Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Twenty, City of Houston, Texas (“Zone”), was created by Ordinance No. 1999-1330 on December 15, 1999. Subsequently, the City Council approved the boundary enlargement of the Zone by Ordinance No. 2013-0212 on March 20, 2013 annexing 860 acres. On November 4, 2015, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 2015-1051 to annex approximately 456.4 acres into the Zone and to de-annex approximately 29 acres. On December 14,2022, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 2022-975 to annex approximately 1,673 acres of land into the Zone.
It is recommended that City Council annex approximately 340 acres of land into the Zone to provide for infrastructure, drainage, mobility, connectivity, and park improvements. The boundaries of the proposed annexation area are as follows:
Tract 1: Gulfton Dr. from Hillcroft east to Chimney Rock and the block that includes Harris County Justice of the Peace and Burnett-Bayland Park.
Tract 2: Bissonnet St. from Old Richmond east to S. Dairy Ashford and from the Southwest Fwy frontage east through the Hillcroft intersection; the entirety Bayland Park; and S. Braeswood Blvd. from Bissonnet southeast to the bridges over Keegans Bayou.
Tract 3: Brays Bayou from the channel that enters the bayou north of Fondren Middle School east to S. Rice Ave.; the Cypress Slough Ditch from Chimney Rock to S. Rice Ave.; and S. Rice Ave. from the Cypress Slough Ditch south to S. Braeswood Blvd.
Tract 4: The entirety of the W. Bellfort Park & Ride and Keegans Bayou from the Southwest Frwy frontage east to the drainage channel east of the Southwest Frwy and Sam Houston Tollway interchange.
The proposed annexation will enable improvements to transportation and mobility; additional stormwater management; development and enhancement of recreational public infrastructure such as bike paths, pedestrian bridges, and public green space; and infrastructure to spur economic activity within the Zone.
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Andy F. Icken, Chief Development Officer