2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Kamin
Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams, a web-conferencing platform and streamed as usual on the City’s website (https://www.houstontx.gov/htv/index.html), Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pg/HoustonTelevision/videos/) and the municipal channel on public television. The Council Members will be participating by videoconference in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code that have not been suspended by order of the Governor. Public comment will be allowed on Tuesday via teleconference at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 675 143 291# and details for signing up and participating are posted at https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html. Members of the public may call in Wednesday via teleconference at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 547 585 793#, however no public input will be allowed.
MAYOR'S REPORT
CONSENT AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 33
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERING
MISCELLANEOUS
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERING
ACCEPT WORK
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERING
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES
Consideration of Matters Removed From Consent Agenda
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
8. TACTICAL MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC for approval of spending authority for purchase of Naloxone HCL Nasal Spray through the General Services Administration Schedule 84 Contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Houston Police Department - $425,306.55 - Grant Fund
9. APPROVE spending authority for Emergency Purchase of Various Goods and Services related to the City's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
RESOLUTIONS
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a grant application to and acceptance of an award from the NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION for the Resilient Communities Program (the “Grant”); by the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Resilience; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Resilience to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the City of Houston’s Office of Resilience to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant
14. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC, d/b/a ENDEAVORS, to provide up to $2,010,016.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Diversion Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
15. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES, to provide up to $1,136,960.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Navigation Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER to provide up to $668,071.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $66,807.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC to provide up to $1,254,731.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $125,473.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
19. ORDINANCE appropriating $13,700.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund for Hurricane Harvey damage repairs for Looscan Neighborhood Library for Houston Public Library; declaring the City’s intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditure - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Sole Source Contract between City of Houston and LIBRARY IDEAS, LLC for Digital Services for Houston Public Library; providing a maximum contract - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $375,000.00 - General Fund
23. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2018-1037 (Passed December 19, 2018, and amending Ordinance No. 2015-0858, Passed on September 9, 2015) to increase the maximum contract amount to $47,992,404.60 for contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for Facility Operations, Maintenance and Repair Services for Various Departments - $5,142,043.35 - Maintenance, Renewal and Replacement Fund
26. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement for Professional Services for Pension Actuarial Consulting and Advisory Services between the City and RETIREMENT HORIZONS INC - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,050,000.00 - General Fund
28. ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; G - TRAVIS and J - POLLARD
29. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an interlocal agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, and the HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and IDD relating to funding of the COVID-19 Homeless Mental Health Response Center, a Respite, Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Center for acutely mentally ill, homeless individuals who are at risk of contracting COVID-19; providing a maximum contract amount - $5,000,000.00 - Grant Fund
31. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 38-foot-wide alley, in Block 34, Houston Heights Subdivision, lying between Lots 8 through 24 and Lots 25 through 40 of said Block 34, located in the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the alley to Slate Heights, LP, the abutting property owner, in consideration of its conveyance to the City of a 10-foot-wide access easement, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - KAMIN
Non Consent - Matters To Be Presented By Council Members
NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Robinson first
Sep 15, 2020 Council Meeting (September 15 & 16, 2020)
2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Kamin
Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams, a web-conferencing platform and streamed as usual on the City’s website (https://www.houstontx.gov/htv/index.html), Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pg/HoustonTelevision/videos/) and the municipal channel on public television. The Council Members will be participating by videoconference in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code that have not been suspended by order of the Governor. Public comment will be allowed on Tuesday via teleconference at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 675 143 291# and details for signing up and participating are posted at https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html. Members of the public may call in Wednesday via teleconference at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 547 585 793#, however no public input will be allowed.
MAYOR'S REPORT
CONSENT AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 33
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERING
MISCELLANEOUS
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERING
ACCEPT WORK
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERING
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES
Consideration of Matters Removed From Consent Agenda
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
8. TACTICAL MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC for approval of spending authority for purchase of Naloxone HCL Nasal Spray through the General Services Administration Schedule 84 Contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Houston Police Department - $425,306.55 - Grant Fund
9. APPROVE spending authority for Emergency Purchase of Various Goods and Services related to the City's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
RESOLUTIONS
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a grant application to and acceptance of an award from the NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION for the Resilient Communities Program (the “Grant”); by the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Resilience; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Resilience to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the City of Houston’s Office of Resilience to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant
14. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC, d/b/a ENDEAVORS, to provide up to $2,010,016.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Diversion Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
15. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES, to provide up to $1,136,960.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Navigation Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER to provide up to $668,071.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $66,807.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC to provide up to $1,254,731.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $125,473.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
19. ORDINANCE appropriating $13,700.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund for Hurricane Harvey damage repairs for Looscan Neighborhood Library for Houston Public Library; declaring the City’s intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditure - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Sole Source Contract between City of Houston and LIBRARY IDEAS, LLC for Digital Services for Houston Public Library; providing a maximum contract - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $375,000.00 - General Fund
23. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2018-1037 (Passed December 19, 2018, and amending Ordinance No. 2015-0858, Passed on September 9, 2015) to increase the maximum contract amount to $47,992,404.60 for contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for Facility Operations, Maintenance and Repair Services for Various Departments - $5,142,043.35 - Maintenance, Renewal and Replacement Fund
26. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement for Professional Services for Pension Actuarial Consulting and Advisory Services between the City and RETIREMENT HORIZONS INC - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,050,000.00 - General Fund
28. ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; G - TRAVIS and J - POLLARD
29. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an interlocal agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, and the HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and IDD relating to funding of the COVID-19 Homeless Mental Health Response Center, a Respite, Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Center for acutely mentally ill, homeless individuals who are at risk of contracting COVID-19; providing a maximum contract amount - $5,000,000.00 - Grant Fund
31. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 38-foot-wide alley, in Block 34, Houston Heights Subdivision, lying between Lots 8 through 24 and Lots 25 through 40 of said Block 34, located in the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the alley to Slate Heights, LP, the abutting property owner, in consideration of its conveyance to the City of a 10-foot-wide access easement, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - KAMIN
Non Consent - Matters To Be Presented By Council Members
NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Robinson first
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