NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON

NOTICE OF MEETING

OF THE

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON

20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston on behalf of the Health & Human Services Department and CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON, INC for Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program Services - $4,113,202.00 Revenue

21. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM, INC to provide $125,000.00 in Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Funds for Legal Supportive Services - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ

22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES, INC, providing up to $297,692.00 in Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Funds, which amount includes a limitation on additional funding in the amount of $148,846.00, for the administration of a Computer Literacy/Job Placement Assistance Program, along with supportive services

23. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston, AMEGY BANK and CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to provide a Second Lien Construction Loan of Federal “HOME” Funds in the amount of $700,000.00 for eligible costs in connection with the construction of ten (10) affordable homes - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ

24. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and CHELSEA SENIORS I, LLC to provide a $1,965,755 Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the development of a 150 unit affordable housing development, targeting seniors 55 and older, to be located in the 6900 block of W. TC Jester at W. Little York, of which 4 units will be designated as very low income home affordable floating units and 12 units will be designated as low income home affordable floating units for a 20-year affordability period - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON

25. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON NORTH APARTMENT HOMES I LLC to provide a $1,000,000 Performance Based Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the land acquisition and construction of a 172 unit multifamily housing facility, targeting low income tenants, to be located at the north side of W Grenfell Lane and west side of Northline Drive, of which nine units will be restricted to floating home assisted units with seven units restricted to HUD high home rents and two units restricted to HUD low home rents for a period of 20 years - DISTRICT H - GONZALEZ

26. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing agreement between the City of Houston and MIDWAY FOUNTAINVIEW INVESTORS, LLC to provide a $1,730,000.00 Performance-Based Loan of Federal "CDBG - DR" Funds for costs to acquire and rehabilitate Vista Bonita Apartments, a 118 unit (following rehabilitation) multi-family project located on the east side of I-45, approximately 1.5 miles south of Monroe Rd., Houston, Texas, of which 74 units, being approximately 51% of the current 144 units, will be restricted for a period of five years to tenants with 80% or less of the AMI at rents to be consistent with TDHCA Affordable Rents - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN

27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and SOUTH ACRES RANCH II, LTD to provide a $960,000 Loan of Federal "HOME" Funds to assist in the land acquisition and construction of a 49 unit Multifamily Housing Facility, targeting low income tenants, to be located on the east side of the 11400 block of Scott Street, of which five units will be restricted to floating home assisted units with four units restricted to HUD high home rents and one unit restricted to HUD low home rents for a period of 20 years - DISTRICT D - ADAMS

AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 23, 2010 - 1:30 P. M.

COUNCIL CHAMBER - SECOND FLOOR - CITY HALL

901 BAGBY - HOUSTON, TEXAS

PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Pennington

1:30 P. M. - ROLL CALL

ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

2:00 P. M. - 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 of 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

5:00 P. M. - RECESS

RECONVENE

WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 24, 2010 - 9:00 A. M.

DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT

MAYOR’S REPORT - NASA: Regional Response and Action Plan

CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 41

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 1 and 2

1. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of MR. OMAR C. REID as Director of the HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

2. RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director Houston Airport System for approval of membership fees in the Airports Council International (ACI) for the Calendar Year 2010 - $195,298.00 Enterprise Fund - DISTRICTS B - JOHNSON; E - SULLIVAN and I - RODRIGUEZ

ACCEPT WORK - NUMBERS 3 through 10

3. RECOMMENDATION from Interim Director Houston Airport System for approval of final contract amount of $2,791,808.50 and acceptance of work on contract with VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES, INC for Terminal D Explosive Detection System (EDS) Interim In-Line Baggage Conveying Equipment at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH) Project 612H 2.46% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT B ? JOHNSON

4. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $1,041,105.00 and acceptance of work on contract with MILLIS DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION, INC for Hobart Taylor Park - 4.98% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JOHNSON

5. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $8,890,101.42 and acceptance of work on contract with INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. for Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements - 0.12% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON

6. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $791,215.74 and acceptance of work on contract with NORTH HOUSTON POLE LINE, L.P. for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal 2.30% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; C ? CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; F - HOANG; G - PENNINGTON; H ? GONZALEZ and I ? RODRIGUEZ

7. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $3,514,791.77 and acceptance of work on contract with NORTH HOUSTON POLE LINE, L.P. for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Sliplining and Pipe Bursting Methods - 0.82% over the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B - JOHNSON and G - PENNINGTON

8. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $1,026,287.00 and acceptance of work on contract with CHIEF SOLUTIONS, INC for Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Television Inspection in Support of Rehabilitation - 2.85% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG; B ? JOHNSON; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; E - SULLIVAN; G - PENNINGTON; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ

9. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $911,719.23 and acceptance of work on contract with TEXAS ReEXCAVATION, L.C. for New Front Easement Reconnections, (UM) - 4.1% under the original contract amount - DISTRICTS B ? JOHNSON; C - CLUTTERBUCK; D - ADAMS; H ? GONZALEZ and I - RODRIGUEZ

10. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering for approval of final contract amount of $4,324,332.93 and acceptance of work on contract with PRELOAD, INC for Construction of 12.5 MG Concrete Ground Tank at East Water Purification Plant No. 3 7.61% under the original contract amount - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN

PROPERTY - NUMBER 11

11. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Angelo Moscarelli, that the City decline the acceptance of, reject, and refuse the dedication of a 20-foot-wide alley, within Block 169 of the Genoa Addition, out of the John Austin Two League Survey, SY10-013 - DISTRICT E ? SULLIVAN

PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 12 through 15

12. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP. for Purchase of Policy Manager™ Software from the General Services Administration Schedule 70 contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Information Technology Department - $299,000.00 - Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund

13. LONE STAR UNIFORMS, INC for Purchase of Uniforms from the State of Texas Procurement and Support Services Contract through the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for the Police Department - $204,920.50 - General Fund

14. BUCKEYE CLEANING CENTER (BID NO. 1) - $2,870,197.72 and UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE - $1,822,553.91 for Disposable Paper Products for Various Departments - General and Enterprise Funds

15. AMEND MOTION #2000-1552 as amended by Motions 2003-1450, 2004-1056, 2006-0037, 2009-0502 and 2009-0680 TO EXTEND the term from March 30, 2010 to September 30, 2010 for Vehicle Locator System for Various Departments, awarded to TELETRAC, INC

ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 16 through 41

16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing application to the Department of State Health Services for the City’s Community Preparedness Section/Public Health Emergency Response Focus Area 1, Phases I, II and III Grant; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - $5,685,896.00 - Grant Fund

17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing grant application to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control for the City’s HIV Prevention Activities - Health Department Based; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - $5,438,911.00 - Grant Fund

18. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an application to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control for the City’s Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Program Funding; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health & Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Health & Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - $8,735,140.00 - Grant Fund

19. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and THE COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN for Various Health Services provided by the Department of Health & Human Services - $412,227.75 - Revenue

28. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,716,709.00 from the Miscellaneous Capital Projects / Acquisitions CP Series E Fund and reimbursing $1,716,709.00 to the Reimbursement of Equipment / Project Fund (as passed by Ordinance Nos. 2009-116, 2009-397, 2009-629) - DISTRICTS D - ADAMS and I - RODRIGUEZ

29. ORDINANCE awarding contract to HOV SERVICES, INC for Mail Processing Services for the Municipal Courts Administration, General Services and Public Works & Engineering Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with two one-year options - $2,510,000.00 General, Parking Management and Building Inspection Funds

30. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing amendment to four contracts between the City of Houston and PAYLESS INSULATION INC, DIRECT ENERGY LP, STANDARD RENEWABLE ENERGY LP, and PMG PROJECT MANAGEMENT LLC for the Residential Energy Efficiency Program

31. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fourth amendment to Electric Supply Agreement between the City of Houston and TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE (Approved by Ordinance No. 04-0273 and Amendments One, Two and Three approved by Ordinance Nos. 06-0014, 06?0439 and 07-0839)

32. ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 out of Fire Consolidated Construction Fund, $500,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund, $115,000.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund, $325,000.00 out of Police Consolidated Construction Fund, $400,000.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund, $200,000.00 out of Public Health Consolidated Construction Fund, $200,000.00 out of General Improvements Consolidated Construction Fund for Project Management Costs - $248,000.00 - Enterprise and Building Inspection Funds

33. ORDINANCE appropriating $200,320.00 out of Julia Ideson Library Contributions Fund and awarding construction contract to CST ENVIRONMENTAL, LP, for Asbestos Abatement and Demolition at Julia Ideson Building - Phase 2; 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 project management, construction oversight and air monitoring and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Julia Ideson Library Contributions Fund - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ

34. ORDINANCE appropriating $16,000.00 out of Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund and approving and authorizing Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Reconstruction of Market Street from North Wayside to McCarty Road; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Street & Bridge Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT I ? RODRIGUEZ

35. MUNICIPAL Setting Designation Ordinance prohibiting the use of designated groundwater beneath two tracts of land containing 4.1228 acres commonly known as 1610 Oliver Street and 1701 Oliver Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas; and supporting issuance of a Municipal Setting Designation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - DISTRICT H ? GONZALEZ

36. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2003-1034 relating to Special Event Temporary Information Signs

37. ORDINANCE appropriating $277,200.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and SES HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC for Extended Feasibility Study for Willow Waterhole Area Drainage Improvements; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICT C - CLUTTERBUCK

38. ORDINANCE appropriating $394,100.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund and approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and WALTER P. MOORE AND ASSOCIATES, INC for Extended Feasibility Study for Sagemont Area Drainage Improvements; providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICT E - SULLIVAN

39. ORDINANCE appropriating $504,200.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund as an additional appropriation and approving and authorizing first supplement to the Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and DODSON & ASSOCIATES, INC for Regional/Sub-Regional Stormwater Detention Analysis for the City of Houston (Approved by Ordinance No. 07-0815); providing funding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund - DISTRICTS A - STARDIG and B - JOHNSON

40. ORDINANCE appropriating $6,648,000.00 out of Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund; $1,084,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to JFT CONSTRUCTION, INC for Academy Street Storm Sewer Segment 2; 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 engineering, testing, project management, construction management and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Drainage Improvement Commercial Paper Series F Fund; and the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT C - CLUTTERBUCK

41. ORDINANCE granting

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