PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-07-07

The City Council approved a contract worth roughly $12.6 million with Total Contracting Limited to build drainage and street paving improvements in the Chateau Forest area. Funding comes from the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund and the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.

What it means for you

Residents in the Chateau Forest neighborhood in District A can expect construction work aimed at improving drainage and road conditions in their area.

Outcome

Adopted — action noted on the official agenda, which assigns Ordinance 2026-0601 but records no vote count. Official agenda of July 7, 2026, with notes of action taken.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Chateau Forest area, District A

Official sources

Official agenda with notes of action taken — the record posted for this meeting (PDF) ↗

This is the agenda the City Secretary posted with notes of action taken. It records the action and the ordinance or motion number assigned to each item; it does not record vote counts.

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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

How much?$12,600,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?TOTAL CONTRACTING LIMITEDminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the July 7, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

The official caption doesn't name which fund pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $127,165,862 paid to TOTAL CONTRACTING LIMITED across 2,002 payment lines, FY2018–FY2026.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260707-35 — data from official records via PlainDocket.