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City of Houston City Council met Feb. 14 & 15.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, February 14, 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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RECESS
RECONVENE
WEDNESDAY - February 15, 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 34
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 4
1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (MONTROSE ZONE) for a term to expire December 31, 2024:
Position Two - ABBY C. NOEBELS, reappointment
Position Four - EUREKA GILKEY, reappointment
Position Six - JEFFREY D. WATTERS, JR., appointment
2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the MONTROSE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS for a term to expire December 31, 2024:
Position Two - ABBY C NOEBELS, reappointment
Position Four - EUREKA GILKEY, reappointment
Position Six - JEFFREY D. WATTERS, JR., appointment
3. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the GREATER SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Position One - ALAN D. BERGERON, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Two - SHARONE MAYBERRY, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Three - JONATHAN HOWARD, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Four - HEXSER J. HOLLIDAY II, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Five - CHARIC DANIELS JELLINS, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Six - JANICE M. SIBLEY-REID, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Seven - RICKEY JIMENEZ, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Eight, - ABBEY ROBERSON, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025
Position Nine - ALTON HUDSON, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Ten - CYDONII FAIRFAX MILES, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Eleven - KAREN CARTER RICHARDS, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Twelve - CHRIS HAGENEY, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Thirteen - TEDDY A. MCDAVID, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Fourteen - BRIAN G. SMITH, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
Position Fifteen - ABDUL HALEEM MUHAMMAD (AKA ROBERT S. MUHAMMAD), reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of the 2023 Operations and Maintenance Budget for the LAKE LIVINGSTON PROJECT operated by the Trinity River Authority - $5,329,236.00 - Enterprise Fund
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 5
5. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $441,377.70 and acceptance of work on contract with T CONSTRUCTION, LLC for North Street Sanitary Sewer Project - 10.93% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 6 through 9
6. APPROVAL of spending authority for Emergency Purchase of Parts and Services for the Fleet Management Department, on award to WESTSIDE CHEVROLET, CLASSIC CHEVROLET OF HOUSTON and GPI TX HGMIV, INC dba STERLING MCCALL CHEVROLET - $637,000.00 - Fleet Management Fund
7. COBURN SUPPLY COMPANY, INC for Purchase of Plastic Meter Boxes with Covers for Houston Public Works - $6,606.00 - Enterprise Fund 8. REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY - $1,250,000.00 and TOTER, LLC - $1,250,000.00 for Purchase of Refuse and Recycling Carts, and related parts through Omnia Partners Purchasing Cooperative for the Solid Waste Management Department - Container Lease Fund
9. HOUSTON FREIGHTLINER INC - $233,007.00, RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS, LP - $1,127,416.15 and VANGUARD TRUCK CENTER - $7,818,465.00 for Purchase of Refuse Vehicles through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston
Galveston Area Council for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of the Solid Waste Management Department
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERS 10 through 12
10. 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 - DISTRICTS A - PECK; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS SHABAZZ; E - MARTIN; G - HUFFMAN; H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS
11. RESOLUTION confirming support for the proposed development of certain properties as Affordable Rental Housing, each located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Houston, Texas or having been Annexed into the City of Houston only for limited purposes, and the submittal of applications for Housing Tax Credits for such developments
12. 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 for such developments; allowing construction of such developments; and authorizing the allocation of Tax Credits to such developments – DISTRICTS E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 13 through 34
13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Grant Agreement between City of Houston and HOUSTON COMMUNITY LAND TRUST to provide previously appropriated Uptown TIRZ Series 2021 Affordable Homes Fundsand TIRZ Affordable Housing Funds to support the continuing Operation, Management and Other Activities of the Houston Community Land Trust related to the provision of affordable housing through the Homebuyer Choice Program; providing a maximum contract amount
14. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY to provide Homeless Housing and Services Program Funds for operation of the Housing Navigation Center located at 2903 Jensen Drive, Houston, Texas 77026 - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
15. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to execute and submit required materials to the U.S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR which includes one application for Community Project Funding; award estimating a total of $750,000.00 in Federal Funds to benefit residents of the City of Houston; and authorizing the acceptance of funds from the aforementioned Grant, if awarded
16. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,740,550.00 from Airports Improvements Fund and approving and authorizing Lease Agreement between SPIRIT AIRLINES and City of Houston for Land and Improvements, including a Hangar, Warehouse Building a n d Apron Space, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
17. ORDINANCE authorizing participation with other Entergy service area cities in matters concerning ENTERGY TEXAS, INC, before the Public Utility Commission of Texas during 2023 - DISTRICT E - MARTIN
18. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,055,000.00 from Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the planned Citywide PC Replacement Project for Houston Information Technology Services and Various Departments
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Full and Final Settlement, Agreement and Release between City of Houston and SINGLE SOURCE EVENTS, INC for the Houston Health Department; providing a Settlement amount - $265,762.10 - Grant Fund
20. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 out of HAS Airport Improvement Fund; amending Ordinance No. 2020-0188 to increase the maximum contract amount for agreements between City of Houston and GCR, INC; BURNS ENGINEERING, INC; and JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC for Professional Information Technology Consulting Services for the Houston Airport System and Houston Information Technology Services - $5,900,000.00 - Enterprise and Central Service Revolving Funds
21. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Contract No. 4600016853 between City of Houston and MIDWEST TAPE, LLC (Approved by Ordinance No. 2021-0715, Passed on August 25, 2021) to revise contract initial term from 3 Years to 5 Years for Implementation of Digital Materials in a variety of formats for the Houston Public Library
22. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2019-0072 to amend the maximum contract amount for Contract No. 4600014989 between City of Houston and JEFFERSON MOWING, LLC for Weed Mowing & Debris Removal Services for the Department of Neighborhoods - $250,000.00 - GeneralFund
23. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submission of a Grant Application to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration by the City of Houston for the System Of Care Expansion and Sustainability Grant (“Grant”); declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the City of Houston Mayor to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to apply for, accept, and expend the Grant funds if awarded and to apply for, accept, and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant and to extend the budget period.
24. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submission of an Electronic Application for and acceptance of Grant Funds from the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) for the FY2024 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Grant; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to apply for, accept, and expend the Grant Funds as awarded and to apply for, accept, and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant and to extend the budget period
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submission of an Electronic Application for and acceptance of Grant Funds from the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) for the FY2024 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Commercial Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Grant; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Chief of the Houston Police Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to apply for, accept, and expend the Grant Funds as awarded and to apply for, accept, and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant and to extend the budget period
26. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 1,118 square foot tract of land out of Thunderbird Road Cul-De-Sac, adjacent to Lot 107, Block N, in Outpost Estates, Section 3, situated in the Elbert Barker Survey, Abstract 151, Harris County, Texas; abandoning said street easement to the abutting property owner, in consideration of its payment to the City in the amount of $16,211.00, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT A - PECK
27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD for reimbursement of the cost to complete the elevation of five (5) flood-prone structures as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program - DISTRICTS A - PECK and C - KAMIN
28. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a Grant Application to the TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT for Floodproofing Measures at the Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities Program; declaring the City's eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the Houston Public Works Department to act as the City's representative in the application process; and to extend the budgetperiods -DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN
29. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of a Railroad Crossing Elimination Program FY2022 Grant Application to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for the West Belt Improvement Project - Phase 1; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of Houston Public Works Department to act as the City’s representative in the Grant application process; and to extend the budget periods - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS
30. ORDINANCE awarding contract to PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL, LLC for Thermoplastic Pavement Markings; 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 contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Fund - Metro et al; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $7,963,070.08 - Special Revenue Fund
31. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fir s t amendment to Advance Funding Agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) for the removal of funding from the design of the Navigation Boulevard Waterline (as approved by Ordinance No. 2022-0072) - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
32. ORDINANCE appropriating $550,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction – DDSRF and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and MIDTOWN ENGINEERS, INC for Intersection Safety Improvements FY23 #2; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction – DDSRF
33. ORDINANCE awarding contract to MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD for Traffic and Drainage Citywide Concrete Panel Replacement; 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 contingencies relating to the construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Fund-Metro Et Al Fund; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $18,138,740.00 - Special Revenue Fund
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,330,410.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to T CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal; 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
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Castex Tatum 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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