R2017-236 2017-11-06RESOLUTION NO. 2017-236
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
urging the Texas Congressional Delegation to request and support
funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized
construction ready project on Clear Creek for 2018.
WHEREAS, the Clear Creek Watershed is a major Texas drainage artery that
drains 260 square miles, 47 linear miles, serving Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend and
Galveston Counties and sixteen cities, many of which have experience severe structural
and non-structural flooding over the past 29 years; and
WHEREAS, design and construction of the Clear Creek flood control project has
been fully authorized by Congress in the 1960's; and
WHEREAS, the watershed has been impacted by multiple rain events causing
substantial damage and repetitive flooding to over 3,000 residential structures along
Clear Creek and its tributary channels; and
WHEREAS, the watershed was significantly impacted by Hurricane Harvey
causing catastrophic flooding along Clear Creek and its tributary channels; and flood
levels were recorded as the highest on record for the watershed. The flooding of
structures along Clear Creek and its tributaries in all Counties has caused billions of
dollars in damages, including over 1,000 residential structures in the City of Pearland;
and
WHEREAS, the development and increased population that has occurred in the
Clear Creek Watershed in recent years has greatly impacted the effectiveness of
waterways and drainage facilities in this area; and
WHEREAS, the local Entities through their offices of Floodplain Administrators
and Engineers are working to ensure a Floodplain Management Plan and Drainage
Criteria will be enforced to protect a sponsored Corps project for Clear Creek; and
RESOLUTION NO. R2017-236
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Galveston District's
General Re-evaluation and Review of the Clear Creek Project was completed in October
2012 and funding of $250 million is required to continue the construction ready project
into design and construction in 2018; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council strongly supports the funding and completion of the
Authorized Construction Ready Project on Clear Creek; and
Section 2. The City Council strongly encourages the Texas Congressional
Delegation to request the U.S. Congress to appropriate $250 million for the design and
construction of the Authorized Construction Ready Project on Clear Creek to protect the
health, safety and welfare of citizenry in the Texas Counties of Harris, Brazoria, Fort
Bend and Galveston.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 6th day of November, A.D., 2017
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TOM REID
MAYOR
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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