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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Helen Ramirez has been named city manager of |
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Brownsville, providing a fitting opportunity to recognize her |
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exceptional record of public service; and |
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WHEREAS, Appointed city manager by the Brownsville City |
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Commission, Mrs. Ramirez assumed office on January 9, 2023, |
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becoming the first female city manager for the largest city in the |
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Rio Grande Valley, after having served as interim city manager |
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since July 2022; previously, she was Brownsville's deputy city |
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manager as well as executive director and chief executive officer |
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of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation; during her |
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tenure with the city, she has played an instrumental role in |
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accelerating growth, economic development, and redevelopment while |
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helping to overhaul development codes and improve organizational |
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culture; and |
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WHEREAS, Before joining the City of Brownsville, |
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Mrs. Ramirez gained valuable experience with the City of Hutto in |
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Central Texas; after serving the city as director of development |
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services in 2015 and 2016, she became executive director for |
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business development, and in 2017, she was promoted to assistant |
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city manager; earlier in her career, she worked for Los Angeles |
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County and the cities of Hawthorne and La Habra in California; |
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moreover, she was employed for a decade in the private sector with |
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Prointec S.A./Indra Sistemas Group, an international information |
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technology, engineering, and urban planning firm; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ramirez is an American Institute of Certified |
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Planners professional, and she belongs to the Texas City Management |
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Association, the International City/County Management Association, |
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and the American Planning Association, as well as the International |
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Council of Shopping Centers; she holds a bachelor of science degree |
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in city and regional planning from California Polytechnic State |
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University, San Luis Obispo; and |
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WHEREAS, As a strong and dynamic leader, Mrs. Ramirez has |
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been instrumental in launching Brownsville on a course to an even |
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brighter and more economically sustainable future, and her |
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expertise and commitment to excellence will serve her well in this |
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challenging new role; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Helen Ramirez on her appointment as |
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city manager of Brownsville and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Ramirez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |