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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 . r 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 !0� !^ -2- 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 -2- 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. -3- 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 -4- 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 • -5- 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. -6- 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. -7- 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 w Parties of the Second Part CITY OF BAYTOWN' By: I Mayor Date: ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney -9- r Pak I n� --_J MONTGO.ftY v, d kz� 1 , M mil BEN .,taro. f`. 1 INTENSIVE STUDY AREA STUDY AREA For The HOUSTON - GALVESTON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY EXHIBIT "A"