REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the PLANNING COMMISSION, for terms to expire June 30, 2018;

        Position Two         -  MEERA D. VICTOR, appointment

        Position Four         -  SUSAN ALLEMAN, reappointment

        Position Six           -  FERNANDO L. BRAVE, reappointment

        Position Eight        -  LYDIA MARES, appointment

        Position Ten          -  MEGAN R. SIGLER, appointment

        Position Twelve     -  ALGENITA SCOTT DAVIS, reappointment

        Position Eighteen  -  PAUL R. NELSON, reappointment

              Position Twenty     - ANTOINE BRYANT, reappointment

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following individuals to the INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD:

**PULLED – This item will not be considered on 10/19/16

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE) BOARD OF DIRECTORS;

      Position Three  -  ALGENITA SCOTT DAVIS, reappointment, for a term                                   to expire 12/31/2017, and to serve as Chair for a                                             term ending 12/31/2016

Position Four    -  PAUL E. JEFFERSON, appointment, for a term to expire

                             12/31/2017

Position Five   -  TANDELYN ATKINSON WEAVER, reappointment, for a term to expire

RECOMMENDATION from Director Mayor’s Office of Governmental Relations for adoption of the City of Houston Legislative Principles for the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature

RECOMMENDATION   from   Director   General    Services    Department for approval of final contract amount of $3,829,553.00 and acceptance of work on contract with CARRERA CONSTRUCTION, INC for construction services in connection with TIGER Project #4 Buffalo Bayou Path for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department - 9.54% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,981,073.72 and acceptance of work on contract with REYTEC CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES, INC for Large Diameter Waterline Valve Replacement Project  6.26% under the original contract amount (WA11162) - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - DAVIS; C - COHEN; E - MARTIN; F - LE; G - TRAVIS; H - CISNEROS; I - GALLEGOS; J - LASTER and K - GREEN

PROPERTY - NUMBER 7    

RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney to purchase as agreed  in connection with eminent domain proceeding styled City of Houston v. Timmons Place, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, et al, Cause No. 1071142, for acquisition of Parcel of AY15-069 for WEST ALABAMA STREET PAVING AND DRAINAGE PROJECT (Weslayan - Buffalo Speedway) - DISTRICT C - COHEN

CHASTANG ENTERPRISES, INC d/b/a CHASTANG’S BAYOU CITY AUTOCAR - $5,324,982.04, TEXAN WASTE EQUIPMENT, INC dba HEIL OF TEXAS - $2,579,472.00 and MCNEILUS FINANCIAL, INC d/b/a MCNEILUS TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING CO. - $802,459.00 for Garbage and Recycling Trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Solid Waste Management Department - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Funds

ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XVI, CHAPTER 40, CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, by adding an area within the Historic Near Northside as a designated area covered by such article

ORDINANCE supplementing the City of Houston, Texas Master Ordinance No. 2004-299; providing for the issuance of the City of Houston, Texas, Combined Utility System Subordinate Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2016D, providing for the amounts, interest rates, prices, and terms thereof and other matters relating thereto; providing for the payment thereof; making other provisions regarding such bonds and matters incident thereto; authorizing a Co-Bond Counsel Agreement, authorizing execution and delivery of a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement; and declaring an emergency

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 10-foot-wide utility easement and a 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, within Lots 4 through 13, Tracts 19, 19A and 19B, Harris County, Texas; vacating and abandoning the easement to Kirby Court Corporation, Walaby Realty Partners, Ltd., Catherine Wiley Lippincott, Thomas Merritt Lippincott, Austin Trust Company, as trustee under the William T. Dickey Generation-Skipping Trust, the Lynn Dickey Wiseheart Generation-Skipping Trust, the Catherine Wiley Lippincott Generation-Skipping Trust, the Thomas Lippincott Generation-Skipping Trust, the William Mathew Dickey Generation-Skipping Trust, and the Laura Lynn Dickey Generation-Skipping Trust all created under the Will of William M. Dickey, owners, in consideration of the conveyance to the City of Houston, Texas, of a 20-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, located within Tracts 16, 16A and 19C by Kirby Court Corporation, all located within Blocks 29 and 30, College Heights Addition; and payment to the City of $43,325.00, and other consideration - DISTRICT C - COHEN

ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No.  2015-1313 relating to the rescheduling or postponement of certain city council meetings

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Parking Easement and Agreement for provision of Handicap Parking between FINGER-FSC CRAWFORD, LTD. and the City of Houston, Texas - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Lease Agreement between the City of Houston and CENTRAL HELICOPTER SERVICE, INC, for certain premises at William P. Hobby Airport - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2012-512 to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON CENTER FOR LITERACY to support the Mayor’s Coalition for Literacy for the Houston Public Library Department - $335,000.00  General Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Development and Construction Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas and HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON for Improvements around the Clayton Library located at Caroline Street - DISTRICT C - COHEN

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to Contract 4600010724 between the City of Houston and XEROX CORPORATION to increase the maximum contract amount and extend the contract term for Supply, Management and Support Services of Multi-Function Office Machines for Various Departments (Approved by Ordinance No. 2011-238, as amended) - $760,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amendment to the agreement between the City of Houston and AT&T CORP for Fiber Metro Ethernet Network Connectivity to 44 Houston Public Library and Houston Area Library Automated Network Sites

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 2.532 acres of land to DOWDELL PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 40.102 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 134B, for inclusion in its district

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 37.4952 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 89 for inclusion in its district

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 3.1377 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL and IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 110, for inclusion in its district

ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 231.3383 acres of land to NEWPORT MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district

**PULLED – This item will not be considered on 10/19/16

ORDINANCE appropriating $11,809,341.40 out of Water Authorities Capital Contribution Fund NETL and $7,972,958.60 out of PWE-NETL Construction Fund; and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC for Design of the Northeast Transmission Line (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 2015-1073, 2015-1074, 2015-1075, 2015-1076, 2015-1077 & 2015-1078); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water Authorities Capital Contribution Fund NETL and the PWE- NETL Construction Fund - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and E - MARTIN

ORDINANCE appropriating $7,122,896.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to REPIPE CONSTRUCTION, LLC dba IPR SOUTH CENTRAL LLC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Sliplining, Pipe Bursting and Cured-In-Place Pipe Methods; 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 funding for engineering and testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund (WW 4257-155)

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 26 through 29   

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City of Houston and LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION, to extend the contract term for the continuing administration and operation of a job training program

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS

This was Item 11 on Agenda of October 12, 2016

ORDINANCE appropriating $22,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund as additional appropriation and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 1 to two contracts between the City of Houston and HOUSTON AVIATION ALLIANCE, a Joint Venture, and PARSONS & H. J. RUSSELL IAH TEAM, A Joint Venture, for Professional Program Management Support Services for the Houston Airport System (Approved by Ordinance No. 2015-314) (Project No. 800) DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

 TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOYKINS

This was Item 19 on Agenda of October 12, 2016

ORDINANCE establishing the east and west sides of the 2000 block of Harvard Street, within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT C - COHEN

 TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON

This was Item 24 on Agenda of October 12, 2016

MOTION by Council Member Cohen/Seconded by Council Member Robinson to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $810,776.71 and acceptance of work on contract with TIKON GROUP, INC for Safe Sidewalk Program - 16.17% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS F - LE; G - TRAVIS; J - LASTER and K - GREEN

DELAYED BY MOTION #2016-501, 10/12/16

This was Item 34 on Agenda of October 12, 2016