500 East 3rd Street (File 26-2443)
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Authorize negotiation and execution of a license agreement with Boldyn Networks US IV, LLC on behalf of Austin Convention Center, for an initial term of seven years, plus one three-year extension option, for the installation of a Distributed Antenna System for the purpose of increasing connectivity for convention and event-related activities, and to maintain reliable cellular service at the Austin Convention Center located at 500 East 3rd Street, Austin, Texas 78701, the Palmer Events Center located at 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78704, and the Warehouse and Marshalling Yard, located at 1400 Airport Commerce Drive, Austin, Texas 78741, collectively. Funding: This item is projected to result in additional revenue of $200,000 in the Operating Budget of Austin Convention Center when the new convention center is in operation.
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Obtain draft antenna license agreement before execution authority is used
Applies if: You represent a carrier, venue tenant, or event operator needing service at these sites
Why now: File 26-2443 authorizes negotiation and execution of a license covering 500 East 3rd Street, 900 Barton Springs Road, and 1400 Airport Commerce Drive, with revenue of $200,000 projected only once the new convention center operates; the Council outcome is not recorded.
What to do: Get the draft license agreement with Boldyn Networks and check how its seven-year term and three-year extension option handle the three covered sites, and whether anything addresses the not-yet-operating new convention center. Ask whether revenue or term obligations start before that facility opens.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why convention center antenna license revenue depends on new facility
Why now: File 26-2443 (City Council, 2026-09-10, no outcome recorded) projects $200,000 in added Austin Convention Center operating revenue only 'when the new convention center is in operation', while covering a seven-year term plus a three-year option across three sites.
What to do: Request the Boldyn Networks license agreement draft and the staff revenue calculation behind the $200,000 projection. The record ties that revenue to when the new convention center is in operation, but gives no date, so readers cannot tell when the city would actually collect anything.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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Authorize negotiation and execution of a license agreement with Boldyn Networks US IV, LLC on behalf of Austin Convention Center, for an initial term of seven years, plus one three-year extension option, for the installation of a Distributed Antenna System for the purpose of increasing connectivity for convention and event-related activities, and to maintain reliable cellular service at the Austin Convention Center located at 500 East 3rd Street, Austin, Texas 78701, the Palmer Events Center located at 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78704, and the Warehouse and Marshalling Yard, located at 1400 Airport Commerce Drive, Austin, Texas 78741, collectively. Funding: This item is projected to result in additional revenue of $200,000 in the Operating Budget of Austin Convention Center when the new convention center is in operation.