Item 1: PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into 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 certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts; and on separate proposals by the City of Houston to amend the regulatory plans for limited purposes of certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts
Item 2: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following as Full-Time Municipal Court Judges for two year terms Item 3: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following as Part-Time Municipal Court Judges for two year terms Item 4: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. JAMIE MIZE, to Position One, to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MAIN STREET MARKET STREET ZONE), for a term ending December 31, 2008 and as Chair for a term ending December 31, 2008
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
Item 16: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 28-37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the regulation and prohibition of Attention-Getting Devices; containing definitions; making various provisions and findings relating to the foregoing subject
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
Consent Agenda: Miscellaneous: Items 2 - 7 Accept Work: Items 8 and 8A Property: Item 9 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 10 - 15 Ordinances: Items 16 - 40
Item 7: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for payment of invoice from TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED WATER QUALITY (CWQ) fee for FY09 - $1,175,230.20 Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Christy B. Smidt of Kerry R. Gilbert & Associates, Inc., on behalf of EBH Development Group, for abandonment and sale of Briarway Court from Briar Hollow Lane to its terminus and a 10-foot-wide prescriptive storm sewer easement, all located within the Ivy Oaks Subdivision plat out of the William White Survey, A-836, Parcels SY9-010A and SY9-010B Item 11: ORDINANCE appropriating $146,492.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for Emergency Repair of a 24” Water Force Main at 1024 W. Bay Area Blvd. and I-45 for the Public Works & Engineering Department Item 11a: REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for Emergency Repair of a 24” Water Main for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - $146,492.00
Item 17: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a surface pipeline easement and a subsurface pipeline easement (Parcels SY7?033A and SY7-033B), vacating and abandoning said easements to Monument Pipeline, L.P. (“Monument”), and granting four temporary workspace easements (Parcels SY7-033C through SY7-033F) in consideration of Monument’s payment to the City of $21,003.00; Item 22: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-385, passed on April 30, 2008 which approved and authorized the submission of the 2008 Consolidated Action Plan (“Plan”) and various Federal Grant Applications, by making a substantial amendment to the plan to add a new grant application for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program in the amount of $13,542,193.00 and to accept the aforementioned grant funds, if awarded Item 32: ordinance appropriating $399,877.50 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund to be reimbursed from the Woodlands Regional Participation Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Landscape Architectural Services Task Order Contract between the City of Houston and SWA GROUP, INC for the Lake Houston Park for the Parks & Recreation Department, WBS F-000695-0002-3; providing a maximum contract amount; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to design services financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund
Item 41: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,630,596.85 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P., for Sewer Line Relocation and Replacement, WBS R-000266-00U2-4 (WW4898) - 3.11% under the original contract amount Item 42: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,527,866.50 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P., for Waterline Relocation and Replacement, WBS S-000035-00V2-4 (WW10863) - 1.05% under the original contract amount Item 43: RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent award to UR INTERNATIONAL, INC for Radio Frequency Identification System for the Houston Department of Health & Human Services $250,800.00 Item 44: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,349,251.13 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund and $387,000.00 out of Parks Special Fund and approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Landscape Architectural Task Order Contract between the City of Houston and CLARK CONDON ASSOCIATES, INC (Approved by Ordinance No. 08-0455) for the Parks and Recreation Department, WBS F-00504B-0002-3; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund
Matters to be Presented by Council Members
Matters to be Presented by Council Members Council Member Lovell first
Nov 12, 2008 City Council
Item 1: PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into 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 certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts; and on separate proposals by the City of Houston to amend the regulatory plans for limited purposes of certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts
Item 2: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following as Full-Time Municipal Court Judges for two year terms Item 3: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following as Part-Time Municipal Court Judges for two year terms Item 4: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. JAMIE MIZE, to Position One, to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MAIN STREET MARKET STREET ZONE), for a term ending December 31, 2008 and as Chair for a term ending December 31, 2008
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
Item 16: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 28-37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the regulation and prohibition of Attention-Getting Devices; containing definitions; making various provisions and findings relating to the foregoing subject
PUBLIC SPEAKERS - 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
Consent Agenda: Miscellaneous: Items 2 - 7 Accept Work: Items 8 and 8A Property: Item 9 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 10 - 15 Ordinances: Items 16 - 40
Item 7: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for payment of invoice from TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED WATER QUALITY (CWQ) fee for FY09 - $1,175,230.20 Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Christy B. Smidt of Kerry R. Gilbert & Associates, Inc., on behalf of EBH Development Group, for abandonment and sale of Briarway Court from Briar Hollow Lane to its terminus and a 10-foot-wide prescriptive storm sewer easement, all located within the Ivy Oaks Subdivision plat out of the William White Survey, A-836, Parcels SY9-010A and SY9-010B Item 11: ORDINANCE appropriating $146,492.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for Emergency Repair of a 24” Water Force Main at 1024 W. Bay Area Blvd. and I-45 for the Public Works & Engineering Department Item 11a: REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for Emergency Repair of a 24” Water Main for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - $146,492.00
Item 17: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a surface pipeline easement and a subsurface pipeline easement (Parcels SY7?033A and SY7-033B), vacating and abandoning said easements to Monument Pipeline, L.P. (“Monument”), and granting four temporary workspace easements (Parcels SY7-033C through SY7-033F) in consideration of Monument’s payment to the City of $21,003.00; Item 22: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-385, passed on April 30, 2008 which approved and authorized the submission of the 2008 Consolidated Action Plan (“Plan”) and various Federal Grant Applications, by making a substantial amendment to the plan to add a new grant application for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program in the amount of $13,542,193.00 and to accept the aforementioned grant funds, if awarded Item 32: ordinance appropriating $399,877.50 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund to be reimbursed from the Woodlands Regional Participation Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Landscape Architectural Services Task Order Contract between the City of Houston and SWA GROUP, INC for the Lake Houston Park for the Parks & Recreation Department, WBS F-000695-0002-3; providing a maximum contract amount; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to design services financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund
Item 41: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,630,596.85 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P., for Sewer Line Relocation and Replacement, WBS R-000266-00U2-4 (WW4898) - 3.11% under the original contract amount Item 42: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,527,866.50 and acceptance of work on contract with METRO CITY CONSTRUCTION, L.P., for Waterline Relocation and Replacement, WBS S-000035-00V2-4 (WW10863) - 1.05% under the original contract amount Item 43: RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent award to UR INTERNATIONAL, INC for Radio Frequency Identification System for the Houston Department of Health & Human Services $250,800.00 Item 44: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,349,251.13 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund and $387,000.00 out of Parks Special Fund and approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Landscape Architectural Task Order Contract between the City of Houston and CLARK CONDON ASSOCIATES, INC (Approved by Ordinance No. 08-0455) for the Parks and Recreation Department, WBS F-00504B-0002-3; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund
Matters to be Presented by Council Members
Matters to be Presented by Council Members Council Member Lovell first