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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The city council is being asked to officially accept the completed construction of the new Alief Neighborhood Center by Manhattan Construction Company and authorize any remaining final payment on the contract, which totaled approximately $50.8 million.

What it means for you

Residents in and around the Alief area now have a single combined facility at 11903 Bellaire Blvd that houses health and human services, a regional library, and a community center — replacing three separate buildings that previously provided those services in different locations.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0741, official minutes of Oct 21-22, 2025.

Contracts & spending — see all →Alief (11903 Bellaire Blvd)

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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$50,800,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?Manhattan Construction Company, LLC; Alief Neighborhood Centercoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. General Services Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — Adopted.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-35780 — data from official records via PlainDocket.