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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The City Council is asked to approve the fiscal year 2026 operating budget and a five-year capital improvement plan budget for the tax increment reinvestment zone (a special district that captures property tax growth to fund local improvements) covering the Hiram Clarke and Fort Bend area of Houston.

What it means for you

Residents and businesses in the Hiram Clarke/Fort Bend area may see planned spending on blight removal, beautification, road and sidewalk improvements, pedestrian bridges, greenspace, and storefront upgrades at local grocery stores and other businesses, funded through this zone's budget.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0942, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

Taxes & budget — see all →Hiram Clarke / Fort Bend area (District K)

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
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 a dollar amount, a beneficiary, or who pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35654 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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