H.R. No. 600 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On May 5, 1995, the directors and officers of the 1-2 West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District will formally dedicate 1-3 the district's new, state-of-the-art water treatment plant, and to 1-4 the residents of the district this occasion will mark an important 1-5 step forward in their community's efforts to ensure the continued 1-6 supply of clean, safe drinking water as well as the preservation of 1-7 their local environment; and 1-8 WHEREAS, Prompted by citizen petitions, the Texas Legislature 1-9 created the West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District in 1975 to 1-10 provide water and sewer services to the many thousands of people 1-11 living in the Cedar Creek Lake region; encompassing an area of more 1-12 than 25 square miles, the district provides essential services to 1-13 approximately 15,000 people, and during its first 20 years of 1-14 existence it has remained a model of efficiency and responsibility; 1-15 and 1-16 WHEREAS, The West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District 1-17 surpasses standards established by the Environmental Protection 1-18 Agency (EPA) for safe drinking water and continues to earn state 1-19 recognition as a superior water system; in 1979, the district 1-20 pooled its resources with those of the federal government to build 1-21 an innovative wastewater treatment plant and collection system that 1-22 today serves the needs of more than 4,000 customers; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Built to meet the needs of district residents 1-24 through the next millennium, the district's new facility, the Tool 2-1 Water Plant, can process 1.5 million gallons of water per day and 2-2 can be expanded to process twice that amount when needed; 2-3 remarkably, the district has relied exclusively on its existing 2-4 funds, not on bonds or other forms of indebtedness, to construct 2-5 this new, state-of-the-art treatment plant; and 2-6 WHEREAS, The opening of this facility will ensure that the 2-7 residents of the West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District will 2-8 continue to obtain the high-quality water that they have come to 2-9 expect during the last two decades; among those who have worked 2-10 tirelessly to make this expansion program a success are the 2-11 district's president, Clifton Smith; vice president, James 2-12 Scrimshire; secretary, Larry Elliott; assistant secretary, R. Burke 2-13 Stanard; general manager, Dale Beavers; and directors Ben Land, W. 2-14 E. Oden, and C. D. Smith; and 2-15 WHEREAS, In light of the many important contributions this 2-16 new facility will make toward making the Cedar Creek Lake area a 2-17 better place in which to live, it is indeed appropriate that 2-18 special legislative recognition be given to the West Cedar Creek 2-19 Municipal Utility District at this time; now, therefore, be it 2-20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas 2-21 Legislature hereby congratulate the West Cedar Creek Municipal 2-22 Utility District as it formally dedicates its new facility, the 2-23 Tool Water Plant; and, be it further 2-24 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-25 prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the 2-26 Texas House of Representatives.