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City of Houston City Council met May 31.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
AGENDA- CONSOLIDATED SESSION MEETING Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 9:00AM City Hall - In Person Meeting
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Alcorn
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
SP05-31-2023
HEARINGS - WEDNESDAY
1 9:00A,M,
PUBLIC HEARING on the City Budgets for the time period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
REPORT FROM CITYCONTROLLER 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 2 through 40
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 2 through 7
2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON FOOD INSECURITY BOARD, for a term to expire January 2, 2025:
Position One - VALHALLACLACK, reappointment
Position Two - BILLYSSIAPIERCE, reappointment
Position Three - GABRIELLE S. DIRDEN, reappointment
Position Six - CHARMAINE A. LEBLANC, reappointment
Position Eight - VIPIN KUMAR, reappointment
Position Nine - ZAHOOR A. GIRE, reappointment
Position Eleven - KATHYFLANAGAN-PAYTON, reappointment
Position Twelve - MEGAN HOAG, reappointment
Position Fifteen - CHRISTOPHER F. KULESZA, appointment
Position Eighteen - SHARIQ ABDUL GHANI, reappointment
Position Nineteen - MARLEN J. TRUJILLO, appointment
3. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC:
Position Two - BARRYMANDEL, appointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Three - WILLIAM TAYLOR, appointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Four - TOM FLAHERTY, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Five - JILL JEWETT, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Six - CHRIS PORTER, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Seven - MINDYHILDEBRAND, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Eight - TANTRI EMO, appointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Nine - BARRON WALLACE, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Ten - NICK TOBENKIN, appointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Eleven - ANN LENTS, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Twelve - CHRIS GEORGE, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Thirteen - CULLEN GEISELMAN, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Fourteen - ANDREW PRICE, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Fifteen - LAURASPANJIAN, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Sixteen - DINAALSOWAYEL, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Seventeen - BETO CARDENAS, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
Position Eighteen - DON WOO, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2026
Position Nineteen - JENNYPHILLIP, appointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2025
Position Twenty - THOMAS BACON, reappointment, for a term to expire 1/1/2024
4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of YUSEF J. BURGESS to Position Fifteen of the OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY BOARD , for a term to expire January 2, 2025
5. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON CLEAN CITYCOMMISSION, for a term to expire February 1, 2024:
Position Sixteen - DANA M. VAZQUEZ
Position Twenty-Eight - CHRIS PATTEN
6. ORDINANCE authorizing the transferring of $1,579,563.98 from the NETL Expansion - SWIFT Fund into the HPW-NETL Construction Fund and appropriating said sum out of the HPW-NETL Construction Fund, appropriating $2,122,249.89 out of Water Authorities Capital Contribution - NETL Fund, appropriating $102,186.13 out of Water & Sewer System
Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to Contract between City of Houston and FIVE COMPANIES, LLC for Change Order No. 6 for a 108-inch water line along City easements from Willis Street to Imperial Valley drive (Approved by Ordinance No. 2020-0949); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery, construction management costs and construction program management services relating to construction of facilities financed by Water Authorities Capital Contribution - NETL Fund, the HPW-NETL Construction Fund and the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
7. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of Change Order No 6 in the amount of $3,386,134.97 awarded to FIVE COMPANIES, LLC. for a 108-Inch Water Line along City Easements from Willis Street to Imperial Valley Drive – 10.75% above the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
This itemshould only be considered after passage of Item6 above
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 8 and 9
8. RECOMMENDATION from Director of Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $3,139,289.68 and acceptance of work on contract with INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. for East Water Purification Plant Chlorine System Improvements - Replace Wet Scrubbers with
Dry Scrubbers - 3.45% under the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICT E - MARTIN
9. RECOMMENDATION from Director of Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $2,477,012.70 and acceptance of work on contract with STORM MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING, INC for FY2020 Local Drainage Program Contract #3 - 0.92% under the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; E - MARTIN; H - CISNEROS; I - GALLEGOS; J - POLLARD and K - CASTEX-TATUM
PURCHASINGAND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 10 through 14
10. KIRILA FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES, INC for Purchase of Industrial Fire/Ship Manifold Prop for the Public Safety and Homeland Security Division on behalf of the Houston Fire Department - $295,000.00 - Grant Fund
11. SHOTOVER SYSTEMS, INC for Purchase of Augmented Reality Mapping System and Night Vision Goggle Keyboards for the Public Safety and Homeland Security on behalf of the Houston Police Department - $74,000.00 - Grant Fund
12. HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION for approval of final payment for use of the George R. Brown Convention Center as an Emergency Sheltering Center for Public Safety and Homeland Security - $103,484.92 - General Fund
13. RELIANCE TRUCK & EQUIPMENT for Purchase of a Quickzoom Sewer Camera through the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Buyboard for Houston Public Works - $24,216.60 - Storm Water Fund
14. PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC for Purchase of Orange Traffic GPS Time Sync Kits through the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Buyboard for Houston Public Works - $34,125.00 - Special Revenue Fund
ORDI NANCES - NUM BERI NG
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 15 through 40
O RDI NANCES
15. ORDINANCE supplementing Master Ordinance relating to issuance of Airport System Subordinate Lien Revenue Bonds and/or Revenue Refunding Bonds in one or more Series; providing for security and payment thereof; authorizing certain designated City Officials to approve the terms thereof; authorizing the defeasance, discharge, redemption and/or tender of outstanding bonds or other obligations and other related procedures, provisions and agreements pertaining thereto; authorizing the execution and delivery of one or more Bond Purchase Agreements, Paying Agent/Registrar Agreements, Escrow Agreements, and such other Agreements relating to the bonds or the security therefor; approving the form of Credit Enhancement Agreements; making certain findings and other declarations necessary and incidental to the issuance of the bonds; and declaring an emergency
16. ORD INA NC E AMENDING CHAPTERS 16 AND 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Parking Regulations; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty therefor
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Loan Agreement between City of Houston and EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION to further extend the deadline of completion of the facility and further extend the agreement term, and to provide approval of third-party financing - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM
18. ORDINANCE relating to Retail Gas Rates of SIENERGY, LP, within the City of Houston, Texas; suspending for ninety days the effective date of Sienergy, LP’s Statement of Intent to increase gas utility rates within Houston, Texas; maintaining current rates in effect - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
19. ORDINANCE appropriating $41,551,531.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund to fund year three of the Parking Operations and Management Services Agreement between City of Houston and SP PLUS GLOBAL IMS - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON and I - GALLEGOS
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Electronic Grant Application for and acceptance of Grant Funds through the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES’ HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) for the See To Succeed Program with terms for Federal Legislative Funding; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the Houston Health Department (“Director”) 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
21. ORDINANCE appropriating $422,555.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding Construction Contract to DNB ENTERPRISES, INC for Underground Storage Tank Removal and Remediation and Underground Storage Tank Installation at Fire Station 82; 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 contingency, materials and engineering testing professional services relating to construction of facilities financed by the Fire Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM
22. ORDINANCE awarding Sole Source Contract to ESI ACQUISITION, INC (A JUVARE COMPANY) for Service Agreement for Crisis Information Management Systems for Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $453,163.70 - Grant Fund
23. ORDINANCE approving and awarding contract to SOUTHERN TIRE MART, LLC for Tire Repair Services for the Fleet Management Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $2,060,690.00 - Fleet Management Fund
24. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2021-0164 (Approved March 10, 2021) to increase the maximum contract amount for Contract No. 4600016421 between City of Houston and NEWSBANK, INC for Subscription Services to access Digital Archives of the Houston Chronicle for the Houston Public Library; approving and authorizing first amendment to amend Exhibit B (Fee Schedule) to add Subscription Services for the Houston Public Library - $2,198,997.00 - General Fund
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing City of Houston's payment to Houston Independent School District, Seller for the release of a reversionary interest and removal of property restrictions placed on the former Rufus Cage School Property by Houston Independent School District; said payment being a credit to the balance on the credit account established pursuant to an Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT in the amount of $144,750.00 in lieu of a cash payment; approving a form of an amended Special Warranty Deed - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
26. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 7700 block of Janak Drive, 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 A- PECK
27. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 7700 block of Janak Drive, within the City of Houston, Texas, as a Special Minimum Building Line Block pursuant to Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances Houston, Texas - DISTRICT A- PECK
28. ORDINANCE establishing the east side of the 1800 block of Oxford Street, between E. 18th Street and the alley on Oxford 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
29. ORDINANCE designating a residential area in the Braeburn Glen Subdivision, Sections 1 and 2, pursuant to Section 28-303 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Houston, Texas, and extending the application of Code Section 28-303 to such residential area, to prohibit the parking of vehicles on unimproved surfaces in the front and side yards of single-family residences in such residential area - DISTRICT J - POLLARD
30. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 8.065 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITYDISTRICT NO. 148, for inclusion in its district
31. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 1.816 acres of land to HARRIS-FORT BEND COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITYDISTRICT NO. 1, for inclusion in the district
32. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 45.709 acres of land to HARRIS-WALLER COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITYDISTRICT NO. 7, for inclusion in the district
33. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between City of Houston, Texas, Seller, and MEYSAM MOSAHEB, Purchaser, for the sale of approximately 14,632 square-feet of land, at the corner of Donegal Way and Hiford Drive, being Lot 3, Block 16 of the Shamrock Manor Addition, in the Thomas Tobin Survey, Abstract 774, Harris County, Texas, for $60,600.00 - Revenue - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
34. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Purchase and Sale Agreement between City of Houston, Texas, Seller, and FREDY RUIZ, Purchaser, for the sale of approximately 16,391 square-feet of land, being Lot 58, Block 1, of Eastex Oaks Village, Section #2, in the Adam Smith Survey, Abstract #694, Harris County, Texas, for $64,500.00 - Revenue - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
35. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,015,941.25 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and WESTON SOLUTIONS, INC for Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT A- PECK
36. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,050,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and ISANI CONSULTANTS, L.P. for FY23 Stormwater Action Team (S.W.A.T.) Drainage Rehabilitation Projects Contract 4; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge
37. ORDINANCE appropriating $931,250.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between City of Houston and DL GLOVER, INC for FY2021 Drainage Rehabilitation Storm Water Action Team (SWAT) Work Orders #3 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2021-0863); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery and testing services relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund–Drainage Charge
38. ORDINANCE appropriating $4,821,614.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to CRUZ TEC, INC for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Cured-In-Place Pipe Method; 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 Consolidated Construction Fund, contingency and testing services
39. ORDINANCE awarding contract to SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Preventive Maintenance Cleaning and Television Inspection; setting a deadline for the proposer’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the proposer in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Operating Fund; providing a maximum contract amount - $9,537,816.00 - Enterprise Fund
40. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,886,982.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, $21,523,161.60 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal, Capital Fund-Ad Valorem Tax, awarding contract to MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD for Kirkwood Paving and Drainage; Briar Forest Drive to Westheimer Road; setting a deadline for the bidder's execution of 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 and Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund-Ad Valorem Tax, contingency, testing services, and construction management - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
MATTERS HELD - NUMBER 41
41. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a ±10 foot-wide Waterline Easement, from Winrock Boulevard west ±173 feet, situated in the John D. Taylor Survey, Abstract No. 72, being out of the Briarwest Apartments, Harris County, Texas; abandoning said easement to WINROCK NORTH PFC, the underlying fee owner, in consideration of its cash payment to the City in the amount of $17,160.00, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN
TAGGED BYCOUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN
This was Item 31 on Agenda of May 24, 2023
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BYCOUNCIL - Council Member Knox 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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