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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Dallas has greatly benefited from the |
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dedicated leadership of the Honorable Tennell Atkins, who has ably |
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served his fellow residents as a member of the city council; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected to represent District 8 in June 2007, |
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Mr. Atkins is the council's current mayor pro tem; over the course |
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of his tenure in office, he has demonstrated a sustained interest in |
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promoting economic renewal and the improvement of city |
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infrastructure; in 2010, he launched the Community |
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Office/Mini-Town Hall Program, an initiative that brings together |
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public officials and citizens of the district to work |
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constructively toward the betterment of their neighborhoods; he has |
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also recently contributed to the council as chair of the Economic |
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Development Committee and vice chair of the budget, finance, and |
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transportation committees; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of the Cox School of Business at Southern |
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Methodist University, Mr. Atkins has accrued many years of |
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professional experience, including service as chief executive |
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officer of A & T Construction and Redbird Development Corporation; |
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in addition to his work on the council, he has been active in a |
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number of civic organizations and in the National League of Cities, |
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where he was elected to the organization's board and Economic |
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Development Policy Committee; moreover, he serves as secretary of |
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the Texas Association of Black City Council Members and as a trustee |
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for the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and Tennell |
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Atkins has helped to make Dallas an even better place in which to |
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live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Tennell Atkins for his service on the |
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Dallas City Council and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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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. Atkins as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |