Bill Text: TX HR1237 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the staff of the State Preservation Board for their service during the 87th Legislative Session.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1237 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1237-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1237 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Texans and visitors from across the nation benefit | ||
| greatly from the dedicated efforts of the employees of the State | ||
| Preservation Board; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This vital state agency is responsible for the | ||
| preservation and maintenance of the historic buildings in the | ||
| Capitol Complex, and it approves all construction, repair, and | ||
| renovation work; it also operates the Bullock Texas State History | ||
| Museum, the Texas State Cemetery, the Capitol Visitors Center and | ||
| gift shops, and the Capitol Visitors Parking Garage; moreover, the | ||
| agency provides educational and curatorial services, offers guided | ||
| tours to the public, schedules and manages public events, and | ||
| maintains the Texas Governor's Mansion and its grounds; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Executive Director Rod Welsh oversees the State | ||
| Preservation Board with the able assistance of the executive staff, | ||
| David L. Byers, Bob Cash, Erin Christensen, Christopher B. Currens, | ||
| Linda L. Gaby, Dale G. Hernandez, Alice B. James, Leslie Pawelka, | ||
| Cindy Provine, and Ann M. Vay, as well as the skilled members of the | ||
| finance department, Lindsey A. Alvarado, Barbara Hanus, Angela | ||
| Knoll, Lisa Stockton, Laura Kelly, Deanna L. Wall, and Vashyra | ||
| Waller; the agency's work further benefits from the support of its | ||
| administrative personnel, Virginia Benavidez, Robert M. Davis, | ||
| Dana Dennett, Jane A. Falkenberg, Patricia G. Hernandez-Ruiz, | ||
| Elithia Rangel, and Valerie Simpson, as well as IT staff members | ||
| Andre Bygrave and Rosemary Rodriguez and support specialist Tony | ||
| Hubbard; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The curatorial staff consists of Richard | ||
| T. Eisenhour, Paige A. Hester, and Michelle Lambing; educational | ||
| tours of the Capitol are offered by Joyce Aldridge, William | ||
| Anderson, Patricia Andrews, Richard Bronson, Jeffrey Crunk, | ||
| Analise Garcia, Nancy Korzilius, Margie Paz, Marsha Rainey, Karen | ||
| Rohe, Comfort K. Tysen, Derrick Wright, and Georgia Zunker; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Members of the public are welcomed to the Capitol | ||
| Visitors Center by staffers Charles Angel, Eric A. Boedy, Elizabeth | ||
| Garzone, Elizabeth K. Reid, Kandace D. Russell, and Jenna | ||
| Archuletta; the retail operation is overseen by Sheryl D. Baker, | ||
| Misha Karen Buckman, Michael J. Dillon, Carolyn Rzeppa, and Carlee | ||
| Hicks, and team members include Cynthia Cervenka, Arcilia Gonzalez, | ||
| Nancy Hennessy, and Angelia Rios Hennigan at the Capitol Visitors | ||
| Center gift shop, Patricia-Ann Bass, Tom Farley, Lisa Gentry, and | ||
| Tracy Lee King at the Capitol Extension gift shop, and Cady Bates, | ||
| Michael Coronado, Elizabeth A. Deutchman, Corrine Shepherd, and | ||
| Karen Morris at the retail warehouse; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The outstanding employees who are responsible for | ||
| the care and maintenance of the landmark buildings and monuments | ||
| are Steven E. Aguirre, Kevin M. Koch, Joe Medina, Christopher L. | ||
| Nunn, Rachel Santos, Araceli Ripper, and Daniel Scott of facilities | ||
| management, Roberto Carlos Benavides, Peter Castilleja, David | ||
| Flanegan, Bill Kleinebecker, Thomas Levitt, Chinh C. Nguyen, David | ||
| Pham, Subhash Kodinariya, Vincent Vazquez, Waleed Ibrahim, Eric | ||
| Tamayo, Vincent Tamayo, Gregory V. Taylor, Phillip Torres, and Alex | ||
| Villalobos of the maintenance crew, Laura G. Cuellar, Crisostoma | ||
| Espino-Recendiz, Aida Robles, Maria Rodriguez, Moon Kim, Ollie | ||
| Vaughn, Anthony Trammell, Ema Medal, Vanesa Rodriguez, Maria Elena | ||
| Alvarado, Sandra Delgado, Cindy Chavez, and Flora Torres of the | ||
| housekeeping team, and Antonio Delgado and Hector N. Medrano of the | ||
| groundskeeping staff; overseeing the operation of the Capitol | ||
| Visitors Parking Garage are Irene G. Arispe, Gladys Howard, Amanda | ||
| Remillard, and parking security Luke McNicholas and John Patrick | ||
| Wessels; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to the commendable work of its Capitol | ||
| Complex employees, the State Preservation Board further serves the | ||
| public through its staff at the Bullock Texas State History Museum; | ||
| led by director Margaret Koch, the museum's administrative team | ||
| consists of Kate Betz, Javier Cavazos, Derek E. Lemons, and Kevin | ||
| Paris, and those employees handling communications, creative | ||
| services, external affairs, marketing, and membership are Emily | ||
| Morris, Anna Jane Riehl, Amanda Strittmatter, Gilbert Medina, Hunt | ||
| Wellborn, Leslie Adkins, and Daniel Rodriguez, with Lily Alpern and | ||
| Rachel Miller coordinating events, and Melissa Tamporello and Evan | ||
| Windham working in web and digital media; the museum's education | ||
| department consists of Shelby L. Barrera, Robin Davis, Angela | ||
| Kennedy, Kaitlin Lloyd-Leva, Rachel Manning, James McReynolds, | ||
| Janene Pearson, Leah Bush, Anna Maria Novoa, and Jessica Moriates, | ||
| and its exhibits staff is made up of Tony Beldock, Ed Bopp, Angela | ||
| Glasker, Elissa Graham, Mike Juen, Hannah Kemp, John L. Peel, | ||
| Stefan M. Ruff, Kathryn A. Siefker, and Thomas J. Wancho; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Visitor service representatives and coordinators | ||
| for the Bullock Museum include Kyle Albrecht, Joseph Almand, | ||
| Nicholas J. Byers, William Epperson, Kaitlin Kuan, Kellyn Lappinga, | ||
| Rosa Pedraza, Gloria Maria Ramirez, Patrick Sanderson, Craig | ||
| Simpson, Michael Strittmatter, Dorothy Walker, Eleria Patterson, | ||
| Brenna Veloz, Colleen Cawthon, Hilary Pearson, and Scotland | ||
| Washington, and the facility's famed IMAX theater is operated by | ||
| Shae Stanford, Joseph Kennemer, Steven Hays, Mathew Flowers, James | ||
| Jennings, and David Ripper; members of the museum's retail team | ||
| include Heidi P. Afkami, Michael Byers, Paula Dianne Talley, | ||
| Phillip Plyler, Melisa Geaslin, Kathryn Bohuslav, and Tayebeh | ||
| Masomian, and its maintenance and housekeeping crew consists of | ||
| Eric Avery, Freddie E. Flores, William Rittenhouse, Oralia Bautista | ||
| De Martinez, and Silbestre Cantu; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to the Capitol Complex and the Bullock | ||
| State History Museum, the SPB oversees the operation of the Texas | ||
| State Cemetery, which benefits from the support of staffers William | ||
| Erwin, Carlos Galvan, Jose Cruz Hernandez Puente, Nathan Stephens, | ||
| and Daniel Sutherland; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through their dedicated stewardship of a rich | ||
| legacy, the administrators and employees of the State Preservation | ||
| Board are rendering a vital service to the people of Texas and | ||
| introducing countless visitors to the remarkable story of the Lone | ||
| Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend the staff of the State Preservation | ||
| Board for their exemplary service; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the State Preservation Board as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Metcalf | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1237 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 23, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
