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AGENDA CITY OF HOUSTON . CITY COUNCIL Consolidated Session November 12, 2025

MAYOR
JOHN WHITMIRE

CONTROLLER
CHRIS HOLLINS

DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS

Amy Peck
District A

Tarsha Jackson
District B

Abbie Kamin
District C

Carolyn Evans-Shabazz
District D

Fred Flickinger
District E

Tiffany D. Thomas
District F

Mary Nan Huffman
District G

Mario Castillo
District H

Joaquin Martinez
District I

Edward Pollard
District J

Martha Castex-Tatum
District K

AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Julian Ramirez
Position 1

Willie Davis
Position 2

Twila Carter
Position 3

Letitia Plummer
Position 4

Sallie Alcorn
Position 5

Marta Crinejo, Agenda Director

Troy Lemon, Interim City Secretary

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NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak


AGENDA - CONSOLIDATED SESSION MEETING Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 9:00 AM City Hall - In Person Meeting


		INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Pollard


		9:00 AM - ROLL CALL


		ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING


		9:30 AM - PUBLIC SPEAKERS


	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 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. NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak


		HEARINGS - WEDNESDAY


	1	9:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING regarding the designation of the OWENS CORNING ROOFING & ASPHALT, LLC REINVESTMENT ZONE for tax abatement purposes - DISTRICT B - JACKSON


		MAYOR'S REPORT


		CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 2 through 29


	MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 2 and 3


	2.	RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Airport System for approval of membership fees in the AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL - NORTH AMERICA for the Calendar Year 2026 - $240,391.00 - Enterprise Fund
	3.	RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for payment to TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY for Annual Consolidated Water Quality Fees and Emissions Inspection Fees for the City of Houston's Wastewater Treatment Plants - $1,866,213.52 - Enterprise Fund


	PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 4 through 8


	4.	ORDINANCE appropriating $9,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund; approving and authorizing Addendum to Emergency Purchase Order between City of Houston and EMERY SAPP & SONS, INC for costs associated with Emergency Grinding and Grooving Services of IAH Runway 8R/26L for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 1054); providing funding for Grinding and Grooving Services, contingency, and materials testing
	5.	EMERY SAPP & SONS, INC for Emergency Purchase of Runway Grinding and Grooving Services at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) for the Houston Airport System - $9,000,000.00 - Airports Improvement Fund This item should only be considered after passage of item 4 above
	6.	APPROVE spending authority in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00 for Purchase of Mass Notification System Services for the Office of Emergency Management, awarded to EVERBRIDGE, INC - Through September 30, 2027 - Enterprise Fund
	7.	APPROVE spending authority in the total amount of $646,156.11 for Purchase of Wildland Firefighting Protective Gear for the Houston Fire Department, awarded to CREWBOSS SAFETY, LLC - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund
	8.	GT DISTRIBUTORS, INC - $9,683,882.79, KIESLER POLICE SUPPLY, INC - $7,628,799.00, PRECISION DELTA CORPORATION - $1,854,980.00, DANA SAFETY SUPPLY, INC - $236,730.00 and CTC GUNWORKS dba SENTINEL SUPPLY - $10,562.00 for Purchase of Ammunition and Accessories for the Houston Police Department - 3 Years with 2one-year options - General Fund


	RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERS 9 through 13


	9.	RESOLUTION authorizing issuance of Letter of Approval to MISSION EMS, INC pursuant to Section 773.0573 of Texas Health and Safety Code
	10.	RESOLUTION authorizing issuance of Letter of Approval to UNITED CRITICAL CARE INC pursuant to Section 773.0573 of the Texas Health and Safety Code
	11.	RESOLUTION authorizing issuance of Letter of Approval to ANGEL EMS INC pursuant to Section 773.0573 of the Texas Health and Safety Code
	12.	RESOLUTION authorizing issuance of Letter of Approval to PRIMA CARE, LLC pursuant to Section 773.0573 of the Texas Health and Safety Code
	13.	RESOLUTION authorizing issuance of Letter of Approval to SALUTE AMBULANCE COMPANY pursuant to Section 773.0573 of the Texas Health and Safety Code


		ORDINANCES - NUMBERING


	ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 14 through 29


		ORDINANCES


	14.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Loan Agreement between City of Houston and IKE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, INC, joined by HOUSTON RE, LP, to provide loan of HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds to partially finance new construction of Retreat at Esther, a 103-unit Affordable Housing Rental Community located at the southwest corner of Wheatley Street and Esther Drive, Houston, Texas 77088 - $4,000,000.00 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

	15.	ORDINANCE relating to the Water and Wastewater Rates of SOUTHERN WATER CORPORATION within the City of Houston, Texas; suspending for ninety days the effective date of new rates; maintaining current rates in effect; providing for severability - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

	16.	ORDINANCE denying application of AQUA TEXAS, INC for authority to change rates filed with the City of Houston, Texas on June 20, 2025, and as amended; providing for severability - DISTRICTS A - PECK and E - FLICKINGER

	17.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Amendment No. 2 to Lease Agreement between City of Houston, Texas, and HOUSTON AVIATION PARTNERS, LLC dba MILLION AIR–HOUSTON, for certain premises at Hobby Airport - DISTRICT I - MARTINEZ

	18.	ORDINANCE appropriating $250,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund to contract with FMG CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC, to provide Construction Services for HOU Restroom Renovation Phase 2 Project - DISTRICT I - MARTINEZ

	19.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract with SHERRARIUMS COMPANY to provide Seasonal Décor, Design, Installation, and Removal Services; providing a maximum contract amount - 1 Year - $200,222.00 Enterprise Fund

	20.	ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2024-0685 related to contracts with HONESTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC and FERN ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC for Environmental Services - $50,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund

	21.	ORDINANCE appropriating $113,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund; approving and authorizing contract with TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC to provide Jury Management System Services; providing maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options

	22.	ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2021-0530 related to contract with FIERRO GROUP, LTD for Metal and Wood Fence Installation and Repair Services - $4,989,960.31 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds

	23.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between City of Houston and LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP to provide Unpaid Account Collection Services - 1 Year

	24.	ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2024-0902 to increase maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to Derivative Agreement between City of Houston and ALVAREZ & MARSAL PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES, LLC to extend contract term and add Dashboard Enhancements for the Houston Permitting Center through OMNIA Partners Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Public Works (Approved by Ordinance 2024-0902) - Through February 26, 2026 - $120,695.00 - Building Inspection Fund

	25.	ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of MEDICAL CENTER AREA REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE); approving Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget for Authority - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ and K - CASTEX-TATUM

	26.	ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 47.0839 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 588, for inclusion in its district

	27.	ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 8.774 acres of land to MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 96, for inclusion in its district

	28.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Replacement Contract between City of Houston and TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD (TWDB), (Approved by Ordinance No. 2018-0103, on February 14, 2018) for Home Elevations with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2016 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program

	29.	ORDINANCE appropriating $4,554,212.25 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC for Kingwood West Wastewater Treatment Plant Hazard Mitigation; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT E - FLICKINGER


	END OF CONSENT AGENDA


		CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA


		NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 30


		MISCELLANEOUS


VIDEO	30.	MOTION TO RESCIND MOTION 2025-0739 AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE regarding the designation of a Landmark, Protected Landmark or Change of Designation upon application by the property owners: Landmark: Greater Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 828 W. 20^th Street Landmark: The Pizzitola Building at 1138 W. Gray Street Protected Landmark: The Valenti-Dissen House at 1505 Alamo Street Protected Landmark: The Valenti-Dissen House at 1507 Alamo Street Protected Landmark: West Edgemont’s “Dream House” at 1707 Milford Street Landmark: The Alan and Hattie Green House at 5319 Institute Lane Protected Landmark: Greater Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 3029 Holman Street Change of Designation: 3109 #4 Morrison Street from Contributing to Non-contributing in the Woodland Heights Historic District Change of Designation: 320 E. 20^th Street from Contributing to Non-contributing in the Houston Heights East Historic District HEARING DATE - 9:00 A.M. - WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 3, 2025


	MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 31 and 32


VIDEO	31.	ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XVI, CHAPTER 40, CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to sitting and lying upon public sidewalks, by adding an area within and surrounding the East End area between Chartres, Buffalo Bayou, 75th Street and Capitol as a designated area covered by such Article; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS THOMAS, CASTILLO and MARTINEZ This was Item 17 on Agenda of November 5, 2025

VIDEO	32.	ORDINANCE appropriating $660,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, as Seller, and City of Houston, Texas, as Buyer, for property located at the south side of Old Spanish Trail between Blythewood Street and Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas, for use as site for Fire Station No. 40 - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ This was Item 29 on Agenda of November 5, 2025


	MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Castex-Tatum 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 POSITIONED IN THIS AGENDA. ALSO, AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN TAGGED UNDER CITY COUNCIL RULE (HOUSTON CITY CODE 2-2) OR DELAYED TO ANOTHER DAY MAY BE NEVERTHELESS CONSIDERED LATER AT THE SAME CITY COUNCIL MEETING.