Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MR. KENNETH HOGLUND, P.E. as Director of the FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MR. CHARLES THOMPSON as Director of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT 3. CONFIRMATION of the appointment of the following to the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one year terms to expire December 31, 2012: Position One - Council Member Oliver Pennington Position Two - Mayor Annise D. Parker Alternate At-Large Position No. 1 - Council Member Ellen R. Cohen Alternate At-Large Position No. 2 - Council Member Jerry Davis 4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO (also known as the MIDTOWN ZONE) BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position Three - MR. ROBERT D. SELLINGSLOH, reappointment, to serve as Chair, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Four - MS. PAMELA NGO TRANPARK, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Five - MR. DERRICK M. MITCHELL, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Six - MR. ABE S. GOREN, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2013 Position Seven - MR. BILLY J. BRISCOE, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2013 5. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms to expire June 1, 2015: Position Seven - MS. LEESHAN CHUANG BIRNEY, reappointment Position Eight - MR. STEPHEN H. LE, reappointment Position Nine - MR. RICHARD A. VAUGHAN, appointment Position Ten - MR. VICAN TAN SUN, reappointment Position Eleven - MR. WEA LEE, reappointment
Consideration of Consent Agenda
Accept Work: 6-7 Purchasing and Tabulation: 8, 10, & 10A Resolution & Ordinances: 11-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24, 28-29
30. MOTION by Council Member Gonzalez/Seconded by Council Member Bradford to award to PROGRESSIVE EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, LLC for Decontamination Shelters for the Houston Emergency Center - 3 Years with two one-year options - $400,347.00 - Grant Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 8 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 31. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Houston READ Commission - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 13 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 32. ORDINANCE allocating $975,000.00 as a Cash Match; approving and authorizing the submission of a grant application to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT for the Lead-Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health and Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Health & Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 22 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 33. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 1900 block of West 14½ Street within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size requirement area pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT A - BROWN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 28 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 34. ORDINANCE de-appropriating $30,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund (Approved by Ordinance No. 2011-0021) for the Energy Savings Performance Contract for Energy Conservation Measures with SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC; appropriating $30,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund, $35,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund, $800,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund, $160,000.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund, $350,000.00 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund, $350,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund, $250,000.00 out of General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund, and $490,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund, for reimbursable project management costs for FY12 Capital Improvement Plan Projects for City Departments TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 33 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 35. ORDINANCE appropriating $456,147.70 out of Parks & Recreation Dedication Fund, awarding construction contract to JERDON ENTERPRISE, L.P., for Open Space Projects at Various Parks; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for engineering testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks & Recreation Dedication Fund - DISTRICTS C ? COHEN; D ? ADAMS; F - HOANG and H - GONZALEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 34 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 36. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $1,987,424 (Emergency Solutions Grants Funds - $1,327,628/Community Development Block Grant Funds - $659,796) for the administration of an Emergency Solutions Grants Program TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 43 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 37. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $478,155.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the implementation, oversight and delivery of a Child Care Program TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 44 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 38. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $498,762.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the implementation, oversight and delivery of a Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 45 on Agenda of January 18, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 City Council
Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MR. KENNETH HOGLUND, P.E. as Director of the FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MR. CHARLES THOMPSON as Director of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT 3. CONFIRMATION of the appointment of the following to the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one year terms to expire December 31, 2012: Position One - Council Member Oliver Pennington Position Two - Mayor Annise D. Parker Alternate At-Large Position No. 1 - Council Member Ellen R. Cohen Alternate At-Large Position No. 2 - Council Member Jerry Davis 4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO (also known as the MIDTOWN ZONE) BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position Three - MR. ROBERT D. SELLINGSLOH, reappointment, to serve as Chair, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Four - MS. PAMELA NGO TRANPARK, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Five - MR. DERRICK M. MITCHELL, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2012 Position Six - MR. ABE S. GOREN, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2013 Position Seven - MR. BILLY J. BRISCOE, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2013 5. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms to expire June 1, 2015: Position Seven - MS. LEESHAN CHUANG BIRNEY, reappointment Position Eight - MR. STEPHEN H. LE, reappointment Position Nine - MR. RICHARD A. VAUGHAN, appointment Position Ten - MR. VICAN TAN SUN, reappointment Position Eleven - MR. WEA LEE, reappointment
Consideration of Consent Agenda
Accept Work: 6-7 Purchasing and Tabulation: 8, 10, & 10A Resolution & Ordinances: 11-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24, 28-29
30. MOTION by Council Member Gonzalez/Seconded by Council Member Bradford to award to PROGRESSIVE EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, LLC for Decontamination Shelters for the Houston Emergency Center - 3 Years with two one-year options - $400,347.00 - Grant Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 8 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 31. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Houston READ Commission - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 13 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 32. ORDINANCE allocating $975,000.00 as a Cash Match; approving and authorizing the submission of a grant application to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT for the Lead-Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health and Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Health & Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 22 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 33. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 1900 block of West 14½ Street within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size requirement area pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT A - BROWN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 28 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 34. ORDINANCE de-appropriating $30,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund (Approved by Ordinance No. 2011-0021) for the Energy Savings Performance Contract for Energy Conservation Measures with SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC; appropriating $30,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund, $35,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund, $800,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund, $160,000.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund, $350,000.00 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund, $350,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund, $250,000.00 out of General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund, and $490,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund, for reimbursable project management costs for FY12 Capital Improvement Plan Projects for City Departments TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 33 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 35. ORDINANCE appropriating $456,147.70 out of Parks & Recreation Dedication Fund, awarding construction contract to JERDON ENTERPRISE, L.P., for Open Space Projects at Various Parks; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for engineering testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks & Recreation Dedication Fund - DISTRICTS C ? COHEN; D ? ADAMS; F - HOANG and H - GONZALEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 34 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 36. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $1,987,424 (Emergency Solutions Grants Funds - $1,327,628/Community Development Block Grant Funds - $659,796) for the administration of an Emergency Solutions Grants Program TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 43 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 37. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $478,155.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the implementation, oversight and delivery of a Child Care Program TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 44 on Agenda of January 18, 2012 38. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON providing up to $498,762.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the implementation, oversight and delivery of a Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN This was Item 45 on Agenda of January 18, 2012