By: Montford S.R. No. 463 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-3 recognizing the Military Base Conversion and Community Assistance 1-4 Program at the Center for Public Service at Texas Tech University; 1-5 and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Center for Public Service at Texas Tech 1-7 University is a local government administration research and 1-8 training center that offers a master of public administration 1-9 degree with concentrations in public health, environmental policy 1-10 and administration, criminal justice, and personnel management; 1-11 and 1-12 WHEREAS, The center established the Military Base Conversion 1-13 and Community Assistance Program to assist communities faced with 1-14 the loss or potential loss of local military installations and to 1-15 provide planning and development assistance to communities seeking 1-16 to convert military bases closed under the BRAC process; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The center is engaged in research that has resulted 1-18 in the compilation of a comprehensive bibliography of academic 1-19 research and case studies on successful and unsuccessful base 1-20 conversion activities; and 1-21 WHEREAS, The BRAC base closing process in 1995 is likely 1-22 to close more Texas bases than its predecessors, and the Center 1-23 for Public Service has recognized expertise in strategic planning 2-1 and community outreach; this expertise, in conjunction with its 2-2 network of municipal officials, provides the kind of services 2-3 needed to initiate a base conversion planning project; and 2-4 WHEREAS, Current planning and development services include 2-5 engineering and environmental support, financial services, market 2-6 analysis, and local community outreach and organizational 2-7 development; and 2-8 WHEREAS, The Military Base Conversion and Community Assistance 2-9 Program has become a vital service to Texas, particularly in light 2-10 of the predicted base closures, and its assistance to communities 2-11 across the state has already proved to be highly effective; now, 2-12 therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-14 74th Legislature, hereby commend the Center for Public Service at 2-15 Texas Tech University for its exceptional Military Base Conversion 2-16 and Community Assistance Program; and, be it further 2-17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-18 the center as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 President of the Senate 2-21 I hereby certify that the above 2-22 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-23 on March 16, 1995. 2-24 ______________________________________ 2-25 Secretary of the Senate 3-1 ______________________________________ 3-2 Member, Texas Senate