Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 through 5, Damages - Item 6, Accept Work - Items 7 through 12, Property - Item 13, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 14 through 24, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 25 through 67.
ORDINANCE appropriating $2,770,600.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to PELTIER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LTD., for Easthaven Wastewater Treatment Plant Lift Station Replacement, WBS R-000267-00H2-4; 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, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following to the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION: PANEL 2: Position B2 - MS. JENIFER RENÉ POOL, for a term to expire December 31, 2009.
(Item 2) REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following to the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FIFTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE) BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms to expire July 6, 2009: Position Three - MS. JILL JEWETT. Position Five - MS. TINA ARIAS PETERMAN. (Item 3) RECOMMENDATION from Mayor’s Office of Government Affairs for Membership with the GULF COAST REGIONAL MOBILITY PARTNERS.
(Item 5) RECOMMENDATION from Chief of Police for Extension of Injury on duty leave for Officer LEROY U. WEAVER. (Item 35) ORDINANCE approving, authorizing and ratifying a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all municipal employees in the bargaining unit; providing for severability. (Item 35a) ORDINANCE amending Exhibit "A" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 90-1292 (as amended by City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-530), and Exhibit "B" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 2007?390 to amend the Master Classification Ordinance to revise the pay grade minimums and structure for certain classifications and increase pay grade maximums for all pay grades to reflect the compensation programs in the Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; add one job classifications substituting the amended exhibits as part of the current master classification listing; providing for severability.
(Item 7) RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System for approval of final contract amount of $9,742,875.33 and acceptance of work on contract with W. W. WEBBER, LLC for Demolition of Concourse "B" at William P. Hobby Airport. (Item 9) RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System for approval of final contract amount of $27,328,690.09 and acceptance of work on contract with W. W. WEBBER, LLC for SMGCS/Civil Site Work for the Instrument Landing System CAT III for Runway 4-22, Project No. 566B and Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation, Project No. 566, both Projects at William P. Hobby Airport. (Item 10) RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $676,101.83 and acceptance of work on contract with SPRING EQUIPMENT CO., INC for Neighborhood Solid Waste Depository. (Item 11) RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $5,140,737.00 and acceptance of work on contract with GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY for Looscan Branch Library Replacement.
(Item 12) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,014,115.14 and acceptance of work completed by the Surety, ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY on contract awarded to CONTRACTOR TECHNOLOGY, LTD., for 36-inch Water Line along Hillcroft Ave., Holly Dunlap, and N. Braeswood Blvd. from Bissonnet to N. Braeswood Blvd. (Item 13) 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 18) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,150,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund to Purchase Equipment to support the new services provided as part of the Renovations to Jones Central Library. (Item 18a) CULTURAL SURROUNDINGS for purchase of Equipment at Jones Central Library through the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative. (Item 24) AMEND MOTION #2008-0113, 2/6/08, to increase spending authority for purchase of professional advertising services from GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU for advertising for Houston Police Department Recruiting Program.
(Item 25) RESOLUTION regarding assurances to the NFL concerning support for SUPER BOWL XLVI. (Item 26) ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to convenience stores; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability.
(Item 27) ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to mobile automobile repair businesses and the licensing thereof; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability. (Item 28) ORDINANCE amending Section 10-551 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to compliance with deed restrictions involving certain fences; containing other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability.
(Item 29) ORDINANCE supplementing the City of Houston, Texas Master Ordinance No. 2004-299, providing for the issuance of Combined Utility System Revenue and Refunding Obligations and authorizing issuance of City of Houston, Texas, Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue and Refunding Bonds. (Item 30) ORDINANCE supplementing the City of Houston, Texas Master Ordinance No. 2004-299; supplementing and amending Ordinance No. 2004-300 as it relates to City of Houston, Texas, Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds. (Item 68) MUNICIPAL setting designation ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater from beneath a 15.6635-acre (682,302 square foot) tract of land out of the Dairy Subdivision.
(Item 37) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a contract between the City and LEADSONLINE, LLC for On-Line Property Crimes Database Subscription Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount. (Item 39) ORDINANCE appropriating $2,300,000.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) and approving and authorizing a fourth amendment to land assembly grant agreement between the City of Houston and the LAND ASSEMBLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ("LARA") to provide funds for certain approved costs. (Item 41) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Resolution and Submission of an Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant Application, in substantially the form attached hereto, by the Parks and Recreation Department to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), authorizing the Mayor to sign the Resolution and committing matching funds for the HERMAN BROWN PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
Items 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 57 and 61
(Item 44) ORDINANCE altering and establishing maximum Prima Facie Speed Limits in certain zones in the City of Houston. (Item 45) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MONTY PARTNERS LLP for Legal Services. (Item 52) ORDINANCE appropriating $500,000.00 TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing professional services contract between the City and ESPA CORP. for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 53) ORDINANCE appropriating $562,500.00 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund and $437,500.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing a Job Order Contract between the City of Houston and DIRECT ENERGY, LP for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 54) ORDINANCE appropriating $562,500.00 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund and $437,500.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing a Job Order Contract between the City of Houston and PAYLESS INSULATION, INC d/b/a PAYLESS INSULATION for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 57) ORDINANCE appropriating $650,000.00 out of Houston Airport System Consolidated 2001 AMT Fund, and approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and W. D. SCHOCK CO. for Real Property Consulting Services for the Houston Airport System. (Item 61) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,163,094.45 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund awarding contract to ACM CONTRACTORS, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program J1 Work Authorization Project.
(Item 69) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $2,874,140.00 and acceptance of work on contract with MERIDIAN COMMERCIAL, L.P. for Renovation of Police Stations: Central, NW, SW, & Magnolia, WBS G-000064-0001-4 - 20.56% over the original contract amount . (Item 70) ORDINANCE appropriating $230,230.62 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Construction Services for Various Houston Fire Stations, WBS C?000089-0003-4, under an existing citywide contract with SPRING EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. (Item 71) ORDINANCE appropriating $2,770,600.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to PELTIER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LTD., for Easthaven Wastewater Treatment Plant Lift Station Replacement, WBS R-000267-00H2-4; 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, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.
Mar 26, 2008 City Council
Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 through 5, Damages - Item 6, Accept Work - Items 7 through 12, Property - Item 13, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Items 14 through 24, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 25 through 67.
ORDINANCE appropriating $2,770,600.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to PELTIER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LTD., for Easthaven Wastewater Treatment Plant Lift Station Replacement, WBS R-000267-00H2-4; 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, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following to the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION: PANEL 2: Position B2 - MS. JENIFER RENÉ POOL, for a term to expire December 31, 2009.
(Item 2) REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following to the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FIFTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE) BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms to expire July 6, 2009: Position Three - MS. JILL JEWETT. Position Five - MS. TINA ARIAS PETERMAN. (Item 3) RECOMMENDATION from Mayor’s Office of Government Affairs for Membership with the GULF COAST REGIONAL MOBILITY PARTNERS.
(Item 5) RECOMMENDATION from Chief of Police for Extension of Injury on duty leave for Officer LEROY U. WEAVER. (Item 35) ORDINANCE approving, authorizing and ratifying a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all municipal employees in the bargaining unit; providing for severability. (Item 35a) ORDINANCE amending Exhibit "A" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 90-1292 (as amended by City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-530), and Exhibit "B" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 2007?390 to amend the Master Classification Ordinance to revise the pay grade minimums and structure for certain classifications and increase pay grade maximums for all pay grades to reflect the compensation programs in the Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; add one job classifications substituting the amended exhibits as part of the current master classification listing; providing for severability.
(Item 7) RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System for approval of final contract amount of $9,742,875.33 and acceptance of work on contract with W. W. WEBBER, LLC for Demolition of Concourse "B" at William P. Hobby Airport. (Item 9) RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System for approval of final contract amount of $27,328,690.09 and acceptance of work on contract with W. W. WEBBER, LLC for SMGCS/Civil Site Work for the Instrument Landing System CAT III for Runway 4-22, Project No. 566B and Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation, Project No. 566, both Projects at William P. Hobby Airport. (Item 10) RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $676,101.83 and acceptance of work on contract with SPRING EQUIPMENT CO., INC for Neighborhood Solid Waste Depository. (Item 11) RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $5,140,737.00 and acceptance of work on contract with GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY for Looscan Branch Library Replacement.
(Item 12) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,014,115.14 and acceptance of work completed by the Surety, ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY on contract awarded to CONTRACTOR TECHNOLOGY, LTD., for 36-inch Water Line along Hillcroft Ave., Holly Dunlap, and N. Braeswood Blvd. from Bissonnet to N. Braeswood Blvd. (Item 13) 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 18) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,150,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund to Purchase Equipment to support the new services provided as part of the Renovations to Jones Central Library. (Item 18a) CULTURAL SURROUNDINGS for purchase of Equipment at Jones Central Library through the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative. (Item 24) AMEND MOTION #2008-0113, 2/6/08, to increase spending authority for purchase of professional advertising services from GREATER HOUSTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU for advertising for Houston Police Department Recruiting Program.
(Item 25) RESOLUTION regarding assurances to the NFL concerning support for SUPER BOWL XLVI. (Item 26) ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to convenience stores; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability.
(Item 27) ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to mobile automobile repair businesses and the licensing thereof; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability. (Item 28) ORDINANCE amending Section 10-551 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, relating to compliance with deed restrictions involving certain fences; containing other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability.
(Item 29) ORDINANCE supplementing the City of Houston, Texas Master Ordinance No. 2004-299, providing for the issuance of Combined Utility System Revenue and Refunding Obligations and authorizing issuance of City of Houston, Texas, Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue and Refunding Bonds. (Item 30) ORDINANCE supplementing the City of Houston, Texas Master Ordinance No. 2004-299; supplementing and amending Ordinance No. 2004-300 as it relates to City of Houston, Texas, Combined Utility System First Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds. (Item 68) MUNICIPAL setting designation ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater from beneath a 15.6635-acre (682,302 square foot) tract of land out of the Dairy Subdivision.
(Item 37) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a contract between the City and LEADSONLINE, LLC for On-Line Property Crimes Database Subscription Services for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount. (Item 39) ORDINANCE appropriating $2,300,000.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) and approving and authorizing a fourth amendment to land assembly grant agreement between the City of Houston and the LAND ASSEMBLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ("LARA") to provide funds for certain approved costs. (Item 41) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Resolution and Submission of an Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant Application, in substantially the form attached hereto, by the Parks and Recreation Department to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), authorizing the Mayor to sign the Resolution and committing matching funds for the HERMAN BROWN PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
Items 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 57 and 61
(Item 44) ORDINANCE altering and establishing maximum Prima Facie Speed Limits in certain zones in the City of Houston. (Item 45) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MONTY PARTNERS LLP for Legal Services. (Item 52) ORDINANCE appropriating $500,000.00 TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing professional services contract between the City and ESPA CORP. for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 53) ORDINANCE appropriating $562,500.00 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund and $437,500.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing a Job Order Contract between the City of Houston and DIRECT ENERGY, LP for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 54) ORDINANCE appropriating $562,500.00 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund and $437,500.00 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund and approving and authorizing a Job Order Contract between the City of Houston and PAYLESS INSULATION, INC d/b/a PAYLESS INSULATION for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program. (Item 57) ORDINANCE appropriating $650,000.00 out of Houston Airport System Consolidated 2001 AMT Fund, and approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and W. D. SCHOCK CO. for Real Property Consulting Services for the Houston Airport System. (Item 61) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,163,094.45 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund awarding contract to ACM CONTRACTORS, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program J1 Work Authorization Project.
(Item 69) MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Lovell to adopt recommendation from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $2,874,140.00 and acceptance of work on contract with MERIDIAN COMMERCIAL, L.P. for Renovation of Police Stations: Central, NW, SW, & Magnolia, WBS G-000064-0001-4 - 20.56% over the original contract amount . (Item 70) ORDINANCE appropriating $230,230.62 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for Construction Services for Various Houston Fire Stations, WBS C?000089-0003-4, under an existing citywide contract with SPRING EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. (Item 71) ORDINANCE appropriating $2,770,600.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to PELTIER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LTD., for Easthaven Wastewater Treatment Plant Lift Station Replacement, WBS R-000267-00H2-4; 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, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.