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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHlAND HIllS
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING ITS CITY ATTORNEY TO INTER-
VENE, IN BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS)
IN CAUSE NO. 7l-H-983 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
THE CONTINUATION OF THE WALLISVILlE AND TRINITY RIVER
PROJECTS, AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
AND CARRY ON SUCH INTERVENTION.
Preamble
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills has for many years supported
the full implementation of the Trinity River Master Plan as proposed by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Trinity River Authority of
Texas; and
WHEREAS, the completion of the Trinity River Master Plan will greatly
benefit the people of the City of North Richland Hills; and
WHEREAS, a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas as Cause No. 71-H-983 and styled Sierra
Club, et al. v. Froehlke, et al. for the purpose of halting permanently
two important elements of the Trinity River Master Plan, to-wit:
(1) the Wallisville Project, which is now under construc-
tion in Chambers County, Texas and which is Fifty
Percent (50%) complete; and
(2) the Trinity River Project, which is now being designed.
and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of North Richland Hills
that it intervene in said lawsuit in order to support the continuation of the
Wallisville and Trinity River Projects.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS that its City Attorney be authorized~and is hereby
directed:
(1) to file a motion for leave to intervene in behalf of
the City of North Richland Hills as a party defendant
in Cause No. 7l-H-983 and styled Sierra Club, et al. v.
Froehlke, et al. in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas; and
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(2) to do all things necessary to support and carry for-
ward such intervention.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ð fÁ- · day of 1l~ ___, 1971.
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