Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller
Miscellaneous: Items 1 and 2 Damages: Item 3 Accept Work: Item 4 Property:Item 5 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Item 6 - 10 Ordinances: Items 11 - 3
(Item 1) REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following to the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMISSION: Position One - MR. ISAIAH “IKE” ALLEN, reappointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2011, and to serve as Chair Position Three - MR. ALFONSO KENNARD, JR., appointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2010 Position Five - MR. CECIL FONG, appointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2010 (Item 2) RECOMMENDATION from Director Parks & Recreation Department to change the name of Cloverland Community Center to BESSIE SWINDLE COMMUNITY CENTER (Item 3) RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney for settlement of claim styled HISD v. City of Houston; in the 152nd Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas; No. 2007-77159; (Consolidated with) RAMONA ESCAMILLA vs. City of Houston; in the 165th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas; No. 2007-77403 - $200,000.00 (Item 4) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,688,514.74 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method (LDS) 2.83% over the original contract amount
(Item 5) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Gilbert Froehlich Jr. of United Lumber and Supply Inc, for abandonment and sale of a 12-foot-wide alley from Detering Street to Lester Street (formerly Settegast Street), Block 2, Settegast Dodge Addition, Parcels SY9-040, SY9-043, SY9-044, SY9-045 (Item 6) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,022,575.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Ambulances, Cabs & Chassis for the Houston Fire Department (Item 6a) LAWRENCE MARSHALL CHRYSLER, LLC - $93,225.00 and KNAPP CHEVROLET, INC - $1,013,650.00 for Ambulances, Cabs & Chassis, and a Squad Utility Vehicle through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Houston Airport System and the Houston Fire Department (Item 7) GTSI, CORP. for High-Capacity Ethernet Circuits through the City’s Intergovernmental Agreement with the County of Fairfax, VA, for Computer Products and Services under Section 791.025 of the Government Code for Information Technology Department - $371,487.68 (Item 8) SMITH-MOBLEY, INC for Securing Services for Multi-family Buildings and Swimming Pools for Police Department - $73,376.00 and contingencies for a total amount not to exceed $80,713.60
(Item 10) ROCAL, INC for Aluminum Traffic Sign Blanks for Various Departments - $2,342,574.28 General and Enterprise Funds (Item 11) ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to trees, shrubs and screening fences; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability (Item 17) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing purchase of a Boiler and Machinery Insurance Policy from CNA INSURANCE COMPANY through its member company, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years - $212,136.00 - Property and Casualty Fund (Item 18) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and DENTON, NAVARRO, ROCHA & BERNAL, P.C. for Legal Services and Representation of the City in connection with all matters relating to Cause No. 4:08-CV-2404; Dwight Bazile et al. v. City of Houston; in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas; establishing a maximum contract amount - $197,400.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
(Item 19) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL for the Livable Centers Planning and Feasibility Studies - $113,712.00 - Building Inspection Fund (Item 22) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-864 (passed by City Council on August 1, 2007) to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES (“DIR”) for Telecommunications Services for Various Departments authorizing the issuance of purchase orders - 42 Months - $14,346,800.00 (Item 23) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement between the City and DIR Go-Direct Vendor SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY d/b/a AT&T TEXAS through the City’s Master Agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for Voice Communication Services for Various Departments; authorizing the issuance of purchase orders - 15 Months - $7,500,000.00 (Item 26) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement between the City of Houston and CONWAY CONSULTING, INC for Professional Consulting Services for the Houston Airport System $1,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund
(Item 27) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement among the City of Houston, the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY for Grade Crossing Improvements at Houston Avenue and Henderson Avenue for the First Ward Safety Zone (Item 28) ORDINANCE appropriating $216,450.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to the Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for the Reconstruction of Richmond Avenue Intersection at IH-610 West Loop (approved by Ordinance 2005-0070) (Item 29) ORDINANCE appropriating $325,028.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding construction contract to PEMCO, INC for Underground Storage Tanks Remediation, Removal and Installation at Fire Station 13; 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 materials testing services, project management and construction oversight, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund
(Item 32) ORDINANCE appropriating $7,127,686.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund and $699,296.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment / Projects Fund for the Purchase of Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles, and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments (Item 32a) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Green to adopt recommendation from Purchasing Agent to award to PHILPOTT MOTORS, LTD. d/b/a PHILPOTT FORD/PHILPOTT TOYOTA - $7,981,462.00; BABY JACK II AUTOMOTIVE, LTD d/b/a CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET - $3,029,417.00 and PFPP, L.P. d/b/a PLANET DODGE - $494,437.00 for Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments - Enterprise and Various Funds (Item 33) ORDINANCE determining the population of the City and the population of each of the Council Districts and determining that the populations of the existing City Council Districts are not materially unbalanced; making various findings and provisions related to the subject
Feb 04, 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.
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller
Miscellaneous: Items 1 and 2 Damages: Item 3 Accept Work: Item 4 Property:Item 5 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Item 6 - 10 Ordinances: Items 11 - 3
(Item 1) REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following to the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMISSION: Position One - MR. ISAIAH “IKE” ALLEN, reappointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2011, and to serve as Chair Position Three - MR. ALFONSO KENNARD, JR., appointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2010 Position Five - MR. CECIL FONG, appointment, for a term to expire January 1, 2010 (Item 2) RECOMMENDATION from Director Parks & Recreation Department to change the name of Cloverland Community Center to BESSIE SWINDLE COMMUNITY CENTER (Item 3) RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney for settlement of claim styled HISD v. City of Houston; in the 152nd Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas; No. 2007-77159; (Consolidated with) RAMONA ESCAMILLA vs. City of Houston; in the 165th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas; No. 2007-77403 - $200,000.00 (Item 4) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,688,514.74 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method (LDS) 2.83% over the original contract amount
(Item 5) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Gilbert Froehlich Jr. of United Lumber and Supply Inc, for abandonment and sale of a 12-foot-wide alley from Detering Street to Lester Street (formerly Settegast Street), Block 2, Settegast Dodge Addition, Parcels SY9-040, SY9-043, SY9-044, SY9-045 (Item 6) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,022,575.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Ambulances, Cabs & Chassis for the Houston Fire Department (Item 6a) LAWRENCE MARSHALL CHRYSLER, LLC - $93,225.00 and KNAPP CHEVROLET, INC - $1,013,650.00 for Ambulances, Cabs & Chassis, and a Squad Utility Vehicle through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Houston Airport System and the Houston Fire Department (Item 7) GTSI, CORP. for High-Capacity Ethernet Circuits through the City’s Intergovernmental Agreement with the County of Fairfax, VA, for Computer Products and Services under Section 791.025 of the Government Code for Information Technology Department - $371,487.68 (Item 8) SMITH-MOBLEY, INC for Securing Services for Multi-family Buildings and Swimming Pools for Police Department - $73,376.00 and contingencies for a total amount not to exceed $80,713.60
(Item 10) ROCAL, INC for Aluminum Traffic Sign Blanks for Various Departments - $2,342,574.28 General and Enterprise Funds (Item 11) ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to trees, shrubs and screening fences; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability (Item 17) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing purchase of a Boiler and Machinery Insurance Policy from CNA INSURANCE COMPANY through its member company, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years - $212,136.00 - Property and Casualty Fund (Item 18) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and DENTON, NAVARRO, ROCHA & BERNAL, P.C. for Legal Services and Representation of the City in connection with all matters relating to Cause No. 4:08-CV-2404; Dwight Bazile et al. v. City of Houston; in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas; establishing a maximum contract amount - $197,400.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
(Item 19) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL for the Livable Centers Planning and Feasibility Studies - $113,712.00 - Building Inspection Fund (Item 22) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-864 (passed by City Council on August 1, 2007) to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES (“DIR”) for Telecommunications Services for Various Departments authorizing the issuance of purchase orders - 42 Months - $14,346,800.00 (Item 23) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement between the City and DIR Go-Direct Vendor SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY d/b/a AT&T TEXAS through the City’s Master Agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for Voice Communication Services for Various Departments; authorizing the issuance of purchase orders - 15 Months - $7,500,000.00 (Item 26) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement between the City of Houston and CONWAY CONSULTING, INC for Professional Consulting Services for the Houston Airport System $1,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund
(Item 27) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Agreement among the City of Houston, the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY for Grade Crossing Improvements at Houston Avenue and Henderson Avenue for the First Ward Safety Zone (Item 28) ORDINANCE appropriating $216,450.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to the Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for the Reconstruction of Richmond Avenue Intersection at IH-610 West Loop (approved by Ordinance 2005-0070) (Item 29) ORDINANCE appropriating $325,028.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding construction contract to PEMCO, INC for Underground Storage Tanks Remediation, Removal and Installation at Fire Station 13; 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 materials testing services, project management and construction oversight, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund
(Item 32) ORDINANCE appropriating $7,127,686.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund and $699,296.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment / Projects Fund for the Purchase of Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles, and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments (Item 32a) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Green to adopt recommendation from Purchasing Agent to award to PHILPOTT MOTORS, LTD. d/b/a PHILPOTT FORD/PHILPOTT TOYOTA - $7,981,462.00; BABY JACK II AUTOMOTIVE, LTD d/b/a CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET - $3,029,417.00 and PFPP, L.P. d/b/a PLANET DODGE - $494,437.00 for Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments - Enterprise and Various Funds (Item 33) ORDINANCE determining the population of the City and the population of each of the Council Districts and determining that the populations of the existing City Council Districts are not materially unbalanced; making various findings and provisions related to the subject