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LOCAL REPRESENTATION Although Harris County contains more than 60% of the residents in the H-GAC coverage area, only 21.6% of the H-GAC’s board of directors represent the county or cities within the county.

As a metropolitan planning organization, the Houston-Galveston Area Council works with its members—including cities and counties. The agency coordinates on bringing in grant funding, but it does not collect tax revenue. A petition circulating in the city of Houston aims to amend the city’s charter to force a restructuring of the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s board of directors. THE H-GAC DEBATE

Walker

Population*: 7.51 million

Montgomery

Fiscal year 2023 applied revenue by program

Total: $491.5M

Liberty

Texas Workforce Commission: $423.19M

Number of directors on H-GAC board: 37 Number of members on Transportation Policy Council**: 28

Austin Waller

Harris

Chambers

Colorado

Fort Bend

Texas Department of Transportation: $28.42M Texas Health and Human Services Commission: $11.85M Other public agencies: $8.56M Local contracts: $7.02M Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: $4.05M Commission on State Emergency Communications: $2.43M

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: $200,000 Texas Department of Emergency Management: $992,366 H-GAC local funds: $1.26M Texas Criminal Justice Division: $1.35M Texas Department of Agriculture: $13,411 Texas General Land Office: $131,830

Galveston

Wharton

Brazoria

*LISTED POPULATIONS ARE AS OF 2022. **SIX MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL DO NOT REPRESENT SPECIFIC CITIES OR COUNTIES. THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL COUNT, BUT ARE NOT LISTED UNDER ANY COUNTY.

Matagorda

N

Fund transfers: $2M

HARRIS COUNTY

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

FORT BEND COUNTY

GALVESTON COUNTY

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

Percent of board makeup

Percent of board makeup

13.5%

11.8%

5.4%

9%

21.6%

16.2%

4.8%

63.5%

Transportation Policy: 7.1%

Transportation Policy: 10.7%

Transportation Policy: 14.3%

Transportation Policy: 25%

WALLER COUNTY

LIBERTY COUNTY

CHAMBERS COUNTY

BRAZORIA COUNTY

Percent of board makeup

Percent of board makeup

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

Percent of board makeup

10.8%

5.2%

2.7%

0.8%

8.1%

2.7%

1.4%

0.7%

Transportation Policy: 7.1%

Transportation Policy: 3.6%

Transportation Policy: 3.6%

Transportation Policy: 7.1%

AUSTIN COUNTY

COLORADO COUNTY

MATAGORDA COUNTY

WALKER COUNTY

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

Percent of board makeup

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

1%

8.1%

0.5%

0.3%

0.4%

2.7%

2.7%

2.7%

Transportation Policy: 0%

Transportation Policy: 0%

Transportation Policy: 0%

Transportation Policy: 0%

WHARTON COUNTY

“From where I sit, a healthier approach is to have an open discussion and have that guided by the elected ocials around the table and within that local governments rather than having it be forced through this mechanism that is an all or nothing approach.”

Percent of population within H-GAC counties*

Percent of board makeup

“It’s about making sure money is being fairly distributed, which is not what is happening now.”

0.6%

2.7%

EVAN CHOATE, FAIR FOR HOUSTON ORGANIZER

CHUCK WEMPLE, HGAC CEO

Transportation Policy: 0%

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