Reading of the City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council
PUBLIC HEARING regarding the designation of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY?FOUR, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (“GREATER HOUSTON ZONE”) - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; H - GONZALEZ; I - RODRIGUEZ and K - GREEN
ORDINANCE designating a noncontiguous geographic area within the City of Houston located in (1) Downtown Houston in an area generally described as the eastern portion of the Houston Central Business District, and (2) an area around the Reliant Stadium generally bounded by Old Spanish Trail, Almeda Genoa Road, Main Street and State Highway 288, as Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Four, City of Houston, Texas, for tax increment financing purposes pursuant to Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code; creating a Board of Directors for such Zone
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds
31. ORDINANCE relating to the development of a new convention center hotel (the “Hotel”) to be located on Walker Street within 1,000 feet of the George R. Brown Convention Center; designating the hotel as a Qualified Hotel Project pursuant to Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government Code; approving the amended and restated Certificate of Formation of Houston First Corporation (“HFC”); establishing an Economic Development Program (the “Program”) to provide incentives for development of the hotel; authorizing and approving an agreement between the City of Houston and HFC for administration of the program; authorizing and approving the following agreements between the City and HOUSTON CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, LLC (“Owner”): (1) Qualified Hotel Project Tax Rebate Agreement, (2) Rebate Economic Development Agreement, and (3) Ad Valorem Tax Economic Development Agreement; authorizing and approving a Skybridge Agreement among the City, HFC and Owner; authorizing and approving a Release of Lien - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ a. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4620 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON SIGN CODE (CHAPTER 46 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE) to create a new Convention District
RESOLUTION approving and adopting a revised Investment Policy for the City of Houston, Texas
MISCELLANEOUS: Items 2 & 3 PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS: Item 11 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: Items 13 & 14, 37, 41, 45, 46, 49-51, 53, 57-64
Consideration of Consent Agenda
MISCELLANEOUS: Item 4 ACCEPT WORK: Items 5-8 PROPERTY: Item 9 PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS: Item 10 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: Items 12, 15-36, 38-40, 42-44, 47 & 48, 52, 54- 56
Matters Presented by Council Members
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Brown first
Dec 12, 2012 City Council
Reading of the City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council
PUBLIC HEARING regarding the designation of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY?FOUR, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (“GREATER HOUSTON ZONE”) - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; H - GONZALEZ; I - RODRIGUEZ and K - GREEN
ORDINANCE designating a noncontiguous geographic area within the City of Houston located in (1) Downtown Houston in an area generally described as the eastern portion of the Houston Central Business District, and (2) an area around the Reliant Stadium generally bounded by Old Spanish Trail, Almeda Genoa Road, Main Street and State Highway 288, as Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Four, City of Houston, Texas, for tax increment financing purposes pursuant to Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code; creating a Board of Directors for such Zone
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds
31. ORDINANCE relating to the development of a new convention center hotel (the “Hotel”) to be located on Walker Street within 1,000 feet of the George R. Brown Convention Center; designating the hotel as a Qualified Hotel Project pursuant to Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government Code; approving the amended and restated Certificate of Formation of Houston First Corporation (“HFC”); establishing an Economic Development Program (the “Program”) to provide incentives for development of the hotel; authorizing and approving an agreement between the City of Houston and HFC for administration of the program; authorizing and approving the following agreements between the City and HOUSTON CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, LLC (“Owner”): (1) Qualified Hotel Project Tax Rebate Agreement, (2) Rebate Economic Development Agreement, and (3) Ad Valorem Tax Economic Development Agreement; authorizing and approving a Skybridge Agreement among the City, HFC and Owner; authorizing and approving a Release of Lien - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ a. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4620 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON SIGN CODE (CHAPTER 46 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE) to create a new Convention District
RESOLUTION approving and adopting a revised Investment Policy for the City of Houston, Texas
MISCELLANEOUS: Items 2 & 3 PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS: Item 11 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: Items 13 & 14, 37, 41, 45, 46, 49-51, 53, 57-64
Consideration of Consent Agenda
MISCELLANEOUS: Item 4 ACCEPT WORK: Items 5-8 PROPERTY: Item 9 PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS: Item 10 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: Items 12, 15-36, 38-40, 42-44, 47 & 48, 52, 54- 56
Matters Presented by Council Members
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Brown first