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 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: Item 1 Damages: Item 2 Accept Work: Items 3-9 Property: Item 10 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 11-12 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 13-38
Items 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, and 19
Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $4,329,314.41 and acceptance of work on contract with DURWOOD GREENE CONSTRUCTION, CO. for City Overlay Package 12 - 1.23% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; F - HOANG; G ? PENNINGTON and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 6: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,066,353.89 and acceptance of work on contract with JIMERSON UNDERGROUND, INC for Woodway No. 1 Lift Station Replacement - 17.18% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON Item 14: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Coin-Operated Machines; providing for severability, providing for an effective date Item 16: ORDINANCE approving Lease Agreement with option to purchase between STAGES, INC, a Texas Non-profit Corporation, as tenant, and the City of Houston, Texas, as Landlord, concerning the Houston Center for the Arts (3201 Allen Parkway) - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 17: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and THE CENTER SERVING PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION to provide $180,276.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for Vocational Training and Medical and Dental Services to persons with mental illness - DISTRICT D - ADAMS Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing various agreements between the City of Houston, the HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION (as exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Houston Police Officers) and DAILY ACCESS CORPORATION for HPD Section 457 Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Administration Services
Item 20: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing various agreements between the City of Houston, the HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION (as exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Houston Police Officers) and RELIANCE TRUST COMPANY for Custodial Account, Investment and related services for HPD Section 457 Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Item 27: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2009-580 to increase the maximum contract amount for the contract between the City of Houston and MERCER(US) INC for Financial Resource Consulting Services - $125,000.00 - General Fund Item 29: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Carrier Incentive Program for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum program amount - 2 Years - $4,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON Item 30: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund for supplemental allocation to contract for Professional Consulting Services by and between the City of Houston and HNTB CORPORATION for Planning Services for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 616; Contract 56374) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 31: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2008-951 (Passed by City Council October 22, 2008) to increase the maximum contract amount for the contract between the City of Houston and MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, P.L.L.C. for Legal Services relating to Cause No. 2008-51588; City of Houston v. Candlelight Condo Investments, LLC, et al.; in the 270th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas - $80,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund Item 36: ORDINANCE appropriating $4,574,707.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and $462,293.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to TOTAL SITE, INC for Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Project 457; 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, project management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ
Item 39: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and AVENUE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation, to provide $3,000,000 Performance-Based Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the Development of a 144 Unit Affordable Family Housing Apartment Complex to be located in the Near Northside on an approximately 5.72 acre tract on Irvington Boulevard, of which 27 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 40: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and ORCHARD COMMUNITIES, INC, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation, to provide $3,540,000 Performance-Based Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the Development of a 118 Unit Affordable Senior Housing Apartment Complex on an approximately 5.6965 acre tract at the northeast corner of Brinkman and West 34th Street, of which 30 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT A - STARDIG Item 41: ORDINANCE appropriating $60,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding Construction Management At Risk Contract to SPAWMAXWELL COMPANY, LLC for Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care Facility Expansion/Renovation & Ann Slemons Young Animal Center - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and I - RODRIGUEZ
Feb 03, 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.
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: Item 1 Damages: Item 2 Accept Work: Items 3-9 Property: Item 10 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 11-12 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 13-38
Items 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, and 19
Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $4,329,314.41 and acceptance of work on contract with DURWOOD GREENE CONSTRUCTION, CO. for City Overlay Package 12 - 1.23% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; F - HOANG; G ? PENNINGTON and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 6: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,066,353.89 and acceptance of work on contract with JIMERSON UNDERGROUND, INC for Woodway No. 1 Lift Station Replacement - 17.18% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON Item 14: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Coin-Operated Machines; providing for severability, providing for an effective date Item 16: ORDINANCE approving Lease Agreement with option to purchase between STAGES, INC, a Texas Non-profit Corporation, as tenant, and the City of Houston, Texas, as Landlord, concerning the Houston Center for the Arts (3201 Allen Parkway) - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 17: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and THE CENTER SERVING PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION to provide $180,276.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for Vocational Training and Medical and Dental Services to persons with mental illness - DISTRICT D - ADAMS Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing various agreements between the City of Houston, the HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION (as exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Houston Police Officers) and DAILY ACCESS CORPORATION for HPD Section 457 Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Administration Services
Item 20: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing various agreements between the City of Houston, the HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION (as exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Houston Police Officers) and RELIANCE TRUST COMPANY for Custodial Account, Investment and related services for HPD Section 457 Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Item 27: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2009-580 to increase the maximum contract amount for the contract between the City of Houston and MERCER(US) INC for Financial Resource Consulting Services - $125,000.00 - General Fund Item 29: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Carrier Incentive Program for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum program amount - 2 Years - $4,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON Item 30: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund for supplemental allocation to contract for Professional Consulting Services by and between the City of Houston and HNTB CORPORATION for Planning Services for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 616; Contract 56374) - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 31: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2008-951 (Passed by City Council October 22, 2008) to increase the maximum contract amount for the contract between the City of Houston and MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, P.L.L.C. for Legal Services relating to Cause No. 2008-51588; City of Houston v. Candlelight Condo Investments, LLC, et al.; in the 270th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas - $80,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund Item 36: ORDINANCE appropriating $4,574,707.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and $462,293.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to TOTAL SITE, INC for Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Project 457; 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, project management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ
Item 39: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and AVENUE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation, to provide $3,000,000 Performance-Based Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the Development of a 144 Unit Affordable Family Housing Apartment Complex to be located in the Near Northside on an approximately 5.72 acre tract on Irvington Boulevard, of which 27 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 40: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and ORCHARD COMMUNITIES, INC, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation, to provide $3,540,000 Performance-Based Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the Development of a 118 Unit Affordable Senior Housing Apartment Complex on an approximately 5.6965 acre tract at the northeast corner of Brinkman and West 34th Street, of which 30 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT A - STARDIG Item 41: ORDINANCE appropriating $60,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding Construction Management At Risk Contract to SPAWMAXWELL COMPANY, LLC for Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care Facility Expansion/Renovation & Ann Slemons Young Animal Center - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and I - RODRIGUEZ