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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-08-09

The council approved creation of a special bank account to receive and spend a Texas Water Development Board grant for drainage and paving improvements in the Spring Shadows area, and authorized the grant agreement between the City of Houston and the Texas Water Development Board.

What it means for you

This sets up the formal financial account and legal agreement needed to use state grant money for drainage and paving work in the Spring Shadows neighborhood, which is in District A.

Outcome

Adopted — action noted on the official agenda, which assigns Ordinance 2026-0775 but records no vote count. Official agenda of August 9, 2026, with notes of action taken.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Spring Shadows

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.

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's paid?City of Houston (grant recipient); Spring Shadows drainage and paving improvementsminutes ↗
Which fund?Texas Water Development Board Grant 21928minutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the August 9, 2026 meeting — Adopted.official record ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount — full details in the official minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260809-11 — data from official records via PlainDocket.