Parks and Recreation Department
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Result: MOTION 2026-0444 ADOPTED
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$63.1M in total financial activity across agenda items that mention this department.
Largest single item: $27.8M on (Amends a prior motion to increase spending authority for grounds maintenance services for the Parks and Recreation Department and expand litter-abatement work for Houston Public Works through…)
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August 2026
Public hearing on the Houston Parks and Recreation Department's Standards of Care for its Houston Youth Recreation Program.
PUBLIC HEARING for Houston Parks and Recreation Department’s Houston Youth Recreation Program Standards of Care
July 2026
Approves $1,386,000 in spending authority for playground improvements, replacements, and related services through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative.
APPROVE spending authority in the amount of $1,386,000.00 for Playground Improvements and Replacements and Related Services through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative for the Houston Parks and Recrea
Sets a public hearing on the Houston Parks and Recreation Department's Houston Youth Recreation Program Standards of Care for August 12, 2026.
MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE for Houston Parks and Recreation Department’s Houston Youth Recreation Program Standards of Care HEARING DATE - 9:00 A.M. - WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 12, 2026
Amends a prior motion to increase spending authority for grounds maintenance services for the Parks and Recreation Department and expand litter-abatement work for Houston Public Works through WorkQuest.
AMEND MOTION #2026-116, 02/25/26, TO INCREASE spending authority from $14,605,724.26 to $27,753,189.22 for Grounds Maintenance Services for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department; and add additio
May 2026
Appropriates $887,000 from the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund to renovate the existing Friendship Pavilion, including project costs and civic art.
ORDINANCE appropriating $887,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund to renovate the existing Friendship Pavilion for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department; providing funding for proj
Appropriates $493,000 from the Parks Consolidated Construction Fund for improvements at Hager Park.
ORDINANCE appropriating $493,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund for Improvements at Hager Park for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM
Appropriates $850,000 from the Parks and Recreation Dedicated Fund for playground improvements by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
ORDINANCE appropriating $850,000.00 out of Parks and Recreation Dedicated Fund for Playground Improvements for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department - DISTRICT H - CASTILLO
Appropriates Parks Consolidated Construction Fund money for roof replacement at the Marian Recreation Center for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
ORDINANCE appropriating $1,379,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund for Roof Replacement at the Marian Recreation Center for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department - DISTRICT K - CA
Appropriates Parks Consolidated Construction Fund money for renovations to the Bissonnet Maintenance Facility for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
ORDINANCE appropriating $2,333,000.00 out of Parks Consolidated Construction Fund for Renovations to the Bissonnet Maintenance Facility for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department - DISTRICT J - P
Appropriates funding to replace petroleum storage tanks at the Houston Parks and Recreation Department's Bissonnet Maintenance Facility.
ORDINANCE appropriating $360,000.00 out of Parks and Recreation Consolidated Construction Fund for Petroleum Storage Tank Replacement for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department’s Bissonnet Mainte