House Bill 9021

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9021

        By Representatives Thrasher and Pruitt






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commemorating the renovation of

  3         the House Chamber and recognizing the House

  4         Chamber renovation project team.

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  6         WHEREAS, the House Chamber was originally conceived for

  7  a smaller legislative body and completed in 1977, and

  8         WHEREAS, the combined factors of age and advancements

  9  in technology necessitated significant renovation and

10  modernization of the Chamber, and

11         WHEREAS, House leadership sought out highly qualified

12  design and construction experts to complete the renovation,

13  and

14         WHEREAS, House leadership sought to incorporate

15  state-of-the-art furnishings and technological capacity while

16  creating a more traditional Chamber design, and

17         WHEREAS, the Department of Management Services added

18  their expertise through the leadership of the Division of

19  Building Construction and the Division of Facilities

20  Management on this project, and

21         WHEREAS, Hicks Nation Architects, Inc., served as the

22  architect of record and coordinator of design, and

23         WHEREAS, Tomlinson Peterson Associates, Inc., provided

24  the electrical design and the audiovisual system design, and

25         WHEREAS, Watkins Engineers and Constructors served as

26  the construction manager, bringing the project to a timely

27  conclusion, and

28         WHEREAS, Main Street Design, Inc., added their

29  expertise as interior designers to the project, and

30         WHEREAS, Novikoff created and installed the custom

31  member desks and other furniture components, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9021

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  1         WHEREAS, Excel Millwork & Moulding, Inc., produced and

  2  installed the wood trim, paneling, and casegoods, and

  3         WHEREAS, Corbett Lighting, Inc., created the custom

  4  lighting fixtures, and

  5         WHEREAS, Christopher M. Still was chosen to create the

  6  murals depicting the history, geography, and people of

  7  Florida, and

  8         WHEREAS, a House staff leadership team comprised of

  9  Clerk of the House, John Phelps, Sergeant at Arms, Earnie

10  Sumner, director of the Office of Information Technology, Sean

11  Johnson, and director of House Purchasing, Bo Pittman,

12  provided daily oversight for the renovation project, NOW,

13  THEREFORE,

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15  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

16  Florida:

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18         That the efforts of the House Chamber renovation

19  project team have indeed accomplished the successful

20  renovation of the House Chamber which, through its decor and

21  functionality, will benefit the members of the House of

22  Representatives and the people of the State of Florida by

23  providing a facility best suited for the lawmaking process.

24         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Members of the House

25  of Representatives express their sincere gratitude to the

26  entire House Chamber renovation project team for their

27  individual and corporate contributions, dedication, and hard

28  work in accomplishing the successful renovation of the Chamber

29  of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida.

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