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<br />J. e RESOLUTION NO. 77-27 e <br /> \, <br />. .. <br /> ,LAND EROSION AND SUBMERGING <br /> SUPPORTING SENATE BILL NO. 381 <br />. WHEREAS, the property along the waterfront is being severely damaged because <br /> of the sinking of the land; and <br /> WHEREAS, this area i's suffering an unnatural phenomenon due'to the sinking <br /> , <br /> of the land; and <br /> WHEREAS, this phenomenon is not a direct result of neglect by the waterfront <br /> property owners and they should not' lose their property because of <br /> the sinking land; and <br /> WHEREAS, many owners of waterfront property are denied its use because they <br /> cannot reclaim eroded or sinking land by using bulkheads and filling <br /> behind them; and <br /> WHEREAS, the enforcement of, this law amounts to confiscation of property <br /> without due process of law; and <br />e WHEREAS, Pub I ic Law 92-500 will result in unwarranted intrusion by the <br /> Federal Government on property owner's rights, <br /> NqW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEABROOK, <br /> TEXAS: <br /> lHA T , the City supports the theory that land erosion and submerging due <br /> to subsidence was never intended to come under the laws which deal <br /> with nature's ordinary erosion and submerging of land; and <br /> THAT, the City of Seabrook supports Senate Bi I I 381 which would amend <br /> Public Law 92-500 and which would return to the owner that property <br /> which has been damaged due to subsidence and erosion and al low <br /> reclamation of same. <br />. PASSED and APP-ROVED this 6th day of December, 1977. <br /> d/~/~ <br /> ATTEST: Ja~mPbel I, Mayor ~ <br /> MIir:e~j~:'~i~Y <br /> ',. v- '- '\1, <br />e .r~~..':':::j:~'.'\ . <br /> -. ~ - . - , . <br /> . - , <br /> - , <br /> ( --.. <br /> , <br /> .: <br /> - - <br /> . - -' <br /> - <br />