Ordinance No. 976ORDINANCE NO. 976
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN APPROVING THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE OF A
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE
CITY OF HOUSTON PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 970A, V.T.C.S., APPORTIONING THE OVER-
LAPPING EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE
SAID CITIES; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR
TO EXECUTE THE SAID AGREEMENT AND THE CITY CLERK
TO ATTEST THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN; STATING BY REFERENCE THE TERMS OF
SAID CONTRACT AND SPECIFICALLY APPROVING SAME;
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the City Council hereby formally
approves the form and substance of a contract between the
City of Baytown and the City of Houston, pursuant to the
provisions of Article 970a, V.T.C.S., apportioning the over-
lapping extraterritorial jurisdiction of the said cities,
each city relinquishing a portion of its extraterritorial
jurisdiction to the other to provide a mutually agreed
upon common boundary between the extraterritorial jurisdictions
of the two cities. A copy of said contract is attached hereto
for reference and marked "Exhibit A ".
Section 2: That the City Council hereby formally
approves the description of the line agreed upon in said
contract apportioning the overlapping extraterritorial juris-
diction of the said cities, and forming a common.boundary
between the two cities' respective extraterritorial jurisdictions.
Section 3: That the Mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and the City Clerk to attest the
said contract for and on behalf of the City of Baytown.
Section 4: That the City Attorney is hereby
directed to forward an executed copy of the said contract,
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together with a certified copy of -this ordinance approving
same, to the City of Houston.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 22nd
day of May, 1969.
Glen Walker,"' Mayor
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Roito,rney
FWC:rh, 3/18/69
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF HARRIS §
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this / J
day of , 1969, by and between the CITY OF HOUSTON, a
municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Texas, and the CITY OF BAYTOWN, a muni-
cipal corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Texas.
Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Contract, the CITY OF HOUSTON and the CITY OF BAYTOWN hereby
agree that it is the mutual desire and intent of the govern-
ing bodies of both c-ties, pursuant to Article 970a, V.T.C.S.,
to apportion the overlapping extraterritor-,_L. Jzurisdict ons of
the cities of Houston and Baytown for the mutual convenience
of such cities, to make the future gxpansion of municipG.l
services susceptible of comprehensive planning, and to facili-
tate the planning of future extensions of the boundaries of
both such cities and do hereby contract as follows: '
I.
The parties agree that the extraterritorial juris-
dictions of both the cities of Houston and Baytown overlap, as
that jurisdiction is defined in the i-.unicipal Annexation Act,
in an area generally between the present corporate limi,s of
such cities and it is recognized by the governing bodies of
both cities that certain natural and man-made barriers will
forma logical and reasonable boundary to any future expansion
of the cities of Houston and Baytown toward each other, and -it -
is therefore deemed in the best interest of both the cities of
Houston and Baytown that the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
such cities as provided for in Article 970a, V.T.C.S., shall
hereby be mutually apportioned by and between the two cities
along the line described in Section II of this contracto
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The line dividing the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the City of Houston from the extraterritorial jurisdiction,
of the City of Baytown is described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point being the intersection of
the center line of the meanders of Cedar Bayou, said
center line also being the common boundary between
Harris County and Liberty County, and a line parallel
to and 10 feet measured at right angles northwesterly
from the southeasterly right-of-way line of U. So
Highway 902 the Beaumont Highway;
THENCE southwesterly along a line parallel to
and 10 feet from, measured at right angles north-
westerly from the southeasterly right-of-way line of
U. So Highway 902 the Beaumont Highway, to the
westerly waters edge of the San Jacinto River;
THENCE southerly along the meanders of the
westerly waters edge of the San Jacinto Ri-ver to its
intersection with a line parallel to and 2500 feet
from measured at right angles northerly from the
center line of the Houston Ship Channel as presently
established by the United States Army Corps of
Engineers and the present city limit of the City of
Houston as established by Ordinance No, 67-2147,
passed December 20, 1967;
THENCE in a general southeasterly direction
along the present city limit line of the City of
Houston as established by Ordinance No. 67-2147,
passed December 202 1967, and the extension of such
line being parallel to and 2500 feet measured at
right angles from the center line of the Houston
Ship Channel as presently established by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers to the present south-
easterly limit of the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the City of Baytowno
III9
From and after the date of this Contract the CITY OF
HOUSTON shall have exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction, to
the exclusion of the CITY OF BAYTOWN9 in that area to the north-
west, west and southwest of the line described in Section II
aboveo
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IV.
From and after the date of this Contract the CITY
OF BAYTOWN shall have exclusive extraterritorial juris-
diction, to the exclusion of the CITY OF HOUSTON, in that
area to the northeast, east and southeast of the line des-
cribed in Section II above.
V.
This Agreement shall be executed in duplicate,
either copy of which shall be considered to be an original
copy, by the Mayor or City Manager of each City, attested
by the City Secretary or City Clerk and under the corporate
seal of each said City.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Cities of Houston and
Baytown have authorized the execution of this Contract by
the appropriate officials, such authority having been
granted by resolution or ordinance of the respective
governing bodies thereof.
CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
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City Secretary
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CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
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Mayor
APPRG,•ED AS TO FORM
S nior Assistant City Attorney
Citv of Houston
City Attorney
City of Baytown
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