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