Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Current Financial Status of the City
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.
Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Item 1, Accept Work - Item 2, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 3 through 6, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 7 through 28.
(Item 1) RECOMMENDATION from Director Parks & Recreation Department for approval of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan Update. (Item 8) ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 47-164 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to developer participation contracts; containing findings and other provisions relating to the subject; providing for severability.
(Item 10) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2005-322 (passed by City Council on March 30, 2005) to increase the maximum contract amount for the Interlocal Agreement between the City and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES (DIR) and the Intergovernmental Agreement with FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA for the procurement of Technology Products and Services for Various Departments. (Item 11) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Contract (C56218) between the City of Houston and PETDATA, INC for Animal Licensing Services for the Health & Human Services Department.
(Item 13) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,235,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and awarding contract to IDEA INTEGRATION CORP. for an Automated Mobile Pavement Condition Rating and Manual Asset Tagging System and Data Collection Vehicle for the Public Works & Engineering Department. (Item 14) ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MILLER & VAN EATON, P.L.L.C. for Legal Services regarding the Trunked Radio System. (Item 16) ORDINANCE appropriating $596,616.00 out of Mobility Response Team Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES, INC for Comprehensive City Mobility Plan (CMP), WBS N?000662-0031-3.
(Item 18) ORDINANCE appropriating the additional $245,300.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and the BLACK AND VEATCH CORPORATION for the Almeda Sims Sludge Processing Facility Improvements, WBS R-000298-0001-3. (Item 22) ORDINANCE appropriating $802,655.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and SWA GROUP for Master Plan Services for the Lake Houston Park, WBS F-000695-0001-3; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund.
(Item 29) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Garcia to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Karen Riddle, Abel Permits, on behalf of Pedro Arreguin, for abandonment and sale of ±21,760-square-feet of excess dedicated Dacoma Street right-of-way from Hurfus Street to Karbach Street, adjacent to Lot 75 of the Eureka Acres Subdivision, Parcel SY8-010. (Item 30) ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-257, passed March 26, 2008, which altered and established maximum Prima Facie Speed Limits in certain zones in the City of Houston; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing a repealer; containing a savings clause; providing for severability; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty.
Apr 02, 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.
Current Financial Status of the City
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.
Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Item 1, Accept Work - Item 2, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 3 through 6, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 7 through 28.
(Item 1) RECOMMENDATION from Director Parks & Recreation Department for approval of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan Update. (Item 8) ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 47-164 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to developer participation contracts; containing findings and other provisions relating to the subject; providing for severability.
(Item 10) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2005-322 (passed by City Council on March 30, 2005) to increase the maximum contract amount for the Interlocal Agreement between the City and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES (DIR) and the Intergovernmental Agreement with FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA for the procurement of Technology Products and Services for Various Departments. (Item 11) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Contract (C56218) between the City of Houston and PETDATA, INC for Animal Licensing Services for the Health & Human Services Department.
(Item 13) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,235,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and awarding contract to IDEA INTEGRATION CORP. for an Automated Mobile Pavement Condition Rating and Manual Asset Tagging System and Data Collection Vehicle for the Public Works & Engineering Department. (Item 14) ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MILLER & VAN EATON, P.L.L.C. for Legal Services regarding the Trunked Radio System. (Item 16) ORDINANCE appropriating $596,616.00 out of Mobility Response Team Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES, INC for Comprehensive City Mobility Plan (CMP), WBS N?000662-0031-3.
(Item 18) ORDINANCE appropriating the additional $245,300.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and the BLACK AND VEATCH CORPORATION for the Almeda Sims Sludge Processing Facility Improvements, WBS R-000298-0001-3. (Item 22) ORDINANCE appropriating $802,655.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and SWA GROUP for Master Plan Services for the Lake Houston Park, WBS F-000695-0001-3; providing funding for the Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund.
(Item 29) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Garcia to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Karen Riddle, Abel Permits, on behalf of Pedro Arreguin, for abandonment and sale of ±21,760-square-feet of excess dedicated Dacoma Street right-of-way from Hurfus Street to Karbach Street, adjacent to Lot 75 of the Eureka Acres Subdivision, Parcel SY8-010. (Item 30) ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-257, passed March 26, 2008, which altered and established maximum Prima Facie Speed Limits in certain zones in the City of Houston; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing a repealer; containing a savings clause; providing for severability; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty.