R2005-0048 02-28-05 RESOLUTION NO. R2005-48
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, SUPPORTING THE DREDGING OF CHOCOLATE BAYOU,
BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS TO PROTECT WATERWAYS AND
ENSURES ECONOMIC VIABILITY TO $130 MILLION GENERATING
INDUSTRY.
WHEREAS, Chocolate Bayou is located in Brazoria County, Texas, where
three large and very important chemical plants, BP Amoco, Equistar (Lyondell), and
Solutia all transport goods frequently via barge on Chocolate Bayou; and
WHEREAS, the Army Corps of Engineers is the governing body that
maintains and dredges this waterway, keeping it safe and open to this important
barge traffic; and
WHEREAS, Chocolate Bayou has been on a dredge schedule frequency of
every 4 years to be maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers; and
WHEREAS, these three companies employ 1,600 direct jobs and create
10,300 indirect jobs, and generate $130 million, purchase $240 million in goods
and services locally, and combine to pay over $30 million in taxes; and
WHEREAS, end products are: transportation related plastics, carpet,
laminated safety glass, packaging materials, window films for UV and safety,
colored laminated glasses, electronics, furnishings, residential/commercial carpets,
industrial/machinery, adhesives/inks/coatings, and specialties (aviation fluids, heat
transfer fluids, water treatment); and
WHEREAS, the Corp of Engineer's approved the Dredged Material
Maintenance Plan ("DMMP") which will alleviate all unsafe congestion and provide
for a future management plan; and
RESOLUTION NO. R2005-48
WHEREAS, the DMMP has been approved by every major agency, including
environmental agencies, and the general public, because of its beneficial use of the
spoilage material, and is designed to promote shoreline protection and to create
new marshland to encourage wildlife, and in turn, improve the environment; and
WHEREAS, not doing this project has created shallow conditions currently
causing delays or light loading, resulting in higher costs, having the rippling effect
economically; and
WHEREAS, not funding this project will result in a large increase in over the
road traffic, resulting in air quality degradation and severe traffic congestion; and
WHEREAS, the Army Corps of Engineers has the Dredged Material
Maintenance Plan project in their program of work but has no funds allocated for
the DMMP; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Hereby adopts this resolution to request emergency fund in the amount of
$4 million ($2.9 million in Construction General funds and $1.1 million in Operation
& Maintenance funds) during FY2005 for this 2-year delayed project.
are made available, then for FY2006 funding.
and ADOPTED this the 28th
PASSED,
February
APPROVED
, A.D., 2005.
If no funds
day of
TOM REID
MAYOR
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RESOLUTION NO. R2005-48
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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