Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 233
2	2	WHEREAS, Many notable citizens of Lubbock are visiting
3	3	Austin on February 27, 2019, to pay tribute to their city's rich
4	4	heritage and to celebrate Lubbock Day at the State Capitol; and
5	5	WHEREAS, A thriving region of the state, the Lubbock area
6	6	is one of the oldest inhabited places in Texas; archeologists
7	7	have discovered evidence of some 12,000 years of continuous
8	8	habitation at the Lubbock Lake Landmark site, a national historic
9	9	and state archeological preserve; and
10	10	WHEREAS, The City of Lubbock was incorporated on March 16,
11	11	1909; the railroads stimulated the city's growth as a trade
12	12	center, but residents also wanted the benefits of an institution
13	13	of higher learning; when legislation creating Texas Technological
14	14	College was finally passed in 1923, the site selection committee
15	15	was impressed by the enthusiasm and hospitality of the city's
16	16	residents and chose Lubbock for the college's location; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Today, the city with its surrounding area has a
18	18	population of more than 300,000 people, and it is home to the
19	19	Texas Tech University System and its flagship institution, Texas
20	20	Tech University, a school well deserving of its recently acquired
21	21	tier-one status; and
22	22	WHEREAS, The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center attracts
23	23	nearly 5,000 students from around the world and is currently
24	24	ranked as the number-one health university in the nation by the
25	25	SR Education Group; and
26	26	WHEREAS, Lubbock's three universities and one public
27	27	community college annually draw more than 50,000 students to the
28	28	area and refresh the local economy with around 10,000 new
29	29	graduates each year, creating a community where 30 percent of
30	30	residents over the age of 25 hold a college degree; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Texas Tech's athletic programs have recently
32	32	achieved historic successes; the men's basketball team reached
33	33	its first Elite Eight last season; the baseball team has appeared
34	34	three times in the College World Series in the past five years,
35	35	and the track and field team has won indoor and outdoor Big 12
36	36	championships; in addition, Lubbock Christian University's women's
37	37	basketball team won the national championship in 2016; and
38	38	WHEREAS, Lubbock's metropolitan area labor force numbers
39	39	more than 165,000 and the cost of doing business in the area
40	40	continues to rank as one of the lowest in the nation, due to the
41	41	low costs for electric and natural gas utilities and affordable
42	42	wage rates, land, and cost of living; and
43	43	WHEREAS, Lubbock is consistently recognized by national
44	44	organizations for its business-friendly atmosphere, and it has
45	45	been named the number-one city for women professionals, ranked in
46	46	the top 20 for young entrepreneurs to start a business, and named
47	47	number seven in the Forbes list of top "Opportunity Cities" based
48	48	on the city's low cost of living, its cultural offerings, and the
49	49	strength of its business community; and
50	50	WHEREAS, Lubbock enjoys a diverse economy that draws its
51	51	strength from agribusiness, manufacturing, and commerce, as well
52	52	as from educational and health care services, and the city boasts
53	53	the largest medical infrastructure between Dallas and Phoenix;
54	54	with the growth of cotton culture on the High Plains, Lubbock has
55	55	become one of the world's primary centers for the processing of
56	56	cottonseed and hybrid grain sorghum seed; and
57	57	WHEREAS, The Lubbock economy is deeply rooted in cotton
58	58	farming; the area is home to the world's largest contiguous
59	59	cotton-growing region and is now also the home of several major
60	60	award-winning wineries and vineyards, which produce over 80 percent
61	61	of all the state's wine grapes; the region north of Lubbock has
62	62	the highest density of cattle in the entire country; and
63	63	WHEREAS, Lubbock also offers a wealth of cultural and
64	64	recreational opportunities, including the Lubbock Symphony
65	65	Orchestra, the Lubbock Civic Ballet, the Silent Wings Museum, the
66	66	Museum and Planetarium of Texas Tech University, and many other
67	67	cultural offerings at Texas Tech University; a new,
68	68	state-of-the-art performing arts center is under construction
69	69	and is to be named after local legend and Rock and Roll Hall of
70	70	Fame inductee Buddy Holly; Lubbock County voters have also
71	71	approved the construction of the new Lubbock County Expo Center
72	72	to serve as a multipurpose event center for the region; and
73	73	WHEREAS, Through meticulously planned infrastructure,
74	74	city leaders have created a low-traffic community with the
75	75	number-one-ranked commute in Texas and more neighborhood parks
76	76	per capita than any other city in Texas; and
77	77	WHEREAS, Those wanting a glimpse of the frontier can find
78	78	it in the restored structures at the Ranching Heritage Center, a
79	79	15-acre site that traces the evolution of ranch architecture and
80	80	the history of the cattle industry; the region's history is also
81	81	celebrated at the Bayer Museum of Agriculture; and
82	82	WHEREAS, Many talented musicians have come from the
83	83	Lubbock area; they include Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, the Maines
84	84	family, Virgil Johnson and the Velvets, Waylon Jennings, Tanya
85	85	Tucker, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Pat Green,
86	86	and Josh Abbott; their rich and diverse contributions have earned
87	87	Lubbock recognition as "The Music Crossroads of Texas"; and
88	88	WHEREAS, Lubbock's thriving business community is
89	89	represented by the largest business federation on the Texas South
90	90	Plains, the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, which grows and guards
91	91	the prosperity of the Lubbock area; and
92	92	WHEREAS, Early major achievements propelled by the chamber
93	93	during more than a century of service include recruiting farmers
94	94	from out of state to populate and make productive the fertile
95	95	soils of the Llano Estacado, working to bring the railroad to
96	96	Lubbock, establishing the South Plains Fair, and drafting and
97	97	delivering the application to the Texas Capitol that would result
98	98	in establishing Texas Technological College there, which today
99	99	thrives as the heart of the Texas Tech University System; and
100	100	WHEREAS, The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce was also
101	101	instrumental in establishing Lubbock Preston Smith International
102	102	Airport, Reese Air Force Base, and the area's outstanding
103	103	transportation infrastructure, and it recently introduced an
104	104	Association Health Plan for its small-business members in 34 West
105	105	Texas counties and is the first chamber in Texas to launch such a
106	106	plan; and
107	107	WHEREAS, Among the delegation visiting the Capitol today
108	108	are proud members of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce's 43rd
109	109	Leadership Lubbock Class, who represent the business and
110	110	community leaders of Lubbock; and
111	111	WHEREAS, The citizens of Lubbock have truly kept faith with
112	112	the founders of their West Texas community; renowned for their
113	113	friendliness and warmth as well as their hardiness and
114	114	determination, they have helped to build a vital urban center
115	115	that serves not only a large part of West Texas but also eastern
116	116	New Mexico; now, therefore, be it
117	117	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
118	118	Legislature, hereby recognize February 27, 2019, as Lubbock Day
119	119	at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the visiting
120	120	delegation and all their fellow citizens sincere appreciation
121	121	for the bright luster they add to the Lone Star State.
122	122	Perry
123	123	________________________________
124	124	President of the Senate
125	125	I hereby certify that the
126	126	above Resolution was adopted by
127	127	the Senate on February 27, 2019.
128	128	________________________________
129	129	Secretary of the Senate
130	130	________________________________
131	131	Member, Texas Senate