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City Council, January 21, 2026

Approves Professional Engineering Services Contract Amendment - Walter P Moore

2h 24m20,778 words
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What happened

Houston City Council meeting focused heavily on winter storm preparation, with officials warning of severe cold (low 20s, wind chills in teens) and potential ice from Saturday afternoon through Tuesday morning.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Houston, TX
Governing body
Final authority
Date
January 21, 2026
Decisions
14 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved

Free sample: decision 1 of 14

Historic Landmark Designation - Greater Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Ordinance designating property municipally known as Greater Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church as a protected landmark within the City of Houston.

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Meeting Summary

Houston City Council meeting focused heavily on winter storm preparation, with officials warning of severe cold (low 20s, wind chills in teens) and potential ice from Saturday afternoon through Tuesday morning.

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Key Decisions (14)

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - Greater Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - 828 West 20th Street (Greater Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church)

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - 1707 Milford Street (West Edgemont Dream Home)

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - 1505 Alamo Street (Valente Disson House)

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - 1507 Alamo Street (Valente Disson House)

Approved

Historic Landmark Designation - 5319 Institute Lane (Allen and Hattie Greenhouse)

Approved

Street Abandonment - Gallo Drive and Spellman Road

Approved

Spring Shadows Drainage Grant Application

Approved

Municipal Setting Designation - 6505 Foster Street

Approved

Professional Engineering Services Contract Amendment - Walter P Moore

Approved

COPS Hiring Program Grant Application

Deferred

Neary Contract Retainage Payment

Conditions attached
Tabled

TIRZ Budget Item 14

Tabled

Southwest TIRZ Budget Item 16

Development Activity (5)

Gessner and Westview Vacant Apartment Complex Demolition

Infrastructure

Dairy Ashford Sidewalk Replacement

Infrastructure

Hackberry Park Detention Project

Infrastructure

Market Signals (5)

Infrastructure

City investing heavily in flooding mitigation with $15 million Hackberry…

Housing Demand

Acres Home community identified as having highest infant mortality and…

Sentiment

Council members expressed concern about TIRZ transparency, with $770,000 Ernst…

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