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A RESOLUTION'ft,
REQUESTING THE TEXAS WATER- QUALITY BOARD TO ISSUE A
CONTROL ORDER ESTABLISHING CONTROL AND SUPERVISION
OF SANITATION AROUND LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE
t,NUECES RIVER BELOW WESLEY SEALS DAM TO THE CALL LEN
DAM AND TO DESIGNATE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS
POLICING AGENT.
WHEREAS, Lake Corpus Christi and the Nueces River below Lake
Corpus Christi is used for fishing, boating, and recreational uses which
require use of the water in an unpolluted form; and
WHEREAS, developments around said lake require water for domestic
use from said lake and river in an unpolluted form; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the immediate uses of water in the lake
area, approximately 300,000 residents of the Coastal Bend are dependent upon
the lake for their water supply; and
WHEREAS, a Texas Water Quality Board order controlling and super-
AA vising sanitation in and around Lake Corpus Christi and the Nueces River
below Wesley Seale Dam to the Calallen dam and designating the City of
Corpus Christi as the policing agent of said order will help to eliminate
future pollution of the area water supply by developments in the watershed
such as improperly installed septic tanks that allow the effluent to flow
directly or indirectly into the Lake or River without proper filtering and
other polluting sources which may carry pathogenic bacteria that can be
harmful to those individuals using water directly from the Lake or the
River or using the Lake or River for recreational activities; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Corpus Christi:
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SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
requests and recommends that the Texas Water Quality Board issue a control
order establishing control and supervision of sanitation around Lake Corpus
Christi and along the Nueces River below Wesley Seale Dam to the Calallen
diversion dam and designate the City of Corpus Christi as a policing agent
for the Board Order.
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SECTION 2. That the City Secretary be and hereby is authorized
and directed to send a certified copy of this resolution to the Texas Water
Quality Board at its headquarters in Austin.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE pp WAS READ F THE FIRST TIME�7AND PASSED
TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE / %�v�! DAY OF�, '9 /oZ+, BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZA LES
GAGE LOZANO, $R.
J. HOWARD STARK
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ R THE S ECOND.TIIM�Ej 1 AND PASSED
TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE�tca�DAY OF�I 19 2 , BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
r BONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GON2ALES - U7'_•"` --
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINAy.E/�� WAS READ FOR THE THIRD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THE p'1 .Z; DAY OF�, j9 `%�j , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK / p
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE /J DAY OF 19
ATTEST:
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APP R O • THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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