Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): City of Baytown
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to execute amendment 18 to the interlocal agreement between Harris County and the City of Baytown for the provision of Public Transportation Service and passenger shelter trash removal within the City in Precinct 2.
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Background and Discussion:
On October 8, 2024, Harris County Commissioners Court approved Amendment Seventeen (17) to the Interlocal Agreement between the Harris County Housing and Community Development Department (formerly CSD) and the City of Baytown, Texas to provide local bus services for the City of Baytown. The local bus service is funded through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5307 Urban Formula Grants administered by the Community Services Department and local matching funds provided by the City of Baytown.
On July 24, 2025, the Baytown City Council approved Amendment Eighteen (18) to continue bus service and provide passenger shelter trash removal for another year through July 8, 2026. The City of Baytown will provide $250,000 in local match funds for this service.
Expected Impact:
Fixed Route Bus Service in Baytown will provide more than 85,000 Unlinked passenger trips from July 2025 through June 2026.
Alternative Options:
Failure to approve Amendment 18 to this interlocal agreement will result in cancellation of Bus Service and deny transit dependent residents affordable public transportation.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): F2: Improve data collection, utilization, and availability to drive better transportation safety decision-making.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Q1: Improve air quality monitoring and enforcement.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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10/8/2024 |
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Baytown ILA Amendment 17 |
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7/18/2023 |
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Baytown ILA Amendment 16 |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Precinct 2
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Transit Bus Route Services |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$755,290 |
$ |
$ |
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Other |
$ |
$250,000 |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$1,005,290 |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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|
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$1,005,290 |
$ |
$ |
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Grants – Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget:
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request:
Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: 9/18/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 7/24/2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: David Jones, Assistant Director, HCD Transit Services
Attachments (if applicable): Harris County and City of Baytown Council ILA Amendment 18, Executive summary.