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CITY OF BAYTOWN
 NOTICE OF MEETING
 
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023
6:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520


For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website: www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right-hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 857 1703 8118. For telephone conferencing, please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 857 1703 8118. The meeting can also be viewed on the local Baytown Channel 16, which can be
accessed at: https://baytown.org/1/home.

Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting.

The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link:
Agenda Packet
For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the
City Clerk’s Office at (281) 420-6504.

AGENDA
  
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM

PLEDGE AND INVOCATION
Council Member Mike Lester, District No. Six
 
 
             
1. MINUTES
 
a.   Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and Regular Meeting held on April 27, 2023. Click to View
 
2. RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS
 
a.   Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service. Click to View
 
b.   Recognize the Youth Leadership Academy participants.  Click to View
 
3. TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA
 
a.   Conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements by the City of Baytown. Click to View
 
b.  
Consider a resolution confirming that the City Council of the City of Baytown elects to become eligible to participate in tax abatement pursuant to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act and adopting guidelines and criteria for granting tax abatement in a reinvestment zone created in Harris and/or Chambers Counties.
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4. PROPOSED ORDINANCES
 
a.   Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc., for the West Baker Road from Garth Road to Decker Drive Reconstruction Project. Click to View
 
b.   Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Volkert, Inc. for the Fire Boat House and Lift Project. Click to View
 
c.   Consider an ordinance to waive the remaining reimbursement payments for two (2) Pierce Velocity Pumper Trucks (Engine 1 and Engine 6) and the payment to the Vehicle Replacement Fund for Engine 7 from the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention and EMS District ("FCPEMSD").  Click to View
 
d.   Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 90 "Taxation," Article II "Ad Valorem Taxes," Section 90-27 "Exemptions," Subsections (a) "Disabled adults" and (b) "Adults 65 years or older" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas to (i) increase the exemption from taxation for disabled adults to $100,000 and (ii) to increase the exemption from taxation for adults sixty-five (65) years or older to $100,000, for residential homesteads. Click to View
 
5. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
 
a.   Consider a resolution for the acceptance of a donation that will be used toward the purchase of Playground Fitness Equipment for the Baytown Soccer Complex, from S. E. Harris County Community Coalition - Bay Area Council on Drugs & Alcohol (BACODA). Click to View
 
6. DISCUSSIONS
 
a.   Receive and discuss a presentation about Broadband in Baytown. Click to View
 
7. CONSENT
All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
 
a.   Consider an ordinance authorizing an Engineering Services Agreement with BGE, Inc., for the Baytown Area Water Authority (BAWA) East Surface Water Treatment Plant Phase 2 Expansion Project. Click to View
 
b.   Consider an ordinance approving a Water Supply Agreement between the Baytown Area Water Authority and Country Terrace Water Co. Click to View
 
c.   Consider an ordinance authorizing the closeout of the Annual Waterline Rehabilitation Project – Year 2 with SKE Construction, LLC. Click to View
 
d.   Consider an ordinance authorizing the renewal of the Annual Waterline Rehabilitation Contract – Renewal Year 3 with SKE Construction, LLC. Click to View
 
e.   Consider an ordinance authorizing a Consulting Services Agreement with Alpha Testing, LLC, for the Baytown Sidewalk Phase II Project. Click to View
 
f.   Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for the Wallisville Road Widening from 965' west of Garth Road to 1,400' west of North Main Street Project. Click to View
 
g.   Consider an ordinance authoring an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for the Garth Road Sidewalk from Seabird Street to Wallisville Road Project. Click to View
 
h.   Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 94 “Traffic and Vehicles” Article IV “Specific Street Regulations,” Section 94-121 “Schedules enumerated” of the Code of Ordinances, to authorize the installation of one stop sign on the eastbound and one stop sign on the westbound of Eugenio Santa Drive at Cypress Street. Click to View
 
i.   Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 94 “Traffic and Vehicles” Article IV “Specific Street Regulations,” Section 94-121 “Schedules enumerated” of the Code of Ordinances, to authorize the installation of stop control modifications at Bolster Street, Bowie Street and Travis Street. Click to View
 
j.   Consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 15,001 to prescribe the number of positions in the classification "Service Group - Police." Click to View
 
k.   Consider an ordinance authorizing a three-year Cisco FLEX support agreement for telephony equipment, offered by Presidio Network Solutions Group, LLC, through the Texas Department of Information Resources contract DIR-TSO-4167. Click to View
 
l.   Consider an ordinance renewing the Annual Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Janitorial Services Contract with Del Sol Group. Click to View
 
m.   Consider an ordinance renewing the Annual Janitorial Services for City Facilities Contract with Del Sol Group. Click to View
 
n.   Consider an ordinance to reject the received bid for the Annual As-Needed Nuisance Mowing service contract.  Click to View
 
o.   Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 74, "Peddlers and Solicitors," of the City of Baytown Code of Ordinances, to eliminate provisions related to open air vendors from Chapter 74. Click to View
 
p.   Consider an ordinance authorizing an Industrial District Agreement with SBR Cedar Port Owner, LP. Click to View
 
8. CITIZEN COMMENTS
Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.
 
9.
MANAGER'S REPORT 
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.
 
10. ADJOURN
 
PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT IN ADDITION TO ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION LISTED ABOVE, THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 - 551.090 TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED ABOVE.
 
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/S/Jason E. Reynolds, City Manager

Posted by:

/S/Angela Jackson, City Clerk
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Posted this 19th day of May 2023, at 5:00 P.M. 

    

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