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Book16 - 2006-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 (I) 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; 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 18th 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 18th 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 13th 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 80th 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 Blk 19 Highland Farms, and Tact 3 as Tr 13G Blk 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, Inc’s 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 Façade 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);