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WHEREAS, Dan Johnson was appointed city manager by the |
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Richardson City Council on June 1, 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson's experience in public administration |
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spans 35 years, including more than a decade as city manager and |
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deputy city manager in Carrollton and tenures as director of |
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regional services for the North Central Texas Council of |
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Governments and as a budget officer in Sherman; and |
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WHEREAS, Appointed deputy city manager of Richardson in 1997, |
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Mr. Johnson served in that position for 15 years; during that time, |
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he also served as chief operating officer and was instrumental in |
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the city's success in securing top credit ratings from both |
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Standard & Poor's and Moody's, a distinction shared by only four |
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other Texas cities and by less than seven percent of cities |
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nationwide; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson has contributed significantly to the |
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growth of the local economy by developing recruitment and support |
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strategies for business interests, including such major employers |
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as Texas Instruments, Bank of America, and Renaissance Hotels; he |
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served as project manager for the Eisemann Center for Performing |
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Arts and Corporate Presentations at Galatyn Park, and he has been |
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active in efforts to spur redevelopment along Central Expressway |
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and the West Spring Valley Corridor, as well as in the vicinity of |
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the Bush Turnpike Station; Mr. Johnson has additionally been |
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instrumental in attracting new headquarters and operating centers |
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for a number of leading companies, among them Cisco Systems, Blue |
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Cross Blue Shield of Texas, AT&T, Samsung, and United Healthcare; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan holds a bachelor's degree in |
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political science from Austin College and a master's degree in |
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public administration from the University of North Texas; he is |
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also a graduate of the Public Executive Institute of the Lyndon B. |
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Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at |
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Austin; Dan Johnson is a past president of the North Texas City |
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Management Association and the Urban Management Assistants of North |
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Texas (UMANT), as well as a former director-at-large of the Texas |
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City Management Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Frequently honored for his accomplishments, Mr. |
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Johnson has received the Administrator of the Year award from the |
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Texas Municipal Library Directors Association and the Joy Sansom |
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Mentor Award from UMANT; in 1995, he was named a Distinguished |
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Alumnus by the Department of Public Administration at the |
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University of North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Dan Johnson has amassed an impressive record of |
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achievement over the course of his career, and the experience that |
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he has gained is certain to be of great benefit as he continues to |
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serve the citizens of Richardson; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dan Johnson on his appointment as |
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city manager of Richardson and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Johnson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |