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1.01Institute a collaborative partnership with YouthBuild USA for the purpose of training at-risk young adults in the construction of much needed affordable housing in Houston.Brown

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1.02Provide $250,000 to fund the creation of a Lower Fifth Ward Model Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, which assists local residents in defining a vision, assists local developers in coordination of private efforts in the area, assists the City of Houston/ Harris County and METRO in developing a long-term strategy for the provision of municipal and transportation services, and is suitable for inclusion in a future federal HOPE VI application to HUD. Matching funds to be provided by Harris County & private sources.Brown

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1.03Establish a revolving enterprise fund with an initial balance of $250,000 to fund an urban homesteading program for the City of Houston.Brown

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1.04Amend the scope of work of the Public Works & Engineering Department’s City Mobility Plan to include a “Development Opportunities” map, specific policies and coordination with the Master Drainage Plan, and adding $50,000 to the budget to fund the same.Brown

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1.05Provide $50,000 for community visioning, planning and design of improvements in the area of Emancipation Park.Brown

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1.06Provide $250,000 for public safety in the HPD budget for crime prevention programs including the re-instatement of the DARE program.Brown

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1.07Allocate $100,000 from CDBG funding for the purpose of advancing historic preservation.Brown

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2.01I propose the addition of four (4) full-time professional employees in the City of Houston Planning Department for historic preservation for FY08. The title and pay grade should be planner as listed in the City of Houston pay scale.Lovell

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2.02I propose the following to enhance the revenue in the municipal courts administrative department: 1) electronic citation submission plan to address issue of when an officer is not present, purchasing 300 to 350 new devices (cost $385,000) and temporary resources to outsource data entry in interim (cost 150,000); 2) notification system/outbound calling campaign use of technology to ensure that officers receive subpoenas to appear by having notification go to officer's device. This also will include the use of notification software (Amerilert cost $25,000) and an outbound call campaign (cost $100,000); 3) creation of officer attendance reporting enhancements - this potential management tool will allow HPD and municipal courts to find additional solutions to the underlying cause of this lost revenue. Software will be required to allow the tracking (cost $50,000) and FTE will be required to handle reports and communication associated with this (cost $25,000); 4)streamline trial setting process implement pay or set support (cost $50,000).Lovell

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4.01Transfer $1,465,445 and 12 full-time employees from the Public Works Real Estate Branch (200006) into the Building Services Real Estate Division (2500080001).Green

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5.01Fund one (1) additional HPD cadet class.Berry

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5.02WithdrawnBerry

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5.03Fund a trap/alter/vaccinate/release program at BARC.Berry

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5.04Eliminate the Mayor's Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs.Berry

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6.01Reduce the City of Houston property tax rate by $.0025 to 64.25 cents per $100 valuation.Lawrence

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6.02Request to make one individual responsible for the purchase of all City computer software.Lawrence

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6.03Request to designate the Building Services Director as the sole purchaser of City vehicles.Lawrence

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6.04Request to consolidate all City of Houston parking responsibilities under a single individual.Lawrence

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6.05Request to change the M/WBE program office to the Small Business Office.Lawrence

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7.01A policy amendment for the Housing and Community Development Department's application process to consider increased points in the scoring process for those projects that provide social service program(s) as a part of the funding process.Johnson

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7.02An amendment to the Fire Department's budget that maintains the Professional Development Division in the Fire Prevention Department, per the Mir Fox study, and dedicate a Chief Training Inspector to implement the training concerns addressed in the study which includes inadequate professional and job related training.Johnson

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7.03Continuation of the budget amendment approved in FY 07 that required the Fire Department, in conjunction with Finance and Administration, to conduct a study on the need to increase fire inspection fees based on the days it takes to inspect facilities, and the possible recovery of man-hour costs.Johnson

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7.04An amendment to the Fire Department's budget to add 10 additional FTEs to the Fire Inspection Division budget to adequately ensure the inspection of facilities at a more frequent and necessary basis when new businesses are established or relocated. Funding from the adjustment of fire inspection fees from the above referenced amendment would fund these positions.Johnson

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7.05An amendment to the Fire Department budget to require buildings that contain hazardous materials to carry remediation insurance in the event of an episode.Johnson

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7.06Continuation of the sweat-equity program in the Houston Police Department's FY08 Neighborhood Protection Division budget, which allocated $24,000 to two Super Neighborhood Councils identified as the Acres Homes SNC and Fifth Ward SNC, to abate weeded lots within their respective neighborhoods.Johnson

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7.07An amendment to the Houston Police Department budget that provides funding for juvenile drug prevention programs. The funding for this effort would be through the Municipal Service Fee in the TIRZs budgets for District B. The Municipal Service Fee would fund juvenile public safety issues such as the D.A.R.E. program in District B.Johnson

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7.08A policy amendment for the Planning Department's budget requiring a commitment to help steer quality development to neighborhoods that historically have been underserved. To enhance communities that have been affected by multiple bio-psycho-politico and social conditions such as poverty, violence, racism, and substance abuse.Johnson

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8.01Institute a 7th Houston Police Cadet class to begin in June of 2008, with funding derived from any end-of-year surplus in the Houston Police Department budget and/or other grant sourcesClutterbuck

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8.02Delete Section 15[c]. No waste reduction fund or waste reduction fee shall be established unless and until public hearings are held and the City Council approves and authorizes a waste reduction fee and/or waste reduction fund under a separate ordinance.Clutterbuck

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8.03Provide $299,938 to the Health & Human Services Department allocated directly to the Bureau of Animal Regulation & Care (BARC) for an additional 6 full time employees and 4 vehicles for BARC's Trap & Compliance Team Program to improve the pickup of aggressive animals, pickup stray animals and better enforce animal control regulations from the general fund and/or grant sources and/or asset forfeiture funds.Clutterbuck

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9.01190,462 cases were dismissed due to the absence of subpoenaed officers’ in the courtroom. The average cost of a moving violation is $30.00. We are requesting that HPD be required to reimburse the City for those losses. Therefore we suggest the computation be as follows… the amount of cases dismissed multiplied by the average cost of moving violations (190,462 x $30.00). This amount would be reimbursement to the appropriate municipal court revenue stream.Edwards

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9.02The Chief of Police and appropriate staff members should perform a mandatory operational audit every 5 years, beginning with the 2008 fiscal year.Edwards

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9.03Requesting that the $1M appropriated for HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention services (presented and amended at the table in the 2007 budget), be allocated to the appropriate HIV/AIDS Emergency Task Force immediately.Edwards

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9.04Requesting $1M be allocated to the Parks and Recreation Department from either the general fund or CDBG funds to initiate historic preservation and restoration to Emancipation Park, the oldest public park in the City of Houston; established in 1872.Edwards

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9.05Appropriate $70K to Historic Preservation department in the Mayor's office from the general fund or CDBG funds. This will add an additional staff member to help in the area of historic preservation for the City of Houston.Edwards

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9.06Requesting that PWE develop a drainage impact policy and fee. Such action would produce a dedicated revenue stream to mitigate flooding and drainage issues in the City of Houston.Edwards

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10.01Motion to amend Item 73 to reduce City Council budget from proposed FY08 amount of 5,068,588 to FY07 approved budget amount of 4,502,237.Wiseman

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10.02Motion to amend Item 73 to reflect an adjusted property tax revenue estimate equal to the effective tax rate.Wiseman

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11.01Institute a 7th and 8th HPD cadet class to start before the end of Fiscal Year 2008 each with a minimum class size of 45 cadets.Khan

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11.02Reduce the City of Houston property tax rate by $.0025 to 64.25 cents per $100 valuation.Khan

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11.03Require the City Finance and Administration Department to report on the unfunded liability of retiree health benefits in the Monthly Financial and Operations Report.Khan

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11.04Request that the Administration develop and implement a plan to consolidate software licensing agreements for all City departments.Khan

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11.05Request that the Administration implement a plan to consolidate servers that are used by departments citywide.Khan

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11.06Add and fund two neighborhood protection inspector positions at the appropriate pay grade.Khan

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11.07Require Water/Wastewater billing department to stop sending duplicate paper bills in the mail to customers currently enrolled in the online billing program by the end of Fiscal Year 2008 and redesign the online bill payment program to make it more user friendly.Khan

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11.08Conduct a feasibility study to establish an office of "Economic Development" which includes overseas locations to promote international trade with Houston based companies.Khan

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11.09Request that the Administration identify funding in the amount of $28,000 for the purchase of one (1) SUV type vehicle to be used as the unmarked vehicle during dignitary visits.Khan

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11.1Request that the Administration identify funding in the amount of $25,000 for the Criminal Investigative Division and include it as a line item of the Houston Police Department budget for costs associated with protocol services.Khan

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11.11Request that the Administration identify funding in the amount of $10,000 for the Houston Sister Cities Chapter to assemble a business database that will enable small to medium-size companies to reach their counterparts abroad, with the expectation that it will lead to increasing global commerce for Houston based companies.Khan

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12.01For FY 2008 all fees, fines, and revenue generated from permitting and enforcement of signage shall be used to fund Public Works and Engineering - Sign Administration Fund 2300 in order to establish sustainable enforcement of the Sign Code.Holm

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12.02Transfer $150,000 from the General Fund Parks and Recreation 1000/3600 designated to Lake Houston Park to Public Works and Engineering - Sign Administration Fund 2300 to fund a complete city-wide sign audit.Holm

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12.03Transfer $150,000 from the General Fund Parks and Recreation 1000/3600 designated for Grant, Legislation, and Development Office to esplanade landscaping.Holm

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12.04Request that within thirty days the Mayor place on the agenda an ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 201 of the Code of Ordinances to require Council action prior to acceptance of any property offered to the City.Holm

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12.05The Houston Police Department will submit quarterly reports to the Mayor and City Council detailing all HPD expenditures for special events, street functions and parades. Report will include the number of staff provided, identifying the stations assignment of each officer, the amount expended on staffing, and any costs recovered for staffing the functions.Holm

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12.06Transfer $750,000 funds designated for the Mobility Response Team to support neighborhood traffic studies, evaluation, equipment, and programs for improving public safety and mobility challenges in neighborhoods during FY 2008.Holm

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12.07Effective August 1, 2007 assign and fund 20 additional classified police officers positions to Westside Command.Holm

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12.08Continue to evaluate and assign/reassign the number of classified police officer positions assigned to Westside Command until the desired ratio of officers to citizens is achieved.Holm

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13.01In response to Bromwich’s final Crime Lab recommendations, in annual budget book presented by Administration, a separate line item be written in, detailing funding for Crime Lab.Garcia

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13.02In monthly MFOR report presented by Administration a new performance measure be added under Municipal Courts, listing total time spent by officer and defendant in arraignment court and judge/jury trials.Garcia

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13.03Department of PW&E shall institute within one year an executive level diversity mentorship program and shall submit to Council Committee on Minority/Women Business Enterprise and Small Contractor Development and Contract Compliance progress of.Garcia

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13.04Within one year, Administration will submit to Council a plan of action for funding of $580,000 to institute a HPD/HEC partnership program with the High School for Law Enforcement.Garcia

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13.05Require all City Facilities to participate in a recycling program and submit a report at years end to Council.Garcia

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13.06Administration conduct a study to review opportunities to consolidate city services that use private leases instead consolidating these services to public facilities.Garcia

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13.07Administration initiate a study and report back to Council Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security within 90 days reviewing the amount of vehicles transporting toxic chemicals in City‘s ROW.Garcia

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13.08Initiate an independent task force appointed by Mayor and Council to review outsourcing Affirmative Action Department certification process.Garcia

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13.09At the end of fiscal year, Administration shall submit to Council Committee on Minority/Women Business Enterprise and Small Contractor Development and Contract Compliance a report indicating number and total amount of purchase orders under $25,000 by department and % issued to MWBE’s.Garcia

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13.1Add a new position titled “After Hours/Liquor License Czar” using $100,000 contingent on Governor’s signature of HB 1 (Article V, page 516 of the Conference Committee Report).Garcia

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13.11Reinstate Land and Grounds Maintenance funding to 07’ level. Approximate cost - $476,576.00Garcia

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13.12Create a special revenue fund titled “Street Repair Program” to be managed by PW&E. No expenditure of the fund is authorized unless and until City Council approves and authorizes a Over/Over Truck Ordinance.Garcia

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13.13HFD implement recommendations from Mir Fox Audit for Life Safety Bureau/Inspection Division – Fire Marshall’s office.Garcia

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13.14Add an additional two inspectors for HFD to conduct atrium and mid-rise inspections and safety programs.Garcia

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13.15Funding for 10 additional HPD marked vehicles. Approximate cost - $360,000.Garcia

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13.16Determining amount of one-time expenditures in police and fire budgets and use no more than 10% of surplus funds for hiring of two additional police academy classes of 70 each.Garcia

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13.17Study the feasibility of creating a parking department, separating from CEF with current funding and revenue.Garcia

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13.18Conduct a study to determine what the City of Houston’s Police to resident ratio should be and submit to the Council Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security within 90 days.Garcia

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14.01The administration will create a plan to provide incentives to Taxi Cab Fleets that switch to hybrid vehicles.Alvarado

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14.02The administration will create a plan to increase the number of Hybrid Vehicles in the City's "light fleet" to a minimum of 75% of the total "light fleet".Alvarado

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14.03Increase funding at BARC by $300,000 to provide for 6 new staff members and 4 vehicles for a "Trap Team" and a "Compliance Team", in order to deal with aggressive nuisance dogs and provide door-to-door Animal Control code violation inspections. Funding source to be determined by the administration.Alvarado

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14.04The administration will create a program to reduce off-road diesel emissions from contracted construction projects by developing clean contract specifications paired with a contract allowance not to exceed 5% of contract value in accordance with Section 271.907, Local Government Code.Alvarado

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14.05Allocate $100,000 to the Mayor's HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OFFICE to conduct a sustainability evaluation of converting the existing sludge digestion and handling facilities at the 69th Street wastewater treatment plant to an anaerobic digestion process with biogas capture and beneficial re-use. Funding Source to be determined by the administration.Alvarado

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14.06The administration should explore selling city infrastructure assets as a financing option for pension/benefits and infrastructure projects.Alvarado