City Council

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 10 a.m. (Austin time), Austin City Hall

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On the agenda

• Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Bridge Projects LLC in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000 for artwork for the Northeast Service Center Garage Façade Art in Public Places project. Funding: $1,800,000 is available in the Austin Financial Services Northeast Center Development project. (26-1156)
• Authorize a food service and retail concession lease agreement for the West Gate Expansion and Concourse M at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with Air Star Concessions for a term of 10 years. Funding: This item is projected to result in annual revenue of $395,000 in Austin Aviation’s Operating Budget. (26-1338)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP for representation of the City in legal matters involving a former City employee, in the amount of $122,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,000. Funding: $122,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of the City Attorney’s Office. (26-1371)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP for representation in Billy Faircloth v. City of Austin et al, Civil Action No. 1:25-CV-471-DAE in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division in the amount of $301,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $455,000. Funding: Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Liability Reserve Budget. (26-1394)
• Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to accept and appropriate Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance grant funds from the Texas Department of Emergency Management in the amounts of $6,352 for COVID-19 expenses and $385,361 for flood expenses related to the 2015 Halloween Flood. Funding: $391,713 is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the Texas Department of Emergency Management. A City funding match is not required for the COVID-19 expenses. A City funding match of $96,341 is required for the flood expenses. (26-1325)
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the St. Elmo Vehicle Bays project for Austin Energy with Noble General Contractors, LLC, in the amount of $6,999,700, plus a $699,970 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,699,670. Funding: $7,699,670 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy. (26-1138)
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the Second Street Garage Exterior Improvements Project with RS Ellis d/b/a Southwest Corporation, in the amount of $2,703,016, plus a $270,302 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,973,318. Funding: $2,973,318 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin Convention Center and is not associated with or funded by the Convention Center Expansion Project. (26-1229)
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the Little Walnut Creek - Asian American Resource Center/Rutherford Stormwater Improvement project for Austin Transportation and Public Works and Austin Watershed Protection with Austin Filter Systems, Inc., in the amount of $5,688,529, plus a $568,853 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,257,382. Funding: $563,164 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works and $5,694,218 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Watershed Protection. (26-1230)
• Authorize five contracts for engineering services for the Materials Testing Rotation List for Austin Aviation with Terracon Consultants, Inc.; Kleinfelder, Inc.; HVJ South Central Texas - M&J, Inc.; Raba Kistner, Inc.; and Professional Service Industries, Inc., each for total contract amounts not to exceed $40,000,000, divided among the firms. Funding: $40,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Aviation. (26-1231)
• Authorize contracts for furniture, installation and related services for Austin Aviation with MillerKnoll, Inc., Steelcase, DIRTT, Davis Furniture, Arconas Corporation, Mayline, Janus et Cie, Keilhauer, and various other manufacturers and their approved distributors for these goods and services under various procurement cooperatives, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $21,025,000. Funding: $125,000 is available in the Operating Budget and $1,400,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Aviation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1234)
• Authorize a contract for maintenance, repair, and replacement of electric vehicle charging stations for Austin Energy and Austin Aviation with National Car Charging, LLC for an initial term of one year with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $900,000. Funding: $200,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy and $60,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Aviation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1240)
• Ratify and amend a contract for RSA SecurID software licenses, hardware, and support for Austin Technology Services with CDW LLC d/b/a Sirius Computer Solutions, LLC, CDW Government in the amount of $49,410 and authorize an amendment for future services to increase the amount by $102,570 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $317,221. Funding: $49,410 for the ratification is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. $130,590 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budget. (26-1241)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued project management software licensing, maintenance, and support services for Austin Technology Services with SHI-Government Solutions Inc., to increase the amount by $1,622,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $1,700,000. Funding: $102,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1243)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued customer experience management and analytics for all City departments with Carahsoft Technology Corp., to increase the amount by $387,597 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $530,000. Funding: $71,241 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1244)
• Authorize a contract for Smartsheet work management software and support for all City departments with Optimum Consultancy Services, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $900,000. Funding: $180,000 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1245)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued compliance and quality management software subscriptions for all City departments with Qualtrax, Inc., to increase the amount by $205,588 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $446,000. Funding: $52,298 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1246)
• Authorize an amendment to the contract for engineering services for the Upper Harris Branch Interceptor Project for Austin Water with Doucet & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $979,529, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $4,044,907. Funding: $979,529 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water. (26-1255)
• Authorize a contract for engineering services for the Thousand Oaks Interceptor project for Austin Water with CAS Consulting and Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000. Funding: $4,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water. (26-1256)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued operation and management services for various City parking facilities for all City departments with ABM Industry Groups, LLC d/b/a ABM, to increase the amount by $3,900,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $7,800,000. Funding: $850,000 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1257)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for a continued supply of sodium bisulfite for Austin Water with Kinetics Motorwerks LLC d/b/a Kinetic Motorwerks, LLC, to increase the amount by $300,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $1,364,000 Funding: $300,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Water. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1258)
• Authorize a contract for aquatic vegetation maintenance in wet ponds for Austin Watershed Protection with Environmental Survey Inc. d/b/a Environmental Survey Consulting for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,100,000. Funding: $210,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Watershed Protection. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1259)
• Authorize a contract for Central Business District collection services for Austin Resource Recovery with Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. d/b/a Texas Disposal Systems, for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. Funding: $2,333,333 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Resource Recovery. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1260)
• Authorize five contracts for investigation and mediation services for Austin Human Resources with 30 Minute Lawyer; Clear Conscience Consulting LLC; Cooperative Personnel Services d/b/a CPS HR Consulting; Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend PC; and Treaty Oak Law Group, PLLC d/b/a Lynch Law Firm, each for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $2,250,000, divided among the contractors. Funding: $225,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Human Resources. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1261)
• Authorize two contracts for pool chemicals for public pools for Austin Parks and Recreation with Commercial Chemical Products Inc. d/b/a Poolsure and Innovative Water Care Global Corporation d/b/a Innovative Water Care LLC or Innovative Water Care, each for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $2,174,800, divided between the contractors. Funding: $253,727 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Parks and Recreation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1262)
• Authorize three contracts for flat sheet printing and bulk mail services for all City departments with ARC Document Solutions LLC d/b/a ARC Texas; Perry Office Products, Inc. d/b/a Perry Office Plus; and Copy Craft Printers Inc. d/b/a Slate Group, each for an initial term of one year with up to four-one year extension options in amounts not to exceed $12,793,000, divided among the contractors. Funding: $1,170,500 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1264)
• Ratify a contract for automotive after-market and custom air conditioning parts for Austin Fleet Mobility Services with Austin Rebuilders AC Parts and Hoses, Inc., in the amount of $12,364.00 for a contract amount not to exceed $88,364.00. Funding: $12,364.00 was available for the portion of the contract being ratified in the Operating Budget of Austin Fleet Mobility Services. (26-1265)
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued enterprise architect products and services for all City departments with SPARX Sales US LLC d/b/a SPARX Systems North America, to increase the amount by $374,100 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $608,000. Funding: $143,250 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1267)
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the 2026 Austin Water Asphalt and Concrete Restoration project for Austin Water with Alpha Paving, Inc., in the amount of $2,000,000, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options, for a total contract amount not to exceed $10,000,000. Funding: $2,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water. (26-1269)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to acquire a building for an Austin Resource Recovery reuse warehouse for the redistribution of gently used furniture. The acquisition consists of fee simple ownership of an approximately 0.985 acre lot including an approximately 13,200 square foot building situated on Lot(s) 1, Block B, Resubdivision of Lots 1, 2, 5 & 6, Block B, Bilton Subdivision, a subdivision in Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 92, Page 153 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas generally located at 9201 Metric Blvd., Austin, Texas 78741, from Amerio Investments, LLC for a total amount not to exceed $4,425,000 including closing costs. Funding: $4,425,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Resource Recovery. (26-1337)
• Approve adoption of the Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations 2025-2027 Strategic Plan which provides a framework to address homelessness in Austin through effective policies, investments, and partnerships. Funding: Approving the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan does not have an immediate fiscal impact. The future financial impact will be determined as specific strategies and projects are identified and presented to City Council for approval and implementation. (26-1078)
• Approve an ordinance annexing approximately 9.776 acres of the Ross Road roadway and associated right-of way from the intersection of State Highway 71 East to approximately 381.35 feet south of Saint Thomas Drive into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction; and authorizing the City Manager to execute a service plan agreement with Travis County, the owner of the land. Case number: C7a-2026-0001. The property is currently located in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction contiguous to Council District 2. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1281)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Communities for Recovery to provide peer recovery counseling services for community intervention to prevent opioid overdoses by using evidence-based practices in opioid stewardship, opioid use disorder, and opioid harm reduction, to extend the agreement with a 12-month term ending on March 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $500,000. Funding: $250,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Opioid Settlement Fund Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. (26-1167)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Avita Drugs, LLC for pharmacy services for qualified residents to receive certain outpatient drugs at reduced prices under the 340B Drug Pricing Program for an initial six-month term beginning on April 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026, with up to four twelve-month extension options ending on September 30, 2030. Funding: This item is projected to result in additional revenue of $10,527 in the Operating Budget of Austin Public Health. (26-1201)
• Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64(D) (Table of Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on segments of Elkhorn Mountain Trail from 57 feet north of Buckshot Trail to 37 feet south of Tantara Court, 20 miles per hour on Oro Valley Trail from 33 feet north of Modena Trail to Elkhorn Mountain Trail, and 20 miles per hour on Pheasant Rock Road from 104 feet north of Modena Trail to Elkhorn Mountain Trail for students attending Pond Springs Elementary School. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1268)
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the implementation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant received by the City to increase funding by $5,000,000 for a total agreement amount not to exceed $15,000,000. Funding: $5,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works. (26-1297)
• Authorize an amendment to the City’s cost participation with the developer United Properties Development, LLC to increase the City’s share of the cost to design and construct oversized wastewater interceptors by $4,422,750, for a total amount not to exceed $9,500,000, related to Service Extension Request No. 5132R which will provide wastewater service to a proposed mixed-use development located at East Howard Lane and SH 130. Funding: $9,500,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Budget of Austin Water. (26-1271)
• Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and commission bylaws. (25-2628)
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to establish maximum off-street parking requirements within the equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) combining district and other transit corridors citywide with limited exceptions to exceed those maximum requirements through defined criteria, to collaborate with the development community, housing advocates and other stakeholders and to report back to Council. (26-1057)
• Approve a resolution initiating amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create new zoning districts that will allow for a range of small housing types such as townhomes, cottage courts, and small-scale multi-unit residential uses (also known as “missing middle housing”) and new zoning districts that will allow for developments that mix residential and commercial or civic uses (also known as “mixed-use”); and to amend existing Land Development Code provisions and administrative barriers to better facilitate missing middle housing and mixed-use development. (26-1294)
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to develop a process that provides procedural protection for City parkland that is subject to condemnation proceedings, explore the City’s options in responding to the condemnation process, report back to Council and initiate any amendments to the current joint use agreements with Austin Independent School District. (26-1384)
• Approve a resolution relating to the creation of a program that would expand economic opportunity for small businesses and initiate amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to update regulations that apply to neighborhood-scale commercial activity associated with residential uses (also known as “home occupations”), including allowing on-premises sales, authorizing exterior business activity, and establishing Accessory Commercial Units (ACUs) and Front Yard Businesses (FYBs). (26-1387)
• Approve a resolution authorizing negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to sell and convey approximately 0.0937 acres (4,219 square feet) of land located at 306 Saxon Lane, Austin, Texas, 78741 being all of that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the Santiago Del Valle Grant, Travis County, Texas, conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume 7118, Page 1009 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, for the purpose of contracting with a local nonprofit organization to construct and maintain a minimum of one unit of affordable housing for low-income households on the property. (26-1388)
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore options and provide recommendations regarding policies to encourage or require unbundling parking fees from the cost to rent or purchase a unit in new residential developments. (26-1389)
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore partnership opportunities with independent school districts to repurpose closed school campuses, to develop a land policy to preserve public sites for community-beneficial uses and support equitable transit-oriented development policies, to identify potential funding sources, and to develop a list of priority properties and partnerships. (26-1390)
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore an interlocal agreement with Travis County to coordinate efforts to address transportation planning, public safety, and other factors for certain permitted special events within a certain proximity of the City’s corporate limits as determined by the terms of the agreement, and report back to Council. (26-1391)
• Set a public hearing to consider an ordinance repealing and replacing City Code Chapter 25-12, Article 4 (Electrical Code) to adopt the 2026 National Electrical Code, Annex H, and local amendments. (Suggested date: April 23, 2026, at Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St., Austin, TX). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1296)
• Approve bylaw amendments for the Commission on Aging to correct outdated references to City departments, clarify staff support roles, and create the new Age-Friendly Advisory Committee. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1359)
• Approve a resolution reappointing Judge Selena Alvarenga (joint appointment with Travis County) and Jessica Palvino to the Sobering Center Board of Directors. (26-1360)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to update the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan by adopting the Austin Core Transportation Plan. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1263)
• Conduct a public hearing in accordance with Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26 and consider a resolution authorizing a change in use of dedicated parkland, known as Auditorium Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park, to permanently use approximately 2,369 square feet of parkland and temporarily use approximately 19,261 square feet of parkland in order to construct, operate, maintain, and repair an Austin Water reclaimed water line. Funding: This item includes a mitigation payment in the amount of $504,498 from Austin Water to Austin Parks and Recreation and, as a result, there is no impact to the General Fund. (26-1270)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development Code) to modify existing requirements and establish new requirements related to the posting of signs that provide notice of zoning and rezoning applications. Funding: Austin Planning charges a fee for zoning signs. The fee will be reevaluated if the City code amendment is approved. (26-1279)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.172 acres of land located at 3603 and 3605 Robbins Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0007. Portions of both properties are located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction and the remaining portions are located in Austin’s limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1282)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.511 acres of land located at 2803 Pearce Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0008. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1283)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 2.65 acres of land located at 1928, 2000, 2100, and 2106 Manana Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0010. Portions of the properties are located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1284)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.346 acres of land located at 6707 Troll Haven, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0011. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1285)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 1.035 acres of land located at 1204 Rockcliff Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0012. A portion of the property is located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction and the remaining portion is located in Austin’s limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1286)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area ratio entitlements and increasing maximum building height to the project at 601, 607, 611, 615, and 619 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 1801 and 1809 Rio Grande Street, 1800, 1802, and 1806 Nueces Street, and 602 and 604 West 18th Street in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1290)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution supporting the application by Cameron Road Apartments Ltd., or an affiliated entity, for 4% Non-Competitive Housing Tax Credits for the development of a multifamily development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Cameron Road Apartments, located at or near 4915 East Yager Lane, Austin, Texas 78653, within the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Funding: Approving this resolution does not constitute any obligation of the City with respect to funding. This resolution will support the applicant’s application for federal Housing Tax Credits. (26-1292)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting local standards of care for youth recreational programs operated by the City and provide for emergency passage. Funding: this item has no fiscal impact. (26-1307)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing 65 properties totaling approximately 35.36 acres adjacent to Lake Austin in Travis County, in the area generally bounded by FM 2222 to the north, Loop 1 to the east, Bee Cave Road to the south, and FM 620 to the west, under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0009. The properties are located in Austin’s full purpose and limited purpose jurisdictions in Council Districts 8 and 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1308)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.411 acres of land located at 3411 Westlake Drive, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0016. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1309)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.301 acres of land located at 4807 Laguna Lane, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0013. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1333)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-10 (Sign Regulations) to revise requirements that apply to existing non-conforming off-premise signs (known as billboards) including when billboards can be relocated, where billboards can be relocated, and height requirements for relocated billboards; and waiving City Code Sections 25-1-501 and 25-1-502 related to initiating City Code amendments, public hearing notice, and Planning Commission review requirements for amendments to City Code Title 25.. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1385)
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-10 (Sign Regulations) to authorize larger signs in the public right-of-way that include electronic images, light, and off-premises advertising and waiving City Code Section 25-1-501 (Initiation of Amendments). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1386)
• C814-04-0187.03.SH - Goodnight Ranch PUD Amendment #3 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20061116-053 and City Code Title 25 by rezoning a portion of the property commonly referred to as the Goodnight Ranch Planned Unit Development and locally known as the East side of Old Lockhart Road between Nuckols Crossing Road and Capitol View Drive except Lot 3, Block J, of Goodnight Ranch Phase 2 (Onion Creek, Marble Creek Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from planned unit development (PUD) district zoning to planned unit development (PUD) district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant planned unit development (PUD) district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner: Austin Goodnight Ranch, LP. Applicant: City of Austin. City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617. (26-1165)
• C14-2024-0160 - 1000 Red River - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1001 Trinity Street, 416 1/2 and 502 1/2 East 10th Street, 1000, 1001 1/2, 1018, and 1020 Red River Street, and 503, 505, 509 1/2, and 516 1/2 East 11th Street (Waller Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning, general commercial services (CS) district zoning, commercial-liquor sales (CS-1) district zoning, and multifamily residence moderate high density (MF-4) district zoning to downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Austin Real Estate Acquisitions LLC. Agent: Jackson Walker LLP (Pamela Madere). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740. (26-1166)
• C814-06-0175.07 - East Avenue PUD Amendment #7, Parcel A - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 and amending Ordinance No. 20070326-002 by rezoning property locally known as 3500, 3500 1/2, 3502, 3506, and 3700 North Interstate Highway 35 Service Road Southbound and 1010 1/2, 1012, 1012 1/2, 1018, and 1018 1/2 Concordia Avenue (Boggy Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning to planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner: 1010 Concordia LP, a Texas Limited Partnership (Taylor Wilson). Applicant: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617. (26-1287)
• C14-2025-0121 - 8901 East U.S. Highway 290 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 8901 East U.S. 290 Highway Service Road Eastbound (Walnut Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from community commercial-conditional overlay (GR-CO) combining district zoning and limited industrial service-conditional overlay (LI-CO) combining district zoning to limited industrial service (LI) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited industrial service (LI) district zoning. Owner: Springdale 2.9 LLC. Applicant: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057. (26-1288)
• C14-2025-0126 - North Burnet/Gateway RSMU Rezoning - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as the area generally bounded by Braker Lane, Burnet Road, MoPac Expressway and Stonelake Boulevard. (Shoal Creek, Little Walnut Creek, and Walnut Creek Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from public (P) district, major industry (MI) district, North Burnet/Gateway-neighborhood plan (NBG-NP) combining district (Commercial Mixed Use Subdistrict), and industrial park-neighborhood plan (IP-NP) combining district zoning to North Burnet/Gateway-neighborhood plan (NBG-NP) combining district zoning (Research and Sciences Mixed Use Subdistrict). Owner: University of Texas System. Applicant: City of Austin - Austin Planning. City Staff: Jorge E. Rousselin, Austin Planning, 512-974-2975. (26-1289)
• C14-2025-0106 - 108 W. Gibson - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 108 West Gibson Street and 107 West James Street (Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner/Applicant: 3423 Gibson LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Austin Planning, 512-974-7620. (26-1398)
• C14-2025-0080 - 1811 East Cesar Chavez - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To deny commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Lodhia Investments LLC and G N Exim Corporation Inc. Agent: Keepers Land Planning (Ricca Keepers). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request. (26-1400)
• Approve an ordinance dissolving the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board and repealing City Code Section 2-1-172 (South Central Waterfront Advisory Board). Fiscal Note: This item has no fiscal impact. (26-1358)

Roll-call votes

• Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Bridge Projects LLC in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000 for artwork for the Northeast Service Center Garage Façade Art in Public Places project. Funding: $1,800,000 is available in the Austin Financial Services Northeast Center Development project.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a food service and retail concession lease agreement for the West Gate Expansion and Concourse M at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with Air Star Concessions for a term of 10 years. Funding: This item is projected to result in annual revenue of $395,000 in Austin Aviation’s Operating Budget.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP for representation of the City in legal matters involving a former City employee, in the amount of $122,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,000. Funding: $122,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of the City Attorney’s Office.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP for representation in Billy Faircloth v. City of Austin et al, Civil Action No. 1:25-CV-471-DAE in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division in the amount of $301,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $455,000. Funding: Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Liability Reserve Budget.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to accept and appropriate Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance grant funds from the Texas Department of Emergency Management in the amounts of $6,352 for COVID-19 expenses and $385,361 for flood expenses related to the 2015 Halloween Flood. Funding: $391,713 is available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the Texas Department of Emergency Management. A City funding match is not required for the COVID-19 expenses. A City funding match of $96,341 is required for the flood expenses.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the St. Elmo Vehicle Bays project for Austin Energy with Noble General Contractors, LLC, in the amount of $6,999,700, plus a $699,970 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,699,670. Funding: $7,699,670 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the Second Street Garage Exterior Improvements Project with RS Ellis d/b/a Southwest Corporation, in the amount of $2,703,016, plus a $270,302 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,973,318. Funding: $2,973,318 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin Convention Center and is not associated with or funded by the Convention Center Expansion Project.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the Little Walnut Creek - Asian American Resource Center/Rutherford Stormwater Improvement project for Austin Transportation and Public Works and Austin Watershed Protection with Austin Filter Systems, Inc., in the amount of $5,688,529, plus a $568,853 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,257,382. Funding: $563,164 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works and $5,694,218 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Watershed Protection.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize five contracts for engineering services for the Materials Testing Rotation List for Austin Aviation with Terracon Consultants, Inc.; Kleinfelder, Inc.; HVJ South Central Texas - M&J, Inc.; Raba Kistner, Inc.; and Professional Service Industries, Inc., each for total contract amounts not to exceed $40,000,000, divided among the firms. Funding: $40,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Aviation.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize contracts for furniture, installation and related services for Austin Aviation with MillerKnoll, Inc., Steelcase, DIRTT, Davis Furniture, Arconas Corporation, Mayline, Janus et Cie, Keilhauer, and various other manufacturers and their approved distributors for these goods and services under various procurement cooperatives, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $21,025,000. Funding: $125,000 is available in the Operating Budget and $1,400,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Aviation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for maintenance, repair, and replacement of electric vehicle charging stations for Austin Energy and Austin Aviation with National Car Charging, LLC for an initial term of one year with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $900,000. Funding: $200,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy and $60,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Aviation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Ratify and amend a contract for RSA SecurID software licenses, hardware, and support for Austin Technology Services with CDW LLC d/b/a Sirius Computer Solutions, LLC, CDW Government in the amount of $49,410 and authorize an amendment for future services to increase the amount by $102,570 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $317,221. Funding: $49,410 for the ratification is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. $130,590 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budget.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued project management software licensing, maintenance, and support services for Austin Technology Services with SHI-Government Solutions Inc., to increase the amount by $1,622,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $1,700,000. Funding: $102,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Technology Services. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued customer experience management and analytics for all City departments with Carahsoft Technology Corp., to increase the amount by $387,597 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $530,000. Funding: $71,241 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for Smartsheet work management software and support for all City departments with Optimum Consultancy Services, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $900,000. Funding: $180,000 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued compliance and quality management software subscriptions for all City departments with Qualtrax, Inc., to increase the amount by $205,588 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $446,000. Funding: $52,298 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to the contract for engineering services for the Upper Harris Branch Interceptor Project for Austin Water with Doucet & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $979,529, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $4,044,907. Funding: $979,529 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for engineering services for the Thousand Oaks Interceptor project for Austin Water with CAS Consulting and Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000. Funding: $4,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued operation and management services for various City parking facilities for all City departments with ABM Industry Groups, LLC d/b/a ABM, to increase the amount by $3,900,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $7,800,000. Funding: $850,000 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for a continued supply of sodium bisulfite for Austin Water with Kinetics Motorwerks LLC d/b/a Kinetic Motorwerks, LLC, to increase the amount by $300,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $1,364,000 Funding: $300,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Water. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for aquatic vegetation maintenance in wet ponds for Austin Watershed Protection with Environmental Survey Inc. d/b/a Environmental Survey Consulting for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,100,000. Funding: $210,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Watershed Protection. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for Central Business District collection services for Austin Resource Recovery with Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. d/b/a Texas Disposal Systems, for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. Funding: $2,333,333 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Resource Recovery. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize five contracts for investigation and mediation services for Austin Human Resources with 30 Minute Lawyer; Clear Conscience Consulting LLC; Cooperative Personnel Services d/b/a CPS HR Consulting; Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend PC; and Treaty Oak Law Group, PLLC d/b/a Lynch Law Firm, each for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $2,250,000, divided among the contractors. Funding: $225,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Human Resources. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize two contracts for pool chemicals for public pools for Austin Parks and Recreation with Commercial Chemical Products Inc. d/b/a Poolsure and Innovative Water Care Global Corporation d/b/a Innovative Water Care LLC or Innovative Water Care, each for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $2,174,800, divided between the contractors. Funding: $253,727 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Parks and Recreation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize three contracts for flat sheet printing and bulk mail services for all City departments with ARC Document Solutions LLC d/b/a ARC Texas; Perry Office Products, Inc. d/b/a Perry Office Plus; and Copy Craft Printers Inc. d/b/a Slate Group, each for an initial term of one year with up to four-one year extension options in amounts not to exceed $12,793,000, divided among the contractors. Funding: $1,170,500 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Ratify a contract for automotive after-market and custom air conditioning parts for Austin Fleet Mobility Services with Austin Rebuilders AC Parts and Hoses, Inc., in the amount of $12,364.00 for a contract amount not to exceed $88,364.00. Funding: $12,364.00 was available for the portion of the contract being ratified in the Operating Budget of Austin Fleet Mobility Services.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued enterprise architect products and services for all City departments with SPARX Sales US LLC d/b/a SPARX Systems North America, to increase the amount by $374,100 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $608,000. Funding: $143,250 is available in the Operating Budgets of all City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize a contract for construction services for the 2026 Austin Water Asphalt and Concrete Restoration project for Austin Water with Alpha Paving, Inc., in the amount of $2,000,000, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options, for a total contract amount not to exceed $10,000,000. Funding: $2,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to acquire a building for an Austin Resource Recovery reuse warehouse for the redistribution of gently used furniture. The acquisition consists of fee simple ownership of an approximately 0.985 acre lot including an approximately 13,200 square foot building situated on Lot(s) 1, Block B, Resubdivision of Lots 1, 2, 5 & 6, Block B, Bilton Subdivision, a subdivision in Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 92, Page 153 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas generally located at 9201 Metric Blvd., Austin, Texas 78741, from Amerio Investments, LLC for a total amount not to exceed $4,425,000 including closing costs. Funding: $4,425,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Resource Recovery.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve adoption of the Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations 2025-2027 Strategic Plan which provides a framework to address homelessness in Austin through effective policies, investments, and partnerships. Funding: Approving the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan does not have an immediate fiscal impact. The future financial impact will be determined as specific strategies and projects are identified and presented to City Council for approval and implementation.: Approved as Amended 10-0
• Approve an ordinance annexing approximately 9.776 acres of the Ross Road roadway and associated right-of way from the intersection of State Highway 71 East to approximately 381.35 feet south of Saint Thomas Drive into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction; and authorizing the City Manager to execute a service plan agreement with Travis County, the owner of the land. Case number: C7a-2026-0001. The property is currently located in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction contiguous to Council District 2. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Communities for Recovery to provide peer recovery counseling services for community intervention to prevent opioid overdoses by using evidence-based practices in opioid stewardship, opioid use disorder, and opioid harm reduction, to extend the agreement with a 12-month term ending on March 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $500,000. Funding: $250,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Opioid Settlement Fund Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Avita Drugs, LLC for pharmacy services for qualified residents to receive certain outpatient drugs at reduced prices under the 340B Drug Pricing Program for an initial six-month term beginning on April 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026, with up to four twelve-month extension options ending on September 30, 2030. Funding: This item is projected to result in additional revenue of $10,527 in the Operating Budget of Austin Public Health.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64(D) (Table of Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on segments of Elkhorn Mountain Trail from 57 feet north of Buckshot Trail to 37 feet south of Tantara Court, 20 miles per hour on Oro Valley Trail from 33 feet north of Modena Trail to Elkhorn Mountain Trail, and 20 miles per hour on Pheasant Rock Road from 104 feet north of Modena Trail to Elkhorn Mountain Trail for students attending Pond Springs Elementary School. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the implementation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant received by the City to increase funding by $5,000,000 for a total agreement amount not to exceed $15,000,000. Funding: $5,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Authorize an amendment to the City’s cost participation with the developer United Properties Development, LLC to increase the City’s share of the cost to design and construct oversized wastewater interceptors by $4,422,750, for a total amount not to exceed $9,500,000, related to Service Extension Request No. 5132R which will provide wastewater service to a proposed mixed-use development located at East Howard Lane and SH 130. Funding: $9,500,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Budget of Austin Water.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and commission bylaws.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to establish maximum off-street parking requirements within the equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) combining district and other transit corridors citywide with limited exceptions to exceed those maximum requirements through defined criteria, to collaborate with the development community, housing advocates and other stakeholders and to report back to Council.: Approved on Consent 9-1
• Approve a resolution initiating amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create new zoning districts that will allow for a range of small housing types such as townhomes, cottage courts, and small-scale multi-unit residential uses (also known as “missing middle housing”) and new zoning districts that will allow for developments that mix residential and commercial or civic uses (also known as “mixed-use”); and to amend existing Land Development Code provisions and administrative barriers to better facilitate missing middle housing and mixed-use development.: Approved on Consent 9-1
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to develop a process that provides procedural protection for City parkland that is subject to condemnation proceedings, explore the City’s options in responding to the condemnation process, report back to Council and initiate any amendments to the current joint use agreements with Austin Independent School District.: Approved on Consent 9-0
• Approve a resolution relating to the creation of a program that would expand economic opportunity for small businesses and initiate amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to update regulations that apply to neighborhood-scale commercial activity associated with residential uses (also known as “home occupations”), including allowing on-premises sales, authorizing exterior business activity, and establishing Accessory Commercial Units (ACUs) and Front Yard Businesses (FYBs).: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve a resolution authorizing negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to sell and convey approximately 0.0937 acres (4,219 square feet) of land located at 306 Saxon Lane, Austin, Texas, 78741 being all of that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the Santiago Del Valle Grant, Travis County, Texas, conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume 7118, Page 1009 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, for the purpose of contracting with a local nonprofit organization to construct and maintain a minimum of one unit of affordable housing for low-income households on the property.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore options and provide recommendations regarding policies to encourage or require unbundling parking fees from the cost to rent or purchase a unit in new residential developments.: Approved on Consent 9-1
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore partnership opportunities with independent school districts to repurpose closed school campuses, to develop a land policy to preserve public sites for community-beneficial uses and support equitable transit-oriented development policies, to identify potential funding sources, and to develop a list of priority properties and partnerships.: Approved on Consent 6-2
• Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore an interlocal agreement with Travis County to coordinate efforts to address transportation planning, public safety, and other factors for certain permitted special events within a certain proximity of the City’s corporate limits as determined by the terms of the agreement, and report back to Council.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Set a public hearing to consider an ordinance repealing and replacing City Code Chapter 25-12, Article 4 (Electrical Code) to adopt the 2026 National Electrical Code, Annex H, and local amendments. (Suggested date: April 23, 2026, at Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St., Austin, TX). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved on Consent 10-0
• Approve bylaw amendments for the Commission on Aging to correct outdated references to City departments, clarify staff support roles, and create the new Age-Friendly Advisory Committee. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Approve a resolution reappointing Judge Selena Alvarenga (joint appointment with Travis County) and Jessica Palvino to the Sobering Center Board of Directors.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to update the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan by adopting the Austin Core Transportation Plan. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved as amended 9-1
• Conduct a public hearing in accordance with Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26 and consider a resolution authorizing a change in use of dedicated parkland, known as Auditorium Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park, to permanently use approximately 2,369 square feet of parkland and temporarily use approximately 19,261 square feet of parkland in order to construct, operate, maintain, and repair an Austin Water reclaimed water line. Funding: This item includes a mitigation payment in the amount of $504,498 from Austin Water to Austin Parks and Recreation and, as a result, there is no impact to the General Fund.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development Code) to modify existing requirements and establish new requirements related to the posting of signs that provide notice of zoning and rezoning applications. Funding: Austin Planning charges a fee for zoning signs. The fee will be reevaluated if the City code amendment is approved.: Approved 9-1
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.172 acres of land located at 3603 and 3605 Robbins Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0007. Portions of both properties are located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction and the remaining portions are located in Austin’s limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.511 acres of land located at 2803 Pearce Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0008. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 2.65 acres of land located at 1928, 2000, 2100, and 2106 Manana Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0010. Portions of the properties are located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.346 acres of land located at 6707 Troll Haven, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0011. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 1.035 acres of land located at 1204 Rockcliff Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0012. A portion of the property is located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction and the remaining portion is located in Austin’s limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area ratio entitlements and increasing maximum building height to the project at 601, 607, 611, 615, and 619 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 1801 and 1809 Rio Grande Street, 1800, 1802, and 1806 Nueces Street, and 602 and 604 West 18th Street in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 9-1
• Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution supporting the application by Cameron Road Apartments Ltd., or an affiliated entity, for 4% Non-Competitive Housing Tax Credits for the development of a multifamily development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Cameron Road Apartments, located at or near 4915 East Yager Lane, Austin, Texas 78653, within the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Funding: Approving this resolution does not constitute any obligation of the City with respect to funding. This resolution will support the applicant’s application for federal Housing Tax Credits.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting local standards of care for youth recreational programs operated by the City and provide for emergency passage. Funding: this item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing 65 properties totaling approximately 35.36 acres adjacent to Lake Austin in Travis County, in the area generally bounded by FM 2222 to the north, Loop 1 to the east, Bee Cave Road to the south, and FM 620 to the west, under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0009. The properties are located in Austin’s full purpose and limited purpose jurisdictions in Council Districts 8 and 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.411 acres of land located at 3411 Westlake Drive, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0016. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.301 acres of land located at 4807 Laguna Lane, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0013. The property is in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction in Council District 8. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-10 (Sign Regulations) to revise requirements that apply to existing non-conforming off-premise signs (known as billboards) including when billboards can be relocated, where billboards can be relocated, and height requirements for relocated billboards; and waiving City Code Sections 25-1-501 and 25-1-502 related to initiating City Code amendments, public hearing notice, and Planning Commission review requirements for amendments to City Code Title 25.. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Postponed to April 23 at the request of Council Member Vela 9-0
• Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-10 (Sign Regulations) to authorize larger signs in the public right-of-way that include electronic images, light, and off-premises advertising and waiving City Code Section 25-1-501 (Initiation of Amendments). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 8-3
• C814-04-0187.03.SH - Goodnight Ranch PUD Amendment #3 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20061116-053 and City Code Title 25 by rezoning a portion of the property commonly referred to as the Goodnight Ranch Planned Unit Development and locally known as the East side of Old Lockhart Road between Nuckols Crossing Road and Capitol View Drive except Lot 3, Block J, of Goodnight Ranch Phase 2 (Onion Creek, Marble Creek Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from planned unit development (PUD) district zoning to planned unit development (PUD) district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant planned unit development (PUD) district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner: Austin Goodnight Ranch, LP. Applicant: City of Austin. City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.: Approved as amended on all three readings 10-0
• C14-2024-0160 - 1000 Red River - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1001 Trinity Street, 416 1/2 and 502 1/2 East 10th Street, 1000, 1001 1/2, 1018, and 1020 Red River Street, and 503, 505, 509 1/2, and 516 1/2 East 11th Street (Waller Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning, general commercial services (CS) district zoning, commercial-liquor sales (CS-1) district zoning, and multifamily residence moderate high density (MF-4) district zoning to downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Austin Real Estate Acquisitions LLC. Agent: Jackson Walker LLP (Pamela Madere). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740.: Postponed to April 9 at the request of CM Qadri 10-0
• C814-06-0175.07 - East Avenue PUD Amendment #7, Parcel A - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 and amending Ordinance No. 20070326-002 by rezoning property locally known as 3500, 3500 1/2, 3502, 3506, and 3700 North Interstate Highway 35 Service Road Southbound and 1010 1/2, 1012, 1012 1/2, 1018, and 1018 1/2 Concordia Avenue (Boggy Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning to planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner: 1010 Concordia LP, a Texas Limited Partnership (Taylor Wilson). Applicant: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.: Postponed to April 9 at the request of the Applicant 10-0
• C14-2025-0121 - 8901 East U.S. Highway 290 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 8901 East U.S. 290 Highway Service Road Eastbound (Walnut Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from community commercial-conditional overlay (GR-CO) combining district zoning and limited industrial service-conditional overlay (LI-CO) combining district zoning to limited industrial service (LI) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited industrial service (LI) district zoning. Owner: Springdale 2.9 LLC. Applicant: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057.: Postponed to April 23 at the request of the Applicant 10-0
• C14-2025-0126 - North Burnet/Gateway RSMU Rezoning - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as the area generally bounded by Braker Lane, Burnet Road, MoPac Expressway and Stonelake Boulevard. (Shoal Creek, Little Walnut Creek, and Walnut Creek Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from public (P) district, major industry (MI) district, North Burnet/Gateway-neighborhood plan (NBG-NP) combining district (Commercial Mixed Use Subdistrict), and industrial park-neighborhood plan (IP-NP) combining district zoning to North Burnet/Gateway-neighborhood plan (NBG-NP) combining district zoning (Research and Sciences Mixed Use Subdistrict). Owner: University of Texas System. Applicant: City of Austin - Austin Planning. City Staff: Jorge E. Rousselin, Austin Planning, 512-974-2975.: Approved on all three readings 10-0
• C14-2025-0106 - 108 W. Gibson - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 108 West Gibson Street and 107 West James Street (Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-equitable transit oriented development-density bonus ETOD-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner/Applicant: 3423 Gibson LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Austin Planning, 512-974-7620.: Approved as amended on all three readings 10-0
• C14-2025-0080 - 1811 East Cesar Chavez - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To deny commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Lodhia Investments LLC and G N Exim Corporation Inc. Agent: Keepers Land Planning (Ricca Keepers). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.: Postponed to April 9 at the request of the Applicant 10-0
• Approve an ordinance dissolving the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board and repealing City Code Section 2-1-172 (South Central Waterfront Advisory Board). Fiscal Note: This item has no fiscal impact.: Approved 10-0

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• Agenda

Summary

The Austin City Council held a regular meeting on March 26, 2026, covering a wide agenda including the consent agenda (with items on missing middle housing, parking reform, park land protection, home-based businesses, and school campus reuse), a homeless strategic plan, the Austin Core Transportation Plan, multiple zoning cases, billboard relocation, and IKE Smart City digital kiosks. The Council also convened briefly as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation board to approve a $3.5 million loan for a senior housing project. Notable actions included adopting the consent agenda with several members voting no or abstaining on specific items, adopting the Austin Core Transportation Plan with amendments, approving a 445-foot density bonus rezoning near Judges Hill, postponing a billboard relocation item, and approving digital kiosks in the public right-of-way.

Transcript

0:06 You are watching a meeting of the Austin City Council with Mayor Kirk Watson, Mayor pro, tim cheto,

0:16 Vela council members Natasha Harper Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, José velazquez, Ryan Alter, crystal lane, Mike Siegel, Paige Ellis, zoe

0:39 cadre, mark uchin, city attorney deborah thomas, city clerk erica brady, and city manager tc broad.

0:58 Good morning everybody. It's 10 o'clock in the morning on March 26th, 2026, and I will call to order the

1:05 regular meeting of the Austin City Council for today.

1:08 Uh, we are meeting in the City Council chambers located in City Hall at 3 0 1 west second street,

1:13 and we have a quorum of the Austin City Council present.

1:17 Um, what I'm gonna do first is I'm going to kind of go through the order of the

1:22 day, and then we will b begin the actual, uh, aspects of the meeting.

1:27 Uh, in a few minutes, I will read changes and corrections into the re uh, record, uh, which

1:34 changes the agenda. Um, there are no action items that, that have have been changed, but I'll, I'll

1:40 come back to that in a minute.

1:41 Then what we're gonna do is we're gonna go to our consent agenda.

1:44 Uh, there's only been one item pulled from the consent agenda, and that is item number 31.

1:49 Item number 31 has been pulled from the consent agenda.

1:53 After we hear from the public on, with comments on the items, on the consent agenda, we will

2:00 then have, uh, council members, uh, we'll have discuss.

2:04 I'll get, I'll take a motion and get a second, and then we will have discussion among the

2:08 council members with regard to, uh, the consent agenda.

2:11 And we will vote on the consent agenda as close to 10 30 as we can get, but

2:16 it will not be at 10 30 because of the number of people that have signed up to

2:19 speak on the consent agenda.

2:20 We will, uh, recess the Austin City Council meeting, and I'll call to order the Austin housing finance

2:26 corporation board of directors meeting.

2:27 That is one agenda item.

2:29 We will take that up and, um, then we will adjourn that meeting and go back to the

2:34 Austin City Council meeting.

2:36 My guess is that's when we will take up item number 31.

2:40 Um, we have a number of non-consent items that aren't pulled from the consent agenda, but they're non-consent

2:46 items because they come from the, uh, from council committees and under our rules.

2:50 Those are non-consent. Those are items 48, 49 and 74.

2:56 Those will be taken up after we take up Austin housing finance corporation, and probably after we take

3:02 up item number 31, we also have a number of public hearings.

3:07 Items 51 through item 66 are public hearings.

3:15 I will probably, well, I, I'll, I'll wait till we get to those and we'll see what, how

3:19 we're managing time. But what I'll say is, at least right now, those will probably be taken up

3:24 in the order of their numerical order, uh, at, at noon, wherever we are, uh, on the agenda

3:32 at noon, we will, uh, move to, we, we'll pause, uh, and we will go to our time,

3:39 certain public, general, public comment period.

3:43 I anticipate that we will recess at, at, at the end of that public comment, and that will

3:48 be around 1230 to 1235, probably till about one 10.

3:53 Uh, at one 10, we will reconvene and we will just, we'll go with wherever we are on

3:59 the agenda at that point in time.

4:00 And as close to two o'clock as possible, we will take up zoning items.

4:06 So that's the, unless there's questions, um, I'll now go to changes of corrections in the record.

4:11 Uh, as I indicated, there are no items that, uh, changes in corrections that I need to read

4:17 specifically to an agenda item, but I do want to, for the record, again, say that the item

4:22 pulled off the consent agenda is item number 31.

4:26 So with that, members, unless there's objection, we will go to the public comment on the consent items,

4:33 and I will ask the city clerk to navigate us through that process.

4:37 Thank you, Mayor. Starting with item two, nalia, acmi, sankofa, make sure you have this as well.

4:58 Oh, this is too on item eight.

5:01 William bunch, item 10.

5:03 William bunch, item 13.

5:05 William bunch, mr. Bunch.

5:37 Good morning, Mayor council members, bill bunch, uh, district five, save our springs alliance speaking on item eight,

5:45 which is, um, 2.2 and a half million dollars to upgrade the parking garage at the convention center.

5:54 Uh, just wanna flag whether is this really a priority?

5:59 I mean, y'all are trying to de-emphasize car parking.

6:03 Uh, it's a whole lot of money just to, uh, clean up, add some signage to a parking

6:09 garage. This is money that could really be used for delivering important services.

6:16 Um, it says that it's not part of the convention center expansion project.

6:22 Um, but the reason it's not is because there's no such thing as a convention center expansion project.

6:31 Y'all con continue to call that, call it that, but you tore down a perfectly functional convention center.

6:38 There's nothing to expand.

6:41 You're building an entirely new project that has nothing to do with the, uh, convention center we had,

6:48 uh, except it happens to be in the same location.

6:52 Um, it's, it's a fraud on the community on so many levels.

6:57 Uh, if you read texas monthly last week, you have, uh, the south by southwest ceo, saying they

7:06 May well not ever go back to the convention center.

7:09 That was a third of the entire business.

7:13 The entire annual business of the convention center was south.

7:17 By it's shrinking. It May not survive.

7:21 And they're saying point blank, they May not go there.

7:24 It's time for y'all to quit throwing money away, millions.

7:29 And here we're talking about billions misleading the public abusing the english language with zero integrity.

7:40 Please go a different way.

7:44 Um, I'm signed up for number 10.

7:46 I am skipping on that one.

7:48 She called me on item 13 also.

7:51 So I guess I do, I keep going.

7:53 Mayor, you have, you have two minutes on item 13.

7:56 Okay. Thank you very much.

7:58 Uh, speaking here, just on my own, uh, this item and the following several items is for various

8:05 types of, uh, computer services and software, um, enormous sums of money again, that you're spending, outsourcing, uh,

8:18 just doing the same old, same old when technology is rapidly changing.

8:23 I don't see any sort of coordination or valuation of any of these contracts, uh, whether we actually

8:32 need them or not.

8:33 It seems like at this point, there really needs to be a, a timeout and, and bringing a

8:41 bunch of that work in, in-house.

8:43 Um, item 14 related to 13.

8:48 It's a $78,000 contract that now all of a sudden is a $1.6 million contract.

8:57 It's just a, just a mere tweak, but it's a order of magnitude increase, and y'all aren't even

9:03 asking any questions, thinking twice.

9:06 And yet you say you care about affordability, that you've heard the, the community about taxes and spending

9:12 and fiscal accountability. Um, you're sleepwalking through this over and over, and you got four items here stacked

9:19 up. That's an enormous amount of spending that deserves a whole lot more attention.

9:23 Thank you, mr. Bunch.

9:25 You also signed up for 19, uh, yeah, I'm gonna skip on that one too.

9:31 Thank you. Item number 24, scott cobb, item 30, sharon blythe, and 30 ben sotheby.

9:51 Hello, my name is scott cobb.

9:52 I live in district nine, and I would like a meeting with mr.

9:56 Cadre. I am here because I, I should be in class at ut.

10:01 I skipped 'cause I knew no, no one would come and speak against this.

10:06 Just like last summer, no one came and talked to y'all about the dental insurance being taken away

10:11 by hr. This is another hr initiative that would set aside two over $2 million to line up probe

10:23 management law firms to investigate claims allegations against employees that I just had done by one of these

10:34 firms. Trudy oak law firm, employers law firm.

10:40 I'm signed up to speak April 9th on that.

10:43 In no case should treaty oak ever get any more additional contracts from the city of Austin.

10:51 I specifically asked for a reasonable accommodation because of my hearing problems, and they refused to allow me

10:59 to meet with them in person.

11:01 They required her to be on zoom.

11:02 I could not follow the conversation.

11:05 I repeatedly asked my lawyer, what is they saying?

11:08 What is going on?

11:10 They violated the law.

11:11 You hire them, you hire them again, they will mistreat your labor force.

11:19 You need to decide, are you on the side of management?

11:22 Are you on this side of the workers?

11:25 You set aside this $2.25 million, you are on the side of the management that $2 million could pay for

11:33 almost 20 years of dental insurance.

11:38 They retaliated against me.

11:40 They broke the law.

11:43 This law firm affirmed that without investigating a thorough investigation, without interviewing me,

11:56 ms. Blythe, hi, sharon blythe, district six.

12:01 I'm here to speak on item 30.

12:04 Uh, very rarely do I agree with an an item.

12:07 I kind of agree with this one, other than the agenda item didn't really specif specify who's gonna

12:13 be able to use the furniture outta the warehouse.

12:17 And I would like to know that before y'all vote on it, because, um, if it, I heard

12:24 in a meeting the other day that Austin city lutherans are supporting this, and I guess they would

12:29 be one of the organizations that would be allowed to go in there and get furniture for the

12:33 homeless. But I don't know who else would be able to do that.

12:35 Is it the general public or is it just the homeless?

12:38 And is there anybody here that could answer that question for me?

12:42 We'll get somebody to answer the question for you.

12:49 Go ahead and finish your testimony.

12:51 I'm done. Okay. Well then why don't you visit with, we'll have somebody I would like to, for

12:57 the public to hear his answer.

12:59 Well, that's really not the way we've set this up, but, um, go ahead and give a quick

13:02 answer. Yeah. Uh, uh, good morning council members richard ml, director frost and resource recovery.

13:08 Uh, we're still working on the business plan, but primarily this, uh, the furniture will be, um, we

13:12 will work with non-profit organizations that are in the business of getting homeless people back on their feet.

13:17 And so we'll be working with those groups.

13:19 Um, there May be a time later where we can be able to expand that program, but that

13:22 remains to be seen at this point.

13:23 Thank you very much, mr.

13:26 Sobe. Good morning, Mayor and council.

13:29 Uh, ben sobe. I'm speaking on behalf of myself for everything today.

13:32 Uh, on a vacation day, anyone who's worried about, uh, my, my daytime employment, um, I'm here to

13:39 speak in favor of this as a d four resident and somebody who bikes past this pretty regularly

13:44 on my way to soccer games and other events, going to grab a bite to eat.

13:49 Um, I am thinking about when, uh, people I know, you know, say a young couple, uh, they

13:56 decide to get married, and they're, they're moving in together and both of them have a perfectly good

14:01 use, uh, couch. What do you do with one of 'em?

14:05 Uh, I think it is wonderful for our city to, uh, set up ways that make that less

14:12 of a burden. This is not something that should go to, uh, our landfill and take up space.

14:17 It shouldn't be, uh, a burden for our resource recovery workers who work so hard and are so

14:22 dedicated to the city for them to try and fit that into, into, you know, regular service pickup,

14:28 uh, of your neighborhood, uh, recycling and trash and, and compost.

14:32 Uh, it is good for us to have a place where people can take those things.

14:36 And for our non-profits who work so hard and community organizations to, to connect people who are exiting

14:43 homelessness, to give them some of the basic things to make their next situation feel like home.

14:48 Uh, this is a good, it is good in climate impacts too.

14:52 Think about how much energy goes into building furniture, moving furniture for it to end up taking up

14:59 space in our limited, uh, you know, dump.

15:02 That's, that's, uh, not a good use.

15:05 Having, uh, you know, the reduce, reuse, recycle as we learned in elementary school.

15:10 This is, this is that reuse is very good, good for the climate, good for the people who

15:15 are donating something and good for the people who are receiving it.

15:18 So, just wanted to come and speak in favor of this, uh, since it is in d four.

15:23 Thanks. Item 37, bill bunch,

15:31 mr. Bunch,

15:39 call. Please call some other names while we're waiting on mr.

15:41 Bunch to come down so we, people will know they're coming up.

15:44 Sure. My next speaker's remote, but I'll go ahead and call some in person.

15:46 Item 39, streetcar nalu, jeff dickerson, christian chop, and zachary fadi.

15:54 So if your name's been called, please make your way forward, mr.