HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 16,574 (Item 7.u)ORDINANCE NO. 16,574
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CARTER
CONSTRUCTION, LLC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-TWO
MILLION, EIGHT -HUNDRED, SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT -
HUNDRED, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND 35/100 ($22,873,848.35) FOR THE
MARKET STREET REVITALIZATION PROJECT; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, The Market Street Revitalization Project ("Project) was advertised on May 5 and May
129 2026; and
WHEREAS, six bids were received and publicly opened on June 5, 2026, at 11:15AM; and
WHEREAS, bids received ranged from TWENTY-TWO MILLION, EIGHT -HUNDRED,
SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT -HUNDRED, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND 35/100
($22,873,848.35) to TWENTY-FIVE MILLION, NINE -HUNDRED, SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND,
THREE -HUNDRED, SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND 95/100 ($25,968,316.95); and
WHEREAS, Carter Construction, LLC. submitted the lowest responsive bid providing the best
value to the City; and
WHEREAS, staff concurs with the Engineer's recommendation to award the contract to Carter
Construction, LLC.; and
WHEREAS, the Project is funded in part through the Texas General Land Office Community
Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (CDBG-DRRP), which will provide
FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND NO/100 ($15,000,000) for construction and Harris County Flood
Control District will contribute an additional THREE MILLION, SEVEN -HUNDRED, ONE DOLLARS
AND 53/100 ($3,701,043.53) through an existing Interlocal Agreement, with the City responsible for the
remaining project costs; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes and directs
the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest to a Construction Contract with Carter Construction,
LLC. for the Market Street Revitalization Project. A copy of said agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
"A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown authorizes payment to Carter
Construction, LLC. in an amount not to exceed TWENTY-TWO MILLION, EIGHT -HUNDRED,
SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT -HUNDRED, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND 35/100
($22,873,848.35) in accordance with the agreement authorized in Section 1 hereinabove.
Section 3: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§252.048, the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change order involving a
decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS (S50,000.00) or less,
provided that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) or
decreased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City ouncil of the City of
Baytown this the 271h day of August, 2026.
CH ES JOYRMON, Mayor
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SCOTT L> MOND, City Attorney
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