Caron, Congreve, Cleves, Philip, Rush,
Brain and President Howell
Nays: Now
Absent: None So ordered.
B. Resolution No. R -207 - Resolution of Dedication
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VI. RESOLUTIONS (continued
Trastte Brawn moved - seconded by Trustee Rush...
That Resolution No. R -207 as presented be approved.
Minutes of September 12, 1
Roll can vote: Ayes: Trustees Cerne, Congrove, Glaves, Philip, Rush,
Bronco aid President Howell
Nays: None
Absent:None So ordered.
C. Resoluti R -206 - Resolution of Dedication
President Howell read in its entirety a proposed resolution dedicating
the Samuel B. Dean Board Roam as the seat of official business.
Trustee Cerne moved - seceded by Trustee Gish...
That Resolution No. R -206 as presented be. approved.
Roll call vote: Ayes: Trustees Cerne, Congreve, Glaves, flip, Rush,
Bronco and President Howell
Net's:. None
Absent:None
VII. HISIM of the VILLA B
Mrs. Audrey Muschier, President of the Oak Brook Historical Society, presented
a brief history of Oak Brook from the Archaic Period, 8000 B.C. to the
arrival of the early settlers In 1834.
VIII. ORFC BR=, law
President Nowell presented a brief outline of the scope of activities within
each trustees' responsibilitw and introduced the entire board and village
manager, after which he highlighted the future of Oak $rook.:
Trustee Philip - Administration $ C munication
Trustee GlaVaa - Traffic .
Trustee Cerne - Finance $ Cappital
Mrs, l.akosil Village Clerk
Mr. Caamignani - Village Manager
Trustee Rush - Public Safety
Trustee Brown - Zoning & planning
Trustee Congreve Public Wor
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IX. President Howell highlighted the future of Oak Brook, such as the acquisition '.
of the Sports Core, Route 83 as a limited access higbway, upgrading of the
fire and #olice , an adequate Hater e..pply with ultimate
availability of chigan water, financial plan consistently updated
with no municipal tax through 1980 ' and by 1990 the business population
would stabilize and the residential population would reach 10,000 maxim m.
X. ADJOURIMM Time 5:00 P.M.
Trustee Brown moved - seceded by Trustee Rush...
That this meeting be adjourned.
Voice vote - all in favor So ordered.
Respectfully submitted,
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September ?21 im
3:30 P.M.
3:30 to 4:15 Walk - through of the Municipal Building
Guided tours of Village Library
Review Art Display
4:15 Special Board of Trustees' Meeting
Samuel E. Dean Board Room
Dedication Cererony
followmd by
Refresbments - Lomw Level of Municipal. Building
courtesy of the Oak Brook Civic Association
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Village Commons and Oak Brook Library Dedication
September 11, I976
president Dowell, Members of the Village Board, distingdOnd guests, Oak Brook
Village Staff and involved residents. It is a pleasure to represent the Oak
Brook Historical Society an this mowentous occasion.
i read the other day that the human mind is a wonderful device which atarte
working the minute YOU are born and never stops until you stand up to give a
speech.
Nov It the land could only speak! Mhat would it tell us of the people who lived in
Oak Book over the past 10,000 years? Their presence here seems to be a myth, but
Is demonstrated by the findings of their beautifully chipped projectile points.
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A Bev of these artifacts paesentlg are on exhibit in the now Library.
According to archeologists, the ancient Indians lived in the midst of abundance, .
evolving and perfecting a stable relationship with their environment which
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allowed generation after generation to survte with the least amount of effort.
These pcple were highly sensitive and quite advanced in their intelligence.
The Indian cultures present in Oak Brook from the early Arelmic period (8,000 8.C.)
through the period of pioaear settlement used this area for hunting tha white-
tailed door and the American elk, based on the interpretation of the artifacts
found during the Archeological Surface Survey of Oak Brook.
37ns AI Aaio period extended from 5,000 - 1,000 B.C. OR pintiod of x,000 rawnn,
vitb little ar no I to the war or Alto. .ftt mnm *a m Jret 0060
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to be migratory, taking advantage of the natural resources. 3'n vintar'mDnths
they sought a wermsr climate. Indian culture slowly changed and adapted to the j
pressures and influence and to the environment.
During the early Woodland Period (2,500 -500 B.C.) the Zadiass began to work
with wood and to make pottery.
The Middle WQOdlend Period (300 B.C. - A.D.500) left evidence of wide- spread
trade. The conaunitiss wen small stationary settlements. The basic social
unit of the early Indian was the family -- mthar, father, a few children and
R dog. The homes were single- family detached daellingel -- built with
vertical Poles woven into stick walls and a thatched roof, with food atarege
pits in the floor.
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The Zndiaum did not begin to cultivate food crops until the Middle tibodZand Period.
There was no need. ib date, the scientists have not determined . how the work of
day - today life wan divided. They do not know if the men or the women wke•ddd the
work. However, the gathering of food was very much & cooperative effort, imrolving
groups rather than individuals.
Possibly because they were encombured by anything Idke oar culture's work ethic,
the Indians had far more leisure than technology leaves modern caw. The early
Indians appazyntZy used their leisure to entertain thsWelves,becolwp ablentiata
have unoove_ -sd and identified a wide range of toys and O'anea The &Ault* &a wa11
as children.
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Who early Indian cultivated peace and nonviolence as a way of life. The
absence of human conflict in the Indian cultures Is even more intriguing.
Death by physical violence appears to have bow unknown until 1,000 A.D.
very late in their history.
The Potowntomie Xndians'abose the area that Is jxw Oak Brook as the site of their,
410-lar"St village in DuPage County— "Snuganakka." Each village according
to lt*'AixO had one Or more chiefs. The chiefs ware able -to keep their
subjects in order because those who disobeyed tribal low were simply banished,
by the tribe, rho influence of the chief seldom extended beyond his own,
Village. The man were trained to hunt and go to war, while the laborious
work was left for the Women.
The settlers came to Oak Brook whm the Potowatande Indiana were r6rced. to sell
their lands to the V.S. government and move to new lands across the Mississippi
jiver• Benjamin Fuller traveled In 1834 an horseback from sew York state and
found the zoIllig terrain and Oak groves or Oak Bropk exactly I what he had dreamed
of. He traveled back to New York state to bring his family to this now land.
Other settlers, came from Germany, the X810 of Guarmay, England and Now England
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and created /outstanding conemnity. Bach family contributed its special mulls to
make a 00BUzZOtO community and created an a"re
of concern -for "Oh'resIdent.
Technology has changed our way of life but has not erased the parallels of our
lives with that of ancient man.
lbday Oak Brook is a maigm ajaxoaax�,*f *ft
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