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__ e RESOLUTION NO. 7 'Z ~o I '.' A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE PRESERVATION OF THE ARMAND BAYOU AREA; SUPPORTING THE CITY OF PASADENA IN ITS EFFORTS; URGING OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TO JOIN IN EXPRES- SIONS OF CONCERN; AND EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE DRAINAGE TRIBUTARIES OF THE ARMAND BAYOU SYSTEM. WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended provides for making of grants by the Secretary of Housing and I Urban Develo~nent to States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition and development of permanent interests in land for open-space uses where such assistance is needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program for the provision and development of open-space land as part -. of the comprehensively planned development of the urban area; and, WHEREAS the CITY OF PASADENA has by Resolution No. 72-1 expressed a desire to make application for matching funds to acquire and develop fee simple title and scenic easements to certain land known as Armand Bayou Park, which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for active and passive recreation, nature studies, hiking and the preservation of natural. areas and wildlife habitats. Said park is expected to cost an estimated $1.7 Million; and, ~. WHEREAS, Armand Bayou, is one of the last natural waterways in this area that provides a refuge for native birds, trees, and wild flowers; and, WHEREAS, Armand Bayou offers a unique opportunity for a nature center that could provide educational opportunity for children of': this area; and, WHEREAS it has become common knowledge that the area known as Armand Bayou is a wildlife refuge without whose preservation an important part of our wildlife will be forever lost to mankind; and, WHEREAS, it is also common knowledge that without concerted .. action and concern the drainage tributaries of this area will be irreversibly altered, destroying wildlife habitats and thus the ecological balance of the area; and,