Bill Text: TX HR2548 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Barbara Schlattman for her efforts to bring landscaped medians to FM 1960 in Northwest Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2548 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2548-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2548 |
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WHEREAS, Barbara Schlattman has enhanced the beauty of | ||
Northwest Houston through her work as founder and chair of the Green | ||
Medians Steering Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, The owner of an award-winning interior design firm, | ||
Ms. Schlattman and a friend had already planned to plant trees along | ||
the shoulders of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 when they learned that | ||
the Texas Department of Transportation had recommended the | ||
installation of raised medians along an eight-mile stretch of the | ||
road; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Schlattman altered her idea to take advantage of | ||
the TxDOT plan, and in 2004, she created the Green Medians Steering | ||
Committee; working in partnership with the Houston Northwest | ||
Chamber of Commerce, the committee received permission from TxDOT | ||
to landscape the medians, as long as committee members agreed to be | ||
responsible for hiring a landscape architect, arranging for water | ||
and maintenance, and financing the project; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under Ms. Schlattman's inspiring leadership, the | ||
committee has raised more than $500,000 and created the Green | ||
Medians Joint Powers Board, a consortium of local water districts | ||
that will water and maintain the green median; the first trees and | ||
crepe myrtles were planted in March 2011, with the project due to be | ||
completed in May; and | ||
WHEREAS, The recipient of Houston Woman magazine's 2010 Gutsy | ||
Gal Award for her central role in this impressive effort, Barbara | ||
Schlattman may indeed take great pride in her contribution to her | ||
community and in the beautiful outcome that her initiative, hard | ||
work, and perseverance helped to realize; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Barbara Schlattman for her dedicated | ||
efforts to bring landscaped medians to FM 1960 in Northwest Houston | ||
and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and | ||
happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Schlattman as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Harless | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2548 was adopted by the House on May | ||
30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||