| | | | | | | | AGENDA CITY OF HOUSTON . CITY COUNCIL November 8 & 9, 2022 | | |
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MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER | CONTROLLER CHRIS B. BROWN | DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS
Amy Peck
District A
Tarsha Jackson
District B
Abbie Kamin
District C
Carolyn Evans-Shabazz
District D
Dave Martin
District E | Tiffany D. Thomas
District F
Mary Nan Huffman
District G
Karla Cisneros
District H
Robert Gallegos
District I
Edward Pollard
District J |
Martha Castex-Tatum
District K AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS
Mike Knox
Position 1
David W. Robinson
Position 2 | Michael Kubosh
Position 3
Letitia Plummer
Position 4 |
Sallie Alcorn
Position 5 |
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Agenda Director | Pat Jefferson Daniel, 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.
To reserve time to appear before Council call 832-393-1100, or email us at speakers@houstontx.gov or weather permitting you may come to the Office of the City Secretary, City Hall Annex, Public Level.
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| | | | | | | | AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 1:30 PM Hybrid Public Session (Virtual and in Person) & In-person Council Session | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Huffman | | | | | | Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting will offer the options to participate by videoconference or in-person. The meeting will be open to the public but restrictions regarding masks, allowable room capacity, and seating arrangements may be in place. | | | | | | The public meeting location will be City Hall Council Chamber, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, Texas 77002. The Mayor, as presiding officer of City Council, and some Council Members will be physically present. Other Council Members may participate by videoconference in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code applicable to a governmental body that extends into three or more counties. The meeting will also be streamed as usual on the City’s website (https://www.houstontx.gov/htv/index.html), Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pg/HoustonTelevision/videos/) and the municipal channel on public television. | | | | | | Members of the public may provide public comment during the Tuesday public session at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 994 976 718#. Details for signing up to speak in-person or virtually are posted at https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html. | | | |
| | | | | | | | | ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 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 - November 9, 2022 - 9:00 A. M. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE
CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 31 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | PURCHASING and TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 4 through 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4. | FARRWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY for purchase of HAZMAT Suits and Coveralls through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Texas Local Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) for the Houston Fire Department - $163,519.50 - Grant Fund | | | | | 5. | DELTA FIRE & SAFETY, INC for Personal Protective Gear and Replacement Parts for the Houston Fire Department - $4,825,923.14 - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - General Fund | | | | | 6. | AGGREKO, LLC for approval of spending authority for the Rental and Leasing of Heating Ventilation and Air Condition Systems and related equipment through the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance for the General Services Department - Term ending December 7, 2025 - $2,000,000.00 - Maintenance Renewal and Replacement Fund | | | | | 7. | SILSBEE FORD for purchase of two Bomb Response Trucks through the Interlocal Purchasing System for Public Safety and Homeland Security on behalf of the Houston Police Department - $281,516.00 - General and Grant Funds | | | | | 8. | TECHNICAL LABORATORY SYSTEMS, INC to approve purchase of two (2) Training Simulator Chairs - $377,380.00 - Enterprise and Other Funds | | | | | 9. | AMEND MOTION #2019-195, 4/17/19 TO INCREASE spending authority from $16,902,152.31 to $20,850,301.32 for purchase of Facilities Maintenance and Repair & Operations and Industrial Supplies from the Statewide Procurement Division Texas Multiple Award Schedule Contract through the State of Texas Procurement Contract Management Program for Various Departments, awarded to W.W. GRAINGER - $3,948,149.01 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds | | | |
| | | | | | | | | RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERS 10 through 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 14 through 31 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 14. | ORDINANCE approving and adopting Version 1.8 of the City of Houston Harvey Homeowner Assistance Program Guidelines | | | | | 15. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a form of Restrictive Covenant for the Harvey Homeowner Assistance Program and forms of amendments to and revised Forgivable Loan Agreement and Respective Promissory Note and Deed of Trust attached thereto between City of Houston and participants in the Harvey Homeowner Assistance Program; authorizing the Mayor to execute said documents with said participants
This item should only be considered after passage of Item 14 above | | | | | 16. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and the UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE for Training and Development Services for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $500,000.00 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS | | | | | 17. | ORDINANCE appropriating $2,616,000.00 from Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the planned Network Refresh and Firewall Replacement Projects for Houston Information Technology Services | | | | | 18. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Agreement between BRACEWELL LLP and City of Houston (“City”) to provide Legal Services relating to a lawsuit filed against the City and against Sylvester Turner, in his official capacity as Mayor; establishing a maximum contract amount - $450,792.00 - Property & Casualty Fund | | | | | 19. | ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2021-0340 to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between City of Houston and AIR CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Exhaust Removal Services for the Houston Fire Department - $467,000.00 - Enterprise and Grant Funds | | | | | 20. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and LOCKE LORD, LLP for Professional Lobbying Services for the Mayor’s Office of Government Relations; providing a maximum contract amount - 2 Years - $757,000.00 - General Fund | | | | | 21. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and AVOLVE SOFTWARE CORPORATION for Sole Source purchase of enhanced software as a Service and Professional Support Services for the Houston Public Works Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,618,785.00 - Building Inspection Fund | | | | | 22. | ORDINANCE appropriating $2,466,478.09 out of Airports Improvement Fund; approving and authorizing a Derivative Agreement between City of Houston and PREFERRED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC through the Department of Information Resources for the purchase of Security Cameras, Installation, Software, Hardware, and Warranty for the Houston Airport System at William P. Hobby Airport; providing a maximum contract amount - 1 Year | | | | | 23. | ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 583 and the inclusion of 332.233 acres of land into the district; authorizing the district to issue bonds, subject to certain conditions | | | | | 24. | ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 588, containing approximately 201.648 acres of land, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, Texas; authorizing the district to issue bonds | | | | | 25. | ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of portions of a ±12 foot-wide alley located between North Main Street and Cornell Street, one alley portion being situated to the west of and adjoining lot 36, block 22 of the Sunset Heights Addition, the other alley portion being situated east of and adjoining lot 1, block 1 of the Kluski Place Section 1 - replat, and both alley portions being out of the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas; abandoning said alley portions to SL ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC and NORTH MAIN CONDOS, LLC, the abutting property owners, in consideration of their payment to the City in the amount of $90,000.00, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS | | | | | 26. | ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of a ten-foot-wide easement for gas line purposes, and a sixty-foot-wide by forty-foot-wide surface site easement, out of City fee owned land located in the Victor Blanco Five League Grant Survey, A-2, Houston, Harris County, Texas, to HOUSTON PIPE LINE COMPANY, LP, a Foreign Limited Partnership, for good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT E - MARTIN | | | | | 27. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and the TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD for reimbursement of the cost to complete the elevation of 40 flood-prone homes | | | | | 28. | ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Full and Final Settlement, Indemnity Agreement and Release between City of Houston and PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL, LLC - $252,008.44 - Special Revenue Fund | | | | | 29. | ORDINANCE appropriating $525,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF | | | | | 30. | ORDINANCE appropriating $525,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and NEDU ENGINEERING, INC for FY17 Local Drainage Project Work Order Design Contract No. 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 and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax | | | | | 31. | ORDINANCE appropriating $13,527,312.60 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund-Drainage Charge and $5,426,481.52 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to JFT CONSTRUCTION, INC for Richmond Plaza (South) Drainage and Paving 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 CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund-Drainage Charge and Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, contingency, and testing services - DISTRICT J - POLLARD | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Alcorn 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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