AGENDA
CITY OF HOUSTON . CITY COUNCIL
September 6, 2017


MAYOR
SYLVESTER TURNER
CONTROLLER
CHRIS B. BROWN

DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS

Brenda Stardig
District A

Jerry Davis
District B

Ellen R. Cohen
District C

Dwight A. Boykins
District D

Dave Martin
District E
Steve Le
District F

Greg Travis
District G

Karla Cisneros
District H

Robert Gallegos
District I

Mike Laster
District J

Larry V. Green
District K

AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Mike Knox
Position 1

David W. Robinson
Position 2
Michael Kubosh
Position 3

Amanda K. Edwards
Position 4

Jack Christie D.C.
Position 5
Marta Crinejo Director - City Council AgendaAnna Russell City Secretary

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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 9:00 AM
City Hall - Second Floor - City Hall

VIDEO
VIDEOINVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Robinson
VIDEO9:00 AM - ROLL CALL
VIDEOADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
VIDEO9:30 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.
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VIDEOMAYOR'S REPORT
CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBERS 1 through 4
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBER 1
VIDEO
VIDEO1.

SAM PACK’S FIVE STAR FORD, LTD. - $1,454,733.75, CALDWELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS LLC, d/b/a CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET, LLC - $265,116.00 and SILSBEE FORD, INC - $38,248.41 for Five Police Interceptor Sedans, Seventy-Five Investigative Sedans, Seven Utility Vehicles and one Pick-up Truck through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston Galveston Area Council and the State of Texas Procurement and Support Service Contract for the Houston Police Department - $1,758,098.00 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Auto Dealers Funds

ORDINANCES - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 2 through 4
ORDINANCES
VIDEO2.

ORDINANCE reapproving, passing, confirming, validating, approving, and adopting certain ordinances, resolutions and motions including without limitation motions and ordinances involving the appropriation and expenditure of city funds, revision to a Chapter of the City Code of Ordinances; submission of grant applications, the making of contracts or the granting of rights; special emergency items necessitated by Hurricane Harvey, and other agenda items approved by the City Council on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, more specifically denoted on Exhibit A hereto

VIDEO3.

ORDINANCE appropriating up to $46,114,987.70 in Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Affordable Housing Funds for Single Family and Multi Family Affordable Housing Activities, including costs associated with the administration of the City’s Affordable Housing Programs

VIDEO4.

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of an electronic application for grant assistance to the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION FY2018 Rifle Resistant Body Armor Program; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, as awarded, to apply for and to accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant program

VIDEO5.AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE USE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 419 EMANCIPATION AVENUE (“PROPERTY”) FOR THE OPERATION OF A SHELTER FACILITY PROVIDING EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR PERSONS DISPLACED BY HURRICANE HARVEY; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND EXECUTE (1) A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY BETWEEN 419 HOPE PARTNERS, LLC, LANDLORD, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LESSEE, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED TWELVE MONTHS (“LEASE AGREEMENT”); AND (2) A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND NEW HOPE HOUSING, INC. FOR THE OPERATION OF A SHELTER ON THE PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED TWELVE MONTHS (“MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT”); APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $500,000.00 OUT OF THE TIRZ AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND; ALLOCATING THE AFOREMENTIONED FUNDS AS FOLLOWS: (1) $155,000 TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND (2) $345,000 TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT; MAKING FINDINGS AND CONTAINING PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 5

VIDEOMISCELLANEOUS
VIDEO6.

RECEIVE nominations for appointment to Position 7 of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE (ST. GEORGE PLACE), CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS for the remainder of the designated two-year term

VIDEO
VIDEO

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 6 through 14

VIDEO7.

RECOMMENDATION from Acting Director Department of Public Works & Engineering to purchase Parcel AY16-097, located at 4701 West 34th Street, owned by HUE JWR LLC, a Texas limited liability company (Thu Binh Si Ho, Owner), for the WATONGA PAVING AND DRAINAGE PROJECT - DISTRICT C - COHEN

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS

This was Item 6 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO8.

AMEND MOTION 2013-476, 7/10/2013, TO INCREASE spending authority from $2,318,400.00 to $2,898,000.00 for the purchase of Airfield Lighting for the Houston Airport System, awarded to GLOBE ELECTRIC CO., INC - $579,600.00 - Enterprise Fund

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS

This was Item 8 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO9.

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of Semmes Street, from Lyons Avenue to Providence Street, and a 60 foot-wide utility easement; vacating and abandoning said street and utility easement to Saint Arnold Brewing Company, the abutting owner ("owner"), in consideration of owner's payment of $102,754.00 to the City and the conveyance to the City of two 20 foot-wide sanitary sewer easements, all in the S.F. Nobles Addition and D. Gregg's First Addition, S.M. Harris Survey, A-327, Harris County, Texas, and other consideration - DISTRICT B - DAVIS

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS 

This was Item 16 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO10.

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, Seller, and TRAILHEAD MANAGEMENT, LLC, Purchaser, for the sale of approximately 12.83 acres of land located at the southwest quadrant of Fuqua Street and Freehill Street, in the G. P. Burnett Survey, Abstract No. 1062, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Parcel No. SY14-137), for $994,800.00 - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS 

This was Item 17 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO11.

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the SOUTH POST OAK REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2018 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Projects Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT K - GREEN

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN

This was Item 21 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO12.

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the HIRAM CLARKE/FORT BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (HIRAM CLARKE/FORT BEND ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2018 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Plan Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT K - GREEN

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN 

This was Item 23 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO13.

ORDINANCE awarding contract to RBEX, INC dba APPLE TOWING CO. for Towing and Storage Services for Seized Vehicles for Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount 3 Years with two one-year options - $2,459,575.00 - General and Asset Forfeiture Funds

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS 

This was Item 29 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEO14.

ORDINANCE appropriating $17,971,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY for Ardmore Maintenance Facility; 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 testing services, CIP Cost Recovery, construction management and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT D - BOYKINS

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS DAVIS, BOYKINS and GREEN

This was Item 39 on Agenda of August 30,2017

VIDEO15.

MOTION by Council Member Robinson/Seconded by Council Member Davis to adopt recommendation from the Chief Procurement Officer to award to INTERNATIONAL NAME PLATE U.S., INC for Vehicle Decals and Decal Materials for the Fleet Management Department - 3 Years with two one-year options - $1,028,624.27 - Fleet Management Fund

DELAYED BY MOTION #2017-542, 8/30/17

 This was Item 41 on Agenda of August 30, 2017

VIDEOMATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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.