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2003 12 11 WS Minutes City of Baytown WORK SESSION December 11, 2003 5:35 P.m. de.° %8 fia 41111 ',Yx.. a .. , ,i ey ,,,14,,'.--.4?-",. / Pam✓ t` �. q.art". 4110 • NOTICE OF MEETING (IN COMPLIANCE WITH SEC. 551.041, ET SEQ., TEX. GOV'T. CODE) NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Baytown will hold a work session on the 11th day of December, 2003 at 5:35 p.m. in the Hullum Conference Room of Baytown City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas. ITEM(S) to be discussed and acted upon by the Council at this meeting is/are listed on the attached agenda. C�fCi.c"J ZJ j7iIc Clty Clerk Posted: December 8, 2003 Time: 12:05 p.m. AGENDA Call to Order. 1. Discuss future retiree health care premiums. P 2. Discuss sales tax election options. • 3. Appointments Baytown Industrial Development Corporation Board Civil Service Commission Chairperson, Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Baytown Planning and Zoning Commission Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition 4. Adjourn. agenda/worksession/2003/1 21 1 • I MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN • December 11, 2003 The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in joint work session with the Planning and Zoning Commission on December 11, 2003, at 4:50 p.m. in the Council Chamber of Baytown City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas, with the following in attendance: Ronnie Anderson Council Member Calvin Mundinger Council Member Don Murray Council Member Mercedes Renteria Ili Council Member Scott Sheley Council Member Pete C. Alfaro Mayor Gary Jackson City Manager Bob Leiper Assistant City Manager Ignacio Ramirez, Sr. City Attorney Gary W. Smith City Clerk Absent: Coleman Godwin Council Member • Also attending were the following members of the Planning and Zoning Commission: Lewis McRee Chairperson Gilbert Chambers Commissioner Joe C. Floyd Commissioner Jim Hutchison Commissioner Shawn McDonald Commissioner James Pricket Commissioner Rolando Valdez Commissioner Gregory Stubbs Director of Planning and Building Services The meeting was opened with a quorum present after which the following business was conducted: Receive presentation and discuss overview of water and sewer master plan and capital recovery fee process. City Manager, Gary Jackson, introduced the topic to Council and the Commission by stating that the meeting would provide an overview of the process. The Water and Sewer Master Plan is the basis for the capital recovery fees. The discussion will involve the specific steps required to adopt the capital recovery fees. The City wants new development, but the new development Ishould pay its proportionate share of its impact on the water and sewer system. Page2of3 Minutes of the Joint Work Session with Planning and Zoning Commission—December 11, 2003 Dale Conger, PBS&J, the City's consulting engineers, explained that the capital recovery fee is intended to protect existing rate customers from the cost of expanding services to serve the growing community. The capital recovery fees charge new users when they come into the system. They pay for the existing equity and debt service so that they enter the system on a par with existing customers. Mr. Conger reviewed the steps for adoption and explained that the statute governs the process and is explicit. The steps are as follows: • Develop growth projections and land use assumptions (basis for computing the fee), • Develop a capital improvement plan to support the assumption, • Compute the fee, • Appoint an advisory committee (Planning and Zoning Commission), • Establish a date for a public hearing on the capital improvement plan and land use assumptions, • Approve the capital improvement plan within thirty days of the date of the public hearing, • The advisory committee comments on the proposed fees, • A public hearing is held on the impact fees, • Approve the impact fees within thirty days of the public hearing, • Review and update the process, plan and fees each five years, and • The Mayor annually certifies compliance with the procedure. In response to comments and questions from the Council and Commission, Mr. Conger • explained that the plan addresses all land uses. There are various ways to calculate the equivalency unit (the base measure for calculating the fee) but many entities have used the size of the meter serving the property. Several of the neighboring cities, including Houston, have adopted impact fees. The impact fee is established at the time the property is platted and collected when the meter is set. The homebuilders pay the fee and add it to the cost of the home. The impact fees that are collected are kept in a separate account and used only for capital expansions of the system. The city's extraterritorial jurisdiction is considered in the plan. There are various options on how to deal with development in the ETJ. The Baytown Area Water Authority was not included in the plan, therefore the impact fee will be lower than in other cities that include capital expansions to the water treatment plant. The Master Plan includes the projects that are necessary for the growth within the next ten years. The plan will include improvements for service beyond the ten-year period. These improvements will be captured in revisions to the impact fee. Mr. Jackson reminded Council that the Master Plan is a part of the overall water and wastewater plan for the city. This plan deals with new development, not current infrastructure. It does not address the inflow and infiltration problems in the present system. It does not address the current capacity problems. The statute provides a method for calculating the maximum impact fee. A lower fee may be adopted. Mr. Conger noted that the collected fees must be used to build the improvements or the fees must be refunded. Page 3 of 3 Minutes of the Joint Work Session with Planning and Zoning Commission—December 11, 2003 Adjourn. There being no further business, Council Member Renteria moved adjournment. Council Member Mundinger seconded the motion. The vote follows: Aye: Council Members Anderson,Mundinger, Murray, Renteria and Sheley Mayor Alfaro Nay: None. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 5:36 p.m. G . Smith City Clerk • 4414 BAYTOWN CITY OF BAYTOWN O 4 TO: Gary Jackson, City Manager FROM: Alison Smith, Director of Human Resources Ignacio Ramirez, Sr. City Attorney Donna Sams, Director of Finance DATE: December 4, 2003 SUBJECT: Change in implementation of retiree health plan tiered premiums During the 2004 budget process, there were numerous discussions of the retiree healthcare change adopted in 1993 which required all employees hired after 10/1/93 to pay 100% of their healthcare premiums to participate in the City's health plan after retirement. After considerable review and study, an ordinance was adopted on September 25, 2003 to create a tiered plan for retirees and to repeal the 1993 ordinance that had not been communicated to employees after adoption. The Trustees for the City's medical benefits program have continued to monitor and research the impact of changes made during the budget process and are recommending changing the implementation of the tiered plan to cover only employees hired after January 1, 2004 for the following reasons: • The ordinance that was adopted in September gave less than desirable notice for employees to • make lifetime career/retirement decisions. • The savings that will be realized as a result of changing the City's Third Party Administrator (TPA) and plan design changes will assist in offsetting the cost of this change . The plan will be monitored closely to possibly take advantage of other cost saving options available to the City. • Since the majority of the retirees in Baytown have 25 years service with the City there would be a nominal financial impact to the plan by allowing current employees with at least 10 years of service to participate at the same levels as those that have been employed 25 years. That precise impact is difficult to project because a) retirement decisions vary per individual and b) some employees opt out of the retirement healthcare coverage because a spouse's plan or a future employer covers them. However, it is anticipated that 2-3 employees could possibly retire each year with less than 25 years of service with the City. This could potentially cost the plan an additional $12,000 per year. The proposed change allows all full time employees, employed on or before December 31, 2003, without a break in service after such date and with a minimum of ten years of service with the City of Baytown to pay the same premium as active employees. Current employees retiring with less than ten years of service with the City can still participate by paying 100% of the total premium. Rising health care costs continue to be a major concern across the nation and the City of Baytown is no exception. The fiscal solvency of the City's self-funded program is a priority. The change in the implementation of the tiered plan retains this priority as well as provides current employees time to • make major career decisions. * * * MEMORANDUM * * * December 11, 2003 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Gary Jackson, City Manager SUBJECT: Possible Sales Tax Alternatives In strategic planning sessions during FY 02-03 and in City Council Work Sessions for the FY 03-04 Budget, Council asked staff to research and develop alternative revenue sources that could supplement and/or enhance the General Fund. At the November 13, 2003 City Council Work Session, local option sales tax alternatives were discussed. Also, at the November 25., 2003 City Council meeting, follow-up information requested by Council was provided in the City Council Packet. For your convenience, additional copies of this information are enclosed. Also enclosed is a scenario of how the street maintenance sales tax could potentially be allocated if the Council wishes to pursue this option. • This agenda item will allow Council to discuss sales tax; alternatives, should you wish to dlo so. Staff will provide additional information and/or answer questions if requested by Council. 3 • * * * * MEMORANDUM * * * * November 13, 2003 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Gary Jackson, City Manager SUBJECT: Local Option Sales Tax Alternatives The current total sales tax rate in the City limits of Baytown is 8.25%. The components of the sales tax are as follows: State of Texas 6.25% City of Baytown 1.00% Municipal Development District (MDD) .50% Crime Control Prevention District (CCPD) .50% The sales tax for the CCPD is in place through December 31, 2003 for the current purpose of retiring the outstanding liabilities of the District (i.e. Court and Jail and Radio System). The earliest date that an election may be called for a new CCPD is February 2005, although the City's May 2004 general election is an option for other sales tax referendums. At the work session, we will begin discussion of three sales tax options that would supplement or enhance the General Fund service levels as follows: • Municipal Sales and Use Tax for Street Maintenance • Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Service District • Crime Control and.Prevention District A chart summarizing these options is attached for your review. • SALES TAX OPTIONS The prior CCPD debt obligations will be satisfied as of 12/31/03 and collection of that 1/2% sales tax will end. This will result in the availability of 1/2% in local option sales tax on 1/1/04. PURPOSE INCREMENTS TERM DATE ALLOWABLE USES AVAILABLE Municipal Sales and Use Tax 1/8%, 1/4% 4 years January 2004 Maintenance (including repair and for Street Maintenance rehabilitation) of existing streets Fire Control, Prevention and 1/8%, 1/4%, 3/8%, 5 years January 2004 Fire apparatus, ambulances, specialized Emergency Medical District 1/2% training (i.e. haz-mat or paramedic), equipment, construction and maint. of • fire stations, emergency communications enhancements, public education, public health programs. Crime Control and Prevention 1/8%, 1/4%, 3/8%, 5 years February 2005 Police and law enforcement related District 1/2% programs, including communications, crime prevention, jail operations, and courts/prosecution Uniform election dates for 2004 are: 1st Saturday in February: February 1, 2004; Third Saturday in May: May 15, 2004; Second Saturday in September: September 11, 2004 First Tuesday after the first Monday in November: November 2, 2004 • Estimated annual sales tax revenue 1/8% = $ 750,000 1/4% = $1,500,000 3/8% = $2,250,000 1/2% = $3,000,000 11/13/03 • • • • • * * * * MEMORANDUM` November 13, 2003 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Gary.Jackson, City Manager SUBJECT: Local Option Sales Tax Alternatives Follow-up As you recall, during the strategic planningsessions duringFY 02-03 and in work 9 sessions in the FY 03-04 budget, Council asked staff to research and develop alternative revenue sources to supplement and/or enhance the General Fund. At the work session on November 13, 2003, Council began discussion of sales tax options that would meet that objective. Based on that discussion and the apparent consensus of Council, staff will develop more specific information on the following allowable sales tax utilization: • Municipal Sales and Use Tax for Street Maintenance (1/4% or 1/8%) • Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Service District (1/2%. 3/8%. 1/4%, 1/8%) • • Crime Control and Prevention District (1/2%. 3/8%. 1/4%, 1/8%) Four other sales tax options were discussed at the work session. The consensus received from that meeting was that additional research into these alternatives was not requested since they did not meet the criteria discussed during the budget work session of being a new revenue source to provide support for or enhancement of General Fund programs. These four options are: • Metropolitan Transit Authority (1/4%, 1/2%, 3/4%, 1%) • Sales Tax to Offset Property Taxes (1/2%. 3/8%. 1/4%, 1/8%) • Job Training (1/2%. 3/8%. 1/4%, 1/8%) • No sales tax to replace the expiring CCPD 1/2% The statutory .allowable expenditures for each of the three alternatives on which requested additional information are attached. Staff will provide additional information or answer questions to their ability so that Council can provide them direction in any future activity on this topic. • S • CHAPTER 327. MUNICIPAL SALES AND USE TAX FOR STREET MAINTENANCE 327.001. Definition In this chapter, "municipal street" means the entire width of a way held by a municipality in fee or by easement or dedication that has apart open for public use for vehicular travel. The term does not include a designated state or federal highway or road or a designated county road. 327.008. Use of Tax Revenue Revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter may be used only to maintain and repair municipal streets existing on the date of the election to adopt the tax • CHAPTER 344. FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY • MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICTS 344.151. Financing District Programs (a) The district may finance all costs of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district program, including costs for personnel, administration, expansion, enhancement, and capital expenditures. (b) The program may include: (1) fire apparatus and equipment; (2) a bomb disposal unit and related equipment; (3) compensation of fire protection and prevention personnel for specialized training regarding: (A) arson; (B) bomb disposal; (C) hazardous materials; (D) technical rescue; (E) paramedic certification; and (F) any other specialized training under the program; (4) funding for turn-out gear, self-contained breathing apparatus, and protective uniforms or other firefighter safety equipment; (5) additional compensation for municipal fire-fighting personnel, including overtime compensation for unforeseen staffing needs; and • (6) funding for the construction and maintenance of fire stations, training facilities, or the equipment needed for those stations or facilities. (c) The program may include an enhanced emergency communications center or other emergency communications programs and equipment, including: (1) emergency medical dispatch training; (2) additional fire and emergency medical service dispatchers; (3) uniformed fire deployment and communications officers; (4) real-time weather information; and (5) computer databases and systems maintenance personnel for hazardous materials responses. (d) The program may include a public training program, including: (1) a juvenile fire starter program; (2) an urban survival program, including school programs for fire safety, gun safety, and safety with strangers; (3) a fire prevention program; (4) a fire education program; (5) a hazardous materials education program; (6) a psychological intervention program; and (7) a citizen's ride-along program or home inspection program. • (e) The program may include public preventive health programs, including: (1)juvenile inoculations; • (2) weekend health days; (3) first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; (4) injury prevention; and (5) drug and alcohol awareness. (f) The program may include response training programs, equipment, facilities, and instructors, including: (1) a regional training center for fire, rescue, hazardous materials, and emergency medical services; (2) staff personnel to support the center; (3) equipment and apparatus to support the center; (4) computer-aided continuing education training conducted in-station; and (5) training regarding hazardous material storage and response. (g) The program may include computers and other systems to support information management systems to: (1) maintain occupancy information; (2) track incident analyses; (3) track incident reports; (4) track internal communications and reporting; (5) maintain inventory; and (6) serve other information management needs. (h) The program may include capital items needed to improve emergency response and increase service efficiency, including equipment, apparatus, • vehicles, and training material or equipment. • • • CHAPTER 363. CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICTS • 363.151. District Re sponsibilities; Limitations on Expenditures (a) The district may finance all the costs of a crime control and crime prevention program, including the costs for personnel, administration, expansion, enhancement, and capital expenditures. (b) The program may include police and law enforcement related programs, including: (1) a multi jurisdiction crime analysis center; (2) mobilized crime analysis units; (3) countywide crime stoppers telephone lines; (4) united property-marking programs; (5) home security inspection programs; (6) an automated fingerprint analysis center; (7) an enhanced radio dispatch center; (8) a computerized criminal history system; (9) enhanced information systems programs; (10) a drug and chemical disposal center; (11) a county crime lab or medical examiner's lab; and (12) a regional law enforcement training center. (c) The program may include community-related crime prevention strategies, including: • (1) block watch programs; (2) a community crime resistance program; (3) school-police programs; (4) senior citizen community safety programs; (5) senior citizen anticrime networks; (6) citizen crime-reporting projects; (7) home alert programs; (8) a police-community cooperation program; (9) a radio alert program; and (10) ride along programs. (d) The program may include specific treatment and prevention programs, including: (1) positive peer group interaction programs; (2) drug and alcohol awareness programs; (3) countywide family violence centers; (4) work incentive programs; (5) social learning centers; (6) transitional aid centers and pre-parole centers; (7) guided group interaction programs; (8) social development centers; (9) street gang intervention centers; (10) pre-delinquency intervention centers; (11) school relations bureaus; i li .k (12) integrated community education systems; (13) steered straight programs; (14) probation subsidy programs; (15) Juvenile Offenders Learn Truth (JOLT) programs; (16) reformatory visitation programs; (17)juvenile awareness programs; (18) shock incarceration; (19) shock probation; (20) community restitution programs; (21) team probation; (22) electronic monitoring programs; (23) community improvement programs; (24) at-home arrest; (25) victim restitution programs; (26) additional probation officers; and (27) additional parole officers. (e) The program may include court and prosecution services, including: (1) court watch programs; (2) community arbitration and mediation centers; (3) night prosecutors programs; (4) automated legal research systems; (5) an automated court management system; (6) a criminal court administrator; (7) an automated court reporting system; • (8) additional district courts that are required by law to give preference to criminal cases, judges, and staff; and (9) additional prosecutors and staff. (f) The program may include additional jails, jailers, guards, and other necessary staff. • * * * MEMORANDUM * * * • December 11, 2003 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Gary Jackson, City Manager SUBJECT: Street Maintenance Sales Tax Allocation The Street Maintenance Sales Tax is a possible option that Council may wish to consider proposing to the voters at a future time. Attached is a chart that outlines a possible allocation of the estimated $1.5 million in revenue that a '/4% sales tax would be expected to generate. The work plan addresses the condition of our streets in three separate but interrelated elements: • Continuation of a contract concrete repair program to make minor to moderate repairs caused by utility work or specific point failures. This annual program has been in place for several years although it was nOt implemented in the 2002-2003 budget due to revenue shortfalls. It was funded in the,recently.adopted 2003-2004 budget and will be out for bid soon. When point or utility repairs are necessary, the contractor, operating on an annual contract based on time and materials, is notified and a crew is • sent to make the repairs. While the turnaround, on these jobs is currently days or a matter of weeks, it was previously weeks or months when we tried to make these repairs with limited City staff. By utilizing this service on a contract basis, it provides the flexibility to expand or contract the service level as needed and/or as funding changes. Under the possible allocation illustrated 'here, $200,000 (approximately two thirds of the current general fund ;allocation ($291,000)) would be funded from the sales tax revenue. The remaining genera) fund amount would pay for sidewalk repairs that are not eligible under the sales tax legislation. • The City does njii haves'a ,crack-sealing program for street maintenance. As asphalt streets begin tol age, cracks ,develop which allow} rain water: to permeate the base material and eventually cause- a street failure , Crack ,sealing minimizes the water the infiltration throu h a t ,�rm na` 'g � sp�i altr.paving��to;the�base. tenal. brack sealing extends the life of an asphalt street by 5-7 years by protecting the street from base failure. A new program would be initiated to perform this crack and joint maintenance to extend the useful life of our streets and maintain ride quality. By contracting out this maintenance, a continual program to slow or stop the base deterioration caused by water infiltration through cracks can be accomplished. It is estimated that $300,000 annually would have a positive impact on street maintenance. • The largest element of this program is direct street rehabilitation and repair. While maintenance and point repair covered above are critical to the long-term condition of • our streets, the majority of the revenue should be allocated directly to rehabilitation. The City does not have manpower and equipment to resurface residential streets, nor !_vim is the capital and personnel investment for such a program recommended. This program will be patterned after the successful contract concrete program discussed above. An annual contract would be executed for a paving contractor to perform the following work on a "time and materials" basis: o Milling off the damaged/deteriorated surface of the street, o Repairs to the sub-base, including crack sealing, to ensure a long life of the overlay, o Overlay with approximately 11/2" of asphalt. Many of our residential streets have concrete curbs and gutters with an asphalt-driving surface. If repairs to this concrete area were needed during rehabilitation, the existing contract concrete crew could be utilized. Minimal, if any, engineering costs would be incurred in this program and either Engineering or Street Department staff could identify the areas for base repair after milling is complete. Using an average width of 22 feet and estimating 35% of the surface would require base repair, this program can rehabilitate approximately six (6) miles of residential-type streets per year. The construction impact on our citizens and other drivers is also greatly reduced in this program. The job on a specific street, start to finish, can usually be completed in days instead of weeks or months. In most cases, the streets remain passable during the construction project. The longest closure period is during the overlay and that is for hours, not days. A three element street maintenance and repair program, as illustrated here, can improve a significant number of a our residential-type streets each year while working to extend the useful life of all of our streets through preventive maintenance and point repair programs. • Staff is ready to provide any additional information regarding a street maintenance program. • • • Street Maintenance Sales Tax Possible Budget Allocation and Work Plan Estimated annual revenue based on 1/4% sales tax $1 ,500,000 Contract Crack Sealing/ Preventive Maintenance Program $300,000 Establishment of an annual contract to initiate a crack and joint sealing program to extend the useful life of street paving. The cracks and joints would be cleaned and sealing compound injected to prevent deterioration of the sub-base, leading cause of street failure. This process will extend the life and ride quality of our streets. Contract Concrete Repair $200,000 Continuation of the General fund program to expedite repairs to streets, sidewalks and curbs. These repairs are often necessitated by utility repairs and installation. Previously, it took city crews weeks or months to make these repairs. By maintaining a contract for these repairs, the contractor makes them quickly on an as-requested basis and cost is established by unit measures in the bid. By utilizing a contract for these repairs, we do not incur the capital costs and utilize as much or little of the services as required and as budget funds are available. This has been a very successful program and is appropriate for funding the street and curb portion with the street maintenance tax, relieving the General fund of a portion of these expenses. The current contract amount is $291,000. Street Rehabilitation and Repair Program $1,000,000 By following the successful model used in the Contract Concrete Program, a street rehabilitation and repair contract can be established on a "time and materials" basis to maximize the number of streets that can be upgraded in this program. The target will be streets that need to be milled, have limited base repairs made, and then receive an overlay of new asphalt paving. Using an average width of 22 feet, and estimating 35% of the surface requiring base repair, this program can rehabilitate and resurface approximately 6 miles per year. Little or no engineering would be required and an annual construction bid would establish the program for the entire year. The imposition on residents would be minimal since this type of program can complete a section of street in days, instead of weeks or months, and the street generally remains passable during most of the project time. December 11,2003