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CC Resolution No. 1713 27 RESOLUTION NO. 1713 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPROVING A PORT OF HOUSTON, 3.2 ACRE MITIGATION PROJECT IN THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. ************************************************************************************* WHEREAS, the Port of Houston Authority's Barbours Cut Terminal has experienced shoreline erosion along the Houston Ship Channel; and WHEREAS, in order to commence shoreline protection construction activities, the Port of Houston Authority (the "Authority") is required to obtain a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 Individual Permit, which requires that mitigation be performed to compensate for affects to wetlands where the shoreline stabilization will occur; and WHEREAS, to mitigate these wetland losses, the Authority has agreed to provide funding for the construction of 3.2 acres of saline marsh and has selected the Baytown Nature Center as the project site; and WHEREAS, the Friends of the Baytown Nature Center has agreed to administer such funds and to employ Crouch Environmental Services, Inc.,to perform the planned construction; and WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has reviewed and approved the Authority's mitigation project; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby approves a Port of Houston, 3.2 acre mitigation project in the Baytown Nature Center, as further depicted in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes. Section 2: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED, by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this the 12'h day of May, 2005. a CALVIN MUNDINGER, Mayor ATTEST: AR_ W. SMITE; City Clerk APPIOVED AS TO FORM: ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Cit ttomey R:\Karen\Files\City Council\Resolutions\2005\May 12\PortMitigationNNatureCentcr.doc Cabaniss Street Dotted lines represent parallel lines of Spartina spp. That will be installed on 5 ft. Centers totaling 5,575 plugs. 9a�\o�5 Tidally Inundated ... . .PGte� . Area Crow Road Approx. 430'wide mitigation site t Galveston Bay i t N Port of Houston Authority SCALE: 1" : 200' Barbours Cut Shoreline Protection Project SITE SCHEMATIC DEPICTING MITIGATION SITE IN THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER CROUCH //� ���EN[ GA1. seavices, INC. Harris County, Texas EMIT A