FIRST REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 30

92^ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

2193L.01I

         Whereas, Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers served the people of the City of St. Louis as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives beginning in 1969, and he continued to serve for the next fourteen years; and

            Whereas, Nat Rivers was born in Cache, Illinois, and educated at Sumner High School in Cairo, Illinois, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and St. Louis University; and

            Whereas, Nat Rivers, a real estate and insurance broker, was very active in his community, and served on the Board of Directors of Mid-City Rental Company, Union Sarah Community Corporation, West Side Redevelopment Corporation, West End Congress, Union-Sarah Economic Development Corporation and West Side Community Gardens; and

            Whereas, Nat Rivers was recognized for his contributions to the St. Louis community through numerous awards, including the St. Louis Citizens Award in Community Service in 1979, the Harris-Stowe College Award in recognition for his concern for Higher Education and Human Development in 1978, and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Award in 1979; and

            Whereas, such awards only begin to recognize Nat Rivers' true accomplishments and contributions to the citizens of St. Louis and the State of Missouri; and

            Whereas, the most appropriate way to recognize an individual of Nat Rivers' stature is to name a public building after him; and

            Whereas, the St. Louis Central Office of the Division of Workforce Development, located at 4811 Delmar Boulevard in the City of St. Louis, has no proper name; and

            Whereas, this St. Louis Central Office provides much needed community services to persons in the St. Louis area, including job service and development, job corps, work opportunity and welfare-to-work information, job training assistance, veterans service and unemployment benefit information; and

            Whereas, Nat Rivers' contributions and service to the community of St. Louis are exemplary and distinguished:

            Now, therefore, be it resolved that the House of Representatives of the Ninety-second General Assembly, the Senate concurring therein, proclaims that the St. Louis Central Office of the Division of Workforce Development, located at 4811 Delmar Boulevard in the City of St. Louis, be hereby named the "Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers Office of the Division of Workforce Development", and that a sign or signs of appropriate size, lettering and design be constructed and placed on said office property with the name "Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers Office of the Division of Workforce Development" on said sign, which shall be readily legible from the street; and

            Be it further resolved that the Director of the Department of Economic Development shall promptly notify those members of the General Assembly whose constituents are served by the Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers Office of the Division of Workforce Development, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives with the date in which said sign or signs are to be placed on the property; and

            Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copies of this resolution to the Director of the Department of Economic Development and the Office of Administration; and

            Be it further resolved that this resolution be sent to the Governor for his approval or rejection pursuant to the Constitution of Missouri.