Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Item 1: PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for RealBlue Investments LLC for the site located at 2806 - 2818 Hullsmith Drive Item 2: PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for 8200 Southwest Freeway, LLC for the site located at 8200 Southwest Freeway
PUBLIC HEARING on recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering relative to request for designation of a Banner District in the UPPER KIRBY DISTRICT
PUBLIC HEARING regarding third amendment to the Project and Financing Plan for the TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINETEEN (UPPER KIRBY ZONE)
Miscellaneous: Items 5-12 Accept Work: Items 13-17 Property: Items 18 and 19 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 20-23 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 24-54
Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for Dedication Plaque for New Fire Station 24 Item 14: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,941,313.60 and acceptance of work on contract with PROLINE TECHNOLOGIES, N.A.L.L.C. for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 1.82% under the original contract amount item 15: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,303,692.87 and acceptance of work on contract with BRH-GARVER CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Abandonment of Northborough Wastewater Treatment Plant - 1.51% under the original contract amount Item 16: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,054,356.65 and acceptance of work on contract with REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for On-Call Rehabilitation to Large Diameter Water Lines, Valves and Appurtenances - Package 5 - 31.52% under the original contract amount Item 23: HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC for Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supplies through the Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with U.S. Communities for Various Departments - $2,519,669.38 - General, Enterprise, Fleet Management, Building Inspection and Other Funds item 26: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 8 and 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to authority to tow vehicles from residential parking permit areas; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability - PASS
ORDINANCE relating to the retail gas utility rates of CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. D/B/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS; ordering reimbursement of rate case expenses incurred on behalf of all Center Point Energy Entex Ratepayers within the City of Houston, Texas, denying rate increase request and maintaining current rates in effect; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject
Item 40: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES, INC to provide $300,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the administration and operation of the H.E.A.R.T. Program, a program that will provide job training and placement for developmentally disabled low and moderate income adult individuals Item 43: ORDINANCE appropriating $110,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) and approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and SUNNYSIDE PLACE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to reimburse a Houston Housing Finance Corporation Recoverable Grant for certain land acquisition and pre-development costs for a subdivision of 4 affordable single-family homes situated on approximately 20,000 square feet of land situated at 8020 Livingston Street, Houston, Texas Item 44: ORDINANCE appropriating $210,120.41 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Fund as grants to LELAND WOODS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and LELAND WOODS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY II pursuant to agreement entered into by the City of Houston (Approved by Ordinance No. 09-796) for the development of the Leland Woods Subdivision Item 45: ORDINANCE accepting into the City collection a bronze statue of Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, related bronze bas-reliefs and display wall to be located in Sesquicentennial Park; approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION for donation of such work of art; and renaming a portion of Sesquicentennial Park to Baker Common Item 46: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Lease Agreement between the City of Houston and EXPEDITE! INC for certain premises at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston - Revenue Item 48: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Parking Operations and Management Concession Agreement between the City of Houston and NEW SOUTH PARKING - TEXAS for the Houston Airport System; amending Ordinance No. 2004-888 to increase the maximum contract amount - $2,751,050.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 50: ORDINANCE appropriating $2,800,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund to In-House Renovation Revolving Fund for Renovation/Reconstruction of Various City Facilities for the Houston Fire Department Item 53: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amended and restated Solid Waste Disposal Contract between the City of Houston and BFI WASTE SERVICES OF TEXAS, LP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 99-1329 and 98-503)
Item 55: MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days or thereafter from November 18, 2009, to receive nominations for appointments or reappointments for Positions Five and Seven on the ETHICS COMMITTEE for two years Item 56: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Louis Macey of Macey Family Properties, LTD. [Macey Properties, Inc. (Louis Macey, President) General Partner], for sale of fee-owned land, which is the remainder of Block 120, from Rusk Avenue to Capitol Avenue, within South Side Buffalo Bayou, an unrecorded subdivision out of the J. S. Holman Survey, A-323, Parcel SY10-017
MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Green to adopt recommendation to award to CHANNING BETE COMPANY, INC for Development and Distribution of Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Education Materials for Houston Department of Health & Human Services - $224,337.50 - Grant Fund
Item 58: RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent to award to NORTEX MODULAR SPACE for Modular Office Building from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Police Department $203,985.76 - General Fund Item 59: ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES IX AND X OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to booting in parking facilities; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability Item 60: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Modification Agreement between the City of Houston and LITTLE YORK VILLAS, L.P. to amend the Loan Agreement and related documents authorized pursuant to Ordinance 2004-459, as amended, to change certain requirements related to a 128 Unit Apartment Complex in the 6200 block of Nuben, Houston, Texas Item 61: ORDINANCE appropriating $620,000.00 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) to support the development of Affordable Single-Family Housing in Trinity Gardens and Fourth Ward for low to moderate income families
Nov 18, 2009 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 1: PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for RealBlue Investments LLC for the site located at 2806 - 2818 Hullsmith Drive Item 2: PUBLIC HEARING to consider a Municipal Setting Designation ordinance (MSD) for 8200 Southwest Freeway, LLC for the site located at 8200 Southwest Freeway
PUBLIC HEARING on recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering relative to request for designation of a Banner District in the UPPER KIRBY DISTRICT
PUBLIC HEARING regarding third amendment to the Project and Financing Plan for the TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINETEEN (UPPER KIRBY ZONE)
Miscellaneous: Items 5-12 Accept Work: Items 13-17 Property: Items 18 and 19 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 20-23 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 24-54
Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for Dedication Plaque for New Fire Station 24 Item 14: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,941,313.60 and acceptance of work on contract with PROLINE TECHNOLOGIES, N.A.L.L.C. for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method 1.82% under the original contract amount item 15: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,303,692.87 and acceptance of work on contract with BRH-GARVER CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Abandonment of Northborough Wastewater Treatment Plant - 1.51% under the original contract amount Item 16: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,054,356.65 and acceptance of work on contract with REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for On-Call Rehabilitation to Large Diameter Water Lines, Valves and Appurtenances - Package 5 - 31.52% under the original contract amount Item 23: HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC for Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supplies through the Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with U.S. Communities for Various Departments - $2,519,669.38 - General, Enterprise, Fleet Management, Building Inspection and Other Funds item 26: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 8 and 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to authority to tow vehicles from residential parking permit areas; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability - PASS
ORDINANCE relating to the retail gas utility rates of CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. D/B/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS; ordering reimbursement of rate case expenses incurred on behalf of all Center Point Energy Entex Ratepayers within the City of Houston, Texas, denying rate increase request and maintaining current rates in effect; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject
Item 40: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES, INC to provide $300,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the administration and operation of the H.E.A.R.T. Program, a program that will provide job training and placement for developmentally disabled low and moderate income adult individuals Item 43: ORDINANCE appropriating $110,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) and approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and SUNNYSIDE PLACE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to reimburse a Houston Housing Finance Corporation Recoverable Grant for certain land acquisition and pre-development costs for a subdivision of 4 affordable single-family homes situated on approximately 20,000 square feet of land situated at 8020 Livingston Street, Houston, Texas Item 44: ORDINANCE appropriating $210,120.41 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Fund as grants to LELAND WOODS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and LELAND WOODS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY II pursuant to agreement entered into by the City of Houston (Approved by Ordinance No. 09-796) for the development of the Leland Woods Subdivision Item 45: ORDINANCE accepting into the City collection a bronze statue of Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, related bronze bas-reliefs and display wall to be located in Sesquicentennial Park; approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION for donation of such work of art; and renaming a portion of Sesquicentennial Park to Baker Common Item 46: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Lease Agreement between the City of Houston and EXPEDITE! INC for certain premises at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston - Revenue Item 48: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Parking Operations and Management Concession Agreement between the City of Houston and NEW SOUTH PARKING - TEXAS for the Houston Airport System; amending Ordinance No. 2004-888 to increase the maximum contract amount - $2,751,050.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 50: ORDINANCE appropriating $2,800,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund to In-House Renovation Revolving Fund for Renovation/Reconstruction of Various City Facilities for the Houston Fire Department Item 53: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amended and restated Solid Waste Disposal Contract between the City of Houston and BFI WASTE SERVICES OF TEXAS, LP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 99-1329 and 98-503)
Item 55: MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days or thereafter from November 18, 2009, to receive nominations for appointments or reappointments for Positions Five and Seven on the ETHICS COMMITTEE for two years Item 56: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Louis Macey of Macey Family Properties, LTD. [Macey Properties, Inc. (Louis Macey, President) General Partner], for sale of fee-owned land, which is the remainder of Block 120, from Rusk Avenue to Capitol Avenue, within South Side Buffalo Bayou, an unrecorded subdivision out of the J. S. Holman Survey, A-323, Parcel SY10-017
MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Green to adopt recommendation to award to CHANNING BETE COMPANY, INC for Development and Distribution of Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Education Materials for Houston Department of Health & Human Services - $224,337.50 - Grant Fund
Item 58: RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent to award to NORTEX MODULAR SPACE for Modular Office Building from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Police Department $203,985.76 - General Fund Item 59: ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES IX AND X OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to booting in parking facilities; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability Item 60: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Modification Agreement between the City of Houston and LITTLE YORK VILLAS, L.P. to amend the Loan Agreement and related documents authorized pursuant to Ordinance 2004-459, as amended, to change certain requirements related to a 128 Unit Apartment Complex in the 6200 block of Nuben, Houston, Texas Item 61: ORDINANCE appropriating $620,000.00 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) to support the development of Affordable Single-Family Housing in Trinity Gardens and Fourth Ward for low to moderate income families