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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-10-07

This ordinance designates 4.94 acres at 12280–12288 Westheimer Road as a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) site, prohibiting the use of groundwater beneath it and supporting the property owner's application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for that designation.

What it means for you

Residents and future users of this specific property at 12280–12288 Westheimer Road would be prohibited from drawing on the groundwater beneath it; the designation signals the groundwater there is not intended as a drinking water source.

Outcome

Adopted — action noted on the official agenda, which assigns Ordinance 2026-0863 but records no vote count. Official agenda of October 7, 2026, with notes of action taken.

Housing & zoning — see all →12280–12288 Westheimer Road, Houston

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
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Quick answersfrom the official record
Who benefits?MHK REALTY OF TEXAS, LLCminutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the October 7, 2026 meeting — Adopted.official record ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or who pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20261007-19 — data from official records via PlainDocket.