Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R31314 BPG-D
2	2	By: Reynolds H.R. No. 2184
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5	5	R E S O L U T I O N
6	6	WHEREAS, The Honorable Sylvester Turner has served with great
7	7	distinction as the mayor of Houston, the nation's fourth-largest
8	8	city; and
9	9	WHEREAS, A longtime state representative, Mayor Turner was
10	10	first elected to lead his hometown in 2015 and won overwhelming
11	11	reelection four years later; he has skillfully managed a host of
12	12	challenges, from budget deficits and the homeless crisis to
13	13	Hurricane Harvey and the COVID-19 pandemic; during the national
14	14	turmoil over police-community relations, he signed an executive
15	15	order restricting the use of force and created the Task Force on
16	16	Policing Reforms; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Mayor Turner has passed seven balanced budgets
18	18	within the city's fiscal constraints; he oversaw a remarkable
19	19	rebound from Hurricane Harvey and got the Texas Legislature and
20	20	local voters on board with a desperately needed pension reform
21	21	package that reduced the city's liability by billions of dollars;
22	22	addressing societal problems in the wake of the pandemic, he
23	23	released his One Safe Houston initiative to combat violence, mental
24	24	illness, and the proliferation of guns on the street; the
25	25	initiative has helped bring about a decrease in the year-to-year
26	26	number of homicides and the overall violent crime rate; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Recognizing the peril that global warming poses to
28	28	coastal cities, Mayor Turner launched Houston's first Climate
29	29	Action Plan, and he has been a prominent member of several national
30	30	and international groups focused on the environment; moreover, he
31	31	has worked to revitalize Houston's most underserved neighborhoods
32	32	through his Complete Communities initiative, developed the Hire
33	33	Houston Youth program to increase opportunities for thousands of
34	34	young people, and formed public-private partnerships to expand the
35	35	city's technology and innovation sector and to improve neighborhood
36	36	parks; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Mayor Turner draws on 27 years of experience
38	38	representing Texas House District 139; a member of the House
39	39	Appropriations Committee for over two decades, he was appointed to
40	40	several Budget Conference Committees tasked with balancing the
41	41	state's budget and served on the Legislative Budget Board; he also
42	42	held the office of speaker pro tem of the Texas House for three
43	43	terms; and
44	44	WHEREAS, Demonstrating exceptional vision, leadership, and
45	45	fiscal acumen, Sylvester Turner has guided Houston through a period
46	46	of tremendous change while setting the stage for long-term progress
47	47	and sustainability, and his outstanding contributions will
48	48	resonate far into the future; now, therefore, be it
49	49	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
50	50	Legislature hereby honor former state representative Sylvester
51	51	Turner for his achievements as mayor of Houston and extend to him
52	52	sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
53	53	further
54	54	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
55	55	prepared for Mayor Turner as an expression of high regard by the
56	56	Texas House of Representatives.