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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 87-8 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Highways and Public <br />Transportation has let a $91,253,931 contract for construction of <br />the State Highway 146 bridge over the Houston Ship Channel to <br />Williams Brothers Construction Company and Traylor Brothers, <br />Inc.; and <br />WHEREAS, the economy of the Texas Gulf Coast is suffering <br />from a loss of industrial production and construction employment; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Williams Brothers and Traylor Brothers are <br />contractors whose home bases are Houston and Baton Rouge, <br />Louisiana and therefore have an interest in the economic well <br />being of the Texas Industrial Gulf Coast. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of La Porte <br />encourages Williams Brothers and Traylor Brothers to seek bids <br />for steel production, fabricating and erection from producers and <br />employers in the Texas Gulf Coast and not use foreign steel or <br />foreign workers to produce steel, fabricate, or erect the bridge <br />across the Houston Ship Channel; and <br />FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be <br />delivered to Williams Brothers, Traylor Brothers and the Texas <br />Department of Highways and Public Transportation. <br />PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th day of June, 1987. <br />, <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> <br />~~~~A <br /> <br />Nor -an L. Malone, -ayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />f-t~~UA'~~ <br /> <br />City Secretary <br />