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AGENDA CITY OF HOUSTON . CITY COUNCIL October 17 & 18, 2023

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

Marta Crinejo, Agenda Director

Pat Jefferson Daniel, City Secretary

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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 1:30 PM City Hall - In Person Meeting


PRESENTATIONS


2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE


		INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Peck


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.

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		SP10-17-2023


		RECESS


		RECONVENE


		WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2023 - 9:00 A. M.


	DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT


		MAYOR'S REPORT


		CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 39


	MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 3


	1.	REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a term to expire August 31, 2025 Position Four - MARTYE M. KENDRICK Position Five - LAURA G. MURILLO Position Eleven - ROBERT WOODS
	2.	REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the PLANNING COMMISSION: Position One - MARTHA L. “MARTY” STEIN, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Three - ZAFAR “ZAF” TAHIR, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Five - RANDY JONES, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Seven - IAN ROSENBERG, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Nine - LISA M. CLARK, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Eleven - KEVIN ROBINS, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Thirteen - RODNEY R. HEISCH, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Fourteen - BILL BALDWIN, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Eighteen - SAMI KHALEEQ, appointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2024 Position Nineteen - LINDA PORRAS-PIRTLE, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025 Position Twenty-One - MEDARDO E. “SONNY” GARZA, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2025
	3.	RECOMMENDATION from Director Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department for the designation of a residential parking permit area in the 1100 block of Herkimer St. and the 1100 block of Willard St. - DISTRICT C - KAMIN


	ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 4 and 5


	4.	RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $718,105.43 and acceptance of work on contract with DNB ENTERPRISES, INC for Underground Storage Tank (UST) Removal, Remediation, and Installation, Randolph St., William P. Hobby Airport - 4.75% above the original contract amount - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
	5.	RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $4,553,351.25 and acceptance of work on contract with GADBERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC for the Kendall Neighborhood Library and Community Center Restoration (Harvey) Project - 10.06% over the original contract amount and under the approved 16% contingency - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN


	PURCHASING and TABULATION of BIDS - NUMBERS 6 through 12


	6.	FRAZER, LTD for Purchase of Complete Ambulance Chevy C3500 Regular Cab through the HGAC Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of the Houston Fire Department - $5,020,920.00 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund
	7.	APPROVE spending authority in the amount not to exceed $963,893.70 for Emergency Construction Repairs and Waterproofing Services at the City Hall Tunnel for the General Services Department on award to TIMES CONSTRUCTION - General Improvement Consolidation Fund
	8.	FERGUSON WATERWORKS for Repair Clamps through the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance for Houston Public Works - $220,456.97 - Enterprise Fund
	9.	APPROVE spending authority in the amount not to exceed $6,200,000.00 for Emergency Waterline Inspection Services for Houston Public Work, on award to MIDDLETON BROWN, LLC - 9 Months - Enterprise Fund
	10.	KINLOCH EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY, INC for Rental of Sewer Cleaner Trucks through the Texas Local Purchasing Cooperative Buyboard for Houston Public Works - 1 Year - $486,000.00 - Storm Water Fund
	11.	APPROVE spending authority in an amount not to exceed to $170,000.00 to update the 2019 City of Houston Water Conservation Plan and Drought Contingency Plan for Houston Public Works, on award to ALAN PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC dba PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC - Enterprise Fund
	12.	APPROVE spending authority in an amount not to exceed $640,000.00 for Emergency Maintenance and Repair of Belt Filter Presses for Houston Public Works, on award to ALFA LAVAL, INC - Enterprise Fund


	ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 13 through 39


	13.	ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 46-191 AND 46-239 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Chauffeured Limousines
	14.	ORDINANCE waiving the requirements of SECTION 1-13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Consumer Price Index Percentage Adjustment of certain fees on January 1, 2024
	15.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMS to provide Department of Labor Community Project Funding (“CPF”) and American Rescue Plan Act Funds (“ARPA”) for the Empowering Solar Jobs Program the continuing operation of a Job Services Program to provide Workforce Development by preparing and accelerating STEM career opportunities to program participants in underserved neighborhoods - 24 Months - $459,206.09 - Grant and ARPA Recovery Funds - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
	16.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE for Commercial Driver’s License (“CDL”) Training to employees of the Fleet Management Department providing a maximum contract amount - Through June 30, 2025 with 2 one-year options - $619,220.00 - Fleet Management Fund
	17.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES to provide additional Community Development Block Grant – Cares Act Funds for the continuing administration and operation of Case Management and Homeless Diversion Services - $100,000.00 - Grant Fund
	18.	ORDINANCE appropriating $520,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Planned Public Printing Kiosks, New Digitalization Lab Equipment, Public Facing Computers and Radio Frequency ID Technology for the Houston Public Library
	19.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Architectural Services Contract between City of Houston and JOHNSTON, LLC for Holcombe Lab Expansion Project - $1,215,220.00 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
	20.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of application for Grant Assistance to the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (“USDOE”) for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for the General Services Department; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the General Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to apply for and accept the Grant and Funds, and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant
	21.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Land Banking Agreement between City of Houston, Texas, as Grantor, and HOUSTON LAND BANK, as Grantee, transferring approximately 4.5574 acres of land, known as the Velasco Incinerator Site, located at 800 North Velasco, Houston - Revenue - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
	22.	ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2019-0915 (Passed on November 20, 2019) to increase the maximum contract amount for agreement between City of Houston and AMERICAN MECHANICAL SERVICES OF HOUSTON LLC for Plumbing Services - $2,300,000.00 - Maintenance Renewal and Replacement Fund
	23.	ORDINANCE awarding contract to DM ELECTRICAL AND CONSTRUCTION L.L.C. for Electrical Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $14,073,531.75 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds
	24.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and CS DISCO, INC to provide Electronic Discovery Software and Services for Houston Information Technology Services and the Legal Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 4 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,354,000.00 - Property & Casualty and Other Funds
	25.	ORDINANCE appropriating $3,131,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund and $900,000.00 out of Contributed Capital Project and approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and VERSATERM PUBLIC SAFETY, INC for Records Management System for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 7 Years with 3 one-year options - $26,883,011.34 - General Fund
	26.	ORDINANCE approving and awarding contract between City of Houston and LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES, INC dba LANGUAGELINE SOLUTIONS for Language Interpretation Services for Houston Emergency Center; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years with 2 one-year options - $1,421,200.00 - Houston Emergency Center Fund
	27.	ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2018-1032 (Passed on December 19, 2018) to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to extend contract term between City of Houston and (1) ALPHA EYECARE ASSOCIATES PLLC, (2) CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER, (3) ENTRAMED, INC dba SENTIDO HEALTH, (4) HOME DELIVERY INCONTINENT SUPPLIES CO, (5) MERC MEDICAL SUPPLY, (6) HOUSTON PRECISE DENTAL CARE, PLLC (7) MONARCH ENDEAVORS LLC dba SYNERGY OF NORTHWEST HOUSTON, (8) TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, (9) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, (10) MJC AUDIOLOGY CONSULTANT, LLC (11) INTERFAITH CARE PARTNERS, (12) ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS, (13) BAKERRIPLEY, (14) DINSMORE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC, (15) EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER- VISITING, (16) HEARING AID EXPRESS, (17) HEIGHT HEARING AIDS, LLC, (18) MONTROSE COUNSELING CENTER, (19) PERRY LEE HOME HEALTH, (20) SYNERGY – BEACON HILL INVESTMENT CORP., (21) SYNERGY-KATY-HASELDEN HOMECARELLC, (22) SYNERGY CONROE-MOSHER INITIATIVES INC for Aging and Caregiver Supportive Services to senior adults through the Harris County Area Agency on Aging for the Houston Health Department - $3,120,000.00 - Grant Fund
	28.	ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIXTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS; approving the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; G - HUFFMAN and J - POLLARD
	29.	ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of SAINT GEORGE PLACE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS; approving Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvements Budget for the Zone - DISTRICT J - POLLARD
	30.	ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of MEMORIAL-HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FIVE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ZONE); approving Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Projects Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS
	31.	ORDINANCE relating to Fiscal Affairs of HARRISBURG REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-THREE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (HARRISBURG ZONE), approving Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget for the Authority and Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Plan Budget for the Zone - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS
	32.	ORDINANCE renewing the establishment of the east and west sides of the 600 and 700 Blocks of Columbia Street, between East 8th Street and White Oak Drive within the City of Houston, Texas as a Special Minimum Lot Size Requirement Block pursuant to the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT C - KAMIN
	33.	ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 29.8960 acres of land to DOWDELL PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in the District
	34.	ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 10.60 acres of land to WEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 21, for inclusion in its District
	35.	ORDINANCE relating to the adoption of Construction Codes for the protection and preservation of lives and property from fire and other perils; adopting Amendments to the City of Houston Construction Code and containing other provisions relating to the foregoing subjects; declaring an effective date; containing a repealer
	36.	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 48-Inch Water Line from SH 288 to Cullen Boulevard along East Orem Project; authorizing the acquisition of fee simple or easement interest to nine parcels of land required for the Project and situated in the State of Texas Survey Abstract Tate 1 (aka Thomas Tobin Survey A-774) in Harris County, Texas, said parcels of land being located along Orem Drive near Scott Street 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 nine parcels of land required for the project - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
	37.	MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 15.174 acres commonly known as 1501 Seamist Drive, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a Municipal Setting Designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of DAIKIN COMFORT TECHNOLOGIES MANUFACTURING, L.P. (Formerly GOODMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, L.P.) - DISTRICT C - KAMIN
	38.	ORDINANCE appropriating $1,346,236.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax; approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and WSB & ASSOCIATES, INC fka NATHELYNE A. KENNEDY & ASSOCIATES, L.P. for Aldine Westfield (South) Paving and Drainage from Aldine Mail Route to Bertrand Street (Approved by Ordinance No. 2018-0185); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
	39.	ORDINANCE appropriating $5,703,465.19 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Tax awarding contract to JFT CONSTRUCTION, INC for Sherwood Lane from Mangum Road to W. TC Jester Boulevard 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, related to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Tax, contingency, testing service, and construction management - DISTRICT A - PECK


	END OF CONSENT AGENDA


		CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA


	NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBERS 40 and 41


		NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS


	40.	SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE to provide a Resolution of No Objection for the 4% tax credit application of EMLI HOUSTON MESA TCI, LP SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00 AM. - WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 25, 2023
	41.	SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE to provide a Resolution of No Objection for the 4% tax credit application of WP INVESTORS, LP SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00 AM. - WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 25, 2023


	MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 42 and 43


	42.	APPROVE spending authority in the amount of $34,278,276.30 for Purchase of Maintenance, Repair, Operating and Industrial Supplies and Equipment through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing for Various Departments, with Sourcewell contractors W.W. GRAINGER - $22,537,985.72 and SID TOOL CO., d/b/a MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. - $11,740,290.58 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN This was Item 4 on Agenda of October 11, 2023
	43.	ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Second Amendment to the Renovation, Operation, and Management Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas and HOUSTON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INC providing additional funding for additional improvements on the property located at 2500 South Victory Drive, Houston, Texas 77088 - DISTRICT B - JACKSON - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS JACKSON and THOMAS This was Item 13 on Agenda of October 11, 2023


		MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Castex-Tatum first


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