TITLE: Congratulating the city of Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the city of Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The city of Borger was honored with the Texas Planning Award for Community of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association at an award ceremony in Corpus Christi on November 10, 2023; and WHEREAS, The APA Texas Planning Awards Program recognizes individuals, organizations, and communities for outstanding contributions to planning in the Lone Star State, and nominees are evaluated based on originality and innovation, engagement, implementation and effectiveness, quality, and promotion of planning; and WHEREAS, The city garnered praise for a number of significant investments made in the last several years, such as providing $33 million for new water infrastructure in 2017 and adopting a strategic plan emphasizing community involvement, entertainment events, housing, industry diversification, and infrastructure in 2018; furthermore, the city created four policy and regulatory documents, a Comprehensive Plan (Boomtown 2040), a Parks, Trails, and Recreation Master Plan, a Downtown Revitalization Plan, and a Unified Land Development Ordinance, which was adopted in July 2022; as a result, the community has already received a considerable amount of grant funding for various improvements; and WHEREAS, Borger benefits from the adept and forward-thinking leadership of mayor Karen Felker, city council members Milton Ooley, Charles "Pete" Loftis, Kim Perez, and Robert Lawrence, city manager Garrett Spradling, assistant city manager Brandon Strope, and city manager emeritus Eddie Edwards, as well as from the hard work and dedication of the city's planning staff, the members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, and residents who gave public opinion input; and WHEREAS, The city of Borger has earned well-deserved recognition for its strong commitment to excellence and community development, and area residents may indeed take pride in this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the city of Borger on its receipt of the 2023 Texas Planning Award for Community of the Year from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association and extend to city officials and staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the city as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Price Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 78 was adopted by the House on December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House