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A RESOLUTION
COMMENDING CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY FOR ITS DECISION
NOT TO BURN PCBs WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Central Power and Light Company had determined that the best
way to destroy PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl) that were
nlonger usable or
useful in their operations would be by burning them to the vicinity of the Lon
C. Hill Power Plant; and
WHEREAS, in response to the concerns
voiced by members of the City
Council, neighborhood groups and petitionscirculated by citizens concerned with
potential health hazards that might result from the burning of the aforesaid
PCBs, Central Power and Light Company has reached the decision not to burn these
materials in the City of Corpus Christi or in the vicinity of the Lon C. Hill
Power Plant
NOW, THEREFORE, GE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
SECTION 1. That Central Power and Light Company be commended for its
responsiveness to public concern demonstrated by its decision not to burn PCBs
within the City of Corpus Christi, and in particular in the vicinity of the Lon
C. Hill Power Plant.
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an mergency due to the desire of
the City Council to express its appreciation to Central Power and Light Company
at the earliest opportunity, such finding of an emergency is made and declared
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon
ordinances or esolutions at three regular meetings so that this resolution is
passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the
5th day of March, 1985.
ATTEST
Acting Li y Se r ti.
APPR0VEO.5TH DAYiF MARCH, 1985
J. BRUCE AYCO ..a' TY ATTORNEY
'As
ant City nttorney
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• TH CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1g725 MICROFILMED
Carpus Christi, Texas
day of , 1981
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUIICIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reset forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, 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 is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
•
Council Members
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THE''EEITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above resoluton was passed n by the following vote
(Lq._ a
Betty N. Turner 1 /
David Berlanga, Sr. /
Welder Brown at/..Xxat
Guerrero at/.j,A,t
Luther Jones
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy / , . %
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat slavik
18725
Ijity of Corpus Christi
March 11, 1985
mr. Doyle Bryant
Central Power c Light Company
P.C. Box 2051
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403
Dear Mr. Bryant
Enclosed is a copy of Resolution No. 18725, passed and
approved by the City Council on March 5, 1985.
This Pesolntion commends CP., for its responsiveness to
public concern regarding the burning of PCB's.
Sincerely,
Doran},
Acting City Secretary