HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 041477J - City Council And Parks & Rec Board Endorse Lake Site As State Park - 04/14/1977KJ:hw
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS the Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan (TORP) justifies and
recommends 2, 704 acres of land in Planning Region I as a minimum acrea
for 1980 State Park Recreational Acreage Needs; and
WHEREAS this minimum recommendation is placed as priority 5 for
Facility -Based State Park Recreational Land Needs out of a total of 8
priorities; and
WHEREAS a state park in Planning Region I would directly benefit
neighboring Regions II and IV and more indirectly Region III; and
WHEREAS Ibbock County contains the greatest concentration of
population on the High Plains and should be one of the areas considered; ands
WHEREAS the Lubbock area=s major topographical feature is the
Yellowhouse Canyon;; and
WHEREAS an Engineering feasibility study for the City of Lubbockts
Canyon Lakes Project proposes an 8800 acre recreational site southeast of
Lubbock, Texas, which includes a 1600 surface acre lake and identified as
Lake No. 8 on the Canyon Lakes Project plat attached hereto; and
WHEREAS the City of Lubbock is actively engaged in completion of the
construction of Phase I (in town lakes) of the Canyon Lakes Project which
should add to and compliment a large State Park and Lake 8 in this Lake
system; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Council and the Parks and Recreation Board of the
City of Lubbock endorses the Lake site described above as the site of a
new State Park; and
Urges that all other cities in Lubbock County become a party to this
endorsement and join this Resolution; and
Urges the State Parks and Wildlife Commission to consider a higher
priority for Planning Region I; and
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Consider the above referenced property as such property that would
meet the Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan as endorsed by the Commission.
Passed by the City Council thislI ay of _AT j1 1977.
ROY AASS, MAYOR
~ATTEST:
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Treva'Phillips, City ecretary-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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red O. Senter, Jr., City ` orney