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RESOLUTION NO. 655
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WEST MAIN STREET BRIDGE AND
ACCEPTING CONDITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF THE BRIDGE.
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Baytown has
proposed to construct a pedestrian walkway across the Goose
Creek Stream adjacent to the existing West Main Street
bridge; and
WHEREAS , in order to get the necessary permits to
modify the bridge, the City must accept ownership of the
bridge from Harris County; and
WHEREAS, the City must also accept further conditions
as set out by the U. S. Coast Guard in a letter dated August
3, 1978; NOW THEREFORE ,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1 : That the City Council accepts ownership of
the West Main Street bridge from Harris County for and on
behalf of the City of Baytown.
Section 2 : That the City Council acknowledges and
accepts that :
a. The West Main Street bridge is not presently in
conformance with the original permit requirements
pertaining to the vertical clearance , due to subsidence;
b. Approval of the walkway modification to the existing
bridge in its subsided condition does not in any way
constitute a repudiation of the original permitted
vertical clearance;
C. In the event future navigation warrants , the
modified bridge shall be restored to its original
permitted vertical clearance, at the owner ' s expense;
d. The required fender system, which is in a state of
disrepair , provides for a horizontal clearance of 56
feet , while the proposed walkway would provide a clearance
of 50 feet . The fender system shall be reconstructed
to conform to the original permit requirements, or the
fender system deleted from the permit drawing and the
remnants of the original fender construction removed
entirely from the waterway. If the fender system is
retained, the horizontal clearance between the walkway
supports within the channel shall be no less than the
clearance between fenders.
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Section 3 : That this resolution shall take effect
immediately from and after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the City Council of the
City of Baytown this llth day of January 1979 .
4MMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
' � G
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N P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Sew
SCOTT BOUNDS , City Attorney
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