Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Report on 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 and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller.
Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 and 2, Accept Work - Items 3 through 6, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Item 7, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 8 through 28.
ORDINANCE approving Amateur Sports Complex as a Public Works Project under the third amended and restated Series E Commercial Paper Ordinance and appropriating $6,420,000.00 from Series E Commercial Paper Amateur Sports Complex Fund and approving, ratifying and authorizing the purchase and payment of land acquisition costs for the Real Estate Contract between Steven J. Gibson, Trustee, Seller (“Seller”), and the City of Houston, Texas, Purchaser (the “City”), for approximately 80 acres of unimproved land out of the James Hamilton Survey, Abstract 886 and J. W. Moody Survey, Abstract 548, Harris County, Texas, for a purchase price, with related expenses, of $6,420,000.00.
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract (C51076) between the City of Houston and REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES OF TEXAS, LTD., to increase recyclable waste by reducing city waste currently sent to landfills - 7 Years - $56,000,000.00 - General Fund.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 312.3.3 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON ELECTRICAL CODE, and SECTION 28-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Electric Fences.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 312.3.3 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON ELECTRICAL CODE, and SECTION 28-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Electric Fences.
RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $7,260,402.00 and acceptance of work contract with ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, L.P. for Upper Brays, Almeda Sims, and WCID No. 111 Wastewater Treatment Plants Improvements, WBS R-000265-0020-4 - 1.03% over the original contract amount.
(17.)ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0744 relating to the fiscal affairs of the Upper Kirby Redevelopment Authority on behalf of Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen. (4.) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $6,234,142.96 and acceptance of work contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (5.) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $10,130,844.54 and acceptance of work on contract with BOYER, INC. (8.) RESOLUTION ratifying and re-approving City of Houston Resolution 2007-46 authorizing City of Houston Industrial Development Corporation Senior Air Cargo Special Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008 and Senior Air Cargo Special Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2008. (13.) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing disbursement of up to $3,750,000.00 received from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission, Texas Recreation and Parks Account, to acquire the title to that certain 5.000 acre tract of land, located in the J. Reinerman Survey, A-642, Harris County, Texas from the Houston Parks Board, a Texas non-profit corporation, doing business as "The Houston Parks Board, Inc.", free and clear of all monetary liens; approving and ratifying a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Account Agreement.
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City to release Four (4) lots owned by the Houston Housing Finance Corporation and located in the Fourth Ward from certain land use restrictions.
(15.) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. (16.) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0735 relating to the fiscal affairs of the Midtown Redevelopment Authority on behalf of Reinvestment Zone Number Two. (20.) ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2004-0685, passed on June 30, 2004, which approved and authorized the submission of the 2004 consolidated plan to the Unites States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including a grant application for the Home Investment Partnerships ("HOME") Program under the authority of Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended. (22.) ORDINANCE appropriating $245,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LBG-GUYTON ASSOCIATES for Design of the Rehabilitation of Water Wells at various locations. (25.) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,800,000.00 out of Drainage Improvements Commercial Paper Series F, Fund; and allocating $500,000.00 out of Storm Water Utility Fund, awarding contract to TOTAL CONTRACTING, LTD. for On-Call Drainage Construction.
(29.) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 30, 2008, to receive nominations for Positions Five and Seven to the ETHICS COMMITTEE for two-year staggered terms. (30.) SET A HEARING DATE relative to the nomination of Deloitte, LLP as an enterprise project of the Texas Enterprise Zone Program
(33.) ORDINANCE appropriating $7,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 5 to the contract for Professional Architectural/Engineering Services by and between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS AND NEWNAM, INC for Terminal Improvements at William P. Hobby Airport; Project 417E; WBS A-000141-0003-03-17. (35.) ORDINANCE finding and declaring public convenience and necessity for the acquisition of Fee Simple Title or easements for rights-of-way in connection with the public improvement project known as the Mercury Drive Paving Project, Segment 4
Jan 30, 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.
Report on 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 and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller.
Consent Agenda Items: Miscellaneous -Items 1 and 2, Accept Work - Items 3 through 6, Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids - Item 7, Resolutions and Ordinances - Items 8 through 28.
ORDINANCE approving Amateur Sports Complex as a Public Works Project under the third amended and restated Series E Commercial Paper Ordinance and appropriating $6,420,000.00 from Series E Commercial Paper Amateur Sports Complex Fund and approving, ratifying and authorizing the purchase and payment of land acquisition costs for the Real Estate Contract between Steven J. Gibson, Trustee, Seller (“Seller”), and the City of Houston, Texas, Purchaser (the “City”), for approximately 80 acres of unimproved land out of the James Hamilton Survey, Abstract 886 and J. W. Moody Survey, Abstract 548, Harris County, Texas, for a purchase price, with related expenses, of $6,420,000.00.
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract (C51076) between the City of Houston and REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES OF TEXAS, LTD., to increase recyclable waste by reducing city waste currently sent to landfills - 7 Years - $56,000,000.00 - General Fund.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 312.3.3 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON ELECTRICAL CODE, and SECTION 28-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Electric Fences.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 312.3.3 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON ELECTRICAL CODE, and SECTION 28-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Electric Fences.
RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $7,260,402.00 and acceptance of work contract with ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, L.P. for Upper Brays, Almeda Sims, and WCID No. 111 Wastewater Treatment Plants Improvements, WBS R-000265-0020-4 - 1.03% over the original contract amount.
(17.)ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0744 relating to the fiscal affairs of the Upper Kirby Redevelopment Authority on behalf of Reinvestment Zone Number Nineteen. (4.) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $6,234,142.96 and acceptance of work contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (5.) RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $10,130,844.54 and acceptance of work on contract with BOYER, INC. (8.) RESOLUTION ratifying and re-approving City of Houston Resolution 2007-46 authorizing City of Houston Industrial Development Corporation Senior Air Cargo Special Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008 and Senior Air Cargo Special Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2008. (13.) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing disbursement of up to $3,750,000.00 received from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission, Texas Recreation and Parks Account, to acquire the title to that certain 5.000 acre tract of land, located in the J. Reinerman Survey, A-642, Harris County, Texas from the Houston Parks Board, a Texas non-profit corporation, doing business as "The Houston Parks Board, Inc.", free and clear of all monetary liens; approving and ratifying a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Account Agreement.
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City to release Four (4) lots owned by the Houston Housing Finance Corporation and located in the Fourth Ward from certain land use restrictions.
(15.) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. (16.) ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-0735 relating to the fiscal affairs of the Midtown Redevelopment Authority on behalf of Reinvestment Zone Number Two. (20.) ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2004-0685, passed on June 30, 2004, which approved and authorized the submission of the 2004 consolidated plan to the Unites States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including a grant application for the Home Investment Partnerships ("HOME") Program under the authority of Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended. (22.) ORDINANCE appropriating $245,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LBG-GUYTON ASSOCIATES for Design of the Rehabilitation of Water Wells at various locations. (25.) ORDINANCE appropriating $1,800,000.00 out of Drainage Improvements Commercial Paper Series F, Fund; and allocating $500,000.00 out of Storm Water Utility Fund, awarding contract to TOTAL CONTRACTING, LTD. for On-Call Drainage Construction.
(29.) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 30, 2008, to receive nominations for Positions Five and Seven to the ETHICS COMMITTEE for two-year staggered terms. (30.) SET A HEARING DATE relative to the nomination of Deloitte, LLP as an enterprise project of the Texas Enterprise Zone Program
(33.) ORDINANCE appropriating $7,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 5 to the contract for Professional Architectural/Engineering Services by and between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS AND NEWNAM, INC for Terminal Improvements at William P. Hobby Airport; Project 417E; WBS A-000141-0003-03-17. (35.) ORDINANCE finding and declaring public convenience and necessity for the acquisition of Fee Simple Title or easements for rights-of-way in connection with the public improvement project known as the Mercury Drive Paving Project, Segment 4