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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Professional engineer Michael Talbott, director of |
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the Harris County Flood Control District, has been named the 2015 |
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Houston Engineer of the Year by the Houston Engineers Week |
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Committee, and this achievement indeed merits special recognition; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Talbott holds a bachelor's degree in civil |
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engineering from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in |
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business administration from the University of Houston as well as |
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certification from the American Academy of Water Resources |
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Engineers as a diplomate; he was hired by the Harris County Flood |
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Control District as a floodplain hydrologist in 1981, and during |
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more than three decades with the district, he has held several |
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increasingly responsible positions and been an integral part of |
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numerous projects that have helped to protect and better the lives |
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of the citizens of Harris County; and |
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WHEREAS, Since being named director of operations in 1998, |
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Mr. Talbott has managed area responses to two major tropical storms |
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and a hurricane, and he has led the way in strengthening the |
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district's partnerships with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and |
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the Federal Emergency Management Agency; he has overseen many vital |
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developments, including the Tropical Storm Allison Recovery |
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Project, and in 2004, he guided the update and release of the |
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district's Policy, Criteria, and Procedures Manual, which serves as |
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a touchstone for flood damage reduction design and maintenance |
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techniques; and |
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WHEREAS, Highlighting his commitment to the betterment of his |
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profession and his community, Mr. Talbott is active with a host of |
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organizations, including the University of Houston Civil and |
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Environmental Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, the American |
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Society of Civil Engineers, and the Association of State Floodplain |
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Managers; he has also served with the Bayou Preservation |
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Association and the Galveston Bay Foundation, among others, and he |
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is a member of a variety of local and national charity groups; and |
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WHEREAS, Michael Talbott has contributed greatly to his |
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profession over the past 34 years, and along the way he has |
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demonstrated an admirable dedication to sharing his expertise with |
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his peers, with future engineers, and with the people of Harris |
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County; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Michael Talbott on being named the |
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2015 Houston Engineer of the Year and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Talbott as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |