Reading of the Consent Agenda
HEARINGS
1. PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into separate strategic partnership agreements or amended and restated strategic partnership agreements with the below named districts in Harris County and Fort Bend County; on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory within said Districts; and on a separate proposal by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts: 1. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 16 2. TRAIL OF THE LAKES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 3. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 133 4. HARRIS-FORT BEND COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 5. MALCOMSON ROAD UTILITY DISTRICT
2. PUBLIC HEARING on the granting of a pipeline easement through a portion of Blackhawk Park to Fairway Energy Partners, LLC
CONSENT AGENDA
ACCEPT WORK
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS
15. POLARIS SALES, INC for Utility Carts from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State Cooperative Purchasing Program for Various Departments $163,422.95 - Enterprise and Equipment Special Revenue Funds This item should only be considered after passage of Item 14 above
ORDINANCES
Consideration of Consent Agenda
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
10. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $1,393,595.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Hermann Square Park - 13.58% over the original contract amount and under the approved 13.7% contingency - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
12. BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC for Diagnostic and Virological Test Kits for the Houston Department of Health and Human Services - 3 Years with two one-year options - $744,744.30 - Laboratory Services Fund
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION, to provide $164,262.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the administration and operation of a Job Training Program
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the second contingent amendment to the amended and restated Ground Sublease Agreement between AMELANG PARTNERS, INC (as Lessor) and the City of Houston (as Lessee) relating to 2.619 acres of land and improvements thereon at 2250-2252 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Harris County, Texas, for Health and Human Services Facilities - DISTRICT D - BOYKINS
21. ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 1987-670 to remove the designation as right-of-way from a portion of Avenidas de las Americas within the City of Houston - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
29. ORDINANCE awarding contract to MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD for Fiber Reinforcement Polymer Patching on Concrete Pavements Citywide for the Department of Public Works and Engineering; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $2,955,500.00 - Dedicated Drainage & Street Renewal Fund
30. ORDINANCE appropriating $48,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF; approving and authorizing first amendment to Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for the Upgrade of existing Houston Arterial Traffic Signal System Intersections - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - DAVIS; C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS; F - NGUYEN; I - GALLEGOS and J - LASTER
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,741,000 out of HAS Airport Improvement Fund and $10,799,711 out of HAS Consolidated 2004 NON-AMT Construction Fund and awarding Construction Contract to TEAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY for Construction of the EcoPark II Parking Lot at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) (Project No. 711); 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 contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by such funds - DISTRICT B - DAVIS
38. ORDINANCE granting to PEDRO CISNEROS dba METRO GREASE TRAP, 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
NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS
39. MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven days from May 6, 2015, to receive nominations for At-Large Position 3, Positions B, E, H and K of the PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, for a three-year staggered term ending July 1, 2017
MATTERS HELD
40. MOTION by Council Member Bradford/Seconded by Council Member Costello to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Dan Elkins, Kimley-Horn and Associates, on behalf of CRVI Westpoint, L.P., (Elizabeth Good, Vice President), and Buckingham Senior Living Community, Inc., (Jonathan Carrier, Vice President), for abandonment and sale of: 1) two 10-foot-wide water line easements; 2) a water meter easement; 3) a fire hydrant easement; and 4) a 20-foot-wide storm sewer easement, in exchange for conveyance of: 1) a variable width water line easement; 2) a water meter easement; and 3) a 20-foot-wide storm sewer easement, all located in the Creekside Apartments Second Replat and/or the Buckingham Westport Senior Living Community, all out of John D. Taylor League Survey, A-72, Parcels SY15-050A through E, KY15-171A through B, and LY15-013 - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNINGTON This was Item 5 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
41. MOTION by Council Member Bradford/Seconded by Council Member Pennington to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Erica Sanchez, Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., on behalf of TDC Tanglewood Real Estate Owner, L.L.C., (B. Jeff Knowles, Managing Director, TDC Tanglewood Real Estate Owner, LLC, TDC Tanglewood GP, LLC), for abandonment and sale of a 10-foot-wide utility easement located within Tract B, located within the San Felipe Square Subdivision out of the John D. Taylor Survey, A-72, Parcel SY15-095 DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNINGTON This was Item 9 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
42. ORDINANCE making a general appropriation of certain revenues of the City in support of Annual Budgets for Fiscal year 2015; authorizing certain transfers; amending Ordinance 2014-602 relating to the Houston Civic Events Special Revenue Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS LASTER and KUBOSH This was Item 23 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
43. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to contract (Approved by Ordinance No. 2009-1352) between the City of Houston and TEXHEALTH HARRIS COUNTY 3-SHARE, INC to Market and provide low cost health benefits to previously uninsured citizens in the City of Houston and Harris County - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHRISTIE and LASTER This was Item 32 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
44. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,766,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing second amendment to Design Build Contract between the City of Houston and BARTLETT COCKE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC for Fire Station No. 67 Expansion and Renovation (Approved by Ordinance No. 2013-0784) - DISTRICT B - DAVIS - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN This was Item 35 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
45. MOTION by Council Member Davis/Seconded by Council Member Laster to amend Item 46 below, written motion to delete “the director of public works and engineering” and to insert “the Mayor shall submit the proposed exchange to the city council agenda for consideration” - DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 67 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
46. WRITTEN Motion by Council Member Davis to amend Item 47 below, the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Houston, Texas, by adding a new Section 2-242 authorizing the abandonment of certain easements as follows: I move to amend Section 2 of the proposed Ordinance by amending and restating Subsection (d) of Section 2-242 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, to read in its entirety as follows: “(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, before approving any easement exchange pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the director of public works and engineering shall provide the members of the city council with at least two weeks’ notice of the proposed exchange. If any member of the city council objects to the proposed exchange within such two-week period, the director of public works and engineering shall submit the proposed exchange to the city council for consideration. In addition, the director of the department of public works and engineering, in his discretion, may submit any proposed easement exchange to the city council for consideration.” This item should only be considered upon passage of Item 45 above DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 68 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
47. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, by adding a new Section 2-242 authorizing the abandonment of certain easements owned by the City of Houston in exchange for other easements of equal or greater value; authorizing the Director of the Public Works & Engineering Department to execute and receive instruments in order to effect such exchanges; approving a form of quitclaim deed and easement conveyance; containing findings and other provisions relating to the subject; containing a repealer; providing for severability - DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 69 on Agenda of April 29, 2015 This item should only be considered upon passage of Items 45 and 46 above
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 Gonzalez first
May 06, 2015 City Council
Reading of the Consent Agenda
HEARINGS
1. PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the City of Houston to enter into separate strategic partnership agreements or amended and restated strategic partnership agreements with the below named districts in Harris County and Fort Bend County; on separate proposals by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory within said Districts; and on a separate proposal by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory in the vicinity of certain Districts: 1. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 16 2. TRAIL OF THE LAKES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 3. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 133 4. HARRIS-FORT BEND COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 5. MALCOMSON ROAD UTILITY DISTRICT
2. PUBLIC HEARING on the granting of a pipeline easement through a portion of Blackhawk Park to Fairway Energy Partners, LLC
CONSENT AGENDA
ACCEPT WORK
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS
15. POLARIS SALES, INC for Utility Carts from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State Cooperative Purchasing Program for Various Departments $163,422.95 - Enterprise and Equipment Special Revenue Funds This item should only be considered after passage of Item 14 above
ORDINANCES
Consideration of Consent Agenda
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
10. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $1,393,595.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Hermann Square Park - 13.58% over the original contract amount and under the approved 13.7% contingency - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
12. BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC for Diagnostic and Virological Test Kits for the Houston Department of Health and Human Services - 3 Years with two one-year options - $744,744.30 - Laboratory Services Fund
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION, to provide $164,262.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for the administration and operation of a Job Training Program
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the second contingent amendment to the amended and restated Ground Sublease Agreement between AMELANG PARTNERS, INC (as Lessor) and the City of Houston (as Lessee) relating to 2.619 acres of land and improvements thereon at 2250-2252 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Harris County, Texas, for Health and Human Services Facilities - DISTRICT D - BOYKINS
21. ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 1987-670 to remove the designation as right-of-way from a portion of Avenidas de las Americas within the City of Houston - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
29. ORDINANCE awarding contract to MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD for Fiber Reinforcement Polymer Patching on Concrete Pavements Citywide for the Department of Public Works and Engineering; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $2,955,500.00 - Dedicated Drainage & Street Renewal Fund
30. ORDINANCE appropriating $48,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF; approving and authorizing first amendment to Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for the Upgrade of existing Houston Arterial Traffic Signal System Intersections - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - DAVIS; C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS; F - NGUYEN; I - GALLEGOS and J - LASTER
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,741,000 out of HAS Airport Improvement Fund and $10,799,711 out of HAS Consolidated 2004 NON-AMT Construction Fund and awarding Construction Contract to TEAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY for Construction of the EcoPark II Parking Lot at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) (Project No. 711); 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 contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by such funds - DISTRICT B - DAVIS
38. ORDINANCE granting to PEDRO CISNEROS dba METRO GREASE TRAP, 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
NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS
39. MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven days from May 6, 2015, to receive nominations for At-Large Position 3, Positions B, E, H and K of the PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, for a three-year staggered term ending July 1, 2017
MATTERS HELD
40. MOTION by Council Member Bradford/Seconded by Council Member Costello to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Dan Elkins, Kimley-Horn and Associates, on behalf of CRVI Westpoint, L.P., (Elizabeth Good, Vice President), and Buckingham Senior Living Community, Inc., (Jonathan Carrier, Vice President), for abandonment and sale of: 1) two 10-foot-wide water line easements; 2) a water meter easement; 3) a fire hydrant easement; and 4) a 20-foot-wide storm sewer easement, in exchange for conveyance of: 1) a variable width water line easement; 2) a water meter easement; and 3) a 20-foot-wide storm sewer easement, all located in the Creekside Apartments Second Replat and/or the Buckingham Westport Senior Living Community, all out of John D. Taylor League Survey, A-72, Parcels SY15-050A through E, KY15-171A through B, and LY15-013 - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNINGTON This was Item 5 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
41. MOTION by Council Member Bradford/Seconded by Council Member Pennington to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Erica Sanchez, Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., on behalf of TDC Tanglewood Real Estate Owner, L.L.C., (B. Jeff Knowles, Managing Director, TDC Tanglewood Real Estate Owner, LLC, TDC Tanglewood GP, LLC), for abandonment and sale of a 10-foot-wide utility easement located within Tract B, located within the San Felipe Square Subdivision out of the John D. Taylor Survey, A-72, Parcel SY15-095 DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENNINGTON This was Item 9 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
42. ORDINANCE making a general appropriation of certain revenues of the City in support of Annual Budgets for Fiscal year 2015; authorizing certain transfers; amending Ordinance 2014-602 relating to the Houston Civic Events Special Revenue Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS LASTER and KUBOSH This was Item 23 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
43. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to contract (Approved by Ordinance No. 2009-1352) between the City of Houston and TEXHEALTH HARRIS COUNTY 3-SHARE, INC to Market and provide low cost health benefits to previously uninsured citizens in the City of Houston and Harris County - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHRISTIE and LASTER This was Item 32 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
44. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,766,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing second amendment to Design Build Contract between the City of Houston and BARTLETT COCKE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC for Fire Station No. 67 Expansion and Renovation (Approved by Ordinance No. 2013-0784) - DISTRICT B - DAVIS - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN This was Item 35 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
45. MOTION by Council Member Davis/Seconded by Council Member Laster to amend Item 46 below, written motion to delete “the director of public works and engineering” and to insert “the Mayor shall submit the proposed exchange to the city council agenda for consideration” - DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 67 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
46. WRITTEN Motion by Council Member Davis to amend Item 47 below, the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Houston, Texas, by adding a new Section 2-242 authorizing the abandonment of certain easements as follows: I move to amend Section 2 of the proposed Ordinance by amending and restating Subsection (d) of Section 2-242 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas, to read in its entirety as follows: “(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, before approving any easement exchange pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the director of public works and engineering shall provide the members of the city council with at least two weeks’ notice of the proposed exchange. If any member of the city council objects to the proposed exchange within such two-week period, the director of public works and engineering shall submit the proposed exchange to the city council for consideration. In addition, the director of the department of public works and engineering, in his discretion, may submit any proposed easement exchange to the city council for consideration.” This item should only be considered upon passage of Item 45 above DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 68 on Agenda of April 29, 2015
47. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, by adding a new Section 2-242 authorizing the abandonment of certain easements owned by the City of Houston in exchange for other easements of equal or greater value; authorizing the Director of the Public Works & Engineering Department to execute and receive instruments in order to effect such exchanges; approving a form of quitclaim deed and easement conveyance; containing findings and other provisions relating to the subject; containing a repealer; providing for severability - DELAYED BY MOTION #2015-286, 4/29/15 This was Item 69 on Agenda of April 29, 2015 This item should only be considered upon passage of Items 45 and 46 above
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 Gonzalez first
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