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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Austin have greatly benefited from the |
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dedicated service of James "Jimmy" Flannigan, who concluded his |
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tenure on the Austin City Council on January 7, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Flannigan, a native of San Antonio, moved to |
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Austin to attend The University of Texas, where he earned |
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bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration; he |
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launched a small web development firm, Site Street, and went on to |
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serve the business community as president of the Austin LGBT |
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Chamber of Commerce, in addition to serving as regional chair of the |
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chamber's national counterpart; he also contributed his time and |
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insight to the work of the Austin Chamber of Commerce's |
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Transportation Committee, and he cofounded and led the Northwest |
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Austin Coalition, which initiated the successful Anderson Mill Road |
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Corridor Study; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2016, Mr. Flannigan became the first resident of |
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Williamson County to serve on the Austin City Council when he won |
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election as the representative for District 6; as the first openly |
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gay man to serve on that body, he helped make tremendous strides for |
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the LGBTQ community by establishing the City of Austin's LGBTQ |
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Quality of Life Advisory Commission and the city's first LGBTQ |
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employee group, known as the Stonewall Equality Employee Network; |
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emphasizing the need to put progress ahead of partisan politics, he |
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played a key role on the council as it addressed issues such as |
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economic development, affordable housing, traffic relief, public |
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safety, and fiscal sustainability, with special concern for the |
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needs of his constituents in Northwest Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, During his time in office, Mr. Flannigan was chair |
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of the City Council's Judicial Committee and vice chair of its |
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Mobility Committee; among other roles, he has served on a number of |
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regional planning boards, including the Capital Area Metropolitan |
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Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board and the |
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Capital Area Council of Governments' Economic Development District |
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Board, where he provided further leadership as an executive |
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committee member and as chair of the Community Advancement Network; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past four years, Jimmy Flannigan has |
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demonstrated a deep commitment to building a better future for all |
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Austinites, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many |
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significant accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Jimmy Flannigan for his dedicated service |
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on the Austin City Council and extend to him sincere best wishes in |
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all his endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Flannigan as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |