HomeMy WebLinkAbout033376 RES - 06/11/2024Resolution naming the Annex Building at the Health District the "Tex Villarreal
Vector Services Center"; and renaming the "City of Corpus Christi Health
Department Tex Villarreal Animal Care and Vector Services Center" to the "City of
Corpus Christi Animal Care Services."
WHEREAS, Tex Villarreal started the mosquito control program in 1944 at the request of
the United States Government;
WHEREAS, during his forty-one (41) year tenure with the Vector Control Department, his
pioneering work set the standard for mosquito control and eradication not only around the country,
WHEREAS, during the St. Louis Encephalitis outbreak of 1966, Tex Villarreal and the City
of Corpus Christi were propelled to national and world prominence when he developed the means
for underground sewer fogging, which is where the disease -carrying species was breeding;
WHEREAS, Tex was a loyal and dedicated employee of the City of Corpus Christi for 41
years, serving as the City -County Health Department Vector Control Supervisor at the time of his
retirement on May 31, 1985;
WHEREAS, Vector Control is being transferred to the Corpus Christi-Nueces County
Public Health District and will no longer be a division of Animal Care Services; and
WHEREAS, Vector Control will no longer be located at 2626 Holly Road
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, that:
Section 1. The Annex Building at 1702 Horne Rd is named the "Tex Villarreal Vector Services
Center".
Section 2. The Animal Care Center at 2626 Holly Road is renamed the "City of Corpus Christi
Animal Care Services."
PASSED and APPROVED on the I011\day of TAAL, , 2024.
Paulette Guajardo, Mayoral Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
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