Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Hoang ROLL CALL ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
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
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
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
ORDINANCE relating to historic districts within the City of Houston, Texas; temporarily discontinuing the applicability of Subsections 33-250 (a), (b), and (d) of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to the demolition or relocation of historic structures and new construction within historic districts; temporarily discontinuing acceptance of applications for designation of historic districts pursuant to Article VII of Chapter 33 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas
Accept Work: Items 1-11 Property: Item 12 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 13-21 Resolution and Ordinances: Items 22-66
Item 2: RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $556,067.00 and acceptance of work on contract with RESICOM, INC for Playground Without Limits - Tidwell Park - 4.92% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON Item 4: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $8,988,081.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Project 438A 4.36% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; G - PENNINGTON and H ? GONZALEZ Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,412,072.74 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Armour Drive from Lockwood Drive to Clinton Drive 3.20% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ item 7: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,138,176.28 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 3.54% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G ? PENNINGTON and I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 8: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,002,894.35 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the University Area - 4.56% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT C ? CLUTTERBUCK item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,607,605.31 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the Magnolia Park Area - 5.78% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $4,333,298.38 and acceptance of work on contract with PRELOAD, INC for Construction of 5 MG Concrete Ground Storage Tank at Bellaire Braes Pump Station 1.60% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT F - HOANG Item 11: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,575,657.33 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Grid Extensions at various locations - 4.48% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; G ? PENNINGTON; H - GONZALEZ and I ? RODRIGUEZ
Item 14: GEN-PROBE SALES & SERVICE, INC for Diagnostic Systems, Detection Assays, and Instrumentation for Houston Department of Health & Human Services - $2,390,475.00 - General Fund Item 21: CENTRAL POLY CORPORATION - $1,032,750.90, INTERBORO PACKAGING CORPORATION - $373,248.52, UNIPAK CORPORATION - $148,151.60 and HUDSON PLASTIC - $280,817.64 for Bags, Polyethylene Linear Low Density for Various Departments General and Enterprise Funds Item 29: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of the following streets: 1) Rusk Avenue, between former Hutchins Street and Dowling Street; 2) Capitol Street, between former Hutchins Street and Dowling Street; 3) Bastrop Street, between Walker Street and Rusk Avenue; 4) Bastrop Street, between Rusk Avenue and Capitol Street; and, 5) Bastrop Street, between Capitol Street and Texas Avenue (Parcels SY10-006A through SY10-006E) all located in unrecorded South Side Buffalo Bayou Addition (S.S.B.B.), James Wells Survey, A-832, in Houston, Harris County, Texas; vacating and abandoning the parcels to the City of Houston, as abutting owner - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 30: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 31.7415 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 146, for inclusion in its district Item 31: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 54.9388 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 194, for inclusion in its district Item 32: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 95.27 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 96, for inclusion in its district Item 33: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 10.53 acres of land to MISSION BEND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1, for inclusion in its district
Items 42, 45, 47, 48, 50, and 51
Item 42: ORDINANCE appropriating $64,077,663.25 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Houston, Texas (Lamar Terrace Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Houston, Texas (Midtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Houston, Texas (Main Street/Market Square Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Four, City of Houston, Texas (Village Enclaves Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial Heights Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City of Houston, Texas (Old Spanish Trail/Almeda Corridors Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eight, City of Houston, Texas (Gulfgate Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nine, City of Houston, Texas (South Post Oak Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Houston, Texas (City Park Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Houston, Texas (Old Sixth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fourth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, City of Houston, Texas (East Downtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen, City of Houston, Texas (Uptown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, City of Houston, Texas, (Memorial City Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fifth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen, City of Houston, Texas (Upper Kirby Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty, City of Houston, Texas (Southwest Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-One, City of Houston, Texas (Hardy/Near Northside Zone), and Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Two, City of Houston Texas (Leland Woods Zone) for payment of affordable housing costs, payment of administrative expenses, payment of project costs, payment to Houston Housing Finance Corporation, and payments to certain redevelopment authorities as provided herein Item 45: ORDINANCE appropriating $445,120.50 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Capital Equipment for Houston Fire Department Item 47: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2006-1070 (Passed on October 24, 2006) to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and AABBOTT MICHELLI TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Calibration & Repair of Truck Platform Scales for Public Works & Engineering Department - $63,295.00 - General, Enterprise and Stormwater Funds Item 48: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2008-0302 (Passed on April 9, 2008) to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and RBEX, INC dba APPLE TOWING CO. for Towing Services for Vehicles and Equipment for Various Departments $244,416.00 - General and Asset Forfeiture Funds Item 50: ORDINANCE appropriating $21,932,750.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund as an additional appropriation for Houston Permitting Center under an existing Construction Management at Risk Contract with MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (Approved by Ordinance No. 2009-0811); providing funding for engineering & materials testing, Civic Art Program, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 51: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,972,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund, and $2,058,000.00 out of Julia Ideson Library Contributions Fund, and $110,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for the Julia Ideson Building - Restoration and Addition under an existing Construction Management At-Risk Contract with SPAWMAXWELL COMPANY, LLC (Approved by Ordinance No. 2007-1471) - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ
Item 53: ORDINANCE appropriating $196,544.00 out of General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding construction contract to TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Law Park Lighting; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 54: ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund for Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Contract between the City of Houston and TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC for Miscellaneous Projects for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 615H; Contract No. 73225) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 58: ORDINANCE calling public hearing at which interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard on proposal for the City of Houston to amend Land Use Assumptions, a Capital Improvement Plan, and Impact Fees in accordance with Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code; containing other provisions relating to the foregoing subject Item 60: ORDINANCE appropriating $148,000.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects / Acquisition CP Series E Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and EDMINSTER, HINSHAW, RUSS AND ASSOCIATES, INC for Harrisburg Grade Separation at Union Pacific Railroad Tracks; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Miscellaneous Capital Projects / Acquisition CP Series E Fund - DISTRICTS H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 61: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,495,338.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and HNTB CORPORATION for Parker Road Paving Improvements from Hardy Toll Road to US 59 (Approved by Ordinance No. 2007-0498) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and H ? GONZALEZ Item 62: ORDINANCE appropriating $12,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract between the City of Houston and BINKLEY & BARFIELD, INC for various Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation/Replacement Projects Item 63: ORDINANCE awarding construction contract to RELIABLE SIGNAL & LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC for Installing Optical Fiber and Integrating into existing Fiber Optic Network; 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 contingencies and project management - DISTRICTS A ? STARDIG; B - JOHNSON and H - GONZALEZ Item 64: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,376,409.00 out of Metro Projects Construction Fund awarding construction contract to STATEWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPANY for Traffic Signal Construction; 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 contingencies, project management and construction management relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction Fund - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; F - HOANG and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 65: ORDINANCE appropriating $604,759.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to SYNAGRO OF TEXAS - CDR, INC for Solids Removal from Wastewater Facilities; 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 Waste Characterization Testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund Item 66: Ordinance annexing to the City of Houston, Texas territory located in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Roads, in Harris County, Texas; extending the corporate limits of the City of Houston, Texas, to embrace and include territory within such boundaries; instituting proceedings to annex to its corporate limits the territory included in such boundaries; adopting a service plan for certain areas in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Roads; assigning annexed areas to adjacent district from which District Council Member is elected until such time as district boundaries may be changed pursuant to the City of Houston Charter - FIRST READING Item 67: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0811 to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and HAHN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC for Submersible Pump Repair Services for Public Works & Engineering Department - $537,500.00 - Enterprise Fund
Jun 02, 2010 City Council
Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Hoang ROLL CALL ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
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
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
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
ORDINANCE relating to historic districts within the City of Houston, Texas; temporarily discontinuing the applicability of Subsections 33-250 (a), (b), and (d) of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to the demolition or relocation of historic structures and new construction within historic districts; temporarily discontinuing acceptance of applications for designation of historic districts pursuant to Article VII of Chapter 33 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas
Accept Work: Items 1-11 Property: Item 12 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 13-21 Resolution and Ordinances: Items 22-66
Item 2: RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $556,067.00 and acceptance of work on contract with RESICOM, INC for Playground Without Limits - Tidwell Park - 4.92% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON Item 4: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $8,988,081.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Project 438A 4.36% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; G - PENNINGTON and H ? GONZALEZ Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,412,072.74 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Armour Drive from Lockwood Drive to Clinton Drive 3.20% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ item 7: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,138,176.28 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 3.54% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G ? PENNINGTON and I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 8: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,002,894.35 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the University Area - 4.56% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT C ? CLUTTERBUCK item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,607,605.31 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the Magnolia Park Area - 5.78% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $4,333,298.38 and acceptance of work on contract with PRELOAD, INC for Construction of 5 MG Concrete Ground Storage Tank at Bellaire Braes Pump Station 1.60% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT F - HOANG Item 11: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,575,657.33 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Water Grid Extensions at various locations - 4.48% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; G ? PENNINGTON; H - GONZALEZ and I ? RODRIGUEZ
Item 14: GEN-PROBE SALES & SERVICE, INC for Diagnostic Systems, Detection Assays, and Instrumentation for Houston Department of Health & Human Services - $2,390,475.00 - General Fund Item 21: CENTRAL POLY CORPORATION - $1,032,750.90, INTERBORO PACKAGING CORPORATION - $373,248.52, UNIPAK CORPORATION - $148,151.60 and HUDSON PLASTIC - $280,817.64 for Bags, Polyethylene Linear Low Density for Various Departments General and Enterprise Funds Item 29: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of the following streets: 1) Rusk Avenue, between former Hutchins Street and Dowling Street; 2) Capitol Street, between former Hutchins Street and Dowling Street; 3) Bastrop Street, between Walker Street and Rusk Avenue; 4) Bastrop Street, between Rusk Avenue and Capitol Street; and, 5) Bastrop Street, between Capitol Street and Texas Avenue (Parcels SY10-006A through SY10-006E) all located in unrecorded South Side Buffalo Bayou Addition (S.S.B.B.), James Wells Survey, A-832, in Houston, Harris County, Texas; vacating and abandoning the parcels to the City of Houston, as abutting owner - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 30: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 31.7415 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 146, for inclusion in its district Item 31: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 54.9388 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 194, for inclusion in its district Item 32: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 95.27 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 96, for inclusion in its district Item 33: ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 10.53 acres of land to MISSION BEND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1, for inclusion in its district
Items 42, 45, 47, 48, 50, and 51
Item 42: ORDINANCE appropriating $64,077,663.25 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Houston, Texas (Lamar Terrace Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Houston, Texas (Midtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Houston, Texas (Main Street/Market Square Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Four, City of Houston, Texas (Village Enclaves Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial Heights Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City of Houston, Texas (Old Spanish Trail/Almeda Corridors Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eight, City of Houston, Texas (Gulfgate Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nine, City of Houston, Texas (South Post Oak Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Houston, Texas (City Park Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Houston, Texas (Old Sixth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fourth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, City of Houston, Texas (East Downtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen, City of Houston, Texas (Uptown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, City of Houston, Texas, (Memorial City Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fifth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen, City of Houston, Texas (Upper Kirby Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty, City of Houston, Texas (Southwest Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-One, City of Houston, Texas (Hardy/Near Northside Zone), and Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Two, City of Houston Texas (Leland Woods Zone) for payment of affordable housing costs, payment of administrative expenses, payment of project costs, payment to Houston Housing Finance Corporation, and payments to certain redevelopment authorities as provided herein Item 45: ORDINANCE appropriating $445,120.50 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Capital Equipment for Houston Fire Department Item 47: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2006-1070 (Passed on October 24, 2006) to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and AABBOTT MICHELLI TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Calibration & Repair of Truck Platform Scales for Public Works & Engineering Department - $63,295.00 - General, Enterprise and Stormwater Funds Item 48: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2008-0302 (Passed on April 9, 2008) to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and RBEX, INC dba APPLE TOWING CO. for Towing Services for Vehicles and Equipment for Various Departments $244,416.00 - General and Asset Forfeiture Funds Item 50: ORDINANCE appropriating $21,932,750.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund as an additional appropriation for Houston Permitting Center under an existing Construction Management at Risk Contract with MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (Approved by Ordinance No. 2009-0811); providing funding for engineering & materials testing, Civic Art Program, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 51: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,972,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund, and $2,058,000.00 out of Julia Ideson Library Contributions Fund, and $110,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for the Julia Ideson Building - Restoration and Addition under an existing Construction Management At-Risk Contract with SPAWMAXWELL COMPANY, LLC (Approved by Ordinance No. 2007-1471) - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ
Item 53: ORDINANCE appropriating $196,544.00 out of General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding construction contract to TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Law Park Lighting; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 54: ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund for Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Contract between the City of Houston and TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC for Miscellaneous Projects for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 615H; Contract No. 73225) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I ? RODRIGUEZ Item 58: ORDINANCE calling public hearing at which interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard on proposal for the City of Houston to amend Land Use Assumptions, a Capital Improvement Plan, and Impact Fees in accordance with Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code; containing other provisions relating to the foregoing subject Item 60: ORDINANCE appropriating $148,000.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects / Acquisition CP Series E Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and EDMINSTER, HINSHAW, RUSS AND ASSOCIATES, INC for Harrisburg Grade Separation at Union Pacific Railroad Tracks; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Miscellaneous Capital Projects / Acquisition CP Series E Fund - DISTRICTS H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 61: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,495,338.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and HNTB CORPORATION for Parker Road Paving Improvements from Hardy Toll Road to US 59 (Approved by Ordinance No. 2007-0498) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and H ? GONZALEZ Item 62: ORDINANCE appropriating $12,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract between the City of Houston and BINKLEY & BARFIELD, INC for various Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation/Replacement Projects Item 63: ORDINANCE awarding construction contract to RELIABLE SIGNAL & LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC for Installing Optical Fiber and Integrating into existing Fiber Optic Network; 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 contingencies and project management - DISTRICTS A ? STARDIG; B - JOHNSON and H - GONZALEZ Item 64: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,376,409.00 out of Metro Projects Construction Fund awarding construction contract to STATEWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPANY for Traffic Signal Construction; 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 contingencies, project management and construction management relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction Fund - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; F - HOANG and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 65: ORDINANCE appropriating $604,759.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to SYNAGRO OF TEXAS - CDR, INC for Solids Removal from Wastewater Facilities; 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 Waste Characterization Testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund Item 66: Ordinance annexing to the City of Houston, Texas territory located in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Roads, in Harris County, Texas; extending the corporate limits of the City of Houston, Texas, to embrace and include territory within such boundaries; instituting proceedings to annex to its corporate limits the territory included in such boundaries; adopting a service plan for certain areas in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Roads; assigning annexed areas to adjacent district from which District Council Member is elected until such time as district boundaries may be changed pursuant to the City of Houston Charter - FIRST READING Item 67: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0811 to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and HAHN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC for Submersible Pump Repair Services for Public Works & Engineering Department - $537,500.00 - Enterprise Fund