Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	By: Creighton S.C.R. No. 24
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4	4	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, Bolivar Peninsula was named for Simon Bolivar,
6	6	liberator of Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama and
7	7	founder and president of Bolivia; the Peninsula has been known as a
8	8	destination famous for fishing, birding, shelling, and sea bathing
9	9	where many people call home for their families and their
10	10	businesses; and
11	11	WHEREAS, Throughout history, Bolivar Peninsula has weathered
12	12	tremendous storms, each time rebuilding as a stronger and more
13	13	resilient community; and
14	14	WHEREAS, the Texas coastal region fuels the nation as the top
15	15	state for waterborne commerce and is home to critical
16	16	infrastructure that is integral to the national economy and to
17	17	national security; and
18	18	WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has
19	19	initiated the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility
20	20	Study to determine the feasibility of constructing coastal storm
21	21	risk management and ecosystem restoration projects along the Texas
22	22	Coast; The United States Army Corps of Engineers has recently
23	23	concluded the public comment period on the Draft Integrated
24	24	Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement where the
25	25	tentatively selected plan includes structures along Bolivar
26	26	Peninsula and Galveston Island; and
27	27	WHEREAS, comments from the public expressed concern with the
28	28	tentatively selected plan due to consequences to homes, businesses,
29	29	and the environment resulting from structures through the middle of
30	30	the Peninsula; now, therefore, be it
31	31	RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas,
32	32	supports a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration
33	33	Feasibility Study tentatively selected plan that reflects
34	34	community input from the Bolivar Peninsula received during the
35	35	public comment period and ; and, be it further
36	36	RESOLVED, The State of Texas recognizes the need of
37	37	protecting the Texas coast; any structure on Bolivar Peninsula
38	38	should protect not damage the community; and, be it further
39	39	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
40	40	copies of this resolution to the commissioner of the Texas General
41	41	Land Office, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and to all
42	42	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
43	43	this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record.
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45	45	Rejecting any coastal storm risk management project which includes
46	46	infrastructure that negatively impacts Bolivar Peninsula.
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