R2009-034 - 2009-02-23RESOLUTION NO. R2009-34
A RESOLUTION URGING THE TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO REQUEST AND SUPPORT FUNDING FOR
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GENERAL RE-
EVALUATION REPORT ON CLEAR CREEK FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR 2010.
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 28 years; and
WHEREAS, the watershed was impacted by Tropical Storm Alison
causing damages to over 3,000 residential structures along Clear Creek and its
tributary channels; and flood levels were recorded as the second highest to
devastate the watershed; and
WHEREAS, the population explosion that has occurred in recent years in
northern Brazoria County has greatly impacted the effectiveness of waterway
and drainage facilities in this area; and
WHEREAS, the local communities through their office of Floodplain
Administrators and the Clear Creek Watershed Steering Committee are working
diligently as requested by the Corps to comply with Policy Guidance Letter 52 to
implement a Floodplain Management Plan that will protect a future sponsored
Corps project for clear Creek; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Galveston
District's General Re-evaluation and Review (GRR) of the Clear Creek Project is
currently in progress and additional funding is needed to complete the GRR and
begin design; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council Supports funding for the completion of the
GRR for the Clear Creek Project and for funding to begin design of the project
during the 2010 fiscal year.
RESOLUTION NO. R2009-34
Section 2. The City Council strongly encourages the Texas
Congressional Delegation to support funding for the General Re-evaluation
Report, in order to complete the report, begin design and to protect health, safety
and welfare of the citizenry in the Texas Counties of Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend
and Galveston.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 23~d day of February, A.D.,
2009
TOM REID
MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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