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CC Resolution No. 2249 - AmendMakeItInAmericaGrant RESOLUTION NO. 2249 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 2 OF RESOLUTION NO. 2244, PASSED ON THE 23RD OF MAY, 2013, CONCERNING THE CITY'S MATCH FOR THE MAKE IT IN AMERICA CHALLENGE GRANT TO AUTHORIZE A CASH MATCH NOT TO EXEEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($500,000.00) PER YEAR FOR FIVE (5) YEARS, SUBJECT TO NON-FUNDING FOR FUTURE YEARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. ****************************************************************************** WHEREAS, on May 23, 2013, the City Council through Resolution No. 2244 authorized the City Manager to participate in the submission of an application to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration for the Make it in America Challenge Grant on behalf of the Baytown Fire Department in the amount of TWO MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($2,000,000.00); and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2244 authorized an in-kind match, which the City proposed to fulfill through land and industrial equipment expected to be donated by the City's local industrial partners; and WHEREAS, the grant now requires the City to provide a cash match in an amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($500,000.00) per year for five years; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Resolution No. 2244 to authorize the cash match, subject to a non-funding provision for future years; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That Section 2 of Resolution No. 2244, passed on May 23, 2013, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2: That pursuant to the terms of the Make it in America Challenge Grant, the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes a cash match in an amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($500,000.00) per year for five (5) years. Such cash match for subsequent years is expressly contingent upon sufficient appropriations and authorization being made by the City and/or the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District ("BFCPEMSD") each year. If at any time sufficient appropriations are not made by the City Council or the Board of Directors of the BFCPEMSD, the City will not be liable for funding beyond the last year in which the funds were so appropriated. 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 affirtnat' vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 131"day of June,2013. i I TEPHEN H. DONCARLO ,Mayor ATTEST: ids.«� S6 F ' SLL LETICI oY�SC , C/Rm: Iq APPROVED AS e13NACIO RAMIREZ, S V y Attorney R:\Karen\Files\City COunclMuolutions@ODUune U\AmendMe elllnAmmlcaGmnl.dm 2