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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NAMING OF THE DOWNTOWN DENTON TRANSIT
CENTER AFTER DR. EULINE BROCK; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Dr. Euline Brock has a long and distinguished history of community service in the
City of Denton; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Brocic served on the Denton City Council from 1992-1998, acting as Mayor
Pro Tem from 1994-1998, and further serving as Mayor of the City from 2000 to 2006 where she
distinguished herself as a statesperson with the ability to build consensus as demonstrated by a
host of completed projects too numerous to list, but including the building of a new central fire
station, the addition of a third library — the North Branch Library, the renovation of the Emily
Fowler Library, the construction of a new fresh water treatment plant, the opening of an air traffic
control tower, the opening of Water Works Park, and the leveraging of $9 million in local funds
into over $94 million worth of new road construction projects; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Brock was key in the formation of Denton Tomorrow and Denton
Tomorrow II, community symposiums which strategized actions to achieve sustained economic
vitality in Denton, and which were precursors to the successful Economic Development
Partnership Board; further, she championed Denton's downtown for many years, and through
her efforts the downtown square enjoyed substantial improvements, malcing Denton's downtown
safer, more wallcable, and more inviting, thereby increasing pedestrian traffic, and spurring
residential and commercial development around burgeoning retail and entertainment venues; and
WIIEREAS, during her more than 20 years of dedicated service to the Citizens of Denton,
Texas, Dr. Brock guided the City to become major force in the Denton-Dallas-Fort Worth
Metroplex and the State of Texas through her involvement in regional and state-wide policy-
malcing efforts; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Brock's crowning contribution to the City of Denton was her vision of a
county-wide transportation system; and
WHEREAS, in the furtherance of this vision, in the early 1990s, Dr. Brocic was instrumental
in the City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department's effort to preserve the Missouri-Kansas-
Texas rail corridor for future transportation purposes and redevelopment for recreational
purposes through the Rails-to-Trails program and Texas Parks and Wildlife; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Brock served as President of Metroplex Mayors, where she promoted
development of a regional transit system and organized the first-ever joint meeting of the
Metroplex Mayors and Tarrant County Mayors Council, organized the Regional Transit
Initiative, and provided leadership for a regional transit system through her appointments to the
Executive Board of the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Executive Board of
the North Texas Commission; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Brock enthusiastically championed the creation of a Denton county-wide
transportation authority and served as Denton's first representative on the Interim Executive
Committee of the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA), where she was a driving
force in obtaining legislation creating the DCTA in 2002; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Brocic was a driving force in generating the support of Denton voters for
the creation of DCTA, which vote passed by an affirmative vote of eighty percent (80%); and
further lead the Denton City Council's approval of an ordinance calling for an election to
consider the imposition of a 1/2 cent sales tax to finance the DCTA enterprise, which election
passed by sixty percent (58%); and
WHEREAS, DCTA recognized Mayor Brocic's regional leadership in the creation of a
regional transportation authority by awarding her the first ever Good Spike award upon her
retirement as Denton Mayor in 2006; and
WHEREAS, through her work with U.S. Congressman Burgess, Denton received a$3.1
million Congressional Priority Funding Apportionment grant for the design and construction of
the Downtown Denton Multimodal Transit Facility to serve the LINK System and City of
Denton ridership; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton wishes to honor this dedicated elected official whose passion
has changed the City in a very visible and positive way; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Denton, in accordance with Resolution No.
R2012-007, does hereby name the Downtown Denton Transit Center the "Euline Srock
Downtown Denton Transit Center" in honor of Dr. Brock's many years of superlative service to
her community and especially for her unwavering support for DCTA and its mission of regional
transportation and connectivity among all cities in the greater metroplex.
SECTION 2. Any costs associated with plaques, markers, or memorials shall be borne
by the City of Denton.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the �� day of ` , 2013.
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APP OVED A TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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