HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 92-33 RESOLUTION NO. R92-33
A RESOLUTION OF TSS CITY OF FRIffi�ID5W�C7D, TEXAS, GALVSS�f7�!I/
HARRZS COUNTIES, SUPP08TING � RESaLUTIO�tS QF THE GITIBS.
OF NASSRU BAY, TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE, SEAB800R, FL LAC�,
RECOG�iIZING TSB DUTY OF TSE TEXAS DBFAR'II!�iT OF
TRANSPORTA�'IC�+T �O MEST � NEEIIS E�F' T� CIT�ZBL'iS O� TSS
STATE OF TSXAS Ti�t�UG� PLANNING, C�!NS�IICTIt�i AND
MAINTSNANCE QF HIC�W1hYS; A STA'i'�'�` QP' II�DIATR NEffi� TC�
INCREAS$ CAPRCITY AND RAISE T� ELEVA�'IC�TT O� STATE HIGS�l14F
NASA RQAD �E; TS�EAT � LIFE AND P1taFffitTY CREATEfl HY
INADRQUATS TRAFFIC CAPACITY; ADVSRS� Il�lPlriCT �'O STATS" AND
LOCAL LCCENOIMlIC D$V'SIAPi�T; STRC�T� POSITIVS IA�CAL SUPPC7R�
FOR PRUMPT AGR'IUN AND URGIH� TSB DEE►ART�T OF
TRANSPORTATIO�F TO �ULFILL ITS OBLIGATIf� �0 CY�L�TS L�l'ASA
ROAD 0�'E I AS PROFQS�; INDIVIDUAL AND 30INT
PROTEST OF ANY UNRBASO�TAHLE DELAY� AND R�SST FO� W&IZ`PF�
ACI� AS TO TSE STATUS OF SZI�H PROJBCT ht�lI}
EXPLANATIO�t OF ANY EVENT OR ACTIO� GIVING CAIISE FO� DELAY,
IF ANY.
WHER�P,S, the Texas Department of Transportation through its
Division of Highway and Roads has the duty and obligation
to meet the transportation needs of the citizens af the
State of Texas through planning, canstruction and
maintenance of highways; and
W�,S, In southeast Harris Caunty there exists a faur-
lane state highway know as NASA Road One that in a span af
less than ten miles passes through ar adjoins the
incorporated cities of Friendswood, Webster, Nassau Bag,
Houston, Pasadena, Ta�lor Lake Village, El Lago and
Seabrook and includes approximately twa miles of frontage
at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration' s
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; ana
WI�REAS, the Texas Degartment of Transpartation has among
its records, planning documents, traffic studies, and
other valuable information that have canclusively
identified the immediate need for improvements to NASA Road
One that include widening to increase capacity and
elevating portions to protect the roadway from flooding;and
WI�REAS, the NASA Road One project had been represented by
the Texas Department af Transportati.on to the various
cities impacted directly and indirectly that this project
has been scheduled, funded and is immediately pending
rights-of-way acquisition; and
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Wf�REAS, the cities of Nassau Bay, Taylor Lake Village, E1
Lago and Seabroak have not be given an�r direct or formal
notification that the status of this praject has changed
incidental delays; and
WI�RBAS, an o€ficial representative of the Texas Department
of Transportation has publicly disclosed that the NASA Roa�
One project has been dropped. and will nQt likely be
reconsidered far many years; and
W�REAS, such statement is in direct conf liet with
informatian provided to the cities of Nassau Bay, Tagle�r
Lake Village, E1 Lago and Seabraok, each of whom are
participants in the NASA Road One graject, and
WHEREAS, the many and varieci justifications for proeeeding
with the NASA Raad �ne praject have not dimznished, but have
continued to escalate the need; and
WF�REAS, there are na alternative roadways para11e1 to NASA
Road One that connect Nassau Bay, Taylar Lake Village, E1
Lago and Seabrook, the use of NRSA Raad One is inescapable
and makes travel a difficult feat, especially for �mergency
vehicZes; and
WH�RBA.S, traffic cangestian on NASA Road One regularly
endangers lives and property by creating unavaidalale dela�s
in the delivery of emergency services; and
WHFR�'ns, NASA Road One serves as an essential arxd in many
cases the only available evacuatian route for several
coastal cammunities prone to flooding and subject to
frequent hurricane threat; and
wr�rR�bS, local jurisdictions are suffering a continuing 1QS�
of employers and retail businesses who are relocating ta
escape the increasing NASA Road One traffic cangestion; and
WI�REAS, NASA Road One serves as the entrance to the
National Aeranautics and Space Administratian' s Johnsan
Space Center, a tremendaus emplolrer and econamie benefaetor
to the State of Texas; and
W'H�EAS, the State of Texas together with the eities af
Nassau Bay, Taylor Lake Village, E1 Lago and Seabrook
recognize tourism as a major industry beriefiting the sta.te
and that such industry can be adverselg impacted by traffic
congestion on state highways that fail to provi.de adeguate
capacity ta meet traffic demands; and
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W'�REAS, annually more than one million tourists an�
visitors travel NASA Raad One, with future projections as
elose as 1994 estimating an inerease in the num�er of
vistors to reach two millian annually; and
WF�'.RSAB, NASA Road One provides the only road�ay connecting
the City of Nassau Bay w�th the remainder of the state,
making its 4,320 residents, hundreds of businesses, four
hotels, and 13Q-bed hospi�al and �ssociated facilities
wholly dependent on NASA Road One with�ut any alternative or
recourse; and
WI�REAS, the ci�ies of �assau Bay, Taylor Lake Village, E1
Lago and Seabraok seek to grotect the interest of the
17,668 residents and citizens af the Sta�e of Texas we
collectively repres�nt; and
WHF.RRAS� it is the duty of the State of Texas and not th�
cities of Webster, Nassau Bay, Hauston, Pasadena, Taylor
Lake Village, E1 Lago or Seabroak to plan, construct ar
maintain state highways such as NASA Road One.
NO�W, T�FORE, BL IT RESOLV� HY � I�lAYQB AND eITY C�OUNCIL
OF TSE CITY OF FRIEbTDSi�TCX)D, GA��TEST�/��►��s Cp�gg�
T�XA.S.
THAT, we are in unanimous sugpart of the Texas Department of
Transportation' s NASA Raad One prc�ject and support the
cities o€ Nassau Bay, Taylor Lake Village, Seabr�Qk and El
Lago's requests; and
THAT, we urge the Department to fulfill its obligation ta
the citizens of Texas and immediately move to complete
improvements to NASA Raad ane as prapased, cansidering the
significant benefit ta the State as a whoZe; and
FURTHSR TEAT, we individually and jointly seek to protest
any unreasonable delay in the completion of this most
important highway proJect and respectfully demand a prampt
written acknawledge3nent as ta the sta.tus of sueh projeet and
a full explanation af any event, actian or other
consideratian that gives cause for delay, if any.
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pASggp, p,ppRpy� AND ADOPTSD by Mayor and Councilmembers of
Friendswoad, Texas this 2�th dag of July, 1992.
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Mayor velyn . Newman
City of Friendswaad
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r -tem el Measeles Co ncil.member itten Hajecate
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ouncilmember Tam Manison Councilmember Ed Stuart
o ncilmember Ha�old Rale Counci Ember Frank Frankovich
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKe zi Arch r, CMC
City Secretary
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