46 of 54 items on this agenda passed or failed; 8 have no outcome in the record we hold yet.
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The city was scheduled to hold the first of two required public hearings on proposed expansions of existing boundary agreements (called Strategic Partnership Agreements) with Spring Creek Utility District, which would allow Houston to annex certain land in Montgomery County for limited purposes and collect sales tax there — but this hearing has been pulled and will not take place on November 5, 2025. A second hearing had been planned for November 12, 2025.
The City Council is holding a required public hearing on a proposed update (the sixth amendment) to the plan for the Gulfgate Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, a special district that uses property tax revenue increases to fund redevelopment in that area. The proposed update includes changes to the zone's boundaries.
The City Council is holding a required public hearing on a proposed update (the fifth amendment) to the development and financing plan for the Greater Greenspoint Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ 11), a special district in north Houston where a portion of property tax revenue is set aside to fund improvements within the zone. The proposed changes would alter the boundaries of that district.
The city is holding a required public hearing before the City Council votes on an updated plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 23, a special district in the Harrisburg area that uses a portion of local property tax growth to fund improvements within its boundaries. The updated plan includes proposed changes to the zone's borders.
The City Controller and city administration will present a report on Houston's current financial health, covering money coming in and going out across the city's main budget, special funds, and utility-type operations, along with an update on bond funds and a quarterly report on how the city's cash is invested.
The city council is being asked to approve the completed street repair work done by Grava, LLC under a 2023 road rehabilitation contract and authorize any final payment owed. The final contract cost of $7,103,465.11 is about 1.48% above the original $7,000,000 contract amount, due to differences between estimated and actual quantities of work.
The city council is being asked to formally accept the completed work by Harper Brothers Construction, LLC on a project that repaired and replaced large water pipes ranging from 24 to 84 inches in diameter at nine sites across Houston, and to approve the final contract payment of $7,880,343.66.
This item was pulled and will not be voted on at the November 5, 2025 council meeting; it would have asked the council to formally accept the completed road and drainage construction project on Westpark Drive between Wilcrest Drive and Dairy Ashford Road and authorize a final payment of approximately $19.46 million to the contractor, Reytec Construction Resources, Inc. The final cost came in about $313,000 below the original contract amount.
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Houston City Council has 16 members — 11 elected by district, 5 elected citywide ("at-large"). The Mayor presides over the meeting and also votes.
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