City of Houston City Council met Feb. 15-16

City of Houston City Council met Feb. 15-16.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 1:50 PM Hybrid Meeting (Virtual and in Person)

PRESENTATIONS

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

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Pollard 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 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 provide public comment during the Tuesday public session at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 569 508 647#. Details for signing up to speak in-person or virtually are posted at https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html.

Members of the public may attend the Wednesday Council session in person, or via Teams at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 162 949 598# but no public comment will be allowed.

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 translatons required, please advise when reserving time to speak SP02-15-2022

RECESS

RECONVENE

Wednesday - February 16th, 2022 - 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 33

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBER1

1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON ETHICS COMMISSION, for terms to expire December 31, 2023:

Position One – GREGORY C. ULMER, nominated by the Houston Bar Association

Position Three – DONALD RICHARD COLLINS, JR., nominated by the Harris County Medical Society

ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 2 through 4

2. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $3,659,343.56 and acceptance of work on contract with ANGEL BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, LTD. for City Wide Overlay Package #21 - 4.73% under the revised Contract Amount - DISTRICTS A - PECK; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; H - CISNEROS; I - GALLEGOS and K - CASTEX-TATUM

3. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $2,688,697.48 and acceptance of work on contract with T CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal - 4.97% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - PECK; B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS SHABAZZ; E - MARTIN; F - THOMAS; G - HUFFMAN; H - CISNEROS and K - CASTEX-TATUM

4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $5,671,761.87 and acceptance of work on contract with LEM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC for Groundwater Facility/Re-Pump Station Improvements - Package II - 0.05% over the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICTS A - PECK; F - THOMAS and G - HUFFMAN

PROPERTY - NUMBER 5

5. RECOMMENDATION from City Attorney, to deposit the amount of the Award of Special Commissioners into the Registry of the Court, to pay all Costs of Court in connection with eminent domain proceeding styled City of Houston v. SecureCare MoveIt LLC, et al.; Cause No. 1173936, for SPELLMAN DETENTION BASIN PROJECT - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBER 6

6. INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR, INC for purchase of an Enterprise Talent Management System through the OMNIA Partners Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Information Technology Services – 3 Years - $617,254.05 - Central Service Revolving Fund

ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 7 through 33

7. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 8-16 and 8-101, and DIVISION 3 ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS relating to Vehicle Storage Lots; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty therefor

8. ORDINANCE approving the creation of a segregated account "Texas Water Development Board Grant 2021A – FIF Integrated Master Plan" to receive and disperse proceeds received from the Texas Water Development Board under a grant awarded to the City of Houston; appropriating and authorizing all funds from the Texas Water Development Board Grant 2021A – FIF Integrated Master Plan for expenditures relating to previous Fiduciary Agreements between the City of Houston and Texas Water Development Board

9. ORDINANCE approving the creation of a segregated account "Texas Water Development Board Grant 2021B – Lake Houston" to place awarded grant proceeds into the Segregated Trust Account to be held separate from the General Funds of the City; appropriating and authorizing all funds from the Texas Water Development Board Grant 2021B – Lake Houston fund for expenditures relating to previous Fiduciary Agreements between the City of Houston and Texas Water Development Board

10. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Agreement between BRATTON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC and the City of Houston relating to title research and acquisition of the ownership of the Candlelight Trails and Candlewood Glenn Condominium Complexes; establishing a maximum contract amount - $100,000.00 - TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund

11. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2019-0810, to increase the maximum contract amount for Professional Expert Services between the City and STOUT RISIUS ROSS ADVISORS, LLC, in connection with the lawsuit styled DM Arbor Court, LTD. v. the City of Houston, Texas; Civil Action No. 4:18-CV-01884 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division - $75,000.00 - Property & Casualty Fund

12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between City of Houston and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES, INC to extend the term of the contract and provide additional Community Development Block Grant Funds for the continuing administration and operation of the Housing Entrepreneurial and Readiness Training (H.E.A.R.T.) Program, a Job Training Program for developmentally disabled low and moderate income adults - $400,000.00 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT C - KAMIN

13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the City of Houston and THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES for the purchase and distribution of COVID 19 Rapid Antigen Tests Kits for use at public and private schools within the City of Houston jurisdiction; providing a maximum contract amount - $4,928,000.00 - Grant Fund

14. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, THE SUNNYSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a n d REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-SIX, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

15. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2017-0307 to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to Contract between the City of Houston and COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON, INC in connection with My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Houston Local Action Plan - $220,860.00 - Essential Public Health Services Fund

16. ORDINANCE accepting into the City of Houston Civic Art Collection 34 Artworks by various artists currently in the City’s possession on behalf of Houston Airport System and authorizing the artists’ transfer of these artworks

located on City of Houston property at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) Terminal C

17. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,500,000.00 out of Airports Renewal and Replacement Fund and increasing the maximum contract amount for the On Call Professional Planning Services Agreements between the City of Houston and HTNB CORPORATION and RICONDO & ASSOCIATES, INC, (Project Nos. 739A and 739C) - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

18. ORDINANCE appropriating funds in the amount of $543,000.00 out of the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Construction Fund for the contract with THE FIERRO GROUP LTD, CO. dba FENCE MASTER OF HOUSTON dba ADVANCED CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION dba FLORES ST EEL (Approved by Ordinance Number 2021-530) to perform Gate Repairs at various Houston Police Department facilities - DISTRICTS A - PECK; B - JACKSON; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; F - THOMAS and I - GALLEGOS

19. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,176,000.00 out of the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing a Construction Manager At Risk Contract between the City of Houston and ANSLOW BRYANT CONSTRUCTION, LTD. for Pre-Construction and Construction Phase Services for the Houston Fire Department Station 31 Renovation Project; providing funding for the TOC/JOC Program, materials testing services, abatement services, Civic Art Program and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

20. ORDINANCE authorizing Loan Agreement with the STATE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS through its State Energy Conservation Office; approving the Note and related Ancillary Certificates and acknowledgments related thereto; making certain findings with respect thereto

21. ORDINANCE appropriating $2,161,526.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment Projects Fund and approving and authorizing an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION for Energy Efficiency Upgrades at various City facilities - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS

22. ORDINANCE appropriating $165,000.00 out of Reimbursement of Equipment/Projects Fund to an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION (TEES) for Energy Services (Approved by Ordinance No. 2020-395)

23. ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 524, containing approximately 990.804 acres of land within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, Texas authorizing the district to issue bonds

24. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas, Seller, and MEMORIAL LOOP PROPERTIES, L.P., Purchaser, for the sale of approximately 4,480 square-feet of land, located in the 300 Block of North Post Oak Lane, on the east side of North Post Oak Drive, south of Memorial Drive, and north of 314 North Post Oak Lane, located in the James Wharton Survey, Abstract No. 871, Harris County, Texas, for $501,000.00 - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN

25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation Off the State System, for Campbell Road at HCFCD Ditch - DISTRICT A - PECK

26. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation Off the State System, for Enid Street at Little White Oak Bayou - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation Off the State System, Lockwood Drive at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) at Liberty Road - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

28. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation Off the State System, at South Braeswood Boulevard at HCFCD Ditch - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN and K - CASTEX-TATUM

29. ORDINANCE appropriating $12,982,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding a contract to INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement Bretshire No. 2, Ferguson Way, Bayfield, Hempstead No. 1 (W.C.I.D.) and Highland Meadow Lift Stations; 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, construction management, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS A - PECK; B - JACKSON; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ and E - MARTIN

30. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,575,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and R.G. MILLER ENGINEERS, INC. for FY2021 Storm Water Action Team Drainage Rehabilitation Design Work Order Contract #1 (approved by Ordinance No. 2020-1021); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge

31. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,850,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge; awarding contract to DL GLOVER, INC for FY2022 Drainage Rehabilitation Storm Water Action Team (SWAT) Work Orders No. 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 and CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge

32. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,850,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge, awarding contract to DL GLOVER, INC for FY2022 Drainage Rehabilitation Storm Water Action Team (SWAT) Work Orders No. 2; 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 services and CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge

33. ORDINANCE granting to SHEP BOYS WASTE MGMT & SITE SERVICES LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company, the right, privilege, and franchise to collect, haul, and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas - FIRST READING

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 34

NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS

34. RECEIVE nominations for appointments or reappointments to Positions Four, Five, Six and Seven on the HOUSTON ETHICS COMMISSION, for two-year staggered terms

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 35 through 37

35. RESOLUTION confirming support for the proposed development of certain properties as Affordable Rental Housing, each located in the City of Houston, Texas, and the submittal of applications for Housing Tax Credits for such developments:

#22213 – Campanile on Westview

#22149 – The Glen

#22197 – Briar Forest Lofts

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS PECK, HUFFMAN, CASTEX TATUM and KUBOSH

This was a part of Item 9 on Agenda of February 9, 2022

36. RESOLUTION confirming support for the proposed development as Affordable Rental Housing of one or more properties which are subject to the Two Mile Same Year Rule, each located in the City of Houston, Texas, and the submittal of applications for Housing Tax Credits of such developments; allowing the construction of such developments; and authorizing the allocation of Tax Credits to such developments:

#22149 – The Glen

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX-TATUM

This was a part of Item 11 on Agenda of February 9, 2022

37. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing third amendment to contract between City of Houston and CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON to extend the term of the contract and provide additional Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids Funds for the continuing administration and operation of a Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program, a Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance Program, along with other Supportive Services - $1,127,084.49 - Grant Fund

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KAMIN

This was Item 15 on Agenda of February 9, 2022

MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Kubosh 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

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