RECOMMENDATION: (Summary)
City Council approve and authorize an interlocal agreement between the City of Houston and Midtown Management District (“MMD”), by which agreement MMD will provide services in the City’s midtown area.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
MMD is a municipal management district created by the State of Texas under Chapter 3809, Texas Special District Local Laws Code. The proposed interlocal agreement enables MMD to provide services in the City’s midtown area, but only to the extent authorized by Chapter 3809 and by the Director of the City’s Department of Public Works & Engineering. MMD will provide the services at no cost to the City, as required by Article I of the agreement.
The services are described in the agreement’s Exhibit “B,” which may be amended from time to time in the manner prescribed by Article II of the agreement. The initial Exhibit “B” states that MMD will provide personnel and equipment to assist the City with the abatement of public health nuisances in or in the immediate vicinity of MMD’s territory.