Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Miscellaneous: Items 1-2 Accept Work: Item 3 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 4-6A Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 7-24
Item 12: ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties within MEADOWGREEN SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 2 AND 3, AND OAKBROOK WEST SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 4 AND 5 to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 18: ORDINANCE appropriating $124,855.66 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Forestry Complex Relocation and approving and authorizing first amendment to construction contract between the City of Houston and THE GONZALEZ GROUP, LP, (Approved by Ordinance No. 2008-475); providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT A ? STARDIG Item 22: ORDINANCE No. 2010-182, passed first reading March 3, 2010 ORDINANCE granting to I.G.S. ENVIRONMENTAL, A Texas Sole Proprietorship, the right, privilege and franchise to collect, haul and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - SECOND READING
Item 25: MOTION by Council Member Clutterbuck/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,922,397.10 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 3.12% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; G - PENNINGTON and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 26: MOTION by Council Member Clutterbuck/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,552,143.17 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 0.19% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS and H - GONZALEZ Item 27: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to subdivision and development; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability; containing a savings clause Item 28: ORDINANCE de-appropriating $2,000,000 out of Affordable Housing Uptown Series 2004 Fund (2417); de-appropriating $650,000 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409); and appropriating $2,000,000 out of Affordable Housing Uptown Series 2004 Fund (2417) and appropriating $950,000 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409) for a total appropriation of $2,950,000 to the City’s Housing and Community Development Department to continue implementation of the City’s Workforce Housing Downpayment Assistance Program - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ
Report from the City Controller
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
Mar 10, 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.
Miscellaneous: Items 1-2 Accept Work: Item 3 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 4-6A Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 7-24
Item 12: ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties within MEADOWGREEN SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 2 AND 3, AND OAKBROOK WEST SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 4 AND 5 to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 18: ORDINANCE appropriating $124,855.66 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Forestry Complex Relocation and approving and authorizing first amendment to construction contract between the City of Houston and THE GONZALEZ GROUP, LP, (Approved by Ordinance No. 2008-475); providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT A ? STARDIG Item 22: ORDINANCE No. 2010-182, passed first reading March 3, 2010 ORDINANCE granting to I.G.S. ENVIRONMENTAL, A Texas Sole Proprietorship, the right, privilege and franchise to collect, haul and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - SECOND READING
Item 25: MOTION by Council Member Clutterbuck/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,922,397.10 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 3.12% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; G - PENNINGTON and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 26: MOTION by Council Member Clutterbuck/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,552,143.17 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 0.19% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D ? ADAMS and H - GONZALEZ Item 27: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to subdivision and development; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability; containing a savings clause Item 28: ORDINANCE de-appropriating $2,000,000 out of Affordable Housing Uptown Series 2004 Fund (2417); de-appropriating $650,000 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409); and appropriating $2,000,000 out of Affordable Housing Uptown Series 2004 Fund (2417) and appropriating $950,000 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (2409) for a total appropriation of $2,950,000 to the City’s Housing and Community Development Department to continue implementation of the City’s Workforce Housing Downpayment Assistance Program - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ
Report from the City Controller
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