Bill Text: TX HR1608 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dan Johnson on his appointment as city manager of Richardson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-08 - Reported enrolled [HR1608 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1608-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1608 |
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WHEREAS, Dan Johnson was appointed city manager by the | ||
Richardson City Council on June 1, 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson's experience in public administration | ||
spans 35 years, including more than a decade as city manager and | ||
deputy city manager in Carrollton and tenures as director of | ||
regional services for the North Central Texas Council of | ||
Governments and as a budget officer in Sherman; and | ||
WHEREAS, Appointed deputy city manager of Richardson in 1997, | ||
Mr. Johnson served in that position for 15 years; during that time, | ||
he also served as chief operating officer and was instrumental in | ||
the city's success in securing top credit ratings from both | ||
Standard & Poor's and Moody's, a distinction shared by only four | ||
other Texas cities and by less than seven percent of cities | ||
nationwide; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson has contributed significantly to the | ||
growth of the local economy by developing recruitment and support | ||
strategies for business interests, including such major employers | ||
as Texas Instruments, Bank of America, and Renaissance Hotels; he | ||
served as project manager for the Eisemann Center for Performing | ||
Arts and Corporate Presentations at Galatyn Park, and he has been | ||
active in efforts to spur redevelopment along Central Expressway | ||
and the West Spring Valley Corridor, as well as in the vicinity of | ||
the Bush Turnpike Station; Mr. Johnson has additionally been | ||
instrumental in attracting new headquarters and operating centers | ||
for a number of leading companies, among them Cisco Systems, Blue | ||
Cross Blue Shield of Texas, AT&T, Samsung, and United Healthcare; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan holds a bachelor's degree in | ||
political science from Austin College and a master's degree in | ||
public administration from the University of North Texas; he is | ||
also a graduate of the Public Executive Institute of the Lyndon B. | ||
Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at | ||
Austin; Dan Johnson is a past president of the North Texas City | ||
Management Association and the Urban Management Assistants of North | ||
Texas (UMANT), as well as a former director-at-large of the Texas | ||
City Management Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Frequently honored for his accomplishments, Mr. | ||
Johnson has received the Administrator of the Year award from the | ||
Texas Municipal Library Directors Association and the Joy Sansom | ||
Mentor Award from UMANT; in 1995, he was named a Distinguished | ||
Alumnus by the Department of Public Administration at the | ||
University of North Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dan Johnson has amassed an impressive record of | ||
achievement over the course of his career, and the experience that | ||
he has gained is certain to be of great benefit as he continues to | ||
serve the citizens of Richardson; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dan Johnson on his appointment as | ||
city manager of Richardson and extend to him sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success and happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Johnson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Carter | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1608 was adopted by the House on May | ||
1, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||