Item 83 — Thursday, September 24, 2026
In plain language — from agenda source text
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.
Current official agenda wording
Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 020801-15, which settled disputes regarding the applicability of the Save Our Springs (SOS) Ordinance in the area known as Circle C, to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the settlement agreement that will apply to approximately 246.389 acres located near the intersection of South Mopac Expressway Southbound and State Highway 45 Westbound (Tract 110) to increase the development density for residential living units and multifamily residential living units, modify development and parkland regulations, and change required traffic controls and access requirements including removal of the requirement for the property owner to construct the South Bay Extension on Tract 110. This action concerns land located within the Barton Springs Zone. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
"without objection. Item number 83 is adopted with Council Member Duchen being shown abstaining." — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Craig Kujawa asked the council to postpone and preserve the South Bay Extension requirement until a traffic impact analysis is complete.
- Lisa Lyons used a Lego analogy to argue the density conversion math had not been shown and could shift road costs to taxpayers.