82R30159 JGH-D
By: Harless H.R. No. 2548
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Barbara Schlattman has enhanced the beauty of
Northwest Houston through her work as founder and chair of the Green
Medians Steering Committee; and
WHEREAS, The owner of an award-winning interior design firm,
Ms. Schlattman and a friend had already planned to plant trees along
the shoulders of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 when they learned that
the Texas Department of Transportation had recommended the
installation of raised medians along an eight-mile stretch of the
road; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Schlattman altered her idea to take advantage of
the TxDOT plan, and in 2004, she created the Green Medians Steering
Committee; working in partnership with the Houston Northwest
Chamber of Commerce, the committee received permission from TxDOT
to landscape the medians, as long as committee members agreed to be
responsible for hiring a landscape architect, arranging for water
and maintenance, and financing the project; and
WHEREAS, Under Ms. Schlattman's inspiring leadership, the
committee has raised more than $500,000 and created the Green
Medians Joint Powers Board, a consortium of local water districts
that will water and maintain the green median; the first trees and
crepe myrtles were planted in March 2011, with the project due to be
completed in May; and
WHEREAS, The recipient of Houston Woman magazine's 2010 Gutsy
Gal Award for her central role in this impressive effort, Barbara
Schlattman may indeed take great pride in her contribution to her
community and in the beautiful outcome that her initiative, hard
work, and perseverance helped to realize; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby commend Barbara Schlattman for her dedicated
efforts to bring landscaped medians to FM 1960 in Northwest Houston
and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and
happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Schlattman as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.