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CC Resolution No. 9501705 RESOLUTION NO. 950 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN URGING THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO ITS PLAN FOR DEEPENING AND WIDENING THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. ■*.**��x*r�*�*�tx*a�*�r�r■�rs�r*■�r�-ors■�r war �r �r*air*�*r*rx-*�r�+t*�*�*rw.�*****x*err***��t �rs�t WHEREAS, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers plan for deepening and widening the Houston Ship Channel has been reviewed by representatives of the City of Baytown, Baytown/West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation, Liberty County --Chambers County Navigation District, and Baytown Chamber of Commerce; WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has proposed the deepening and widening of the Houston Ship Channel, to facilitate maritime industry and ship movement in the waterway; WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is the third largest incorporated City in Metropolitan Houston Area; WHEREAS, the East Harris County/West Chambers County areas, east of the San Jacinto River, containing Baytown, and its Industrial District, now has limited access to the Houston Ship Channel, except through the Exxon docks, and a narrow and shallow barge channel in Cedar Bayou; WHEREAS, the East Harris County/West Chambers County areas, east of the San Jacinto River, containing Baytown, and its Industrial District, could be enhanced by improvements which may be made to the Houston Ship Channel; WHEREAS, the proposed "Plan HG-50" as presently formulated would provide little enhancement of industry, economics, or quality of life, to areas east of the San Jacinto River; WHEREAS, it is our belief that industrial development and resource conservation are not mutually exclusive issues; and WHEREAS, the proposed "Plan HG-50" may be improved by small increased cost, paid for by a resulting large improvement in benefit to cost ratio, while 1706 Section 1: That the City of Baytown does hereby endorse United States Department of the Army, Galveston District Corps of Engineers "Plan HG-50" for widening and deepening of the Houston Ship Channel and four of its tributary streams and harbors, and offer the following improvements as modifications to "Plan HG-50": (a) Widen and deepen Cedar Bayou Barge Channel, and straighten its route from the Houston Ship Channel to the outfall of Cedar Bayou, by rerouting the Cedar Bayou Barge Channel direct, through the lower end of Atkinson Island, to facilitate growth of maritime industry, and other industry, requiring Houston Ship Channel access from Goose Creek Stream, and (b) Make maximum use of enclosed spoil disposal areas along the route of the Project, with emphasis upon choice of disposal upon sites, recommended by East Harris County/West Chambers County interests, which could be elevated to twenty feet or more above mean high tide, with dredging cuttings discharge, and which, after passage of ten years or more settling time, could be developed as channelside wharfage and channelside industrial property for industry, or City parks and recreation areas, or City owned waterfront industrial facilities, and (c) Make improvements to Goose Creek Stream, including a small boat channel, to facilitate development of Park Lands along the stream into water recreation and marina facilities. 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, this the 26th day of June, 1986. OF 4� N-wr /ibis ATTEST: E 1- LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: