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City Council · 9:00 AM

Council’s 35 substantive items centered on major water and wastewater operations, infrastructure delivery, development controls, and public-facility planning. The meeting also included one item pulled from consideration, while published and derivable vote tallies were unanimous.
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Matters

All Budget items · District scope

Southwest Houston Redevelopment Authority Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

2 hearings since Jan 2026·Last: Jan 28, 2026·Significant

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Attorney
As of Jan 2026

Compare tagged and adopted redevelopment budget documents

Context: City Council approved the operating budget and 2026-2030 capital improvement plan through Ordinance 2026-0080 on January 28 after the item was tagged on January 21, and the record does not state whether attachments changed.

Recommended: Obtain the January 21 agenda backup and the final ordinance attachments, then compare the Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget and 2026-2030 capital improvement plan line by line. Determine whether any funding, project authorization, or governing terms changed after the tag before advising clients on the approved scope; relying on the earlier packet could be inaccurate.

Source: Item #35 ↓
Journalist
As of Jan 2026

Investigate the tagged redevelopment budget

Context: The matter appeared twice: it was tagged by Council Member Pollard on January 21 and unanimously adopted on January 28, with no explanation for any intervening changes in the supplied record.

Recommended: Request the January 21 presentation materials, the final adopted budget and capital-plan attachments, and any memo explaining changes between the two Council appearances. Establish whether Council Member Pollard's tag led to revisions before unanimous adoption; otherwise the public cannot tell what changed in the approved plan.

Source: Item #35 ↓

Saint George Place Zone 2026 Budget

2 hearings since Jan 2026·Last: Jan 28, 2026·Significant

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Attorney
As of Jan 2026

Compare Saint George Place redevelopment budget versions

Context: City Council first presented and tagged the budget on January 21, then unanimously adopted it on January 28, with no implementation milestone verified in the record.

Recommended: Obtain the adopted ordinance and its Fiscal Year 2026 operating and 2026–2030 capital-budget exhibits, then compare them with the version presented on January 21 to identify any changes in authorized fiscal commitments. The item was tagged before adoption, so relying on the earlier agenda version could misstate what the Authority may implement.

Source: Item #34 ↓
Contractor
As of Jan 2026

Review Saint George Place capital improvements budget

Context: Ordinance adopted January 28 approves Fiscal Years 2026–2030 capital improvements for Saint George Place, after two Council appearances.

Recommended: Request the approved 2026–2030 capital-improvements budget and any project schedule from the Redevelopment Authority, then match funded work to your capabilities before project scopes are issued. The adoption now authorizes a multi-year capital budget, but the supplied record identifies no individual projects or implementation dates.

Source: Item #34 ↓
Journalist
As of Jan 2026

Request Saint George Place redevelopment budget records

Context: The matter appeared twice—tagged by Council Member Pollard on January 21 and unanimously adopted January 28 while Council Member Davis was absent—and no implementation milestone is verified.

Recommended: Request the adopted operating-budget and capital-budget exhibits, the January 21 tagging explanation, and any project list or implementation schedule. The public record shows a tag followed by unanimous adoption one week later, but does not explain what prompted the delay or identify what neighborhood work the budget will fund.

Source: Item #34 ↓

Analysis

Financial Highlights

Council adopted a $57.0M set of financial actions, chiefly 2026 operating and maintenance budgets for regional water facilities, along with an injury-on-duty salary continuation and an airport leasehold-improvements purchase.[#6][#7][#8][#9][#11][#13][#14][#15][#16][#17][#18][#19][#20][#21][#22][#23][#24][#25][#26][#27][#29][#32][#33][#34][#35]

Zoning

Council renewed two Chapter 42 block-level development controls in District D, preserving minimum lot-size and building-line standards on specified residential street segments.[#1][#2][#3][#4][#30][#31]

Development & Land Use

Council authorized a $1,732,121 airport leasehold-improvements purchase and approved a Buffalo Bayou Greenway connector agreement.[#13][#28][#34][#35]

Infrastructure & Facilities

Council adopted four contract amendments for small-diameter waterline, fire-hydrant, and valve rehabilitation and repairs, and adopted a contract amendment for operation and maintenance of the 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant’s pure oxygen plant.[#6][#7][#8][#9][#20][#21][#22][#23][#24][#25]

Transportation

Council accepted the completed Westpark Drive paving and drainage work and authorized an airport-related leasehold-improvements purchase.[#12][#13][#28][#29][#32][#33]

Public Safety

Council authorized a FEMA fire-grant application, extended an injured officer's salary continuation, and funded design services for a replacement municipal courts facility.[#11][#14][#19]

Governance & Oversight

Council confirmed five appointments and reappointments to redevelopment-zone, redevelopment-authority, and improvement-district boards, filling terms that extend through 2027 or 2029.[#1][#2][#3][#4][#5][#10][#34][#35]

Community Impact

Council authorized a Municipal Courts grant application for a juvenile truancy-prevention initiative and approved an interlocal agreement for the Buffalo Bayou Greenway connector.[#26][#28]

Housing

Council renewed two Chapter 42 block standards in District D, preserving existing lot-size and building-line controls on specified residential blocks.[#30][#31]

Key Decisions

#10 Pulled by the Administration and will not be considered
The sole non-routine outcome was the Administration’s withdrawal of the proposed Naomi Warren honorary street marker.[#10]

Insights by Role

Contractor

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectWater, wastewater, and street-work firms should monitor the City’s delivery pipeline following major adopted contract actions. The largest near-term reference points are the Air Products wastewater-plant amendment and GRAVA, LLC’s asphalt-overlay award.

Developer

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectDevelopers with sites in the affected District D blocks should verify that current concepts continue to meet the renewed Chapter 42 lot-size and building-line controls. These adopted ordinances preserve block-level dimensional standards rather than opening a new entitlement path.

Journalist

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe clearest procedural follow-up is why the Naomi Warren honorary street marker was withdrawn, since #10 was the meeting’s only non-routine disposition. Reporting can also examine how the meeting paired unanimous high-dollar infrastructure actions with the withdrawal of that ceremonial proposal.

Resident

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectResidents near the planned Buffalo Bayou Greenway connector should monitor implementation because Council approved the interlocal agreement supporting that park-trail connection. District D residents should also note that existing block-level lot-size and building-line protections were renewed.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingStakeholders in redevelopment governance should engage early with the boards and redevelopment authorities affected by Council’s confirmed appointments and adopted redevelopment-zone budgets. District D housing and land-use stakeholders should also incorporate the renewed Chapter 42 standards into advocacy and project positions.

Charts & Data

35 items

The official vote outcome for each item
(e.g., Approved, Denied, Held)

AI-generated summaries. Click to expand for original text.

#1Confirmation of Fatima Wajahat's appointment to Position Eight on the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone One through December 31, 2027.

MOTION 2026-0045 ADOPTED

#2Confirmation of Fatima Wajahat's appointment to Position Eight on the St. George Place Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors through December 31, 2027.

MOTION 2026-0046 ADOPTED

#3Confirmation of Thu-Mai Nguyen's reappointment to Position One on the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Twenty through December 20, 2027.

MOTION 2026-0047 ADOPTED

#4Confirmation of Thu-Mai Nguyen's reappointment to Position One on the Southwest Houston Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors through December 20, 2027.

MOTION 2026-0048 ADOPTED

#5Confirmation of Ashton Taylor’s reappointment to Position Six on the Board of Directors of Harris County Improvement District No. 12 for an unexpired term ending June 1, 2029.

MOTION 2026-0049 ADOPTED

#6Approval of the 2026 operations and maintenance budget for the Lake Houston Facilities Project, operated by the Coastal Water Authority.

MOTION 2026-0050 ADOPTED$4.8M

#7Approval of the 2026 operations and maintenance budget for the Lake Livingston Project, operated by the Trinity River Authority.

MOTION 2026-0051 ADOPTED$7.6M

#8Approval of the 2026 operations and maintenance budget for the Luce Bayou System Project, operated by the Coastal Water Authority.

MOTION 2026-0052 ADOPTED$6.8M

#9Approves the 2026 operations and maintenance budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project, operated by the Coastal Water Authority.

MOTION 2026-0053 ADOPTED$36.0M

#10Pulled item to designate an honorary street marker for Naomi Warren at the intersection of Caroline Street and Calumet Street.

Pulled by the Administration and will not be considered

#11Extends injury-on-duty salary continuation leave for Senior Police Officer Nick D. Baines Jr. through December 31, 2026.

MOTION 2026-0054 ADOPTED$48K

#12Accepts completed work and authorizes any final contract payment to Reytec Construction Resources, Inc. for the Westpark Drive Paving and Drainage project from Wilcrest to Dairy Ashford.

MOTION 2026-0055 ADOPTED

#13Appropriates $1,732,121 from the Airports Improvement Fund and authorizes a purchase and sale agreement to acquire leasehold improvements.

ORDINANCE 2026-0067 ADOPTED$1.7M

#14Authorizes an application to FEMA for FY2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding for the Houston Fire Department, including acceptance and expenditure of awarded funds and a cash match.

ORDINANCE 2026-0068 ADOPTED

#15Appropriates $740,000 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for a planned data center refresh.

ORDINANCE 2026-0076 ADOPTED$740K

#17Appropriates funding and authorizes Smith and Company Architects to provide architectural services for structural and roof repairs at the Environmental Health Administration Building, including Civic Art Program funding.

ORDINANCE 2026-0070 ADOPTED$378K

#18Appropriates funding and authorizes Powers Brown Architecture N.A. to provide architectural services for renovation of the Third Ward Multi-Service Center, including Civic Art Program funding.

ORDINANCE 2026-0081 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$187K

#19Appropriates funds for a professional architectural services contract with Page Southerland Page for the Municipal Courts Replacement Facility.

ORDINANCE 2026-0082 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$1.5M

#20Amends a prior ordinance and approves a second amendment to Brown & Root Industrial Services' contract for clarifier maintenance, repair, and replacement through March 15, 2027.

ORDINANCE 2026-0083 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$6.3M

#21Amends Ordinance No. 2025-0007 concerning V&S Construction Company, LLC's contract for small-diameter waterline, fire hydrant, and valve rehabilitation and repairs.

ORDINANCE 2026-0084 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$3.1M

#22Amends Ordinance No. 2025-0693 concerning V&S Construction Company, LLC's contract for small-diameter waterline, fire hydrant, and valve rehabilitation and repairs.

ORDINANCE 2026-0085 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$2.4M

#23Amends Ordinance No. 2025-0317 concerning Texkota Enterprises, LLC's contract for small-diameter waterline, fire hydrant, and valve rehabilitation and repairs.

ORDINANCE 2026-0086 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$5.0M

#24Amends Ordinance No. 2025-0473 concerning Texkota Enterprises, LLC's contract for small-diameter waterline, fire hydrant, and valve rehabilitation and repairs.

ORDINANCE 2026-0087 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$6.3M

#25Amends the contract with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for operation and maintenance of the pure oxygen plant at the 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.

ORDINANCE 2026-0088 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$24.1M

#27Amends the ordinance related to the contract with the Harris County Department of Education for the Case for Kids Program.

ORDINANCE 2026-0077 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none; Council Member Davis absent

#28Approves an interlocal agreement with Houston Parks Board LGC, Inc. for design and construction of the Buffalo Bayou Greenway Austin Street-to-Runnels Street Connector.

ORDINANCE 2026-0078 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none; Council Member Davis absent

#29Approves a $3.6 million grant-funded contract with the Houston-Galveston Area Council to continue the Tow and Go Program.

ORDINANCE 2026-0072 ADOPTED$3.6M

#30Renews designation of the north side of the 2600 and 2700 blocks of Wheeler Street as a Special Minimum Lot Size Block under Chapter 42.

ORDINANCE 2026-0073 ADOPTED

#31Renews designation of the north side of the 1900 block of Lauderdale Street as a Special Minimum Building Line Block under Chapter 42.

ORDINANCE 2026-0074 ADOPTED

#32Appropriates $2.65 million for a first amendment to RS&H's engineering contract for the Gessner Paving and Drainage project, including CIP cost recovery.

ORDINANCE 2026-0089 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none$2.6M

#33Appropriates funding and awards GRAVA, LLC a contract for FY2025 Asphalt Overlay Rehabilitation Package #2, including related cost recovery and testing services.

ORDINANCE 2026-0075 ADOPTED$9.3M

#34Approves the Saint George Place Redevelopment Authority's FY2026 operating budget and the zone's FY2026-2030 capital improvements budget.

ORDINANCE 2026-0079 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none; Council Member Davis absentSaint George Place Zone 2026 Budget

#35Approves the Southwest Houston Redevelopment Authority's FY2026 operating budget and the zone's FY2026-2030 capital improvement plan budget.

ORDINANCE 2026-0080 ADOPTED; all voting aye, nays none; Council Member Davis absentSouthwest Houston Redevelopment Authority Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

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