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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The Mayor is asking City Council to confirm the reappointment of five individuals to the Historic Preservation Appeals Board (HPAB), the city body that hears appeals related to historic preservation decisions, with each member serving a term ending December 2, 2027.

What it means for you

This item affects Houstonians who own or have interest in historically designated properties, as the HPAB is the board that would hear any appeals related to historic preservation rulings; no broader direct daily-life impact is described in the official text.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0805, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

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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?Truman C. Edminster, J. D. Bartell, Douglas C. Elliott, Brie Kelman, and Stephen McNielcoversheet ↗
To what?Historic Preservation Appeals Boardcoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Mayor brought it forward. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount — full details in the official coversheet ↗

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