83R20194 JNC-D
By: Carter H.R. No. 1610
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Linda Koop has ably served the citizens of Dallas as
the city council member for District 11 since 2005; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure in municipal
government, Ms. Koop has distinguished herself as chair of the
transportation and environment committee and as a member of the
housing, Trinity River Corridor Project, judiciary, and
legislative committees; in addition, she has also represented the
City of Dallas at the North Central Texas Council of Governments as
president of the executive board, chair of the Regional
Transportation Council, vice chair of the transit authority
partnership subcommittee, co-chair of Rail North Texas, and a
member of the clean air steering committee; and
WHEREAS, The dedicated leadership of Councilmember Koop has
further benefited the executive committee of the Dallas Regional
Mobility Coalition, the transportation committee of the National
League of Cities, and the Texas Municipal League Task Force on
Eminent Domain/Regulation of Development; she has served her fellow
citizens as a member of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of
Directors, and through the years, her exceptional, far-reaching
work in transportation has earned her a number of prestigious
awards; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Koop has also generously shared her time with
such worthwhile programs as Send A Kid to Camp, the North Dallas
Regional Chamber's Young Professionals program, and the PTA; and
WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of
life enjoyed by their fellow residents in innumerable ways, and the
efforts of Linda Koop are helping to make Dallas an even better
place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby commend Linda Koop for her service on the Dallas
City Council and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Councilmember Koop as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.