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Ir - <br /> ,\ <br /> ‘; <br /> ..4 DRAFT > <br /> 1 RESOLUTION > <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE EXPRESSING CONCERN ON THE <br /> PROPOSED PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY BAYPORT CONTAINER FACILITY AND <br /> ASKING FOR A STUDY OF A REGIONAL PORT CONCEPT. <br /> WHEREAS, the Port of Houston Authority has proposed a container facility at Bayport that will > <br /> require utilization of over 1000 acres at build out; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City recognizes the economic importance of adequate port facilities to Harris > <br /> County, its adjacent counties, and the entire State of Texas. Similarly, the City realizes a responsibility to its <br /> residents to protect their well being and quality of life; and <br /> > <br /> WHEREAS, the Bayport container facility will generate significant air quality impacts from the <br /> diesel trucks, diesel ships, diesel cranes and diesel vehicles that will be active at the Bayport container J <br /> facility; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Bayport container facility will generate high truck traffic demand which will exceed 5000 > <br /> .-41 trucks per day at build out; and ,t' <br /> WHEREAS, the Bayport area is currently violating the federal health -based standard for ozone air > <br /> pollution; and > <br /> WHEREAS, the Bayport Container Facility will generate the need for building an additional rail > <br /> line paralleling the existing Union Pacific rail line; and > <br /> WHEREAS, these rail lines will generate additional automotive delays making the Fairmont <br /> Parkway grade crossing intolerable; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Bayport container facility is adjacent to residential development at El Jardin del > <br /> Mar, Seabrook, La Porte and Shoreacres that will be negatively impacted by the noise, light and air > <br /> pollution from the Bayport facility; and <br /> WHEREAS, Galveston Bay is a nationally- important estuary; and <br /> WHEREAS, the likelihood exists that the Bayport Container facility may ultimately be dredged to <br /> 50 or more feet to accommodate the larger more modern ships that are being constructed today; and <br /> WHEREAS, a channel constructed to a depth of 50 or more feet into the Galveston Bay system as <br /> far up as Bayport would increase salinity levels and decrease marine productivity in Galveston Bay; and <br /> WHEREAS, other sites exist in the Galveston Bay system that are better served by rail than is the j> <br /> Bayport site and would generate less truck traffic and less air pollution than would Bayport; and <br /> 4"l <br />