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City of Houston City Council met June 1.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
Hybrid Consolidated Meeting (Virtual Public Speakers)
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Jackson
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 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 also provide public comment during the public session portion of the meeting at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 922 530 007#. 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.
NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak
SP06-01-2022
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITYADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds
MAYOR'S REPORT
CONSENT AGENDANUMBERS 1 through 24
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBER 1
1. RECOMMENDATION from Director Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department for the designation of a Residential Parking Permit Area in the 1300 block of Moy St. Park, 5100- 5200 blocks of Allen, 100 block of Avondale (south side), 2200 block of Whitney, 5300 block of Rose, 3100-3200 blocks of Reba and in the 2000 block of Converse - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN and G - HUFFMAN
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 2
2. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $897,690.00 and acceptance of work on contract with HANCOCK POOL SERVICES, INC for construction services in connection with Denver Harbor Pool Renovation - 0.05% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
PURCHASING and TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBER 3
3. XYLEM DEWATERING SOLUTIONS, INC for approval of spending authority through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Houston-Galveston Area Council for the purchase of Submersible Trash Pumps for Houston Public Works - $344,263.50 - Enterprise Fund
ORDI NANCES - NUMBERING
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 4 through 24
ORDINANCES
4. ORDINANCE providing for the continuation of appropriations for the support of the City Government pursuant to the requirements of Article VIa, Section 1 of the City Charter; authorizing certain transfers; making other provisions related to the subject; containing a repealer and a severability clause
5. ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2023, including provisions for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; authorizing certain transfers; re-designating a Cash Reserve in the Fund Balance; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability
This item should only be considered after passage of Item4 above
6. ORDINANCE ratifying the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Budgets raising more revenue from Ad Valorem (Property) Taxes due to increased property valuations and the addition of property to the tax roll than in Fiscal Year 2022; setting an effective date This itemshould only be considered after passage of Item5 above
7. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing payment to Houston Recovery Center LGC for full Fiscal Year 2023 operating expenses pursuant to an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and HOUSTON RECOVERYCENTER LGC
This item should only be considered after passage of Item5 above
8. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing payment to Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc for full Fiscal Year 2023 Operating Expenses pursuant to first Interlocal Agreement between City and HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, INC
This item should only be considered after passage of Item5 above
9. ORDINANCE declaring a land of approximately 0.2600 acre located at 800 Studemont Street, identified as Parcel No. SY22-093, and known as Studemont Spaceway, as surplus; approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement for said land between City of Houston, Texas, as seller, and BKR MEMORIAL, LLC, as Buyer - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
10. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between the City of Houston and THE METHODIST HOSPITAL OF HOUSTON d/b/a HOUSTON METHODIST for Human Cadaver Based Simulation Training for Houston Fire Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $222,792.00 - General Fund
11. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to agreement for Moving and Storage of Household Goods between City of Houston and APMS OF HOUSTON, LLC dba ALL POINTS MOVING AND STORAGE for the Houston Housing and Community Development Department
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing second amendment to Contract between the City of Houston and AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. (Approved by Ordinance No. 2014-0534) for Operation and Maintenance of the Pure Oxygen Plant at 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Facility to extend Contract term for Houston Public Works
13. ORDINANCE appropriating $176,606,190.86 out of City of Houston, Texas Tax Increment Funds for REINVESTMENT ZONES ONE (LAMAR TERRACE ZONE), TWO (MIDTOWN ZONE), THREE (MAIN STREET/MARKET SQUARE ZONE), FIVE (MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ZONE), SIX (EASTSIDE ZONE), SEVEN (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE), EIGHT (GULFGATE ZONE), NINE (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE), TEN (LAKE HOUSTON ZONE), ELEVEN (GREATER GREENSPOINT ZONE), TWELVE (CITY PARK ZONE), THIRTEEN (OLD SIXTH WARD ZONE), FOURTEEN (FOURTH WARD ZONE), FIFTEEN (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE), SIXTEEN (UPTOWN ZONE), SEVENTEEN (MEMORIAL CITY ZONE), EIGHTEEN (FIFTH WARD ZONE), NINETEEN (UPPER KIRBY ZONE), TWENTY (SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE), TWENTY-TWO (LELAND WOODS ZONE), TWENTY-THREE (HARRISBURG ZONE), TWENTY-FOUR (GREATER HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY FIVE (HIRAM CLARKE FORT BEND ZONE), TWENTY-SIX (SUNNYSIDE ZONE) and TWENTY-SEVEN (MONTROSE ZONE), for payment of Affordable Housing Costs, payment of Administrative Expenses, payment of Project Costs, and payments to certain Redevelopment Authorities as provided herein
14. ORDINANCE appropriating $66,118,127.72 out of Tax Increment Funds for REINVESTMENT ZONES ONE, (LAMAR TERRACE ZONE), TWO (MIDTOWN ZONE), THREE (MAIN STREET/MARKET SQUARE ZONE), SIX (EASTSIDE ZONE), SEVEN (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE), EIGHT (GULFGATE ZONE), NINE (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE), TEN (LAKE HOUSTON ZONE), ELEVEN (GREATER GREENSPOINT ZONE), TWELVE (CITY PARK ZONE), THIRTEEN (OLD SIXTH WARD ZONE), FOURTEEN (FOURTH WARD ZONE), FIFTEEN (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE), SIXTEEN (UPTOWN ZONE), and EIGHTEEN (FIFTH WARD ZONE), for Affordable Housing, Administrative Expenses, payments to Houston Independent School District and Humble Independent School District for Educational Facilities, and payments to certain Redevelopment Authorities as provided herein
15. ORDINANCE establishing a twenty-foot-wide Utility Corridor situated in the L. Moore Survey, Abstract No. 51, Harris County, Texas - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
16. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a ±450 foot-long portion of Highrock Street, east of Lockfield Street, located between Lots 27-44, Block 8, and Lots 1-18, Block 9, of the Rosslyn Addition, in the Joseph Bays Survey, Abstract 127, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the street portion to RES-Bingle Partners, L.P., the abutting property owner, in consideration of its cash payment to the City in the amount of $141,020.00, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - KAMIN
17. ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of 4,786 square feet of City fee owned land, located in the Richard Williams Survey, Abstract Number 660, Montgomery County, Texas; selling the property to Montgomery County, Texas as a part of a widening project for Ford Road in the Porter area between Highway 59 and West Lake Houston Parkway, in consideration of its payment to the City in the amount of $15,815.00 and other good and valuable consideration
18. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the North Canal High Flow Diversion Channel Project Cost Share Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT for the Phase I and Phase II North Canal High Flow Diversion Channel Project - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN and H - CISNEROS
19. ORDINANCE appropriating $843,990.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing professional engineering services contract between City of Houston and RPS INFRASTRUCTURE, INC for Groundwater Reduction Plan Conversion Waterlines Group C; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Second Amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and HR GREEN, INC for DR15 SWAT 4A Northside/Northline Drainage and Paving Improvements (Approved by Ordinance No. 2017- 0843, as amended) - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
21. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Second Amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and R.G. MILLER ENGINEERS, INC for DR15 SWAT 12A Bonita Gardens Drainage and Paving Improvements (Approved by Ordinance No. 2017-0844, as amended) - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON and H - CISNEROS
22. ORDINANCE appropriating $21,862,944.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to BOYER, INC for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement - East Ten Park, Maxey Road, Mesa Drive, Westmont, and North Shore; Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund 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 Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS
23. ORDINANCE appropriating $7,914,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to BRH-GARVER CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement Package II; 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 Water & Sewer System
Consolidated Construction Fund, contingency and testing services - DISTRICT A- PECK
24. ORDINANCE appropriating $2,601,309.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Television Inspection in support of Rehabilitation; 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 and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
MATTERS HELD - NUMBER 25
25. REVIEW on the Record and make determination relative to the appeal from the decision of the SignAdministration, on denial of an On Premise Sign at 7007 Gulf Freeway, filed by Stephanie Stewart, on behalf of Chick-Fil-A
TAGGED BYCOUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD
This was Item 34 on Agenda of May 25, 2022
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BYCOUNCIL - Council Member Gallegos 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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