CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 6
36. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,750,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF, awarding contract to TOTAL CONTRACTING LIMITED for Citywide Work Orders for Council District Service Fund Projects #1; 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 Metro Projects Construction DDSRF
MISCELLANEOUS
1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of TANTRI EMO, as Director of the DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Position One - CAMILLE L. FOSTER, State Senator, District 13 representative, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2020 Position Two - DOUGLAS A. ERWING, State Representative, District 147 or representative, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2019 Position Eight - JAMES THOMAS, HISD representative, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2019
3. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - ROLAND GARCIA, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Four - LLOYD GITE, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Five - LAUREN ANDERSON, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Six - BRENDA PETERS-CHASE, appointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2021
4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON DOWNTOWN PARK CORPORATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - BARRON F. WALLACE, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Two - PAMELA J. BRASSEUX, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Three - GUY HAGSTETTE, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Four - BRADY F. CARRUTH, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Five - SHERYL JOHNS, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Six - JACQUELINE S. MARTIN, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Seven - NANCY KINDER, and to serve as Chair, for a term to expire 6/30/2021
5. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY- FIVE (also known as the HIRAM CLARKE/FORT BEND HOUSTON ZONE): Position One - ROSEMARY CAPETILLO, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Two - THEADORE R. ANDREWS, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Three - GEORGE ANDERSON, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Four - LINDA F. SCURLOCK, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Five - HOMER L. CLARK, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Six - KEVIN RILES, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Seven - HORACE C. ALLISON, for a term to expire 8/13/2019
6. RECOMMENDATION from Acting Director Finance Department to approve the Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Plan and establish a charge of $75.00 plus postage for the adopted CIP documents and a charge of $5.00 plus postage for a CD version
ORDINANCES
11. ORDINANCE approving, authorizing and ratifying a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, as the sole and exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Municipal Employees in the Bargaining Unit providing for severability
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of the Draft City of Houston Local Action Plan to the TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE for incorporation into the State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey - Round 1 and to serve as the City’s application for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Funds; to accept the funds, if awarded
13. ORDINANCE relating to the Retail Gas Utility Rates of CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY CENTERPOINT and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS; approving an interim rate adjustment subject to refund and otherwise maintaining current rates in effect until changed
14. ORDINANCE appropriating $48,682.00 out of Parks and Recreation Dedication Fund as an additional appropriation to an Interlocal Agreement between the City and HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for construction of improvements to various parks; approving and authorizing an amended and restated interlocal agreement between the City and HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for construction of improvements to various parks - DISTRICT J - LASTER
16. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2014-008, as amended, to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City and McCONNELL & JONES LLP / BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO., a Joint Venture Partnership known as M&J/BFW TEAM, for Professional Auditing Services for the Finance Department - $1,600,000.00 - General Fund
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing sole source contract between the City of Houston and ESi ACQUISITION, INC (A Juvare Company) for a Services Agreement regarding a Crisis Information Management System for the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $446,391.56 - Grant Fund
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and ASSETWORKS, LLC for purchase of GPS Devices, and Monitoring and Tracking Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $5,722,785.55 Enterprise and Other Funds
20. ORDINANCE appropriating $195,799.88 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund and authorizing expenditure of the appropriated funds to the In-House Renovation Revolving Fund for Houston Fire Department Fire House No. 26 Hurricane Harvey Damage Repairs and Investigative Civil Engineering Work for Houston Fire Department; declaring the City's intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditures - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
23. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 6.3571 acres of land to BRIDGESTONE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district
24. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 8.5758 acres of land to BRIDGESTONE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district
25. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 142.14 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 50, for inclusion in its district
26. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 47.0032 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL and IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 89, for inclusion in its district
27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and the property owner(s) at 4419 Meyerwood Drive, Houston, Texas 77096 for Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Mitigation Assistance Home Elevation Work to be performed by Planet Three Consulting, Corp.; providing a maximum contract amount
28. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 0.910 acres commonly known as 1508 Bingle Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a municipal setting designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of Bingle Storage, LP - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
29. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 39.8775 acres commonly known as 8300 Hempstead Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a municipal setting designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of Eureka Properties, Ltd. & KCH Property Holdings LLC - DISTRICT C - COHEN
31. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT for the Brays Bayou Flood Control Project
32. ORDINANCE appropriating $600,000.00 out of Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF-A as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and AGUIRRE & FIELDS, LP for Work Order Bridge Rehabilitation/Replacement Program (Approved by Ordinance No. 2015-0142); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF-A - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; E - MARTIN; J - LASTER and K - CASTEX-TATUM
33. ORDINANCE appropriating $360,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation to contract between the City of Houston and D G MEDINA CONSTRUCTION, LLC for the Intersection Safety Improvements Work Order #7 Project (Approved by Ordinance No. 2017-0006); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $120,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and GC ENGINEERING, INC for Citywide Overlay/Rehabilitation Project FY2016 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0037); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund
35. ORDINANCE appropriating $240,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and NEEL-SCHAFFER, INC for Concrete Panel Replacement FY2016 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0015); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 through 6
36. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,750,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF, awarding contract to TOTAL CONTRACTING LIMITED for Citywide Work Orders for Council District Service Fund Projects #1; 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 Metro Projects Construction DDSRF
MISCELLANEOUS
1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of TANTRI EMO, as Director of the DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Position One - CAMILLE L. FOSTER, State Senator, District 13 representative, appointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2020 Position Two - DOUGLAS A. ERWING, State Representative, District 147 or representative, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2019 Position Eight - JAMES THOMAS, HISD representative, reappointment, for a term to expire 12/31/2019
3. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - ROLAND GARCIA, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Four - LLOYD GITE, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Five - LAUREN ANDERSON, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Six - BRENDA PETERS-CHASE, appointment, for a term to expire 6/30/2021
4. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON DOWNTOWN PARK CORPORATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - BARRON F. WALLACE, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Two - PAMELA J. BRASSEUX, for a term to expire 6/30/2019 Position Three - GUY HAGSTETTE, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Four - BRADY F. CARRUTH, for a term to expire 6/30/2020 Position Five - SHERYL JOHNS, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Six - JACQUELINE S. MARTIN, for a term to expire 6/30/2021 Position Seven - NANCY KINDER, and to serve as Chair, for a term to expire 6/30/2021
5. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY- FIVE (also known as the HIRAM CLARKE/FORT BEND HOUSTON ZONE): Position One - ROSEMARY CAPETILLO, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Two - THEADORE R. ANDREWS, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Three - GEORGE ANDERSON, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Four - LINDA F. SCURLOCK, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Five - HOMER L. CLARK, for a term to expire 8/13/2019 Position Six - KEVIN RILES, for a term to expire 8/13/2020 Position Seven - HORACE C. ALLISON, for a term to expire 8/13/2019
6. RECOMMENDATION from Acting Director Finance Department to approve the Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Plan and establish a charge of $75.00 plus postage for the adopted CIP documents and a charge of $5.00 plus postage for a CD version
ORDINANCES
11. ORDINANCE approving, authorizing and ratifying a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City of Houston and the HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, as the sole and exclusive Bargaining Agent for all Municipal Employees in the Bargaining Unit providing for severability
12. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of the Draft City of Houston Local Action Plan to the TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE for incorporation into the State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey - Round 1 and to serve as the City’s application for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Funds; to accept the funds, if awarded
13. ORDINANCE relating to the Retail Gas Utility Rates of CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY CENTERPOINT and as CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS; approving an interim rate adjustment subject to refund and otherwise maintaining current rates in effect until changed
14. ORDINANCE appropriating $48,682.00 out of Parks and Recreation Dedication Fund as an additional appropriation to an Interlocal Agreement between the City and HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for construction of improvements to various parks; approving and authorizing an amended and restated interlocal agreement between the City and HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC, INC for construction of improvements to various parks - DISTRICT J - LASTER
16. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2014-008, as amended, to increase the maximum contract amount; approving and authorizing first amendment to contract between the City and McCONNELL & JONES LLP / BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO., a Joint Venture Partnership known as M&J/BFW TEAM, for Professional Auditing Services for the Finance Department - $1,600,000.00 - General Fund
17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing sole source contract between the City of Houston and ESi ACQUISITION, INC (A Juvare Company) for a Services Agreement regarding a Crisis Information Management System for the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $446,391.56 - Grant Fund
19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and ASSETWORKS, LLC for purchase of GPS Devices, and Monitoring and Tracking Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $5,722,785.55 Enterprise and Other Funds
20. ORDINANCE appropriating $195,799.88 out of Miscellaneous Capital Projects/Acquisitions CP Series E Fund and authorizing expenditure of the appropriated funds to the In-House Renovation Revolving Fund for Houston Fire Department Fire House No. 26 Hurricane Harvey Damage Repairs and Investigative Civil Engineering Work for Houston Fire Department; declaring the City's intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other eligible sources for such expenditures - DISTRICT I - GALLEGOS
23. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 6.3571 acres of land to BRIDGESTONE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district
24. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 8.5758 acres of land to BRIDGESTONE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, for inclusion in its district
25. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 142.14 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 50, for inclusion in its district
26. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 47.0032 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL and IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 89, for inclusion in its district
27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and the property owner(s) at 4419 Meyerwood Drive, Houston, Texas 77096 for Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Mitigation Assistance Home Elevation Work to be performed by Planet Three Consulting, Corp.; providing a maximum contract amount
28. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 0.910 acres commonly known as 1508 Bingle Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a municipal setting designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of Bingle Storage, LP - DISTRICT A - STARDIG
29. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath a tract of land containing 39.8775 acres commonly known as 8300 Hempstead Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas; supporting issuance of a municipal setting designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at the request of Eureka Properties, Ltd. & KCH Property Holdings LLC - DISTRICT C - COHEN
31. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT for the Brays Bayou Flood Control Project
32. ORDINANCE appropriating $600,000.00 out of Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF-A as an additional appropriation; approving and authorizing first amendment to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and AGUIRRE & FIELDS, LP for Work Order Bridge Rehabilitation/Replacement Program (Approved by Ordinance No. 2015-0142); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF-A - DISTRICTS C - COHEN; E - MARTIN; J - LASTER and K - CASTEX-TATUM
33. ORDINANCE appropriating $360,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation to contract between the City of Houston and D G MEDINA CONSTRUCTION, LLC for the Intersection Safety Improvements Work Order #7 Project (Approved by Ordinance No. 2017-0006); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF
34. ORDINANCE appropriating $120,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and GC ENGINEERING, INC for Citywide Overlay/Rehabilitation Project FY2016 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0037); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund
35. ORDINANCE appropriating $240,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and NEEL-SCHAFFER, INC for Concrete Panel Replacement FY2016 (as approved by Ordinance No. 2016-0015); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Metro Projects Construction DDSRF