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CC Resolution No. 1047 1868 RESOLUTION NO. 1047 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO RETAIN THE BRANCH OFFICE IN BAYTOWN AND INCREASE THE SERVICES OFFERED TO PROPERTY OWNERS SERVED BY THIS OFFICE. WHEREAS, the Harris County Appraisal District has maintained a regional office in Baytown since first beginning to serve this area; and WHEREAS, the services offered by this office have been reduced in recent years, and there is now pending a proposal to close this regional office; and WHEREAS, the regional office should be maintained so that citizens at minimum could have name changes done locally, and be able to receive assistance in the filing of the forms necessary for homestead exemptions, protests, and property split-outs; and WHEREAS, the present location of the main office of the Harris Council Appraisal District on the far northwest side of Houston causes a severe hardship on citizens and taxpayers in eastern Harris County when they are forced to go to that office; and WHEREAS, the closing of the Baytown office would require citizens to drive almost an hour to do a simple name change or value protest, placing an unreasonable burden upon the citizens and taxpayers of eastern Harris County; and WHEREAS, the regional office no longer has any in-house appraisers and does not do field checks, thus making it extremely cumbersome and a burden upon the taxpayer if he discovers a possible error that should be checked by the Harris County Appraisal District; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown believes that the intent of the Legislature in adopting central appraisal districts was to improve the system of assessing property in order to benefit the taxpayers, and it was not the intent of the Legislature to increase the inconvenience and burden upon its citizens, which will be the result of closing the regional office in Baytown; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS : Section 1 : That Harris County Appraisal District is urged and encouraged to retain the regional Harris County Appraisal District office located in Baytown and to increase the level of services presently offered at that office in order that the 1869 citizens of east Harris County receive the simpler less burdensome assessment of their property that the central appraisal district system had promised. Section 2 : That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to send certified copies of the resolution to all the members of the Harris County Appraisal District and the members of the State Legislature representing the Baytown area. Section 3 : This ordinance 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 vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 30th day of March, 1989. ETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk NDALL B. STR NG, City torney C: 1:7: 19