From their press release:
The ReNew Houston Campaign is pleased to announce it has met state requirements for qualified signatures from registered Houston voters to call for a charter amendment to create a dedicated funding source to improve and renew Houston’s decaying streets and drainage system. In other words, ReNew Houston is certified!
City Secretary Anna Russell has checked and validated 21,197 signatures, which is more than the 20,000 required by the state for a petition to call for a city charter amendment. In a letter July 30, 2010, to Mayor Annise Parker and Members of City Council, Russell says, “A sufficient number of valid signatures were checked without the necessity of checking the balance of the submitted signatures.” City Council must now approve placement of the ReNew Houston charter amendment on the November 2, 2010 ballot for consideration by Houston voters.
Among other things, that means that Council will have the opportunity to debate and potentially amend the ReNew Houston proposition. If you have concerns about what ReNew Houston will or won’t do, that will be your final chance to affect it before voting.
UPDATE: Please disregard the crossed-out bit at the end. Council will not have the opportunity to amend the proposition, they will merely vote to put it on the ballot. My apologies for the error.