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CC Resolution No. 951 1707 RESOLUTION NO. 951 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, PROTESTING THE APPLICATION FOR A NEW WASTE DISPOSAL PERMIT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES BY HARRIS COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NO. 27; URGING THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION TO DENY SUCH APPLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. .a.�r**��r�r�r*�rz�rxz��r�«-���.�-��r w��,r■��r��r�c�r��r�r+.»��r�-��■x«�rr��***���rs+***x■�-■�r��**� WHEREAS, the Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 27 (hereinafter referred to as District) has filed an application for new waste disposal permit for wastewater treatment facilities, permit number 13224-01, to allow the discharge of wastewater into Goose Creek Stream; and WHEREAS, the District has no need for such a new permit, and apparently will not be using the permit, as the District is presently having its sewage treated under a long term contract with the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is attempting to clean the Goose Creek Watershed by contracting with other districts to treat their wastes, and is presently planning to spend million of dollars to improve the quality of effluent discharged into Goose Creek from its one sewer treatment plant that discharges into such stream; and WHEREAS, if in the future the District has need to apply for a permit that will actually be used, the public would best be served by having an application filed that reflects the status of the stream and projected wastewater discharge at that time, rather than allowing wastewater discharge under a permit that was issued many years earlier but was unused; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the City of Baytown protests the application for a waste disposal permit for wastewater treatment facilities, permit number 13224-01 , filed by Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 27, and urges the Texas Water Commission to reject such application as being unnecessary and not consistent with other efforts being made to improve the Goose Creek Watershed. 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 10th day of July, 1986. M O. H TTO, Mayor