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 Rodriguez ROLL CALL ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Consent Agenda: Miscellaneous: Items 1 - 3 Accept Work: Items 4-8 Property 11-26 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 27-29 Resolutions & Ordinances: Items 32, 34-36, 38, 40, 43-46, 48-50
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
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
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
37. ORDINANCE approving third amendment of the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and G - HOLM a. ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving an amended Fiscal Year 2009 Operating Budget for the authority and an amended Fiscal Year 2009–2013 Capital Improvement Budget for the zone - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and G - HOLM 31. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSTON SIGN CODE, relating to directional and locational signs for institutions of higher education and medical institutions; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability
9. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from James Harrison of Paxson & Associates, P.C., on behalf of Stacey Fine Homes of Texas, Inc, for abandonment and sale of a ± 72?square-foot portion of Kelving Drive adjacent to Lot 5, Block 19 of the Braeswood Subdivision, Section One, out of the P. W. Rose Survey, Abstract 645, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of the full portion as a street easement, Parcels SY8-068 and AY8-111 - DISTRICT C ? CLUTTERBUCK 10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Frank Petrosky of Landtech Consultants, Inc, on behalf of Houston Community College System, for abandonment and sale of a 10-foot-wide utility easement and an 8-foot-wide utility easement from the east line of former Redwood Street to Garland Drive, Parcels SY9-018A and SY9-018B - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ
33. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Calumet Drive (Parcel SY8-034), from Caroline Street to Austin Street, containing 0.4591 acres of land, more or less; vacating and abandoning said tract to the Holocaust Museum Houston, abutting owner, in consideration of owner’s conveyance to the City of a utility easement (Parcel VY8-033), located in the Hermann Park Addition, Sec. 2, J. Christy Survey, A-212, Houston, Harris County, Texas, and owner’s payment to the City of $572,115.00; however, in lieu of immediate payment, owner will commit to seeking federal funding and such funds will be deposited, within five (5) years, into a special City account for the benefit of the Museum and Management District Area - DISTRICT D - ADAMS 39. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2006-0087 to increase the maximum contract amount and approve and authorize first amendment to Contract No. C53094 between the City of Houston and NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC (formerly PRC PUBLIC SECTOR, INC) for Maintenance and Operational Support of the Consolidated Dispatching System at the Houston Emergency Center - 3 Years - $2,950,000.00 - Houston Emergency Center Fund
Dec 30, 2008 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 Rodriguez ROLL CALL ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Consent Agenda: Miscellaneous: Items 1 - 3 Accept Work: Items 4-8 Property 11-26 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 27-29 Resolutions & Ordinances: Items 32, 34-36, 38, 40, 43-46, 48-50
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
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
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
37. ORDINANCE approving third amendment of the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and G - HOLM a. ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving an amended Fiscal Year 2009 Operating Budget for the authority and an amended Fiscal Year 2009–2013 Capital Improvement Budget for the zone - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and G - HOLM 31. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSTON SIGN CODE, relating to directional and locational signs for institutions of higher education and medical institutions; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability
9. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from James Harrison of Paxson & Associates, P.C., on behalf of Stacey Fine Homes of Texas, Inc, for abandonment and sale of a ± 72?square-foot portion of Kelving Drive adjacent to Lot 5, Block 19 of the Braeswood Subdivision, Section One, out of the P. W. Rose Survey, Abstract 645, in exchange for the conveyance to the City of the full portion as a street easement, Parcels SY8-068 and AY8-111 - DISTRICT C ? CLUTTERBUCK 10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Frank Petrosky of Landtech Consultants, Inc, on behalf of Houston Community College System, for abandonment and sale of a 10-foot-wide utility easement and an 8-foot-wide utility easement from the east line of former Redwood Street to Garland Drive, Parcels SY9-018A and SY9-018B - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ
33. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Calumet Drive (Parcel SY8-034), from Caroline Street to Austin Street, containing 0.4591 acres of land, more or less; vacating and abandoning said tract to the Holocaust Museum Houston, abutting owner, in consideration of owner’s conveyance to the City of a utility easement (Parcel VY8-033), located in the Hermann Park Addition, Sec. 2, J. Christy Survey, A-212, Houston, Harris County, Texas, and owner’s payment to the City of $572,115.00; however, in lieu of immediate payment, owner will commit to seeking federal funding and such funds will be deposited, within five (5) years, into a special City account for the benefit of the Museum and Management District Area - DISTRICT D - ADAMS 39. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2006-0087 to increase the maximum contract amount and approve and authorize first amendment to Contract No. C53094 between the City of Houston and NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC (formerly PRC PUBLIC SECTOR, INC) for Maintenance and Operational Support of the Consolidated Dispatching System at the Houston Emergency Center - 3 Years - $2,950,000.00 - Houston Emergency Center Fund