Bill Text: TX HR367 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating TxDOT Pharr District engineer Pedro "Pete" Alvarez on his receipt of the 2020 President's Transportation Award for Planning from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-01 - Reported enrolled [HR367 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR367-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 367 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Pedro Alvarez, Pharr District engineer for the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation, received the President's | ||
| Transportation Award for Planning from the American Association of | ||
| State Highway and Transportation Officials at the group's annual | ||
| awards ceremony on November 9, 2020; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each year, the AASHTO honors select members for | ||
| their exemplary service and positive impact on transportation | ||
| nationwide or on a regional basis with the President's | ||
| Transportation Awards; and | ||
| WHEREAS, "Pete" Alvarez is one of only eight individuals from | ||
| across the country to receive this prestigious honor in 2020; he is | ||
| being recognized for his outstanding achievement in leading the | ||
| consolidation of three regional planning agencies into a single | ||
| combined organization; the result of his efforts, the Rio Grande | ||
| Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization, serves more than 1.4 | ||
| million people and will allow the Rio Grande Valley to compete for | ||
| funding opportunities for infrastructure and to create the | ||
| possibility for future economic development; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, | ||
| Mr. Alvarez joined TxDOT full-time in 1995 as an engineering | ||
| assistant at the Pharr District office; he earned his professional | ||
| engineer's license in 1999 and for a decade served as the Pharr | ||
| district design, construction, and assistant area engineer; from | ||
| 2007 until 2013, he was the director of maintenance, and in 2013 he | ||
| became the deputy district engineer; after two years as the Laredo | ||
| district engineer, Mr. Alvarez returned to his home district to | ||
| shepherd the agency consolidation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The skill, professionalism, and commitment to | ||
| excellence demonstrated by Pete Alvarez have made him an important | ||
| asset to TxDOT, and he may reflect with pride on his | ||
| accomplishments, knowing that he has rendered invaluable service to | ||
| his fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Pete Alvarez on his receipt of the | ||
| 2020 President's Transportation Award for Planning from the | ||
| American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials | ||
| and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Alvarez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Canales | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 367 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 25, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
