Ordinance No. 14,609ORDINANCE NO. 14,609
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GOOSE CREEK
CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HARRIS
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR DRAINAGE
IMPROVEMENTS AFFECTING ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
SURROUNDING AREA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes and
directs the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest to an interlocal agreement with Goose
Creek Consolidated Independent School District and Harris County Flood Control District for drainage
improvements affecting Robert E. Lee High School and the surrounding area. A copy of said agreement
is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes.
Section 2: 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 10"' day of December, 2020.
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BRYSCH, City
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Exhibit "A"
Agreement Number 2020-59
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF HARRIS §
THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered in to pursuant to the Interlocal
Cooperation Act, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, and is made by and between the
GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, an independent
school district and political subdivision of the State of Texas (the "School District") or
("GCCISD"), the CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, a home -rule city of the State of Texas located in
Harris and Chambers Counties, Texas, acting by and through its duly authorized officials (the
"City"), and the HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, a body corporate and politic
under the laws of the State of Texas, ("HCFCD") (each, a "Party", and collectively, the
"Parties").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, in 2019, a sinkhole developed at Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, which is
School District property ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, HCFCD owned drainage easements on the Property (hereinafter referred to as
0101-01-00 and 0101-01-01, the "HCFCD Easements") that were conveyed to it by the School
District in 1949, and in the 1960s and 1970s were enclosed and built over by the School District
as it built larger athletic facilities; and the sinkhole developed on 0101-01-00; and
WHEREAS, HCFCD has repaired the sinkhole, abandoned its easements and the Parties
desire to restore storm sewer drainage to the Property; and
WHEREAS, to improve drainage on the Property and in the surrounding community, the Parties
desire to construct a new diversion storm sewer for HCFCD Units 0101-01-00 and 0101-01-01
("Drainage Project"); and
WHEREAS, the School District desires to donate a drainage easement to the City and pay to
the City an amount not to exceed $1,200,213.00 for the Drainage Project ("GCCISD
Contribution"); and
WHEREAS, HCFCD desires to contribute $ 641,387.00 ("HCFCD Contribution") to the Drainage
Project based on its share of the drainage easements on which it built enclosed storm sewers
minus the cost of repairing the sinkhole and the cost of the topographic survey and hydraulic
modeling study it paid for to resolve the drainage problem on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is estimated at $1,841,600.00 ("Project Cost"), which is
the total of the HCFCD Contribution and GCCISD Contribution; and
WHEREAS, the City agrees to design and construct the Project, and maintain the Drainage
Project during its lifespan, an estimated value in management and maintenance costs of
$1,332,876.75 ("City's Contribution").
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and
benefits to the parties herein named, the parties agree as follows:
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Within 120 calendar days of the execution of this Agreement by all Parties, HCFCD will pay Six
Hundred Forty -One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty -Seven and 00/100 Dollars ($641,387.00)
to the City of Baytown for the Drainage Project. The maximum amount HCFCD has available to
pay for its obligation under this Agreement is $641,387.00. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, or that may be construed to the contrary, HCFCD's liability under the terms and
provisions of this Agreement is limited to this sum.
Within 120 calendar days of the execution of this Agreement by all Parties, the School District
will pay $1,200,213.00 to the City of Baytown for the Drainage Project. The School District
agrees to pay the cost of any additional funds over the Project Cost needed for the Project in
accordance with Sections V and VI. The Parties agree that HCFCD shall not be responsible for
any additional costs of the Project. The Parties agree the City shall pay the School District a
refund if the cost of the final Project Cost is less than the $1,841,600.00 paid by HCFCD and the
School District for the Project Cost. HCFCD agrees not to receive any refund should the final
Project Cost be less than the $1,841,600.00.
The City's Contribution to the Project, estimated at $1,332,876.75, is for the construction
management of the Project and the maintenance of the Project over its projected life.
HCFCD has completed the repair of the sinkhole and has abandoned the HCFCD Easements
on the Property. The School District owns and maintains the storm sewer on 0101-01-00
(North/South storm sewer) adjacent to the football and baseball fields for School District
drainage. The School District also owns the storm sewer located in 0101-01-00, which follows
a northwesterly direction, and the City will terminate its use and place flowable fill in it as part of
the scope of work of the Drainage Project.
The City will design the Drainage Project to City standards entering into a professional services
agreement with a School District preferred engineering consultant. The City will obtain a survey
for the property for the Drainage Project and prepare metes and bounds for the Project
alignment. HCFCD and the School District will have an opportunity to review and approve the
construction plans before they are finalized.
IV.
Based upon the survey and metes and bounds description provided by the City obtained in the
design of the Drainage Project, the School District will convey a drainage easement to the City
for the Drainage Project on a conveyance document acceptable to the City Attorney and move
all fences to outside the new City easement adjacent to Gentry and Lee Roads. The School
District also will provide a lay -down yard for construction materials for the City Contractor at a
mutually agreeable location.
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The City will advertise for and receive bids for construction of the Drainage Project in a manner
similar to that of other similar City projects and will award the construction contract for the
Drainage Project with competitive bidding laws applicable to the City. The City's determination
of the lowest responsible bidder for construction of the Drainage Project shall be final and
conclusive; provided, however, the City shall not accept any bid in excess of the Project Cost
without approval from the School District. In the event the City does not receive a satisfactory
bid within the Project Cost, the School District shall have, at its sole discretion, the option to
either (a) require the City to rebid the Project or (b) provide additional contribution to meet the
contract sum of the satisfactory bid. If the School District elects to provide additional
contribution for the Drainage Project and such contribution is approved by the School District's
Board of Trustees, then the School District shall pay the additional contribution to the City within
fifteen (15) days of such approval. The City will administer and supervise construction of the
Drainage Project and pay all costs associated therewith from funds received from HCFCD and
the School District. It is expressly understood and agreed that the City has no funds and shall
have no obligation to make payments under this Agreement with funds other than those
contributed by the School District and HCFCD. The Drainage Project shall be constructed in
accordance with drawings and specifications previously approved by HCFCD and the School
District.
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The City may make changes and amendments to the drawings and specifications within the
design intent of the Project as the City's Public Works and Engineering Director or his designee
deems necessary or desirable during construction, provided that such changes and
amendments do not increase the total cost associated with the Project. Should (1) the City
desire to make changes and amendments to the drawings and specifications within the design
intent of the Project that increase the Project Cost or (ii) the contractor seeks a change order
that increases the Project Cost, the City shall deliver the proposed changes along with the
contractors' estimates for the cost associated with such change, to the School District. The
School District shall have ten (10) days thereafter to object to such changes in writing to the
City. If the School District does not object within the prescribed time period, the City may make
such changes and School District will transmit to the City the additional funds equal to the
increased costs within fifteen (15) days of the notification; provided that at no time shall the
accumulated cost of all change orders exceed 5% unless specifically approved by the School
District's Board of Trustees. Should the accumulated change orders exceed such percentage
and the School District's Board of Trustees fail to approve any additional amounts, the City at its
sole option may terminate this agreement and its construction contract and refund any funds
that are have not been expended or for which the City is not obligated to pay after termination of
the construction contract to the School District.
If the School District objects to such changes, it must detail the specific objections in writing and
meet with the City in order to resolve the same so as not to delay the Drainage Project. In any
event, the City shall notify the HCFCD Executive Director or his designee ("Director") and the
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Superintendent of the School District of all such changes and amendments within thirty (30)
days after making such a change or amendment.
HCFCD and the School District shall have access at all reasonable times to the Drainage
Project construction site(s) and to all relevant drawings, specifications, contract documents, and
records in order to verify that the Project is constructed in compliance with this Agreement.
Provided, however, that in conducting such investigations and/or inspections, HCFCD and the
School District shall not interfere with the work in progress. At the completion of the project, the
City will provide to HCFCD and the School District record drawings of the project.
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The sole obligation of HCFCD is to provide a portion of the funding for the Drainage Project.
Neither the School District nor HCFCD will have property ownership or maintenance
responsibility in the Drainage Project. Upon completion of the Drainage Project, the City shall
assume full ownership of and responsibility for the maintenance and repair of the Drainage
Project to the extent and in the same manner as other like facilities within the City.
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No party hereto shall make, in whole or in part, any assignment of this Agreement or any
obligation hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
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This instrument contains the entire Agreement between the parties relating to the rights herein
granted and the obligation herein assumed. Any modifications concerning this instrument will
be of no force or effect, excepting a subsequent modification in writing signed by all parties
hereto.
XI.
This Agreement is effective on the date all Parties have signed this Agreement Any Party may
terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the City's award of the contract for the Drainage
Project by giving 30 days written notice to the other Parties. If this Agreement is terminated prior
to completion for any reason, the City will return to HCFCD any unused portion of HCFCD's
Contribution to the Project and to the School District any unused portion of the School District's
Contribution to the Drainage Project.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VINCE RYAN
Harris County Attorney
By:
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
DISTRICT
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Agreement Number 2020-59
Laura Fiorentino Cahill LINA HIDALGO
Senior Assistant County Attorney County Judge
GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Superintendent
CITY OF BAYTOWN
By:
City Manager
Agreement Number 2020-59
ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT
Authorizing Execution of an Interlocal Agreement
The Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, convened at a meeting of the
Court at the Harris County Administration Building in the City of Houston, Texas, on
2020 with all members present except
A quorum was present. Among other business, the following was transacted:
ORDER AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, GOOSE CREEK
CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS
Commissioner introduced an order and made
a motion that the same be adopted. Commissioner
seconded the motion for adoption of the order. The motion, carrying with it the adoption
of the order, prevailed by the following vote:
Yes No Abstain
Judge Lina Hidalgo
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Comm. Rodney Ellis
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Comm. Adrian Garcia
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Comm. Steve Radack
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Comm. R. Jack Cagle
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The County Judge thereupon announced that the motion had duly and lawfully carried
and that the order had been duly and lawfully adopted. The order thus adopted follows:
WHEREAS, in 2019, a sinkhole developed at Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, which is
School District property ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, HCFCD owned drainage easements on the Property (hereinafter referred to as
0101-01-00 and 0101-01-01, the "HCFCD Easements") that were conveyed to it by the School
District in 1949, and in the 1960s and 1970s were enclosed and built over by the School District
as it built larger athletic facilities; and the sinkhole developed on 0101-01-00; and
WHEREAS, HCFCD has repaired the sinkhole, abandoned its easements and the Parties
desire to restore storm sewer drainage to the Property; and
Agreement Number 2020-59
WHEREAS, to improve drainage on the Property and in the surrounding community, the Parties
desire to construct a new diversion storm sewer for HCFCD Units 0101-01-00 and 0101-01-01
("Drainage Project"); and
WHEREAS, the School District desires to donate a drainage easement to the City and pay to
the City an amount not to exceed $1,200,213.00 for the Drainage Project ("GCCISD
Contribution"); and
WHEREAS, HCFCD desires to contribute $ 641,387.00 ("HCFCD Contribution") to the Drainage
Project based on its share of the drainage easements it built enclosed storm sewers on, minus
the cost of repairing the sinkhole and the cost of the topographic survey and hydraulic modeling
study it paid for to resolve the drainage problem on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is estimated at $1,841,600.00 ("Project Cost"), which is
the total of the HCFCD Contribution and GCCISD Contribution; and
WHEREAS, the City agrees to design and construct the Project, and maintain the Drainage
Project during its lifespan, an estimated value in management and maintenance costs of
$1,332,876.75 ("City's Contribution").
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1: The recitals set forth in this order are true and correct.
Section 2: County Judge Lina Hidalgo is hereby authorized to execute an
Interlocal Agreement between the Harris County Flood Control
District, Goose Creek Consolidate Independent School District, and
the City of Baytown, Texas, for the District to pay the City a
maximum amount of $641,387.00 for a drainage project in the City
of Baytown, said Agreement being incorporated herein by reference
for all purposes as though fully set forth verbatim herein.