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Downtown's letter to Joaquin Martinez

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What Council Member Joaquin Martinez receives

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Neighborhood request

Downtown: 332 service requests past the City's deadline

To
Council Member Joaquin Martinez, District I
From
Neighbors of Downtown

Dear Council Member Joaquin Martinez,

We are residents of Downtown in District I. As of Sep 27, 2026, 332 City service requests in our neighborhood are open past the City's own deadline, and 140 have waited more than a year. From Aug 2024 to Aug 2025, the City missed its deadline on 36% of requests here (about 34% would be typical for this mix of problems).

Neighbors voted on what matters most:

  1. 01

    Main St · Signals, signs & street lights

    Near the 600 block. 21 open, 21 past deadline, oldest waiting 3.8 years.

  2. 02

    Pease St · Signals, signs & street lights

    Near the 600 block. 10 open, 10 past deadline, oldest waiting 3.6 years.

  3. 03

    Franklin St · Signals, signs & street lights

    Near the 1,100 block. 6 open, 6 past deadline, oldest waiting 3.7 years.

  4. 04

    Bagby St · Illegal dumping & blight

    Near the 900 block. 6 open, 6 past deadline, oldest waiting 2.0 years.

  5. 05

    Louisiana St · Signals, signs & street lights

    Near the 1,000 block. 6 open, 5 past deadline, oldest waiting 3.1 years.

We ask your office to request a status and timeline from the responsible departments for these items, starting with those past deadline, and to share the response with our Super Neighborhood.

Evidence (City of Houston 311 data): https://civicboost.lead-with-oleg.workers.dev/n/downtown

Thank you,
Neighbors of Downtown

Don't want to wait? Contact Joaquin Martinez today

Same evidence, same priorities, from you.

  • Email1 tap

    A letter to Joaquin Martinez with the City's numbers and the 5 problems neighbors ranked highest. Signed by you; edit anything before you send.

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  • Call30 seconds

    Call the District I office. Say who you are, where you live, and one clear ask.

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    1. Hi, my name is [your name]. I live in Downtown, District I, on [your street].
    2. I'm calling because 332 service requests in our neighborhood are past the City's own deadline, and 140 have waited more than a year.
    3. The one neighbors ranked first is Main St: 21 signals, signs & street lights requests past deadline, the oldest waiting 3.8 years.
    4. Could the Council Member's office ask the department for a status and a timeline?
    5. The City's data is at civicboost.lead-with-oleg.workers.dev/n/downtown. Thank you.
    Call 832.393.3011
  • 1-page briefPDF

    The City's numbers, a map of the worst streets, and what neighbors ranked first. Print it or bring it to a meeting.

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