| 1 | 1 | | By: Middleton H.C.R. No. 124 |
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| 4 | 4 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Throughout history, the Bolivar Peninsula and |
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| 6 | 6 | | Galveston Island have weathered tremendous storms, each time |
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| 7 | 7 | | rebuilding as stronger and more resilient communities; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, the Texas coastal region fuels the nation as the top |
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| 9 | 9 | | region for waterborne commerce and is home to critical |
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| 10 | 10 | | infrastructure that is integral to our national economy and our |
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| 11 | 11 | | national security; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has |
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| 13 | 13 | | initiated the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility |
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| 14 | 14 | | Study to determine the feasibility of constructing coastal storm |
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| 15 | 15 | | risk management and ecosystem restoration projects along the Texas |
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| 16 | 16 | | Coast; the United States Army Corps of Engineers has recently |
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| 17 | 17 | | concluded the public comment period on the Draft Integrated |
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| 18 | 18 | | Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement where the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tentatively Selected Plan includes structures along the Bolivar |
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| 20 | 20 | | Peninsula and Galveston Island; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, comments from the public expressed concern with the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Tentatively Selected Plan due to negative consequences to homes, |
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| 23 | 23 | | businesses, and the environment resulting from structures placed |
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| 24 | 24 | | through the middle of the Bolivar Peninsula and the west end of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Galveston Island, and a ring levee around the east end of Galveston |
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| 26 | 26 | | Island; now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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| 28 | 28 | | supports a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration |
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| 29 | 29 | | Feasibility Study Tentatively Selected Plan that reflects |
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| 30 | 30 | | community input from the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island |
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| 31 | 31 | | received during the public comment period; and be it further |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, The State of Texas recognizes the need of |
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| 33 | 33 | | protecting the Texas coast; any structure on the Bolivar Peninsula |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Galveston Island should protect and not damage the community; |
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| 35 | 35 | | and, be it further |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official |
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| 37 | 37 | | copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Texas General |
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| 38 | 38 | | Land Office, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and to all |
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| 39 | 39 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 40 | 40 | | this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record. |
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