RECOMMENDATION from Director of Parks & Recreation Department to approve revised rental rates for the Kingwood Community Center and the renovated and expanded Moody Park Community Center - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and H - GONZALEZ

RECOMMENDATION from Director of Finance to place the proposed 2014 tax rate of $.631080/$100 of value on the Tuesday October 21, 2014 Council Agenda, or such other date that meets the requirements of the Texas Property Tax Code, call three public hearings at which interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard on the proposed tax rate and provide for the publication of the notice of such hearings and other related information

SUGGESTED HEARING DATES:

6:00 P.M. - Tuesday - September 23, 2014;

6:00 P.M. - Tuesday - September 30, 2014; and

9:00 A.M. - Wednesday - October 8, 2014

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering on request from David Brewer, Brewer Escalante, on behalf of F. L. Tucker, Ltd. (Kurt M. Hanson, Vice President) and Crown Business Park, Inc. (M.J. Iqbal, Owner),  for abandonment and sale of Millport Street, from Belmore Street to Bingle Road, located within the Rosslyn Addition, out of the Joseph Box Survey, Parcels SY14-109 and SY14-133 - DISTRICT A - STARDIG

RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering on request from Richard Werner, Drake Custom Homes, for abandonment and sale of a prescriptive sanitary sewer easement, between Peden Street and Damon Court, from the western property line of Block 13, Lot 1 to the eastern property line of Block 13, Lot E, in exchange for conveyance of a 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all located within the Replat of Rosemont Heights Extension, out of the Obedience Smith Survey, Parcels SY14-112 and DY14-050 - DISTRICT C - COHEN

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES (DADS) for the Development and Implementation of an Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) for Transitional Housing Assistance and other ADRC Services for older adults; declaring the City’s eligibility for the contract grant funds; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to accept and expend such grant funds, and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the ADRC Services - $511,899.00 - Grant Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing ninth amendment reinstating and extending the CDBG - Disaster Recovery Grant Contract, GLO Contract No. 09-6852-000-5275, Formerly referred to as the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Community Development Program Contract No. 70090001,  between the City of Houston and the TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE for Hurricane Ike/Dolly Funding under the Consolidated Security Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009

ORDINANCE appropriating $6,180,594.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund to fulfill the obligations of the City in the Interlocal Agreement for Bayou Greenways 2020 between the City of Houston and THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC approved by Ordinance 2013-635, passed on June 26, 2013 - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - DAVIS; C - COHEN; D - BOYKINS; I - GALLEGOS and K - GREEN

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston, Texas, as Grantor, to convey to the HOUSTON DOWNTOWN PARK CORPORATION, as Grantee, an easement in certain real property located within the Convention District Garage across from George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of the CITY PARK REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWELVE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (CITY PARK ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget for the Authority - DISTRICT C - COHEN

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 2015 Operating Budget for the Authority - DISTRICT K - GREEN

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 PLACE ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2015-2019 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone -  DISTRICTS G - PENNINGTON and J - LASTER

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE for Professional Civic Art and Conservation Administration Services for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount; providing funding for contingencies - 1 Year - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 2012-684 to increase the maximum contract amount to the Pension Actuarial Consulting Services Agreement between the City and RETIREMENT HORIZONS INC.

ORDINANCE establishing the north side of the 500 block of Caplin Street, between Lazaras and Helmers Streets, within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ

ORDINANCE establishing the south side of the 1600 block of Fairview Street, between Yupon and Windsor Streets, within the City of Houston as a special minimum lot size block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas

ORDINANCE approving Water Conservation Plan for municipal uses and an Updated Drought Contingency Plan for the City of Houston

ORDINANCE appropriating $5,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF; approving and authorizing Advanced Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Installation of Traffic Signal Control Software at Signalized Intersections within the City of Houston

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a cooperative development agreement between the City of Houston, HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 498, PB COMMERCIAL, LLC, GGA/REDDY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HRRT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC, INTERNATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, MALLADI S. REDDY & PRAVANI REDDY, DOLEX INVESTMENTS, INC. for Buffalo Speedway Design Modification; finding  and  determining  that  public convenience  and  necessity  no  longer  require  the  continued  use  of  (1)  a  portion  of  Buffalo  Speedway,  from  the  northern boundary line of the Wildcat Park Subdivision south approximately  2,100  feet,  and  (2)  a  portion  of  wildcat  park drive,  from  the  western  boundary  line  of  the  wildcat  park subdivision  east  approximately  1,264  feet,  both  within  the Wildcat  Park  Subdivision,  Harris  County,  Texas; vacating  and  abandoning  the street  rights-of-way  to  PB  Commercial,  LLC  (“abutting  owner”); approving and authorizing payment for related title services not to exceed $100,000.00; approving  and  authorizing  the execution and recording of a memorandum of  street  abandonment - DISTRICT K - GREEN

ORDINANCE appropriating $7,564,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to INDUSTRIAL TX, CORP. for Sims Bayou South Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements; 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, CIP Cost Recovery, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS

ORDINANCE appropriating $2,767,566.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to PM CONSTRUCTION & REHAB, LLC 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 and  testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund (WW4235-74)

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of LAKE HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on behalf of Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Houston, Texas (Lake Houston Zone); approving the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Year 2015-2019 Capital Improvement Projects Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN

This was Item 23 on Agenda of September 3, 2014

ORDINANCE relating to the Fiscal Affairs of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIX, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (EASTSIDE ZONE); approving the Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN

This was Item 25 on Agenda of September 3, 2014