R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Ripley Community Health Center will become the
 1-2     Gulfgate Community Health Center in the summer of 2000, and this
 1-3     auspicious development will greatly benefit countless Texans; and
 1-4           WHEREAS, Since opening its doors to the public on January 2,
 1-5     1973, the Ripley Community Health Center has been a leader in the
 1-6     health care community, diligently serving the medical needs of the
 1-7     residents of East Houston; throughout the years an influx of
 1-8     patients necessitated many expansions to the facility, until it was
 1-9     determined that a replacement center could better serve  the area's
1-10     burgeoning population; and
1-11           WHEREAS, In 1998 the hospital district board of managers
1-12     approved the construction of the $4 million Gulfgate Community
1-13     Health Center; the new center will be more than twice the size of
1-14     the Ripley Community Health Center and will provide easier access
1-15     and more efficient medical care to the community; and
1-16           WHEREAS, The Ripley Community Health Center has been an
1-17     outstanding health care provider for more than 26 years, and as it
1-18     becomes the Gulfgate Community Health Center, it will undoubtedly
1-19     continue to successfully meet the health care needs of East
1-20     Houston; now, therefore, be it
1-21           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
1-22     Legislature hereby honor  the  upcoming  opening  of  the  Gulfgate
1-23     Community Health Center and extend sincere appreciation to the
1-24     Ripley Community Health Center for its many years of dedicated
 2-1     service to East Houston.
                                                                     Noriega
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                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 845 was adopted by the House on May
         6, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House