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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Dallas has greatly benefited from the |
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dedicated leadership of the Honorable Tom Leppert since he was |
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elected mayor in 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, During his tenure in municipal government, Mayor |
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Leppert has ably guided the city with an eye to the future, and his |
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knowledge and expertise in a wide range of community issues have |
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benefited area residents in myriad ways; focused on improving |
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education, he has launched such initiatives as Ready to Read at |
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Dallas, the Mayor's Intern Fellows, Operation Front Door, and the |
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Mayor's Chesapeake Energy Scholarship Fund; he has also instituted |
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a neighborhood patrol, hired more police officers, and secured |
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funding to alleviate homelessness; and |
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WHEREAS, An ardent supporter of environmental protection |
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efforts, Mayor Leppert has created a Green Building Program to |
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increase energy efficiency and resource conservation; he has |
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further contributed to the city by attracting major corporations to |
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the area, expanding the Inland Port, moving forward with the |
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Trinity River Corridor project, and leading trade missions in China |
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and Mexico; and |
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WHEREAS, Tom Leppert graduated cum laude from Claremont |
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McKenna College in Southern California, and after earning an MBA |
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with distinction from Harvard Business School, he was appointed by |
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President Ronald Reagan as a White House Fellow to work for the |
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secretary of the treasury; Mr. Leppert went on to become the chair |
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and CEO of Turner Construction Company, an $8 billion corporation, |
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which he helped grow significantly, and he oversaw the acquisition |
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of more than $1 billion in minority contracts; in addition, he is |
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active on the board of Washington Mutual, Inc.; and |
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WHEREAS, Mayor Leppert has further distinguished himself |
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through his involvement in several community organizations, |
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including the Baylor Health Care System and the Dallas Committee on |
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Foreign Relations; a former chair of the Dallas Regional Chamber, |
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he continues to serve on the group's executive committee, and he is |
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the vice chair of the board of trustees for Claremont McKenna |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Tom Leppert enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife, Laura, and the couple have been blessed |
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with three children, Christian, Catherine, and Ryan; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts |
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of Mayor Leppert are helping to make Dallas an even better place in |
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which to live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Mayor Tom Leppert for his committed public |
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service and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mayor Leppert as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |