| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2242 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The family-owned engineering firm Dikita |
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| 6 | 6 | | Enterprises of Dallas is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its |
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| 7 | 7 | | founding in 2009; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Now one of the largest minority-owned engineering |
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| 9 | 9 | | companies in Dallas, Dikita Enterprises was founded in Milwaukee, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Wisconsin, in 1979 by Lucious L. Williams, who used his car as |
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| 11 | 11 | | collateral to secure a start-up loan; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, After several successful years in Milwaukee, Dikita |
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| 13 | 13 | | opened its Dallas office in 1983, and it has since managed offices |
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| 14 | 14 | | in Fort Worth, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Shreveport, Louisiana; it |
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| 15 | 15 | | currently operates a location in San Diego along with its corporate |
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| 16 | 16 | | headquarters in Dallas; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The firm's name translates as "bringing the |
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| 18 | 18 | | community together for its greater good," and over the past three |
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| 19 | 19 | | decades, Dikita has built a strong reputation as a premier |
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| 20 | 20 | | multidisciplinary engineering, planning, and management consulting |
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| 21 | 21 | | firm, with clients in both the public and private sectors; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The company's two divisions, Dikita Engineering and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Dikita Management Services, have overseen more than a billion |
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| 24 | 24 | | dollars' worth of projects, including data collection for Dallas |
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| 25 | 25 | | Area Rapid Transit, construction management for the Starplex |
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| 26 | 26 | | Amphitheatre, engineering and design services for the South Oak |
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| 27 | 27 | | Cliff Rail Line, and management of bond programs for a number of |
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| 28 | 28 | | Texas school districts and universities; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Still owned and run by Mr. Williams as president and |
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| 30 | 30 | | CEO, the company has further benefited from the active involvement |
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| 31 | 31 | | of his daughter, Eve Williams, who serves as vice president and |
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| 32 | 32 | | chief financial officer; Mr. Williams's granddaughter, Erika, has |
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| 33 | 33 | | started to work for the company while she completes her engineering |
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| 34 | 34 | | degree at Texas A&M University; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State depends in |
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| 36 | 36 | | large part on the strength and innovative spirit of family-owned |
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| 37 | 37 | | businesses, and the three generations of the Williams family are |
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| 38 | 38 | | helping to ensure that Dikita Enterprises will continue to thrive |
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| 39 | 39 | | well into the 21st century; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Dikita Enterprises on its 30th |
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| 42 | 42 | | anniversary and extend to the Williams family and their employees |
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| 43 | 43 | | sincere best wishes for continued success and achievement; and, be |
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| 44 | 44 | | it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Davis of Dallas |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2242 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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