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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is being asked to approve a second update to its agreement with the Texas Water Development Board, which manages federal flood-relief grant money, for a program that raises 26 flood-prone Houston homes above flood level. The update removes one property from a special compliance list (now that it has cleared a historic preservation review) and shortens the deadline for submitting quarterly progress reports from 15 days to 10 days after each federal quarter ends.

What it means for you

This administrative change keeps the federally funded home-elevation program on track for residents in the affected districts whose flood-prone homes are being raised; no money is added or removed from the program.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-0967, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Multiple council districts (A, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, 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 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount, who's paid, or which fund pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35667 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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