TITLE: Congratulating Tommy Hardy on his retirement as assistant city manager of Grapevine.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Tommy Hardy on his retirement as assistant city manager of Grapevine.

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WHEREAS, After 30 years of dedicated service to his fellow citizens, Tommy Hardy is retiring from his post as the assistant city manager of Grapevine on February 1, 2011; and WHEREAS, Raised in Marlin, Mr. Hardy began his career as an electrician and then became a building inspection official for the City of Terrell; in 1981, he took a similar job in Grapevine, at that time a town of about 12,000 people, and after two years he was promoted to director of community development; and WHEREAS, Mr. Hardy's new position made him a key player in the progress enjoyed by this fast-growing municipality over the past quarter-century; he participated in a major effort that began in 1984 to overhaul the city's land-use master plan and zoning ordinance, which laid the groundwork for Grapevine's boom years; among the significant commercial projects Mr. Hardy helped bring to the city are the Grapevine Mills mall, the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, the Great Wolf Lodge waterpark and hotel, and eight wineries, as well as the Legoland Discovery Center and Sea Life aquarium that are currently being developed; and WHEREAS, Grapevine is now a city of nearly 52,000 residents, and many local officials credit Mr. Hardy's planning acumen with the community's success; he was named assistant city manager in 2005; and WHEREAS, Retirement will provide Mr. Hardy with additional time to spend with his wife, Patsy, and their family, and he intends to travel and enjoy life to the fullest; and WHEREAS, Known for the foresight and commitment that he brings to all he undertakes, Tommy Hardy has played an instrumental role in making Grapevine the city that it is today, and he may indeed reflect with great pride on his outstanding professional achievements; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Tommy Hardy on the occasion of his retirement as assistant city manager of Grapevine and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Hardy as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Truitt Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 198 was adopted by the House on January 26, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House