Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Presentations and Proclamations
Presentations and Proclamations by the City Council on August 6, 2008.
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 Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 and 2, Damages - Item 3, Accept Work - Items 4 through 10, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 11 and 12, Ordinances - Items 13 through 36.
Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney for settlement of lawsuit styled DWAYNE JONES, Individually and as Father of LOGAN JONES, Deceased v. City of Houston, Texas; in the 281st District Court, Harris County, Texas; Cause No. 2004-72870 - $245,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
Item 4: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $2,336,681.44 and acceptance of work on contract with 3D/INTERNATIONAL, INC for New Fire Station 105, WBS C-000166-0001-4 - .18% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $104,710.00 and acceptance of work on contract with PLAYPOWER LT FARMINGTON, INC for Brookline Park, WBS F-000610-0001-4 - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 7: ORDINANCE appropriating $18,396.02 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Construction contract with CANNES ENTERPRISES, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program T7 Project, WBS N-00610A-00T7-4, (approved by Ordinance No. 2003-1340) Item 7a: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $354,282.62 and acceptance of work on contract with CANNES ENTERPRISES, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program T7 Project, WBS N-00610A-00T7-4 - 10.75% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT C - CLUTTERBUCK
Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,436,500.02 and acceptance of work on contract with MCKINNEY CONSTRUCTION, INC for Water Line Replacement in Clinton Park, Settegast, and Sunnyside Areas, WBS S-000036-0009-4 - 3.60% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,993,169.40 and acceptance of work on contract with TROY CONSTRUCTION, LLP for Replacement of 3 Aerial Crossings, Removal of 2 Aerial Crossings and Replacement of 550 Linear Feet of 24-inch Water Line along Sawyer from Union to Center, WBS S-000901-0002-4 - 2.87% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; E ? SULLIVAN and H ? GARCIAItem 12: TOTER, INCORPORATED for Automated Refuse Containers (Two-Wheel Carts) from the Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Solid Waste Management Department - $899,986.54 - General Fund Item 14: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP, INC for Third Party Administration of the City’s Workers’ Compensation Program and related services; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 two-year options - $19,897,025.00 - Workers’ Compensation Fund
Item 15: ORDINANCE approving the closings to vehicular traffic of railroad crossings of Canal Street, Delmar Street, Edgewood Street and Manchester Street; vacating and abandoning those tracts of land to Union Pacific Railroad Company, the abutting owner, while reserving and retaining utility easements in the underlying property - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 21: ORDINANCE appropriating $450,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing a Development Agreement between the City and BURGHLI INVESTMENTS, LLC to develop ten (10) solar powered affordable single-family homes to be sold to qualified low-income and very low-income families - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON Item 22: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,393,280.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing contract between the City and HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY to Design and Install an Automatic Fire Sprinkler System for a low-income elderly housing development located at 7225 Bellerive, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT F - KHAN Item 23: ORDINANCE appropriating $5,877,009.12 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone) and Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone) for administrative expenses, payment of project costs, payment to HUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and GREATER GREENSPOINT REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and E - SULLIVAN
Item 26: ORDINANCE appropriating $5,060,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund (4506); approving and authorizing the purchase of easements and other interests in real property and payment of the costs of such purchases and/or condemnations of such real property and associated costs for Appraisal Fees, Title Policies/Services, Recording Fees, Court Costs and Expert Witness Fees, for and in connection with, and finding a public necessity for the capital improvement projects identified in the body of this ordinance, WBS N-00663A-00RE-2-01 Item 30: ORDINANCE appropriating $2,100,000.00 out of Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund, WBS N-000662-0032-4 and $1,401,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund, WBS N-000817-0001-4; Item 33: ORDINANCE granting to AROUND THE CLOCK TRASH HAULING, A Texas Sole Proprietorship, the right, privilege and franchise to collect, haul and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - FIRST READING
RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent to make the following awards for Landscape, Plants, Trees, Grass and Associated Landscape Materials for Various Departments $2,984,415.00 - General and Enterprise Funds: CHAMPION LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES, INC - $1,915,682.50, HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE, L.L.P. - $690,465.00, THE LETCO GROUP LLC - $106,179.25, TEXAN TREE DEPOT, L.P. - $95,186.25. COUNCIL DRAW LOTS - ITEM NO. 21 (sod) due to receiving identical bids from AAA VENTURES, INC and HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE L.L.P. in an amount of $57,500.00 and ITEM NOS. 95, 104, 109, 111, 113, 115 and 119 (trees) due to receiving identical bids from HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE L.L.P. and CHAMPION LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES, INC in an amount of $119,402.00.
(Item 38) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Convention & Entertainment Facilities for approval of supplemental budget submitted by the GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU for the Promotion of tourism and the solicitation of convention business. (Item 39) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of annual payment for participation in the Galveston Bay Estuary Program projects through the Houston-Galveston Area Council. (Item 40) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,074,267.17 and acceptance of work on contract with SPAWGLASS CIVIL CONSTRUCTION, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program 02 Project, WBS N-00646. (Item 41) ORDINANCE appropriating $253,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and POST BUCKLEY SCHUH & JARNIGAN, INC d/b/a PBS&J, WBS N-000687-0003-3.
Aug 06, 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.
Presentations and Proclamations
Presentations and Proclamations by the City Council on August 6, 2008.
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 Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 and 2, Damages - Item 3, Accept Work - Items 4 through 10, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 11 and 12, Ordinances - Items 13 through 36.
Item 3: RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney for settlement of lawsuit styled DWAYNE JONES, Individually and as Father of LOGAN JONES, Deceased v. City of Houston, Texas; in the 281st District Court, Harris County, Texas; Cause No. 2004-72870 - $245,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
Item 4: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $2,336,681.44 and acceptance of work on contract with 3D/INTERNATIONAL, INC for New Fire Station 105, WBS C-000166-0001-4 - .18% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN Item 5: RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $104,710.00 and acceptance of work on contract with PLAYPOWER LT FARMINGTON, INC for Brookline Park, WBS F-000610-0001-4 - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 7: ORDINANCE appropriating $18,396.02 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Construction contract with CANNES ENTERPRISES, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program T7 Project, WBS N-00610A-00T7-4, (approved by Ordinance No. 2003-1340) Item 7a: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $354,282.62 and acceptance of work on contract with CANNES ENTERPRISES, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program T7 Project, WBS N-00610A-00T7-4 - 10.75% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT C - CLUTTERBUCK
Item 9: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,436,500.02 and acceptance of work on contract with MCKINNEY CONSTRUCTION, INC for Water Line Replacement in Clinton Park, Settegast, and Sunnyside Areas, WBS S-000036-0009-4 - 3.60% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS B ? JOHNSON; D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ Item 10: RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,993,169.40 and acceptance of work on contract with TROY CONSTRUCTION, LLP for Replacement of 3 Aerial Crossings, Removal of 2 Aerial Crossings and Replacement of 550 Linear Feet of 24-inch Water Line along Sawyer from Union to Center, WBS S-000901-0002-4 - 2.87% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS; E ? SULLIVAN and H ? GARCIAItem 12: TOTER, INCORPORATED for Automated Refuse Containers (Two-Wheel Carts) from the Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Solid Waste Management Department - $899,986.54 - General Fund Item 14: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP, INC for Third Party Administration of the City’s Workers’ Compensation Program and related services; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 two-year options - $19,897,025.00 - Workers’ Compensation Fund
Item 15: ORDINANCE approving the closings to vehicular traffic of railroad crossings of Canal Street, Delmar Street, Edgewood Street and Manchester Street; vacating and abandoning those tracts of land to Union Pacific Railroad Company, the abutting owner, while reserving and retaining utility easements in the underlying property - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ Item 21: ORDINANCE appropriating $450,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing a Development Agreement between the City and BURGHLI INVESTMENTS, LLC to develop ten (10) solar powered affordable single-family homes to be sold to qualified low-income and very low-income families - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON Item 22: ORDINANCE appropriating $1,393,280.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and approving and authorizing contract between the City and HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY to Design and Install an Automatic Fire Sprinkler System for a low-income elderly housing development located at 7225 Bellerive, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT F - KHAN Item 23: ORDINANCE appropriating $5,877,009.12 out of Tax Increment Funds for Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone) and Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Greenspoint Zone) for administrative expenses, payment of project costs, payment to HUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and GREATER GREENSPOINT REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and E - SULLIVAN
Item 26: ORDINANCE appropriating $5,060,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund (4506); approving and authorizing the purchase of easements and other interests in real property and payment of the costs of such purchases and/or condemnations of such real property and associated costs for Appraisal Fees, Title Policies/Services, Recording Fees, Court Costs and Expert Witness Fees, for and in connection with, and finding a public necessity for the capital improvement projects identified in the body of this ordinance, WBS N-00663A-00RE-2-01 Item 30: ORDINANCE appropriating $2,100,000.00 out of Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund, WBS N-000662-0032-4 and $1,401,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund, WBS N-000817-0001-4; Item 33: ORDINANCE granting to AROUND THE CLOCK TRASH HAULING, A Texas Sole Proprietorship, the right, privilege and franchise to collect, haul and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - FIRST READING
RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent to make the following awards for Landscape, Plants, Trees, Grass and Associated Landscape Materials for Various Departments $2,984,415.00 - General and Enterprise Funds: CHAMPION LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES, INC - $1,915,682.50, HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE, L.L.P. - $690,465.00, THE LETCO GROUP LLC - $106,179.25, TEXAN TREE DEPOT, L.P. - $95,186.25. COUNCIL DRAW LOTS - ITEM NO. 21 (sod) due to receiving identical bids from AAA VENTURES, INC and HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE L.L.P. in an amount of $57,500.00 and ITEM NOS. 95, 104, 109, 111, 113, 115 and 119 (trees) due to receiving identical bids from HALL’S LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE L.L.P. and CHAMPION LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES, INC in an amount of $119,402.00.
(Item 38) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Convention & Entertainment Facilities for approval of supplemental budget submitted by the GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU for the Promotion of tourism and the solicitation of convention business. (Item 39) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of annual payment for participation in the Galveston Bay Estuary Program projects through the Houston-Galveston Area Council. (Item 40) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,074,267.17 and acceptance of work on contract with SPAWGLASS CIVIL CONSTRUCTION, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program 02 Project, WBS N-00646. (Item 41) ORDINANCE appropriating $253,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and POST BUCKLEY SCHUH & JARNIGAN, INC d/b/a PBS&J, WBS N-000687-0003-3.