HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 89-22 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, a major new freeway, State Highway 190, will serve
five cities and three counties in the North Dallas area with a
segment being authorized and under construction since 1987; and
WHEREAS, the only state west of Ohio with two Presidential
birthplaces is Texas; and
WHEREAS, Interstate Highway 635 was named for Lyndon B.
Johnson, the second Texas born President; and
WHEREAS, Former President Dwight David Eisenhower was born
in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890, and later spent many
years of Army service in Texas; and
WHEREAS, President Eisenhower considered his greatest
peacetime achievement the initiation of the Interstate Highway
system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
Section 1
The City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas does hereby
endorse the designation of State Highway 190 as the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Freeway; and
Section 2
The City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas urges the other
cities which will be served by this highway to join in this
endorsement; and
Section 3
These endorsements by communicated to the State Department of
Highways and Public Transpo~ation.
PASSED AND APPROVED this /~ ~, day of~/~ , 1989.
Don K~fi~k,'May~r ' '
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, City Secretary