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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, San Antonio district engineer Gina E. Gallegos is |
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retiring from the Texas Department of Transportation on |
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December 31, 2023, drawing to a close an exceptional career with |
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the agency that has spanned nearly three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Gina Gallegos graduated from Texas A&M University |
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with a civil engineering degree in 1993; she began her career with |
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TxDOT the following year, working as an engineering assistant in |
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the Bexar Metro Area Office of the San Antonio District until 2006, |
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when she was promoted to area engineer; in 2010, she became the |
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district's director of construction and served as the advisor for |
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the engineering assistant program; seven years later, she was |
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appointed director of the Construction Division, where she oversaw |
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such areas as contractor prequalification and bid analysis and |
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provided training for the highway improvement program; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2021, Ms. Gallegos assumed her current title of |
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district engineer for the San Antonio District, which operates and |
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maintains the state transportation system in a 12-county region; |
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greatly distinguishing herself in this role, she has helped guide |
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the expansions of Loop 1604 North, Interstate 35 Northeast, and |
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U.S. Highway 281 North as well as other mobility projects designed |
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to ease traffic congestion through vital corridors; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Gallegos is the recipient of the 2022 |
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Outstanding Women in Texas Government Award; she has also garnered |
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the Women's Transportation Seminar-San Antonio Region Woman of the |
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Year Award, the WTS-SAR Innovative Transportation Solutions Award, |
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and the Gibb Gilchrist Award, which recognizes TxDOT engineers for |
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their outstanding service; and |
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WHEREAS, The leadership, expertise, and commitment to |
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excellence demonstrated by Gina Gallegos have greatly benefited the |
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people of Texas and earned her the respect and admiration of her |
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colleagues, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her exemplary |
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record of achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate |
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Gina E. Gallegos on her retirement as the San Antonio district |
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engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Gallegos as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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| King of Uvalde |
Lopez of Cameron |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 56 was adopted by the House on |
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November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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