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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The city council is considering an ordinance to purchase a small parcel of land and secure temporary easements from ConocoPhillips Company and Continental Oil Company for a total of $256,065, in order to carry out water infrastructure upgrades at various well sites and re-pump stations (Package III).

What it means for you

This land acquisition supports renovation and equipment replacement at water pump stations, which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the state water regulator) requires to maintain adequate water system capacity; it primarily affects residents and property owners near the project sites in Harris County.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0927, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

Utilities — see all →J. Wheaton Survey area, Harris County

Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

The cover sheet is the item's official summary page; supporting attachments (contracts, maps, fiscal notes) are listed at the bottom of it. The minutes show what happened at the meeting.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$256,065coversheet ↗
Who's paid?ConocoPhillips Company and Continental Oil Companycoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the November 5, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name which fund pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35155 — data from official records via PlainDocket.