HJ 276 — Commending Phillip Duncan.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105464D I HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

276 OfferedE February 28, 2024 N Commending Phillip Duncan.

TN Patrons––Simon;Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 4, 2024 R Agreed to by the Senate, March 6, 2024 O WHEREAS, Phillip Duncan, a longtime journalist and community activist who worked diligently to L outstanding local leadership as a member of the Falls Church City Council for three terms;

Senator:andided L WHEREAS, Phillip "Phil" Duncan began his journalistic career as a student at the Webb School of E Knoxville, where he was the editor of the school newspaper and the sports editor of the yearbook;

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and WHEREAS, Phillip "Phil" Duncan began his journalistic career as a student at the Webb School of Knoxville, where he was the editor of the school newspaper and the sports editor of the yearbooC;

and WHEREAS, Phil Duncan further honed his abilities as an editor for the weekly campus newspaper at Halls-Fountain City Shopper and a chain of community newspapers;

and D WHEREAS, in 1979, Phil Duncan relocated to the Washington, D.C., area and began working for Congressional Quarterly (CQ), a nonpartisan publishing company focused on national politics and legislativelegWHEREAS, action;Phil Duncan served as a politics reporter and politics editor of CQ's weekly magazine H and spent 10 years editing CQ's Politics in America, a print and online resource that analyzes the work 2 of each member of the United States Congress;

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and 6 WHEREAS, Phil Duncan also became deeply involved in civic life in Falls Church, serving as chair of the Economic Development Authority, the Falls Church City Public Schools Business in Education Partnership, and the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Transportation, as well as a board member of the Falls Church Education Foundation, Falls Church Chamber of Commerce, and Falls Church Kiwanis LitWHEREAS, desirous to be of further service, Phil Duncan ran for and was elected to the Falls Churchconstructive Citydialogue Counciland inprovided 2012his leadership and wonexpertise competitiveto reelectionthe campaignsEconomic inDevelopmentostered 2015Committee, Government Operations Committee, and 2019;Legislative Committee;

heand fosteredWHEREAS, constructiveduring dialoguehis andtenure providedin hislocal leadershipgovernment, andPhil expertiseDuncan tosupported theexisting Economicbusiness Developmentwhile Committee,welcoming Governmentnew Operationsinvestments, Committee,overseeing unprecedented growth and Legislativedevelopment, Committee;including new stores, restaurants, hotels, and entertainment and recreational facilities;

and :construction of a new high school, the renovation and expansion of three elementary schools,he improvements to stormwater management, new sidewalks and bicycle amenities, and enhancements to government buildings, libraries, and parks;

35and WHEREAS, duringafter histhe tenurecompletion inof localhis government,third Philterm Duncanon supportedthe existingFalls businessChurch whileCity 36Council, welcomingPhil newDuncan investments,enhance overseeingthe unprecedentedquality growthof andlife development,in includingthe newcity; stores, / 37 restaurants, hotels, and entertainment and recreational facilities;

andnow, 38therefore, WHEREAS,be Philite Duncancontinues advocatedto foruse his vast expertise to RESOLVED by the modernizationHouse of civicDelegates, infrastructure,the includingSenate concurring, That the improvementsGeneral toAssembly stormwaterhereby management,commend newPhillip sidewalksDuncan andfor bicyclemore amenities,than anda enhancementsdecade toof governmentservice buildings,as libraries,a andmember parks;of the Falls Church City Council;

and WHEREAS, after the completion of his third term on the Falls Church City Council, Phil Duncan was appointed to the Falls Church Planning Commission, where he continues to use his vast expertise to enhance the quality of life in the city;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Phillip Duncan for more than a decade of service as a member of the Falls Church City Council;