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Ordinance No. 14,134ORDINANCE NO. 14,134 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE LIMITS FOR THE OWNER -OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM; AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LOCATED AT 720 BOLSTER STREET AND 412 STEWART STREET TO R&R COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC, FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED TWENTY- ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NO100 DOLLARS ($221,800.00); AUTHORIZING PAYMENT THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. ****************************************************************************** WHEREAS, the City of Baytown's Community Development Program did advertise for bids for housing reconstruction projects located at 720 Bolster Street and 412 Stewart Street to be received July 19, 2019; and WHEREAS, notice to all bidders as to the time and place, when and where the contract would be let was published pursuant to provisions of Section 74 of the Charter of the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 10:10 a.m., Friday, July 19, 2019, as per published notice to bidders; and WHEREAS, the amounts bid for the projects exceed the maximum assistance limits for the Owner -Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program, which is SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($64,600.00) and based upon a 2010 standard; and WHEREAS, the bids received, however, were competitive with the 2019 construction market at approximately NINETY AND NO/100 DOLLARS per square foot ($90.00/SF2) and with the average cost for home construction in the Revitalization Zone between 2017 and 2019, which is ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-THREE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($107,893.00); and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to grant a variance to the maximum assistance limits for the Owner -Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program and to accept the bids received; 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 hereby grants a variance to the maximum assistance limits for the Owner -Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program in order to increase such maximum limit from SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND NO'100 DOLLARS ($64,600.00) to NINETY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($92,200.00). Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of R&R Commercial and Residential Construction, LLC, for the sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NOI100 DOLLARS ($221,800.00) for the following projects and authorizes payment thereof upon final completion and acceptance of the work by the owner and the Baytown Community Development Program: Section 3: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated ยง252.048, 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 NOI100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less, subject to the provision 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 Council of the City of Baytown this the 8th day of August, 2019. BRANDON CAPETILLO, Mayor A ST: L TICIA BRYSCH, Ci lerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: NACIO RAMIREZ, SR., ty Attorney R:UCaren\Files City Council Ordinances\2019\August 8 CDBGVariance&Reconstructionof720Bolster&412Stewart.doc