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26 • LegislativeCity of Houston (Harris County)

Ordinance 2026-0454

Presented in: City of Houston City Council Meeting (May 27, 2026) on 2026-05-27
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 7.1/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (16 - 0)
“Ordinance 2026-0454”

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Ordinance 2026-0454 ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a portion of 60 foot-wide Sleepy Lane, said portion being ±60,652 square feet within the Replat of Still Meadows, Section One, as shown on the map or Plat thereof, and being from Honeysuckle Lane south ±1,010 feet to Rankin Road (f/k/a Horseshoe Trail), situated in the Austin R. Bodman Surveys, Abstract Nos. 140 & 141, Harris County, Texas (Parcel SY23-051); abandoning the right-of-way to NPH RANKIN, L.L.C., the abutting property owner, in consideration of its payment to the City in the cash amount of $2,800.00, and conveyance to the City of a ±60,573 square- foot right-of-way easement, also situated in the Austin R. Bodman Survey, Abstract Nos. 140 & 141, Harris County, Texas (Parcel AY24-055), and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). 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).