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<br />MEMORANDUM <br />• <br />September 30, 1980 <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Planning & Zoning Commission <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Industrial Solid Waste Disposal Management Sites <br />Planning & Zoning Commission, after lengthy discussion, <br />voted to recommend to City Council that industrial waste disposal <br />management sites be banned from the City of La Porte. <br />Gail Hamilton, assistant City Attorney, was asked to draw up <br />such an ordinance for your consideration. <br />We think the peculiar aspects of the geographical location <br />of our City call for special precautions involving the disposal of <br />toxic or radioactive wastes. The entire Bay Area will no doubt <br />flood under hurricane conditions, the subsidence will continue along <br />with shifting of the soil, and the proximity of the water table <br />to the surf ace of the earth are factors which must be considered. <br />Our location is delicate; we do not wish to risk the health and <br />• safety of our citizens by permitting the dumping of hazardous <br />wastes within our boundaries. <br />Planning & Zoning recommends that City Council adopt the <br />ordinance excluding such waste sites from the City of La Porte. <br />Respectfully, <br />Pat Muston, Chairman <br />PM/cb <br /> <br />