Reading of the Consent Agenda
ADMIN REPORT
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 NUMBERS 1 through 105
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 7
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 8
PROPERTY - NUMBERS 9 through 12
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 13 through 21
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 23 through 105
Consideration of Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
3. RECOMMENDATION from Director Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Deputy Chief of Staff for adoption of the City of Houston Legislative Principles for the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System to add funds to the Luggage Carts and Lockers Concession Agreement with SMARTE CARTE, INC for George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston and William P. Hobby Airport - $150,000.00 - Enterprise Fund DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
5. RECOMMENDATION from the Director Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department for approval of the HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION’S Calendar Year 2015 Budget
10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Ewan Dinsdale, on behalf of GTB Homes, Inc., (Ralph Terna, Owner), for abandonment and sale of a 6-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, within Lot 14, Block 3, Gostick Addition, out of the John Austin Two League Grant Survey, Parcel SY14-135 - DISTRICT C - COHEN
14. ORDINANCE appropriating $816,476.26 out of Parks Special Revenue Fund and $198,310.00 out of Parks Planning Revenue Fund for the purchase of various types of trees, including planting and maintenance services citywide for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department
15. BIO-LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE, INC for Various Types of Trees, including Planting and Maintenance Services through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Harris County Department of Education for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department $816,476.26 - Parks Special Revenue Fund This item should only be considered after passage of Item xx above
18. HLAVINKA EQUIPMENT CO. for Utility Carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - $224,865.66 - Enterprise Fund
20. ORDINANCE appropriating $337,573.40 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Medium- and Heavy- Duty Cabs and Chassis and Truck Bodies for Various Departments
21. RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, L.P. d/b/a RUSH TRUCK CENTERS – $5,733,713.17, GAP VAX, INC - $991,255.00, TEXAS UNDERGROUND, INC d/b/a UNDERGROUND INC - $898,452.00, R.S. TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC - $129,019.10, CHASTANG ENTERPRISES, INC dba CHASTANG’S BAYOU CITY FORD - $114,938.00 and SILSBEE FORD - $210,622.40 for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Cabs & Chassis and Truck Bodies through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) for Various Departments - $8,077,999.67 Enterprise, Equipment Acquisition and Other Funds This item should only be considered after passage of Item xx above
22. RESOLUTION approving the issuance and sale by Houston Housing Finance Corporation of Multifamily Housing Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Avenue Station Apartments Project) Series 2014 - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ
23. ORDINANCE relating to the rescheduling or postponement of certain city council meetings
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing substantial amendments to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program NSP1 and NSP3 Grant Applications/Budgets, authorized pursuant to City of Houston Ordinance Nos. 2008-1051, as amended, and 2011-134, as amended, respectively DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; D - BOYKINS; F - NGUYEN; H - GONZALEZ; I - GALLEGOS and K - GREEN
75. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 70.464 acres of land to NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5, for inclusion in its district
78. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a Channel Area Industrial District Agreement between the City of Houston and VALERO REFINING - TEXAS, L.P. a Texas Limited Partnership and changing the status of approximately 168 acres in the vicinity of the Ship Channel and Manchester Street, located within the municipal boundaries of the City of Houston in Harris County, Texas previously annexed for general purposes to limited purposes annexation
79. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Concession and Purchase Agreement between the City of Houston and SMARTE CARTE INC for Passenger Luggage Cart Services at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 years - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
80. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2014-80 to increase the maximum program amount for Carrier Incentive Program IV for the Houston Airport System - $6,000,000.00 - Enterprise Funds - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
81. ORDINANCE appropriating $18,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund as an additional appropriation for Three On-Call Professional Design Services Contracts between the City of Houston and RS&H, INC, JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC and PIERCE GOODWIN ALEXANDER & LINVILLE, INC for the Houston Airport System (Project Nos. 715A, 715B and 715C); amending Ordinance No. 2012-839 to increase the maximum contract amount DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS
87. ORDINANCE enlarging the boundaries of the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHT, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (GULFGATE ZONE) - DISTRICTS D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
88. ORDINANCE related to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHT, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (GULFGATE ZONE); approving the Third Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the Zone; authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans - DISTRICTS D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
89. ORDINANCE enlarging the boundaries of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MIDTOWN ZONE) - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
90. ORDINANCE related to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MIDTOWN ZONE) approving the sixth amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing for the Zone; authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans; extending the duration of the Zone to December 31, 2048 - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
97. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC for Solid Waste Management Services; providing a maximum contract amount – 3 Years with two one-year options - $5,000,000.00 - General Fund
99. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and OUTFRONT MEDIA LLC, f/k/a/ CBS OUTDOOR LLC (“OUTFRONT”) pertaining to certain off premise signs
101. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and PAGE, WOLFBERG & WIRTH LLC for Legal Services associated with Regulatory Reviews, Claim Audits and Appeals related to the City’s Ambulance Billing; providing a maximum contract amount $100,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
103. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City of Houston, Texas, Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Four, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Houston Zone), and the HARRIS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY for the Reimbursement of costs associated with the construction of a sanitary sewer line within the Holmes Road Right-of-Way - DISTRICT K - GREEN
106. Motion to set a date not less than seven (7) days from December 10, 2014, to receive nominations for Positions One and Two and Two Alternate At-Large Positions of the Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors, for a one-year term to expire December 31, 2015
MATTERS HELD - NUMBER 107
107. ORDINANCE appropriating $601,646.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund; awarding contract to PFEIFFER & SON, LTD for Arterial Travel Time System; 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 CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN This was Item 63 on Agenda of December 3, 2014
Matters to be Presented by Council Members
NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Costello first
Dec 10, 2014 City Council
Reading of the Consent Agenda
ADMIN REPORT
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 NUMBERS 1 through 105
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 7
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 8
PROPERTY - NUMBERS 9 through 12
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 13 through 21
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 23 through 105
Consideration of Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
3. RECOMMENDATION from Director Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Deputy Chief of Staff for adoption of the City of Houston Legislative Principles for the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System to add funds to the Luggage Carts and Lockers Concession Agreement with SMARTE CARTE, INC for George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston and William P. Hobby Airport - $150,000.00 - Enterprise Fund DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
5. RECOMMENDATION from the Director Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department for approval of the HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION’S Calendar Year 2015 Budget
10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Ewan Dinsdale, on behalf of GTB Homes, Inc., (Ralph Terna, Owner), for abandonment and sale of a 6-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, within Lot 14, Block 3, Gostick Addition, out of the John Austin Two League Grant Survey, Parcel SY14-135 - DISTRICT C - COHEN
14. ORDINANCE appropriating $816,476.26 out of Parks Special Revenue Fund and $198,310.00 out of Parks Planning Revenue Fund for the purchase of various types of trees, including planting and maintenance services citywide for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department
15. BIO-LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE, INC for Various Types of Trees, including Planting and Maintenance Services through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Harris County Department of Education for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department $816,476.26 - Parks Special Revenue Fund This item should only be considered after passage of Item xx above
18. HLAVINKA EQUIPMENT CO. for Utility Carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - $224,865.66 - Enterprise Fund
20. ORDINANCE appropriating $337,573.40 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Medium- and Heavy- Duty Cabs and Chassis and Truck Bodies for Various Departments
21. RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, L.P. d/b/a RUSH TRUCK CENTERS – $5,733,713.17, GAP VAX, INC - $991,255.00, TEXAS UNDERGROUND, INC d/b/a UNDERGROUND INC - $898,452.00, R.S. TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC - $129,019.10, CHASTANG ENTERPRISES, INC dba CHASTANG’S BAYOU CITY FORD - $114,938.00 and SILSBEE FORD - $210,622.40 for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Cabs & Chassis and Truck Bodies through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) for Various Departments - $8,077,999.67 Enterprise, Equipment Acquisition and Other Funds This item should only be considered after passage of Item xx above
22. RESOLUTION approving the issuance and sale by Houston Housing Finance Corporation of Multifamily Housing Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Avenue Station Apartments Project) Series 2014 - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ
23. ORDINANCE relating to the rescheduling or postponement of certain city council meetings
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing substantial amendments to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program NSP1 and NSP3 Grant Applications/Budgets, authorized pursuant to City of Houston Ordinance Nos. 2008-1051, as amended, and 2011-134, as amended, respectively DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; D - BOYKINS; F - NGUYEN; H - GONZALEZ; I - GALLEGOS and K - GREEN
75. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 70.464 acres of land to NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5, for inclusion in its district
78. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a Channel Area Industrial District Agreement between the City of Houston and VALERO REFINING - TEXAS, L.P. a Texas Limited Partnership and changing the status of approximately 168 acres in the vicinity of the Ship Channel and Manchester Street, located within the municipal boundaries of the City of Houston in Harris County, Texas previously annexed for general purposes to limited purposes annexation
79. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Concession and Purchase Agreement between the City of Houston and SMARTE CARTE INC for Passenger Luggage Cart Services at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 years - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
80. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2014-80 to increase the maximum program amount for Carrier Incentive Program IV for the Houston Airport System - $6,000,000.00 - Enterprise Funds - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - GALLEGOS
81. ORDINANCE appropriating $18,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund as an additional appropriation for Three On-Call Professional Design Services Contracts between the City of Houston and RS&H, INC, JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC and PIERCE GOODWIN ALEXANDER & LINVILLE, INC for the Houston Airport System (Project Nos. 715A, 715B and 715C); amending Ordinance No. 2012-839 to increase the maximum contract amount DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS
87. ORDINANCE enlarging the boundaries of the REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHT, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (GULFGATE ZONE) - DISTRICTS D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
88. ORDINANCE related to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHT, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (GULFGATE ZONE); approving the Third Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the Zone; authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans - DISTRICTS D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
89. ORDINANCE enlarging the boundaries of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MIDTOWN ZONE) - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
90. ORDINANCE related to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MIDTOWN ZONE) approving the sixth amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing for the Zone; authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plans; extending the duration of the Zone to December 31, 2048 - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS and I - GALLEGOS
97. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC for Solid Waste Management Services; providing a maximum contract amount – 3 Years with two one-year options - $5,000,000.00 - General Fund
99. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an agreement between the City of Houston and OUTFRONT MEDIA LLC, f/k/a/ CBS OUTDOOR LLC (“OUTFRONT”) pertaining to certain off premise signs
101. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and PAGE, WOLFBERG & WIRTH LLC for Legal Services associated with Regulatory Reviews, Claim Audits and Appeals related to the City’s Ambulance Billing; providing a maximum contract amount $100,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund
103. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City of Houston, Texas, Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Four, City of Houston, Texas (Greater Houston Zone), and the HARRIS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY for the Reimbursement of costs associated with the construction of a sanitary sewer line within the Holmes Road Right-of-Way - DISTRICT K - GREEN
106. Motion to set a date not less than seven (7) days from December 10, 2014, to receive nominations for Positions One and Two and Two Alternate At-Large Positions of the Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors, for a one-year term to expire December 31, 2015
MATTERS HELD - NUMBER 107
107. ORDINANCE appropriating $601,646.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund; awarding contract to PFEIFFER & SON, LTD for Arterial Travel Time System; 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 CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN This was Item 63 on Agenda of December 3, 2014
Matters to be Presented by Council Members
NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Costello first
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