Bill Text: TX HR925 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring James "Jimmy" Flannigan for his service on the Austin City Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR925 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR925-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 925 |
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WHEREAS, Residents of Austin have greatly benefited from the | ||
dedicated service of James "Jimmy" Flannigan, who concluded his | ||
tenure on the Austin City Council on January 7, 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Flannigan, a native of San Antonio, moved to | ||
Austin to attend The University of Texas, where he earned | ||
bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration; he | ||
launched a small web development firm, Site Street, and went on to | ||
serve the business community as president of the Austin LGBT | ||
Chamber of Commerce, in addition to serving as regional chair of the | ||
chamber's national counterpart; he also contributed his time and | ||
insight to the work of the Austin Chamber of Commerce's | ||
Transportation Committee, and he cofounded and led the Northwest | ||
Austin Coalition, which initiated the successful Anderson Mill Road | ||
Corridor Study; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2016, Mr. Flannigan became the first resident of | ||
Williamson County to serve on the Austin City Council when he won | ||
election as the representative for District 6; as the first openly | ||
gay man to serve on that body, he helped make tremendous strides for | ||
the LGBTQ community by establishing the City of Austin's LGBTQ | ||
Quality of Life Advisory Commission and the city's first LGBTQ | ||
employee group, known as the Stonewall Equality Employee Network; | ||
emphasizing the need to put progress ahead of partisan politics, he | ||
played a key role on the council as it addressed issues such as | ||
economic development, affordable housing, traffic relief, public | ||
safety, and fiscal sustainability, with special concern for the | ||
needs of his constituents in Northwest Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, During his time in office, Mr. Flannigan was chair | ||
of the City Council's Judicial Committee and vice chair of its | ||
Mobility Committee; among other roles, he has served on a number of | ||
regional planning boards, including the Capital Area Metropolitan | ||
Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board and the | ||
Capital Area Council of Governments' Economic Development District | ||
Board, where he provided further leadership as an executive | ||
committee member and as chair of the Community Advancement Network; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past four years, Jimmy Flannigan has | ||
demonstrated a deep commitment to building a better future for all | ||
Austinites, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many | ||
significant accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Jimmy Flannigan for his dedicated service | ||
on the Austin City Council and extend to him sincere best wishes in | ||
all his endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Flannigan as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Bucy | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 925 was adopted by the House on May 8, | ||
2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||