1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 289 1-2 WHEREAS, The members of the Hill Country Community Mental 1-3 Health and Mental Retardation Board of Trustees are visiting the 1-4 State Capitol on March 2, 1999, and the Texas Senate is proud to 1-5 welcome them; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Beginning operations on September 1, 1997, the 1-7 Hill Country Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center 1-8 serves 19 counties, whose combined population is 391,530; and 1-9 WHEREAS, The counties included in the service area are 1-10 Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, 1-11 Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, 1-12 Sutton, Uvalde, and Val Verde; and 1-13 WHEREAS, The largest city in the area served is Del Rio, 1-14 followed by San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kerrville, and Uvalde; the 1-15 number of people assisted by the center in an average month breaks 1-16 down to: 388 children and adolescents with mental illness, 1,810 1-17 adults with mental illness, 524 people with mental retardation, and 1-18 208 families and children through the early childhood intervention 1-19 program; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The Hill Country Community Mental Health and Mental 1-21 Retardation Center encompasses 10 mental health centers, 10 early 1-22 childhood intervention centers, and eight centers for people with 1-23 mental retardation; and 1-24 WHEREAS, With 670 employees, the center's budget for fiscal 2-1 year 1999 is $24.5 million; the help the center provides for its 2-2 large area and population is invaluable, and its board members are 2-3 to be congratulated; now, therefore, be it 2-4 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-5 76th Legislature, hereby extend a hearty welcome to Chairman 2-6 David Montgomery, Vice Chairman Richard Moore, Secretary/Treasurer 2-7 John Kight, Dr. Kim Graham, Judge Tommy Reardon, Margie V. Moore, 2-8 Dr. Sam Junkin, Tammye Carpinteyro, and Louy Younts and commend 2-9 them for their civic activity with the Hill Country Community 2-10 Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center; and, be it further 2-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an 2-12 expression of the highest esteem and regard of the Texas Senate. 2-13 Barrientos 2-14 ______________________________________ 2-15 President of the Senate 2-16 I hereby certify that the above 2-17 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-18 on February 25, 1999. 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 Secretary of the Senate 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 Member, Texas Senate