Specialized Traffic Planning Assistance Contract
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ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE for Specialized Technical Assistance for Traffic and Transportation Planning and Management; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $750,000.00 - Special Revenue Fund
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Obtain executed Texas A&M traffic agreement and funding terms
Why now: The June 10, 2026 item lists a five-year maximum of $750,000 from the Special Revenue Fund but the minutes for Item 48 print no final disposition.
What to do: Request the ordinance text and the executed interlocal agreement to confirm the term start date, the $750,000 cap, renewal and termination provisions, and whether the Special Revenue Fund is the exclusive funding source. Because the June 10 record shows no final disposition, also ask in writing whether the item must return to Council for a recorded action before the agreement can be executed.
Act before: After the executed agreement or a recorded Council action is produced
Check which traffic studies bypass private consultant bidding
Why now: The June 10 ordinance authorizes an interlocal agreement with a maximum five-year amount of $750,000 for specialized traffic and transportation technical assistance, a delivery path that does not involve a competitive bid.
What to do: Pull the scope of work attached to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute interlocal agreement and identify which tasks — corridor studies, signal retiming, traffic modeling, safety analysis — the city plans to route there over five years instead of issuing separate solicitations. Ask whether the agreement permits subcontracting or task orders to private firms before assuming that work is off the table.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Houston traffic planning contract vote went unrecorded
Why now: Item 48 from the June 10, 2026 Council meeting is recorded only as 'received during the course of the meeting; no final disposition printed' for a $750,000 five-year Texas A&M Transportation Institute agreement.
What to do: Ask the City Secretary whether Item 48 on the June 10 agenda was tagged, deferred, or adopted, and request the roll call — the minutes show it was received with no final disposition printed. Also ask why a $750,000, five-year traffic engineering scope goes to a state institute through an interlocal agreement rather than a competitive solicitation.
Act before: After the requested minutes and roll call are produced
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ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE for Specialized Technical Assistance for Traffic and Transportation Planning and Management; providing a maximum contract amount - 5 Years - $750,000.00 - Special Revenue Fund
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approve Texas A&M Transportation Institute traffic-planning interlocal agreement