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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Outgoing members of the Dallas City Council are |
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visiting the State Capitol on May 14, 2015, and this occasion |
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provides an ideal opportunity to recognize them for their |
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distinguished public service; and |
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WHEREAS, Due to term limits, council members Tennell Atkins, |
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Sheffie Kadane, Vonciel Jones Hill, Jerry Allen, Dwaine Caraway, |
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and Carolyn Davis are all completing their tenures on June 22, 2015; |
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they have worked together on numerous important issues and |
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initiatives over the past eight years, including the Dallas Arts |
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District, the streetcar to Oak Cliff, the modernization of Love |
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Field, and the Trinity River Corridor Project; moreover, under |
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their leadership, the city has enjoyed its lowest crime rate in |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Tennell Atkins, who represents District 8, serves as |
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mayor pro tem, as chair of the Economic Development Committee, and |
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as vice chair of the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee; |
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moreover, he shares his business expertise with several other |
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committees; and |
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WHEREAS, The District 9 representative, Sheffie Kadane, has |
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chaired the Public Safety Committee, and he has partnered with the |
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Northeast Station of the Dallas Police Department to reduce area |
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crime; in addition, he collaborated with the North Central Texas |
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Council of Governments to secure funds for the Garland Road Vision |
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Study; and |
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WHEREAS, A former assistant city attorney and municipal court |
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judge and now council member for District 5, Vonciel Jones Hill |
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chairs the Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee; she |
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received the Pleasant Grove Sector Best Public Official Award in |
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2009, and she was also honored by the Southeast Dallas Business and |
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Professional Women's Club that same year; and |
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WHEREAS, Jerry Allen, the District 10 representative, has |
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chaired the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee since 2009, and he |
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has served on a host of other committees; he worked tirelessly to |
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secure passage of the Pay Day Lending Ordinance, which took effect |
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in 2011, and persuaded other cities across the state to adopt |
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similar ordinances; and |
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WHEREAS, Formerly mayor of Dallas, Dwaine Caraway, of |
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District 4, has long been a staunch supporter of municipal |
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employees and Dallas Area Rapid Transit personnel, and he has |
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advocated for business investment and the construction of the |
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convention center hotel; he has been instrumental in closing down |
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crime-plagued motels and drug houses in South Dallas and Oak Cliff; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Council member Carolyn Davis, the representative |
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for District 7, serves on the task force on single-family housing |
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standards, as well as on the boards of a number of community |
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organizations, among them the African American Museum of Dallas; |
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she is a recipient of the Allstate Community Service Award; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their skill, dedication, and |
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professionalism, these esteemed public servants have contributed |
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significantly to the betterment of the city of Dallas, and they may |
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indeed reflect with pride on their accomplishments; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the outgoing members of the Dallas City |
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Council for their exemplary service and extend to them sincere best |
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wishes for continued success in their future endeavors; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for the council members as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |