Ordinance 2026-0529

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Ordinance 2026-0529 ORDINANCE appropriating $60,138,296.44 out of Tax Increment Funds for REINVESTMENT ZONES ONE (LAMAR TERRACE ZONE) TWO (MIDTOWN ZONE), THREE (MAIN STREET/MARKET SQUARE ZONE) SIX (EASTSIDE ZONE), SEVEN (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE), EIGHT (GULFGATE ZONE) TEN (LAKE HOUSTON ZONE), ELEVEN (GREATER GREENSPOINT ZONE), TWELVE (CITY PARK ZO NE), THIRTEEN (OLD SIXTH WARD ZONE), FOURTEEN (FOURTH WARD ZONE) FIFTEEN (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE), SIXTEEN (UPTOWN ZONE) and EIGHTEEN (FIFTH WARD ZONE) , for Affordable Housing, Administrative Expenses, payments to Houston Independent School District and Humble Independent School District for Educational Facilities, and payments to certain Redevelopment Authorities as provided herein

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).