Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
PUBLIC HEARING on proposal to construct and operate a Light Rail Line in the median of Martin Luther King Boulevard where it traverses MacGregor Park
Miscellaneous: Items 2 - 4 Damages: Item 5 Accept Work: Items 6 and 7 Property: Items 8 and 9 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 10 - 14 Ordinances: Items 15-32
Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for payment of funds for traffic signal operations and maintenance on the Metro Light Rail Traffic Signal System pursuant to the Operations and Maintenance Agreement between the City of Houston and METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Joyce Owens, Owens Management Systems, LLC on behalf of New Hope Housing, Inc (Joy Horak-Brown, Executive Director), for abandonment and sale of four 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easements, four 10-foot-wide utility easements and the attendant 20-foot-wide aerial easements, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of a 15-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all within Block 98, located in the Denver Addition, out of the Harris & Wilson Survey, A-32, Parcels SY9-025A-H and DY9-038 Item 10: NPL MANAGEMENT LTD for Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging (DIAL) System Provider for Houston Department of Health and Human Services Item 12: AMEND MOTION #2006-774, 8/30/06, TO INCREASE spending authority from $1,010,000.00 to $1,414,000.00 for Aviation Gasoline and Turbine Fuel for Police Department, awarded to ADA RESOURCES, INC
Item 14: HANSON PIPE & PRECAST - $401,388.96 and CPR SERVICES AND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC dba MDN ENTERPRISES - $155,482.50 for Concrete and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Drainage Materials for Department of Public Works & Engineering - General and Stormwater Funds Item 18: ORDINANCE approving the issuance of $20,000,000.00 of bonds by the EAST ALDINE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Item 19: ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 2300 block of Albans Road within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size requirement area pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas Item 20: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the Houston-Galveston Area Council for continuation of a National Emergency Grant related to Hurricane Ike Assistance
Item 21: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement for Convention Services between the City of Houston, ALH PROPERTIES NO. FOURTEEN, L.P., and AMERICAN LIBERTY HOSPITALITY, INC - 7 Years - $9,604,000.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 25: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2005-373 (passed on April 13, 2005) to increase the maximum contract amount for Contract between the City of Houston and IDEAL FINISHES, INC for Graffiti Eradication & Protective Coating Application Services for Various Departments $486,094.20 - General Fund Item 26: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and ALAN PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC for Air Permitting, Storm Water, Wastewater Permitting and other Environmental Services at Various Wastewater Treatment Facilities; providing a maximum contract amount - $1,065,000.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 27: ORDINANCE appropriating $565,700.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC for Design of Groundwater Treatment Plants Improvements
Item 28: ORDINANCE appropriating $458,700.00 out of Woodlands Regional Participation Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and URS CORPORATION for Design of the Reconstruction of Cambridge Road from Holly Hall to IH-610 Item 29: ORDINANCE appropriating $238,559.00 out of General Improvements Consolidated Construction Funds and awarding Construction Contract to INLAND ENVIRONMENTS, LTD, for Asbestos and Lead Abatement, Demolition, Soil Removal, Backfill and Compaction at HPD Mounted Patrol Facility; 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; Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $29,995.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund for Purchase of Automobiles and Utility Vehicles for Houston Police Department Item 33a: AMEND MOTION #2009-53, 2/4/09, TO PURCHASE additional Automobiles, Trucks and Utility Vehicles for Various Departments, awarded to Philpott Motors, Ltd. d/b/a Philpott Ford/Philpott Toyota - $210,134.00 Item 34: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Mario Escobedo, for sale of ±6,420 square feet of excess, fee-owned Fulton Street right-of-way, within Lots 10 and 11, Block 99
Apr 22, 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.
PUBLIC HEARING on proposal to construct and operate a Light Rail Line in the median of Martin Luther King Boulevard where it traverses MacGregor Park
Miscellaneous: Items 2 - 4 Damages: Item 5 Accept Work: Items 6 and 7 Property: Items 8 and 9 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 10 - 14 Ordinances: Items 15-32
Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for payment of funds for traffic signal operations and maintenance on the Metro Light Rail Traffic Signal System pursuant to the Operations and Maintenance Agreement between the City of Houston and METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Joyce Owens, Owens Management Systems, LLC on behalf of New Hope Housing, Inc (Joy Horak-Brown, Executive Director), for abandonment and sale of four 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easements, four 10-foot-wide utility easements and the attendant 20-foot-wide aerial easements, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of a 15-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all within Block 98, located in the Denver Addition, out of the Harris & Wilson Survey, A-32, Parcels SY9-025A-H and DY9-038 Item 10: NPL MANAGEMENT LTD for Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging (DIAL) System Provider for Houston Department of Health and Human Services Item 12: AMEND MOTION #2006-774, 8/30/06, TO INCREASE spending authority from $1,010,000.00 to $1,414,000.00 for Aviation Gasoline and Turbine Fuel for Police Department, awarded to ADA RESOURCES, INC
Item 14: HANSON PIPE & PRECAST - $401,388.96 and CPR SERVICES AND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC dba MDN ENTERPRISES - $155,482.50 for Concrete and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Drainage Materials for Department of Public Works & Engineering - General and Stormwater Funds Item 18: ORDINANCE approving the issuance of $20,000,000.00 of bonds by the EAST ALDINE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Item 19: ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 2300 block of Albans Road within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size requirement area pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas Item 20: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the Houston-Galveston Area Council for continuation of a National Emergency Grant related to Hurricane Ike Assistance
Item 21: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement for Convention Services between the City of Houston, ALH PROPERTIES NO. FOURTEEN, L.P., and AMERICAN LIBERTY HOSPITALITY, INC - 7 Years - $9,604,000.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 25: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2005-373 (passed on April 13, 2005) to increase the maximum contract amount for Contract between the City of Houston and IDEAL FINISHES, INC for Graffiti Eradication & Protective Coating Application Services for Various Departments $486,094.20 - General Fund Item 26: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and ALAN PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC for Air Permitting, Storm Water, Wastewater Permitting and other Environmental Services at Various Wastewater Treatment Facilities; providing a maximum contract amount - $1,065,000.00 - Enterprise Fund Item 27: ORDINANCE appropriating $565,700.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC for Design of Groundwater Treatment Plants Improvements
Item 28: ORDINANCE appropriating $458,700.00 out of Woodlands Regional Participation Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and URS CORPORATION for Design of the Reconstruction of Cambridge Road from Holly Hall to IH-610 Item 29: ORDINANCE appropriating $238,559.00 out of General Improvements Consolidated Construction Funds and awarding Construction Contract to INLAND ENVIRONMENTS, LTD, for Asbestos and Lead Abatement, Demolition, Soil Removal, Backfill and Compaction at HPD Mounted Patrol Facility; 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; Item 33: ORDINANCE appropriating $29,995.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund for Purchase of Automobiles and Utility Vehicles for Houston Police Department Item 33a: AMEND MOTION #2009-53, 2/4/09, TO PURCHASE additional Automobiles, Trucks and Utility Vehicles for Various Departments, awarded to Philpott Motors, Ltd. d/b/a Philpott Ford/Philpott Toyota - $210,134.00 Item 34: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Mario Escobedo, for sale of ±6,420 square feet of excess, fee-owned Fulton Street right-of-way, within Lots 10 and 11, Block 99