Houston City Council Agenda – June 11, 2019

The City will consider the following agenda items at the Houston City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in the City Hall Chamber at 1:30 AM. The agenda items include multiple ordinances seeking appropriations out of the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for various projects throughout the City including contracts to expand and improve the city’s Wastewater Collection System.

Agenda Item 11 is an ordinance that, if passed, would amend a previous ordinance (2017-841) to authorize the acquisition of one redesigned parcel for the 108-inch water line from Aldine Westfield to Willis Street Project. This acquisition would provide for the creation and construction of lines to convey treated water from surface water facilities.

Agenda Item 14 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $5,832,000.00 out of Equipement Acquisition Consolidated Fund, and $68,000.00 out of Fleet/Equipment Special Revenue Fund to purchase vehicles for the Solid Waste Management Department, including tractors trucks, refuse vehicles and grapple trucks.

Agenda Item 20 is an ordinance that, if passed, would add 5.351 acres of land to Harris County Municipal Utility District NO. 157 for the purposes of wastewater collection and treatment, potable water distribution, stormwater conveyance, and other public services. All construction must then must be approved by the City of Houston prior to their construction must then be approved by the City of Houston prior to their construction.   

Agenda Item 23 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $4,951,112.00 towards a contract with Vortex Turnkey Solutions, LLC for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal. The money for this would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund with the purpose of reducing sanitary sewer overflows thought renewal and rehabilitation of deteriorated collection systems. This ordinance would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City. Out of six bidders, Vortex Turnkey Solutions, LLC, was awarded the 730 day contract for $4,643,916.10.

Agenda Item 24 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $5,016,724.00 towards a contract with PM Construction & Rehab, LLC dba IPR South Central for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal. This money would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund with the purpose of reducing sanitary sewer overflows thought renewal and rehabilitation of deteriorated collection systems. This ordinance would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City. Out of five bidders, PM Construction & Rehab, LLC, was awarded the 730 day contract for $4,706,403.76.

Agenda Item 25 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $2,938,581.00 towards a contract with T Construction, LLC for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal. This money would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund with the purpose of reducing sanitary sewer overflows thought renewal and rehabilitation of deteriorated collection systems. This ordinance would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City. Out of four bidders, PM Construction & Rehab, LLC, was awarded the 730 day contract for $2,755,791.52.

Agenda Items 26, 27, 28 and 29 are ordinances that, if passed, would allocate $22,972,216 towards a contract with PM Construction & Rehab, LLC dba IPR South Central through four contracts towards Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal. This money would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund with the purpose of reducing sanitary sewer overflows thought renewal and rehabilitation of deteriorated collection systems. These ordinances would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City.

Agenda Item 30 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $2,479,500.00 towards a contract with Grava LLC for Quick Connect Electrical Improvements at 50 Lift Stations. This money would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund. This ordinance would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City.

Agenda Item 31 is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $13,875,000.00 towards a contract with CSA Construction, INC. for 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements. This money would come out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund. This ordinance would set a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City.

Agenda Item 37 is an ordinance that, if passed, would find and determine that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a 6-foot-wide storm sewer easement, three variable width storm sewer easements, and a 10-foot-wide prescriptive storm sewer easement, all out of the S.M. Williams Survey, Abstract No. 87, City of Houston, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the easements to Bayou Vista, Parkview on the Bayou, and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership.