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A RESOLUTION
FINDING THAT THE PROPOSAL BY THE SOUTH TEXAS IN-
DUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., TO CONSTRUCT A SANITARY
LANDFILL FOR MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS TO THE HUMAN BODY IN AN AREA 19HOSE
DRAINAGE IS A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE NUECES RIVER
WATERSHED AND THAT SUCH PROJECT MAY BE A HAZARD
TO THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE CITY; EXPRESSING THE
OPPOSITION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO SUCH
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SUCH SANITARY LAND-
FILL; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FORWARD
COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE APPROPRIATE
AGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the proposal by South Texas Industrial Services to
construct a sanitary fill for materials, many of which may be or are ex-
tremely hazardous to the human body, is to be located near Whittset, Texas
in an area whose drainage is directly into the Atascosa River, a major
tributary of the Nueces River Watershed; and
WHEREAS, despite all precautions there can be no guarantee that
seepage of heavy metals and other toxic materials will not occur to contam-
inate our water supply; and
WHEREAS, there are many unknowns regarding the interaction of the
various chemicals as to their effect on seepage rate, breakdown end products;
and
WHEREAS, there are strong doubts as to the efficiency and per-
manency of construction; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is concerned with the long -term pro-
tection of our water supply and have grave doubts of the operative mainten-
ance of said landfill; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has a responsibility for the health,
safety and welfare of the community:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council opposes the construction
and operation of a sanitary landfill for disposal of waste tars, pitches,
polymer resins, oils, organic and inorganic sludges, solvents, paints,
residues, catalysts, heavy metals, salts, metal containers, wood, paper, and
plastic, as proposed by the South Texas Industrial Services, Inc. near
11925
Whittset, Texas.
SECTION 2. That the City Secretary is hereby authorized to
transmit certified copies of this Resolution to the Texas Water quality
Board and to any other interested agency deemed necessary.
SECTION 3. The necessity to express the City's opposition to the
aforesaid project creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity
requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution
shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such
ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City
Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to
exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this
resolution be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect
and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO RESOLVED, this the 20th day of February, 1974.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
AY OF UAR 974:
Ci Attorney
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
�o ®day of 19
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or
resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore,
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
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Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
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