Bill Text: TX HR1547 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Haltom City Senior Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Reported enrolled [HR1547 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1547-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1547 |
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WHEREAS, Over the past five decades, the Haltom City Senior | ||
Center has distinguished itself as a valuable community resource; | ||
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WHEREAS, The center traces its origins to 1972, when senior | ||
citizens in the area began gathering at an apartment complex | ||
clubhouse on Lower Birdville Road, where they received meals from | ||
Senior Citizens Services of Greater Tarrant County; it was proposed | ||
that Haltom City build a senior center, and five years later, the | ||
municipality provided land and funds from the Housing and Community | ||
Development Act to construct a 5,000-square-foot facility on | ||
Bernice Street; the Haltom City Senior Center opened on May 8, 1977, | ||
under the oversight of Tarrant County; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2019, the city approved plans to renovate the old | ||
library as a new home for the senior center, however the project was | ||
put on hold after the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020; despite the senior | ||
center being closed due to the pandemic, staff and volunteers | ||
continued working, delivering meals, picking up groceries, and | ||
staying in contact with residents who relied on the services | ||
provided by the center; it reopened in February 2022 and | ||
subsequently moved to its present location on Friendly Lane; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the center serves more than 400 members, and | ||
its meal roster includes individuals from 20 cities; through a | ||
partnership with the Tarrant Area Food Bank and Father's Heart | ||
Ministry, the facility hosts monthly food distributions for area | ||
residents, and it provides daily meals in collaboration with | ||
Metroport Meals on Wheels, local churches and businesses, city | ||
employees, and community volunteers; seniors enjoy such activities | ||
as arts, crafts, bingo, quilting, and billiards, and the center | ||
also offers computer classes; the facility continues to add | ||
programs and services while welcoming new community partners; and | ||
WHEREAS, For half a century, the Haltom City Senior Center | ||
has played a critical role in meeting the needs of area residents, | ||
and it is indeed a pleasure to join in recognizing the facility on | ||
this special milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Haltom | ||
City Senior Center and extend to all those associated with the | ||
center sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Klick | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1547 was adopted by the House on May | ||
15, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||