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ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The City Council is being asked to approve a lease agreement with BakerRipley for roughly 2,239 square feet of office space at 3000 Aldine Mail Route, to be used by the Houston Health Department's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, which provides nutrition assistance to qualifying low-income women, infants, and young children. The five-year lease runs from November 2025 through September 2030, with one optional five-year renewal, at a starting monthly rent of $4,375.38 that increases 2.5% annually.

What it means for you

This lease would allow the Houston Health Department to continue operating a WIC program clinic at this northeast Houston address, meaning eligible low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children in that area would have access to nutrition support services at this location.

Outcome

On the 10/21/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

Health — see all →3000 Aldine Mail Route, northeast Houston (77039)

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?$4,375coversheet ↗
Who's paid?BAKERRIPLEY (as Landlord receiving lease payments); Women, Infants and Children Program of the Houston Health Department (as the program occupying the space at 3000 Aldine Mail Route, Houston, Texas 77039)coversheet ↗
Which fund?Grant and Other Fundscoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Health Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.minutes ↗

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