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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 94
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Joe Gieselman on the occasion of his retirement as |
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executive manager of the Travis County Transportation and Natural |
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Resources department after 36 years of loyal service with the |
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county; and |
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WHEREAS, After originally studying to become a priest at |
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Saint Mary's University, Joe Gieselman graduated with a bachelor's |
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degree in economics and began his career with the San Antonio |
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city manager's office; and |
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WHEREAS, Working with local government and developing |
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cities appealed to him, and he went on to earn a master's degree |
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in urban planning at Texas A&M University; after working as an |
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urban planner in Venezuela for a year as part of an internship, he |
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returned to Texas and worked for the state as a planner for two |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, He became Travis County's first transportation |
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analyst in April of 1975 at a time when each of the four county |
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commissioner precincts had a road-and-bridge department; he |
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conducted the first countywide survey to assess the condition of |
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county roads; he became the county's director of planning and |
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director of the Austin Transportation Study, now known as the |
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Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, a |
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position he held from 1979 to 1989; and |
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WHEREAS, When the Commissioners Court consolidated the |
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road-and-bridge departments and combined them with parks and |
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engineering, Mr. Gieselman became deputy director of the |
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consolidated department, which later grew to include the |
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environmental department and fleet maintenance as well; in 1993, |
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he earned a master of business administration degree from The |
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University of Texas and became executive manager of the |
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Transportation and Natural Resources department; and |
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WHEREAS, As Travis County's population has grown from |
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250,000 to more than one million, Joe Gieselman has played an |
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integral role in the development of the county's transportation |
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system and infrastructure; an exemplary public servant, he was |
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instrumental in the acquisition of Reimers Ranch and Hamilton |
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Pool and in increasing transparency and professionalism at the |
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department; and |
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WHEREAS, A visionary leader, Joe Gieselman has earned the |
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respect and admiration of his colleagues and the public, and his |
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presence at the county's transportation department will be |
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greatly missed; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby commend Joe Gieselman for his outstanding |
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service and his many contributions to the Travis County |
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Transportation and Natural Resources department and the citizens |
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of Travis County and extend to him best wishes for the retirement |
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years ahead; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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Watson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 26, 2011. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |