ORDINANCE appropriating $5,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund as an additional appropriation for Professional On-Call Environmental Consulting Services Contract between the City of Houston and RS&H, INC for the Houston Airport System; amending Ordinance No. 2014-802 to increase the maximum contract amount - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

Enact an ordinance to approve an additional appropriation of $5,000,000 to the On-Call Environmental Consulting Services Contract with RS&H, Inc. and to amend Ordinance 2014-802 to increase the maximum contract amount to $10,000,000.

Specific Explanation:

On August 20, 2014, City Council approved the On-Call Professional Environmental Services contract. The original appropriation was for $750,000 for year one, $800,000 for year two and $3,450,000 specified for the subsequent years. RS&H, Inc. has thus far provided the following services:

·         Air quality assessment and permitting

·         Water quality assessment and permitting

·         Site assessment and remediation

·         NEPA and general conformity review of capital development projects

·         Regulatory negotiations

·         Environmental management information systems

·         Energy efficiency

·         Training

·         Sustainability planning and management

·         Land use regulation compliance

·         Aviation noise services

·         Spill prevention

·         Emergency response coordination, sampling, and oversight

·         Environmental Design

·         Environmental specifications for construction projects

·         Litigation support

·         Other miscellaneous environmental services

It is now requested that council approve an additional appropriation of $5,000,000 to complete the necessary National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) approvals for the Mickey Leland International Terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) (MLIT), the Spaceport Phase 1 at Ellington Airport (EFD), the North Hollow Noise Mitigation Program, and other airport projects.

The following projects are anticipated to be supported by the On-Call Professional Environmental Consulting Services Contract through this additional appropriation:

·         East Hardstand Environmental Documentation

·         MLIT Environmental Documentation

·         Ellington Airport Spaceport Phase 1 Environmental Documentation

·         Wetland Delineation for the three airports

·         Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit

·         Fleet Maintenance Building

·         Tower Demolition at IAH

·         IT Building Environmental Documentation

·         Hobby Airport Upcoming Projects Environmental Documentation

·         IAH Storm Water Pollution Control System Environmental

·         Taxiways Upgrade for Heavy Aircraft Environmental Documentation

·         CNG Station Environmental Documentation

·         Wetland permitting for the three Airports

·         North Hollow Sound Mitigation Program

·         Archeological Survey for the three Airports

·         Maintenance Startup and Shutdown (MSS) Emission Evaluation

·         SIP Emissions Inventory/TCEQ AEI and MCECT

·         FIS Expansion Environmental Documentation

·         Taxiway November Romeo (NR) Expansion

·         Three Airports Materials Hazardous Assessment

·         HOU Satellite Utilities Plant (SUP) Phase II

·         Relocation of Right-of-Way

·         As Yet Undetermined Projects That Will Need Environmental Documentation

The term of this Contract remains a maximum of five (5) years. The previously approved aggregate total contract amount shall not to exceed $10,000,000.

Pay or Play:

The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s “Pay or Play” ordinance regarding health benefits for employees of City contractors. In this case, the contractor provides benefits for some employees but will pay into Contractor Responsibility Fund for others, in compliance with City policy.

Hire Houston First:

Hire Houston First does not apply because this project is federally funded.

DBE Participation:

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal for this agreement is 30%. RS&H, Inc. is currently achieving 41.49% DBE participation. Based on the executed Letters of Authorization, it is expected that the final DBE participation will surpass the 30% goal and will be met by the following certified firms:

Due to the on-call nature of the work to be performed under this agreement, the amount of work required of the DBE firms listed will be identified as the scopes of the projects evolve. The HAS Office of Business Opportunity has reviewed and approved this participation plan.

CIP Fiscal Note:

This Contract was executed with the express purpose of providing on-call professional environmental services for the Houston Airport System (HAS) and will be utilized  in support of  multiple, separate and distinct projects for which HAS will not procure the services of separate on-call environmental services firms or are only soliciting very early environmental preparation.  At the time of the project procurement for a future given project, an operational expense impact analysis will be provided for that specific, individual project.

See attached Form A

A portion of the spending may be eligible for reimbursement under either the FAA AIP or PFC programs.

08/20/2014 (O) 2014-0802

Prior Appropriations:

08/20/2014                $750,000       HAS Airport Improvement (8011)

07/01/2014                $800,000       Revenue (8001) FY15

Out Years                  $3,450,000    HAS Revenue (8001)

TOTAL                      $5,000,000

$5,000,000    HAS Airport Improvement (8011)

$5,000,000    TOTAL

Rhonda Arnold              281/233-1618

Robert Barker                281/233-1953