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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-08-25

The city is hiring HDR Engineering, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the Sunnyside Detention Basin Project, with $1,345,099.00 set aside from a dedicated drainage and street renewal tax fund.

What it means for you

This contract funds engineering work on a detention basin in the Sunnyside area, which is intended to help manage drainage in District D.

Outcome

Adopted — action noted on the official agenda, which assigns Ordinance 2026-0741 but records no vote count. Official agenda of August 25, 2026, with notes of action taken.

Drainage & flooding — see all →Sunnyside, District D

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 ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$1,345,099minutes ↗
Who's paid?HDR Engineering, Inc.minutes ↗
Which fund?Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Taxminutes ↗
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 25, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260825-18 — data from official records via PlainDocket.