ORDINANCE terminating Interlocal Agreement among CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS (GREATER HOUSTON ZONE), and HARRIS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, relating to Harris County’s participation in the Greater Houston Zone - DISTRICTS D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; H - CASTILLO; I - MARTINEZ and K - CASTEX-TATUM

This item should only be considered after passage of Items 31 and 32 above

Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 2014-714, passed and adopted by the City Council on July 16, 2014, the City, Harris County (the “County”), the Greater Houston Zone (the “TIRZ”) and the Harris County Redevelopment Authority (“HCRDA”) previously entered into that certain Interlocal Agreement by and among the City, the County, HCRDA and the Zone made effective July 25, 2014, relating to the County’s participation in the Zone (the “Original County Participation Agreement”), which was subsequently amended by (i) that certain First Amended Interlocal Agreement by and among the City, the County, HCRDA and the Zone approved by City Ordinance No. 2015-815, passed and adopted by the City Council on August 26, 2015, and made effective September 9, 2015 (the “First Amended County Participation Agreement”), and (ii) that certain Second Amendment to Interlocal Agreement by and among the City, the County, HCRDA and the Zone approved by City Ordinance No. 2022-979, passed and adopted by the City Council on December 14, 2022, and made effective December 29, 2022 (the “Second Amendment to County Participation Agreement”) (the Original County Participation Agreement, as amended by the First Amended County Participation Agreement and the Second Amendment to County Participation Agreement, the “Prior County Participation Agreement”).

Under the Prior County Participation Agreement, the County, on behalf of itself and the Harris County Flood Control District (“HCFCD”), contributes 80% of the County’s tax increment and HCFCD’s tax increment to the TIRZ.

On July 30, 2025, pursuant to Resolution No. 2025-0029, City Council approved the creation of the Houston Harris County Redevelopment Authority (“HHCRDA”) to administer the TIRZ.

In order for the City, the County and the Zone to enter into a new interlocal agreement with the HHCRDA relating to the County participation in the TIRZ, it is necessary for the City, the County, the Zone and the HCRDA to enter into an agreement to terminate the Prior County Participation Agreement. The County’s participation rate will remain at 80% under the new interlocal agreement.

Accordingly, the Administration recommends that City Council approve the termination of the prior interlocal agreement.

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Gwendolyn F. Tillotson - Bell, Chief Economic Development Officer

Ordinance No. 2012-1048, 12/12/12; Ordinance No. 2014-0714, 7/16/14; Ordinance No. 2015-815, 8/26/15; Ordinance No. 2022-977, 12/14/22; Ordinance No. 2022-979, 12/14/22

__Jennifer D. Curley, Assistant Director

Phone: (832) 393-0981