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78 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH TO ANY EXP~S!ON OR UNNECESS~_RY PROLONGATION OF THE USE OP THE CRANEY ISLAND DISPOSAL D3?.~A AND DIRECTING THE CITY 5~NAGERA~ND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ~ATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL'S POSITION ON THIS FATTER AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH FORUMS AS ~Y BE NECESSARY. W~EREAS, the Army Corp of Engineers has recently announced that it expects to implement a Five Year Management Plan which will permit the extension of the life of Craney island as a disposal area for an additional thirty-six (36) years to aD- proximately 2017 and the raising of the elevation by approxi- mately fifteen C15) feet to approximately plus thirty (+30) feet mean sea level; and WHEREAS, such plan is contrary to the findings and con- clusions contained in a document entitled "Norfolk Harbor And Channels, Virginia, Deepening And Disposal Feasibility Report", dated September, 1979, as prepared by the Army Cor~ of Engineers, which reconmmended against the raisinc of the current design level and expanslon to the west of the Craney Island Disposal Area~ and WHEREAS, the Craney Island Disposal Area is w~thin the boundaries of the City of Portsmouth and its ultimate develou- men~ as a deep water marine terminat~ a freeport, and related industrial and commercial development is vital to the economis vitality of the City of Portsmouth and the Com~onwealth of Virginia; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has expressed by Resolution its opposition to the expansion Craney Island Disposal Area; and steadfastly of the W~EREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth questions whether the Army Corp of Engineers, in preparation of its Management Plan has met the mandates required by Federal Regu- lations regarding the envirom~enta! and economic impact of the Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it steadfastly reiterates its opposition to the expansion or unnecessary prolongation of the of Craney island as a disposal area. use BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: