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RESOLUTION NO. 967
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD
INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY FROM FIVE TO SEVEN
MEMBERS, ALONG WITH OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
WHEREAS, legislation has been drafted for introduction at
the next session of the Texas Legislature which would increase
the membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of
Houston Authority from five to seven members ; and
WHEREAS, this proposed legislation would provide that the
Harris County Mayors ' and Councils ' Association appoint one
member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Houston
Authority; and
WHEREAS, this proposed legislation would also provide that
the members of the Harris County Mayors ' and Councils '
Association would be members of the Navigation Board of the Port
of Houston Authority, along with the Commissioners Court of
Harris County, Texas , and the Mayor and City Council of the City
of Houston; and
WHEREAS, the member of the Board of Commissioners to be
appointed by the Harris County Mayors ' and Councils ' Association
must reside in a city that is adjacent to the Houston Ship
Channel; and
WHEREAS, the appointment of a member to the Board of
Commissioners by the Harris County Mayors ' and Councils '
Association would assure more adequate representation upon the
Board of the Port of Houston Authority by smaller cities in
Harris County than has been had in the past; and
WHEREAS, the Board member appointed would be a direct
representative to the citizens of the smaller cities that are
adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel ; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Erwin Barton, State Representative,
has agreed to sponsor this proposed legislation in the Texas
House of Representatives ; and the Honorable Gene Green, State
Senator , has agreed to sponsor this proposed legislation in the
Texas Senate; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1 : The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas,
supports the proposed legislation which would increase the
membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Houston
Authority from five to seven members, and supports all of the
other related matters of this proposed legislation.
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Section 2 : The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas
urges and requests Honorable Ed Watson, State Representative;
Honorable Dan Shelley, State Representative; Honorable Tony
Polumbo, State Representative; and Honorable Gene Green, State
Senator , to support the passage of the proposed legislation
during the next session of the Texas Legislature.
Section 3: 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 8th day of January,
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0. HUTTO, ayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Cle k
RANDALL B. STRONG, City torney
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