HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2008-82RESOLUTION NO. R2008-82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE, AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO ATTEST, AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
DICKINSON BAYOU WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE FOR
ISSUES RELATING ENGINEERING AND OPERATING COSTS.
WHEREAS, in 2005, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791, et. Seq.,
Texas Government Code, and amended (the "Act"), the City of Friendswood and other cities,
counties and special districts of the State of Texas entered into an interlocal agreement regarding
the Dickinson Bayou Watershed and created the Dickinson Bayou Watershed Steering
Committee, an Interlocal agency; and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Interlocal Agreement continue to recognize that Dickinson
Bayou is a unique regional resource that provides outfall drainage capacity in the heart of a
growing Metroplex; that local governments are responsible for the overall health, safety and
welfare of their citizens and thus must take the lead as stewards of flood plains in the Dickinson
Bayou Watershed; and that actions of upstream and downstream communities within the
Dickinson Bayou Watershed directly affect each other such that individual local goals for flood
protection and abatement, drainage, transportation, greenway establishment and protection,
waste management, conservation and development can only be achieved through cooperative
management of the Dickinson Bayou Watershed; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the ongoing cooperation, the City Council of the City of
Friendswood deems it in the best interest of the City to enter into a new Interlocal Agreement
with the Dickinson Bayou Watershed Steering Committee for issues relating to engineering and
operating costs;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That an Interlocal Agreement by and between the City and the Dickinson
Bayou Watershed Steering Committee for issues relating to engineering and operating costs is
hereby approved.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor and City Secretary are authorized and directed to execute
and attest, respectively, the Interlocal Agreement by and between the City and the Dickinson
Bayou Watershed Steering Committee in substantially the same form as is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof for all purposes.
PASSED, APPROVED AND RESOLVED on this 20th day of October, 2008.
ATTEST:
Da d J. ith
Mayor
F
D loris McKenzie, TRMC #
City Secretary #
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