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← Thursday, May 21, 2026

Item 38 Passed 9-0

Item 38 — Thursday, May 21, 2026

Agenda PDF Legistar Official votes

Source information changed after this summary was written. The earlier summary is withheld.

Current official agenda wording

Authorize the negotiation and execution of a 45-year development agreement for approximately 2,614 acres located in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction bounded by the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog's Head”, that establishes allowable land uses, trail and open space requirements, development regulations, including impervious cover requirements, water quality requirements, drainage and floodplain requirements, and site development standards for a mixed-use development; includes the property owner’s consent to annexation under certain conditions; delays the requirement to pay temporary use of right-of-way fees; includes provisions for income-restricted housing; and establishes the parties’ expectations related to proposed changes to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP), the creation of a regulating plan, the creation of a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ), and the creation of a local government corporation that would manage and implement the TIRZ.

"Without objection, item number 38, as amended, is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

What got said

Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.

The roll call

Approved as amended 9-0

Member records (11)
  • Kirk Watson Mayor Yes
  • Natasha Harper-Madison D1 Absent
  • Vanessa Fuentes D2 Absent
  • José Velásquez D3 Yes
  • José "Chito" Vela D4 Yes
  • Ryan Alter D5 Yes
  • Krista Laine D6 Yes
  • Mike Siegel D7 Yes
  • Paige Ellis D8 Yes
  • Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 Yes
  • Marc Duchen D10 Yes