SUBJECT: Ordinance amending the Maintenance Agreement by and between the City of Houston (the “City”) and Midtown Management District (the “District”).
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that City Council approve an Ordinance amending the Maintenance Agreement by and between the City of Houston (the “City”) and Midtown Management District (the “District”).
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: By Ordinance No. 2019-0288, passed and adopted on April 17, 2019, the City and the District entered into a Maintenance Agreement (the “Original Agreement”). This Agreement establishes the service area managed by the District and allows the District to perform all necessary maintenance to the improvements made within the services area. The District's obligations include operating, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, installing, and other responsibilities relating to improvements, which include street furniture, irrigation systems, plantings, landscaping, lightings, pavers, way finding signs, art works and other enhancements to the streetscape.
The City and the District desire to amend the Original Agreement to amend Exhibit B “District Improvements and Locations" and Exhibit C “District Maintenance Obligations” of the Original Agreement.
Exhibit B, “District Improvements and Locations,” of the Original Agreement is amended and supplemented with Exhibit B1, “District Improvements and Locations,” including the following new District Improvements and Locations:
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Entry Plazas
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Pedestrian Safety Enhancements
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Bikeway Improvements
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Exhibit C, “District Maintenance Obligations,” of the Original Agreement is amended and supplemented with Exhibit C1, “District Maintenance Obligations,” including the following new District Maintenance Obligations:
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Lane Delineators
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Pavement markings
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Randall V. Macchi, JD
Director, Houston Public Works