***PULLED – This item will not be considered on Sept. 16^th

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON MEDIA SOURCE (Formerly known as HOUSTON CABLE CORPORATION):

    Position One     -  SYLVIA CAVAZOS, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2020

    Position Two     -  MANISHA N. MEHTA, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2021

    Position Three  -  GENE B. PREUSS, appointment for a term to expire 12/31/2020

    Position Four    -  PHAN DUY, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2021

    Position Six      -  JASON M. WITCHET, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2021

    Position Seven -  J. ALLEN PROVOST, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2020 

    Position Eight   -  NOEL C. BEZETTE-FLORES, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2021

    Position Nine    -  ALEX LUSTER, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2020

    Position Ten     -  JESSE A. RODRIGUEZ, reappointment for a term to expire 12/31/2021

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the COASTAL WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

    Position One   -  GITI ZARINKELK, for a term to expire 3/31/2022

    Position Two     -  JOSEPH G. SOLIZ, for a term to expire 3/31/2022

    Position Three  -  TONY L. COUNCIL, for a term to expire 3/31/2021

    Position Four    -  D. WAYNE KLOTZ, for a term to expire 3/31/2021

REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals for a two-year term upon passage of Council to the DEFERRED COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

    Position One     -  COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY V. DAVIS, reappointment

    Position Two      -  TANTRI EMO, appointment

    Position Three    -  JANE E. CHEEKS, reappointment

    Position Four      -  DAVID DONNELLY, appointment

    Position Five      -  ALVIN L. BURROUGHS, appointment

    Position Six        -  GEORGE GUERRERO, appointment

    Position Seven   -  JIA WEN PETER NG, reappointment

RECOMMENDATION from Director of General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $222,360.10 and acceptance of work on contract with DNB ENTERPRISES, INC for Underground Storage Tank Replacement at the Environmental Service Center - South, and the Installation of Stormwater Interceptors at Environmental Service Center - North, and Northwest Service Center, for the Solid Waste Management Department - 5.33% below the original contract amount - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; H - CISNEROS and K - CASTEX-TATUM

GETAC, INC for sole source purchase of Accessories Upgrades for 90 Getac A140 Tablets for Houston Public Works - $62,995.50 - Enterprise Fund

JOHN DEERE & COMPANY - $19,466.86 and HLAVINKA EQUIPMENT CO. INC - $135,893.22 for purchase of Utility Carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Various Departments - Contributed Capital Projects Fund

CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET - $129,584.00 and SILSBEE FORD - $1,763,558.00 for Vans, Utility Pursuit Vehicles, and Light Duty Pickup Trucks for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Houston Police Department - Misc. Acquisition CP Series E Fund

TACTICAL MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC for approval of spending authority for purchase of Naloxone HCL Nasal Spray through the General Services Administration Schedule 84 Contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Houston Police Department - $425,306.55 - Grant Fund

APPROVE spending authority for Emergency Purchase of Various Goods and Services related to the City's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

RESOLUTION approving the issuance and sale by HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION of Multifamily Housing Mortgage Revenue Bonds to finance the construction of the (Avenue on 34th Apartments Project) Series 2020 - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

ORDINANCE readopting the Houston Youth Recreation Program’s Standards of Care as codified at Article XII of Chapter 32 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; containing findings and other provisions related to the subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a grant application to and acceptance of an award from the NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION for the Resilient Communities Program (the “Grant”); by the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Resilience; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Resilience to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the City of Houston’s Office of Resilience 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

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the acceptance of a grant award from the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES for the administration of the Texas Nurse-Family Partnership Program (the “Grant”) to the City of Houston Health Department; declaring the City's eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the City of Houston Health Department (“Director”) to accept and expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for, accept and expend all subsequent grant awards, if any, pertaining to the grant

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC, d/b/a ENDEAVORS, to provide up to $2,010,016.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Diversion Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES, to provide up to $1,136,960.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services and Navigation Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER to provide up to $668,071.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $66,807.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC to provide up to $1,254,731.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Response Funds and $125,473.00 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Funds for providing Rapid Rehousing Case Management Services to households impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

ORDINANCE appropriating $5,022,635.00 out of HAS Consolidated ITRP AMT Construction Fund and $87,896.00 out of HAS Airports Improvement Fund as an additional appropriation and approving and authorizing Amendment No. 1 to contract between City of Houston and HELLMUTH, OBATA & KASSABAUM, INC (Formerly HELLMUTH, OBATA, AND KASSABAUM, LP) for Professional Architectural and Engineering Design Services for Federal Inspection Services (FIS) Renovation and Expansion Project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston for Houston Airport System (as Approved by Ordinance No. 2018-1040); providing funding for Civic Art relating to construction of facilities financed by such funds - DISTRICT B - DAVIS

ORDINANCE appropriating $13,700.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund for Hurricane Harvey damage repairs for Looscan Neighborhood Library for Houston Public Library; declaring the City’s intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditure - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS

ORDINANCE appropriating funds totaling $16,994,000.00 from the following funds: $660,000.00 from the General Improvement Consolidated Construction Fund; $400,000.00 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund; $592,000.00 from the Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund; $3,610,000.00 from the Police Consolidated Construction Fund; $152,000.00 from the Contributed Capital Project Fund; $371,000.00 from the Miscellaneous Capital Projects Acquisitions CP Series E Fund; $833,000.00 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund; $3,757,000.00 from the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; $550,000.00 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund; $1,176,000.00 from the Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund; $308,000.00 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund; $500,000.00 from the Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund; $57,000.00 from the Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund; $972,000.00 from the Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund; $590,000.00 from the Parks & Recreation Dedication Fund; $2,466,000.00 from the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund, for the Task Order and Job Order (TOC/JOC) Contracting Program for various City Departments for Professional and Construction Services; (Approved by Ordinance Nos. 2016-0264, 2019-0391, 2019-0677, 2020-0090) - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; H - CISNEROS; I - GALLEGOS; J - POLLARD and K - CASTEX-TATUM

ORDINANCE appropriating $7,500,000.00 out of Airports Renewal and Replacement Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between City of Houston and FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC to provide Environmental On-Call Professional Services for Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Sole Source Contract between City of Houston and LIBRARY IDEAS, LLC for Digital Services for Houston Public Library; providing a maximum contract - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $375,000.00 - General Fund

ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2018-1037 (Passed December 19, 2018, and amending Ordinance No. 2015-0858, Passed on September 9, 2015) to increase the maximum contract amount to $47,992,404.60 for contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for Facility Operations, Maintenance and Repair Services for Various Departments - $5,142,043.35 - Maintenance, Renewal and Replacement Fund

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fourth amendment to the agreement for Credit Card Processing Services between the City of Houston and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and WELLS FARGO MERCHANT SERVICES, LLC - Revenue

**PULLED – This item will not be considered on 9/16

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. for Credit Card Processing Services for various City Departments - Revenue 

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement for Professional Services for Pension Actuarial Consulting and Advisory Services between the City and RETIREMENT HORIZONS INC - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,050,000.00 - General Fund

ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of 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 Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (UPTOWN ZONE); approving Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; G - TRAVIS and J - POLLARD

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an interlocal agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, and the HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and IDD relating to funding of the COVID-19 Homeless Mental Health Response Center, a Respite, Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Center for acutely mentally ill, homeless individuals who are at risk of contracting COVID-19; providing a maximum contract amount - $5,000,000.00 - Grant Fund

ORDINANCE renewing the establishment of the north side of the 1700 block of Haver Street within the City of Houston, Texas, as a special minimum building line requirement block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 38-foot-wide alley, in Block 34, Houston Heights Subdivision, lying between Lots 8 through 24 and Lots 25 through 40 of said Block 34, located in the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the alley to Slate Heights, LP, the abutting property owner, in consideration of its  conveyance to the City of a 10-foot-wide access easement, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

ORDINANCE appropriating $5,950,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing first amendment to Construction Contract between City of Houston and DCE CONSTRUCTION, INC for City Wide Panel Replacement FY2018 part of the Concrete Panel Replacement Program (Approved by Ordinance No. 2018-0643); providing funding for contingencies, CIP Cost Recovery and testing services relating to construction of facilities financed by Metro Projects Construction DDSRF

ORDINANCE appropriating $385,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge as a third additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and NEDU ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC for FY 17 Local Drainage Project Work Order Design Contract 2 (Approved by Ordinance No. 2017-0372, as amended); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge

RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $2,877,978.12 and acceptance of work on contract with GRAVA LLC for Concrete and Asphalt Restoration Work - 0.51% under the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX-TATUM

This was Item 14 on Agenda of September 9, 2020

ORDINANCE appropriating an additional $250,110.00 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund to the Professional Architectural Services Contract between City of Houston and ROBERT ADAMS, INC for additional design services for the Kendall Neighborhood Library (Approved by Ordinance No. 2019-0242) - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TRAVIS AND GALLEGOS

This was Item 27 on Agenda of September 9, 2020

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 2021 Operating Budget for the Authority and the Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS G - TRAVIS and J - POLLARD

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD

This was Item 29 on Agenda of September 9, 2020

ORDINANCE awarding contract to PRIME TREES INC for Tree Removal, Trimming and Pruning Services for Parks & Recreation Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $4,435,365.00 - General Fund

DELAYED BY MOTION #2020-481, 9/9/2020

This was Item 39 on Agenda of September 9, 2020