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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The City Council is considering an ordinance to approve the operating budget for fiscal year 2026 and a five-year capital improvement budget (2026–2030) for the Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority, which manages a designated tax reinvestment zone (an area where increased property tax revenue is set aside to fund local improvements).

What it means for you

This affects residents and property owners in and around the Fourth Ward (District C), as the budgets cover planned spending on pedestrian safety improvements, road reconstruction, historic preservation, and affordable housing in that area over the next five years.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Mayor Whitmire, Council Members Thomas and Rameriz absent. Ordinance 2025-0946, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

Taxes & budget — see all →Fourth Ward (District C)

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-35898 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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