Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Item 2: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MS. BARBARA E. HARTLE as Presiding Judge and Director of the Municipal Courts Judicial Department Item 4: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment to the PLANNING COMMISSION: Position One - MR. CHRISTOPHER B. AMANDES, appointment, for a term to expire 3/21/2011 Position Five - MR. MARK A. KILKENNY, reappointment, for a term to expire 3/31/2011 Position Seven - MR. BLAKE TARTT, III, appointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2011 Position Eight - MR. KEIJI ASAKURA, appointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2011 Position Twenty-one - MR. MEDARDO “SONNY” E. GARZA, reappointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2010
PUBLIC HEARING on a proposal for the City of Houston to annex certain territory in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Road, in Harris County, Texas
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 and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller
Miscellaneous: Items 2-4 Accept Work: Items 5-12 Property: Items 13 and 14 PROPERTY - NUMBERS 13 and 14 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 15-17A Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 18-34
Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $6,618,132.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Renovation & Expansion of Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center - 24.99% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,000,915.19 and acceptance of work on contract with RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the Mary Bates North Area - 7.63% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT F - HOANG Item 14: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, on request from Chuck Davis, C. L. Davis & Company, on behalf of Houston Independent School District, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, for abandonment and sale of Glenheath Street from Glen Loch Drive west to its terminus, and two 10-foot-wide utility easements and the attendant aerial easements, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of a 200-square-foot water meter easement, all located within Glenbrook Valley, Section 7, and/or Glenbrook Valley, Section 7, Replat, and a right of entry for Houston Independent School District, Parcels SY10-055A through C and KY10-145 - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ item 18: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to submit the 2010 Consolidated Plan to the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, including the following 2010 grant applications: 1) 36th Program Year Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $32,769,402; 2) Home Investment Partnerships Grant in the amount of $14,066,375; 3) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grant in the amount of $7,793,944; and 4) Emergency Shelter Grants in the amount of $1,329,099; and to accept the aforementioned grant funds, if awarded Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and the VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY OF HOUSTON & VICINITIES, INC to provide $400,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for costs associated with renovation of a Community Center located at 7100 Clarewood Drive, Houston, Texas which serves low to moderate income individuals and families - DISTRICT F - HOANG
Items 21, 21a, 30, 32, 35, and 36
Item 21: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Frequency Reconfiguration Agreement between the City of Houston and NEXTEL OF TEXAS, INC., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation, for the purpose of relocating City’s 800MHZ Band Channels to replacement channels; accepting $1,632,103.68 to be used for the Public Safety Radio System Project; providing for payment of the City’s Attorneys’ Fees Item 21a: ORDINANCE appropriating $3,821,922.24 out of Miscellaneous Equipment & Capital Acquisition Fund; authorizing Reconfiguration Implementation Phase Agreement between the City of Houston and MOTOROLA, INC for Products and Services required for the Public Safety Radio System Project Item 30: ORDINANCE approving assignment to the City of Houston from the HOUSTON AREA WATER CORPORATION of contracts with BERGER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BNIM ARCHITECTS, INC, CORE DESIGN STUDIO, LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL, LLP, SOLAR BEES, INC, and TOMCO2 EQUIPMENT COMPANY; providing acknowledgement of assignment and waiver and release forms for those contractors listed above - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN Item 32: ORDINANCE authorizing acceptance of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Grant for Design and Construction of a Pilot Project to develop local data for Stormwater Quality Best Management Practices; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grants; authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works & Engineering to accept and expend the grant funds and to accept and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ Item 35: MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven (7) days from May 5, 2010, to receive nominations for appointment to Position 12 of the HOUSTON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two year term that will end March 1, 2012 Item 36: MOTION by Council Member Lovell/Seconded by Council Member Costello to adopt recommendation from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $5,828,056.00 and acceptance of work on contract with SPAW GLASS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION for Midwest Police Station - District 18 - 0.99% under the guaranteed maximum price - DISTRICT F - HOANG
May 05, 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.
Item 2: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MS. BARBARA E. HARTLE as Presiding Judge and Director of the Municipal Courts Judicial Department Item 4: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment to the PLANNING COMMISSION: Position One - MR. CHRISTOPHER B. AMANDES, appointment, for a term to expire 3/21/2011 Position Five - MR. MARK A. KILKENNY, reappointment, for a term to expire 3/31/2011 Position Seven - MR. BLAKE TARTT, III, appointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2011 Position Eight - MR. KEIJI ASAKURA, appointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2011 Position Twenty-one - MR. MEDARDO “SONNY” E. GARZA, reappointment, for a term to expire 9/30/2010
PUBLIC HEARING on a proposal for the City of Houston to annex certain territory in the vicinity of Aldine Westfield and Farrell Road, in Harris County, Texas
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 and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller
Miscellaneous: Items 2-4 Accept Work: Items 5-12 Property: Items 13 and 14 PROPERTY - NUMBERS 13 and 14 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 15-17A Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 18-34
Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $6,618,132.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Renovation & Expansion of Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center - 24.99% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,000,915.19 and acceptance of work on contract with RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, L.P. for Water Line Replacement in the Mary Bates North Area - 7.63% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT F - HOANG Item 14: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, on request from Chuck Davis, C. L. Davis & Company, on behalf of Houston Independent School District, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, for abandonment and sale of Glenheath Street from Glen Loch Drive west to its terminus, and two 10-foot-wide utility easements and the attendant aerial easements, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of a 200-square-foot water meter easement, all located within Glenbrook Valley, Section 7, and/or Glenbrook Valley, Section 7, Replat, and a right of entry for Houston Independent School District, Parcels SY10-055A through C and KY10-145 - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ item 18: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to submit the 2010 Consolidated Plan to the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, including the following 2010 grant applications: 1) 36th Program Year Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $32,769,402; 2) Home Investment Partnerships Grant in the amount of $14,066,375; 3) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grant in the amount of $7,793,944; and 4) Emergency Shelter Grants in the amount of $1,329,099; and to accept the aforementioned grant funds, if awarded Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and the VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY OF HOUSTON & VICINITIES, INC to provide $400,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for costs associated with renovation of a Community Center located at 7100 Clarewood Drive, Houston, Texas which serves low to moderate income individuals and families - DISTRICT F - HOANG
Items 21, 21a, 30, 32, 35, and 36
Item 21: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Frequency Reconfiguration Agreement between the City of Houston and NEXTEL OF TEXAS, INC., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation, for the purpose of relocating City’s 800MHZ Band Channels to replacement channels; accepting $1,632,103.68 to be used for the Public Safety Radio System Project; providing for payment of the City’s Attorneys’ Fees Item 21a: ORDINANCE appropriating $3,821,922.24 out of Miscellaneous Equipment & Capital Acquisition Fund; authorizing Reconfiguration Implementation Phase Agreement between the City of Houston and MOTOROLA, INC for Products and Services required for the Public Safety Radio System Project Item 30: ORDINANCE approving assignment to the City of Houston from the HOUSTON AREA WATER CORPORATION of contracts with BERGER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BNIM ARCHITECTS, INC, CORE DESIGN STUDIO, LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL, LLP, SOLAR BEES, INC, and TOMCO2 EQUIPMENT COMPANY; providing acknowledgement of assignment and waiver and release forms for those contractors listed above - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN Item 32: ORDINANCE authorizing acceptance of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Grant for Design and Construction of a Pilot Project to develop local data for Stormwater Quality Best Management Practices; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grants; authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works & Engineering to accept and expend the grant funds and to accept and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ Item 35: MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven (7) days from May 5, 2010, to receive nominations for appointment to Position 12 of the HOUSTON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two year term that will end March 1, 2012 Item 36: MOTION by Council Member Lovell/Seconded by Council Member Costello to adopt recommendation from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $5,828,056.00 and acceptance of work on contract with SPAW GLASS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION for Midwest Police Station - District 18 - 0.99% under the guaranteed maximum price - DISTRICT F - HOANG