City of Houston City Council met Jan. 19

City of Houston City Council met Jan. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

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The agenda may be accessed via the Internet at http://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 Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 9:00AM

Hybrid Meeting (Virtual and In-Person)

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Plummer

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 roomcapacity, 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 will be participating 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 also provide public comment during the public session portion of the meeting at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 759 268 565#. Details for signing up to speak in-person or virtually are posted at

https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html.

9:00AM - ROLL CALL

ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

9:30AM - PUBLIC SPEAKERS

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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SP01-19-2022

MAYOR'S REPORT

CONSENT AGENDANUMBERS 1 through 28

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBER 1

1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BUILDINGAND STANDARDS COMMISSION:

Panel A:

Position A2 - THOMAS E. BRENTS, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position A4 - JENIFER RENÉ POOL, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position A5 - ANTHONY FREDDIE, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2022

Panel B:

Position B2 - VICTOR L. CARDENAS, JR., reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position B4 - MICHAEL E. CRAMER, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Alternates:

Position a2 - MARLENA BERGER, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position a4 - ALPHONSO DELANEY, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position a6 - DOUGLAS E. HAMMEL, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

Position a8 - BESSIE MANSFIELD, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2023

ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 2 through 6

2. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $2,192,273.00 and acceptance of work on contract with TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Brock Adventure Park - 4.89% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

3. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $1,039,142.74 and acceptance of work on contract with MILLIS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Construction Services for Waldemar Park - 5% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS

4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $3,849,757.26 and acceptance of work on contract with NBG CONSTRUCTORS, INC for West Lake Houston Pkwy Bridge Rehab for Bents 25 - 28 - 1.42% over the original Contract Amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

5. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $17,458,937.62 and acceptance of work on contract with INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. for Keegans Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements - 4.99% over the original Contract Amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICT J - POLLARD

6. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $15,426,628.63 and acceptance of work on contract with LEM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC for Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements - 1.98% over the original Contract Amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICT A- PECK

PROPERTY- NUMBERS 7 and 8

7. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Phillip Bullock, authorizing the disclaimer of a 25 foot-wide proposed right-of-way, from Royal Street east to the eastern boundary line of Lot 7A, being within the H.B. Rumseys Subdivision, out of the J.S. Collins Survey, Abstract 196, Parcel SY22-033 - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

8. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works, to purchase Parcel DY19-015, located at 9333 Main Street, Houston, TX 77025, for the WESTRIDGE REGIONAL LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

PURCHASINGAND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 9 through 14

9. FLATIRON CONSTRUCTORS, INC for Emergency Ramp Repair at HOU Wilson Air Center for Houston Airport System - $172,828.53 - Enterprise Fund

10. HOUSTON FREIGHTLINER INC - $489,272.00 and RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, LP - $2,800,254.00 for Purchase of Medium and Heavy-Duty Cab & Chassis and Truck Bodies through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston Galveston Area Council (HGAC) for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Houston Public Works - $3,289,526.00 - Storm Water and Other Funds

11. STRYKER SALES, LLC for sole source purchase of Power-PRO XT Ambulance Cots and Stair Chairs for Houston Fire Department - $259,380.64 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund

12. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC for Sole Source Purchase for FiveCast Insight Software License Annual Fee for Public Safety and Homeland Security on behalf of the Houston Police Department - $144,248.00 - Grant Fund

13. DOGGET HEAVY MACHINERY SERVICES - $772,900.00 and MUSTANG MACHINERY COMPANY - $234,069.25 for purchase of Earthmoving Equipment through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Sourcewell for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Houston Public Works - $1,006,969.25 - Storm Water and Other Funds

14. HACH COMPANY for sole source purchase of Water Testing Materials and Maintenance Services for Various Departments - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $7,609,322.06 - Enterprise and Other Funds

ORDINANCE - NUMBERS 15 through 28

15. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Animals and Fowl

16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and the COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY to provide up to $130,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant Funds for Strategic Homeless Planning Services and Activities

17. ORDINANCE awarding contract to MAGNA FLOW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC for City-Wide Special Waste and Stormwater Interceptor Pump Outs for the General Services Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 2 Years with 1 one-year option - $1,950,000.00 - General Fund

18. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Agreement between BRACEWELL LLP and City of Houston relating to Contamination of Property and Groundwater in the vicinity of Kashmere Gardens, the Fifth Ward, Denver Harbor and Trinity Gardens; establishing a maximum contract amount - $900,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund

19. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 400 block of West 21st Street, within the City of Houston, Texas, as a special minimum lot size block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

20. 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 Kingwood Drive Improvements Project; authorizing the acquisition, by gift, dedication, purchase, or eminent domain proceedings, of fee simple title or easements in and to seven parcels of land required for the project and situated in the Elijah Votaw Survey, Abstract No. 283, Harris County, Texas, and two parcels of land required for the project and situated in the Asmara Turner Survey, Abstract No. 757, Harris County, Texas; authorizing payment of the costs of such acquisitions, including the purchase prices for the property interests and costs associated with Relocation Assistance, Appraisal Fees, Title Policies/Services, Recordation of Instruments, Eminent Domain Proceedings, Court Costs, and Expert Witness Fees, and authorizing the retention of Special Counsel to be selected by the City Attorney in connection with the acquisition of fee simple or easement interests to nine parcels of land required for the project - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

21. 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 Wilson Gully Storm Sewer Repair Project; authorizing the acquisition, by gift, dedication, purchase, or eminent domain proceedings, of fee simple title or easements in and to six parcels of land required for the project and situated in the William White 1/3 League Survey, Abstract No. 836, Harris County, Texas; authorizing payment of the costs of such acquisitions, including the purchase prices for the property interests and costs associated with Relocation Assistance, Appraisal Fees, Title Policies/Services, Recordation of Instruments, Eminent Domain Proceedings, Court Costs, and Expert Witness Fees, and authorizing the retention of Special Counsel to be selected by the City Attorney in connection with the acquisition of fee simple or easement interests to six parcels of land required for the project - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS

22. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of various water line, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and drainage easements, all easements being located in the John Austin 2 League Grant, Abstract 1, in Harris County, Texas; abandoning said easements to BB PARCEL B NORTH OWNER, LLC, BB PARCEL E SW OWNER, LLC, BB PARCEL A NE OWNER, LLC, BB PARCEL G PARK OWNER, LLC, and BB PARCEL F CENTER OWNER, LLC, the abutting and underlying fee owners, in consideration of their cash payment to the City of $1,023,661.00 and BB LAND DEVLEOPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC’S conveyance to the City of the fee interest in four 60 foot-wide streets recorded as right-of-ways in the Buffalo Bayou Park Street Dedication Plat, all streets being located in the John Austin 2 League Grant, Abstract 1, Houston, Harris County, Texas, and other good and valuable consideration; extinguishing the easements in the conveyed streets - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

23. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 10-foot-wide prescriptive sanitary sewer easement (SY20-025), situated in the JohnAustin Survey, Abstract No. 1, and being out of Unrestricted Reserve “A”, Block 1 of Modera at Waugh, a subdivision per plat thereof, Houston, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the easement to McREF III WAUGH APARTMENTS, LLC, the Owner, in exchange for conveyance to the City of a 25-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement (DY20-030), also situated in the John Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, and being out of Unrestricted Reserve “A”, Block 1 of Modera at Waugh, a subdivision per plat thereof, Houston, Harris County, Texas, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

24. ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of a ten-foot-wide utility easement, with an attending aerial easement, out of a City fee owned tract of land located at the Cedar Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant situated in the John Merry League, Abstract No. 49; selling the easement to CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, in consideration of its payment to the City of $4,185.00 and other good and valuable consideration

25. ORDINANCE altering and establishing Prima Facie Speed Limits in certain zones in the City of Houston; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing a repealer; containing a savings clause; providing for severability; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty; and declaring an emergency - DISTRICTS A- PECK; B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; E - MARTIN; F - THOMAS; G - TRAVIS; H - CISNEROS; I - GALLEGOS and J - POLLARD

26. ORDINANCE appropriating $581,059.23 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY for the Anderson Road Project; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

27. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,230,273.45 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and SES HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for Melrose Park Section 2 Drainage and Paving Improvements (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0435); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

28. ORDINANCE appropriating $8,065,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF, awarding contract to GRAVA LLC for FY2022 Citywide Asphalt Overlay Rehabilitation Package #1; 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 testing services, CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

NON CONSENTAGENDA - NUMBERS 29 and 30

MISCELLANEOUS

29. MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven days from January 19, 2022, to receive nominations for Positions One and Two and Two Alternate At-Large Positions of the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS , for a one year term to expire December 31, 2022

30. MOTION TO SET A DATE not less than seven days from January 19, 2022, to receive nominations for Position One of the PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, for a two year term

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 31 and 32

31. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2018-0410, as amended, to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between City of Houston and PREMIER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC for Financial Services for Veteran-Directed Home and Community-Based Services Program - $5,318,279.00 - Special Revenue Fund TAGGED BYCOUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD

This was Item #18 onAgenda of January 12, 2022

32. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and STERLING INFOSYSTEMS, INC, d/b/a STERLING, for Background Investigation Services for the Human Resources Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $1,560,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund TAGGED BYCOUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD

This was Item #19 onAgenda of January 12, 2022

MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BYCOUNCIL - Council Member Martin first

ALL ORDINANCES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ON AN EMERGENCYBASIS AND TO BE PASSED ON ONE READING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED,ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7, CITYCHARTER

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