AGENDA
- COUNCIL MEETING - TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 9, 2010 - 1:30 P. M.
COUNCIL
CHAMBER - SECOND FLOOR - CITY HALL
901
BAGBY -
PRAYER
AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- Council Member Hoang
1:30
P. M. - ROLL CALL
ADOPT
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
2:00
P. 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
5:00 P. M. - RECESS
RECONVENE
WEDNESDAY
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010 - 9:00 A. M.
DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE
CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT
MAYOR’S REPORT
CONSENT
AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 46
ACCEPT
WORK - NUMBERS 1 through 5
1. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $323,375.16 and acceptance of work on contract with AIA GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC for Underground Storage Tank Replacement and Aboveground Storage Tank Installation at Northwest Vehicle Maintenance Facility - 7.86% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT A ‑ STARDIG
2. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $7,062,707.77 and acceptance of work on contract with PACE SERVICES, L.P. for Sharpstown Area Drainage Improvements - 2.15% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and F - HOANG
3. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,388,463.30 and acceptance of work on contract with R. K. WHEATON, INC for Water Line Replacement in Noble-South Area - 1.93% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,994,685.10 and acceptance of work on contract with COLLINS CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Water Line Replacement in Gardendale Area - 0.17% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ
5. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $6,634,264.82 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION, L.P. for Neighborhood Street Reconstruction (NSR) 447 3.68% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS C - CLUTTERBUCK and G ‑ PENNINGTON
PURCHASING
AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 6
through 8A
6. INTERNATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY & TRAINING CENTRE for Firearms Analysis Services for the Houston Police Department - $80,000.00 - Grant Fund
7. RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, L.P. for Medium-Duty Cabs & Chassis and Truck Bodies through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Houston-Galveston Area Council for Department of Public Works & Engineering - $1,388,820.00 - Enterprise Fund
8. ORDINANCE appropriating $174,725.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund and $42,062.00 out of Fleet/Equipment Special Revenue Fund for Purchase of Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments
a. PHILPOTT MOTORS, LTD., d/b/a PHILPOTT FORD - $488,608.00, RON CARTER AUTOMOTIVE - $142,776.00, PF45, LP d/b/a PLANET FORD 45 - $159,433.00 and TOMMIE VAUGHN MOTORS, INC - $102,258.00 for Automobiles, Vans, Utility Vehicles, and Light-Duty Trucks for Various Departments - $893,075.00 - Fleet/Equipment Special Revenue, Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Enterprise Funds
RESOLUTIONS
AND ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 9
through 46
9. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing nomination of NRG ENERGY, INC to the Office
of the Governor Economic Development & Tourism through the Economic
Development Bank as an Enterprise Project - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ
10. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing nomination of RELIANT ENERGY RETAIL HOLDINGS, LLC to the Office of the Governor Economic
Development & Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as an
Enterprise Project - DISTRICT
I - RODRIGUEZ
11. RESOLUTION authorizing the Houston Parks and
Recreation Department to submit an application for a Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department Urban Outdoor Recreation Local Park Grant to fund the Sam Houston
Park Improvements; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing
the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department to act as the City’s representative
in the application process, to accept such grant funds, if awarded, and to
apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program - DISTRICT
I - RODRIGUEZ
12. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS,
relating to employee notice regarding functions and duties of the Ethics
Committee
13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing
Interlocal Agreement between the City and HARRIS
COUNTY for the Child Fatality Review Team Program; providing a maximum
contract amount 5 Years - $250,000.00 - Health Special Revenue Fund
14. ORDINANCE
approving and authorizing submission of an application for grant assistance to
the State of Texas through the Criminal Justice Division (“CJD”), Office of the Governor, for the Survivor Danger Assessment
Initiative funded through the Violence Against Women Recovery Act; declaring
the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor to act as the City’s
representative in the application process; authorizing the Chief of the Houston
Police Department to accept such grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and
accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program
15. ORDINANCE
approving and authorizing the submission of an application for grant assistance
to the State of Texas through the Criminal Justice Division (“CJD”), Office of
the Governor, for the Paroled Offenders Initiative funded through the Violence
Against Women Recovery Act; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant;
authorizing the Mayor to act as the City’s representative in the application
process; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department to accept such
grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if
any, pertaining to the program
16. ORDINANCE
authorizing the acceptance of a Transportation Energy Efficiency Alternative
Fuels and Technology Stimulus Grant from the Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts for the City’s Downtown Motor Pool Project; declaring the City’s
eligibility for such grants; authorizing the Director of the Finance Department
to accept and expend the grant funds and to accept and expend all subsequent
awards, if any, pertaining to the grant
17. ORDINANCE
approving and authorizing agreement between the City of
18. ORDINANCE finding and determining public
convenience and necessity for the acquisition of easements and related real
property interests in connection with the new Public Safety Radio System;
authorizing the acquisition of the property interests required for such system
and payment of the costs of such purchases, leases and/or eminent domain
proceedings of such property interests and associated costs for Appraisal Fees,
Title Policies/Services, Recording Fees, Court Costs, and Expert Witness Fees
in connection with the acquisition of such property interests
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Radio Communications System License
Agreement between the CITY OF MISSOURI CITY and the CITY OF SUGAR
LAND, Licensors, and the City of Houston, Texas, Licensee, and a Site Lease
Agreement between the CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, Lessor, and the City
of Houston, Texas, Lessee, both for a period of ten (10) years with two (2)
renewals of five (5) years each, with
a monthly fee of $1,000.00 each, with annual increases, other costs and site
improvement fees for a total cost for the initial ten (10) year base term of $262,793.30, to allow the Radio
Communications Division of the Information Technology Department to install
equipment on one (1) Communications
Tower and for equipment space in connection with a new Public Safety Radio
System located at 3849 Cartwright Road, Missouri City, Texas
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing
Amendment No. 1 to an agreement between the City of Houston and SUPERIOR BUILDING SERVICES, INC for
Window and Glass Surface Cleaning Services for the Houston Airport System;
increasing the maximum contract amount
$1,105,312.50 - Enterprise Fund
21. ORDINANCE appropriating $895,132.00 out of
Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the purchase of Bunker Gear for the
Houston Fire Department (Awarded to Lion
Apparel, Inc. by Motion #2009-123)
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City
of Houston to enter into first contract amendment with HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT to delete one school site, add
four school sites, and to provide additional $90,000.00 to administer an After
School Achievement Program (“ASAP”) -
Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Fund - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; D - ADAMS and H - GONZALEZ
23. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,935,000.00 out of
Drainage Improvements Commercial Paper Series F Fund; authorizing purchase of
easements and other interests in real property and payment of the costs of such
purchases and/or condemnation of such real property and associated costs for
Appraisal Fees, Title Policy/Services, Recording Fees, Court Costs and Expert
Witness Fees, for and in connection with and finding a public necessity for,
storm drainage projects for Bellaire West, Glenbrook Valley and other
miscellaneous drainage improvements
24. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC for Testing Laboratory Services Street Maintenance
Projects - 5 Years - $500,000.00 - General Fund
25. ORDINANCE appropriating $495,000.00 out of Storm
Sewer Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional
Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD
ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC for Extended Feasibility Study for Meyerland
Area, Garden Oaks, and Shepherd Forest Drainage Improvements; providing
funding for contingencies relating to
construction of facilities financed by the Storm Sewer Consolidated
Construction Fund - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG and C - CLUTTERBUCK
26. ORDINANCE appropriating $506,000.00 out of Drainage
Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing
Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and JONES
& CARTER, INC for Extended Feasibility Study for Pleasantville,
Glendale, Montrose Area, and Midtown Drainage Improvements; providing funding
for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the
Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICTS B -
JOHNSON; D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ
27. ORDINANCE appropriating $698,992.00 out of Drainage
Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing Professional
Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and SIRRUS
ENGINEERS, INC for Extended Feasibility Study for South Park and
Southcrest, Cullen from 610 Loop to Old Spanish Trail, Scott Street from 610
Loop to Old Spanish Trail and Wirt Road (Kempwood
to IH-10) Drainage Improvements; providing funding for contingencies
relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement
Commercial Paper Series F Fund -
DISTRICTS A ‑ STARDIG;
D - ADAMS and H - GONZALEZ
28. ORDINANCE appropriating $226,588.00 out of Storm
Sewer Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional
Engineering Services Contract between the City of
29. ORDINANCE
appropriating $7,617,030.00 out of Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund
and $948,820.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund,
awarding contract to TRIPLE B SERVICES,
L.L.P. for Pinemont Drive Paving from T.C. Jester to Ella Blvd.; 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 and contingencies relating to construction of
facilities financed by the Metro Project Commercial Paper Series E Fund and Water
& Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT A ‑ STARDIG
30. ORDINANCE appropriating
$2,550,801.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund;
awarding contract to REPIPE
CONSTRUCTION, LTD. for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe
Method (LDS); 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
31. ORDINANCE appropriating $538,735.00 out of
Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund and $308,000.00 out of Library
Capital Project Fund; awarding construction contract to TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for the Ring Neighborhood Library
Renovation; setting a deadline for the proposer’s execution of the contract and
delivery of all bonds, insurance and other required contract documents to the
City; holding the proposer in default if it fails to meet the deadlines;
providing funding for engineering and testing services, Civic Art Program, and
contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Public
Library Consolidated Construction Fund and Library Capital Project Fund - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
32. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing
agreement between the City of Houston and PREMIER
ON WOODFAIR LP to provide $5,518,896 Performance-Based Loan and $1,312,041
Repayable Loan, both of CDBG Disaster Recovery Funds, to assist in repair of
damage due to Hurricane Ike and rehabilitation of Premier on Woodfair
Apartments, a 410 unit multifamily project located in the vicinity of 9502
Woodfair Drive, of which at least 51% of the current 410 units will be leased
at affordable rents to tenants making 80% or less of area medium income for a
period of five years, with the balance of the repayable loan to be returned to
the state as program income upon the payment thereof - DISTRICT C - CLUTTERBUCK
33. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within INWOOD FOREST SUBDIVISION SECTIONS 10, 12, 16, 18, & 19
to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such
residences - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
34. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within INWOOD PINES SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 4 to prohibit the parking
of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT A -
STARDIG
35. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within LONG POINT WOODS SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 3, SPRING BRANCH WOODS
SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 2, BUNKER HILL FOREST SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 2,
CENTURY OAKS SUBDIVISION to prohibit
the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT
A ‑ STARDIG
36. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within OAK FOREST SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 13, SECTION 14 REPLAT AND
SECTION 18 to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of
such residences - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
37. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within SPRING SHADOWS SUBDIVISION, SECTION 14 to prohibit the parking of
vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT A -
STARDIG
38. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties within WILLOW PARK II
SUBDIVISION to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards
of such residences - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
39. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within DUMBARTON VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, REPLAT to prohibit the parking of
vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT D - ADAMS
40. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties within WESTBURY
VILLAGE SUBDIVISION to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front or
side yards of such residences - DISTRICT
D - ADAMS
41. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within BRAYS VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, 4, 5, 7, BRAYS VILLAGE
SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2 REPLAT, 3 REPLAT, 6 REPLAT to prohibit the parking
of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT F - HOANG
42. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within BRIAR PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1 REPLAT UNRECORDED to prohibit
the parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT
G - PENNINGTON
43. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within OVERBROOK SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 1 - 7, 9 & 10 to prohibit the
parking of vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT
I - RODRIGUEZ
44. ORDINANCE extending the provisions of SECTION 28-303 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to various single-family residential properties
within OVERBROOK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 8 to prohibit the parking of
vehicles in the front or side yards of such residences - DISTRICT
I - RODRIGUEZ
45. ORDINANCE granting
to ACTION RESTORATION, INC., A Texas Corporation, 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,
46. ORDINANCE granting to PNEUVAC TRANSFER,
INC., D/B/A UVAC, INC., A Texas Corporation, 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,
END
OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION
OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
NON
CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 47
PURCHASING
AND TABULATION OF BIDS
47. RECOMMENDATION from Purchasing Agent to make the following awards for ITS Controller Cabinets for Department of Public Works & Engineering - $5,949,434.00 - General Fund:
· CONSOLIDATED TRAFFIC CONTROLS, INC - $385,175.00
· INTELIGHT, INC - $2,347,099.00
· MCCAIN, INC (BID #1) - $871,480.00
· PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC - $210,185.00
· SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC - $2,082,895.00
COUNCIL DRAW LOTS
ITEM NO. 64
(Nema conflict monitors) due to receiving identical bids from MCCAIN, INC and PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC in the amount of $52,600.00
MATTERS
HELD - NUMBERS 48 through
51
48. ORDINANCE approving Lease Agreement with
option to purchase between STAGES, INC,
a Texas Non-profit Corporation, as tenant, and the City of Houston, Texas,
as Landlord, concerning the
TAGGED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN
This was Item 16 on Agenda of February 3,
2010
49. ORDINANCE
approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of
Houston and NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC for a Disparity
Study of City-wide Public Works Construction Contracts - $595,800.00 - General,
Enterprise and CIP Salary Recovery Funds
TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES
This was Item 26 on Agenda of February 3,
2010
50. ORDINANCE approving
and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and ORCHARD
COMMUNITIES, INC, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation, to provide $3,540,000
Performance-Based Loan of Federal "HOME"
Funds to assist in the Development of a 118 Unit Affordable Senior Housing
Apartment Complex on an approximately 5.6965 acre tract at the northeast corner
of Brinkman and West 34th Street, of which 30 units will be designated as Home
Affordable Floating Units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
POSTPONED
BY MOTION #2010-0069, 2/3/10
This was Item 40
on Agenda of February 3, 2010
51. ORDINANCE appropriating $60,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding Construction Management At Risk Contract to SPAWMAXWELL COMPANY, LLC for Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care Facility Expansion/Renovation & Ann Slemons Young Animal Center - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON and I - RODRIGUEZ
POSTPONED
BY MOTION #2010-0070, 2/3/10
This was Item 41
on Agenda of February 3, 2010
MATTERS
TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Council Member Jones first
ALL
ORDINANCES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND TO BE PASSED ON ONE
READING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7, CITY CHARTER
NOTE - WHENEVER ANY AGENDA ITEM, WHETHER OR NOT ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA, IS NOT READY FOR COUNCIL ACTION AT THE TIME IT IS REACHED ON THE
AGENDA, THAT ITEM SHALL BE PLACED AT THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR ACTION BY
COUNCIL WHEN ALL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED
CITY
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE UP AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE POSTED IN THIS AGENDA. ALSO, AN
ITEM THAT HAS BEEN TAGGED UNDER CITY COUNCIL RULE 4 (
NOTICE OF
MEETING
OF THE
CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NOTICE is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Houston will be held TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 9, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. and
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 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 Agenda.