Item 60 — 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
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance annexing approximately 2,614 acres of land in eastern Travis County, located between the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog’s Head”, into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction; initiating the creation of a regulating plan for the property; initiating an amendment to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Service Plan Agreement with the owner of the land. Case number: C7a-2026-0003. The property is currently located in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction contiguous to Council Districts 1, 2, and 3. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
"Without objection, item number 60 is adopted with two members absent" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Annexation of ~2,614 acres required after passage of items 38 and 39
- Residents testified their homes face eminent domain and a trail through their living rooms
The roll call
Approved 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