H.R. No. 2798

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Outgoing members of the Dallas City Council are
	visiting the State Capitol on May 14, 2015, and this occasion
	provides an ideal opportunity to recognize them for their
	distinguished public service; and
	WHEREAS, Due to term limits, council members Tennell Atkins,
	Sheffie Kadane, Vonciel Jones Hill, Jerry Allen, Dwaine Caraway,
	and Carolyn Davis are all completing their tenures on June 22, 2015;
	they have worked together on numerous important issues and
	initiatives over the past eight years, including the Dallas Arts
	District, the streetcar to Oak Cliff, the modernization of Love
	Field, and the Trinity River Corridor Project; moreover, under
	their leadership, the city has enjoyed its lowest crime rate in
	decades; and
	WHEREAS, Tennell Atkins, who represents District 8, serves as
	mayor pro tem, as chair of the Economic Development Committee, and
	as vice chair of the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee;
	moreover, he shares his business expertise with several other
	committees; and
	WHEREAS, The District 9 representative, Sheffie Kadane, has
	chaired the Public Safety Committee, and he has partnered with the
	Northeast Station of the Dallas Police Department to reduce area
	crime; in addition, he collaborated with the North Central Texas
	Council of Governments to secure funds for the Garland Road Vision
	Study; and
	WHEREAS, A former assistant city attorney and municipal court
	judge and now council member for District 5, Vonciel Jones Hill
	chairs the Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee; she
	received the Pleasant Grove Sector Best Public Official Award in
	2009, and she was also honored by the Southeast Dallas Business and
	Professional Women's Club that same year; and
	WHEREAS, Jerry Allen, the District 10 representative, has
	chaired the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee since 2009, and he
	has served on a host of other committees; he worked tirelessly to
	secure passage of the Pay Day Lending Ordinance, which took effect
	in 2011, and persuaded other cities across the state to adopt
	similar ordinances; and
	WHEREAS, Formerly mayor of Dallas, Dwaine Caraway, of
	District 4, has long been a staunch supporter of municipal
	employees and Dallas Area Rapid Transit personnel, and he has
	advocated for business investment and the construction of the
	convention center hotel; he has been instrumental in closing down
	crime-plagued motels and drug houses in South Dallas and Oak Cliff;
	and
	WHEREAS, Council member Carolyn Davis, the representative
	for District 7, serves on the task force on single-family housing
	standards, as well as on the boards of a number of community
	organizations, among them the African American Museum of Dallas;
	she is a recipient of the Allstate Community Service Award; and
	WHEREAS, Through their skill, dedication, and
	professionalism, these esteemed public servants have contributed
	significantly to the betterment of the city of Dallas, and they may
	indeed reflect with pride on their accomplishments; now, therefore,
	be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the outgoing members of the Dallas City
	Council for their exemplary service and extend to them sincere best
	wishes for continued success in their future endeavors; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
	for the council members as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Giddings
	Straus González Otto
	Allen Guerra Paddie
	Alonzo Guillen Parker
	Alvarado Gutierrez Paul
	Anchia Harless Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips
	Ashby Howard Pickett
	Aycock Huberty Price
	Bell Hughes Raney
	Bernal Hunter Raymond
	Blanco Isaac Reynolds
	Bohac Israel Riddle
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis
	Burns Keough Romero, Jr.
	Burrows King of Hemphill Rose
	Button King of Parker Sanford
	Canales King of Taylor Schaefer
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield
	Clardy Klick Schubert
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Cyrier Laubenberg Smith
	Dale Leach Smithee
	Darby Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer
	Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson
	Deshotel Márquez Stickland
	Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Elkins McClendon Tinderholt
	Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin
	Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris
	Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant
	Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver
	Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba
	Fletcher Minjarez Vo
	Flynn Moody Walle
	Frank Morrison White of Bell
	Frullo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Galindo Murphy Workman
	Geren Murr Wray
	Giddings Naishtat Wu
	Goldman Nevárez Zedler
	Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2798 was adopted by the House on May 14,
	2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House