2005-12-12 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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Green, Shannon ,...Erom: lnt: (0: Subject: Alexander, Cynthia Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11 :57 AM Green, Shannon; Dolby, Michael; Mayo, Ray FW: Bay town: city okays new allocation system for street tax For street maintenance meeting. c -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:26 AM To: Alexander, Cynthia Subject: Bay town: city okays new allocation system for street tax City OKs new allocation system for street tax By Ryan Culver Bay town Sun Published November 23, 2005 BAYTOWN - City Council approved using a proportional method to allocate street repairs for the street maintenance sales tax. he new method gives each council district repair funding based on the proportion of all the streets that need repairs located in that district. That means if a council district that has 20 percent of the total streets in the program will receive 20 percent of the funding. "This seems like a very logical way of going about it," City Manager Gary Jackson said Tuesday. "It takes into account the amount of streets in each district." Now each councilmember has the opportunity to go back and pick what streets in their respective districts need repairs first. Then city staff will look at the street selections to ensure the streets in most need are at the top of the list. The streets in this program are not the worst streets in town; rather they are streets that are in need of repair, not replacement, to the top layer as to extend the life of the street. "There are needs in every district," Mayor Calvin Mundinger said at a special meeting Tuesday. "But there are clearly larger needs in some districts that others." Councilman Ronnie Anderson questioned as to the method each councilman might use to select streets. Anderson said he wanted to make especially sure, since his district is giving up many linear feet of repairs in the new allocation method, that councilmen .JPere using their budget to fix streets based on the amount of traffic along it. "We will make sure we address streets that are the most used," said Councilman Mercedes Renteria III, whose district will receive the most repair funding because of the 1