HomeMy WebLinkAbout031043 RES - 01/17/2017 RESOLUTION
Expressing the full support and continued cooperation for the partnerships, incentives,
investments, and job-creating strategies which will diversify the Coastal Bend economy,
sustain the economic engines driving these communities, protect and enhance the quality of
life and environment, instill community pride and solidarity of spirit and achieve career
goals through expansion of academic and job opportunities.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi promotes long-term growth and prosperity for residents
and businesses in the City and the surrounding region; and
WHEREAS, Corpus Christi is a center for petrochemical manufacturing, large-scale fabrication,
marine research, maritime shipping, and tourism and enjoys a tropical climate, exceptional
outdoor opportunities and premier health care facilities which enhance the progressive growth
and economy creating a perfect community in which to live and operate a business; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi encourages long-term growth and prosperity by
dedicated resources to achieve four objectives: (1) Improve the Quality of Life of Our
Residents; (2) Diversify the City's Economy; (3) Increase Business Recruitment and Retention,
and (4)Attract Talent and Develop Our Workforce; and
WHEREAS, a partnership of the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation,
City of Corpus Christi, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority and over 150 private-sector
members are committed to expand and enhance the region's economic base by developing and/or
supporting projects that create primary jobs and focus its economic development efforts on the
creation of new primary jobs and new investment in the following industry sectors: (1)
Extraction(Oil & Gas Exploration), (2) Electric Power Generation, (3) Petrochemical, (4)
Manufacturing/Fabrication, (5) Water Transportation (Deepwater, Ocean), (6) Warehousing,
Distribution, and Logistics, (7) Professional Services, (8) Enterprise Management; and
WHEREAS, ExxonMobil and Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation(SABIC) have
proposed a$10 billion plastics and Ethylene Glycol manufacturing facility which will employ
over 600 people and create over$50 million in annual payroll, at the location of Farm to Market
Road 2986 and U.S. Highway 181, located within the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, The City provides water to 18 cities and communities in seven counties in the
Coastal Bend (Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, and San Patricio) with
nearly 500,000 residents, as well as diverse businesses and industries and as many as eight new
industrial plants may be located on the north shore of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in San
Patricio County in the next decade, increases the need for water; and
WHEREAS, the City aggressively protects water resources for the future by implementing a
matrix of supply strategies including conservation, surface water, groundwater, seawater
desalination, wastewater reuse, and aquifer storage and recovery; and
WHEREAS, in partnership with Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend, which provides
comprehensive human resource services for businesses and residents through a 12-county region,
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the Coastal Bend offers innovative opportunities that bring together economic development,
education and employment that results in a high-quality workforce system that ensures economic
viability for the Coastal Bend community; and
WHEREAS, the Coastal Bend is home to high quality institutions of higher education—Texas
A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Del Mar College, Coastal
Bend College—which provide opportunities for associates, undergraduate and graduate degrees,
skills development, certifications and job training needs for thousands of students; and
WHEREAS, an emerging industrial renaissance of more than 100 industrial projects is occurring
in the Coastal Bend, almost all of which is located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
City, with more than $30 billion dollars of capital investment taking place promising permanent
job growth in high-paying professional and industrial manufacturing positions; and
WHEREAS, according to the South Texas Economic Development Center's 2015 Review of the
South Texas Economy, in Corpus Christi, the manufacturing sector accounts for five percent of
regional employment but 26 percent of the area's Gross Regional Product.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Corpus Christi expresses its full
support and continued cooperation for the partnerships, incentives, investments, and job-creating
strategies which will diversify the Coastal Bend economy, sustain the economic engines driving
these communities, protect and enhance the quality of life and environment, instill community
pride and solidarity of spirit and achieve career goals through expansion of academic and job
opportunities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Corpus Christi express its full support for the
Exxon Mobile-SABIC plastics and Ethylene Glycol manufacturing facility project.
This resolution tak- effect upon City Council approval on this the I I day of
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ATTEST: THE Cc Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Rebecca Huerta Dan .' een
City Secretary Mayor
Corpus Christi, Texas
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Mayor Dan McQueen atae
Carolyn Vaughn iL
Ben Molina AAA
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Lucy Rubio K.
Greg Smith
Rudy Garza
Paulette Guajardo _
Michael Hunter / '
Joe McComb II�
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