Sunnyside Management District
Who We Are
The Sunnyside Management District (SMD) was created by the 80th Texas State Legislature to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, parking, housing, recreation, the arts, safety, and public welfare in the Sunnyside area. The Sunnyside Management District is in the process of organizing and developing its Service and Assessment Plan.
Hear It Directly
Two short briefings on what the District is and why property owners are being asked to sign.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis on the Sunnyside Management District
State Senator Borris Miles on the Sunnyside Management District
Sign Our Petition
The Sunnyside Management District moves forward only if property owners petition for it. Review exactly what's assessed, watch the briefings, then download and sign the official petition.
How the Petition Works
What gets assessed, who's exempt, and what your signature does.
Only commercial property. The assessment applies to the land and improvements — buildings and structures — of retail, office, industrial, and other business-use real property within the District's boundaries. It applies to real property only, not to business equipment or inventory.
Everything that isn't commercial real property is exempt, including single-family detached homes; duplexes, triplexes, and quadraplexes; condominiums; municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions; 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations; public utilities; and qualifying recreational or scenic-use property under Texas Local Government Code §375.163.
Houston Southeast — covering the Third Ward, MacGregor, Museum Park, and the Texas Medical Center area — provides district-wide litter abatement and landscaping, delivered the 1.7-mile Caroline Street Promenade, and secured $320,000 in federal mobility funding. Midtown invests over $2.2 million a year in supplemental public safety, maintains Bagby, Elizabeth Baldwin, and Glover Parks, and led streetscape refreshes. These are independent districts shown as examples; results in Sunnyside will depend on the District's own adopted Service, Improvement, and Assessment Plan.
Property owners do. The District advances only when owners of enough taxable property within its boundaries sign the petition, meeting the requirements of Section 375.022 of the Texas Local Government Code.
The Petition for Services and Improvements for Harris County Improvement District No. 10. By signing, you petition for the provision of services, improvements, and the assessments that pay for them, and you consent to the adoption of a Service and Improvement Plan in substantially the form attached to the petition. The District's board may adopt a different plan if it is determined necessary to serve the District.
You'll provide the property owner's name, signature, typed name and title, the date signed, and your HCAD (Harris Central Appraisal District) account number. If the petitioning owner is not an individual, a Certificate of Authority must also be completed — none is needed if an individual signs on their own behalf.
Ready to make your voice count?
Property owners decide whether the District moves forward.
