Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for Annie D. Adams Family Partnership, Ltd. for the site located at 1025 Lockwood Drive - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ
Miscellaneous: Items 2-4 Damages: Item 5 Accept Work: Items 6 and 7 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Itmes 8-12 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 13-37
Item 2: CONFIRMATION of the appointment of the following to the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one-year terms to expire December 31, 2010: Position One-Mayor Annise D. Parker Position Two-Council Member Anne Clutterbuck Alternate At-Large Positions-Council Members Sue Lovell and Melissa Noriega Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from Acting Fire Chief to approve the sale of Decommissioned Firefighting Equipment and Bunker Gear our “Sister City” Tampico, Mexico Item 8: RELIEF SERVICES for VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS (RSVP) for Emergency Veterinary Services for the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) - $20,000.00 - General Fund
TOTER INCORPORATED for Automated Recycling Containers through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the City of Tucson, Arizona for Solid Waste Management Department $2,874,972.15 - American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Fund
Items 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, and 33
Item 14: ORDINANCE relating to the Retail Electric Rates of ENTERGY TEXAS, INC within the City of Houston, Texas; suspending for ninety days the effective date of new rates - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN Item 15: 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 26 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 16: 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 17: ORDINANCE appropriating $79,900.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) for work related to one (1) of the thirty-three (33) houses described herein and approving and authorizing thirty-three (33) Single Family Home Repair Contracts between the City, as the Repair Agency acting on behalf of thirty-three (33) homeowners, and two (2) construction contractors (JOSHUA DADE HOMES AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES, INC) and providing $2,459,208.00 in Community Development Block Grant (Disaster Recovery) Funds, $77,300.00 in Community Development Block Grant (Fund 5000) Funds and $79,900.00 in TIRZ (Fund 2409) Funds for the Demolition and Reconstruction Work on thirty three (33) houses for the Single Family Home Repair Program - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 27: ORDINANCE awarding contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON AUTO AUCTION, INC for Surplus Vehicle Auctioneering Services for Finance Department - Revenue Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $803,988.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract with SES HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for Whiteheather Storm Sewer Improvements (Approved by Ordinance No. 2005-0842) - DISTRICT D - ADAMS
Item 38: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4608 OF CHAPTER 46 OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE HOUSTON SIGN CODE, to authorize temporary signage for businesses adjacent to light rail construction projects Item 39: 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 Item 40: ORDINANCE appropriating $385,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Local Rehabilitation Contingency Projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - JOHNSON; C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G - PENNINGTON; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ
Jan 27, 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.
PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for Annie D. Adams Family Partnership, Ltd. for the site located at 1025 Lockwood Drive - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ
Miscellaneous: Items 2-4 Damages: Item 5 Accept Work: Items 6 and 7 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Itmes 8-12 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 13-37
Item 2: CONFIRMATION of the appointment of the following to the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one-year terms to expire December 31, 2010: Position One-Mayor Annise D. Parker Position Two-Council Member Anne Clutterbuck Alternate At-Large Positions-Council Members Sue Lovell and Melissa Noriega Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from Acting Fire Chief to approve the sale of Decommissioned Firefighting Equipment and Bunker Gear our “Sister City” Tampico, Mexico Item 8: RELIEF SERVICES for VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS (RSVP) for Emergency Veterinary Services for the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) - $20,000.00 - General Fund
TOTER INCORPORATED for Automated Recycling Containers through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the City of Tucson, Arizona for Solid Waste Management Department $2,874,972.15 - American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Fund
Items 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, and 33
Item 14: ORDINANCE relating to the Retail Electric Rates of ENTERGY TEXAS, INC within the City of Houston, Texas; suspending for ninety days the effective date of new rates - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN Item 15: 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 26 units will be designated as Home Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ Item 16: 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 17: ORDINANCE appropriating $79,900.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) for work related to one (1) of the thirty-three (33) houses described herein and approving and authorizing thirty-three (33) Single Family Home Repair Contracts between the City, as the Repair Agency acting on behalf of thirty-three (33) homeowners, and two (2) construction contractors (JOSHUA DADE HOMES AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES, INC) and providing $2,459,208.00 in Community Development Block Grant (Disaster Recovery) Funds, $77,300.00 in Community Development Block Grant (Fund 5000) Funds and $79,900.00 in TIRZ (Fund 2409) Funds for the Demolition and Reconstruction Work on thirty three (33) houses for the Single Family Home Repair Program - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 27: ORDINANCE awarding contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON AUTO AUCTION, INC for Surplus Vehicle Auctioneering Services for Finance Department - Revenue Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $803,988.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract with SES HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for Whiteheather Storm Sewer Improvements (Approved by Ordinance No. 2005-0842) - DISTRICT D - ADAMS
Item 38: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4608 OF CHAPTER 46 OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE HOUSTON SIGN CODE, to authorize temporary signage for businesses adjacent to light rail construction projects Item 39: 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 Item 40: ORDINANCE appropriating $385,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Local Rehabilitation Contingency Projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - JOHNSON; C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; F - HOANG; G - PENNINGTON; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ