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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 |
Martha Castex-Tatum
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 |
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Director - City Council Agenda | Anna Russell
City Secretary | In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act the agenda is posted for public information, at all times, for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting on the bulletin board located on the exterior wall of the City Hall building at 901 Bagby.
The agenda may be accessed via the Internet at https://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/. Copies of the agenda are available in the Office of the City Secretary in the City Hall Annex, Public Level at no charge. To receive the agenda by mail, send check or money order for $52.00 for a one year subscription, made payable to the City of Houston to the attention of the City Secretary, P.O. Box 1562, Houston, Texas 77251.
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| | | | | | | | AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 1:30 PM City Hall Chamber | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | Council Member Davis | | | |
| | | | | | | | | ROLL CALL AND ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MINUTES | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 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
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| | | | | | | | | | WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 30, 2019 - 9:00 A. M. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE
CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | M2019-0546 REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 28 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | 1. | M2019-0547 REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the PLANNING COMMISSION, for terms to expire June 30, 2021:
Position One - MARTHA “MARTY” LEWIS STEIN, reappointment
Position Three - ZAFAR “ZAF” TAHIR, reappointment
Position Five - RANDALL L. JONES, reappointment
Position Seven - IAN ROSENBERG, reappointment
Position Nine - LISA M. CLARK, reappointment
Position Eleven - KEVIN ROBINS, appointment
Position Nineteen - LINDA E. PORRAS-PIRTLE, reappointment
Position Twenty-One - MEDARDO “SONNY” GARZA, reappointment | | | |
| | | | | | | | | ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 2 through 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBER 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 7 through 28 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | 7. | O2019-0822 ORDINANCE appropriating $8,900,000.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions Commercial Paper Series E Fund for expenditures related to the repair of City-Owned properties damaged by Hurricane Harvey; declaring the City's intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditures; containing provisions related to the subject; and declaring an emergency | | | | | VIDEO | 8. | O2019-0841 ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Inter-Jurisdictional Hurricane Harvey Settlement and Release Agreement between City of Houston and ALDINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT - $335,300.97 - Disaster Recovery Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 9. | O2019-0842 ORDINANCE allocating $750,000.00 in Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Funds to provide down payment and closing costs assistance to eligible homebuyers under the Homebuyer Assistance Program | | | | | VIDEO | 10. | O2019-0828 ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of an award of $1,355,777.00 in State of Texas Homeless Housing and Services Program Funds and approving and authorizing a contract between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING and COMMUNITY AFFAIRS for the administration of a FY 2020 Texas Homeless Housing and Services Program | | | | | VIDEO | 11. | O2019-0829 ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of an award of $415,034.00 in State of Texas Homeless Housing and Services Program Funds and approving and authorizing a contract between the City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING and COMMUNITY AFFAIRS for the administration of a FY 2020 Texas Homeless Housing and Services Program to address youth homelessness | | | | | VIDEO | 12. | TAGGED CM Stardig and Robinson ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., for project management software and services for Houston Public Works; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $2,307,625.00 - Project Cost Recovery Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 13. | TAGGED CM Edwards ORDINANCE awarding contract to PROMIUM, LLC, for Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), for the Houston Public Works; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $223,449.00 - Enterprise Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 14. | O2019-0830 ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and A-1 PERSONNEL OF HOUSTON, INC, EXECUTEAM STAFFING L.P., SMITH & DEAN, INC d/b/a DEAN’S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, and LANESTAFFING, INC, for Contingent Workforce Services for the Human Resources Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $15,000,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 15. | O2109-0831 ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2014-0928 (passed October 15, 2014) to increase the maximum contract amount from for the contract between the City of Houston and LONE STAR UNIFORMS, INC for Apparel Uniforms for the Houston Fire Department - $800,000.00 - General Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 16. | O219-0832 ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the SAINT GEORGE PLACE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (SAINT GEORGE ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2020-2024 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS G - TRAVIS and J - LASTER | | | | | VIDEO | 17. | 02019-0833 ORDINANCE relating to the MEMORIAL-HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FIVE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2020–2024 Capital Improvement Projects Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - COHEN and H - CISNEROS | | | | | VIDEO | 18. | TAGGED CM Boykins ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SEVEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2020-2024 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT D - BOYKINS | | | | | VIDEO | 19. | O2019-0834 ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOURTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (FOURTH WARD ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2020 - 2024 Capital Improvement Projects Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT C - COHEN | | | | | VIDEO | 20. | O2019-0823 ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the Citywide PC Replacement Project for Houston Information Technology Services Department | | | | | VIDEO | 21. | O2019-0835 ORDINANCE finding and determining public convenience and necessity for the acquisition of real property interests in connection with the Public Improvement Project known as the Abandonment of Bering and San Felipe Lift Stations Project; authorizing the acquisition of fee simple or easement interest to four parcels of land required for the project and situated in the Robert Vince Survey, Abstract No. A-77, and in the Charles Sage Survey, Abstract No. A-697, in Harris County, Texas, said parcels of land being located along San Felipe Road in Houston, Harris County, Texas, by gift, dedication, purchase and the use of eminent domain and further authorizing payment of the costs of such purchases and/or eminent domain proceedings and associated costs for Relocation Assistance, Appraisal Fees, Title Policies/Services, Recording Fees, Court Costs, and Expert Witness Fees in connection with the acquisition of fee simple or easement interest to the four parcels of land required for the project - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS | | | | | VIDEO | 22. | O2019-0836 ORDINANCE approving the acceptance of funds through grant agreement between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (TDEM) for the reimbursement of the Inwood Forest Golf Course Detention Project as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP); declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the City of Houston Director of Houston Public Works (“Director”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - $2,142,058.50 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT A - STARDIG | | | | | VIDEO | 23. | O2019-0824 ORDINANCE approving the acceptance of funds through grant agreement between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (TDEM) for the reimbursement for the construction of the Lake Houston Dam Gate Project as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP); Declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the City of Houston Director of Houston Public Works (“Director”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the director to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant - $3,281,399.25 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT E - MARTIN | | | | | VIDEO | 24. | O2019-0825 ORDINANCE appropriating $211,014.95 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation to the Construction Management and Inspection Services Agreement between the City of Houston and ERGONOMIC TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS, INC for Citywide Traffic Signal Rebuild Package #9 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0225) | | | | | VIDEO | 25. | O2019-0826 ORDINANCE appropriating $5,308,743.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to PM CONSTRUCTION & REHAB, LLC dba IPR SOUTH CENTRAL for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal; 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, testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 26. | O2019-0827 ORDINANCE appropriating $4,128,252.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to TEXAS PRIDE UTILITIES, LLC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-in-Place Pipe Method; 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, testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund | | | | | VIDEO | 27. | PASSED ON 3RD AND FINAL READING IN FULL
ORDINANCE No. 2019-793, passed second reading October 23, 2019
ORDINANCE granting to RESOLUTE ENVIRONMENTAL & RESPONSE SERVICES, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company, the right, privilege, and franchise to collect, haul, and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - THIRD AND FINAL READING | | | | | VIDEO | 28. | PASSED ON 3RD AND FINAL READING IN FULL
ORDINANCE No. 2019-794, passed second reading October 23, 2019
ORDINANCE granting to TAS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, L.P., a Texas Limited Partnership, the right, privilege, and franchise to collect, haul, and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions - THIRD AND FINAL READING | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA | | | |
| | | | | | | | | NON CONSENT AGENDA MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBER 29 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 30 through 32 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | VIDEO | MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Robinson 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. |
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