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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mario G. Medina of San Antonio is retiring from the |
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Texas Department of Transportation in 2013, drawing to a close a |
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notable career with that agency that has spanned nearly three |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Laredo, Mr. Medina earned his bachelor's |
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degree in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin |
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in 1986, but he began his career with TxDOT while he was still a |
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student, working five summers in the Laredo area office; after his |
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graduation, he joined the agency full-time and worked with the |
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design division until 2002, when he became a manager in the |
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consultant contract office; he went on to serve as multimodal |
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section director in the transportation planning and programming |
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division, working on railroad planning and safety, pedestrian and |
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bicycle planning, and state sponsorship of the Gulf Intracoastal |
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Waterway; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2006, Mr. Medina became the district engineer in |
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Laredo, where he was responsible for a variety of transportation |
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projects in an eight-county area, including the initiation of the |
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US 83-SH 359 interchange, the completion of the Cuatro Vientos |
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project, and the expansion of Loop 20; he has served as district |
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engineer for the 12-county San Antonio district since 2008, and |
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during his exemplary tenure in that post, he has worked with local |
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stakeholders to complete the Loop 410 expansion, helped finalize |
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the Wurzbach Parkway, and helped to develop a plan for a toll road, |
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as well as played an instrumental role in numerous other projects; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Mr. Medina has enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife, Janet, and his children, Gray, Derek, |
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and Marisa; and |
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WHEREAS, Mario Medina's dedication, professionalism, and |
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commitment to the ideals and mission of TxDOT have greatly |
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benefited the people of Texas, and he may indeed reflect with pride |
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on a career well spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Mario G. |
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Medina on his retirement from the Texas Department of |
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Transportation and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Medina as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |