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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leach H.R. No. 943 |
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| 7 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, John Hudspeth is retiring as Dallas deputy district |
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| 9 | 9 | | engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation on |
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| 10 | 10 | | February 28, 2025, drawing to a close an exceptional tenure with |
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| 11 | 11 | | the agency that has spanned nearly three decades; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Texas A&M University with a |
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| 13 | 13 | | bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1995, Mr. Hudspeth began |
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| 14 | 14 | | his career with TxDOT as an engineer in training for the Collin |
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| 15 | 15 | | County area office; in 2003, he became the design manager for the |
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| 16 | 16 | | southwest Dallas County area office, and he was responsible for |
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| 17 | 17 | | various mobility and maintenance projects, including the nearly |
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| 18 | 18 | | $2.7 billion comprehensive development agreement for the LBJ |
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| 19 | 19 | | Express; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hudspeth then returned to the Collin County area |
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| 21 | 21 | | office to assume the role of area engineer, overseeing all design, |
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| 22 | 22 | | construction, operations, and maintenance in the county; in 2012, |
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| 23 | 23 | | he became the deputy director of the Dallas-Fort Worth strategic |
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| 24 | 24 | | projects office and went on to be named the Dallas district director |
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| 25 | 25 | | of operations three years later; in 2020, he took on the position of |
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| 26 | 26 | | director of transportation planning and development for the Dallas |
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| 27 | 27 | | district, and among his many tasks, he managed a project portfolio |
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| 28 | 28 | | valued at $25 billion; he was appointed to his current post in 2022; |
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| 29 | 29 | | and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of his outstanding service in highway |
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| 31 | 31 | | engineering with TxDOT, Mr. Hudspeth received the DeWitt C. Greer |
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| 32 | 32 | | Award from the TAMU System in 2021; in all his endeavors, he enjoys |
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| 33 | 33 | | the love and support of his wife, Sharla, and their three daughters, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Lindsay, Lesley, and Libby; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, The leadership, expertise, and commitment to |
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| 36 | 36 | | excellence demonstrated by John Hudspeth have greatly benefited the |
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| 37 | 37 | | people of Texas and earned him the respect and admiration of his |
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| 38 | 38 | | colleagues, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his exemplary |
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| 39 | 39 | | record of achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate John Hudspeth on his retirement as |
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| 42 | 42 | | Dallas deputy district engineer for the Texas Department of |
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| 43 | 43 | | Transportation and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 44 | 44 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for Mr. Hudspeth as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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