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SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF THE TEXAS
NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE IN THE TEXAS
COASTAL BEND REGION BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
WHEREAS, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration currently funds 25
research reserves in the United States; but
WHEREAS, there are no research reserves in the Western Gulf of Mexico Biographic
Region; and
WHEREAS, the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute is seeking the
establishment of the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve in the Texas Coastal
Bend Region; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve in
the Texas Coastal Bend Region will provide opportunities for education and research,
create new jobs, increase visitors, and provide baseline data on natural conditions in
Texas for use in coastal resource management; and
WHEREAS, the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve will have three missions:
long-term monitoring, education and public outreach, and stewardship; and
WHEREAS, the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve program be non-
regulatory and not require the adoption of any additional rules by the State of Texas;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed sites of the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve has
representative habitats, Iow population densities, is relatively pristine, has large areas of
land under protection by resource agencies, and is close to facilities that can support
the program; and
WHEREAS, the Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve will include a site at the
mouth of the Nueces River, which the City has been working to preserve in a natural
state; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THE City of Corpus Christi supports the establishment of the Texas
National Estuarine Research Reserve in the Texas Coastal Bend Region, and urges the
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide the necessary
funding for the program.
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ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
APPROVED: "10TM day of April, 2003.
Acting City Att6rney
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor
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Corpqs Christi, Texas
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The above resolution was passed by the follow~g vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
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Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Rex A. Kinnison ~./_
Bill Kelly
Jessie Noyola ~/~
Mark Scott ~
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