CC Resolution No. 475 RESOLUTION NO. 475
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS WITH REGARD TO TIDAL FLOOD PROTECTION FOR
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has been engaged in a study for a Hurricane
Protection Plan for the Texas Gulf Coast; and
WHEREAS , during the course of this study, the feasibility of providing pro-
tection to the City of Baytown by means of flood gates and other measures was
evaluated; and
WHEREAS, the benefit-cost ratio of this protection was low based upon a
preliminary estimate of the subsidence that had been experienced to the date
of the study and of that projected for the future ; and
WHEREAS, recent data on benchmark elevations throughout the community have
shown a rate of subsidence considerably greater than that used in the previous
evaluation; and
WHEREAS, qualified specialists in the field of soil mechanics have projected
the subsidence of this area to be of such magnitude within a relatively few
years that the effects of a major hurricane could have disastrous effects upon
life and property in this city; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers is expecting momentarily the completion
of a Corps-sponsored extensive investigation of the future subsidence that can
be expected; and
WHEREAS, the value and amount of property and the number of lives subject
to the effects of hurricane tidal flooding will continue to increase due to the
high rate of subsidence being experienced in the city; and
WHEREAS, new and more economical concepts of flood protection for the city
differing from those used in the previous Corps of Engineers ' evaluation could
be taken into account; NOW THEREFORE ,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOJAIN, TEXAS :
Section 1 : That the Corps of Engineers he and is hereby urged to undertake
as soon as possible a re-evaluation of the benefit-cost ratio for providing tidal
flood protection to the City of Baytown , taking into account (1 ) an updated pro-
jection of the most probable ultimate subsidence that can be reasonably expected
and (2) an accurate delineation of the areas that would be flooded by a Standard
Project Hurricane today as well as at the end of the project life.
Section 2: This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of
the City of Baytown, Texas , this 25th day of July, 1974.
TOM (ENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
E L RIC RDSON, City Attorney
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