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HomeMy WebLinkAbout027038 RES - 10/31/2006Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SUPPORT LEGISLATION INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE TEXAS RECREATION & PARKS ACCOUNT LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM (TRPA) AND THE TEXAS STATE PARK SYSTEM; AND REQUIRING THAT ALL TRPA FUNDED PARK PROJECTS BE SUBJECT TO THE ESTABLISHED TPWD COMPETITIVE SCORING SYSTEM. AMEREAS, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department ( "TPWD ") administers the Texas Recreation & Parks Account Local Park Grant Program ( "TRPA ") and manages 114 State parks and historical sites in Texas; and WHEREAS, TPWD has a separate account in their general revenue fund referred to as the TRPA for the purpose of providing matching grants to political subdivisions for parks and recreation projects and WHEREAS, the matching grants provided by the TPWD are utilized for the planning, acquisition, and development of local park, recreation and open space areas to be owned and maintained by political subdivisions; and WHEREAS, funds granted to political subdivisions under the TRPA guidelines have funded 1.029 projects of the 2,851 submitted over 25 years delivering over $623 million dollars to the local Texas economy; and WHEREAS, political subdivisions throughout the State of Texas depend on grants from TPWD through the TRPA to stimulate the acquisition and development of parks and recreational areas for the benefit and enjoyment of their citizenry; and VYHEREAS, the TRPA and State parks are funded from sales tax on sporting goods and the development of new parks stimulates the purchase of sporting goods; and V*IEREAS, continued cutbacks in appropriations for State park and historic sites have resulted in a backlog of deferred maintenance issues, park closures, reduced hours and days of operation, staff layoffs, the conversion of some parks to day use only and elimination of important visitor services, regardless of the growing need for new parks due to the State's expanding population and extensive tourism industry; and VMHEREAS, the development of parks encourages and promotes public health, economic development, job creation, education; corporate relocations, an improved quality of life, and juvenile crime prevention; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this City Council that a copy of this resolution with appropriate names affixed be presented to the Governor of Texas and the leadership of the 80th Texas Legislature. C Doyle. ;?3.06\ORD2003 06 \Resolute ons,06 0913DC Ircrease.TxRec Parks Funding.doc )'? to 3 Page 2 of 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: ACTION 1. That members of the 80th Legislature of Texas seek passage of legislation maximizing the use of revenue from the sporting goods sales tax to increase funding for parks and recreation programs fairly for both Local and State parks and that all TRPA funded park projects be subject to the established TPWD competitive scoring system. ATTEST: Armando Chapa City Secretary A : ROVED 13 September 2006 chyle Curtis Chief, Administrative Law Section Senior Assistant City Attorney For City Attorney C:\( Dovle. 03. 061 ORD2003 .061Resoluti.ons106.0913DC Increase.TxRec Parks Funding.doc CITY • ' CORPUS CHRISTI enry Ga r ett Mayor Page 3 of 3 Corpus Christi. Texas 3) day of (c-i-1) abet , 2006 The above resolution was passed by the following vote: Henry Garrett. Brent Chesney Melody Cooper Jerry Garcia William Kelly Rex A. Kinnison John E Marez Jesse Noyola Mark Scott C \(Dayle.03 061 ORD2003 .06\Resoluti.ons \06.0913DC Increase TxRec Parks.Funding.doc .197 W18 10- i0 1 FR(P1-- T-021 P002/002 F-034 1%7 WEBER PCAD WEBER ROAD (±) (0) ( :-11) (*/ (6) © f"''' VI ..l'H MC72 PC) ./. cn go >02 m al D ,-,X -0 o z L.) r- w om -^. :MI Zr- 0 PO Z 0 0 rn a > xi mm mo r- rn X Cf) CD> r— Z > ,.....•-lj m 0z m 9) Sli-t Ccv--- Ciat 2 ogeKo- os" Waived If ill c.(,. GIGNACIASSOCIATE5 coRptaaellA WV Yam, SPECIAL USE PERMIT SOUTH PARK CENTER CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CONsuLTANT ci m r- I m 0) m m DATE: 08/20/2008 DRAWN CM MIN