Houston City Council Agenda – August 1, 2017
This city will consider the following agenda items at the August 1, 2017, Houston Council Meeting.
12 – This ordinance finds and determines that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a ten-foot-wide storm sewer easement located in in portions of Lots 6, 7, 8 and 10. In exchange for 1.) a 5-foot-wide right-of-way easement along Barnes Street; 2.) a 5-foot-wide right-of-way easement along Floyd Street; 3.) a 5-foot-wide right-of-way easement along Leverkuhn Street; 4.) two 7.5-foot-wide storm sewer easements along the proposed right-of-way easement along Barnes Street and Leverkuhn Street; 5.) right-of-way for a corner clip at Floyd Street and Leverkuhn Street; 6.) right-of-way for corner clip at Barnes Street and Leverkuhn Street, all in Block 2 of the Leverkuhn Addition.
14 – This ordinance finds and determines that public convenience and necessity no loner require the continued use of: 1.) Saunders Road, from Dodson Street to Willie Street; 2.) Lakewood Drive, from Dodson Street to Friendly Street; 3.) Dodson Street from Lakewood Drive South to its terminus; 4.) Lowrie Street, from Langley Road to Lakewood Drive; 5.) Larry Street, from Langley Road to Lakewood Drive; 6.) Friendly Street, from Langley Street south to its terminus; and 7.) Friendly Street, from Willie Street north to its terminus. Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) plans to construct a detention basin as part of HCFCD’s Hall Park Stormwater Detention Basin project that will reduce flooding risks and damages along Halls Bayou in the Greens Bayou watershed of northeast Harris County.
21 – This ordinance appropriates $5,000.00 out of Contributed Capital Project Fund 4515 for the development of Paddle Trail Launch Sites in City Parks on Brays Bayou within City Council District 1
22 – This ordinance approves and authorizes an agreement between the City of Houston and Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P. for Landfill Disposal and Waste Transfer Station Operation Services, providing a maximum contract amount of $2,000,000.00. This updated agreement will increase operational efficiencies and cost savings by using specific disposal sites.
30, 31 – This ordinance appropriates $125,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; $62,500.00 out of Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF Fund; and $62,500.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF Fund to the Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and HVJ Associates for Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Agreement. This ordinance appropriates $50,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, $25,000.00 out of Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF Fund and $25,000.00 out of Metro Projects Construction DDSRF to the Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and The Murillo Company for Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Agreement.
32, 33 – This ordinance appropriates $125,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; $62,500.00 out of Street & Traffic Control and Storm Drainage DDSRF Fund; and $62,500.00 out of Metro Projects Construction Fund DDSRF Fund as an additional appropriation to the Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc. for Professional Materials Engineering Laboratory Agreement. This ordinance appropriates $250,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund and approves and authorizes Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and V&A Consulting Engineers, Inc. for Work Order Engineering Services for Wastewater Odor Control; providing funding for construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.
34 – This ordinance grants Southern Vacuum, a Texas sole proprietorship, the right, privilege, and franchise to collect, haul, and transport solid waste and industrial waste from commercial properties located within the City of Houston, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 39, Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas; providing for related terms and conditions; and making certain findings related thereto – third and final reading