9:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING relative to the approval of the designation of ten Landmarks or Protected Landmarks - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; G - HUFFMAN and H - CISNEROS 

• The Cambell-Moreno House at 1914 Gano Street (Landmark)
• The Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Henderson House at 1419 Kirby Street (Landmark)
• The Eldorado Ballroom at 2310 Elgin Street (Protected Landmark)
• The Marshall Calloway Building at 5303 Lyons Avenue (Protected Landmark)
• The Miller House at 501 Rouse Street (Protected Landmark)
• The J. F. Kessler Building at 1714 Houston Avenue (Protected Landmark)
• The Smith Maxie House at 1428 E 34th Street (Protected Landmark)
• The Zischang- Alvarado House at 2011 Johnson Street (Protected Landmark)
• The Carson-Lucia House at 3904 Brandt Street (Protected Landmark)
• The Boynton Chapel United Methodist Church at 2812 Milby Street (Protected Landmark)

PUBLIC HEARING to consider the renewal of the Tax Abatement Ordinance

ORDINANCE appropriating $976,399.01 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to contract between the City of Houston and RESICOM, INC for Force Main Renewal and Replacement for Stroud, Bayfield, Bretshire #2, Forest Shores and Woodland Ridge Lift Stations (Approved by Ordinance No. 2020-0128); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and J - POLLARD

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Houston Public Works for approval of Change Order No. 13 in the amount of $976,399.01 for the Force Main Renewal ad Replacement for Stroud and Bayfield Lift Stations on contract with RESICOM, INC - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and J - POLLARD

This item should only be considered after passage of Item 3 above

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION for sole source purchase of Kingfisher Flex RNA/DNA Extraction Instrument and Service Plan for the Houston Health Department - $77,347.50 - Grant Fund

RANGER CONVEYING AND SUPPLY COMPANY INC for the purchase of Bar Screen Conveyor Belt System for Houston Public Works - $36,142.14 - Enterprise Fund 

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and MCCALL, PARKHURST & HORTON, LLP for Bond Counsel, Special Disclosure Counsel, and Special Tax Counsel services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 2254.1036, the following written notice is given to the public: The City desires to sell notes for public purposes as authorized by State law and as further set forth in the ordinance to finance current expenses.  The proposed bond, special disclosure, and special tax counsel, McCall, Parkhurst & Horton LLP (“McCall Parkhurst”) is a full-service firm that includes a national public finance practice and has the necessary competence, qualification and experience to serve as bond, special disclosure, and tax counsel for the City. McCall Parkhurst has previously represented the City in connection with the issuance of various bonds and other obligations since 2020.  The engagement of McCall Parkhurst is in the best interest of the City, since the legal services requested require specialized experience in municipal finance, federal tax, and state securities law and therefore cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel of the City.  Furthermore, such legal services cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the City will not be obligated to pay any legal fees unless the transaction successfully closes.

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and BRACEWELL, LLP for Bond Counsel Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 2254.1036, the following written notice is given to the public: The City desires to sell bonds for public purposes as authorized by State law and as further set forth in the ordinance to finance current expenses.  The proposed bond counsel, Bracewell, LLP (“Bracewell”) is a full-service firm that includes a national public finance practice and has the necessary competence, qualification and experience to serve as bond counsel for the City.  Bracewell has previously represented the City in connection with the issuance of various bonds and other obligations.  The engagement of Bracewell is in the best interest of the City, since the legal services requested require specialized experience in municipal finance, federal tax, and state securities law and therefore cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel of the City.  Furthermore, such legal services cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the City will not be obligated to pay any legal fees unless the transaction successfully closes.

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP for Special Disclosure Counsel Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 2254.1036, the following written notice is given to the public: The City desires to sell bonds for public purposes as authorized by State law and as further set forth in the ordinance to finance current expenses.  The proposed special disclosure counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP (“Greenberg”) is a full-service firm that includes a national public finance practice and has the necessary competence, qualification and experience to serve as special disclosure counsel for the City.  Greenberg has previously represented the City in connection with the issuance of various bonds and other obligations.  The engagement of Greenberg is in the best interest of the City, since the legal services requested require specialized experience in municipal finance, federal tax, and state securities law and therefore cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel of the City.  Furthermore, such legal services cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the City will not be obligated to pay any legal fees unless the transaction successfully closes.

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between City of Houston and ALEXANDER DUBOSE & JEFFERSON, LLP to provide Legal Consulting Services on General Appellate Matters; providing a maximum contract amount - $180,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between City of Houston and OLSON & OLSON, LLP to provide Legal Consulting Services; providing a maximum contract amount - $400,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between City of Houston and SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES to extend the term of contract and provide additional Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids funds for the continuing administration and operation of a Supportive Services Program offering childcare for families living with HIV/AIDS - DISTRICT I – GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement for Professional Planning Services between City of Houston and R.G. MILLER ENGINEERS, INC to provide Hurricane Harvey Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Funds for Professional Planning Services to develop a Comprehensive Buy-In/Buy-Out plan for moving residents out of floodways and floodplains impacted by major storms; setting a maximum contract amount - $249,934.84 - Grant Fund

ORDINANCE appropriating $400,000.00 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing eight contracts between City of Houston and (1) BCB CONSTRUCTION, LLC, (2) HCG MANAGEMENT, LLC dba HONESTY CONSTRUCTION GROUP, (3) DELPA SERVICES LLC dba MCP CONSTRUCTION, (4) FMG CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC, (5) BASAL CONSTRUCTION, (6) HOMEBASE REPAIRS, LLC (7) ALL IN ONE BUILDING MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION, LLC, and (8) ARREIS GROUP, LLC for Community Entrepreneurship Program for the Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD); providing maximum contract amounts - 2 Years with 1 one-year option - $400,000.00 - Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund

ORDINANCE awarding Task Order Contract to INLAND ENVIRONMENTS, LTD for Lead Abatement Services for all firing ranges for the Houston Police Department Training Academy; 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 a maximum contract amount - $935,544.00 - General Fund - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

ORDINANCE appropriating $236,860.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between ALI PARZIVAND, Seller, and City of Houston, Texas, Purchaser, for acquisition of approximately 30,248 square feet of land, being Lots 6 through 16 of Block 35 out of Washington Heights Section 2 located in City of Houston, Harris County, Texas 77088, for use by the Houston Public Library - DISTRICT A - PECK

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Electronic Grant Application to the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION for FY2023 Project Safe Neighborhoods Program Grant for the Houston Police Department; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department (“Chief”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Chief to accept the Grant Award and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, to extend the Grant period and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Electronic Grant Application to the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION for FY2023 Taking a Stand/Reducing Violent Crimes in our Communities Grant for the Houston Police Department; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department (“Chief”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Chief to accept the Grant Award and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, to extend the Grant period and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Electronic Grant application to the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION  for FY2023 Parole/Domestic Violence Initiative Grant for the Houston Police Department; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department (“Chief”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Chief to accept the Grant Award and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, to extend the Grant period and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Electronic Grant Application to OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION for FY2023 Houston Hazardous Clandestine Laboratory Response Equipment Grant for the Houston Police Department; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department (“Chief”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Chief to accept the Grant Award and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, to extend the Grant period and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant

**PULLED – This item will not be considered on April 20, 2022

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of Lilac Street, from Goldenrod Street south to its terminus; abandoning such street to Zachary T. Haines, Emily Haines, Terrence E. Hill, and Kimberly E. Meyer, the abutting property owners, in consideration of their cash payment to the City in the amount of $70,095, and a conveyance to the City of a 1,159 square-foot storm sewer easement, and $78,090.00, and a 1,216 square-foot storm sewer easement, all easements being located in the Glen Park Subdivision, situated in the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a ±50 foot-wide unnamed street easement located west of Glen Hollow Drive, and being out of Lots 10 and 12, Block 3, of South Acres Incorporated, a subdivision, in Harris County, Texas; abandoning said street easement to CABE BUILDERS, LLC, the abutting property owner, in consideration of its payment to the City in the amount of $32,700.00, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of a 0.112 acre parcel of City fee-owned land, being part of Tract 36b located in Block 36 of the Glendale Subdivision and situated in the J. Brown Survey, Abstract Number 8, Harris County, Texas, to ADG INTERESTS, LLC, the abutting property owner, in consideration of its conveyance to the City of two right-of-way easements, both situated in the J. Brown Survey, Abstract Number 8, Harris County, Texas, a cash payment to the City of $3,972.00, and other consideration - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 94.191 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 99, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 11.2077 acres of land to PORTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 106.166 acres of land to DECKER PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 36.26 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 560, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 11.784 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 531, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 71.793 acres of land to NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5, for inclusion in the District

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 1914 Gano Street and also known as “The Campbell-Moreno House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 1419 Kirby Street and also known as “Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Henderson House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 2310 Elgin Street also known as “Eldorado Ballroom” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 5303 Lyons Avenue and also known as “The Marshall-Calloway Building” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 501 Rouse Street and also known as “The Miller House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 1714 Houston Avenue and also known as “The J.F. Kessler Building” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 1428 E. 34th Street and also known as “Smith-Maxie House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 2011 Johnson Street and also known as “The Zischang-Alvarado House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 3904 Brandt Street and also known as “The Carson-Lucia House” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 2812 Milby Street and also known as “Boynton Chapel United Methodist Church” being located within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Protected Landmark - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE relative to the sale of a 0.268-acre park site known as STUDEMONT SPACEWAY 

SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - WEDNESDAY - 9:00 A.M. - MAY 25, 2022

PENCCO, INC for Hydrofluorosilicic Acid Chemicals for Houston Public Works - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $1,966,600.00 - Enterprise Fund

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH

 This was Item 13 on Agenda of April 13, 2022

ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE XX, CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, establishing a Minimum Bail Bond Premium or Payment for serious violent or sexual offenses; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and proving a penalty therefor

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MARTIN and KUBOSH

This was Item 15 on Agenda of April 13, 2022

ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, to add and amend sections relating to Exterior Security Cameras and Lighting to increase public safety

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS KAMIN, THOMAS and ALCORN

This was Item 16 on Agenda of April 13, 2022

MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 86.658 acres commonly known as 8230 Stedman Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a Municipal Setting Designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of NORTHPOINT DEVELOPMENT LLC - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON

This was Item 36 on Agenda of April 13, 2022