R-1542-10-97RESOLUTION NO. 1542-10-97(R)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR
THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
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 I950s 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, 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 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 BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS THAT:
' SECTION 1: The City Council recognizes the exceptional accomplishments of all employees, past and
present, of the Texas Highway Department and Texas Department of Transportation.
' SECTION 2: The City Council 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 City Council.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 16th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997.
APPROVED:
Stephen Terrell, Mayor
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7 y Monjy n, CMC, City Secretary
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