Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance Council Member Adams Roll Call Adopt Minutes of Previous Meeting
PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into or amend separate strategic partnership agreements with the below named districts in Harris County and Fort Bend County; on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory within said Districts; and on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts a. Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 4, b. Cy Champ Public Utility District, c. Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 52 d. Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50 e. Bridgestone Municipal Utility District f. Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District g. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 191 h. Mason Creek Utility District i. North Belt Utility District j. North Forest Municipal Utility District k. Timber Lane Utility District l. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 61 m. Cimarron Municipal Utility District n. Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 3 o. Tattor Road Municipal District p. Cypress Forest Public Utility District q. Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 118 r. Forest Hills Municipal Utility District s. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 105 t. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 149 u. Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 114 v. Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 w. Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 15 x. Richey Road Municipal Utility District y. Spring West Municipal Utility District
PUBLIC HEARING relating to the retail gas rates to be observed within the City of Houston to be charged by CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Miscellaneous: Items 6-7 Accept Work: Items 8-7 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 14-15, 17-18 Resolution and Ordinances: Items 20, 22, 24-31, 36-37, 40, 41, 43-46
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 - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
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 - DISTRICTS B ? JOHNSON and I - RODRIGUEZ
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contracts between the City of Houston and (1) AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, (2) KS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS LLC, (3) SELECTCARE OF TEXAS, L.L.C., (4) TEXAS HEALTHSPRING, LLC and (5) UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY for Medicare Health Plans for City Retirees and their dependents; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $44,183,073.00 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following to the HOUSTON CLEAN CITY COMMISSION, for terms to expire February 1, 2011: District A - MS. JANICE GABRIEL, reappointment District B - MS. THERESA CARMOUCHE-LEDE, reappointment District C - MS. JANICE S. ROSE, reappointment District D - MS. MARGARET A. JENKINS, appointment District E - MR. FRANK G. WEARY, appointment District F - MR. RAZI ASADUDDIN, appointment District G - MR. HARRY J. PHILLIPS, JR., reappointment District H - MS. CHRISTINA L. MORELAND, appointment District I - MR. RAMIRO FONSECA, reappointment
4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MS. CATHERINE CLARK MOSBACHER to Position Five of the JOINT CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN for a term to expire December 31, 2010 5. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for Dedication Plaque for Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center and Vinson Branch Library - DISTRICT D - ADAMS 19. RESOLUTION approving and adopting a revised Investment Policy for the City of Houston, Texas and making various provision related to the subject
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
23. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Brazos Street (Parcel SY10-005) and abandoning and vacating said portion to the General Services Administration, a Federal Agency, abutting owner, in exchange for a 20-foot-wide utility easement (Parcel VY10-001), both parcels located in the John Austin Two League Grant, A-1, Houston, Harris County, Texas; approving and authorizing an agreement outlining various rights and responsibilities between the City and owner; dedicating certain on-street parking on Brazos and Capitol Streets for use by Federal Security and Law Enforcement Agencies - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ 32. ORDINANCE appropriating $250,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City and THAI XUAN VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION to cover costs in connection with the improvement of the exterior-front and other common areas of the Thai Xuan Village Condominium located at 8200 Broadway, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ 38. ORDINANCE appropriating $134,819.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Architectural Services Contract between the City of Houston and REY DE LA REZA ARCHITECTS, INC d/b/a RdlR ARCHITECTS, INC for Design of 9003 N. Main Building Renovation; providing funding for the Civic Art Program - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ 39. ORDINANCE appropriating $244,200.00 out of Woodlands Regional Participation Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional Landscape Architectural Services Task Order Contract with SWA GROUP (Approved by Ordinance No. 2008-1015)
47. RECEIVE nominations for the City of Houston representative of the HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two year term ending December 31, 2009 48. SET HEARING DATE regarding amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE) - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00 A. M. - WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 2, 2009 49. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the seizure, impoundment and destruction of newsracks; establishing a fee for seizure and impoundment of newsracks; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; containing a repealer; providing for severability; establishing an effective date TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 21 on Agenda of November 4, 2009 50. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-846, the first amended and restated ordinance relating to the issuance of City of Houston, Texas, General Obligation Commercial Paper Notes, Series G; and declaring an emergency TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOVELL This was Item 23 on Agenda of November 4, 2009
Nov 10, 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.
Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance Council Member Adams Roll Call Adopt Minutes of Previous Meeting
PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into or amend separate strategic partnership agreements with the below named districts in Harris County and Fort Bend County; on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory within said Districts; and on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts a. Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 4, b. Cy Champ Public Utility District, c. Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 52 d. Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50 e. Bridgestone Municipal Utility District f. Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District g. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 191 h. Mason Creek Utility District i. North Belt Utility District j. North Forest Municipal Utility District k. Timber Lane Utility District l. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 61 m. Cimarron Municipal Utility District n. Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 3 o. Tattor Road Municipal District p. Cypress Forest Public Utility District q. Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 118 r. Forest Hills Municipal Utility District s. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 105 t. Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 149 u. Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 114 v. Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 w. Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 15 x. Richey Road Municipal Utility District y. Spring West Municipal Utility District
PUBLIC HEARING relating to the retail gas rates to be observed within the City of Houston to be charged by CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS
Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office
Miscellaneous: Items 6-7 Accept Work: Items 8-7 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 14-15, 17-18 Resolution and Ordinances: Items 20, 22, 24-31, 36-37, 40, 41, 43-46
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 - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
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 - DISTRICTS B ? JOHNSON and I - RODRIGUEZ
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contracts between the City of Houston and (1) AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, (2) KS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS LLC, (3) SELECTCARE OF TEXAS, L.L.C., (4) TEXAS HEALTHSPRING, LLC and (5) UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY for Medicare Health Plans for City Retirees and their dependents; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $44,183,073.00 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following to the HOUSTON CLEAN CITY COMMISSION, for terms to expire February 1, 2011: District A - MS. JANICE GABRIEL, reappointment District B - MS. THERESA CARMOUCHE-LEDE, reappointment District C - MS. JANICE S. ROSE, reappointment District D - MS. MARGARET A. JENKINS, appointment District E - MR. FRANK G. WEARY, appointment District F - MR. RAZI ASADUDDIN, appointment District G - MR. HARRY J. PHILLIPS, JR., reappointment District H - MS. CHRISTINA L. MORELAND, appointment District I - MR. RAMIRO FONSECA, reappointment
4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MS. CATHERINE CLARK MOSBACHER to Position Five of the JOINT CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN for a term to expire December 31, 2010 5. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for Dedication Plaque for Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center and Vinson Branch Library - DISTRICT D - ADAMS 19. RESOLUTION approving and adopting a revised Investment Policy for the City of Houston, Texas and making various provision related to the subject
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
23. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Brazos Street (Parcel SY10-005) and abandoning and vacating said portion to the General Services Administration, a Federal Agency, abutting owner, in exchange for a 20-foot-wide utility easement (Parcel VY10-001), both parcels located in the John Austin Two League Grant, A-1, Houston, Harris County, Texas; approving and authorizing an agreement outlining various rights and responsibilities between the City and owner; dedicating certain on-street parking on Brazos and Capitol Streets for use by Federal Security and Law Enforcement Agencies - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ 32. ORDINANCE appropriating $250,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City and THAI XUAN VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION to cover costs in connection with the improvement of the exterior-front and other common areas of the Thai Xuan Village Condominium located at 8200 Broadway, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ 38. ORDINANCE appropriating $134,819.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Architectural Services Contract between the City of Houston and REY DE LA REZA ARCHITECTS, INC d/b/a RdlR ARCHITECTS, INC for Design of 9003 N. Main Building Renovation; providing funding for the Civic Art Program - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ 39. ORDINANCE appropriating $244,200.00 out of Woodlands Regional Participation Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional Landscape Architectural Services Task Order Contract with SWA GROUP (Approved by Ordinance No. 2008-1015)
47. RECEIVE nominations for the City of Houston representative of the HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two year term ending December 31, 2009 48. SET HEARING DATE regarding amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE) - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00 A. M. - WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 2, 2009 49. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the seizure, impoundment and destruction of newsracks; establishing a fee for seizure and impoundment of newsracks; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; containing a repealer; providing for severability; establishing an effective date TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES This was Item 21 on Agenda of November 4, 2009 50. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-846, the first amended and restated ordinance relating to the issuance of City of Houston, Texas, General Obligation Commercial Paper Notes, Series G; and declaring an emergency TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOVELL This was Item 23 on Agenda of November 4, 2009