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 1-2                              SENATE RESOLUTION

 1-3           WHEREAS, Loyal Corpus Christi residents will journey to the

 1-4     State Capitol on February 19, 1997, to extoll and pay tribute to

 1-5     their beloved city on Corpus Christi Day; and

 1-6           WHEREAS, Beginning as a trading post on the frontier in 1839,

 1-7     the City of Corpus Christi is now the eighth largest city in Texas;

 1-8     the city has been fortunate to keep its pleasing quality of life

 1-9     while increasing in population; and

1-10           WHEREAS, The City of Corpus Christi, in the true spirit of

1-11     America, has been home to immigrants from around the world who

1-12     have contributed to the ongoing development and prosperity of the

1-13     community; and

1-14           WHEREAS, The City of Corpus Christi is the birthplace of

1-15     two national Hispanic civil rights organizations:  LULAC, founded

1-16     in 1929; and, the American G.I. Forum, whose Founder in 1948 was

1-17     the late Dr. Hector P. Garcia, recipient of the Medal of Freedom;

1-18     and

1-19           WHEREAS, Corpus Christi's Bay Area has a healthy economic

1-20     growth rate which is higher than the national or state average;

1-21     and

1-22           WHEREAS, Located near the Padre Island National Seashore, a

1-23     renowned recreational area, Corpus Christi has long been a favorite

 2-1     vacation spot for tourists; and

 2-2           WHEREAS, The city is home to two excellent centers of higher

 2-3     education:  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Del Mar

 2-4     College; and

 2-5           WHEREAS, The deepest port in Texas and the sixth busiest

 2-6     port in the nation, this delightful city receives ships from

 2-7     most countries of the world with major cargoes of oil and refined

 2-8     products, bulk materials, chemicals, and agricultural products;

 2-9     and

2-10           WHEREAS, Vessels carrying cargo to and from all ports of the

2-11     world handled more than 77.6 million tons of cargo through the

2-12     port in 1994; and

2-13           WHEREAS, A regional cultural center, which enjoys having

2-14     the USS Lexington on the bay, Corpus Christi is the home of

2-15     the Texas State Aquarium, the Columbus Fleet, the Bayfront Arts

2-16     and Science Park, the Art Museum of South Texas, the Bayfront Plaza

2-17     Convention Center, and the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and

2-18     History, which houses the Spanish Shipwreck Collection; and

2-19           WHEREAS, Other attractions are the Harbor Playhouse, the

2-20     Corpus Christi Water Garden, the Texas Jazz Festival, one of the

2-21     longest-running jazz festivals in the country, Bayfest, the annual

2-22     family waterfront festival which attracts roughly 150,000 people

2-23     every year, and the Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track; and

2-24           WHEREAS, The beauty of the Bay Area and Corpus Christi

2-25     continues to attract residents to the area; about 500,000 people

 3-1     reside in this lovely community; now, therefore, be it

 3-2           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

 3-3     75th Legislature, hereby congratulate the people of Corpus Christi

 3-4     and join them as they celebrate Corpus Christi Day on

 3-5     February 19, 1997; and, be it further

 3-6           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for

 3-7     the City of Corpus Christi to commemorate this splendid occasion.

 3-8                                                    Truan

 3-9           Armbrister           Galloway            Ogden

3-10           Barrientos           Harris              Patterson

3-11           Bivins               Haywood             Ratliff

3-12           Brown                Lindsay             Shapiro

3-13           Cain                 Lucio               Shapleigh

3-14           Carona               Luna                Sibley

3-15           Duncan               Madla               Wentworth

3-16           Ellis                Moncrief            West

3-17           Fraser               Nelson              Whitmire

3-18           Gallegos             Nixon               Zaffirini

3-19                      Bullock, President of the Senate

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3-21                                          President of the Senate

3-22                                       I hereby certify that the above

3-23                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

3-24                                  on February 19, 1997.

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3-26                                          Secretary of the Senate

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3-28                                            Dean of the Senate