City CouncilWednesday, March 25, 2026 · 9:00 AM

#1Approves an $80,000 payment to the Greater Houston Partnership for Managing Partner-level corporate membership, funded by the Tourism Promotion Fund.

#2Renames Tuffly Park as James Robert Hall Park in District B.

#3Accepts completed tennis court improvements and authorizes any final payment under the contract with Stracon Group, Inc.

#4Approves $1,564,286.82 in spending authority to purchase public-safety body-worn cameras, radios, and accessories for the Houston Police Department through a cooperative purchasing program.

#5Approves up to $2,034,000 in grant-funded spending authority to purchase SIGMA software licenses for the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety & Homeland Security over five years.

#6Approves $2,497,517.60 in enterprise-funded spending authority for Houston Public Works to purchase level measurement devices from Vega America, Inc. over five years.

#7Authorizes submission of six project applications to Harris County Precinct 2's 2026 Call for Partnership Projects and designates the Houston Public Works Director as the City's application representative.

#8Amends the Code of Ordinances to authorize and establish a fee for after-hours review of construction and development plans or permits by the Office of the City Engineer.

#9Amends the Code of Ordinances to establish the East Downtown (EADO) & East End Safety Zone for nationally competitively bid events.

#10Approves a first amendment to provide additional Community Development Block Grant funds to Chinese Community Center, Inc. for early childhood development and out-of-school youth enrichment services for low- to moderate-income families.

#11Approves a second amendment providing Community Development Block Grant funds for workforce development, case management, and career placement and retention services for low- to moderate-income adults.

#12Approves a first amendment to fund continued administration and operation of the Housing Navigation Center for homeless services, using Homeless Housing and Services Program, General Set-Aside, and TIRZ affordable-housing funds.

#13Approves a second amendment to a loan and grant agreement for the East End Maker Hub Project, supported by Grant Fund resources.

#14Approves a substantial amendment reallocating Fiscal Year 2026 TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund funding to multifamily and public facility activities.

#15Approves a settlement agreement governing Southern Water Corporation's increased retail water and sewer rates until changed under the Water Code.

#16Suspends for 45 days implementation of CenterPoint's interim retail gas utility rate adjustment filing, maintaining current rates during the suspension.

#17Appropriates $15 million from the HAS Renewal and Replacement Fund for a derivative agreement with TDIndustries, Inc. to provide maintenance services for the IAH International Terminal Facility.

#18Appropriates $2.577 million from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for citywide and public safety PC refresh projects.

#19Appropriates $383,000 from the Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for the EGIS Infrastructure Cloud Migration Project.

#20Approves an agreement with FBT Gibbons LLP to provide bond counsel services for various departments. The ordinance finds the firm's specialized municipal-finance, federal-tax, and state-securities-law expertise necessary for bond transactions.

#21Approves an agreement with Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP for disclosure counsel services related to City bond transactions and public-finance disclosures.

#22Appropriates funds for the interdepartmental transfer of the E.B. Cape Center from Houston Public Works to the Houston Police Department.

#23Pulled item that would have appropriated funding and approved an architectural-services contract for the Fire Station 80 Renovation Project, including Civic Art Program funding.

#24Appropriates funding and approves a construction-services contract with SUMARCADE LLC for improvements to the Independence Heights Community Center, including construction, civic art, and contingencies.

#25Appropriates funds and authorizes a first amendment to The Gonzalez Group's construction contract for restroom renovations at City Hall Annex.

#26Authorizes a contract with Bureau Veritas North America Inc. for single-family residential inspection services for three years, with two one-year renewal options.

#27Authorizes a contract with Accurate Meter & Backflow, LLC for backflow preventer certification, testing, repair, and related services for three years, with two one-year renewal options.

#28Authorizes a contract with Selrico Communication, LLC for fiber cable maintenance and repair services for three years, with two one-year renewal options.

#29Approves a contract with Coastal Associates, LLC dba Coastal Hydraulics for hydraulic cylinder and valve repair services for the Fleet Management Fund.

#30Accepts a bronze statue of Charlotte Baldwin Allen into the Civic Art Collection and authorizes a donation agreement with the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

#31Approves the Midtown Redevelopment Authority's fiscal year 2025 operating budget and the Midtown Zone's fiscal years 2025-2029 capital improvements plan budget.

#32Approves fiscal year 2026 operating and fiscal years 2026-2030 capital improvements budgets for Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty-Seven.

#33Authorizes an application to the Office of the Governor for FY27 Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program funding and allows the police chief to accept and expend awarded funds.

#34Authorizes an application through the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the FY26/27 Solid Waste Grant Program, including acceptance and expenditure of awarded funds and a cash match.

#35Consents to adding 416.93 acres of land to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 492 for inclusion in the district.

#36Consents to adding 8.908 acres of land to Newport Municipal Utility District for inclusion in the district.

#37Amends a municipal setting designation ordinance for 3.1271 acres at 6505 Foster Street and 0 Foster Street, supporting a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality designation requested by Hindsight Investments, LLC.

#38Approves a first amendment to the waste disposal contract with Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 118.

#39Approves and authorizes a sanitary sewer service agreement with the City of Bellaire, Texas.

#40Authorizes submission of a grant application to the Texas Department of Transportation for the Griggs-Long-Mykawa Grade Separation Project and designates Houston Public Works to represent the City in the application process.

#41Approves an interlocal agreement with the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston to relocate historic Freedmen’s Town bricks.

#42Appropriates capital funds and approves an interlocal agreement with Near Northwest Management District for sidewalk and park-gateway improvements on West Tidwell Road between Antoine Drive and TC Jester Boulevard.

#43Grants AAA Action Septic Service LLC a franchise to collect, haul, and transport commercial solid and industrial waste under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#44Grants J. S. Septic Services Corp. a franchise to collect, haul, and transport commercial solid and industrial waste under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#45Grants Masters Advanced Remediation Services, LLC a commercial solid and industrial waste collection, hauling, and transportation franchise under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#46Grants Redzone Robotics, Inc. a commercial solid and industrial waste collection, hauling, and transportation franchise under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#47Grants Refreshthreads Cleaners, LLC a commercial solid and industrial waste collection, hauling, and transportation franchise under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#48Grants SESCO, LLC a commercial solid and industrial waste collection, hauling, and transportation franchise under Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances.

#49Second reading of an ordinance granting Texas Mint Commercial Washing LLC a franchise to collect, haul, and transport commercial solid and industrial waste.

#50Confirmation of appointments and reappointments to the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen (Memorial City).

#51Confirmation of appointments and reappointments to the Memorial City Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors.

#52Ordinance authorizing an application to the Office of the Governor for the FY27 Northeast and Westside Houston Violent Gang Crime Suppression Grant and allowing the Police Department to accept and spend awarded funds.