HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 84-24 RESOLUTION N0 . R-24-84
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE INTENT OF TYE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD TO ADQPT A SURFACE ti9ATER PLAN.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
COUNTIES OF GALVESTON AND HARRIS, STATE OF TEXAS :
WHEREAS , numerous studies have sh.own that excessive
ground water withdrawal has a direct effect upon the
subsidence of land; and
WHER�AS , the Texas Legislature has created t�e Harris-
Galveston Coastal Subsidence District in an effort to
reverse the land subsi�ence in the coastal area; and
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Friendswood ,
Texas , desires to cooperate in the reversal of said
subsidence ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood,
Texas , deems it advisable to express its intent toward the
conversion of its public drinking water to surface water
us age,
N0�1, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OP TEXAS :
THAT, the City Council of the City of Friendswoocl fully
supports the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District in
its efforts to control the subsidence of the area and hereby
expresses its support by the adoption of the attached plan
to achieve the conversion of Friendswood water usage to a
surface source.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this 19th day of November 1984.
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City ecretary
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD
Surface Water Acquisition
Timetable and Cost Projections
Begin Estimated
Project Construction Cost
Water Well and Second Quarter $ 450 000
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Ground Storage 1985
24" and 30" lines Third Quarter $ 735 000
from Baybrook T4a11 1985 �
to proposed well
location
30" line : from Third Quarter $ 480 000
proposed well 1987 �
location to FM-518
36" line : Choate Third Quarter $ 641 000
Road to FD�-2351 and 1988 �
Be ame r
30" line plus Booster Third Quarter $ 582 000
Station to tie in with 1989 �
Wedgewood
36" line : Beamer at Third Quarter $ 470 000
Fhi-2351 to Wedgewood 1990 �
36" line : Tie in Third �uarter $ 575 ,000
between FNI-2351 and 1991 �
30" line at edge of
Wedgewood
14" line : Friendswood- $ 208 ,000
Link Road to FP�I-518
14" line : FM-2351 to $ 202 ,000
FM-518
Total Estimated Cost : $4 ,343 ,000
November 19 , 1984