RES 1997-29TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
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A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS RECOGNIZING THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION DURING THE PAST 80 YEARS;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on April 4, 1917, the 35th Legislature passed an act to create the first
Texas Highway Department; and
WHEREAS, today the Texas Department of Transportation continues the agency's
80 -year history of service to the citizens of Texas by building and maintaining the state's vast
transportation network that is considered the best system in the nation; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Highway Department and the Public Transportation Commission
merged into the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in 1975, and in 1991
the Department of Aviation and the Motor Vehicle Commission joined the agency to form the
Texas Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the state's primary transportation agency has been responsible for
construction and maintenance of a 41,000 -mile system of farm -to -market roads that "got the
farmer out of the mud" in the 1930s and 1940s; built the 3,200 -mile interstate system in the
1950s and 1960s and today oversees a total of 77,000 miles of highways; provides for
development of a public transportation system that served more than 200 million passengers in
1995; registered more than 14 million motor vehicles in 1996; and facilitates development of
more than 300 aircraft landing facilities serving the state's growing general aviation industry;
and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation is the state sponsor of the 423 -mile
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway which carries an average of more than 75 million tons of cargo
annually and oversees more than 1.3 million acres of state right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation employs more than 14,000
dedicated men and women whose presence in every community throughout the state ensures
personal service, an enhanced quality of life, and an integrated transportation system second to
none; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation will celebrate this historic event
with an Open House in each one of its 25 districts statewide on October 22, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Dallas District Headquarters of the Texas Department of Transportation
will celebrate its service to the citizens of Dallas, Rockwall, Navarro, Collin, Denton, Kaufman
and Ellis Counties with an Open House from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on that date.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. The Town of Trophy Club, Texas hereby recognizes the exceptional
accomplishments of all employees, past and present, of the Texas Highway Department and
Texas Department of Transportation.
Section 2. The City/County of Town of Trophy Club, Texas recognizes the existence
of the Texas Department of Transportation as the state's transportation agency and an integral
part of Texas state government for the last eight decades.
Section 3. A copy of this Resolution be prepared for the department as an expression
of the high regard of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas
this the 21 s t day of _ _ _ October , 1997.
, Town of Tr6phy Club, Texas
ATTEST:
Town Secretary,
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
[SEAL]
wn torney,
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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