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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

City Council is asked to approve a fiscal year 2026 operating budget of about $20.4 million and a five-year (2026–2030) capital improvement plan totaling about $46 million for the East Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ 15), a special district that channels property tax growth from the East Downtown area into local improvements.

What it means for you

Residents and visitors in the East Downtown area could see planned work on streets, sidewalks, pedestrian safety, mobility, utilities, and green spaces funded through this budget over the next several years.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Ordinance 2025-0976, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

Taxes & budget — see all →East Downtown Houston

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?$46,000,000coversheet ↗
Who benefits?East Downtown Redevelopment Authority / Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, City of Houston, Texas (East Downtown Zone)coversheet ↗
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.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name who pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35796 — data from official records via PlainDocket.