Item 60 Passedunofficial
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.
The Council is holding a public hearing on whether to annex roughly 2,614 acres in eastern Travis County — the area known as "Dog's Head," tucked between the Colorado River, US 183, and SH 130 — into the city's full-purpose jurisdiction. Annexation would bring the land fully under Austin's rules, kick off a regulating plan for the property, and amend the city's Strategic Mobility Plan, with a service plan agreement set with the landowner. The property currently sits in Austin's extraterritorial jurisdiction next to Districts 1, 2, and 3, and the item has no fiscal impact.
"Without objection, item number 60 is adopted with two members absent" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
- 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