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City of Houston City Council met July 25 & 26.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, July 25, 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 Huffman 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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RECONVENE
WEDNESDAY - July 26, 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 30
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBER 1
1. RECOMMENDATION from Director Administration Regulatory Affairs Department for the designation of a residential permit parking area in the 1800 block of Portsmouth - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 2 and 3
2. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $3,007,778.16 and acceptance of work on contract with SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Preventive Maintenance Cleaning and Television Inspection (WW5200-01) - 7.97% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; E - MARTIN; F - THOMAS; G - HUFFMAN; H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS
3. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $12,341,716.50 and acceptance of work on contract with RESICOM, INC for Force Main Renewal and Replacement for Stroud, Bayfield, Bretshire #2, Forest Shores and Woodland Ridge Lift Stations - 0.95% over the revised contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; E - MARTIN; F - THOMAS and J - POLLARD
PROPERTY - NUMBER 4
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works authorizing payment of the purchase price for the acquisition of Parcels KY22-023, AY22-018 and TCY22-008 located at Mill Forest Road, Webster, Texas, 77598, for the 42-INCH WATER LINE from CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY PLANT NO. 3 to the LEAGUE CITY BOOSTER PUMP STATION (SETL) PROJECT - DISTRICT E - MARTIN
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 5 through 8
5. APPROVAL of Emergency Purchase of one Mobile Stroke Ambulance Unit for the Houston Fire Department, to the following vendors in the total amount of $902,944.80:
FRAZER - $440,019.80
NEUROLOGICA CORPORATION - $408,375.00
MAX LIFE ADVANCED TELEMEDICINE - $54,550.00
6. APPROVE final payment in the total amount of $89,725.00 for Emergency Repairs to Traffic Signal Poles for Houston Public Works, on award to PFEIFFER & SON, LTD. - Special Revenue Fund
7. APPROVE final payment in the total amount of $101,087.50 for Emergency Repairs to the Traffic Signal Cables for Houston Public Works, on award to TRAFFIC SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION - Special Revenue Fund
8. AUTODESK, INC dba INNOVYZE, LLC for Sole Source Purchase for InfoMaster and InfoWorks Modeling Software for Water and Wastewater Modeling for Houston Public Works - 1 Year - $274,067.15 - Enterprise Fund
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 9 through 30
9. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 out of Airports Renewal and Replacement Fund and approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH), William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), and Ellington Airport (EFD); providing a maximum contract amount - $26,305,634.75 - Enterprise Fund - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS
10. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the Central Utility Plant (CUP) at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one year options - $10,487,673.25 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
11. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,000,000.00 out of Airports Renewal and Replacement Fund and approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and TDINDUSTRIES, INC for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the Central Utility Plant (CUP) at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $13,685,516.31 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to extend contract term between City of Houston and PERMITIUM SOFTWARE, LLC for Online Birth and Death Certificate Services for the Houston Health Department
13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY on behalf of Harris County Public Health for support of Substance Abuse Prevention Activities by the Houston Health Department - $614,297.09 - Grant Fund
14. ORDINANCE appropriating of $1,691,000.00 from Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the Planned Network and Firewall Replacement Project for Houston Information Technology Services
15. ORDINANCE appropriating $717,000.00 from Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the Planned Purchase of Mobile Data Computers for Houston Information Technology Services on behalf of the Houston Fire Department
16. ORDINANCE appropriating $2,000,000.00 from Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the Planned Purchase of Computer Hardware, Peripherals, and Software Services for Houston Information Technology Services and Various Departments
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Professional Services Contract between City of Houston and UNDERGROUND PLANET ART STUDIO LLC d/b/a UP ART STUDIO to provide Art Related Services for the management of the City's Traffic Signal Control Cabinet Mural Program for the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and Houston Public Works; providing a maximum contract amount - 2 Years with 2 one-year options - $395,000.00 - General Fund
18. ORDINANCE approving and awarding contract between City of Houston and AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP for Federal Lobbyist and Consulting Services for Office of Government Relations; providing a maximum contract amount - 1 Year with 1 one-year option - $496,000.00 - General Fund
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP for Federal Lobbyist Services for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contractamount - 1 Year with 1 one-year option - $403,600.00 - Enterprise Fund
20. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2020-0147 (Passed on February 26, 2020) to increase the maximum contract amount with 1) AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON, INC, 2) FUNDACION LATINO AMERICA DE ACCION SOCIAL, INC 3 ) AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 4) ST. HOPE FOUNDATION, INC and 5) LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC, for the Houston Health Department to provide Comprehensive HIV/STD Prevention Services in Houston/Harris County, focusing on populations vulnerable to HIV/STD contractions and/or for people living with HIV to support linkage to treatment and services and to promote viral suppression in Houston/Harris County - $3,099,500.00 - Grant Fund
21. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2020-0148 (Passed on February 26, 2020) to increase the maximum contract amount for 1) HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, d/b/a HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM and 2 ) BEE BUSY WELLNESS CENTER, respectively, to provide Comprehensive HIV/STD Prevention Services in Houston/Harris County, focusing on populations vulnerable to HIV/STD contractions and/or for people living with HIV to support linkage to treatment and services and to promote viral suppression in Houston/Harris County for the Houston Health Department - $1,700,000.00 - Grant Fund
22. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 2020-149 to increase the maximum contract amount between City of Houston and THE MONTROSE LEARNING CENTER to provide HIV Health Education and Risk Reduction Services for the Houston Health Department - $450,000.00 - Grant Fund
23. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2020-0165 (Passed on February 26, 2020) to increase the maximum contract amount with BEE BUSY LEARNING ACADEMY to provide Comprehensive HIV/STD Prevention Services in Houston and Harris County for the Houston Health Department - $1,202,610.00 - Grant Fund
24. ORDINANCE deaccessing from City of Houston's Civic Art Collection four artworks: (1) Fonde Totems, (2) Cancer ... There Is Hope, (3) Kugel Ball, and (4) Bienvenidos A Nuestra Mesa - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; D - EVANS SHABAZZ and J - POLLARD
25. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 9.99 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 495, for inclusion in its district
26. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 9.0698 acres of land to NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT , for inclusion in the district
27. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 4.682 commonly known as 3814 Lyons Ave., Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a Municipal Setting Designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/TIRZ 18 - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
28. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2023-167 regarding the Abandonment and Sale of Hollyhurst Lane, from Uptown Park Boulevard to
its terminus, out of the W.M. White 1/3 League Survey, Abstract 836, Harris County, Texas, to replace the Exhibit B - DISTRICT G - HUFFMAN
29. ORDINANCE appropriating $199,500.00 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 UNITED ENGINEERS, INC for Local Drainage Project Negotiated Design Work Orders (as approved by Ordinance No. 2012-0228); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Drainage Charge
30. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,029,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund awarding contract to WEISINGER INCORPORATED for New/Replacement Water Well – Southwest Well 13; 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 for contingency, testing services, and construction management - DISTRICT J - POLLARD
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 31 and 32
31. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of an application for Grant Assistance to the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (“USDOT”) for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (“CFI”) Community Grant Program for the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department – Mayor’s Office Of Resilience and Sustainability; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process, to apply for and accept the Grant and Funds, and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant
TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS KAMIN and ROBINSON This was Item 10 on Agenda of July 19, 2023
32. RECOMMENDATION from Director Administration & Regulatory Affairs to create an Alcohol-Free-Zone for Heights Preschool & Early Learning Center LLC at 2064 Oxford Street, Houston, Texas 77008 - DISTRICT C – KAMIN
TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON
This was Item 34 on Agenda of July 19, 2023
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Alcorn 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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