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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. |