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City of Houston City Council July 30 & 31.
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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, July 30, 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 Jackson 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 - JULY 31st, 2024 - 9:00 A. M.
DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT
HEARINGS
1. 9:00 A.M. - PUBLIC HEARING to provide a Resolution of No Objection for the 4% tax credit application for the following multifamily developments:
BRITTONS PLACE 3706 LYONS AVE
DISTRICT B - JACKSON
PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE 814 LYONS AVE
DISTRICT B - JACKSON
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION 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 and a Quarterly Investment Report by the City Controller
MAYOR'S REPORT
CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 2 through 34
ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 2 through 4
2. RECOMMENDATION from Chief Operating Officer, Houston Public Works TO AMEND MOTION #2024-0245, 4/3/2024, TO CORRECT the final contract amount for the FY2021 Citywide Asphalt Overlay Rehabilitation #1 on contract with MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES LTD. - DISTRICTS A - PECK; B - JACKSON; G - HUFFMAN; H - CASTILLO and K - CASTEX-TATUM
3. RECOMMENDATION from Chief Operating Officer, Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $6,004,904.02 and acceptance of work on contract with SER CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, LLC for West Bellfort Paving and Drainage: S. Wilcrest to US 59 - 2.21% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT F - THOMAS
4. RECOMMENDATION from Chief Operating Officer, Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $3,054,621.93 and acceptance of work on contract with PERSONS SERVICES CORP. for Drinking Water Sampling Station Installation - 4.96% over the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount
PROPERTY - NUMBER 5
5. RECOMMENDATION from the City Attorney to deposit the amount of the Award of the Special Commissioners into the Registry of the Court, to pay all Costs of Court in connection with eminent domain proceedings styled City of Houston v. Texas Petroleum Group, LLC, et al; Cause No. 1191626, for the acquisition of Parcel AY21-031 for the GREENS ROAD PAVING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - DISTRICT B - JACKSON
PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 6 through 9
6. APPROVE spending authority in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for Professional Psychological Services with JESSICA PELLER, PSY.D for the Houston Fire Department - 12 Months - General Fund
7. METRO FIRE APPARATUS SPECIALISTS, INC for Purchase of Haix Fire Eagle Air Boots through the Buyboard Purchasing Cooperative for the Houston Fire Department - $111,360.00 - General Fund
8. AMEND MOTION 2022-0482, 9/28/2022 TO EXTEND award for Purchase of Palletized Drinking Water through the Harris County Department of Education/Choice Partners Cooperative Purchasing Program for Houston Public Works from THE MASTERS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, CO., INC
9. APPROVE spending authority in an amount not to exceed $9,554,523.25 for Uniforms and Apparel through the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Omnia Partners, Public Sector for Various Departments - 11 Months with 1 one-year extension from SERVICEWEAR APPAREL, INC - General, Enterprise and Other Funds
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBER 10
10. 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
ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 11 through 34
11. ORDINANCE adding new section to CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Targeted Residential Picketing; AMENDING SECTION 30-9 for consistency with the new section; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty therefor
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and HAYNES & BOONE, LLP for Bond Counsel Services for Various departments; providing a maximum contract amount
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 2254.1036, the following written notice is given to the public: The City desires to sell bonds for public purposes as authorized by State law and as further set forth in the ordinance to finance current expenses. The proposed bond counsel, Haynes & Boone LLP (“Haynes Boone”) is a full-service firm that includes a national public finance practice and has the necessary competence, qualification and experience to serve as bond counsel for the City. Haynes Boone has previously represented the City in connection with the issuance of various bonds and other obligations. The engagement of Haynes Boone is in the best interest of the City, since the legal services requested require specialized experience in municipal finance, federal tax, and state securities law and therefore cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel of the City. Furthermore, such legal services cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the City will not be obligated to pay any legal fees unless the transaction successfully closes.
13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between City of Houston and HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP for Bond Counsel Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 2254.1036, the following written notice is given to the public: The City desires to sell notes for public purposes as authorized by State law and as further set forth in the ordinance to finance or refinance current expenses. The proposed bond counsel, Holland & Knight, LLP (“Holland & Knight”) is a full-service firm that includes a national public finance practice and has the necessary competence, qualification and experience to serve as bond counsel for the City. Holland & Knight has previously represented the City, in connection with the issuance of similar notes since 2019. The engagement of Holland & Knight is in the best interest of the City, since the legal services requested require specialized experience in municipal finance, federal tax, and state securities law and therefore cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel of the City. Furthermore, such legal services cannot be reasonably obtained from attorneys in private practice for the payment of hourly fees without contingency because the City will not be obligated to pay any legal fees unless the transaction successfully closes.
14. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Lease Agreement between WORLD HOUSTON PLACE Joint Venture, as Landlord, and City of Houston, Texas, as Tenant, for property located at 15710 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 850, Houston, Harris County, Texas, for use by Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 92 Months with 1 sixty-month option - $1,676,528.99 - Enterprise Fund
15. ORDINANCE reducing the boundaries of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOURTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (FOURTH WARD ZONE) - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN and I - MARTINEZ
16. ORDINANCE approving the Fifth Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOURTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (FOURTH WARD ZONE); authorizing the City Secretary to distribute such plan - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN and I - MARTINEZ
This item should only be considered after passage of Item 15 above 17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing increase in Spending Authority for Craighead Warehouse Project, located at 10706 Craighead, Houston, Harris County, Texas, approved by Ordinance No. 2023-187 - $400,000.00 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM
18. ORDINANCE appropriating additional funds in amount of $677,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund for Repair and Construction Services at the Houston Fire Department Val Jahnke Training Facility wi t h DUNHILL DEVELOPMENT; providing funding for contingency - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
19. ORDINANCE awarding contract to SUPERIOR BUILDING SERVICES, INC for Window and Building Surface Cleaning Services for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one year options - $1,946,079.40 - Enterprise Fund
20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fourth amendment to contract between City of Houston and LEXIPOL, LLC (previously, PRAETORIAN GROUP, INC d/b/a LEXIPOL, previously, CAREER STEP, LLC) for Software and Professional Services for Emergency Medical Tracking System for the Houston Information Technology Services on behalf of the Houston Fire Department; maximum contract amount - 1 Year - $45,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund
21. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreements between City of Houston and (1) SECURANCE, LLC, (2) SILOTECH GROUP, INC, and ( 3 ) VIRTUO GROUP CORPORATION to provide Cyber Security Consulting Services for Houston Information Technology Services; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $8,500,000.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Sole Source Contract between City of Houston and LNRS DATA SERVICES, INC for access to DIIO by CIRIUM Web-Based Program and User Licenses for the Houston Airport System; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $274,270.34 - Enterprise Fund
23. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Allocation of Funds for Disaster Debris Removal Services
24. ORDINANCE establishing the east side of the 1500 block of Nicholson Street, between W. 15th and W. 16th Streets, 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
25. ORDINANCE establishing the north and south sides of the 3200-3300 blocks of Calumet Street, between Sampson Street and Burkett 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 D - EVANS-SHABAZZ
26. ORDINANCE establishing the east side of the 4700 block of Cochran Street, between Cavalcade and Evelyn Streets, 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 H - CASTILLO
27. ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 248, containing approximately 58.084 acres of land, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, Texas; authorizing the district to issue bonds, subject to certain conditions
28. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 165.71 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 477, for inclusion in its district
29. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance Number 2019-0734 to include the acquisition of four additional parcels for the 54-Inch Water Line Along Galveston Road Project and further finding and determining public convenience and necessity for the acquisition of such parcels by gift, dedication, purchase, and if necessary, the use of eminent domain - DISTRICT E - FLICKINGER
30. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Grant Application to the TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT to support mitigation efforts pertaining to the Kingwood Diversion Channel Bridge Replacement Project through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant; declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Houston Public Works Director or Designee to sign the application - DISTRICT E - FLICKINGER
31. ORDINANCE appropriating $105,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge as an additional appropriation to Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Agreement between City of Houston and ALPHA TESTING, LLC for DR15 SWAT 12A Bonita Gardens Drainage and Paving Improvements (as approved by Ordinance No. 2017-0123); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON and H - CASTILLO
32. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Construction Contract between City of Houston and SPRINT SAND & CLAY, LLC for DR15 5A Spellman Detention Basin (as approved by Ordinance No. 2024- 0082) - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM
33. ORDINANCE appropriating $5,249,811.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and ARDURRA GROUP, INC for Capacity Remedial Management Plan (CRMP) CIP Package 4 – Replacement of Eddington Lift Station, Force Main Installation, and Construction of Storage Tank and Lift Station at Wet Weather Facility; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT I - MARTINEZ
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $886,126.50 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC for Force Main Rehabilitation and Reconstruction – Goodyear Lift Station and Scarsdale Lift Station; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS D - EVANS-SHABAZZ and E - FLICKINGER
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 35
NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS
35. SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE regarding the re-adoption of Article X I I CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON, regarding Standards of Care for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department Youth Recreation Programs
SUGGESTED HEARING DATE - 9:00A.M. - WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 14, 2024
MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 36
36. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2023-1036 to increase maximum spending authority; approving and authorizing amendment to Purchase Order
Addendum with EVOLVE HOUSTON for Electric, Eco-Friendly and On Demand Shared Ride Services
TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS THOMAS and PLUMMER This was Item 21 on Agenda of July 24, 2024
SUPPLEMENTAL POSTING - NUMBER 37
37. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2024-495
MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Davis 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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