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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-12-16

The City Council voted to abandon (give up) a 10-foot-wide water line easement on private property in the Sherwood Forest area, returning full control of that strip of land to the property owners, Inderbir and Poonam Gill, in exchange for a $59,538 cash payment to the City.

What it means for you

The Gills, who own the underlying land in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, paid the City roughly $59,500 to release the City's legal right to use a corridor across their property for a water line; this affects primarily those two property owners and has no direct impact on most Houston residents.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2025-1042, official minutes of December 16, 2025.

Utilities — see all →Sherwood Forest, District G

Official sources

Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

These are the official minutes — the narrative record of what happened at the meeting, including the vote on each item.

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?$59,538minutes ↗
Who benefits?Inderbir and Poonam Gillminutes ↗
Who pays?Inderbir and Poonam Gill, cash payment to the Cityminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the December 16, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20251216-40 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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