81R35579 JGH-D
By: Lewis H.C.R. No. 260
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Family, friends, and community members are mourning
the loss of Odessa City Council member Michael Sanchez, who died on
March 18, 2009, at the age of 40; and
WHEREAS, Mike Sanchez was born in Wichita Falls on November
15, 1968, and was a 1987 graduate of Odessa High School, where he
was a member of the National Honor Society and a competitive member
of the golf team; he went on to attend Odessa College, Texas Tech
University, and The University of Texas at Austin; and
WHEREAS, In 2006, Mr. Sanchez was elected to the Odessa City
Council for District 5, serving on the Animal Control Advisory
Board, the Main Street Odessa Board, the Gas Committee, and the
Personnel Policy Committee; in 2008, he was elected as mayor pro
tem; and
WHEREAS, This compassionate and dedicated public servant
committed himself to ensuring affordable housing for the people of
Odessa, and he played an instrumental role in gaining tax credits
for the Key West Senior Village; he also helped revise the city's
personnel policies and procedures manual; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Sanchez was active with the Texas Municipal
League, and he was a member of the TML's Association of Hispanic
Municipal Officials, becoming the organization's treasurer in
2007; he was a member of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic
Church; and
WHEREAS, Above all, Mike Sanchez was a loving father to his
daughters, Marissa, Mariela, and Marisol, teaching them how to ride
a bicycle and how to drive, supporting their school activities,
introducing them to Aggies football, and taking them on trips
around the state and across the nation; and
WHEREAS, Although he was taken much too soon, Mike Sanchez
leaves behind him a legacy of public service, compassion for
others, and devotion to family, and his memory will forever be held
close in the hearts of all those who knew and loved him; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby pay tribute to the life of Michael Sanchez and extend sincere
condolences to the members of his family: to his daughters, Marissa
Sanchez, Marisol Sanchez, and Mariela Sanchez; to his father, Angel
Sanchez; to his mother, Diana Chavez, and her husband, Raymond; to
his grandmother, Mary Cadena; to his sister, Monica Sanchez; to his
brother, Steve Chavez; to his stepsister, Reisa Chavez; to his
stepbrothers, Raymond Chavez, Jr., and Paul Chavez; to his aunts,
Olga Quiroz, Annabelle Sanchez, Gracie Cadena, Mary Cooper, and
Cecilia Kennedy; to his uncles, John Joe Cadena, Ray Sanchez, Joe
Sanchez, Johnny Sanchez, Mike Sanchez, and Rudy Sanchez; and to his
other relatives and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of
Michael Sanchez.