Bill Text: TX HR78 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the city of Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR78 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR78-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 78 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The city of Borger was honored with the Texas | ||
| Planning Award for Community of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the | ||
| American Planning Association at an award ceremony in Corpus | ||
| Christi on November 10, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The APA Texas Planning Awards Program recognizes | ||
| individuals, organizations, and communities for outstanding | ||
| contributions to planning in the Lone Star State, and nominees are | ||
| evaluated based on originality and innovation, engagement, | ||
| implementation and effectiveness, quality, and promotion of | ||
| planning; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The city garnered praise for a number of significant | ||
| investments made in the last several years, such as providing $33 | ||
| million for new water infrastructure in 2017 and adopting a | ||
| strategic plan emphasizing community involvement, entertainment | ||
| events, housing, industry diversification, and infrastructure in | ||
| 2018; furthermore, the city created four policy and regulatory | ||
| documents, a Comprehensive Plan (Boomtown 2040), a Parks, Trails, | ||
| and Recreation Master Plan, a Downtown Revitalization Plan, and a | ||
| Unified Land Development Ordinance, which was adopted in July 2022; | ||
| as a result, the community has already received a considerable | ||
| amount of grant funding for various improvements; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Borger benefits from the adept and forward-thinking | ||
| leadership of mayor Karen Felker, city council members Milton | ||
| Ooley, Charles "Pete" Loftis, Kim Perez, and Robert Lawrence, city | ||
| manager Garrett Spradling, assistant city manager Brandon Strope, | ||
| and city manager emeritus Eddie Edwards, as well as from the hard | ||
| work and dedication of the city's planning staff, the members of the | ||
| Planning and Zoning Commission and the Comprehensive Plan Advisory | ||
| Committee, and residents who gave public opinion input; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The city of Borger has earned well-deserved | ||
| recognition for its strong commitment to excellence and community | ||
| development, and area residents may indeed take pride in this | ||
| prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the city of | ||
| Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community | ||
| of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning | ||
| Association and extend to city officials and staff sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the city as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 78 was adopted by the House on | ||
| December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
