Until this week, League City’s former development code did not specifically identify data centers as a distinct use category, meaning a developer could potentially build a data center in League City by right.

What residents should know: City officials recently changed the development code to give the city more authority over whether a data center could be built in League City.

Quote of note: “There’s been a national discussion about data centers,” Mayor Nick Long said. “In doing some research about our own standards for data centers, [we] noticed that we really didn’t have anything that would prevent somebody from building a data center by right in certain pieces of property across League City.”

What happened: League City City Council voted unanimously at its Oct. 27 meeting to amend the city’s unified development code to require developers to secure a special use permit, which has to be approved by council, to build a data center in League City.

Clear Creek ISD's virtual program has seen strong initial progress, a program report shows.

CCISD officials presented progress on Clear Tech, the virtual program that launched in early March, at the board of trustees' Oct. 26 meeting.

What you need to know: Students enrolled complete asynchronous Texas Essential Knowledge of Skills-aligned, or TEKS, coursework through the Texas Tech K-12 program. Students are enrolled with CCISD and connect to a designated partner campus, which includes Clear Lake City Elementary, Creekside Intermediate and Clear Brook High School.

Diving in deeper: There are currently nearly 50 students enrolled in Clear Tech, officials said. Academically, students enrolled in Clear Tech have been passing their courses by at least 91% through elementary, intermediate and high school, the report showed.

A new water operations building and a trail extension were among the items discussed during an update on the fiscal year 2026-27’s capital improvement program, or CIP, for parks and facilities at Pearland City Council’s Oct. 26 special meeting.

What you need to know: As part of the city's FY 2026-27 CIP budgeting process, parks and facilities staff presented the first in a series of workshops focused on capital projects, ongoing maintenance needs and future funding allocations, according to city documents.

Diving in deeper: From FY 2027-31, nearly $108.5 million is allocated for facilities projects through the city's five-year capital improvement program, city documents show. Nearly $62.3 million is allocated for parks capital improvement projects from FY 2027-31.

The Harris County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss several agreements during its business court meeting Oct. 29. Key items on the agenda include:

• Extensions to FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grants for the Meyergrove, East T.C. Jester and Halls Bayou Blue Bell detention basins, giving the Harris County Flood Control District more time to spend the money.

• Extensions to USDA agreements, including 92 additional days for Hurricane Beryl debris removal and 181 extra days to construct three stormwater detention basins and tributary improvements in the Armand Bayou, Greens Bayou and White Oak Bayou watersheds.

• A $533,444 agreement with the University of Houston to study floating vegetated islands at a stormwater detention basin for three years.

• An agreement with Galveston County for laboratory diagnostic vector-borne disease testing, allowing Galveston County Mosquito Control to outsource testing to Harris County.