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CC Resolution No. 561 832 RESOLUTION NO. 561 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS , SETTING ASIDE A PORTION OF BAYLAND PARK TO BE USED AS NATURAL ESTUARINE HABITAT. WHEREAS , the City of Baytown must elevate and reconstruct the Market Street Bridge spanning the Goose Creek Stream to provide an essential escape route during hurricanes , tropical storms, and other natural disasters; and WHEREAS , the U. S . Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have filed objections to the fill of shallow water estuarine habitat required by the conventional embankment system method of bridge construction proposed by the City; and WHEREAS , the U. S . Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have indicated that they will withdraw their objections to the proposed method of bridge construction if the City would set aside a portion of the Bayland Park to be left in a natural state to provide feeding, resting, and nursery habitat for fish, crustaceans , and wildlife; NOW THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section 1 : That the City Council of the City of Baytown intends to set aside approximately 4 .435 acres of the Bayland Park, shown more particularly in Exhibit "A" attached, and plans to leave that portion of Bayland Park in a natural state. Section 2 : This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas. 833 INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this 27th day Of January 1977. TOM GENTRY, Mayor ATTEST: i EI E N P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: • NEEL RICy A SON, City Attorney -2- 834 E X H I B I T "A" 835 zZ y& )� 2 « ! e _} ) ]: ~ ` �� \ \ & N §ƒ p | | �7 » @ w � � / u | m , $ R \ (