Item Coversheet

CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 9/22/2015
District C, District G
Item Creation Date: 9/15/2015

MYR - Ordinance approving the FY16 Operating Budget Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen (Uptown)

Agenda Item#: 36.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the Uptown Redevelopment Authority on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2016-2020 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - COHEN and G - PENNINGTON

Background:

SUBJECT: Ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen (Uptown Zone).

 

RECOMMENDATION:  (Summary)

City Council adopt an ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget for Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen (Uptown Zone). 

 

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:

The Administration has undertaken a comprehensive review of the proposed FY16 TIRZ budgets and recommends approval of the FY16 Operating Budget for Reinvestment Zone Number 16 (Uptown Zone).

 

Total Operating Budget for FY16 is $113,751,985, which includes $21,160,763 for required fund transfers, and $92,591,222 for project costs.

 

The FY16-FY20 CIP Budget totals $241,850,000, and includes provisions for street and drainage improvements, park improvements, a bus rapid transit center, right-of-way acquisition, streetscape improvements, and traffic and parking studies.

 

The FY16 Operating Budget includes $320,000 for administration and overhead. The Authority must advise the Chief Development Officer of any budget amendments. Adjustments to the Project Costs in the Operating Budget that exceed $400,000 require City Council approval.

 

The budget includes a municipal services cost payment in FY16 of $446,000 to pay for the incremental cost of providing services to the area.

 

The Department of Public Works and Engineering has received the budget information and has provided input and recommendations accordingly.

 

Attachments: FY16 Operating Budgets and FY16-FY20 CIP Budget and PWE CIP Memo

 

CC:

Marta Crinejo, Agenda Director

Anna Russell, City Secretary

Donna Edmundson, City Attorney

Gary Dzierlenga, Sr. Assistant City Attorney

 

 

Prior Council Action:
Ordinance No. 2015-0075, 1/28/2015
Amount of Funding:
No funds required
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionType
RCA TIRZ 16 Uptown FY16Signed Cover sheet
RCA TIRZ 16 Uptown FY16 BudgetBackup Material