PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-12

The City Council is being asked to cancel a previously scheduled hearing (Motion 2025-0739) and set a new public hearing for December 3, 2025, because required public notices were not published in the newspaper in time for the original November 12 hearing. The hearing covers applications to designate several Houston properties as Landmarks or Protected Landmarks, and to change the historic designation of two properties from 'Contributing' to 'Non-contributing' within their respective historic districts.

What it means for you

Property owners and neighbors near the affected addresses — including churches, historic homes, and properties in the Woodland Heights and Houston Heights East historic districts — will have a chance to attend a public hearing on December 3, 2025, at City Hall to weigh in before the Council votes on these historic designation changes.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0797, official minutes of Nov 12, 2025.

Housing & zoning — see all →Multiple Houston neighborhoods (Woodland Heights, Houston Heights, Midtown, and others)

Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

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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

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 12, 2025 meeting — Adopted.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-35911 — data from official records via PlainDocket.