CC Resolution No. 375 RESOLUTION NO. 375
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ,
TEXAS, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS TO UNDERTAKE A STUDY OF THE PRESCRIBED AREA OF
THE GOOSE CREEK FLOOD PLAIN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 206,
PUBLIC LAW 86-645, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE INTENSITY OF
FLOOD AND ESTABLISH FLOOD ELEVATIONS ALONG SAID WATER
COURSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, Texas , under authority vested in said City
by the State of Texas , has responsibility for the safety of life and property
of its citizens from fire, flood, panic and other things and events , and
WHEREAS, its is the desire of the City to encourage optimum use of
land in and adjacent to the City of Baytown, and
WHEREAS, the area of Goose Creek within the planning area of the
City is an area of hazard by inundation of water, and due to the continued
pressure of land needs for residential , commercial , industrial and recreational
uses there is a need for flood damage prevention measures and regulations
for the use thereof, and
WHEREAS, the community needs a factual basis for reducing future
flood damage and hazards through carefully considered and well planned
local regulations and use of the flood plain, including both guiding prospective
land use and providing adequate flood-way and channel right-of-way and
channel clearances; to provide publicly available information for the guidance
of private citizens and interests on the use of flood plains , and to minimize
future pubTic expenditures and for alleviation of flood problems which
would follow improper flood plain development, therefore increasing the
amount of Tand available for use, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That, the City of Baytown, Texas , respectfully requests
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of the prescribed
area of the Goose Creek flood plain, pursuant to Section 206 , Public Law
86-645, and to investigate the intensity of flood and establish flood ele-
vations along said water course.
Section 2: This resolution shall take effect after its passage by
the City Council .
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
of the City of Baytown this 28th day of March 1972.
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Ls
NEEL RICH RD ON, City Attorney
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