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