HomeMy WebLinkAbout029544 RES - 06/26/2012Resolution granting authority to the City Manager or designee to
amend the Choke Canyon and Lake Corpus Christi water right
permits..
Whereas, the City of Corpus Christi previously received Certificate of Adjudication No.
21-3214 and No. 21-2464, ("Certificates") from Texas Water Commission, which
authorize the City of Corpus Christi to divert a total of 443,898 acre feet of water per
annum out of the Nueces River Basin;
Whereas, the City of Corpus Christi desires to amend the Certificates to add mining use
as an additional permissible use for which water may be diverted, and to authorize the
diversion of the water from any point along the perimeter of the Choke Canyon and
Lake Corpus Christi reservoirs;
Now, therefore be it resolved by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas that:
Section1. That the City Manager is authorized to execute all documents necessary to
amend Certificate of Adjudication No. 21-3214 and Certificate of Adjudication No. 21-
2464 to add mining use to the purposes for water appropriated under the Certificates
and to authorize the diversion of the water from any point along the perimeter of the
Choke Canyon Reservoir and the Lake Corpus Christi reservoirs.
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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Joe Ad me
Mayor
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Corpus Christi, Texas
day of , 2012
The above resolution was j assed by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Kelley Allen
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Priscilla G. Leal
David Loeb
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
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