83S20577 JGH-D
By: Klick H.R. No. 160
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The North Richland Hills Parks and Recreation
Department received the 2013 Texas Gold Medal Award from the Texas
Recreation and Park Society; and
WHEREAS, A nonprofit professional and educational
organization, TRAPS works to advance parks, recreation, and leisure
services professions in Texas; its annual Gold Medal Awards are
presented to communities that have demonstrated excellence for
three consecutive years in park and recreation resource management,
community programs, long-range planning, and solicitation of
public input; and
WHEREAS, Under the leadership of managing director of
community services Vickie Loftice and assistant directors Bill
Thornton and Sharon Davis, NRH Parks and Recreation offers
residents more than 740 acres of parkland, as well as facilities for
athletics, community events, and cultural programs; the department
received the Texas Gold Medal Award in the category for cities with
populations between 50,000 and 100,000; and
WHEREAS, The North Richland Hills Parks and Recreation
Department contributes significantly to the quality of life in the
area, and all those associated with it may indeed take great pride
in this prestigious recognition of their efforts; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate the North
Richland Hills Parks and Recreation Department on its receipt of
the 2013 Texas Gold Medal Award from the Texas Recreation and Park
Society and extend to its staff sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the department as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.