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Asks Council to approve a resolution adopting the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update. The item is stated to have no fiscal impact.
Asks Council to approve a resolution authorizing Moore's Crossing Municipal Utility District to issue Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, in an amount not to exceed $7,600,000. The bond proceeds would pay for water distribution, wastewater collection, and drainage facilities in the district, plus the costs of issuing the bonds. The item is described as having no fiscal impact.
Asks Council to approve a resolution authorizing Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 2 to issue Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, in an amount not to exceed $2,300,000. The bond proceeds would pay for water, wastewater, and drainage improvements in the district, plus related engineering and bond issuance costs. The item is listed as having no fiscal impact.
Asks Council to approve a resolution authorizing Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 3 to issue Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, in an amount not to exceed $4,400,000. The bonds would fund water, wastewater, and drainage improvements in the district, plus related engineering and bond issuance costs. The item is stated to have no fiscal impact.
Asks Council to authorize a contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for engineering services for Austin Water's 2026 Reservoir Improvement Program, in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000. The item states $10,000,000 is available in Austin Water's Capital Budget.
Asks Council to authorize a construction contract with MGC Contractors for the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant Inherently Safer Disinfection Conversion for Austin Water, for $81,555,085 plus an $8,155,509 contingency, totaling no more than $89,710,594. The item states the full $89,710,594 is available in Austin Water's Capital Budget.
Asks Council to authorize a contract with Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. d/b/a RRS for material rate studies tracking progress toward the City's zero-waste goal for Austin Resource Recovery, with an initial three-year term estimated at $1,050,000 and up to three one-year extension options estimated at $350,000 each, for a total not to exceed $2,100,000. Of this, $350,000 is available in Austin Resource Recovery's Operating Budget; funding for the remaining term depends on future budgets.
Asks Council to authorize negotiating and executing the documents needed to buy about 6.8892 acres (two tracts of roughly 3.9924 and 2.8968 acres) in fee simple south of Ranch Road 2222, west of Oakwood Cove at Beverly Hills Drive, for Austin Water's Wildlands Conservation as part of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. The seller is the estate of Robert Franklin Coffee through its co-independent executors, and the total cost would not exceed $3,676,000 including closing costs, funded from the Capital Budget of Austin Financial Services.
Asks Council to authorize negotiation and execution of twelve advertising agreements with outdoor, broadcast, print, and digital media vendors for public outreach campaigns tied to the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, Construction Partnership Program, Vision Zero, Safe Streets for All, Community Services, and GetThere ATX, for a total not to exceed $2,337,000. Funding is listed as $437,000 in the FY 2026-2027 Operating Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works, $1,810,000 from the Climate Reduction Implementation Grant, and $90,000 from the Safe Streets for All grant in the department's Capital Budget.
Asks Council to approve Service Extension Request No. 6451 to provide wastewater service to a 2.85-acre tract at 1107 Castle Ridge Road, located in the City's Drinking Water Protection Zone, the two-mile Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, Austin Water's wastewater service area, and the Barton Springs Zone. The item is stated to have no fiscal impact, with the property owner paying the related costs of infrastructure to connect to Austin Water's wastewater system.
Asks Council to authorize negotiating and executing a fourth amendment to the wholesale wastewater service agreement with Travis County WCID 17 for the Comanche Canyon Ranch ETJ Planned Unit Development, so Austin Water would receive untreated rather than treated wastewater for treatment. The item states it supports WCID 17's evaluation of decommissioning its treatment plant and that Austin Water can accommodate the change without additional efforts or cost. It is described as having no fiscal impact, with WCID 17 assuming decommissioning costs for its Comanche Canyon Ranch plant.
This resolution asks Council to direct the City Manager to work with CAMPO, TxDOT, and other partners so that proposed improvements to Parmer Lane (FM 734) prioritize safety, walking, biking, and transit. It also directs advocacy for a full environmental review of any proposal for the corridor.
Asks Council to approve a resolution authorizing eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire easements on property at 5673 Oak Boulevard for Watershed Protection's Barton Creek - Oak Acres Creek Flood Risk Reduction Project, for flood mitigation and improved neighborhood roadway access during large storms. The acquisition covers a public utility easement of about 0.0498 acre and a temporary working space easement of about 0.0300 acre, appraised collectively at $7,992, subject to increase based on updated appraisals, a Special Commissioner's award, negotiated settlement, or judgment. Funding of $7,992 is available in the Austin Watershed Protection Capital Budget.
Asks Council to hold a public hearing under Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26 and consider a resolution allowing a change in use of about 121,156 square feet of dedicated parkland at Country Club Creek West Greenbelt for permanent use to build, operate, maintain, and repair a roadway and related improvements. The item includes a $1,368,050 mitigation payment plus $107,735 in park improvements from Austin Transportation and Public Works to Austin Parks and Recreation, with no stated impact to the General Fund.
Authorize a contract for the ATX Floods application, the City’s public flood monitoring and low water crossing alert platform, for Austin Watershed Protection with The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., for an initial term of two years in an estimated amount of $685,647 with up to three one-year extension options each in variable amounts for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,212,200. Funding: $1,212,200 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Watershed Protection.
This resolution kicks off a rezoning of about a third of an acre of city-owned land at 58 and 64 Rainey Street — the pocket park attached to the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center — so the site can be zoned for parks and recreation use. Rainey Street has been a fast-changing corridor for years, and the change would line up the zoning on the books with how the land is actually used as green space next to the MACC. Because the property already belongs to the City, this step is about the land's zoning designation rather than an acquisition.
Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interest needed in support of Austin Watershed Protection’s Walnut Creek - Eubank Tributary Stream Stabilization Project for the public use of stabilizing the channel and improving habitat by implementing retaining walls, slope stabilization, earthwork, planting strategies, and stormwater flow dissipation, requiring the acquisition of an access easement being 0.0961 of one acre (4,185 square foot) and a drainage easement being 0.1810 of one acre (7,886 square foot) easement, both being out of the T.J. Chambers Survey, Abstract Number 7, Travis County, Texas, being a portion of Lot 8, Frank Stark Subdivision, a subdivision of record in Book 4, Page 199, Plat Records, Travis County, Texas, said Lot 8 conveyed to Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation by Special Warranty Deed dated July 26, 2023, as recorded in Document Number 2023084858, Official Public Records, Travis County, Texas; currently collectively appraised at $50,548, subject to an increase in value based on updated appraisals, a Special Commissioner’s award, negotiated settlement, or judgment. The owner of the needed property is Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, a Texas nonprofit corporation. The property is located at 11630 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78753. The general route of the project is within Walnut Creek’s designated Eubank Tributary, from North Bend Drive to the west turn of Eubank Drive. Funding: $50,548 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Watershed Protection.
This resolution authorizes the city to use eminent domain to acquire two easements \u2014 about 5,636 square feet for access and 859 square feet for drainage \u2014 from a property at 11704 North Lamar Boulevard owned by FC N Lamar Housing, LP. Watershed Protection needs the land for its Eubank Tributary stabilization work along Walnut Creek, between North Bend Drive and the west turn of Eubank Drive, which includes retaining walls, slope stabilization, earthwork, planting, and stormwater flow dissipation to shore up the eroding channel and improve habitat. The easements are appraised at $27,604, available in Watershed Protection's Capital Budget, though the final figure can rise based on updated appraisals, a Special Commissioner's award, a negotiated settlement, or a judgment.
This gives Austin Energy the green light to hand out rebates bigger than the City Manager can approve on their own during the coming fiscal year, covering solar and other distributed energy resources, energy efficiency upgrades, and beneficial electrification for multifamily, commercial, and residential customers. These are the incentive checks that help Austinites and building owners offset the cost of things like rooftop solar and efficiency retrofits, and the larger ones need Council's sign-off to go out the door. Austin Energy's operating budget has $23,475,000 available for the program.
This is a construction contract with Cedar Hill Construction, LLC to build leachate connections at the city-owned landfill at 10108 FM 812 in far southeast Austin. Leachate is the liquid that percolates through buried trash, and connecting it into a collection system is part of keeping it from moving where it shouldn't. The contract is $1,154,941 plus a $115,495 contingency, for a total not to exceed $1,270,436, paid from Austin Resource Recovery's Capital Budget.
Austin Energy buys the 19% aqueous ammonia its catalytic reduction systems need to run properly, split between two suppliers — Baker Services, Inc. and GC3 Specialty Chemicals Inc. — under contracts running two years with up to three one-year extensions. That chemical is what keeps the emissions-control equipment on the utility's generation units working as designed. The combined total is capped at $1,210,000, with $20,167 available in this year's operating budget and $242,000 in next year's; the rest depends on future budgets.
Austin Energy contracts with Triumvirate Environmental Services, LLC to handle spill response, clean-up, and restoration work — the crews called in when something like transformer oil ends up where it shouldn't. The contract runs an initial two years with up to three one-year extensions, for a total not to exceed $2,500,000. Of that, $350,000 is available in Austin Energy's current Operating Budget, with the rest depending on funding in future budgets.
Austin Energy wants to extend its contract with CEMTEK Environmental, Inc./KVB Enertec for support of the software that tracks and reports emissions data at its generating facilities. That monitoring system is how the utility documents what comes out of its stacks, so keeping the software supported keeps the compliance paperwork flowing. The amendment adds $550,000, bringing the contract to a total not to exceed $860,749, paid out of Austin Energy's Capital Budget.
The city buys about 6.579 acres along the south line of Slaughter Creek in Southeast Austin, reachable from Harbour Town Circle and Pine Valley Drive, for park and recreation use. The two tracts sit just north of the Onion Creek Subdivision, adding creekside green space in a fast-growing stretch of 78747. The purchase runs up to $1,210,000 including closing costs, paid from the Parks and Recreation Capital Budget.
This item grants LCRA Transmission Services Corporation an electric transmission easement across about 10 acres of City-owned land at 18524 FM 969 in far East Austin. The easement supports a battery tolling project involving Austin Energy and Balcones Ridge Resiliency, LLC, a Jupiter Power subsidiary "— the kind of grid storage infrastructure that ties into how Austin Energy manages power supply. The City receives no less than $184,258, projected as additional revenue in Austin Energy's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget.
This amends Austin's existing interlocal agreement with the Lower Colorado River Authority, which supplies and runs the data radio network behind the city's Flood Early Warning System. That network is how Watershed Protection gets real-time readings from creek gauges and rain sensors across a city where low-water crossings can turn deadly fast. The amendment adds $36,000 for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, available in the Watershed Protection operating budget, with future 12-month renewals depending on funding in later budgets.
This is the paperwork that lets Austin Water spend money now on next year's water and wastewater capital projects, then pay itself back later from the proceeds of tax-exempt debt. The resolution declares the City's official intent to reimburse itself for up to $525,000,000 in expenditures tied to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 acquisition and construction of those system improvements. It's a routine but necessary step in how big utility infrastructure gets financed, and the funding is available in Austin Water's Capital Budget.
This resolution keeps Austin Water's GoPurple pilot incentive program running through Fiscal Year 2026-2027, paying developers of new commercial, mixed-use, and multifamily projects to install alternative onsite water reuse systems or connect to the city's reclaimed "purple pipe" network. It matters because those systems recycle water for things like cooling and irrigation instead of drawing on drinking water supplies, and the incentives target both market-rate projects and affordable housing developments that are exempt from GoPurple's reuse requirements. The program is funded at $4,000,000 from Austin Water's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget, capped at $1,500,000 per affordable housing project and $500,000 per project for everything else.
This item updates the Parks and Recreation Board's bylaws, refreshing outdated department names and expanding what the board weighs in on to include park concessions and every agreement the department makes with non-profit organizations. It matters because it puts the food carts, gear rentals, and nonprofit partnerships behind so much of Austin's park life that shape how Austin's parks look and operate under formal citizen review before the deals are finalized. The item has no fiscal impact.
This is a public hearing and ordinance on floodplain variances for 1120 Denfield Street, where a property owner wants to convert an accessory structure into a dwelling unit that sits inside the 100-year floodplain of Tannehill Branch Creek. City Code normally restricts building homes in that zone, so Council has to sign off case by case, weighing added housing against the realities of where Austin's creeks rise. The item has no fiscal impact.
This is a public hearing and resolution letting the City Manager apply for a 2027 Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grant from the National Park Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife to pay for improvements at Sir Swante Palm Neighborhood Park, a small downtown green space. Federal and state park dollars don't come around often, and this grant program is aimed specifically at expanding outdoor recreation in dense urban neighborhoods. Up to $9 million is available if the application succeeds, but the program requires Austin to match at least half the project cost \u2014 money identified in the Parks and Recreation Department's Fiscal Year 2025-2026 operating budget.
This ordinance reopens the 2002 Circle C settlement agreement — the deal that resolved fights over how the Save Our Springs Ordinance applies in that part of far southwest Austin — for roughly 246 acres near where southbound Mopac meets SH 45. The amendment allows more residential and multifamily units on the tract, reworks development and parkland rules, and changes traffic control and access requirements, including dropping the owner's obligation to build the South Bay Extension. The land sits in the Barton Springs Zone, which is why the SOS settlement governs it in the first place. The item has no fiscal impact.
This is a public hearing and ordinance on a site-specific amendment to the Save Our Springs Initiative, the city's landmark water-quality rules, to accommodate development at 5811 Southwest Parkway in the Barton Springs Zone. SOS ordinance variances are always closely watched in Austin, since the rules cap impervious cover and pollutant runoff in the watersheds that feed Barton Springs, and the amendment is written as the minimum needed for this one site. The item has no fiscal impact.
This resolution adopts an update to the City of Austin's Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, adding new and revised mitigation actions for hazards including cybersecurity threats, severe weather, and flooding. Keeping the plan current is how Austin stays eligible for certain federal disaster-related funding \u2014 no small thing in a city that knows its way around ice storms and flash floods. The item has no fiscal impact.
This adds $220,000 to the City's existing contract with Hill Country Outdoor Power (also doing business as PartsTree.com) for lawn and fuels mitigation equipment, accessories, and maintenance, bringing the total to no more than $578,000. The gear goes to city arborists, firefighters, and fuels mitigation crews \u2014 the folks who cut back the brush and grass that can turn a spark into a wildfire in Austin's greenbelts and along the wildland-urban edge. Of the funding, $9,166 comes from various departments' FY 2025-2026 operating budgets and $110,000 from FY 2026-2027, with the rest of the contract term depending on future budgets.
This resolution appoints one City representative to each of the four Southeast Travis County Municipal Utility District boards, seats the City reserved for itself in the consent agreements it signed with each district. MUDs handle water, wastewater, and drainage financing for development on Austin's fast-growing southeast edge, so having a city-picked voice at the table is how Austin keeps tabs on infrastructure decisions just outside its full control. The item carries no fiscal impact.
Council fills one seat each on the Boards of Directors for Pilot Knob Municipal Utility Districts #1, #2, and #5, the special taxing districts that handle water, wastewater, and drainage infrastructure for the big Pilot Knob development in far southeast Austin. The consent agreements Austin signed with each district give the city the right to seat a member on those boards, which is how the city keeps a voice in decisions about utility buildout and district debt. The item carries no fiscal impact.
This resolution lets the City Manager apply to the Texas Water Development Board for a low-interest loan of up to $6 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund's Lead Service Line Replacement Program, money earmarked for Austin Water's Galvanized Water Service Line Replacement Program. Those aging galvanized lines are the pipes that carry drinking water into homes, so how the city pays to swap them out is a straightforward public health question. Filing the application itself carries no fiscal impact, and any additional funding the program needs depends on what future Austin Water budgets can cover.
This is a public hearing on proposed rate and fee changes for Austin Resource Recovery, the city's trash, recycling, and composting service, as part of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 proposed budget. It's the moment where Austinites can weigh in on what they pay for curbside pickup and related services before Council locks in the numbers.
This is a public hearing on a proposed change to the drainage charge that funds Austin's Watershed Protection department, tied to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 proposed budget. The drainage charge shows up on Austinites' utility bills, so any rate change touches what households and businesses pay for stormwater and flood management work.
This resolution asks the City Manager to take a closer look at the fees and rules governing special events in Austin's parks, and to float ideas for bringing events to parks that don't see much use. It also calls for a progress check on a 2024 resolution aimed at supporting accessible, open-to-the-public events and setting up a process for the city to co-sponsor or partner on them. For folks who organize or attend park festivals and community gatherings, it could shape how easy — and affordable — it is to host events on public land.
This resolution directs the City Manager to build a nature trail linking Circle C Metropolitan Park to the Hielscher Tract Greenbelt trail across adjacent City-owned land in Southwest Austin. It calls for environmental protection along the route, engagement with community partners, and identifying funding in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. For folks who use these green spaces, it points toward a connected path between two popular trail systems.
This resolution directs the City Manager to study whether the drainage charge rate increase proposed in the FY 2026-2027 budget for Austin Watershed Protection is enough to cover the city's drainage infrastructure needs. If the study finds the proposed bump falls short, staff would bring back any ordinances needed to adjust the drainage utility charge. It's a check on whether Austin is charging enough to keep up with flood control and stormwater work.
The city holds a public hearing on a proposed change to the drainage charge collected by Austin Watershed Protection, part of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 proposed budget. The drainage charge shows up on utility bills and funds flood control, erosion, and water quality work, so any rate change affects what Austinites pay.
This resolution directs the City Manager to study the fees and regulations tied to special events in city parks and to float ideas for booking events at parks that don't see much use. It also asks for a progress check on an earlier 2024 resolution aimed at keeping public events accessible and inclusive and setting up an application process for city co-sponsorship. For anyone who's ever thrown or attended a festival, market, or gathering in an Austin park, this shapes how easy and affordable those events are to pull off.
This resolution directs the City Manager to build a nature trail linking Circle C Metropolitan Park to the Hielscher Tract Greenbelt trail through adjacent City-owned land. It calls for environmental protection along the route, engagement with community partners, and identifying funding in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. For folks in Southwest Austin, it means a new connection between two existing green spaces.
This resolution asks the City Manager to take a hard look at whether the proposed drainage charge rate in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget is actually enough to cover Austin's drainage infrastructure needs. If it turns out the rate falls short, staff would bring back any ordinances needed to adjust the charge. For folks who deal with flooding and stormwater headaches, it's a question of whether the city is putting enough money behind keeping the water moving.
Austin holds a public hearing on proposed rate and fee changes for Austin Resource Recovery, the department that handles curbside trash, recycling, and composting pickup. The changes are part of the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, so what's decided here shapes what shows up on residents' utility bills.
This is a public hearing on a proposed change to the drainage charge that helps fund Austin's Watershed Protection work, folded into the proposed 2026-2027 budget. The drainage charge shows up on Austin utility bills, so a rate change touches what residents and businesses pay to support flood control and water quality efforts around town.
This resolution directs the City Manager to take a fresh look at the fees and rules that govern special events held in Austin parks, and to float ideas for bringing events to parks that don't get much use. It also asks for a progress check on an earlier 2024 resolution aimed at keeping public events accessible and inclusive and setting up a process for the City to co-sponsor or partner on them. For anyone who throws or attends festivals, markets, or gatherings in local parks, it could shape how those events get greenlit down the road.
This resolution directs the City Manager to build a nature trail linking Circle C Metropolitan Park to the Hielscher Tract Greenbelt trail across adjacent City-owned land in Southwest Austin. It calls for environmental protections along the route, engagement with community partners, and identifying money for the project in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. For trail users in the area, it points toward a new connection between two existing outdoor spaces.
This resolution asks the City Manager to take a closer look at whether the proposed drainage charge rate bump in the FY 2026-2027 budget actually covers what Austin's stormwater and drainage infrastructure needs. If the study finds the increase falls short, staff would come back with ordinances to adjust the drainage utility charge. It matters because that charge shows up on ratepayers' bills and funds the systems that keep neighborhoods from flooding.
This greenlights Austin Energy to ink a deal with UPower Energy LLC for up to eight megawatts of electricity from a new utility-scale solar facility built on the closed FM 812 Landfill. It's a way to put a retired dump to work generating clean power for the city. The agreement runs up to 25 years, at an estimated $1,500,000 per year for a total of up to $37,500,000, with the first year's funding contingent on approval of Austin Energy's proposed operating budget.
Council is weighing a deal that would let Austin Energy tap up to 40 megawatts of battery storage from Base Power, Inc.'s network of distribution-scale battery facilities. Battery storage helps the utility lean on stored power when demand spikes or the grid gets stressed, which matters for keeping the lights on in a fast-growing city. The agreement could run up to 10 years for an estimated total of up to $40,800,000 — about $4,080,000 a year — with $4,080,000 already set aside in Austin Energy's 2025-2026 budget and the rest depending on future budgets.
Council is weighing whether to issue $59 million in water and wastewater revenue bonds to fund Austin Water's expansion of the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and related upgrades. The bonds would help the utility add capacity as the city grows, and the debt payments for this year are already built into the 2025-2026 approved budget.
The Council is being asked to greenlight a construction contract with Austin Underground, Inc. to build the West Riverside Reclaimed Water Main for Austin Water. Reclaimed water lines let the city stretch its water supply by piping treated, non-drinking water for things like irrigation and cooling — a key piece of conserving Austin's drinking water as the region grows. The deal runs $3,699,813 plus a $369,982 contingency, for a total not to exceed $4,069,795, all drawn from Austin Water's Capital Budget.
Council is weighing a construction contract with DeNucci Constructors to build out the Northwest A & B Zone waterline extensions and install pressure reducing valves for Austin Water. These kinds of upgrades keep water flowing at the right pressure across the system, so it matters to folks on the affected lines. The deal runs $6,897,348 plus a $689,735 contingency, for a total not to exceed $7,587,083, all covered by Austin Water's Capital Budget.
This item asks Council to approve a contract with Leonard Water Services to service the center pivot irrigation units that Austin Water relies on. Keeping that equipment running matters for how the utility manages its water operations. The contract is capped at $247,758, with that funding already set aside in Austin Water's operating budget.
Council is weighing two contracts to put city-owned solar panels on Austin facilities as part of the Climate Action and Resilience push. One deal with Big Sun Solar runs an initial five years with up to five five-year extensions and caps out at $76.5 million, while a separate 25-year contract with PowerFin Texas Solar Projects is estimated to bring in $17.7 million in revenue. For now, $1.3 million is available in Austin Energy's Capital Budget, with the rest of the funding depending on future budgets.
Council is being asked to greenlight an application to the Texas Water Development Board for a low-interest loan of up to $6,000,000 to help fund Austin Water's program for replacing aging galvanized water service lines. The money comes from a state revolving fund earmarked for swapping out old lead and galvanized pipes, the kind of infrastructure work that keeps drinking water clean as it travels to your tap. The application itself has no fiscal impact, though any future funding for the program would depend on what's available in Austin Water's budgets down the road.
Council is weighing whether to extend wastewater service to a 2.85-acre tract at 1107 Castle Ridge Road, which sits in some of Austin's most sensitive turf — the Drinking Water Protection Zone, the Barton Springs Zone, and the city's two-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction. Because it touches the Barton Springs watershed, extending utility lines here is the kind of decision that carries environmental weight beyond a single hookup. There's no fiscal impact to the city; the property owner pays the infrastructure costs to connect to Austin Water's system.
Council is asking the City Manager to take a hard look at how Austin Energy handles solar — specifically the Solar Standard Offer and Value of Solar Rates — and to explore ways to get solar panels and battery storage into more hands. The resolution also calls for options to grow the community solar program and to bring more commercial customers into Austin Energy's demand response program. This is the homework phase: it directs analysis and options, setting the stage for future decisions about how Austin powers itself.
Council is holding a public hearing on whether to permanently convert about 15,368 square feet of dedicated parkland at Edward Rendon Sr. Metropolitan Park at Festival Beach so Austin Energy can build and maintain a transmission line. Because this is protected parkland, state law (Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26) requires the public hearing before any change in use. Austin Energy would pay $2,414,240 to Parks and Recreation as mitigation, so there's no hit to the General Fund.
This is a rezoning request for four properties on Middle Fiskville Road, in the Walnut Creek Watershed, that would shift the land from residential and neighborhood commercial uses to general commercial services — the kind of zoning that opens the door to a use like automotive sales. The applicant wants a straight CS-NP designation, but both staff and the Planning Commission recommend adding a conditional overlay (CS-CO-NP), which typically limits certain uses or sets extra conditions on the site. Council will hold a public hearing before deciding which version, if any, to approve.
This is a public hearing and first-reading vote on rezoning three parcels near Lady Bird Lake — at 1705 and 1717 South Lakeshore Boulevard and 1712 East Riverside Drive — to fold them into the South Shore Planned Unit Development. The shift from East Riverside Corridor zoning to a PUD-NP designation matters because PUDs come with their own custom rulebook, and this ordinance could include waivers of City fees, modifications of City regulations, and even property acquisition. Both city staff and the Planning Commission recommend approving the PUD-NP zoning, with the Commission backing a modified version.
This resolution asks the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to take a harder look at the MoPac South Project — specifically, to reconsider its Finding of No Significant Impact and prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement under federal law, while weighing an alternative that better fits Austin's environmental and mobility plans. It also directs the City Manager to help shape that City-aligned alternative, look for infrastructure fixes that could shrink the project's footprint, work with CapMetro and CTRMA on new park and ride facilities along MoPac, and submit comments at the project's public hearing. For anyone who drives, bikes, or lives near the MoPac corridor, this shapes how a major highway expansion moves forward and how closely it's studied.