Ordinance 2026-0599

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Ordinance 2026-0599 ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of 10 foot -wide, 4,726 square foot water line easement (Parcel SY26- 010A) and 200 square-foot water meter easement (Parcel SY26- 010B), both out of the P.W. Rose Survey, Abstract No. 645, Harris County, Texas; vacating and abandoning the said easements to METHODIST HOSPITAL, the underlying fee property owner, in consideration of its payment to the City in the cash amount of $862,050.00 and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ AGENDA - JULY 8, 2026 - PAGE 7 ORDINANCES - cont’d

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.4/10). 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).