Item 1: PUBLIC HEARING to consider amendments to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to certain replats
Item 1-1: Public hearing to consider an ordinance readdopting standards of care relating to the city Parks and Recreation department's youth recreation program.
Miscellaneous: Item 2 Accept Work: Items 3-5 Property: Item 6 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Item 7 Ordinances: Items 8-28
Item 2: RECOMMENDATION from Director Solid Waste Management Department for additional funding for contract with WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC for Solid Waste Disposal for Solid Waste Management Department - $456,000.00 Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,789,591.51 and acceptance of work contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method (LDS), WBS R-002013-0012-4 - 0.89% over the original contract amount Item 12: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to enter into contracts with SPRING BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA to administer an After School Achievement Program ("ASAP") - $280,000.00 Item 13: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of Sampson Street, from Leeland Avenue to Denver Avenue (Parcel SY2-033A), and a portion of Bell Avenue, from Sampson Street approximately 195 feet east (Parcel SY2-033B), both located in the Blair Brothers Addition;
Item 14: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE for Professional Civic Art and Conservation Administration Services on behalf of the General Services Department; providing a maximum contract amount - $2,362,000.00 - Water & Sewer System, Fire, Police, Public Library, Parks and Public Health Consolidated Construction Funds Item 15: ORDINANCE appropriating $30,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund (1800); approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between AMERICOR LAND, L.L.C., Seller (“Seller”), and the City of Houston, Texas, Purchaser (the “City”), for 22.521 acres of land, more or less, more commonly known as 10509, 10319 and 10401 South Main Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas; appropriating $30,000.00 for due diligence expenses Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and PATRIOT ADVERTISING, INC for Advertising Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 1 Year with 1 one-year option - $750,000.00 - General Fund
Item 24: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to contract between the City and the TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY for the PM 2.5 Air Monitoring System (#FC70069) - 1 Year - $68,000.00 - Grant Fund Item 25: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between the City and the TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY for the Biowatch Air Monitoring System (#FC70067) - 1 Year - $623,194.00 - Grant Fund Item 27: ORDINANCE appropriating $6,796,459.00 out of Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund; awarding contract to HUFF AND MITCHELL, INC for Hayes Road Reconstruction from Westheimer Road to Briar Forest Drive, WBS N-000780-0001-4; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund
Item 29: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MICHAEL ROBERT BOYD d/b/a BOYD SMITH & ASSOCIATES for Professional Polygraph Testing Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $514,000.00 Item 30: ORDINANCE creating the Drainage Supplemental Debt Service Fund (“The Fund”); establishing the sources and uses of the funds therein for City Drainage Programs; appropriating from the General Fund Fund Balance and transferring to the fund an amount based upon the City’s ad valorem tax revenue for Fiscal Year 2009 for the purposes set out herein; amending Ordinance No. 2004-403 to include such funds as additional security for the City's General Obligation Commercial Paper Notes, Series F Item 31: ORDINANCE determining that the formal taking of competitive bids is not required for the work described herein, and awarding contract to TIBH INDUSTRIES, INC for Litter Removal Services for the Public Works & Engineering Department - 5 Years - $7,500,000.00 - Stormwater Fund
Aug 27, 2008 City Council
Item 1: PUBLIC HEARING to consider amendments to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to certain replats
Item 1-1: Public hearing to consider an ordinance readdopting standards of care relating to the city Parks and Recreation department's youth recreation program.
Miscellaneous: Item 2 Accept Work: Items 3-5 Property: Item 6 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Item 7 Ordinances: Items 8-28
Item 2: RECOMMENDATION from Director Solid Waste Management Department for additional funding for contract with WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC for Solid Waste Disposal for Solid Waste Management Department - $456,000.00 Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,789,591.51 and acceptance of work contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method (LDS), WBS R-002013-0012-4 - 0.89% over the original contract amount Item 12: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to enter into contracts with SPRING BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA to administer an After School Achievement Program ("ASAP") - $280,000.00 Item 13: ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of Sampson Street, from Leeland Avenue to Denver Avenue (Parcel SY2-033A), and a portion of Bell Avenue, from Sampson Street approximately 195 feet east (Parcel SY2-033B), both located in the Blair Brothers Addition;
Item 14: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE for Professional Civic Art and Conservation Administration Services on behalf of the General Services Department; providing a maximum contract amount - $2,362,000.00 - Water & Sewer System, Fire, Police, Public Library, Parks and Public Health Consolidated Construction Funds Item 15: ORDINANCE appropriating $30,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund (1800); approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between AMERICOR LAND, L.L.C., Seller (“Seller”), and the City of Houston, Texas, Purchaser (the “City”), for 22.521 acres of land, more or less, more commonly known as 10509, 10319 and 10401 South Main Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas; appropriating $30,000.00 for due diligence expenses Item 19: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and PATRIOT ADVERTISING, INC for Advertising Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 1 Year with 1 one-year option - $750,000.00 - General Fund
Item 24: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to contract between the City and the TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY for the PM 2.5 Air Monitoring System (#FC70069) - 1 Year - $68,000.00 - Grant Fund Item 25: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between the City and the TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY for the Biowatch Air Monitoring System (#FC70067) - 1 Year - $623,194.00 - Grant Fund Item 27: ORDINANCE appropriating $6,796,459.00 out of Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund; awarding contract to HUFF AND MITCHELL, INC for Hayes Road Reconstruction from Westheimer Road to Briar Forest Drive, WBS N-000780-0001-4; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund
Item 29: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MICHAEL ROBERT BOYD d/b/a BOYD SMITH & ASSOCIATES for Professional Polygraph Testing Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $514,000.00 Item 30: ORDINANCE creating the Drainage Supplemental Debt Service Fund (“The Fund”); establishing the sources and uses of the funds therein for City Drainage Programs; appropriating from the General Fund Fund Balance and transferring to the fund an amount based upon the City’s ad valorem tax revenue for Fiscal Year 2009 for the purposes set out herein; amending Ordinance No. 2004-403 to include such funds as additional security for the City's General Obligation Commercial Paper Notes, Series F Item 31: ORDINANCE determining that the formal taking of competitive bids is not required for the work described herein, and awarding contract to TIBH INDUSTRIES, INC for Litter Removal Services for the Public Works & Engineering Department - 5 Years - $7,500,000.00 - Stormwater Fund