City CouncilThursday, April 9, 2026 · 10:00 AM · Austin City Hall

#1Approves the minutes of the Austin City Council regular meeting held on March 12, 2026.

#2Approves a settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by Marvin Reyes and the Tahay family. Funding is available from the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Liability Reserve Fund.

#3Approves an ordinance suspending Atmos Energy Corporation's proposed interim rate adjustment under its Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program.

#4Approves an ordinance to suspend the interim Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program rate adjustment proposed by Texas Gas Service Company.

#5Authorizes a contract with Netsync Network Solutions for Ciena dense wavelength division multiplexing products and services for Austin Energy, with a two-year initial term and up to three one-year extensions.

#6Authorize a vegetation-management contract with Wright Tree Service for street lighting around Austin Energy facilities, with a three-year initial term and up to three one-year extensions.

#7Authorizes a vegetation management services contract for Austin Energy's electric distribution system with Eocene Environmental Group for three years, with up to three one-year extensions.

#8Authorizes a two-year contract, with up to three one-year extensions, to supply transformer bushings for Austin Energy.

#9Authorizes construction services for the Lady Bird Lake Bore for Pedernales Reconductor project, including a contingency amount.

#10Ratify a construction contract with Santa Clara Construction Ltd. for erosion and drainage improvements on the Little Walnut Creek - Jamestown Tributary project.

#11Authorizes a construction-services contract with Facilities Rehabilitation, Inc. for the Astor Place Water and Wastewater Pipeline Rehabilitation project. The contract includes a contingency and may not exceed $7,148,071.

#12Authorize a construction contract with Santa Clara Construction, Ltd. for the Cameron Road Wastewater Improvements project for Austin Water, including contingency funding.

#13Authorizes an $81,000 contingency increase for the Barton Creek - Bank Erosion Restoration at 1732 Toomey Road construction contract, raising the not-to-exceed amount to $5,815,545.

#14Authorizes a $9.5 million increase to the 2019 Small Scale Water and Wastewater Facilities Engineering Services Rotation List contracts, raising the combined not-to-exceed total to $20 million.

#15Authorizes a contract for OEM parts and repair services for Labrie refuse trucks used by Austin Fleet Mobility Services, with a three-year initial term and extension options.

#16Authorizes a contract for OEM parts and repair services for Toro lawn equipment used by Austin Fleet Mobility Services, with a two-year initial term and extension options.

#17Authorizes a traffic-cone supply contract for all City departments with Jaydee Group USA Inc. for an initial two-year term and up to three one-year extensions.

#18Authorizes a coronavirus pandemic cost-recovery support contract for Austin Emergency Management with Hagerty Consulting for an initial one-year term and up to three one-year extensions.

#19Authorize a five-year potential contract for Apple products and services for City departments through CDW-related vendors, with an initial one-year term and four extension options.

#20Authorize a 36-month lease with Mexic-Arte to temporarily relocate the Mexic-Arte Museum to the Austin History Center, with an optional 12-month extension. The lease covers approximately 12,072 square feet at an annual rate of $100 and is projected to generate $400 in additional library operating revenue through fiscal years 2026-2030.

#21Authorize a sixth amendment to extend Austin Police's warehouse lease with LCG Techni Center, LLC for 5,000 square feet through September 2031, with an additional five-year extension option.

#22Authorize acquisition of approximately 49.217 acres at 11904 Old San Antonio Road for park and recreation purposes, including closing costs.

#23Authorize an application for and acceptance of state grant funding to continue the Legal Advocacy for Violent Crime Victims Project, with a required City match from the Austin Police Department operating budget.

#24Authorize application for and acceptance of state grant funding for the Austin Police Department's Peace Officer Mental Health Project. No City funding match is required.

#25Authorizes negotiation and execution of a contract for wastewater-line replacement and roadway resurfacing at a low-income residential community.

#26Amends Resolution No. 20250410-063 to set the City Clerk's vacation-leave accrual rate equal to the highest rate available to eligible regular full-time exempt City employees. The item has no fiscal impact.

#27Approves an ordinance setting the Municipal Court Clerk's vacation leave accrual rate equal to the highest rate available to eligible regular full-time exempt City employees.

#28Authorizes an agreement with Central Texas Food Bank, Inc. to operate Title I school food pantries serving children and families in Austin-area school districts through September 30, 2026.

#29Amends the Austin Public Health Department operating budget to accept and appropriate up to $781,000 from the Texas Department of State Health Services for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Contract. No City funding match is required.

#30Amends the Austin Public Health Department Special Revenue Budget to accept and appropriate up to $94,000 in additional state grant funding for sexually transmitted disease and HIV disease intervention specialists.

#31Authorize an application for and acceptance of state grant funding to continue the GoATX Project Truancy Prevention Project, with no required City match.

#32Amends the Transportation and Public Works budgets to accept Texas Department of Transportation funding and install traffic monitoring systems citywide. The ordinance also appropriates the funds and provides the required City match.

#33Approve budget amendments to accept state transportation funding and appropriate it for Advanced Traffic Management System enhancements and expansion of the traffic signal communications network. The item also identifies a required City funding match.

#34Amends the Transportation and Public Works budgets to accept state funding and appropriate it for advanced traffic-signal vehicle-detection technology citywide. The project requires a City capital-budget match.

#35Authorize an emergency water service agreement under which Austin could temporarily provide water to the City of Round Rock during an emergency, with Round Rock paying related charges. The item has no fiscal impact.

#36Approves appointments, related waivers, member removals and replacements, and bylaw amendments for boards, commissions, Council committees, intergovernmental bodies, and public facility corporations.

#37Approve an ordinance to waive or reimburse certain fees for Austin Roundup 2026, to be held at the Dougherty Arts Center on April 24-25, 2026.

#38Approve an ordinance waiving or reimbursing certain fees for the Celebration of Life of Bernadette Phifer at the George Washington Carver Cultural Center on April 1, 2026.

#39Approve the waiver or reimbursement of certain fees for the 19th Annual Missions 5K Run-Walk at St. James Missionary Baptist Church on April 18, 2026.

#40Approve an ordinance to waive or reimburse certain fees for Austin Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Day at the Asian American Resource Center on October 10, 2025.

#41Authorizes eminent-domain proceedings to acquire a 0.282-acre right-of-way at Mount Larson Road for a regional radio communications tower supporting public-safety and public-service coverage.

#42The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Directors meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, then reconvene Council afterward. The item has no fiscal impact.

#43Conduct a public hearing and approve a resolution expanding the Austin Downtown Public Improvement District to include one parcel at 360 Nueces Street.

#44Public hearing and ordinance to disannex approximately 0.043 acres at 3103 Fritz Hughes Park Road under Texas Senate Bill 1844.

#45Public hearing and ordinance consideration to disannex approximately 4.047 acres across five Manana Street properties under Texas Senate Bill 1844. The properties span full- and limited-purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10, with no fiscal impact.

#46Public hearing and ordinance to amend the East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan future land use map, changing several Christ Church properties to Mixed Use land use.

#47Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the Christ Church of Central Austin properties at 112 Medina Street, 1005 East 2nd Street, and 105 San Marcos Street. The request would change zoning from SF-3-NP to CS-MU-CO-DB90-NP, consistent with the Planning Commission's amended recommendation.

#48Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone 206 Medina Street and 1010 East 2nd Street for mixed-use and vertical mixed-use development.

#49Public hearing and ordinance to amend the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan future land use map for 400 Vargas Road and 6520 Lynch Lane from Commercial to Mixed Use.

#50Public hearing and ordinance to rezone Vargas Mixed Use at 400 Vargas Road and 6520 Lynch Lane. The proposal would apply commercial and neighborhood commercial density-bonus zoning, with a conditional overlay recommended for Tract 1.

#51Public hearing and ordinance to amend the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan future land use map for Saxon Acres 2 at 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street, changing the designation from Single Family to Multifamily Residential. Staff recommends denial, while the Planning Commission recommends approval.

#52Conducts a public hearing and considers rezoning the Saxon 2 properties at 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street from SF-6-NP to MF-2-NP. Staff recommends denial, while the Planning Commission recommends approval.

#53Conduct a public hearing and approve a rezoning ordinance for the West Lynn Church Site at 1308 West Lynn Street and 1611 West 14th Street. The request would change Tract 1 to CS-MU-CO-NP zoning and Tract 2 to LR-MU-CO-NP zoning, consistent with staff and Planning Commission recommendations.

#54Conduct a public hearing and approve a City Code Title 25 ordinance rezoning multiple properties around Red River, Trinity Street, and East 10th and 11th Streets to downtown mixed use (DMU) zoning.

#55Public hearing and ordinance to amend the East Avenue PUD conditions for Parcel A through a rezoning amendment.

#56Public hearing and ordinance to rezone 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street from CS-MU-CO-NP to CS-1-CO-NP to allow commercial liquor sales. Staff recommends denial, while the Planning Commission recommends approval; an opposition petition was filed.