Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Report from City Controller and the City Administr
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
Miscellaneous: 1,2 Purchasing and Tabulation: 4-8 Resolution and Ordinances: 11,14,16,18, 20-23
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Consideration of Consent Agenda
Miscellaneous: 2-1 Purchasing and Tabulation: 4-8 Resolution and Ordinances: 9,10,12,13,15,17,19
MISCELLANEOUS 24. SELECT AND CONFIRM the appointment of MR. R. MAVERICK WELSH, III or MS. KIMBERLY F. WEILL to Position 13 of the HOUSTON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two-year term MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 25 through 35 25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and the GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU for the promotion of tourism and the solicitation of Convention business - 3 Years - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 8 on the Agenda of June 29, 2011 26. ORDINANCE appropriating $400,000.00 from the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409); approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and JACKSON HINDS GARDENS, INC (“Owner”) to assist owner to restructure its senior loan and thus continue the development and operation of a 111-unit single room occupancy complex to house very-low income residents - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 10 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 27. ORDINANCE awarding contract to FCC ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC, for Parts Immersion Cleaning Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one year options - $782,969.25 - General, Enterprise and Fleet Management Funds TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 13 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 28. WRITTEN Motion by Council Member Costello to amend Item 28A below to amend Section 4 of the ordinance to reduce the maximum contract amount from $20 million to $13.5 million a. ORDINANCE awarding contract to SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC for Next Generation Wireless Devices and Services for the Information Technology Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $20,000,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS STARDIG; CLUTTERBUCK; ADAMS; SULLIVAN; HOANG; PENNINGTON; HOANG; RODRIGUEZ; COSTELLO, LOVELL, NORIEGA, BRADFORD and JONES This was Item 14 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 29. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 30.831 acres of land to NORTHPOINTE WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 27 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 30. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 7.9326 acres of land to PORTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY, for inclusion in its district TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 28 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 31. ORDINANCE appropriating $858,400.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and HALFF ASSOCIATES, INC for Pleasantville and Glendale Area Drainage and Paving (Sub-Project I); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 31 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 32. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,977,940.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and ARCADIS U.S., INC for Rehabilitation of Grit Removal Systems at Southwest and Upper Braes Wastewater Treatment Plants and New Grit Removal System and Bar Screen Repair / Replacement at Almeda Sims Wastewater Treatment Plant; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS and G ? PENNINGTON TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 36 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 33. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,438,700.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to CAAN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC for a Safe Sidewalk Project; 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, CIP Cost Recovery, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G - PENNINGTON; H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 40 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 34. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City of Houston and ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION (Approved by Ordinance No. 2005-0736) for the purchase of Comingled Recyclable Materials POSTPONED BY MOTION #2011-534, 6/29/11 This was Item 52 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 35. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to Lease Agreement between the City of Houston and CHAMPION RECYCLING CORPORATION (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 92-0391 and 98-0361) for the construction and operation of a Waste Paper Processing Plant POSTPONED BY MOTION #2011-535, 6/29/11 This was Item 53 on Agenda of June 29, 2011
Jul 06, 2011 City Council
Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Report from City Controller and the City Administr
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
Miscellaneous: 1,2 Purchasing and Tabulation: 4-8 Resolution and Ordinances: 11,14,16,18, 20-23
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Consideration of Consent Agenda
Miscellaneous: 2-1 Purchasing and Tabulation: 4-8 Resolution and Ordinances: 9,10,12,13,15,17,19
MISCELLANEOUS 24. SELECT AND CONFIRM the appointment of MR. R. MAVERICK WELSH, III or MS. KIMBERLY F. WEILL to Position 13 of the HOUSTON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two-year term MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 25 through 35 25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and the GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU for the promotion of tourism and the solicitation of Convention business - 3 Years - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 8 on the Agenda of June 29, 2011 26. ORDINANCE appropriating $400,000.00 from the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409); approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and JACKSON HINDS GARDENS, INC (“Owner”) to assist owner to restructure its senior loan and thus continue the development and operation of a 111-unit single room occupancy complex to house very-low income residents - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 10 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 27. ORDINANCE awarding contract to FCC ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC, for Parts Immersion Cleaning Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one year options - $782,969.25 - General, Enterprise and Fleet Management Funds TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 13 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 28. WRITTEN Motion by Council Member Costello to amend Item 28A below to amend Section 4 of the ordinance to reduce the maximum contract amount from $20 million to $13.5 million a. ORDINANCE awarding contract to SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC for Next Generation Wireless Devices and Services for the Information Technology Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $20,000,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS STARDIG; CLUTTERBUCK; ADAMS; SULLIVAN; HOANG; PENNINGTON; HOANG; RODRIGUEZ; COSTELLO, LOVELL, NORIEGA, BRADFORD and JONES This was Item 14 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 29. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 30.831 acres of land to NORTHPOINTE WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 27 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 30. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 7.9326 acres of land to PORTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY, for inclusion in its district TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN This was Item 28 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 31. ORDINANCE appropriating $858,400.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and HALFF ASSOCIATES, INC for Pleasantville and Glendale Area Drainage and Paving (Sub-Project I); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 31 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 32. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,977,940.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and ARCADIS U.S., INC for Rehabilitation of Grit Removal Systems at Southwest and Upper Braes Wastewater Treatment Plants and New Grit Removal System and Bar Screen Repair / Replacement at Almeda Sims Wastewater Treatment Plant; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS and G ? PENNINGTON TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 36 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 33. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,438,700.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to CAAN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC for a Safe Sidewalk Project; 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, CIP Cost Recovery, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G - PENNINGTON; H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 40 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 34. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City of Houston and ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION (Approved by Ordinance No. 2005-0736) for the purchase of Comingled Recyclable Materials POSTPONED BY MOTION #2011-534, 6/29/11 This was Item 52 on Agenda of June 29, 2011 35. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to Lease Agreement between the City of Houston and CHAMPION RECYCLING CORPORATION (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 92-0391 and 98-0361) for the construction and operation of a Waste Paper Processing Plant POSTPONED BY MOTION #2011-535, 6/29/11 This was Item 53 on Agenda of June 29, 2011