CC Resolution No. 1827 RESOLUTION BOOK NO.,16
RES. NO. SUBJECT DATE PAGE NO.
1760 AUTHORZING the submission of a Zoning 01/12/2006 1
Amendment permit application concerning (1)the
establishment of historical and planned unit development
overlay districts and (II)the amendment process re-
garding substantive text amendments;
1761 AUTHORIZING publication of Notice of Intention to 01/12/2006 2
Issue Certificates of Obligation;
1762 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of 01/12/2006 3
Baytown, Texas, to make application from the Homeland
Security Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance
Program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's
Office of Domestic Preparedness for technology and
equipment; AUTHORIZING representative to accept or
affirm any grant award that may result therefrom;
1763 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City 01/12/2006 4
of Baytown, Texas, to make application for a grant
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
(HMGP) administered through the State of Texas;
AUTHORIZING the City's match of Four Hundred
Seventy-Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Three
and No/100 Dollars ($473,543.00); AUTHORIZING a
representative to accept or affirm any grant award that
may result therefrom;
1764 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute 01/12/2006 5
the General Certificates of Local Governmental Unit
and the Certificates of Highest Ranking Official relating
to Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation's
issuance of Single Family Mortgage Revenue and
Refunding Bonds, Series 2006A;
1765 APPROVING the Preliminary Official Statement for Sale 01/26/2006 7
of City of Baytown, Texas General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2006,
1766 PROPOSING the creation of the Baytown Crime 01/26/2006 8
Control and Prevention District; DESCRIBING the
territory to be included in such District; DESIGNATING
a name for such District; APPOINTING the temporary
Board of Directors of the District;
1767 PROPOSING the creation of the Baytown Fire Control, 01/26/2006 10
Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District;
DESCRIBING the territory to be included in such
District; DESIGNATING a name for such District,
APPOINTING the Temporary Board of Directors of
the District;
1768 AMENDING Resolution No. 1659 to Accept the 2004 01/26/2006 12
Homeland Security Grant from the State authorizing
Agency of the State Homeland Security Department
rather than from the Texas Engineering Extension
Service and Amending Resolution 1660 to accept
the 2004 Law Enforcement Terrorism Protection
Program Grant from the State Homeland Security
Department rather than from the Texas Engineering
Extension Service;
1769 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application 01/26/2006 13
to the Office of the Governor, Division of Emergency
Management, for Fiscal Year 2006 Emergency
Management Performance Grant to enhance the City
of Baytown's readiness and response capabilities;
DESIGNATING an authorized Representative;
AUTHORIZING the Representative to accept or affirm
Grant award that may result therefrom;
1770 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept the FY06 01/26/2006 14
Solid Waste Grant Award for Litter and Illegal Dumping
Cleanup from the Houston-Galveston Area Council in
the amount of Forty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred
Fifty-Nine and No/100 Dollars ($47,759.00);
1771 ELECTING to become eligible to participate in Tax 02/09/2006 15
Abatement pursuant to the property redevelopment
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;
1772 APPROVING and Investment Policy and Strategy; 02/09/2006 17
1773 SUPPORTING the location of the United States 02/09/2006 18
Department of Energy's Futuregen Project within
Industrial District No. 3, Chambers County, Texas,
1774 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on 02/23/2006 19
on April 13, 2006, at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
of City Hall, Baytown, Texas; CANCELLING the regular
Council Meeting to be held on April 13, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1775 CALLING Special Council Meetings to be held on 02/23/2006 20
Monday, March 6, 2006, 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 Crime
Control Plan and Budget Plan of the Temporary Board
of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District and
the Fire Control Prevention and Emergency Medical
Services Plan and Budget Plan of the Temporary Board
of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency
Medical Services District;
1776 AUTHORIZING the Mayor to send Texas Petrochemicals, 02/23/2006 21
LP, a letter of the City Council's intent to establish a re-
investment zone and to consider granting Tax Abatement
Agreements therein should all of the requirements of both
the property redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act and
the Guidelines an Policies adopted by Council be satisfied;
1777 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of Baytown 02/223/2006 23
to make application for continued funding of the Victims
of Crime Act Grant to the State of Texas, Office of the
Governor, Criminal Justice Division for the 2006-2007
Period; AUTHORIZING a cash match in an amount not to
exceed Four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-One and
No/100 Dollars ($4,421.00) and an in-kind match not to
exceed Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Six and No/100
Dollars ($10,956.00); DESIGNATING an authorized re-
presentative; ASSURING proper use and maintenance of
grant funds;
1778 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of Baytown 02/23/2006 25
to make application to the United States Department of
Justice for Fiscal Year 2006 Grant Funds from the Edward
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program in the
amount of Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine
and No/100 Dollars ($16,789.00); DESIGNATING an
authorized representative; AUTHORIZING the Representative
to accept or affirm any grant award that may result therefrom;
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1779 APPOINTING authorized representatives to execute a 02/23/2006 27
Supply Agreement with a retail electric provider;
1780 DESIGNATING the 2006 Long Neck Wildlife Festival as 03/09/2006 28
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, 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;
1781 AUTHORIZING publication of Notice of Intention to Issue 03/09/2006 30
Certificates of Obligation;
1782 GRANTING the petition of Allen E. Russell concerning the 03/23/2006 31
Annexation of 16.1545 acres of land in the Nathaniel Lynch
Survey, A-44, Harris County, Texas;
1783 GRANTING a variance to Chapter 42"Health and Sanitation," 03/23/2006 32
Article V"Live Outdoor Exhibitions,"Section 42-286 "Permit
Required"of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas,
to waive the distance requirement for The Bayshore Fine Rides,
Inc.s 18`"Annual Fine Rides Show on Texas Avenue contingent
upon the filing of the requisite application and obtaining the
Requisite insurance specified herein; GRANTING a variance to
Bayshore Fine Rides, Inc., to exempt Bayshore Fine Rides, Inc.,
from the provisions of Chapter 74 "Peddlers and Solicitors'of
the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, for the 18t'Annual
Fine Rides Show on Texas Avenue contingent upon the filing
of an application and receiving a permit for a live outdoor
exhibition;
1784 ADOPTING a municipal cable channel policy for the City of 03/23/2006 34
Baytown;
1785 GRANTING a variance to Chapter 42 "Health and Sanitation;' 04/13/2006 35
Article V"Live Outdoor Exhibitions,"Section 42-286"Permit
required" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas,
to Waive the insurance, bond, and fee and distance require-
ments for the Baytown Outdoor Inc.'s 2006 Baytown Long Neck
Festival contingent upon the filing of the requisite application
and obtaining the requisite insurance specified herein;
GRANTING a variance to exempt Baytown Outdoor Inc., from
the provisions of Chapter 74"Peddlers and Solicitors"of the
Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, for 2006 Baytown Long
Neck Wildlife Festival contingent upon the filing of an application
and receiving a permit for a live outdoor exhibition;
AUTHORIZING the City Manager to temporarily close Price Street
and a portion of Texas Avenue in conjunction with the 2006 Long
Neck Wildlife Festival;
1786 AUTHORIZING the City Manager of the City of Baytown to 04/27/2006 37
submit a grant application for the development of a construc-
tion site operator training video to the Galveston Bay
Estuary Program Galveston Bay: watershed protection initiative
to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the
period commencing on June 14, 2006 and ending on August
31, 2007; DESIGNATING an authorized Representative;
1787 ACCEPTING a Thirty Thousand and No/100 Dollars 04/27/2006 39
($30,000.00)contribution from Exxon Mobil Corporation
Supporting the Baytown Nature Center's Environmental
Education Programs;
1788 ACCEPTING a Thirty Thousand and No/100 Dollars 04/27/2006 40
($30,000.00) contribution from Exxon Mobil Corporation
Supporting the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and
Recreation Center's Wetlands Ecology Program;
1789 AUTHORIZING the Chambers County Mosquito Control 04/27/2006 41
District 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;
1790 SUPPORTING the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 05/11/2006 42
Proposal for the restoration and preservation of the Battleship
Texas;
1791 GRANTING the petition of the City of Baytown concerning the 05/11/2006 43
annexation of Tract 2 (4F), being that portion of land out of the
J.W. Singleton Survey and recorded in Vol. 3294 at page 225
in the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas; and Tract 3 (4E),
geing that portion of land out of the J.W. Singleton Survey and
recorded in Vol. 3306 at Page 300 of the Deed Records of
Harris County, Texas;
1792 PERTAINING to CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC'S 05/11/2006 44
cost of service rate filing pending as PUC Docket No. 32093
and related proceedings;
1793 DECLARING the results of the regular election held within 05/22/2006 46
the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, on the
13`"day of May, 2006, for the purpose of electing the Mayor
and the three Council Members from District Nos. Four, Five
and Six; FINDING that notice of said election was properly
held and the returns thereof made by the proper officials in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas;
1794 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to the 05/25/2006 49
Department of Justice for a 2006 Grant for the High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area Project in the amount of Nine Hundred
Nine Thousand Two Hundred Five and No/100 Dollars
($909,205.00); DESIGNATIN an authorized representative;
AUTHORIZING the representative to accept or affirm any
Grant award that may result therefrom;
1795 RECOMMENDING the fiscal year for the Baytown Crime 06/08/2006 50
Control and Prevention District and the Baytown Fire Control,
Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District; Setting
forth recommended procedures for adopting the budgets of
said districts;
1796 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the mayor to execute 06/22/2006 52
General Certificates of Local Governmental Unit and the
Certificate of Highest Elected Official's Approval of the
Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation's (SETH)
Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Piedmont
Apartments) in one or more series in an aggregate amount
not to exceed Fifteen Million and No/100 Dollars
($15,000,000.00);
1797 RESCINDING Resolution No. 1777 which authorized the 06/22/2006 54
City Manager to make application for continued funding of
the Victims of Crime Act Grant as the Criminal Justice
Division has amended the Guidelines and Rules for the
calculation of the cash match and in-kind funding allowed
with these grant funds; AUTHORIZING the City Manager of
the City of Baytown to make a new Application and Acceptance
of a grant for the continued funding of the Victims of Crime Act
to the State of Texas, Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice
Division for the 2006-2007 period; AUTHORIZING a cash match
in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-
Three and No/100 Dollars ($10,553.00)and an in-kind match
not to exceed One Thousand Nine-Hundred Fourteen and
No/100 Dollars ($1,914.00); DESIGNATING an authorized
representative; ASSURING proper use and maintenance of
grant funds;
1798 EXPRESSING the City of Baytown's support for Federal Efforts 06/22/2006 56
to establish the Buffalo Bayou Heritage Area: Energy Capital
of the World;
1799 GRANTING the petition of Garth-Archer, Charles H. Grube, Ltd. 07/13/2006 58
concerning the annexation of a 1.5878 acre tract of land
situated in the W.C. Railroad company Survey, Abstract 899 and
the W.G. Boswell Survey, Abstract 1562, Harris County, Texas,
and being out of and a part of that certain called 126.735 acre
tract one conveyed by Florence Godfrey, et al, to Garth-Archer,
Charles H. Grube, Ltd., by deed dated February 15, 1973, and
recorded under County Clerk's File No. D806833 of the Deed
records of Harris County, Texas;
1800 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to make application to the 07/13/2006 60
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
for the 2006-2007 Community Development Block Grant Funds;
DESIGNATING an authorized representative; AUTHORIZING
the representative to accept or affirm any grant award that may
result therefrom;
1801 ADOPTING the City of Baytown's Owner-Occupied Housing 07/13/2006 61
Rehabilitation Program Guidelines; PROVIDING for a repealing
clause;
1802 ADOPTING the City of Baytown's Homebuyers'Assistance 07/13/2006 62
Program Guidelines; PROVIDING for a repealing clause;
1803 ADOPTING Guidelines for the Senior/Disabled Citizen 07/13/2006 63
Transportation Program;
1804 OPPOSING the implementation of charges for services 07/13/2006 64
Rendered by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office;
1805 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept Sub-Recipient 07/13/2006 66
Awards Grants funded by the 2005 United States Department
of Homeland Security grant from the Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor of the State of Texas in
the amount of Two Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($200,000.00); FOR the purchase of law enforcement equipment
by the City of Baytown and Chambers County;
1806 ADOPTING the Harris County all Hazard Mitigation Plan; 07/13/2006 68
1807 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to submit a grant application 07/27/2006 70
to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for eligible improve-
ments in accordance with the Downtown Public Spaces
Improvements Program in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand
and No/100 Dollars ($25,000.00); AUTHORIZING matching
funds in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($25,000.00);
1808 APPROVING the installation of a traffic signal at Interstate 08/10/2006 72
10 and Thompson Road by the Texas Department of Trans-
portation;
1809 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on October 08/10/2006 74
23, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
Baytown, Texas; CANCELING the regular Council Meeting
to be held on October 26, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1810 GRANTING the petition of Baytown Partners, LLC concerning 08/24/2006 75
the annexation of that portion of a 4.86 acre tract or parcel of
land situated in Block 140 of Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms,
Unit"D," lying outside the city limits, according to the map or
plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, at page 48, of the map
records of Harris County, Texas, said 4.86 acre tract being
all of that same called 4.8532 acre tract as described in deed
to Exxon Baytown Credit Union and recorded in Harris County
Clerk's File No. P060937 and corrected in Harris County
Clerk's File No. P165312;
1811 REQUESTING the Sheriff or Constable to sell the properties 09/14/2006 77
located at 1508 Kilgore Road, 00 Kilgore Road, and 1620
Elm Street at a public sale pursuant to Section 34.05(C)of
the Texas Tax Code;
1812 JOINT RESOLUTION by and between the Parks and Re- 09/14/2006 79
creation Board and City Council REQUESTING Members
of the 80`" Legislative Session of the State of Texas Support
increased funding for the Texas Recreation & Parks account
local Park Grant Program and the Texas State Park System;
1813 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to submit a grant application 09/14/2006 81
to the Office of Grants and Training of the United States
Department of Homeland Security for a 2006 Commercial
Equipment Direct Assistance Program Grant to purchase a
Miran Sapphire Portable Gas Analyzer for the Hazardous
Materials Team to gain the ability to quickly test the ambient
air for toxic gases and vapors;
1814 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on November 09/28/2006 82
20, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
Baytown, Texas; CANCELING the regular Council Meeting
To be held on November 23, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1815 APPROVING an Investment Policy and Strategy; 09/28/2006 83
1816 APPROVING the modification of two prior bond issues issued 10/12/2006 84
by the Milford Higher Education Facilities Corporation for
Baytown Christian Academy, Inc., approving the issuance of
a new tax exempt note by the Milford Higher Education
Facilities Corporation for Baytown Christian Academy, Inc.,
1817 DESIGNATING the City of Baytown's Representative and 10/12/2006 86
Alternate to the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston
Area Council for the year 2007;
1818 GRANTING the Petition of Athari Real Estate, Ltd., David 10/23/2006 87
Hester, Anderson Shoe and Saddle Repair, Inc., and ValPlace
Development Texas, LP, concerning the annexation of a 2.8730
Acre Tract of land out of the George C. Davis Survey, A-1472,
Baytown, Harris County, Texas, being a 2.870 acre (123,151
square feet)tract of land out of the George C. Davis Survey,
Abstract 1472, Baytown, Harris County, Texas, and being all of
Three separate tracts of land with Tract 1 being described as
Tr 13H Blk 19 Highland Farms, Tract 2 as Tr 13E Bilk 19 Highland
Farms, and Tact 3 as Tr 13G Bilk 19 Highland Farms, Harris
County, Texas;
1819 CALLING a Special Council Meeting to be held on Saturday, 11/09/2006 89
December 9, 2006, at 8:00 a.m. in the Sundeck Room of the
Goose Creek Country Club, located at 5000 Country Club
View, Baytown, Texas;
1820 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Mayor to execute General 11/20/2006 90
Certificates of Local Governmental Unit related to the issuance
By the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation of its
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds for the Costa Verde
Apartments in Clute, Texas, and the Mansions at Moses Lake
Apartments in Texas City, Texas;
1821 GRANTING a Variance to Chapter 42 "Health and Sanitation,' 11/20/2006 92
Article V"Live Outdoor Exhibitions,' Section 42-286"Permit
Required" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas,
to waive the distance requirement for Historic Goose Creek
Association, Ines 2006 Christmas on Texas Avenue contingent
upon the filing of the requisite application; GRANTING a Variance
to Historic Goose Creek Association, Inc., to exempts 2006
Christmas on Texas Avenue from the provisions of Chapter 74
"Peddlers and Solicitors"of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown,
Texas, contingent upon the filing of an application and receiving
a permit for a Live Outdoor Exhibition;
1822 AUTHORIZING publication of Notice of Intention to Issue 12/14/2006 93
Certificates of Obligation;
1823 ADOPTING a policy for City Council use of City Laptop 12/14/2006 94
Computers, E-Mail and Internet connections;
1824 ADOPTING the City of Baytown Downtown Facade Improvement 12/14/2006 95
Program Guidelines;
1825 AUTHORIZING and DIRECTING the Chief of Police to adopt 12/14/2006 96
a policy regarding towing vehicles being driven without proof of
financial responsibility;
1826 CANCELING the regular Council Meeting to be held on 12/14/2006 98
December 28, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall, Baytown, Texas;
1827 AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a grant from the 12/14/2006 99
Houston-Galveston Area Council for eligible improvements for
the Historic Downtown Signage Project in accordance with the
Public Spaces Improvements Program in an amount of Twenty-
Four Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five and No/100 Dollars
($24,975.00);
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RESOLUTION NO. 1827
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT
FROM THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR ELIGIBLE
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SIGNAGE PROJECT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACES
IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT OF TWENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($24,975.00); AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Houston-Galveston Area Council ("H-GAC) offers a grant program
known as the Downtown Public Spaces Improvements Program, which makes funding available
to improve public spaces in the downtown areas of communities in the thirteen (13) county H-
GAC region (the Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program benefits the region by assisting communities in making
downtown areas more attractive and by increasing the local economic vitality, sales tax and
property values, while preserving and enhancing their architectural and cultural history; and
WHEREAS, under the Program, H-GAC offers a maximum of TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000.00) to its grant recipients for qualifying
projects; provided, the grant recipient authorizes a local cash match equal to the grant award;
and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2006, the City Council via Resolution No. 1807 authorized the
City Manager to submit a grant application to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for eligible
improvements in accordance with the Downtown Public Spaces Improvements Program in the
amount of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000.00) and
authorized a local cash match equal to the grant award; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has been notified that the Houston-Galveston Area
Council will award a grant to the City of Baytown to reimburse the City up to TWENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($24,975.00) to
cover the cost of improvements for the Historic Downtown Signage Project; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown authorizes and directs the
City Manager to accept a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council for eligible
improvements for the Historic Downtown Signage Project in accordance with the Downtown
Public Spaces Improvements Program in an amount of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($24,975.00).
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Section 2: This resolution 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; to of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 141b day of December, 2006.
S PHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
L•ORRI COO ty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO ORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR. Ci y Attorney
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