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~SO~UTt0N OPPOS]I,~G T~ E~P~2'~SION OF THE CRAcklY iSLA~ND HYDRAULIC L~2~rD- <br />FTLr, AREA BY ~ b~,l£i%D STATES A~gZ CORPS OF F~G~EERS. <br /> <br /> ~,~2tEAS, there presently exists to the north of and ~djacent <br />to the northern corporate limits of the City of Portsmouth in. tha~ area <br />kno~z~ as Crmney Islmnd. a hydraulic lmndfill site o~erated, by the Unkted' ' <br />Staves Ar~y Corps of ~Lngineers; mud <br /> <br /> ~aZ~F~REAS, such site is nearing the end of its life as a viable <br />disposal site; and <br /> r~ osa~s for inc~e <br /> ~fr~%EAS, one of the suggested p p ± ~' asi~ the <br />life of said disposal site is to extend and em~arge said landf~tl area <br />~_n a westerly direction; and <br /> <br /> ~Si~aJ~_~KS, such an e×~ter~ion would be inimical to the welfare <br />and~best interests of the City of Portsmouth ~and its citizens because ' <br />it would deprive the citSzens of. Portsmouth oi the beneficial ~s.e of <br />a presently available naoural harbor area, would ftu~ther distu~b the <br />ecological enviror~.ent of said m~ea, would further increase mn.d enlarge <br />the nox~_ous attrmbutes mr~herent ~n a hydraulmc dmsposal operation, would <br />br~_ng said noxious use into closer proxirmity <br /> w_tn a~omnzng residential <br />areas,and would hinder, if no~ predlude ~ z~tu~e resider£iat developmer£ <br />of said adjoining areas. <br /> <br /> NOW, '/~FORE,' BE Il' RESOL~D by the Council of the Cit~ of <br />Portsmoutl~ Virginia that it mosv strongly opposes any extension or en- <br />largemenz of the area presently used by the Ue~ited States f%rnry Co~s <br />of Er~ineers for l~ndfili F~ooses ~ that it most p~-ticui~iy op- <br />poses ~ny westw~d e~asion of s~d ~ea. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Cotuncil of the City of Portsmouth: Virgir~a~ <br />at a meetZng held Septe~er 8~ 1970. <br /> <br /> Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />