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“TRIBUTE TO HANK STOVALL, BROOMFIELD COUNTY AND CITY COUNCILMAN” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2394 on Nov. 22, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO HANK STOVALL, BROOMFIELD COUNTY AND CITY COUNCILMAN
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HON. MARK UDALL
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Friday, November 21, 2003
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the outstanding work of Hank Stovall. Hank served for 24 years on the Council for the City and County of Broomfield as a member for Ward 4 and as Mayor Pro Tempore for a number of years.
Along with his colleagues on the city council, Hank helped make Broomfield the diverse and vibrant community that it has become today. He has also helped preserve the high quality of life that citizen in this community at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains have come to expect and appreciate.
The citizens of Broomfield have benefited greatly from Hank's dedicated leadership. He helped secure a quality transportation system in the Broomfield region, including support for the Northwest Parkway, an important highway that will connect this community with the Denver International Airport and other important access roads in the region. This Parkway will also include an open space buffer that will add to the quality of the Broomfield neighborhoods as well as increase transportation efficiency and access. He also worked with coalition to improve the US 36 highway corridor and the Broomfield intersections to this important highway corridor.
He also has helped ensure that Broomfield's transition from a city to a county was smooth, effective and successful. He and his colleagues recognized the importance of establishing Broomfield as a city and county so as to better serve its citizens. Before the conversion to a county, residents were required to travel to four distant county offices as the city was spread across four separate counties. By making Broomfield a county, the citizens of this community can now enjoy the efficiencies that come with that designation as well as further develop the sense of community that he and others have sought to accomplish.
Hank has been involved in many regional and State governmental committees, authorities, task forces and coalitions. All of this work was designed to promote effective governmental function and quality services to citizens and communities in the Broomfield region.
But perhaps his most lasting legacy will be his leadership on issues related to Rocky Flats, the former U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons production facility just south of the city and county. He brought his knowledge of nuclear issues to the table as strategies and approaches for cleaning up this facility were being discussed and developed. He insisted that the cleanup be thorough, cost effective and protective of the health, safety and environment of the surrounding communities. He was also a strong proponent of preserving the open space resources at this site and was an early advocate of designating the site as a national wildlife refuge. His support, as well as the support of other leaders surrounding the site, helped make this a reality.
He remained very concerned with public health and safety issues related to this site and its cleanup, closure and conversion to a national wildlife refuge. He was especially concerned about the health and safety of the workers at the site and pushed for instituting a high level of safety in all facets of the work done there.
Hank leaves the Broomfield County and City Council with a long and distinguished record of accomplishment and service. The citizens of Broomfield enjoy a quality of life, a strong sense of community and a solid reputation for service and leadership on regional issues because of Hank's involvement and public service work. I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Hank every success in his future endeavors and hope that he remains active in community and regional issues for years to come.
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