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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Cedar Park are observing the 40th |
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anniversary of the incorporation of their community in 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally known as Running Brushy, the settlement |
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of Cedar Park grew around the ranch and home of the founding Cluck |
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family in the late 1800s; during this time, it benefited from the |
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nearby Austin and Northwestern Railroad, becoming a major source of |
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limestone in the region and the only source of shell stone in the |
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entire nation; and |
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WHEREAS, On February 24, 1973, Cedar Park residents voted to |
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incorporate; the town was first led by Kenneth Bell, for whom Bell |
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Boulevard is named, and it has since thrived under the guidance of |
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mayors Buzz Henry, George Wade, Ron Merrill, Dalton Stephens, Reese |
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Turner, George Bowling, Dorothy Duckett, George Denny, Bob Young, |
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Bob Antle, Bob Lemon, and Matt Powell, who took office in 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Cedar Park experienced a population boom in the |
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years following its incorporation, growing from 700 to |
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approximately 54,000 people in only four decades; in 1980, the |
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Cedar Park Public Library opened its doors, and in 2007, its first |
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hospital, the Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, was established; |
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that same year, Forbes magazine named Cedar Park the 11th |
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fastest-growing suburb in America, and Family Circle listed it as |
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one of the top 10 cities in which to raise a family; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, this bustling city offers the natural beauty |
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of nearly 900 acres of parkland and more than a dozen cave |
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preserves, as well as such attractions as the Cedar Park Center |
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arena and Veterans Memorial Park; as they celebrate their rich |
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heritage while looking forward to a prosperous future, residents of |
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Cedar Park may indeed reflect with pride on the ways that they have |
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helped make their city an excellent place in which to live and work; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 40th anniversary of the |
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incorporation of Cedar Park and extend to the town's residents |
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sincere best wishes for the future. |