H.R. No. 525



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Ned C. Muse retired as city manager of Pittsburg in 
2006 after rendering two decades of exceptional service to that 
community; and
	WHEREAS, Since becoming the chief administrative officer for 
Pittsburg in August 1986, Mr. Muse has developed and implemented a 
comprehensive planning and zoning ordinance and a city-wide capital 
improvement process, directed the city's transition from a 
groundwater system to a combination groundwater and surface-water 
system, and overseen the adoption and implementation of an economic 
development sales tax program; and
	WHEREAS, He has also played an instrumental role in the 
success of the Pittsburg Main Street Program, an undertaking that 
promotes economic development through historic preservation; with 
his support and leadership, Pittsburg has developed Pendergrass 
Park, preserved its old railroad depot and reopened it as a museum, 
developed the Farmstead Museum and Country Store, won the Texas 
Downtown Association's Best Adaptive Reuse Award for the city's 
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum, and generated 
more than $5 million in private-sector investment in the downtown 
historic district; and
	WHEREAS, In addition to serving as Pittsburg city manager, 
Mr. Muse has held the office of executive director of the Pittsburg 
Economic Development Corporation and served as an associate 
instructor in political science at Northeast Texas Community 
College in Mt. Pleasant; and
	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has given unstintingly of his 
time and talents to a number of vital community organizations, 
holding leadership positions with the East Texas Medical 
Center-Pittsburg, Whatley Center for the Performing Arts, Camp 
County Arts Council, Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and 
Museum, and Pittsburg Rotary Club; he has also served as a trustee 
of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employees Benefit 
Pool; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Muse attended Texas A&M University, earning a 
bachelor's degree in business in 1969 and a master's degree in urban 
and regional planning in 1971; he began his career with the City of 
Texarkana, where he rose to the office of assistant city manager; 
from 1979 until moving to Pittsburg, he served as assistant 
executive director of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments; and
	WHEREAS, The Texas Historical Commission has recognized Mr. 
Muse with its Anice B. Read Award of Excellence in Community 
Heritage Development, and he has also been honored as the 
Pittsburg-Camp County Man of the Year; and
	WHEREAS, In his retirement, Mr. Muse plans to continue 
teaching, do some consulting work, as well as spend more time with 
his wife, Margaret Haak-Muse, with whom he is celebrating a 26-year 
wedding anniversary on May 24, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Ned Muse has embodied the 
highest standards of public service, and his outstanding 
accomplishments will continue to improve the quality of life of his 
fellow Texans for years to come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Ned C. Muse for his 
exemplary service as city manager of Pittsburg and extend to him 
sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Muse as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                          Hughes

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 525 was adopted by the House on May 
12, 2006, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House