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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1816 Resolutionelyn Wells, City Clerk te lo, City Attorney RESOLUTION NO. 1816 A RESOLUTION providing support for the expansion of the agricultural industry in Franklin County. WHEREAS, the City of Pasco functions as a service center for the Columbia Basin Irrigation District, one of the highest agricultural production areas in the country which is extremely well suited for the production of vegetable crops; and WHEREAS, there is a specific need for a local vegetable processing and handling facility (sweet corn, asparagus, cucurbit, and all species of cole crops). A local processing plant would assure a better product because of less time required between picking, handling and processing. This would mean a greater return to the farmer because currently freight costs to the remote and distant plants are being paid by or withheld from the farmer; and WHEREAS, a local processing plant would give impetus and encouragement to the agricultural community to grow those crops capable of being processed locally and assist in crop rotation programs for growers; and WHEREAS, the geographic location of Franklin County is blessed with transportation for any or all projected markets and is readily accessible to railroads, barge facilities, highways, and air service; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: That all efforts be made to procure a study concerning the feasibility of the financing, construction, and subsequent use of a processing plant capable of handling the agricultural products grown in this community. r.• of Pasco this 18 PASSED by the City Council of the C day of January , 1988. Jt Hendler, Mayor