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AN ORDINANCE
ENDORSING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERSSELECTED PLAN FOR
COMPLETING THE 45 -FOOT INNER HARBOR PROJECT AND DIS-
POSING OF THE DREDGED MATERIAL ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF
NUECES BAY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States in 1968 authorized the
enlarging and deepening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas, Project
(PL90-483); and
WHEREAS, the Port of Corpus Christi serves the City of Corpus
Christi and the Coastal Bend area and is vital to the industrial and agri-
cultural base of this area; and
WHEREAS, keeping the Port competitive with respect to channel
depth and facilities is a major element of the City's economic base and
community development; and
WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has completed
construction of 82 percent of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel project, and
all that remains to be dredged is the Inner Harbor; and
WHEREAS, continued development of the natural resources, particu-
larly the bays and shorelines, which are essential to the economic pros-
perity of the area, has been adequately addressed with the consideration
for overall environmental concerns in the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds the Selected Plan as described in
the Final Environmental Statement to dispose of dredged material primarily
on the south shore of Nueces Bay to be the best alternative to assure both
immediate and long-range goals for deepening and maintaining the Ship
Channel in harmony with the environment:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council reaffirms its support for the
deepening of the Port of Corpus Christi's Inner Harbor in accordance with
the Corps' Selected Plan to a depth of 45 feet and disposal of the dredged
material on the south shore of Nueces Bay.
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SECTION 2. That the City Council urges the Corps of Engineers to
proceed expeditiously with its selected plan for disposal of the dredged
material as described in the Final Environmental Statement.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need to
express its support for the Nueces Bay disposal site and this project, such
finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the
Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions
at three regular meetings so that this resolution is passed and shall take
effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 60 day of
July, 1982.
ATTEST:
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Citi Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: PTY OF JULY, 1982
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Bruce Aycock City Attorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
4.4iX day of
, 1982
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; 1/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it i$.
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
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Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
MAYOR
THE ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the followi
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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