| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 78 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The city of Borger was honored with the Texas |
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| 6 | 6 | | Planning Award for Community of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | American Planning Association at an award ceremony in Corpus |
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| 8 | 8 | | Christi on November 10, 2023; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The APA Texas Planning Awards Program recognizes |
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| 10 | 10 | | individuals, organizations, and communities for outstanding |
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| 11 | 11 | | contributions to planning in the Lone Star State, and nominees are |
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| 12 | 12 | | evaluated based on originality and innovation, engagement, |
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| 13 | 13 | | implementation and effectiveness, quality, and promotion of |
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| 14 | 14 | | planning; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The city garnered praise for a number of significant |
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| 16 | 16 | | investments made in the last several years, such as providing $33 |
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| 17 | 17 | | million for new water infrastructure in 2017 and adopting a |
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| 18 | 18 | | strategic plan emphasizing community involvement, entertainment |
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| 19 | 19 | | events, housing, industry diversification, and infrastructure in |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2018; furthermore, the city created four policy and regulatory |
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| 21 | 21 | | documents, a Comprehensive Plan (Boomtown 2040), a Parks, Trails, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and Recreation Master Plan, a Downtown Revitalization Plan, and a |
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| 23 | 23 | | Unified Land Development Ordinance, which was adopted in July 2022; |
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| 24 | 24 | | as a result, the community has already received a considerable |
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| 25 | 25 | | amount of grant funding for various improvements; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Borger benefits from the adept and forward-thinking |
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| 27 | 27 | | leadership of mayor Karen Felker, city council members Milton |
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| 28 | 28 | | Ooley, Charles "Pete" Loftis, Kim Perez, and Robert Lawrence, city |
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| 29 | 29 | | manager Garrett Spradling, assistant city manager Brandon Strope, |
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| 30 | 30 | | and city manager emeritus Eddie Edwards, as well as from the hard |
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| 31 | 31 | | work and dedication of the city's planning staff, the members of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Planning and Zoning Commission and the Comprehensive Plan Advisory |
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| 33 | 33 | | Committee, and residents who gave public opinion input; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, The city of Borger has earned well-deserved |
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| 35 | 35 | | recognition for its strong commitment to excellence and community |
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| 36 | 36 | | development, and area residents may indeed take pride in this |
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| 37 | 37 | | prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the city of |
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| 40 | 40 | | Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning |
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| 42 | 42 | | Association and extend to city officials and staff sincere best |
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| 43 | 43 | | wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for the city as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 46 | 46 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Price |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 78 was adopted by the House on |
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| 51 | 51 | | December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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