HomeMy WebLinkAbout020631 RES - 03/21/1989A RESOLUTION
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL
SEASHORE.
WHEREAS, the Padre Island National Seashore is one of the most popular
tourist attractions in Texas; and
WHEREAS, visitation to the Padre Island National Seashore has steadily
declined in recent years because of lack of maintenance and deteriorating
facilities for visitors; and
WHEREAS, a new visitor facility is under construction and will be
completed in Spring of 1989; and
WHEREAS, the operating budget for the Padre Island National Seashore
does not include funding for staffing the new visitor facility; and
WHEREAS, a plan is desperately needed for ongoing maintenance and
improvement of the new visitor facility and other facilities in the Padre
Island National Seashore;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the National Park Service and the
Secretary of Interior are urgently requested to obtain supplemental funding in
the current budget to allow for start up, staffing and operation of the new
visitor facility, to prepare for the anticipated increase in number of visitors
when the new visitor facility is completed in Spring of 1989, and to plan for
adequate maintenance and improvement in the physical facilities in the Padre
Island National Seashore.
SECTION 2. That the City Secretary is directed to send copies of this
resolution to the Director of the National Park Service, the Secretary of the
Interior, Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Senator Phil Gramm, and Congressman Solomon
Ortiz.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: a() DAY OF 1989
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Betty N. Turner t
David Berlanga, Sr. Oti_
Leo Guerrero at /
Clif Moss ae
Bill Pruet at
Mary Rhodes ail,
Frank Schwing, Jr. Cf-t-
Mary
Pat Slavik a e ie,
Linda Strong J -1-)L,
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