CC Resolution No. 437 RESOLUTION NO. 437
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST
A CERTAIN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE
STATE OF TEXAS CONCERNING A CONTINUING, COMPREHENSIVE, COOPERA-
TIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY AREA.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown by Resolution No. 285
did authorize the execution of an agreement between the State of Texas and the
City of Baytown for the continuation of Urban Transportation Planning Studies presently
underway in Harris and Galveston counties by merging and expanding them to include
the six additional counties in order to fully establish a comprehensive and cooperative
planning process to develop a Regional Transporation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Highway Department proposes that the old agreement
be modified by the creation of a Policy Advisory Committee, composed of elected
officials , whose membership shall include elected officials of each city party
to the agreement, having as its purpose creating transportation planning in each
area and the creation of a steering committee to be composed of locally elected
officials with State and Federally elected officials being included to whatever
extent practical ; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN :
Section 1 : That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the City
Clerk to attest the said agreement by and on behalf of the City of Baytown. A
copy of said agreement marked Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof
for reference purposes.
Section 2: That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward
a certified copy of this resolution to the State Highway Department and the Houston
Harris County Transportation Study.
Section 3: That this resolution shall become effective from and after
its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas .
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
this 26th day of April 1973.
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
EEL RICH RD ON, City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS ,
THIS AGREEMENT made this day of A. D. , 1973 ,
by and between the State of Texas , acting by and through its Highway
Engineer, Party of the First Part, hereinafter referred to as the State,
and the Cities of Baytown, Galveston, Houston, Pasadena and Texas City,
hereinafter referred to as the Cities , and the Counties of Brazoria ,
Chambers , Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller,
hereinafter referred to as the Counties , Parties of the Second Part:
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the above mentioned agencies on November 20 , 1970 , did
• agree to participate in a continuing, comprehensive, cooperative trans-
portation planning process for the Houston-Galveston Regional Transporta-
tion Study Area as provided in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962; and,
WHEREAS, the intensive study area of the Houston-Galveston Regional
Transportation Study is defined as encompassing the Houston Urbanized
Area and Galveston and Harris Counties, and the Regional Study Area which
also includes the Counties of Brazoria, Chambers., Fort Bend, Liberty,
Montgomery and Waller as delineated on the map marked Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties hereto that the Study
organization be revised to provide a top committee for guiding the Study
to be composed of •all elected officials;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed that the aforementioned agreement
of November 20, 1970, shall be considered null and void and said document
shall be replaced in its entirety by this agreement with the organization
and responsibilities as set out in the following paragraphs:
I.. Organization
A. A Policy Advisory Comm-tittee will furnish general
policy guidance and direction for the continuing
transportation study. This Committee will consist
of the county judge from each of the counties and
the mayor from each of the cities in the Regional
Study Area . All State Senators and State Representa-
tives whose areas include the Houston-Galveston
Regional Study Area and the U. S. Congressmen serving
the Regional Study Area shall be invited to serve
as Committee members.
The functions of this Committee shall be as follows:
1. Provide general policy guidance for the trans-
portation planning process.
2. Review annually the transportation plan (revised
as necessary) and recommend its adoption and
implementation by local governments and agencies.
3. Take appropriate action on the recommendations
-of the Steering Committee including those relative -
to certification and recertification action for
the study.
4. Meet at intervals as necessary to perform its
functions .
5. Hold a•public meeting tQ discuss the status of
planning at least once a year.
B. A Steering Committee composed principally of elected
city and county officials or their designated representa-
tives shall be formed. The voting members of this
Committee shall be limited to twenty-one members and
shall be composed of representatives of the cities
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and counties which are parties to this agreement,
and representatives of the Texas Highway Department
including those for the District Engineers from j
Districts 12 and 20 , the Engineer Manager of the
Houston Urban Office and the Chief Engineer of
Highway Design. The voting membership shall be as
indicated in the following table:
VOTING MEMBERSHIP
City of Baytown 1
City of Galveston 1
City of Houston 4
City of Pasadena 1
City of Texas City 1
County of Brazoria 1
County of Chambers 1
County of Fort Bend 1
County of Galveston 1
County of Harris 2
County of Liberty 1
County of Montgomery 1
County of Waller 1
Texas Highway Department 4
The Study Director may be a non-voting member of
this Committee. The Houston-Galveston Area Council
of Governments may also be represented by a non-voting
member. The Federal Highway Administration, the
Urban Mass Transit Administration , the Federal
Aviation Administration and the Federal Railroad
Administration may also be represented by non-voting
members of this Committee.
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The functions of this Committee shall be as
follows :
1. Provide routine guidance to *the planning
process .
2 . Examine the adequacy of the continuing
planning process at appropriate intervals
and review and approve an annual progress
report to be prepared by the office of the
Study Director.
3. Recommend to the Policy Advisory Committee
any revisions to the Plan found necessary.
4 . Determine if the current transportation data
are in accord with previous projections and
recommendations or if there are discrepancies
• of a nature that would require significant
changes in the Plan.. A complete review and,
if necessary, revision of all elements of the
Plan shall be made at approximately five year
intervals.
S. Review this agreement annually and determine
if it .should be supplemented or renegotiated
and recommend action to the Policy Advisory _
Committee.
6. Review the operation plan annually and recommend
revisions if necessary.
7. Designate such technical committees or task
forces as found necessary to carry out the
planning process .
21. The sturdy elements involved in -the initial phases of the
Houston-Harris County Transportation Study and the Galveston
County Transportation Study and presented in the published
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Volumes II and III for each study shall continue to
provide the basic data for the continuing planning process
along with data being gathered in accordance with the
November 20, 1970, agreement and shall be maintained
current or updated as necessary. Forecasts shall be
reevaluated as necessary and at approximate five year
intervals with new forecasts made for the succeeding
five and twenty year periods .
III. The primary responsibility for maintaining current or
updating the basic study elements shall be vested in the
agency whose routine operations normally involve maintenance
of records relative to the study elements and as indicated
below, except as responsibilities may be modified by
agreement of the parties:
A. Economic Factors , Population Cities and Counties
and Employment with H-GAC
B. Land Use Cities and Counties
with H-GAC
C. 'Existing Street and Highway Use State , Counties
and Cities
D. Accidents Cities and State
E. Public Transit Cities with H-GAC
F. Parking Cities
G. Terminal and Transfer Facilities Cities
H. Traffic Engineering Features Cities , Counties
and State
I. Community Controls Cities and Counties
with H-GAC
J. Community Value Factors Cities and Counties
with H-GAC
K. Capacity Cities , Counties
and State
'* L. Travel Time State and Cities
M. Traffic Volumes Cities , Counties
and State
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N. Travel Patterns State
O. Financial Resources Cities , Counties
and State
The Houston-Galveston Regional Transportation Study has
worked with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments
in development- of a Unified Work Program for various trans-
portation planning studies in the area and will continue to
cooperate in developing and updating such future programs
as necessary. The Unified Work Program is expected to be
updated annually and may be the basis of modifying the
responsibilities listed above by mutual agreement to fit
the current needs and capabilities of the agencies involved.
This program should provide for development of data to be
used mutually by this Study as well as other transportation
studies in this area .
IV. A Study Director will be assigned by the State to work in
close cooperation with the cities and counties. His
principal duties will be as follows:
A. Arrange for meetings of the Policy Advisory
Committee when appropriate and at least once
a year.
B. Arrange for meetings of the Steering Committee
as necessary.
C. Maintain liaison and act in an .advisory capacity
. to both committees.
D. Coordinate the continuing planning process with
the cities and counties and maintain liaison between
the cities , counties and the State .
E. Make available to participating agencies all projected
• traffic and other data relative to the Regional Study
Area.
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F. Recommend to the Policy Advisory Committee and/or
the Steering Committee special studies , revision
of the Transportation Plan, or renegotiation of this
agreement when considered appropriate.
G. Maintain file of annual summaries of all study
elements involved in the continuing planning process
and prepare an annual progress report to reflect
general development and plan implementation within
the area .
H. Arrange for additional or modified traffic assignments
and assist in the procurement of additional data for
zonal traffic forecasts .
I. Maintain current record of expenditures by the State
and the Federal Highway Administration for transporta-
tion facilities within the Regional Study Area .
V. An Operations Plan shall be prepared by the parties hereto
that will outline the conduct of this continuing Study, the
assignment of responsibilities and the methods to be used
in the surveillance and reappraisal of the various elements.
VI. The expense involved in the continuing planning process ,
data gathering, review, and updating the various study
elements will be assumed by the participating- agency assigned
responsibility as listed in this agreement.
VII. This agreement may be supplemented or renegotiated as
necessary to meet changing conditions and as recommended
by the Policy Advisory Committee.
VIII. By mutual agreement, the parties hereto may terminate this
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto affixed their
signatures on the dates indicated.
Party of the First Part
STATE OF TEXAS
Certified as being executed for
the purpose and effect of acti-
vating and/or carrying out the
orders, established policies ,
or work programs heretofore
approved and authorized by the
State Highway Commission:
By:
State Highway Engineer
under authority of
Commission Minute 67022
Date:
RECOMMENDED FOR EXECUTION:
District Engineer - District 12
District Engineer - District 20 `
Engineer-Manager
Houston Urban office
--Engineer of Urban Planning - -
Chief Engineer of Highway Design
Director of Planning Survey
Assistant State Highway Engineer
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Parties of the Second Part
CITY OF BAYTOWN'
By: I
Mayor
Date:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"