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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Barbara Schlattman has enhanced the beauty of |
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Northwest Houston through her work as founder and chair of the Green |
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Medians Steering Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, The owner of an award-winning interior design firm, |
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Ms. Schlattman and a friend had already planned to plant trees along |
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the shoulders of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 when they learned that |
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the Texas Department of Transportation had recommended the |
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installation of raised medians along an eight-mile stretch of the |
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road; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Schlattman altered her idea to take advantage of |
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the TxDOT plan, and in 2004, she created the Green Medians Steering |
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Committee; working in partnership with the Houston Northwest |
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Chamber of Commerce, the committee received permission from TxDOT |
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to landscape the medians, as long as committee members agreed to be |
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responsible for hiring a landscape architect, arranging for water |
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and maintenance, and financing the project; and |
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WHEREAS, Under Ms. Schlattman's inspiring leadership, the |
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committee has raised more than $500,000 and created the Green |
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Medians Joint Powers Board, a consortium of local water districts |
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that will water and maintain the green median; the first trees and |
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crepe myrtles were planted in March 2011, with the project due to be |
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completed in May; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipient of Houston Woman magazine's 2010 Gutsy |
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Gal Award for her central role in this impressive effort, Barbara |
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Schlattman may indeed take great pride in her contribution to her |
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community and in the beautiful outcome that her initiative, hard |
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work, and perseverance helped to realize; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Barbara Schlattman for her dedicated |
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efforts to bring landscaped medians to FM 1960 in Northwest Houston |
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and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Schlattman as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |