CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $338,766.21 for Northside Sewer Relief Tunnel Rehabilitation Area #4 DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and H - CISNEROS
8. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works to purchase Parcel DY16-001, located at 5888 Westheimer Road, owned by 5860-5888 Westheimer Limited, a Texas Limited Partnership, for the FOUNTAINVIEW REGIONAL LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION and WESTHEIMER NO. 1 LIFT STATION ABANDONMENT PROJECT - $318,600.00 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT J - LASTER
10. NORTH SHORE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC for Steel Construction Materials for Various Departments - $1,272,666.19 - 3 Years with two one-year options - General and Other Funds
12. CHASTANG ENTERPRISES, INC dba CHASTANG FORD - $52,376.00, SILSBEE FORD, INC - $3,713,464.83, DONALDSON-UMPHREY AUTOMOBILE GROUP, INC d/b/a SILSBEE TOYOTA - $342,643.08 and CALDWELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS LLC, dba CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET - $6,656,279.06 for Automobiles, Utility Vehicles, Vans and Light Duty Trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Texas Local Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) and the Houston-Galveston Area Council for Various Departments - $10,764,762.97 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Other Funds
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERING
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERS 13 and 14
13. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing the nomination of PROS, INC to the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as a Texas State Enterprise Project - DISTRICT C - COHEN
14. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing the nomination of TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION to the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as a Texas State Enterprise Project
15. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40-485 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD THE WESTCHASE AREA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT to the list of design districts and provide for management districts created by state law to be considered for design district designation; containing findings and provisions related to the foregoing subject; declaring an effective date; providing for severability - DISTRICTS F - LE; G - TRAVIS and J - LASTER
16. ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Car-Share Houston; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty therefor; providing for severability
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the renewal of the On-Street Parking Performance period to the contract between the City of Houston and ZIPCAR, INC (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-914) for the City of Houston Car Sharing Program for the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and THE DEAN G. PAPPAS LAW FIRM PLLC for Legal Services relating to the City’s Workers’ Compensation Benefits Program; providing a maximum contract - $1,650,000.00 - 3 Years with two one-year options - Workers Compensation Admin Fund
BUDGET MATTERS
BUDGET MATTERS - NUMBERING
BUDGET MATTERS
38. ORDINANCE providing for the continuation of appropriations for the support of the City Government pursuant to the requirements of Article VIA, Section 1 of the City Charter; authorizing certain transfers; making other provisions related to the subject; containing a repealer and a severability clause
39. ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2019, including provisions for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; authorizing certain transfers; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability
40. ORDINANCE ratifying the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Budgets raising more revenue from Ad Valorem (Property) Taxes due to increased property valuations and the addition of property to the tax roll than in Fiscal Year 2018; setting an effective date This item should only be considered after passage of Item 39 above
21. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of 1) East 40th 1/2 Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 2) East 41st Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 3) east 42nd Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 4) East 42nd Street, from Blackshear Street to Harvard Street; 5) East 42nd ½ Street, from Blackshear Street to Harvard Street; 6) Harvard Street, from East 43rd Street to East 42nd Street; 7) Blackshear Street, from East 40th 1/2 Street north to its terminus south of East 43rd Street; 8) Douglas Street, from East 40th 1/2 Street north to its terminus south of East 43rd Street; and 9) a 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all out of the S.W. Allen and Ben Campbell Surveys; vacating and abandoning said street portions and easement to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ("HISD"), the abutting owner, in consideration of HISD's net payment to the City of $1,689,080.00, the conveyance to the City of 1) a 10-foot-wide strip of right-of-way for the widening of east 43rd Street, from Yale Street to Harvard Street; 2) a 10-foot-wide strip of right-of-way for the widening of east 39th Street, from Yale Street to Cortlandt Street; and 3) a 5-foot-wide street of right-of-way for the widening of Cortlandt Street, from east 40th Street to east 39th Street, all out of the S.W. Allen and O.P. Kelton Surveys, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to submit the 2018 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the following 2018 grant applications and budgets: 1) 44th Program Year Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $24,102,816.00 (which amount includes $23,946,316.00 in CDBG funds and $156,500.00 in projected program income); 2) Home Investment Partnerships Grant in the amount of $9,905,546.00 (which amount includes $9,810,603.00 in Home Funds and $94,943.00 in projected program income); 3) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grant in the amount of $9,738,444.00; and 4) Emergency Solutions Grant, formerly known as the Emergency Shelter Grants, in the amount of $1,968,996.00; to accept funds from the aforementioned grants, if awarded
24. ORDINANCE awarding contract to RBEX INC, dba APPLE TOWING for Towing Services for vehicles and equipment for the Fleet Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $3,677,530.00 - Fleet Management Fund
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MULTIFORCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION for Hardware and Software Maintenance and Support Services for the Automated Fuel Management System for the Fleet Management Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $893,953.73 - Fleet Management Fund
26. ORDINANCE awarding contract to TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Concrete Repair Services for General Services Departments; establishing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $5,273,195.00 - General and Other Funds
27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Interlocal Agreement for Post Oak Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit/Dedicated Bus Lane and Uptown Transit Center Project between UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, THE CITY OF HOUSTON and the METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS DISTRICT G - TRAVIS
28. ORDINANCE approving third amendment to Lease Agreement between PHUONG M. NGUYEN and the City of Houston, Texas related to the leased premises located at 8536 Hammerly Street, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
30. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT for Construction and Maintenance of Hike and Bike Trails
31. ORDINANCE appropriating $172,266.76 out of Metro Construction – Other Fund and approving and authorizing Cooperative Agreement between the City of Houston and THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for the Connection Bikeway between the Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) Trails and Heritage West Trail; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Construction - Other Fund - DISTRICT C - COHEN
32. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the Department Director of the City of Houston’s Department Houston Public Works to accept a grant award from the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the Texas Department of Public Safety for administering the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director to expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant; approving and authorizing a sub-award agreement between the City and the Texas Division of Emergency Management in connection with the above grant - DISTRICT C - COHEN
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,960,700.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to CAAN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC for Water Line Replacement in Briar Court area; 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 testing services, CIP Cost Recovery, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $338,766.21 for Northside Sewer Relief Tunnel Rehabilitation Area #4 DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and H - CISNEROS
8. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works to purchase Parcel DY16-001, located at 5888 Westheimer Road, owned by 5860-5888 Westheimer Limited, a Texas Limited Partnership, for the FOUNTAINVIEW REGIONAL LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION and WESTHEIMER NO. 1 LIFT STATION ABANDONMENT PROJECT - $318,600.00 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICT J - LASTER
10. NORTH SHORE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC for Steel Construction Materials for Various Departments - $1,272,666.19 - 3 Years with two one-year options - General and Other Funds
12. CHASTANG ENTERPRISES, INC dba CHASTANG FORD - $52,376.00, SILSBEE FORD, INC - $3,713,464.83, DONALDSON-UMPHREY AUTOMOBILE GROUP, INC d/b/a SILSBEE TOYOTA - $342,643.08 and CALDWELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS LLC, dba CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET - $6,656,279.06 for Automobiles, Utility Vehicles, Vans and Light Duty Trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Texas Local Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) and the Houston-Galveston Area Council for Various Departments - $10,764,762.97 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated and Other Funds
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERING
RESOLUTIONS - NUMBERS 13 and 14
13. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing the nomination of PROS, INC to the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as a Texas State Enterprise Project - DISTRICT C - COHEN
14. RESOLUTION approving and authorizing the nomination of TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION to the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as a Texas State Enterprise Project
15. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40-485 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD THE WESTCHASE AREA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT to the list of design districts and provide for management districts created by state law to be considered for design district designation; containing findings and provisions related to the foregoing subject; declaring an effective date; providing for severability - DISTRICTS F - LE; G - TRAVIS and J - LASTER
16. ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Car-Share Houston; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; declaring certain conduct to be unlawful and providing a penalty therefor; providing for severability
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the renewal of the On-Street Parking Performance period to the contract between the City of Houston and ZIPCAR, INC (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-914) for the City of Houston Car Sharing Program for the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and THE DEAN G. PAPPAS LAW FIRM PLLC for Legal Services relating to the City’s Workers’ Compensation Benefits Program; providing a maximum contract - $1,650,000.00 - 3 Years with two one-year options - Workers Compensation Admin Fund
BUDGET MATTERS
BUDGET MATTERS - NUMBERING
BUDGET MATTERS
38. ORDINANCE providing for the continuation of appropriations for the support of the City Government pursuant to the requirements of Article VIA, Section 1 of the City Charter; authorizing certain transfers; making other provisions related to the subject; containing a repealer and a severability clause
39. ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2019, including provisions for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; authorizing certain transfers; re-designating a cash reserve in the fund balance; establishing a cost for copies of the budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability
40. ORDINANCE ratifying the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Budgets raising more revenue from Ad Valorem (Property) Taxes due to increased property valuations and the addition of property to the tax roll than in Fiscal Year 2018; setting an effective date This item should only be considered after passage of Item 39 above
21. ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of 1) East 40th 1/2 Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 2) East 41st Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 3) east 42nd Street, from Yale Street to Blackshear Street; 4) East 42nd Street, from Blackshear Street to Harvard Street; 5) East 42nd ½ Street, from Blackshear Street to Harvard Street; 6) Harvard Street, from East 43rd Street to East 42nd Street; 7) Blackshear Street, from East 40th 1/2 Street north to its terminus south of East 43rd Street; 8) Douglas Street, from East 40th 1/2 Street north to its terminus south of East 43rd Street; and 9) a 10-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all out of the S.W. Allen and Ben Campbell Surveys; vacating and abandoning said street portions and easement to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ("HISD"), the abutting owner, in consideration of HISD's net payment to the City of $1,689,080.00, the conveyance to the City of 1) a 10-foot-wide strip of right-of-way for the widening of east 43rd Street, from Yale Street to Harvard Street; 2) a 10-foot-wide strip of right-of-way for the widening of east 39th Street, from Yale Street to Cortlandt Street; and 3) a 5-foot-wide street of right-of-way for the widening of Cortlandt Street, from east 40th Street to east 39th Street, all out of the S.W. Allen and O.P. Kelton Surveys, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS
22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the City of Houston to submit the 2018 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the following 2018 grant applications and budgets: 1) 44th Program Year Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $24,102,816.00 (which amount includes $23,946,316.00 in CDBG funds and $156,500.00 in projected program income); 2) Home Investment Partnerships Grant in the amount of $9,905,546.00 (which amount includes $9,810,603.00 in Home Funds and $94,943.00 in projected program income); 3) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grant in the amount of $9,738,444.00; and 4) Emergency Solutions Grant, formerly known as the Emergency Shelter Grants, in the amount of $1,968,996.00; to accept funds from the aforementioned grants, if awarded
24. ORDINANCE awarding contract to RBEX INC, dba APPLE TOWING for Towing Services for vehicles and equipment for the Fleet Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $3,677,530.00 - Fleet Management Fund
25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and MULTIFORCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION for Hardware and Software Maintenance and Support Services for the Automated Fuel Management System for the Fleet Management Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $893,953.73 - Fleet Management Fund
26. ORDINANCE awarding contract to TIMES CONSTRUCTION, INC for Concrete Repair Services for General Services Departments; establishing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $5,273,195.00 - General and Other Funds
27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Interlocal Agreement for Post Oak Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit/Dedicated Bus Lane and Uptown Transit Center Project between UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, THE CITY OF HOUSTON and the METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS DISTRICT G - TRAVIS
28. ORDINANCE approving third amendment to Lease Agreement between PHUONG M. NGUYEN and the City of Houston, Texas related to the leased premises located at 8536 Hammerly Street, Houston, Texas - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
30. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT for Construction and Maintenance of Hike and Bike Trails
31. ORDINANCE appropriating $172,266.76 out of Metro Construction – Other Fund and approving and authorizing Cooperative Agreement between the City of Houston and THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for the Connection Bikeway between the Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) Trails and Heritage West Trail; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Construction - Other Fund - DISTRICT C - COHEN
32. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the Department Director of the City of Houston’s Department Houston Public Works to accept a grant award from the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the Texas Department of Public Safety for administering the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director to expend the grant funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant; approving and authorizing a sub-award agreement between the City and the Texas Division of Emergency Management in connection with the above grant - DISTRICT C - COHEN
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,960,700.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to CAAN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC for Water Line Replacement in Briar Court area; 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 testing services, CIP Cost Recovery, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT G - TRAVIS