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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sheffield A. Kadane is stepping down as Dallas City |
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Council member for District 9 in 2015, drawing to a close two |
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decades of service to the community; and |
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WHEREAS, Sheffie Kadane's exemplary 20-year tenure in |
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municipal government began in 1995, when he joined the City of |
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Dallas Board of Adjustments, serving as vice chair until 2003; he |
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went on to become a member of the Dallas Park and Recreation Board |
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that same year, and he served as a vice chair and as liaison to the |
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Dallas Arboretum and to White Rock Lake; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2007, Mr. Kadane was elected to the District 9 |
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seat on the city council, and over the course of his eight years as a |
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council member, he has been vice chair of the transportation and |
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environment committee and has served on committees devoted to |
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public safety, economic development, the quality of life and |
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government services, and judicial nominations; his knowledge and |
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expertise in a wide range of community issues have earned him the |
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respect of the public and his fellow council members; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Kadane's extensive record of community service |
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includes membership in the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce, |
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the Rotary Club, the Government Affairs Committee of the MetroTex |
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Association of Realtors, the White Rock Lake Task Force, the board |
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of the Department of Transportation, and several committees for the |
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Dallas Arboretum; and |
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WHEREAS, Sheffie Kadane attended Dallas schools as a child, |
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graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School, and then went on to earn |
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a degree from Arlington State College, now The University of Texas |
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at Arlington; since 1963, he has served as president of PICS |
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Investment Company, and since 1978, he has also been a managing |
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partner of K-B Oil Company; in addition, he has worked as an agent |
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and broker for Ebby Halliday Realtors since 1995; in all his |
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endeavors, he has benefited from the love and support of his wife of |
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40 years, Deborah, and his 7 children and 16 grandchildren; 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 the efforts |
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of Sheffie Kadane have helped to make the city he loves an even |
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better place in which to 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 commend Sheffield A. Kadane for his long service |
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to the City of Dallas and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Kadane as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |