WEDNESDAY - September 21, 2016 - 9:00 A. M.

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of CONSTANCE K. ACOSTA to Position One of the MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION and the FIREFIGHTER’S & POLICE OFFICERS’ CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (Fire only), for the remainder of a three-year term ending June 14, 2019

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of TANYA DEBOSE to Position Five of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION APPEALS BOARD OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, for an unexpired term ending December 2, 2017

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of CHRISTOPHER LLOYD to Position One of the HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a term to expire March 1, 2018

            Position Two  -  JOHN RICKEL, for a term to expire 7/20/2018

            Position Four -  ANN THOMAS GIVENS, for a term to expire 7/20/2018, and to serve as Chair for a term ending 12/31/2016

RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Health Department to extend unpaid leave of absence for AUBREY DOUGLAS, Nurse Practitioner

RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Health Department to extend unpaid leave of absence for ROCQUEL HINES, Environmental Investigator III

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $2,988,993.98 and acceptance of work on contract with SER CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, LLC for Holcombe Drainage and Paving Improvements - 14.55% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT D - BOYKINS

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $5,896,165.23 and acceptance of work on contract with INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. for Northeast Water Purification Plant: Plant Security, Truck Scale and Miscellaneous Improvements - 2.10% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,725,363.57 and acceptance of work on contract with REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for Pressure Reducing Valve Station Improvements Package No. 5 - 20.52% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

AMEND MOTION #2015-344, 5/27/15, TO INCREASE spending authority from $300,027.00 to $538,902.00 for Personal Protective Footwear through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Houston Fire Department, awarded to CASCO INDUSTRIES, INC - General Fund

HORNE, LLC for Consulting Services through the Texas Multiple Award Schedule for Housing and Community Development Department - $313,429.45 - Grant Fund

ORDINANCE appropriating $127,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of SAP Enhancements and Various Professional and Consulting Services and Support for Houston Information Technology Services

OBJECTWIN TECHNOLOGY, INC for approval of spending authority in an amount not to exceed $162,000.00 for SAP Enhancements, Professional Services, Consulting Services and Support through the Texas Department of Information Resources for the Houston Information Technology Services - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund 

This item should only be considered after passage of Item 12 above

PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC for approval of spending authority in an amount not to exceed $356,215.00 for Intelligent Traffic System Control Cabinets for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - Dedicated Drainage & Street Renewal Fund

FIVE STAR ELECTRIC MOTORS, INC for approval of spending authority in an amount not to exceed $109,825.00 for Variable Frequency Drive Replacement and Installation Services for the Department of Public Works & Engineering - Enterprise Fund

***PULLED – This item will not be considered on 9/21.

ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-151 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Safety Zones for Nationally Competitively Bid Events

ORDINANCE providing for the assessment, levying and collection of Ad Valorem Taxes for the City of Houston, Texas for the Year 2016

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to grant agreement between the City of Houston and the WOMEN’S HOME for Construction of a Social Service Facility located in the vicinity of  1905 Jacquelyn Street and 1838 Johanna Drive, Houston, Texas, to serve homeless and low-income individuals and families, to consent to lease transactions and subordination of the City’s lien in order to accommodate commercially funded new market tax credit financing whose proceeds will supplement the previously approved City grant - DISTRICT A - STARDIG

***PULLED – This item will not be considered on 9/21

ORDINANCE authorizing substitution of $237,500 in Economic Development Initiative Special Project Grant Funds, previously awarded to the City by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the renovation of the 1926 Gregory School, also referred to as The African American Library at The Gregory School, for $237,500 in Community Development Block Grant Funds previously spent on the aforementioned project - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the City and the Department of State Health Services for Laboratory Analyses of Milk Sampling Services  (TXDSHS Contract #53700-6-000049922); approving the acceptance and disbursement of funds thereunder - $114,834.00 - Grant Fund

ORDINANCE annexing to the City of Houston, Texas territory located in the vicinity of the intersection of I-45 North and Rankin Road, in Harris County, Texas; extending the corporate limits of the City of Houston, Texas, to embrace and include territory within such boundaries; instituting proceedings to annex to its corporate limits the territory included in such boundaries; adopting a service plan for certain area in the vicinity of the intersection of I-45 North and Rankin Road; assigning the annexed area to adjacent district from which District Council Member is elected until such time as district boundaries may be changed pursuant to the City of Houston Charter - DISTRICT A - STARDIG

ORDINANCE annexing to the City of Houston, Texas territory located in the vicinity of the intersection of North Houston Rosslyn Road and Chippewa Boulevard, in Harris County, Texas; extending the corporate limits of the City of Houston, Texas, to embrace and include territory within such boundaries; instituting proceedings to annex to its corporate limits the territory included in such boundaries; adopting a service plan for certain area in the vicinity of the intersection of North Houston Rosslyn Road and Chippewa Boulevard; assigning the annexed area to adjacent district from which District Council member is elected until such time as district boundaries may be changed pursuant to the City of Houston Charter - DISTRICT B - DAVIS

ORDINANCE establishing the Fondren Southwest Northfield Sections 1 and 2 Subdivisions, within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size area pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT K - GREEN

ORDINANCE appropriating $1,145,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Body Armor Vests for Houston Police Department

ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2013-0816 to increase the maximum contract amounts and approving and authorizing 1) first amendment to agreement for Westlaw Computer-Assisted Legal Research Services and Clear Services, and 2) first amendment to Library Maintenance Agreement for Print Products, between the City of Houston and WEST, a Thomson Reuters Business, for the Legal Department

ORDINANCE amending the City of Houston Construction Code by adopting a revised Residential Energy Conservation Code based on the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code - Residential Provisions; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; containing a repealer; containing a savings clause; providing an effective date; providing for severability

ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of the HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 14 and the inclusion of certain lands within the district

NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 28

SET A PUBLIC HEARING for the proposed amendment of Chapter 40, Code of Ordinances, to extend the provisions of the Civility Ordinance to the Near Northside - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - WEDNESDAY - 9:00 A.M. - OCTOBER 5, 2016

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to Untreated Water Supply Contract between the City of Houston and ENTERPRISE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, LP (Approved by Ordinance No. 1996-209)

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS

This was Item 29 on Agenda of September 14, 2016