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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-03-31

The city is giving up two overlapping utility easements in the Windermere Subdivision near Rice University in exchange for $16,895 in cash plus two new sanitary sewer easements from the property owners, Chaucer East LLC and William Marsh Rice University.

What it means for you

The city trades old, overlapping utility corridor rights for updated sewer easements and cash, allowing the property owners to redevelop or use their land more freely while the city gains better-positioned sewer access.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2026-0270, official minutes of March 31, 2026.

Utilities — see all →Windermere Subdivision / Rice University area, District C

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?$16,895minutes ↗
Who benefits?Chaucer East, LLC and William Marsh Rice Universityminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the March 31, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name who pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260331-24 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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