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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 464
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WHEREAS, Laura Koerner is concluding her tenure on the |
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Fair Oaks Ranch City Council in May 2025, providing a fitting |
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opportunity to recognize her outstanding record of |
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achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Koerner has served her fellow citizens with |
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distinction as an at-large member of the city council since 2017, |
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and she became the mayor pro tem in May 2021; she has further |
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contributed to Fair Oaks Ranch as president of the city's |
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Municipal Development District board of directors and as a member |
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of its communications and branding and emergency operations |
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committees; currently a member of Camino Real Republican Women, |
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she has served on the board of the Texas Federation of Republican |
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Women and as communications director of the Republican Party of |
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Bexar County; and |
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WHEREAS, A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Ms. Koerner was among |
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the first American women to serve on destroyers and aircraft |
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carriers; she was stationed as a nuclear surface warfare officer |
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onboard the USS Mahan and the USS Enterprise, and she earned two |
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Commendation Medals and an Achievement Medal; she has since |
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continued to support her fellow service members as chair of the |
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Texas Veterans Commission, as a member of the Texas State |
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Veterans Cemetery Committee, and as a blue and gold officer for |
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the U.S. Naval Academy; a project manager and engineer, she holds |
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a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the U.S. Naval |
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Academy and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as certification |
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as a nuclear propulsion plant operator from the Naval Nuclear |
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Power School; and |
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WHEREAS, Laura Koerner has demonstrated a longstanding |
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commitment to making Fair Oaks Ranch a better place for all, and |
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she has earned the lasting admiration and appreciation of her |
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fellow residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Laura Koerner for her exemplary |
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service as mayor pro tem of Fair Oaks Ranch and extend to her |
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sincere best 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. Koerner as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Campbell |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 28, 2025. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |