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Book14 - 2004RESOLUTION BOOK NO. 14 RES. NO. SUBJECT DATE PAGE NO. 1623 CONSENTING to the change in the use of 01/08/2004 1 approximately 44.2 acres of land within Reinvestment Zone No. One, City of Baytown, Texas, from a re- sidential reserve to an education site expressly Contingent upon the purchase of such site by the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District; 1624 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute 01/08/2004 2 the General Certificates of Local Governmental Unit relating to the issuance of Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Notes, Series 2004A, by Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation; 1625 GRANTING the petition of West Little York 62 AC., 01/22/2004 3 LTD., concerning the annexation of a 100.8628 Acre Tract of land, being all of Lot 38 and part of Lot 25 in Unit D of Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms, in the G.C. & S.F. Railway Survey No. 2, Abstract 1017, Harris County, Texas; 1626 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on 01/22/2004 4 April 8, 2004, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City all, Baytown, Texas; CANCELLING its regularly Scheduled City Council Meeting to be held on April 8, 2004, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; 1627 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of 01/22/2004 5 Baytown, Texas, to apply for a grant to the Office of The Governor, Criminal Justice Division, Byrne Funded Grant Program in connection with the Harris County Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force; AUTHORIZING the representative to apply for, Accept, Alter, or Terminate any Grant Award that may result therefrom; Committing to provide the requisite match funds; 1628 ELECTING to become eligible to participate in Tax 02/12/2004 6 Abatement pursuant to the property development and Tax Abatement Act; ADOPTING Guidelines and Criteria for granting tax abatements in a Reinvestment Zone created in Harris County or Chambers County; ADOPTING such Guidelines and Criteria; 1629 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for financial 02/12/2004 8 assistance from the Texas Water Development Board for the Utility Capital Improvement Program; MAKING other provisions related thereto; 1630 GRANTING the petition of Am-Mex Restaurant, Inc. 02/12/2004 9 concerning the annexation of a 7.5194 Acre Tract of land in the Ed T. Schaffer Survey (W.C.R.R.), Abstract No. 1224 out of that certain called 63.1918 Acre Tract of land and being part of Lots 11, 12 and 26 and all of Lots 27, 28 and 29, Block 21 of Highland Farms Addition, Harris County, Texas; 1631 GRANTING the petition of City of Baytown concerning 02/12/2004 10 the annexation of 57.2011 Acres of land in the Wm. Bloodgood League, Abstract Number 4, Harris County, Texas; 1632 AUTHORIZING the Chambers County Mosquito Control 02/26/2004 11 Department to use aerial application methods for the purpose of mosquito control within that portion of the City of Baytown that lies within Chambers County, Texas; DIRECTING the Mayor to notify the Federal Aviation Administration of such authorization; 1633 EXPRESSING intent to finance expenditures to be 02/26/2004 12 incurred; containing a repealing clause; containing a savings clause; 1634 APPROVING the issuance of Education Revenue 03/11/2004 14 Bonds by the Milford Higher Education Facilities Corporation for Baytown Christian Academy, Inc.; 1635 ACCEPTING a $30,000 contribution from Exxon Mobil 03/11/2004 16 Corporation supporting the Baytown Nature Center’s Environmental Education Programs; 1636 EXPRESSING intent to finance expenditures to be 03/11/2004 17 incurred; CONTAINING a repealing clause; 1637 NAMING the election officials for the General and 03/11/2004 19 Special Elections of the City of Baytown, Texas, to be held on May 15, 2004; PROVIDING a repealing Clause, CONTAINING a savings clause; 1638 GRANTING the petition of Hunter’s Creek Baytown, 03/25/2004 21 LTD., concerning the annexation of a 71.570 acre tract of land in the William Bloodgood Survey, A-4, and the J.P. Sjolander Survey, A-1644, located South of Needlepoint Road and East of Landmark Estates in Harris County, Texas; 1639 DENYING the requests of Artisan/American Corp., 03/25/2004 22 and the H.C. Crosby, L.P., for an exemption from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 11.1825 of the Texas Tax Code concerning the construction or rehabilitation of low income housing at 1511 W. Texas Avenue, 7100 Bayway Drive, 1490 Kilgore Road and North Main Street and Crosby Cedar Bayou, South of I-10; DIRECTING the City Manager to take all Necessary action to oppose and deny the applications; 1640 EXPRESSING intent to finance expenditures to be 03/25/2004 24 incurred; CONTAINING a repealing clause; CONTAINING a savings clause; 1641 TERMINATING the rights of the incumbent Municipal 03/25/2004 26 Court Judge, the incumbent Associate Municipal Court Judge and the incumbent Interim Associate Municipal Court Judges to continue to serve another term of Office by rejecting their reappointments; appointing an Interim Municipal Court Judge and Interim Associate Municipal Court Judges; 1642 GRANTING the petition of Maryon Babin concerning 04/08/2004 28 the annexation of Lot 14 of Huron Subdivision, located South of Interstate Highway No. 10 and between Garth Road and North Main Street, Harris County, Texas; 1643 GRANTING the petition of Protestant Episcopal Church 04/08/2004 29 of the Diocese of Texas concerning the annexation of a 20.36 acre Tract of land in the H. G. Gillette Survey, Abstract 297, located at the Northeast corner of the Intersection of Lynchburg-Cedar Bayou Road and North Main Street, Harris County, Texas; 1644 OPPOSING any school finance or tax system reforms 04/08/2004 30 would negatively affect city revenues and economic development efforts; 1645 JOIN a coalition and to intervene in proceedings related 04/08/2004 32 to the application of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, L.L.C., Reliant Energy Retail Services, L.L.C. and Texas Genco, L.P., to determine stranded costs and other true-up balances pursuant to Section 39.262 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act; AUTHORIZING the City Attorney to represent the City and to take appropriate actions relating to such proceedings; MAKING certain findings related thereto; 1646 DENYING the requests of TX Archer Housing, L.P., for 04/08/2004 34 an exemption from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 11.1825 of the Texas Tax Code concerning the Construction or rehabilitation of low-income housing at 4702 North Main Street; DIRECTING the City Manager to take all necessary action to oppose and deny the applications; 1647 ACCEPTING a Thirty Thousand and No/100 Dollars 04/22/2004 35 ($30,000.00) contribution from Exxon Mobil Corporation supporting the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and Recreation Center’s Wetlands Ecology Program; 1648 ADOPTING procedural rules for the Planning and 05/13/2004 36 Zoning Commission when serving in its capacity as the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee pursuant to Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code; 1649 APPROVING the preliminary official statement for sale 05/13/2004 37 of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004 and Certificates of Obligation, Series 2004A; 1650 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to negotiate an 05/13/2004 38 Agreement with the Chambers County-Cedar Bayou Navigation District concerning the property between Highway 146 and Cedar Bayou formerly operated as a Municipal Landfill in order to achieve the goals of (I) deepening and widening the navigation channel to enhance its navigability and improve the safety of barge traffic now using the bayou and (II) making certain re- mediation measures involving the stabilization of the property fronting on Cedar Bayou; 1651 CANVASSING the returns of the regular Municipal 05/24/2004 40 Election held within the City of Baytown on this the 15th day of May, 2004, for the purpose of electing a Mayor at Large and three Council Members from District Nos. Four, Five and Six; CANVASSING the Returns of the Special Election held within the City of Baytown on the 15th day of May, 2004, for the purpose of voting for or against the adoption of a local Sales and Use Tax in the City of Baytown at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to provide revenue for Maintenance and Repair of Municipal Streets; FINDING that notice of the Regular and Special Elections was properly held and the returns thereof made by the proper officials in accord- ance with the laws of the State of Texas; 1652 GRANTING the petition of Brazos River North South 05/27/2004 43 Ltd. concerning the annexation of 22.55 acres located East of State Highway 146 in the Jacob Armstrong Survey, Chambers County, Texas; 1653 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application 05/27/2004 44 to the Department of Justice for a 2004 Grant for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Project in the Amount of Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Three Hundred Sixty and No/100 Dollars ($790,360.00); DESIGNATING an authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the representative to accept or affirm Any grant award that may result therefrom; 1654 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute 05/27/2004 45 the General Certificates of local governmental unit re- lating to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s issuance of Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2004C, and Taxable Residual Revenue Capital Appreciation Bonds, Series 2004D, and to execute the Certificates of Highest Ranking Official relating to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s Issuance of Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2004C; 1655 AMENDING Section 3 of Resolution No. 1622 passed 06/10/2004 47 on December 11, 2003, which authorized the City Manager of the City of Baytown to apply for a grant with the State of Texas, Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program and authorized the City Manager to appoint a Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition; 1656 REPEALING Resolution Nos. 947, 1370 and 1429 06/10/2004 48 adopted by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on April 24, 1986, November 24, 1988, and March 9, 2000, respectively, in their entireties; ADOPTING Rules of Procedure for all meetings of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas; 1657 GRANTING the amended petition of Moody Simmons 06/24/2004 49 Baytown, Ltd., concerning the annexation of a 71.570 Acre tract of land in the William Bloodgood Survey, A-4, and the J.P. Sjolander Survey, A-1644, located South of Needlepoint Road and east of Landmark Estates in Harris County, Texas; 1658 REVOKING the choice made via Resolution No. 785 06/24/2004 50 adopted on September 10, 1981, to participate in a single appraisal district; SELECTING the Chambers County Appraisal District as the Appraisal District for all properties in the Chambers County portion of the City of Baytown and the Harris County Appraisal District for all properties in the Harris County portion of the City of Baytown; 1659 ACCEPTING the 2004 Homeland Security Grant from 06/24/2004 51 the Texas Engineering Extension Service in the amount of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Five Hundred Eighty- Two and No/100 Dollars ($180,582.00) for specialized equipment and services designed to enhance the City of Baytown’s readiness and response capabilities; 1660 ACCEPTING the Subrecipient Award for the 2004 Law 06/24/2004 52 Enforcement Terrorism Protection Program Grant from Texas Engineering Extension Service State Homeland Security Grant Program in the amount of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Forty and No/100 Dollars ($118,240.00) to hire a consultant to conduct a Comprehensive inventory assessment of the potential targets in the Baytown area; 1661 ESTABLISHING the date, time and place for a public 07/08/2004 53 hearing to discuss the imposition of the Impact Fee and the proposed ordinance imposing such fee in the City of Baytown and its extraterritorial jurisdiction; 1662 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file a letter support- 07/08/2004 55 ing the City of Tyler’s position in Utilities Docket No. 9364; Joint Petition of Centerpoint Energy Entex and the City of Tyler for review of charges for gas sales, concerning the reimbursement of municipalities; rate case expenses in gas cost review proceedings; 1663 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application 07/08/2004 57 to The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2004-2005 Community Development Block Grant Funds; DESIGNATING an authorized repre- sentative; AUTHORIZING the representative to accept or affirm any grant award that may result therefrom; 1664 ESTABLISHING a policy concerning the annexation 07/22/2004 59 of roads or streets adjacent to property subject to a petition for annexation; 1665 AUTHORIZING and Directing the Mayor to execute the 07/22/2004 61 General Certificate of Local Governmental Unit relating To Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Primrose at Pasadena Apartments) in one or more services in an aggregate amount not to exceed Sixteen Million and No/100 Dollars ($16,000,000.00); 1666 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application 07/22/2004 62 to the United States Department of Justice from the Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program; AUTHORIZING Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty- Nine and No/100 Dollars ($2,139.00) in matching funds; DESIGNATING an authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the Representative to accept or affirm any grant award that may result therefrom; 1667 GRANTING the petition of Brazos River North South, 08/12/2004 63 LTD., concerning the annexation of a 2.7 acre tract of Land in the Jacob Armstrong Survey, Abstract 2, Chambers County, Texas; 1668 CALLING a special council meeting to be held on 08/12/2004 64 October 26, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; CANCELING the regular Council meeting to be held on October 28, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; 1669 AMENDING Sections 1 and 3 of Resolution No. 1620, 08/12/2004 65 which was passed on the 25th day of November, 2003, to conform the requirements concerning the loss or misuse of funds to those contained in the Texas Administrative Code and to identify the title of the project. 1670 Requesting the Sheriff or Constable to sell the 08/12/2004 66 properties located at 0 John A Street and 0 Elm Street at a public sale pursuant to Section 34.05(C) of the Texas Tax Code; 1671 EXPRESSING intent to finance expenditures to be 08/26/2004 68 incurred; CONTAINING a Repealing Clause; CONTAINING a Savings Clause; 1672 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to Accept the FY05 08/26/2004 70 Solid Waste Implementation Grant Award from the Houston-Galveston Area Council in the amount of Sixty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Five and 44/100 Dollars ($69,525.44) for the Baytown Community Service Walk-In Station Project; 1673 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept the FY05 08/26/2004 71 Solid Waste Implementation Grant Award from the Houston-Galveston Area Council in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty and No/100 Dollars ($13,440.00) to establish a Mobil Surveillance Unit; 1674 REPEALING Resolution No. 1629 approved by the 08/26/2004 72 City Council on February 12, 2004; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board for the Utility Capital Improvement Program; 1675 GRANTING consent to the inclusion of 119.7247 09/09/2004 74 acres of land, more or less, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas, in Lake Mud Utility District; 1676 DENYING the request of H.C. Crosby, L.P., for an 09/09/2004 78 exemption from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 11.1825 of the Texas Tax Code concerning the construction or rehabilitation of low-income housing at the Southwest corner of I-10 and North Main Street in the 6800-6900 block of North Main Street, Baytown, Harris County, Texas; DIRECTING the City Manager to take all necessary action to oppose and deny the application; 1677 DENYING the request of Tx Garth Housing, L.P., for 09/09/2004 79 an exemption from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 11.1825 of the Texas Tax Code concerning the construction or rehabilitation of low-income housing at the southeast corner of Garth Road and Hunt Road, Baytown, Harris County, Texas; DIRECTING the City of Baytown Manager to take all necessary action to oppose and deny the application; 1678 APPROVING an Investment Policy and Strategy; 09/23/2004 80 1679 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a Grant 09/23/2004 81 from the Natural Resource Trustee Program in the amount of One Hundred Eight-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty and No/100 Dollars ($189,760.00) for the Baytown Nature Center Tidal Channels and Wet- Lands Expansion Project; 1680 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute 09/23/2004 82 the General Certificate of local governmental unit re- lating to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Sevile Place Apartments) in one or more services in an aggregate Amount not to exceed Fifteen Million and No/100 Dollars ($15,000,000.00); 1681 AMENDING Resolution No. 1592 to establish an 10/14/2004 83 additional policy pertaining to the maximum return radius for residential driveways for the administration of the current and all future phases of the 2001 Street Bond Project; 1682 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on 10/14/2004 84 Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; CANCELLING its regularly scheduled City Council meetings to be held on Thursday, November 25, 2004, and on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; 1683 APPOINTING Don Murray as Representative of the 10/14/2004 85 City of Baytown to the Board of Directors and the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Year 2005 and Calvin Mundinger as Alternate should Don Murray become ineligible or Resign; 1684 NOMINATING Bayer MaterialScience LLC to the 10/26/2004 86 Office of the Governor, Economic Development & Tourism, through the Economic Development Bank for designation as a qualified business and triple Jumbo Enterprise Project pursuant to Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government Code; PROVIDING local incentives; MAKING other provisions associated therewith; 1685 GRANTING the petition of Moody Simmons Baytown 10/26/2004 89 LTD., and Moody Simmons Baytown II, LTD., concerning the annexation f 66.869 acres of land in the William Bloodgood Survey, A-4, South of Needlepoint Road in Harris County, Texas; 1686 ADOPTING guidelines for the Senior/Disabled Citizen 10/26/2004 90 Transportation Program; 1687 AMENDING the guidelines for the Senior/Disabled 10/26/2004 91 Citizen Taxicab Program; ESTABLISHING the commencement date for the amended guidelines; 1688 GRANTING the petition of S.M.D. #1, LTD., concerning 11/11/2004 92 the annexation of 30.374 acres of land in the W.C.R.R. Company Survey Number 1, Abstract 899, North of Archer Road and West of Garth Road in Harris County, Texas; 1689 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer funds from 11/11/2004 93 various accounts within the General Fund; 1690 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute 12/09/2004 94 the General Certificate of Local Governmental Unit re- lating to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s issuance of multifamily housing revenue bonds (Rosemont at Garth Apartments) in one or more series in an aggregate amount not to exceed Fifteen Million and No/100 Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and to execute the Certificates of Highest Ranking Official relating to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s issuance of such bonds; 1691 AMENDING Section 7 of Resolution No. 1611 adopted 12/09/2004 96 by the City Council on the 23rd day of October, 2003, to revise the New Company Industrial District Agreement; 1692 GRANTING the petition of Commercial Investment 12/09/2004 97 Services concerning the annexation of 12.1300 acres of land in the George C. Davis Survey, Abstract 1472, Harris County, Texas, located Southeast of the inter- Section of Interstate Highway 10 and North Main Street; 1693 AUTHORIZING the employment of a Case Manager to 12/09/2004 98 provide services in cases involving juvenile offenders and to assist in the Comprehensive Plan to reduce juvenile crimes within the city; 1694 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application 12/09/2004 100 to participate in the Harris County Home Investment Partnership Act Grant Program for Harris County’s Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006; AUTHORIZING in kind matching funds totaling approximately Six Thousand Two Hundred Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($6,207.36) per fiscal year plus waiver of fees in the amount of approximately Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six and 50/100 Dollars ($4,446.50) per fiscal year; DESIGNATING an authorized Representative; AUTHORIZING the Representative to accept or affirm any Grant Award that may result therefrom;