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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kay Garcia McAnally is concluding a remarkable |
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eight-year tenure on the Bastrop City Council in May 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected in 2009, Ms. McAnally has |
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demonstrated an exceptional commitment to addressing the needs and |
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concerns of her constituents throughout her two terms with the |
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council; she was instrumental in the creation of the Bastrop Good |
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Neighbor Fund, an emergency assistance program that covers utility |
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costs for vulnerable residents, and she played a vital role in the |
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construction of a handicap walkway to connect the Bastrop Public |
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Library to nearby recreational facilities; furthermore, she |
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spearheaded efforts to have computers donated to the city and its |
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library, following the devastating Bastrop complex fires in 2011; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. McAnally has leveraged her understanding of |
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marketing and advertising to help form the Bastrop Film Commission, |
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and she has led in the establishment of such initiatives as the |
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Bastrop Vision Task Force, the Bastrop Historic Chicken Sanctuary, |
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and the Bastrop Art in Public Places program, which has transformed |
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local streets through the addition of sculptures and transitional |
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art pieces; to commemorate the contribution that area Mexican |
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Americans made to the fight for equal education in Texas, she worked |
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successfully for the awarding of an Official Texas Historical |
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Marker and for the creation of the Minerva Delgado Park, named in |
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honor of the lead plaintiff in a historic civil rights case; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Ms. McAnally has further |
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volunteered her time and talents to the community as a member of the |
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Main Street Advisory Board, the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce, the |
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Bastrop Downtown Business Alliance, and the Bastrop Folklife |
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Project; she is also cofounder of the Mary Ann Manlove Fisk Fund for |
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Historic Preservation & Education; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to the betterment of Bastrop, Kay Garcia |
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McAnally has worked tirelessly in behalf of her fellow citizens, |
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and her many notable contributions have made the city an even better |
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place in which to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Kay Garcia McAnally for her exemplary |
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service on the Bastrop City Council and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. McAnally as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Cyrier |
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| Allen |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Ortega |
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| Alonzo |
González of El Paso |
Paddie |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Guillen |
Perez |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Gutierrez |
Phelan |
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| Biedermann |
Howard |
Reynolds |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Isaac |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Israel |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burkett |
Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Burns |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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| Cain |
King of Hemphill |
Schofield |
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| Canales |
King of Parker |
Schubert |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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| Cosper |
Landgraf |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Longoria |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lozano |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dean |
Lucio III |
Tinderholt |
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| Gervin-Hawkins |
Nevárez |
Zedler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2097 was adopted by the House on May 15, |
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2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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