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7/20/00: Please ne they ~re requesting to speak e more than five minutes, Martha Gillette 7-18-2000 City SecretlU')'. La POM Rc: Request to be on thc agenda for the City Couneil Meeting set for 6:00. July 24.1.000. nl':lU' Mayor and Counoil, The GalveRtoD l!a)' Conservation and Plwcrvation Asso~iation respootftally requell. an extended audionce with you at. your nexl regularly scl1edulc:d City Council Mcot.ing. Tho (IDCPA would like to review with you our cftbrts to comploLo technical sludies th4t will be BubJJliued to the Arm)' Corps of .tinginccrs durinl the Dr.u\ BIS pIWCS5 for the propulIod Bayport Facitlity. Duriq the last few months aBCPA has ruvi"wcd ii' excess of 50,000 )')ages of PHA dUl.iUI\\el1ts, over 'tOUO have been copiodfbr our ruwnls. Thoso documwJl9 clelU'ly dcmnftltnlw dlat tb~ PI1A is not only reviewing data but also providing dl'ata to URS Greiner for tho Arm)' Corpl of Bngineers Draft ms. Thc potential exists for a less than complete and unbiased HIS. In order to provide the Corps ofBnginCCJ'S with essential information, OBCPA belicves that we must provide more in-depth technical evaluations. 1 am aware thal you have been asked to hire Ms. Dana Olivo's consultants. She ha.q been uying to work wil.h some cities on her own. Ms. Olivo hu nut "ll.vudod any of our meetings ond hRs not worked with any of our committees. Please let us be cJeart we arc aware that you must work with tho PHA to reinforce and rcmediatc the Norlh Shore of Bayport Channcl and on tmffic concerns, including the Pairmunl Parkway overpass and Bay Area BI\'d ilsucs. We do not a.k that YOll OppOll. tbe propo.ed nayport Expansion at thil time. How~ver, you voiced many concorns, in your 'white paper', that havc yet to be full)' addressed. These arc the same illsues tIuat. GBCPA and some local citios will be addressing in our tccJ'II1lcal studies. Thesc MU many oft11o &am" itllluCII yOu already address duc to the activities fro", the Barbours c.:ut facility. Spocifica1Jy. the technical studies will address traffio implications of not only BarboUR Cut or Bayport but the combined truck traffic, combined air quality impacts. and combined infi'astructure issues. As you are iw.re Ihc proposed Bayport facility is 1.090 aores. thrce timel the size of Barb ours Cut. Many local communities have great coneor..:! that tho PIIA will not adequately address the full impacts ()(these two container porl, on the hlXlhh, safety, and wolfare of OLlr citizenry. It Is unfortunate that the PitA did not work with La Potto earlier to address the tramo and crOllion issues you now must contcnd with. We would like to have aU or uur illltucs Oil the table before the Bayport lIcility is pcrmlted. The City of Shorcacres ($5.000) and the City ofl'aylor l..ake VilIagc ($S.OOO) have each appropriated funding to study Air, Traffic and I.and use/values. The City of Seabrook has Bet aside matching funds totaling $50,000 (in this fiscal year). It is on the agenda in Clear Lake Shol'os tonight to amend the budget to include funding for thcse ta;hnical studios. We would ask that you consider joining GBCP A and meso cities in SUPPUl'til1g the ;n-dcp~ tcohnicnJ evaluationg nKosAry to insure the hca.lth~ safety, and wclt8re oryaur uiLil.CllS. Th~k YOls,..",~ {"..,.. .' ~~ataii~'O:' "'~ --".