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Dear City Council:
Department of Transportation
P.O. BOX 3067 • DALLAS, TEXAS 75221-3067 • (214) 320-6100
October 2, 1997
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDO'1) will be celebrating it's 801h Anniversary with a
public Open House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 1997, at the Dallas District
Headquarters located at 9700 East R.L. Thornton Freeway, in Dallas.
In recognition of TxDOT's 80 years of service to the citizens of Texas, we ask that you consider
this draft resolution.
If you do pass a resolution commemorating this significant event in our department's history, we
would appreciate receiving a copy to display at our Open House on October 22.
Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to many more years of dedicated service to
the traveling public in your city. For any questions or comments concerning this event, please
contact me at 214-320-4485.
Sincerely,
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Michelle L. Releford
Assistant Public Information Officer
Dallas District
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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DRAFT RESOLUTION
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 that 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 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that date;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the City/County of hereby recognize the exceptional
accomplishments of all employees, past and present, of the Texas Highway Department and Texas
Department of Transportation; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the City/County of recognize 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; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the department as an expression of the
high regard of the City/County of
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Texas Department of Transportation
RESOLUTION 97-004
WHEREAS, On April 4, 1917, the 35th Legislature passed an act
to crate 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 432 -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, and
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 an 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 a. m. to
3 p.m. an that date-,
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the City of Anna, County of Collin hereby
recognizes the exceptional accomplishments of all employees,
past and present, of the Texas Highway Department and Texas
Department of Transportation; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the City of Anna, County of Collin 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; and, be it
further
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department as an expression of the high regard of the City of
Anna, County of Collin.
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Mayor
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City Secretary