Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Accept Work: Item 2 Property: Item 3 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 4-8 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 9-30A
Item 8: ITRON, INC for Fixed Network/Advanced Meter Infrastructure System Software and Hardware Components for Department of Public Works & Engineering - $173,100.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 9: RESOLUTION approving and authorizing submission of an application for a Challenge Grant for Water Marketing and Efficiency under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; declaring the City's eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor to act as the City's representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Public Works and Engineering Department to accept such grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program Item 10: ORDINANCE amending Exhibits “A” and “B” of City of Houston Ordinance No. 90-1292 (as amended by City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-246), to amend the Master Classification Ordinance to revise the pay grade structure for certain classifications and increase pay grade minimums and maximums for certain pay grades; to add six (6) new job classifications; to revise four (4) job classifications; and to AMEND CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES to conform to the revised job title of Associate Judge of Municipal Courts; providing a repealer; providing for severability Item 13: ORDINANCE appropriating $37,075.00 out of Parks Special Fund (4012); authorizing purchase of vacant land being Lots One, Two, Three and Four, Block One, Hollinger Estates, Houston, Harris County, Texas (in the 1000 block of E. 40th Street) for the Expansion of McCullough Park, WBS F-000513-0004-2; approving Purchase and Sale Agreement with the owner of the land (Edward
Item 17: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and FORT BEND COUNTY for Design and Construction of Fondren Road, S. Post Oak, and Blue Ridge Road Item 19: ORDINANCE appropriating $97,700.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and CHARLES D. GOODEN CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for West White Oak Bayou Trail Extension Segment 3 & 5; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund Item 31: MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from June 10, 2009 to receive nominations for Position 3 on the PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY for a two-year term Item 32: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Clutterbuck to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from D. B. Mangum, Gullett & Associates, Inc., on behalf of Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. [Magellan Pipeline GP, LLC (Larry J. Davied, Vice President) General Partner], for the sale of a 20-foot-wide subsurface pipeline easement within an existing CenterPoint Energy transmission easement, within the Battaglia Tract (Q45-001), out of the Reels and Trobough League, A-59, Parcel SY9-069
Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $64,457,004.90 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Houston, Texas (Lamar Terrace Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Houston, Texas (Midtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Houston, Texas (Main Street/Market Square Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Four, City of Houston, Texas (Village Enclaves Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial-Heights Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City Of Houston, Texas (Old Spanish Trail/Almeda Corridors Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eight, City of Houston, Texas (Gulfgate Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nine, City Of Houston, Texas (South Post Oak Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Houston, Texas (City Park Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Houston, Texas (Old Sixth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fourth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, City of Houston, Texas (East Downtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen, City of Houston, Texas (Uptown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, City of Houston, Texas, (Memorial City Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, City Of Houston, Texas (Fifth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen, City of Houston, Texas (Upper Kirby Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty, City of Houston, Texas (Southwest Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-One, City of Houston, Texas (Hardy/Near Northside Zone), and Reinvestment Zon
Item 35: ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 1 to Contract between the City of Houston and AMANI ENGINEERING, INC for Professional Engineering Services (Project No. 638) Item 36: ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and MCDONOUGH ENGINEERING CORPORATION for Miscellaneous Civil Engineering Services with the Houston Airport System (Project No. 615D) Item 37: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Contract between the City of Houston and 4B TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC for Information Technology and Telecommunications Infrastructure Field Inspection Services for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 577) Item 38: ORDINANCE appropriating $3,421,000.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F, Fund, awarding contract to R J CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC for Drainage Improvements at Grade Separations, Package III, 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 Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F, Fund
Item 39: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department (i) authorizing the sealed bid sale of Parcel SY9-080, known as the Heights Recycling Center, located at 3602 Center Street at Harvard, (ii) determining a public need for an alternative recycling center site, and (iii) appointing two independent appraisers and an alternate appraiser to determine the fair market value of Parcel SY9-080
Items 30 and 30A (Part 1 of 2)
Item 30: ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the annual budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2010 including providing for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; authorizing various other transfers; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability Item 30A: MOTION, as required by Section 102.007(c) of the Texas Local Government Code, to ratify the projected increase in property tax revenue reflected in the budget (The growth in property tax revenue not related to new property is 1.49%, which is far less than the 4.99% growth in population and inflation, and is within the limits authorized by the voters at the charter elections held on November 2, 2004 and November 7, 2006)
Items 30 and 30A (Part 2 of 2)
Item 30: ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the annual budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2010 including providing for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; authorizing various other transfers; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability Item 30A: MOTION, as required by Section 102.007(c) of the Texas Local Government Code, to ratify the projected increase in property tax revenue reflected in the budget (The growth in property tax revenue not related to new property is 1.49%, which is far less than the 4.99% growth in population and inflation, and is within the limits authorized by the voters at the charter elections held on November 2, 2004 and November 7, 2006)
Jun 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.
Accept Work: Item 2 Property: Item 3 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 4-8 Resolutions and Ordinances: Items 9-30A
Item 8: ITRON, INC for Fixed Network/Advanced Meter Infrastructure System Software and Hardware Components for Department of Public Works & Engineering - $173,100.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 9: RESOLUTION approving and authorizing submission of an application for a Challenge Grant for Water Marketing and Efficiency under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; declaring the City's eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor to act as the City's representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Public Works and Engineering Department to accept such grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program Item 10: ORDINANCE amending Exhibits “A” and “B” of City of Houston Ordinance No. 90-1292 (as amended by City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-246), to amend the Master Classification Ordinance to revise the pay grade structure for certain classifications and increase pay grade minimums and maximums for certain pay grades; to add six (6) new job classifications; to revise four (4) job classifications; and to AMEND CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES to conform to the revised job title of Associate Judge of Municipal Courts; providing a repealer; providing for severability Item 13: ORDINANCE appropriating $37,075.00 out of Parks Special Fund (4012); authorizing purchase of vacant land being Lots One, Two, Three and Four, Block One, Hollinger Estates, Houston, Harris County, Texas (in the 1000 block of E. 40th Street) for the Expansion of McCullough Park, WBS F-000513-0004-2; approving Purchase and Sale Agreement with the owner of the land (Edward
Item 17: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and FORT BEND COUNTY for Design and Construction of Fondren Road, S. Post Oak, and Blue Ridge Road Item 19: ORDINANCE appropriating $97,700.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and CHARLES D. GOODEN CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for West White Oak Bayou Trail Extension Segment 3 & 5; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund Item 31: MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from June 10, 2009 to receive nominations for Position 3 on the PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY for a two-year term Item 32: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Clutterbuck to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from D. B. Mangum, Gullett & Associates, Inc., on behalf of Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. [Magellan Pipeline GP, LLC (Larry J. Davied, Vice President) General Partner], for the sale of a 20-foot-wide subsurface pipeline easement within an existing CenterPoint Energy transmission easement, within the Battaglia Tract (Q45-001), out of the Reels and Trobough League, A-59, Parcel SY9-069
Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $64,457,004.90 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Houston, Texas (Lamar Terrace Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Houston, Texas (Midtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Houston, Texas (Main Street/Market Square Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Four, City of Houston, Texas (Village Enclaves Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial-Heights Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City Of Houston, Texas (Old Spanish Trail/Almeda Corridors Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eight, City of Houston, Texas (Gulfgate Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nine, City Of Houston, Texas (South Post Oak Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Houston, Texas (City Park Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Houston, Texas (Old Sixth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, City of Houston, Texas (Fourth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, City of Houston, Texas (East Downtown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen, City of Houston, Texas (Uptown Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, City of Houston, Texas, (Memorial City Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, City Of Houston, Texas (Fifth Ward Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen, City of Houston, Texas (Upper Kirby Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty, City of Houston, Texas (Southwest Houston Zone), Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-One, City of Houston, Texas (Hardy/Near Northside Zone), and Reinvestment Zon
Item 35: ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 1 to Contract between the City of Houston and AMANI ENGINEERING, INC for Professional Engineering Services (Project No. 638) Item 36: ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and MCDONOUGH ENGINEERING CORPORATION for Miscellaneous Civil Engineering Services with the Houston Airport System (Project No. 615D) Item 37: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Contract between the City of Houston and 4B TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC for Information Technology and Telecommunications Infrastructure Field Inspection Services for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 577) Item 38: ORDINANCE appropriating $3,421,000.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F, Fund, awarding contract to R J CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC for Drainage Improvements at Grade Separations, Package III, 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 Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F, Fund
Item 39: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department (i) authorizing the sealed bid sale of Parcel SY9-080, known as the Heights Recycling Center, located at 3602 Center Street at Harvard, (ii) determining a public need for an alternative recycling center site, and (iii) appointing two independent appraisers and an alternate appraiser to determine the fair market value of Parcel SY9-080
Items 30 and 30A (Part 1 of 2)
Item 30: ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the annual budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2010 including providing for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; authorizing various other transfers; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability Item 30A: MOTION, as required by Section 102.007(c) of the Texas Local Government Code, to ratify the projected increase in property tax revenue reflected in the budget (The growth in property tax revenue not related to new property is 1.49%, which is far less than the 4.99% growth in population and inflation, and is within the limits authorized by the voters at the charter elections held on November 2, 2004 and November 7, 2006)
Items 30 and 30A (Part 2 of 2)
Item 30: ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the annual budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2010 including providing for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; authorizing various other transfers; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability Item 30A: MOTION, as required by Section 102.007(c) of the Texas Local Government Code, to ratify the projected increase in property tax revenue reflected in the budget (The growth in property tax revenue not related to new property is 1.49%, which is far less than the 4.99% growth in population and inflation, and is within the limits authorized by the voters at the charter elections held on November 2, 2004 and November 7, 2006)