City of Houston City Council will meet July 16 & 17

City of Houston City Council will meet July 16 & 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act the agenda is posted for public information, at all times, for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting on the bulletin board located on the exterior wall of the City Hall building at 901 Bagby. 

The agenda may be accessed via the Internet at http://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/. Copies of the agenda are available in the Office of the City Secretary in the City Hall Annex, Public Level at no charge. To receive the agenda by mail, send check or money order for $52.00 for a one year subscription, made payable to the City of Houston to the attention of the City Secretary, P.O. Box 1562, Houston, Texas 77251. 

To reserve time to appear before Council call 832-393-1100, or email us at speakers@houstontx.gov or weather permitting you may come to the Office of the City Secretary, City Hall Annex, Public Level by 3:00 pm the Monday before Public Session

AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 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 Flickinger

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 translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak Speakers List

RECESS

RECONVENE

WEDNESDAY - JULY 17th, 2024 - 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 9

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 and 2

1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of VONN TRAN as the Director of the PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

2. RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TO AMEND MOTION #2024-117, 2/14/2024, TO REFLECT the approval of the revised final contract amount of $3,073,83.05 for the FY2022 Citywide Asphalt Overlay Package #2 on contract with MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD - 2.44% over the original Contract Amount - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; C - KAMIN and I - MARTINEZ

ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 3 through 9

3. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Council Rules of Procedure including the submission of Agenda Items by Council Members

4. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2023-0407 to increase maximum contract amount for Professional Services Contract between City of Houston and HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP to provide representation of City in Various Condemnation Matters - $375,000.00 - Property and Casualty Fund

5. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and BRENTWOOD ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, to extend term of agreement and provide additional Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Funds to provide Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance, Supportive Services, and Transitional Housing to low-income households living with HIV/AIDS - $892,209.00 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

6. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Subrecipient Agreement between City of Houston and A CARING SAFE PLACE, INC, to extend term of Subrecipient Agreement and provide additional Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Funds to continue to administer and operate a permanent Supportive Housing Community Residence and Transitional Housing Community Residence along with Supportive Services for low-income households affected by or living with HIV/AIDS - $941,051.94 - Grant Fund

7. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY (previously approved by Ordinance No. 2021-1093)

8. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2024-0390 to increase maximum contract amounts and approve first amendments to agreements with ASHBRITT, INC, DRC EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC, T.F.R. ENTERPRISES, INC a n d CERES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC for Disaster Debris Removal Services

9. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 25.815 acres of land to CHIMNEY HILL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT , for inclusion in its district

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBERS 10 and 11

NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS

10. SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE to provide a Resolution of No Objection for the 4% tax credit application for the following multifamily developments:

BRITTONS PLACE3706 LYONS AVE

DISTRICT B - JACKSON

PLEASANT HILL 3814 LYONS DISTRICT B -

VILLAGE AVE JACKSON

HEARING DATE - 9:00 AM - TUESDAY - JULY 24, 2024

PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS

11. AMEND MOTION #2024-514, PASSED 6/18/2024, TO CORRECT the name of the cooperative purchasing organization from Buyboard Purchasing Cooperative to TEXAS SMARTBUY, awarded to MIDWEST LIBRARY SERVICE - REQUIRES THREE MOTIONS

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 12 through 16

12. RESOLUTION supporting certification of a Municipal Setting Designation outside the boundary of the City of Houston for the site located at 810 Industrial Boulevard, Sugar Land, Texas

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ

This was Item 3 on Agenda of July 10, 2024

13. RESOLUTION adopting the recommendation of the City Attorney to assign accounts overlapping with Humble, Clear Creek, Spring Branch, Pasadena, Alief, Galena Park, Klein, Fort Bend, and Aldine Independent School Districts, and those accounts located in multiple school districts (collectively Perdue assigned accounts) to PERDUE, BRANDON, FIELDER, COLLINS & MOTT, LLP and GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, functioning as a Joint Venture and to assign to LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP accounts overlapping all other areas of the City except for the Perdue assigned accounts under the City’s respective contract with each law firm for the Collection of Delinquent Ad Valorem Taxes

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS EVANS-SHABAZZ, DAVIS and CARTER

This was Item 4 on Agenda of July 10, 2024

14. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,291,523.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund; awarding construction Contract to HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLC for Drainage Rehabilitation and Upgrade Project at Ellington Airport (Project No. 954); 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 construction services, materials testing services and contingency, relating to the Drainage Rehabilitation and Upgrade Project financed by the Airports Improvement Fund - DISTRICT E - FLICKINGER

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS

This was Item 9 on Agenda of July 10, 2024

15. ORDINANCE declaring surplus and authorizing the sale of certain real property consisting of the following parcels: 1) approximately 5.89 acres of land located at 4605 Wilmington St. and 9314 Cullen Blvd., Houston, Harris County, Texas 77051, and identified as Parcels Q75-003, P99-001, and part of Parcel Q75-002, 2) approximately 1.248 acres of land located at 8418 and 8422 Jensen Dr., Houston, Harris County, Texas 77093, and identified as Parcel P99-002, and 3) approximately 0.64 acre of land located at 7131

Cullen Blvd., Houston, Harris County, Texas 77021, and identified as part of Parcel P77-001; approving and authorizing a Real Estate Marketing Agreement between City of Houston, Texas, and WOMACK DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT REALTORS, INCORPORATED, for Marketing and Sale of Surplus Property - DISTRICTS D - EVANS SHABAZZ and H - CASTILLO

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ

This was Item 10 on Agenda of July 10, 2024

16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston a n d HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE for Professional Civic Art and Conservation Administration Services; providing a maximum contract amount - 2 Years with 3 one-year options - $25,000,000.00 - Enterprise and Other Funds

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS KAMIN, CASTILLO, MARTINEZ and DAVIS

This was Item 14 on Agenda of July 10, 2024

MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Evans Shabazz 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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