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Pasadena council adopts design-manual amendment for network nodes, approves contracts and accepts $3.89M hazard-mitigation subgrant
Summary
City Council adopted amendments to the design manual for network nodes (allowing certain owner-approved plans in lieu of survey), authorized several contracts, and approved acceptance of a $3,894,300 hazard-mitigation subgrant; one contract appropriation amount in the transcript appeared truncated.
The Pasadena City Council on June 2 adopted several ordinances and approvals affecting procurement, right-of-way installation rules and infrastructure projects, and accepted a hazard-mitigation subgrant.
On final reading the council approved an amendment to the city design manual governing installation of network nodes and attachments. Councilmember Heredia moved textual changes to Section 5.7 allowing a network provider "in lieu of survey" to submit plans approved by the owner of existing infrastructure — pipelines, telecommunication lines and utilities — located within the proposed installation area. As Heredia noted, "sometimes it takes a whole lot of steps trying to get this stuff right," and the amendment was adopted as amended.
The council also read and approved a list of final ordinances including authorization of a materials-testing contract for the Red Bluff Terrace Phase 1 and 2 project and a one-year extension for a repair-clamps contract with Ferguson Waterworks. The transcript lists the testing contract with Teraccon Consultants Incorporated and an appropriation figure that appears truncated in the record ("$252,76"); that amount was not fully legible in the transcript excerpt and is flagged in clarifying details as not specified.
Council members approved Ordinance 202696, authorizing acceptance of a subgrant from the Texas Division of Emergency Management for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (DR4485, pandemic-related) for the city's critical facility generators project. The subgrant total is listed in the transcript as $3,894,300.
The meeting also included first readings for additional contracts and projects: $281,637.50 added to the 2026 sidewalk improvements contract with Brooks Concrete Incorporated; a non-exclusive franchise and permit to KM Liquids Terminal LLC for a new 16-inch refined liquids pipeline; subscription services for wastewater plant platforms; and equipment and HVAC/generator replacements. A community-development-block-grant (CDBG) contract revision related to Hurricane Harvey disaster-recovery reallocation was also presented for first reading.
The transcript does not record extended debate on most of these items beyond the amendment to the design manual and routine roll-call approvals for consent items.
