Book15 - 2005
RESOLUTION BOOK NO. 15
RES. NO. SUBJECT DATE PAGE NO.
1695 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute the 01/13/2005 1
Certificates of Highest Ranking Official relating 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);
1696 AUTHORIZING publication of Notice of Intention to issue 01/13/2005 3
Certificates of Obligation;
1697 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of Baytown 01/13/2005 5
to submit a budget for continued funding of the Victims
Crime Act Grant to The State of Texas, Office of the
Governor, Criminal Justice Division for the period
Commencing on July 1, 2005, and ending on June 30,
2006; DESIGNATING an authorized Representative;
ASSURING proper use and Maintenance of grant funds;
1698 APPROVING the preliminary official statement for sale of 01/27/2005 6
City of Baytown, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005;
1699 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of Baytown to 02/24/2005 7
make application to the United States Department of Justice
for fiscal year 2005 Grant Funds from the Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program in the amount of
Twenty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-One and No/100
Dollars ($27,651.00); DESIGNATING an authorized represent-
tative; AUTHORIZING the representative to accept or affirm
any grant award that may result therefrom;
1700 NAMING the election officials for the General and Special 02/24/2005 9
Elections of the City of Baytown, Texas, to be held on
May 7, 2005; PROVIDING for a repealing clause;
CONTAINING a savings clause;
1701 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on 02/24/2005 11
Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 4:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; CANCELING
the Regular Council Meeting to be held on Thursday,
March 24, 2005, at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers
of City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1702 REQUESTING the Sheriff or Constable to sell the property 02/24/2005 12
Located at 1818 Maryland Street at a public sale pursuant
To Section 34.05(C) of the Texas Tax Code;
1703 APPROVING the preliminary official statement for Sale of 03/10/2005 13
General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005;
1704 Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to 03/10/2005 14
rename the crossing at the access of State Highway Spur
330 and Spring Creek to Slap Out Gully Crossing;
1705 GRANTING consent to the creation of a political subdivision 03/24/2005 15
to be known as Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
459, one purpose of which will be to supply fresh water for
domestic or commercial use or to furnish sanitary sewer
services, roadways, or drainage within the corporate limits
of the City of Baytown, Texas, and consisting of approximately
138.439 acres of land, more or less;
1706 DESIGNATING the 2005 Long Neck Festival as an event 03/24/2005 17
qualified for the sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic
beverages in a city park pursuant to Section 70-8 of the Code
of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, contingent upon the filing of
the requisite application and proof of insurance;
1707 SUPPORTING the continuation of Community Development 03/24/2005 18
Block Grant Program;
1708 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to U.S. 03/24/2005 20
Department of Homeland Security for a 2005 assistance to
Firefighters Grant for the purchase of a Type 1, Class 1A
Medium Duty Ambulance in the amount of One Hundred Thirty
Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($130,000.00); DESIGNATING an
authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the representative to
accept or affirm any grant award that may result therefrom;
AUTHORIZING Twenty-Six Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($26,000.00) in matching funds;
1709 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to U.S. 03/24/2005 21
Department of Homeland Security for a 2005 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant in the amount of Two Hundred Twenty-Eight
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($228,000.00) for the purpose of
providing equipment and training in the Fire Department;
DESIGNATING an authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the
representative to accept or affirm any grant award that may result
therefrom; AUTHORIZING Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred and
No/100 Dollars ($45,600.00) in matching funds;
1710 DESIGNATING the 2005 Cinco de Mayo Concert and 04/14/2005 22
associated events as a City Co-Sponsored Event for which
Off-premise signs may be placed on City property pursuant
to Chapter 118 “Signs,” Article III “Regulations,” Division 4
“Location,” Subdivision IV “Off-Premises Signs,” Section 118-358
“New Signs” of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, con-
tingent upon the filing of the requisite application; designating
properties on which such signs may be placed contingent upon
the filing of the requisite application;
1711 DESIGNATING the 2005 Long Neck Wildlife Festival as a 04/14/2005 24
City Co-Sponsored Event for which Off-premise signs may
be placed on City property pursuant to Chapter 118 “Signs,”
Article III “Regulations,” Division 4“ Location,” Subdivision IV
“Off-Premises Signs,” Section 118-358 “New Signs” of the Code
of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, contingent upon the filing of
the requisite application; designating properties on which such
signs may be placed contingent upon the filing of the requisite application;
1712 APPROVING the annual budget of Baytown Outdoor, Inc., pursuant 04/28/2005 26
to Section 351.101(C) of the Texas Tax Code;
1713 APPROVING a Port of Houston, 3.2 Acre Mitigation Project in the 05/12/2005 27
Baytown Nature Center;
1714 ACCEPTING a Fiscal Year 2005 Emergency Management Performance 05/12/2005 28
Grant from the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management in the
amount of Forty-One Thousand Two Hundred Eight-Four and No/100
Dollars ($41,284.00), to enhance the City of Baytown’s readiness and
Response capabilities; DESIGNATING an authorized representative;
1715 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to the Department 05/12/2005 29
of Justice for a 2005 Grant for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Project in the amount of Nine Hundred Nine Thousand Four Hundred
Seventy-One and No/100 Dollars ($909,471.00); DESIGNATING an
authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the Representative to
Accept or Affirm any grant award that may result therefrom;
1716 CANVASSING the returns of the regular municipal election held within 05/12/2005 30
the City of Baytown on the 7th day of May, 2005, for the purpose of
electing one council member from District No. One, one council
member from District No. 2, and one council member from District
No. 3; FINDING that notice of the election was properly held and the
Returns thereof made by the proper officials in accordance with the
Laws of the State of Texas;
1717 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a contribution from 05/26/2005 32
ExxonMobil Corporation supporting the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands
Education and Recreation Center’s Wetlands Ecology Program in
the amount of Thirty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($30,000.00);
DESIGNATING an authorized representative;
1718 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a contribution from 05/26/2005 33
ExxonMobil Corporation supporting the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands
Education and Recreation Center’s Environmental Education
Programs in the amount of Thirty Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($30,000.00); DESIGNATING an authorized representative;
1719 NAMING the Election Officials for the Run-Off Election of the City 05/26/2005 34
of Baytown, Texas, to be held on June 11, 2005; PROVIDING a
repealing clause; CONTAINING a savings clause;
1720 REQUESTING the Sheriff or Constable to sell the property located 05/26/2005 36
0 Decker Drive at a public sale pursuant to Section 34.05(C) of the
Texas Tax Code;
1721 AMENDING the Guidelines for the Homebuyers’ Assistance Program 06/09/2005 37
to increase the maximum sales price; PROVIDING and Repealing
Clause; CONTAINING a Savings Clause;
1722 PERTAINING to Electric Utility Stranded Cost and True-Up Proceedings 06/09/2005 39
1723 DESIGNATING funds in the Council Initiatives—Capital Improvement 06/09/2005 40
Program Fund for possible demolition activities at Taft Circle Apartments;
1724 AUTHORIZING the Chambers County Mosquito Control Department to 06/09/2005 41
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;
1725 CANVASSING the returns of the Run-Off Election held within the 06/20/2005 42
City of Baytown on the 11th day of June 2005, for the purpose of electing
a council member from District Number One; DECLARING the results
of the run-off election finding that notice of the run-off election was
properly held and the returns thereof made by the proper officials in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas; and
1726 GRANTING consent to the inclusion of a 120.0428 Acres of land 06/23/2005 44
within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas, in
Lake Municipal Utility District; Making other provisions related thereto;
1727 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to the Office 06/23/2005 48
Of Domestic Preparedness for a staffing for adequate Fire and
Emergency Response Grant in the amount of Three Hundred
Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) for the Baytown Fire
Department; DESIGNATING an authorized representative;
AUTHORIZING the representative to accept or affirm any Grant
Award that may result therefrom; AUTHORIZING THE City’s in-
creasing matches throughout the five year term;
1728 GRANTING the petition of CAI, LP, DBA CONN’S, INC., concerning 06/23/2005 49
the annexation of 8.3957 acres of land in the Ed T. Schaffer Survey,
(W.C. & R.R.), Abstract 1224, a part of Lots 11 and 12, Block 21,
Highland Farms Addition, and a part of Lots 14, 15, and 16, Block 7,
East End Addition to Highland Farms, Harris County, Texas, located
East of Garth Road between Lynchburg-Cedar Bayou Road and
South Road;
1729 REPEALING Resolution No. 1545 passed by the City Council on 07/14/2005 50
May 9, 2002;
1730 APPROVING the City of Baytown 2005 Consolidated Plan and 07/28/2005 51
Authorizing the City Manager to submit such plan to the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
1731 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to the United 07/28/2005 52
States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the
2005-2006 Community Development Block Grant Funds; DESIGNATING
an authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the Representative to
accept or affirm any Grant Award that may result therefrom;
1732 ADOPTING the City of Baytown’s Owner-Occupied Housing Re- 07/28/2005 53
habilitation Program Guidelines;
1733 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute the General 07/28/2005 54
Certificates of Local Governmental Unit relating to the issuance of
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Sundance Apartments, 3409
9th Avenue North, Texas City, Galveston County, Texas 77590), in
one or more series, by Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation;
1734 APPROVING the redesign of the street layout of Texas Avenue as 08/11/2005 55
proposed by Traffic Engineers, Inc., which includes the re-striping of
Texas Avenue to remove the curved roadway design and to allow for
22.5 degree angled parking on both sides of the street;
1735 CALLING Special Council Meetings to be held on Thursday, 08/11/2005 56
September 15, 2005, at 4:30 p.m.; Monday, September 19, 2005,
at 4:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 4:30 p.m., in the
Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas, to hold public hearings
and take other actions related to the adoption of the 2005-2006 Fiscal
Year Budget and Tax Rate;
1736 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 08/11/2005 57
25, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown,
Texas; CANCELLING its regularly scheduled City Council Meeting to
be held on Thursday, October 27, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1737 GRANTING Consent to the creation of a political subdivision to be 08/25/2005 58
known as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 473, one purpose
of which will be to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use
or to furnish sanitary sewer services, roadways, or drainage, within
the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, and consisting of
approximately 403.9469 acres of land, more or less;
1738 GRANTING Consent to the inclusion of 43.3846 acres of land within 08/25/2005 60
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas, in Lake
Municipal Utility District;
1739 APPROVING and Investment Policy and Strategy 09/08/2005 64
1740 APPROVING the Baytown Downtown Area One Design Guidelines 09/08/2005 65
as a component of the Downtown Master Plan;
1741 ESTABLISHING the CDBG-Funded Aid to Victims of Hurricane 09/15/2005 66
Katrina Program that will provide various public services to those
displaced by Hurricane Katrina and currently residing within the City
of Baytown;
1742 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept up to Forty-Five Thousand 09/15/2005 67
And No/100 Dollars ($45,000.00) from Southeast Texas Housing
Finance Corporation to supplement the CDBG-Funded Aid to Victims
of Hurricane Katrina Program for furniture and essential household
items for persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina and locating within
the city limits or in the Chambers County portion of the City of Baytown’s
extraterritorial jurisdiction;
1743 ESTABLISHING the Hurricane Katrina Relief Homebuyer’s Assistance 09/15/2005 68
Program;
1744 APPROVING the Utility Capital Improvement Program for the 2005-2006 09/27/2005 69
through 2010-11 Fiscal Years;
1745 GRANTING the Petition of YSAA Realty, Ltd., concerning the annexation 09/27/2005 70
of a 0.323 Acre Tract situated in the Ed T. Schaffer Survey Abstract
1224, Harris County, Texas, and authorizing the preparation of a Service
Plan;
1746 NOMINATING a candidate for a position on the Board of Directors of the 09/27/2005 71
Chambers County Appraisal District;
1747 NOMINATING a candidate for a position on the Board of Directors of the 09/27/2005 72
Harris County Appraisal District;
1748 DESIGNATING the City of Baytown’s Representative and Alternate to the 09/27/2005 73
General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year
2006;
1749 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 10/13/2005 74
22, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown,
Texas; CANCELLING its regularly scheduled City Council Meeting to
be held on Thursday, November 24, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., and Thursday,
December 22, 2005 at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
Baytown, Texas; and providing for the effective date thereof;
1750 GRANTING the Petition of Halle Properties, L.L.C. concerning the 10/25/2005 75
Annexation of 0.0295 acres of land in the Ed Shaffer Survey, Abstract
No. 1224, and the T. T. Ristergen Survey, Abstract No. 1425, in Harris
County, Texas;
1751 REQUESTING the Sheriff or Constable to sell the property located at 10/25/2005 76
208 W. Murrill Street at a public sale pursuant to Section 34.05(C) of
the Texas Tax Code;
1752 APPOINTING authorized representatives to execute a Supply 10/25/2005 78
Agreement with a Retail Electric Provider;
1753 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute the General 10/25/2005 80
Certificate of Local Governmental Unit relating to Southeast Texas
Housing Revenue Bonds (Bayview Estates Apartments) in one or more
Series in an aggregate amount not to exceed Fifteen Million and No/100
Dollars ($15,000,000.00);
1754 CASTING its ballot for the election of a person to the Board of Directors 11/10/2005 81
of the Harris County Appraisal District;
1755 NAMING the Baytown Police Academy in honor or Robert P. Merchant; 11/22/2005 82
1756 CASTING its ballot for the election of a person to the Board of Directors 11/22/2005 83
of the Chambers County Appraisal District;
1757 GRANTING the Petition of Burnet Bay, Ltd., concerning the annexation 12/08/2005 84
of 403.9469 acres of land in the Nathanial Lynch Survey, A-44 and the
William Hilbus Survey, A-336, Harris County, Texas;
1758 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer funds from various 12/08/2005 85
accounts within the General Fund and the Water and Sewer Fund;
1759 AMENDING Resolution No. 1615 adopted on November 13, 2003, 12/22/2005 86
regarding the provision of utility services outside the city limits for
public educational facilities;