AGENDA
- COUNCIL MEETING - TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 10, 2009 - 9:00 A. M.
COUNCIL
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PRAYER
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- Council Member Gonzalez
9:00
A. M. - ROLL CALL
ADOPT
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
9:30
A. M. - PUBLIC SPEAKERS - Pursuant to
City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the
names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of
posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons
who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s
Office
HEARINGS
- 9:00 A.M.
1.
PUBLIC HEARING on proposals for the
City of Houston to enter into or amend separate 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 separate proposals by
the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory in the
vicinity of certain Districts
a.
Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 4,
b.
Cy Champ Public Utility District,
c.
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 52
d.
Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50
e.
Bridgestone Municipal Utility District
f.
Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District
g.
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 191
h.
Mason Creek Utility District
i.
North Belt Utility District
j.
North Forest Municipal Utility District
k.
Timber Lane Utility District
l.
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 61
m.
Cimarron Municipal Utility District
n.
Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 3
o.
Tattor Road Municipal District
p.
Cypress Forest Public Utility District
q.
Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 118
r.
Forest Hills Municipal Utility District
s.
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 105
t.
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 149
u.
v.
Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5
w.
Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 15
x.
Richey Road Municipal Utility District
y.
Spring West Municipal Utility District
2. PUBLIC HEARING relating to the retail
gas rates to be observed within the City of
MAYOR’S REPORT
CONSENT
AGENDA NUMBERS 3 through 46
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 3 through 7
3.
REQUEST from
Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following to
the HOUSTON CLEAN CITY COMMISSION,
for terms to expire February 1, 2011:
District A - MS. JANICE GABRIEL, reappointment
District B - MS. THERESA CARMOUCHE-LEDE, reappointment
District C - MS. JANICE S. ROSE, reappointment
District D - MS. MARGARET A. JENKINS, appointment
District E - MR. FRANK G. WEARY, appointment
District F - MR. RAZI ASADUDDIN, appointment
District G - MR. HARRY J. PHILLIPS, JR., reappointment
District H - MS. CHRISTINA L. MORELAND, appointment
District I - MR. RAMIRO FONSECA, reappointment
4.
REQUEST from
Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MS. CATHERINE CLARK MOSBACHER to Position Five of the JOINT CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN
for a term to expire December 31, 2010
5.
RECOMMENDATION
from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for
Dedication Plaque for Hiram Clarke
Multi-Service Center and Vinson Branch Library - DISTRICT
D - ADAMS
6.
RECOMMENDATION
from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for
Dedication Plaque for Kendall Library Replacement/Community Center - DISTRICT G ‑ HOLM
7.
RECOMMENDATION
from Director General Services Department for approval of Computer Image for
Dedication Plaque for Bracewell Library Replacement - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN
ACCEPT WORK
- NUMBERS 8 and 9
8. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $972,948.80 and acceptance of work on contract with ACM CONTRACTORS, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program J1 Work Authorization Project - 0.12% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; F - KHAN; G ‑ HOLM; H - GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ
9. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,668,660.63 and acceptance of work on contract with INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method - 1.48% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - LAWRENCE; B - JOHNSON; C ‑ CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E SULLIVAN; F - KHAN and I ‑ RODRIGUEZ
PROPERTY
- NUMBERS 10 through 12
10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Louis Macey of Macey Family Properties, LTD. [Macey Properties, Inc. (Louis Macey, President) General Partner], for sale of fee-owned land, which is the remainder of Block 120, from Rusk Avenue to Capitol Avenue, within South Side Buffalo Bayou, an unrecorded subdivision out of the J. S. Holman Survey, A-323, Parcel SY10-017 - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
11. RECOMMENDATION
from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and
approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Tommy Holmes and
Norma Jacobi Holmes, for abandonment and sale of excess
12. RECOMMENDATION
from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and
approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Kenneth E. Hamilton
Jr., for abandonment and sale of
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 13 through 18
13. CHANNING BETE COMPANY, INC for Development and Distribution of Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Education Materials for Houston Department of Health & Human Services $224,337.50 - Grant Fund
14. EPPENDORF NORTH AMERICA for epMotion 5075 LH System (to detect acute HIV Infections) for Houston Department of Health & Human Services - $66,382.95 - Grant Fund
15. ORDINANCE appropriating $345,566.88 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund for Purchase of Benches, Lockers Flooring, Staging Units and Construction Services at the Police Academy’s Facility for the Houston Police Department
a. CUSTOM SPORTS SURFACING, INC -
$260,929.57 and A. BARGAS &
ASSOCIATES, LLC - $63,054.20 for Benches, Lockers and Construction Services
for Improvements at the
16. NORTEX MODULAR SPACE for Modular Office Building from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Police Department - $203,985.76 - General Fund - DISTRICT A - LAWRENCE
17. ORDINANCE appropriating $906,955.50 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks for Public Works & Engineering Department
a. RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, L.P. - $2,062,484.00 and TEXAS UNDERGROUND, INC - $142,162.14 for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Cabs & Chassis and Truck Bodies through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council for Department of Public Works & Engineering - Enterprise, Stormwater & Grant Funds
18. TEXAS WASTE EQUIPMENT, INC dba HEIL OF TEXAS for Equipment, Petersen Loader Replacement Parts and Repair Services for Solid Waste Management Department - $600,000.00 General Fund
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 19 through 46
19. RESOLUTION approving and adopting a revised Investment Policy for the City of Houston, Texas and making various provision related to the subject
20. RESOLUTION approving the creation of the HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; approving the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws thereof; confirming the appointment of the initial directors and chairperson - DISTRICT H ‑ GONZALEZ
21. ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES IX AND X OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to booting in parking facilities; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability
22. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of a 30-foot-wide drainage easement (Parcel SY7-052); vacating and abandoning said easement to Hudson Brothers Real Estate Limited Partnership, owner, in consideration of its conveyance to the City of a 30-foot-wide drainage easement (Parcel LY9‑022), all located within the Unrestricted Reserve A, West Oaks Place Subdivision, William White Survey, A-836, Houston, Harris County, Texas, and owner’s payment to the City of $54,665.00 - DISTRICT G - HOLM
23. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Brazos Street (Parcel SY10-005) and abandoning and vacating said portion to the General Services Administration, a Federal Agency, abutting owner, in exchange for a 20-foot-wide utility easement (Parcel VY10-001), both parcels located in the John Austin Two League Grant, A-1, Houston, Harris County, Texas; approving and authorizing an agreement outlining various rights and responsibilities between the City and owner; dedicating certain on-street parking on Brazos and Capitol Streets for use by Federal Security and Law Enforcement Agencies - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
24. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of Hopson Street, from Gillette Street to its terminus, and of Bailey Street, from West Dallas Avenue to Hopson Street (Parcels SY9-094A and SY9-094B, respectively); vacating and abandoning said parcels to the City of Houston, the abutting owner; both parcels being within the John Austin Survey, A-1, Houston, Harris County, Texas - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
25. ORDINANCE
consenting to the addition of 2.358 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 25, of
26. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 29.44 acres of land to GRANT ROAD PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district
27. ORDINANCE
establishing the east and west sides of the 1100 block of
28. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the
700 block of
29. ORDINANCE approving
and authorizing Grazing License Agreement between Terry McDonald, as Licensee,
and the City of Houston, Texas, for 78.87 acres of land at
30. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,500,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund as additional funding for contract for Professional Consulting Services between the City and DEREK CONSULTING GROUP, INC; amending Ordinance No. 2007-327 to increase the maximum contract amount - $2,513,000.00 Enterprise Fund - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I - RODRIGUEZ
31. ORDINANCE appropriating $8,002,067.00 out of HAS-FAA Grants Fund, $2,852,000.00 out of HAS-SublienBond 2000B NONAMT Construction Fund and $668,909.87 out of HAS-Consolidated 2001 NONAMT Construction Fund and awarding Construction Contract to W. W. WEBBER, LLC for Rehabilitation of Runway 4-22 and Taxiway “C” at William P. Hobby Airport (Project 462); 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 services and for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by such funds - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
32. ORDINANCE
appropriating $250,000.00 out of TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund 2409 and
approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between the City and THAI XUAN
VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION to cover costs in connection
with the improvement of the exterior-front and other common areas of the
Thai Xuan Village Condominium located at 8200 Broadway, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT
I - RODRIGUEZ
33. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Modification Agreement between the City of Houston and LITTLE YORK VILLAS, L.P. to amend the Loan Agreement and related documents authorized pursuant to Ordinance 2004-459, as amended, to change certain requirements related to a 128 Unit Apartment Complex in the 6200 block of Nuben, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON
34. ORDINANCE
appropriating $620,000.00 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)
Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) to support the development of Affordable
Single-Family Housing in
35. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contracts
between the City of Houston and (1) AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, (2) KS
PLAN ADMINISTRATORS LLC, (3) SELECTCARE OF TEXAS, L.L.C., (4) TEXAS
HEALTHSPRING, LLC and (5) UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY for
Medicare Health Plans for City Retirees and their dependents; providing a
maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $44,183,073.00 - General, Enterprise and
Other Funds - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
36. ORDINANCE appropriating $72,500.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Information Technology Equipment for the Houston Public Library
37. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Four Task Order Construction Contracts between the City of Houston and ARROW SERVICES, INC, PfP ABATEMENT GROUP, LLC, J.T.B. SERVICES, INC and INLAND ENVIRONMENTS, LTD., for Asbestos Abatement and Demolition Services for Houston Police Department; providing maximum contract amounts - $2,000,000.00 for each contract - 5 Years - Dangerous Building Consolidated Fund
38. ORDINANCE appropriating $134,819.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Architectural Services Contract between the City of Houston and REY DE LA REZA ARCHITECTS, INC d/b/a RdlR ARCHITECTS, INC for Design of 9003 N. Main Building Renovation; providing funding for the Civic Art Program - DISTRICT H ‑ GONZALEZ
39. ORDINANCE appropriating $244,200.00 out of Woodlands Regional Participation Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional Landscape Architectural Services Task Order Contract with SWA GROUP (Approved by Ordinance No. 2008-1015)
40. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,587,875.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation for the Oak Forest Library Expansion under an existing Construction Management At-Risk Contract with TEAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; providing funding for engineering and testing services, air monitoring, Civic Art Program, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT A - LAWRENCE
41. ORDINANCE approving and
authorizing License Agreement, for
ten (10) years with two (2) renewals of ten (10) years each, between AMERICAN
TOWERS, INC, or its affiliate, Licensor, and the City of Houston, Texas,
Licensee, with a monthly License Fee of $4,500.00 for Fiscal Year 2010, with annual increases, other costs and site
improvement fees for a total cost for the initial ten (10) year base term of $619,049.48, to allow the Radio Communications Division of
the Information Technology Department to install equipment on one (1) communications
tower and ground space in connection
with a new Public Safety Radio System located at 819 Battle Ground Road (a/k/a Independence
Parkway), Deer Park, Texas
42. ORDINANCE approving and
authorizing License Agreement, for
ten (10) years with two (2) renewals of ten (10) years each, between AMERICAN
TOWERS, INC, or its affiliate, Licensor, and the City of Houston, Texas,
Licensee, with a monthly License Fee of $4,699.50 for Fiscal Year 2010, with annual increases, other costs and site
improvement fees for a total cost for the initial ten (10) year base term of $617,404.58,
to allow the Radio Communications Division of the Information Technology
Department to install equipment on one (1) communications tower and ground space in connection with a new Public
Safety Radio System located at 310 Englewood, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT B
- JOHNSON
43. ORDINANCE appropriating $353,614.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and PIERCE GOODWIN ALEXANDER & LINVILLE, INC for Paving Extension of Kirby Drive from Holmes Road to Reed Road, Reed Road to Airport Boulevard and North of Sims Bayou to Orem Drive; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT D - ADAMS
44. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,613,397.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to NORTH HOUSTON POLE LINE, L.P. for New Front Easement Reconnections (UM); 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 and testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund
45. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,087,123.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to HUFF & MITCHELL, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Sliplining and Pipe Bursting Methods; 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 and testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund
46. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,677,500.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to MCKINNEY CONSTRUCTION, INC for Water Line Replacement in Walnut Bend; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT G - HOLM
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
NON CONSENT AGENDA
- NUMBERS 47 and 48
MISCELLANEOUS
47. RECEIVE
nominations for the City of
48. SET HEARING DATE regarding amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE) - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ
SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00 A. M. - WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 2, 2009
MATTERS HELD
- NUMBERS 49 and 50
49. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the seizure, impoundment and destruction of newsracks; establishing a fee for seizure and impoundment of newsracks; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; containing a repealer; providing for severability; establishing an effective date
TAGGED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES
This was Item 21 on Agenda of November 4,
2009
50. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2007-846, the first amended and restated ordinance relating to the issuance of City of Houston, Texas, General Obligation Commercial Paper Notes, Series G; and declaring an emergency
TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOVELL
This was Item 23 on Agenda of November
4, 2009
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- Council Member Holm first
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NOTICE is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Houston will be held TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 10, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. with the reading of the descriptions,
captions or titles of the agenda items by the City Secretary to begin not
earlier than 60 minutes before the scheduled commencement, in the Council
Chamber, Second Floor, City Hall, 901 Bagby, for the purpose of conducting
the regular business and affairs of the City of Houston listed on the attached
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