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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The City Council is considering an ordinance to allow a water utility district in Montgomery County — Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 96 — to add about 8.774 acres of currently vacant land to its service area, where single-family homes are planned to be built.

What it means for you

This decision primarily affects future residents of the proposed single-family development near Northpark Drive and Sorters McClellan Road, who would receive water, wastewater, and drainage services through the utility district; the land remains within Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Council Member Plummer absent. Ordinance 2025-0973, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Near Northpark Drive / Sorters McClellan Road, Montgomery County (Houston ETJ)

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 benefits?Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 96coversheet ↗
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, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or who pays for it — full details in the official coversheet ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35972 — data from official records via PlainDocket.