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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 8/9/2016
District B, District H
Item Creation Date: 7/22/2016

MYR - TIRZ 18 Fifth Ward FY17 Budget

Agenda Item#: 22.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE relating to the fiscal affairs of the FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (FIFTH WARD ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2017-2021 Capital Improvement Plan Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and H - CISNEROS

Background:
SUBJECT:  Ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget for the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Authority and a Fiscal Years 2017 – 2021 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Budget for Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen (Fifth Ward Zone).

 

RECOMMENDATION: (Summary)

City Council adopt an ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget for the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Authority and a Fiscal Years 2017 - 2021 CIP Budget for Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen (Fifth Ward Zone).

 

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:

 

The Administration has undertaken a comprehensive review of the proposed FY17 TIRZ budgets and recommends approval of the FY17 Operating Budget for the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Authority (Authority) and the FY17 – FY21 CIP Budget for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen (Zone).

 

Total Operating Budget for FY17 is $8,138,123 which includes $284,476 for required fund transfers and $7,853,647 for Project Costs.

 

The FY17 – FY21 CIP Budget for the Zone totals $751,000 for affordable housing related expenditures such as land acquisition, design, and construction as well as cultural facilities and parks.

 

The FY17 Operating Budget includes $396,000 for capital expenditures and $92,800 for administration and overhead.  The FY17 Budget provides for the transfer of $134,593 to the City’s Housing and Community Development Department for Affordable Housing.

 

The Authority must advise the Chief Development Officer of any budget amendments.  Adjustments to the budget that exceed $400,000 require City Council approval. 

 

The FY17 operating budget does not have a municipal service charge.

 

Attachments:  FY17 Operating Budget and FY17 – FY21 CIP Budget    

 

cc:

Marta Crinejo, Agenda Director

Anna Russell, City Secretary

Ronald Lewis, City Attorney

Gary Dzierlenga, Senior Assistant City Attorney

Prior Council Action:
Ord. No. 2015-0799, 08/26/2015
Contact Information:

Gwendolyn Tillotson     

 Phone:  (832) 393-0937

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