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View all →July 2026
At the July 30, 2026 City Council meeting, Item #3, File 26-2208, proposed placing multiple charter amendments on the November 3, 2026 special charter amendment election ballot. [1] Item 6 was on the July 23, 2026 City Council agenda for negotiation and execution of a battery storage agreement with Balcones Ridge Resiliency II, LLC, a Jupiter Power subsidiary, covering up to 200 megawatts of electrical power capacity from a utility-scale battery facility at up to $16,000,000 per year for up to 20 years and a total amount not to exceed $320,000,000. [3]
Several municipal briefings were scheduled on housing, development, and public-safety matters. [1] [2]
The May 21 agenda included proposed financing of up to $1,000,000,000 for the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion and Enhancements Project through a direct EPA loan agreement. [4] On May 21, Item 16 proposed issuing Convention Center Project Special Tax Revenue Bonds in a par amount not to exceed $1,350,000,000. [4]
April agendas included proposed development financing, water and wastewater construction contracts, rezoning, and consideration of public health services. [4] [9] [10]
Matters to Watch
View all matters →Rezoning at 8901 East U.S. Highway 290 (C14-2025-0121)
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Ask who kept postponing the East Highway 290 industrial rezoning
Why now: The same case text with the same staff and commission recommendation to grant limited industrial service zoning ran on March 26, April 23, May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026 without a resolution.
What to do: File a records request for the postponement requests, backup memos, and any valid petition filings tied to this case across its five Council appearances, and ask whether the applicant, staff, or neighborhood opposition drove each delay. Staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission have recommended approval the entire time, so four months of carryover with unchanged agenda language is the story.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Pull conditional overlay conditions before planning East Highway 290 industrial site
Why now: Staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission both recommend granting limited industrial service (LI) zoning, replacing GR-CO and LI-CO on property owned by Springdale 2.9 LLC, per the July 23, 2026 Council item.
What to do: Request the ordinances that created the existing community commercial-conditional overlay and limited industrial service-conditional overlay on the 8901 East U.S. 290 tract from case manager Jonathan Tomko, and list exactly which uses those overlays prohibit; straight limited industrial zoning would restore them. Without that list you cannot price which building types and tenant uses actually become feasible if the rezoning passes.
Act before: After Council acts on the rezoning ordinance
Obtain postponement records for stalled East Highway 290 rezoning
Why now: The identical item text appears on Council agendas on March 26, April 23, May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026 with no recorded disposition, and the applicant of record is Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo).
What to do: Ask Austin Planning staff (Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057) for the written postponement requests and the notice history for each of the five Council settings, and confirm whether the public hearing was ever formally opened, closed, or reopened. If re-notification was required for any reset date, the record should show it before an ordinance is adopted.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Learn which industrial uses could return near Walnut Creek
Why now: The application seeks to remove GR-CO and LI-CO conditional overlays in favor of straight limited industrial service (LI) zoning in the Walnut Creek Watershed, per the item text carried to July 23, 2026.
What to do: Call case manager Jonathan Tomko at 512-974-1057 and ask for the list of uses currently barred by the conditional overlays on the 8901 East U.S. 290 service road tract, plus any drainage or water quality conditions tied to the Walnut Creek Watershed. Dropping the overlays would allow the full range of limited industrial service uses, including operations with truck traffic and outdoor activity, next to the eastbound frontage road.
Act before: After Council acts on the rezoning ordinance
South Shore Addition at Lakeshore Boulevard (C814-2008-0087.02)
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Obtain redline amending 2009 South Shore planned unit development ordinance
Why now: The July 23, 2026 notice lists the owner/applicant as 1717 Lakeshore, LP and Morrison-Moore Properties, Ltd., while the April 23, May 7 and May 28, 2026 notices list Grayco SS Land 2011, LP and Morrison-Moore Properties, Ltd., with staff contact Jonathan Tomko, AICP, 512-974-1057.
What to do: Request from Austin Planning staff the draft ordinance text showing exactly how Ordinance No. 20091217-126 is being amended to fold in the three new tracts, plus the list of Planning Commission modifications behind the phrase 'as modified.' Ask whether the applicant substitution recorded between the May 28 and July 23 notices required any refiled applicant authorization or updated ownership affidavit — without that document you cannot assess whether the notice chain supports the pending first reading.
Act before: After the requested ordinance draft and applicant authorization are produced
Compare South Lakeshore rezoning terms against East Riverside Corridor rules
Why now: The April 23, May 7, May 28 and July 23, 2026 Council items all describe the same request to rezone from East Riverside Corridor (Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict) to planned unit development-neighborhood plan and to amend Ordinance No. 20091217-126, with possible fee waivers and regulation modifications.
What to do: Pull the proposed planned unit development ordinance and the Planning Commission's 'as modified' recommendation for 1705 and 1717 South Lakeshore Boulevard and 1712 East Riverside Drive, and line up its height, setback and site-development terms against the East Riverside Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict baseline the sites sit in today. The staff notice states the ordinance may include fee exemptions or waivers, alternative funding methods and modifications of City regulations — those are the entitlements worth pricing, and they are still being negotiated because only first reading has been noticed.
Act before: After first reading is approved and the ordinance draft is posted
Ask why applicant changed on Lakeshore Boulevard rezoning case
Why now: The applicant is listed as Grayco SS Land 2011, LP on the April 23, May 7 and May 28, 2026 notices but as 1717 Lakeshore, LP on the July 23, 2026 notice, across four postings of the same first-reading item.
What to do: Ask Austin Planning and agent Michael J. Whellan of Armbrust & Brown why the owner/applicant on this South Lakeshore Boulevard rezoning switched entities partway through, and request the deed or assignment plus any updated agent authorization. Then ask why the item has been noticed four times since April without a first-reading approval — staff and the Planning Commission both recommended granting it, so the holdup is not a staff-commission split.
Act before: After the requested ownership and authorization records are produced
Get modification list for Lakeshore Boulevard lakefront rezoning request
Why now: Each of the four 2026 Council notices seeks to rezone those three addresses out of the East Riverside Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict into a planned unit development-neighborhood plan district, with city staff contact Jonathan Tomko, AICP, 512-974-1057.
What to do: Call city planner Jonathan Tomko at 512-974-1057 and ask for the specific Planning Commission modifications and the proposed development program for 1705 and 1717 South Lakeshore Boulevard and 1712 East Riverside Drive, which sit in the Lady Bird Lake Watershed. Approval would replace the corridor zoning that applies today with project-specific planned unit development rules, so height, setbacks and site standards along this stretch of lakefront would be governed by the negotiated ordinance rather than the corridor code.
Act before: After the next material record update
Circuit of the Americas Planned Unit Development Amendment (C814-2018-0122.03)
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Trace Circuit zoning amendment repeat hearings
Why now: The matter appeared before City Council four times—April 23, May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026—without a recorded next procedural step.
What to do: Request the City Council agenda backups, minutes, and any amendment versions for all four appearances to determine why the Circuit of the Americas planned development amendment returned repeatedly and whether its terms changed between hearings. Without those records, the reason for the April-to-July sequence will remain unexplained before the next action occurs.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Rezoning at 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street (C14-2025-0080)
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Obtain petition tabulation for East Cesar Chavez liquor rezoning
Why now: Every posting of the case from April 9, 2026 through July 23, 2026 carries the identical notation that 'a valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request,' with case manager Jonathan Tomko, AICP, listed as the staff contact.
What to do: Ask Austin Planning for the signed opposition petition, the ownership-area tabulation showing how the city calculated it as valid, and any amended tabulation filed since the case was first posted; then confirm in writing whether the petition is still deemed valid on the date of the next hearing. Without that paperwork you cannot tell whether the voting threshold treatment applied at the dais matches the record, and the file becomes far harder to reconstruct after an ordinance is passed.
Act before: After the petition tabulation and staff records are produced
Ask who keeps postponing East Cesar Chavez liquor rezoning
Why now: The item has been posted eight times, appearing on April 9, April 23, May 21, May 28 and July 23, 2026 with staff recommending denial and the Planning Commission recommending approval of the same commercial-liquor sales zoning, with agent Ricca Keepers of Keepers Land Planning representing owners Lodhia Investments LLC and G N Exim Corporation Inc.
What to do: Request the postponement requests and back-up for each of the five council postings between April 9 and July 23, 2026 to establish whether the applicant's agent, a council office, or the neighborhood asked for each delay — and pair that with the staff report explaining why planners recommend denial while the Planning Commission recommends approval. The repeated re-posting with unchanged language is the story: nobody has explained on the record what is being negotiated between hearings.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check hours and use limits in East Cesar Chavez rezoning
Why now: The request converts general commercial services-mixed use zoning to commercial-liquor sales zoning at 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street in the Lady Bird Lake Watershed, staff recommends denial, and a valid opposition petition is already on file as of the July 23, 2026 posting; staff contact Jonathan Tomko can be reached at 512-974-1057.
What to do: Ask the case manager for the exact conditional overlay language proposed with the commercial-liquor sales district — specifically whether it caps hours of operation, limits floor area for alcohol sales, or bars other uses — because the overlay, not the base district, is what would actually govern a package or bar use next to your block. If the overlay is silent on hours, the time to get that condition added is before council acts, not after the ordinance is adopted.
Act before: After the next material record update
Pull existing overlay conditions before betting on liquor sales zoning
Why now: The applicant has sought conversion from general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan to commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan since at least April 9, 2026, and staff have recommended denial at all five council postings through July 23, 2026.
What to do: Before underwriting this site or a comparable one nearby, pull the ordinance that established the current conditional overlay and neighborhood plan combining district to see which uses are already prohibited, since that overlay would carry into any new district and may block the retail concept you are pricing. With staff recommending denial and an opposition petition on file, plan around the existing mixed-use entitlement rather than assuming the liquor-sales upgrade lands.
Act before: After the next material record update
South Shore Apartments Planned Unit Development at 1404 East Riverside Drive (C814-2025-0111)
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Ask why East Riverside apartment rezoning stalled three times
Why now: The same item appeared on Council agendas May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026 with an unchanged staff and Planning Commission recommendation to grant planned unit development-neighborhood plan zoning, and case manager Jonathan Tomko is listed at 512-974-1057.
What to do: Request the postponement memos and any applicant- or council-initiated postponement requests for the three Council settings of this Riverside Drive planned unit development, and ask the case manager what changed between hearings. Both city staff and the Planning Commission recommended granting the zoning, so three trips to Council without resolution is the story — and the paper trail gets harder to reconstruct once an ordinance is adopted and the case file is closed.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Pull waiver list for Riverside Drive apartment development plan
Why now: The ordinance caption for this case expressly contemplates exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property, on a site being rezoned out of the East Riverside Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict.
What to do: Request the planned unit development backup exhibits showing exactly which East Riverside Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict standards — height, density, setbacks, impervious cover — the applicant is asking to modify, plus the fee waivers, alternative funding, and property acquisition flagged in the ordinance caption. If any of that acquisition or infrastructure obligation touches adjacent frontage or shared drainage, you want to know before the ordinance text is finalized rather than after.
Act before: After Council adopts the rezoning ordinance
Get draft ordinance text before third apartment zoning hearing
Why now: The item was posted three times (May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026) with a caption authorizing fee waivers, modifications of City regulations, and property acquisition, and the Planning Commission recommendation shifted from 'to be reviewed on May 12, 2026' to a recommendation to grant.
What to do: Obtain the current draft ordinance and PUD land use plan from the case manager and compare the modification list against what was posted for the May 21 and May 28 settings; if the requested code modifications or fee waivers changed between postponements, confirm with staff whether renotification of the public hearing was required. Ask staff to identify the specific superiority findings the city is relying on, rather than assuming the earlier posted version still controls.
Act before: After the next material record update
Check drainage and height limits for Riverside apartment plan
Why now: The case rezones 1404 East Riverside Drive from East Riverside Corridor Mixed Use subdistrict zoning to a planned unit development in the Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds, with a caption allowing modifications of City regulations.
What to do: Ask the case manager for the planned unit development site plan showing proposed building height and impervious cover, and how they compare to what the current East Riverside Corridor zoning would allow — this site drains to Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch. A planned unit development replaces the standard corridor rules with negotiated, site-specific ones, so any drainage or height commitments you care about need to be written into the ordinance before Council votes, not after.
Act before: After Council adopts the rezoning ordinance
Saxon 2 Rezoning at Saxon Lane (C14-2024-0099)
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Ask why Saxon Lane apartment rezoning stalled three times
Why now: Identical items appeared on April 9, May 28, and July 23, 2026, each showing staff recommending denial of MF-2-NP and the Planning Commission recommending it be granted, with case manager Cynthia Hadri (512-974-7620) listed throughout.
What to do: Ask the Austin Planning Department and the applicant's agent why this rezoning has been set for a council public hearing three separate times since April without resolution, and request the postponement requests and any neighborhood agreement drafts exchanged between hearings. The unexplained repetition, paired with staff recommending denial while the Planning Commission recommended approval, is the story the agenda text never explains.
Act before: After the requested postponement and staff records are produced
Check what apartments could replace townhomes at Saxon Lane
Why now: The request converts SF-6-NP (townhouse and condominium) to MF-2-NP (multifamily low density) at 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street, and the item has been posted for council on April 9, May 28, and July 23, 2026.
What to do: If you live near 318 Saxon Lane or 6328 El Mirando Street, call case manager Cynthia Hadri at 512-974-7620 and ask what unit count, height, and driveway access multifamily low density zoning would permit compared with the townhouse and condominium zoning in place today. Because the item has been reset three times, the next council hearing can approve it with little advance notice.
Act before: After the next council hearing on this rezoning
Verify watershed limits before pricing Saxon Lane apartment yield
Why now: The posted item identifies 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street as within the Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds and shows the SF-6-NP to MF-2-NP request still pending after April 9, May 28, and July 23, 2026 hearings.
What to do: Before underwriting a multifamily low density project here, confirm the impervious cover and water quality controls that apply because the tract sits in both the Country Club East and Colorado River watersheds, and model whether the achievable unit count still beats the townhouse and condominium yield already allowed by right. Nothing is entitled yet — no ordinance has been adopted after three council settings.
Act before: After council acts on the rezoning ordinance
Obtain staff denial memo behind Saxon Lane apartment rezoning
Why now: Every posting from April 9, May 28, and July 23, 2026 shows staff recommending denial of MF-2-NP while the Planning Commission recommended granting it, with both districts carrying the neighborhood plan (-NP) combining designation.
What to do: Request the full staff report from case manager Cynthia Hadri that supports the recommendation to deny multifamily low density zoning, and determine whether the stated basis is a conflict with the adopted neighborhood plan carried by the -NP combining district — if so, ask in writing whether a neighborhood plan amendment is a prerequisite to the ordinance. Getting that answer before council votes preserves the argument; raising it afterward is harder.
Act before: After the staff report is produced or council adopts the ordinance
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