Austin Matters
74 active of 145 total legislative matters tracked.
Austin City Limits Underwriting Agreement with KLRU (26-2164)
The City would enter a five-year agreement with the Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council, doing business as KLRU and Austin PBS, to provide production underwriting for the Austin City Limits television concert series. The city would pay no more than $1,327,284 over the term, funded from the Austin Convention Center Department's operating budget.
Visit Austin Tourism Promotion Agreement and Marketing Plan (26-2163)
The City would enter a five-year agreement, with one five-year extension option, with the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, doing business as Visit Austin, to promote conventions and tourism, paying up to $19,993,429 for the first fiscal year. Council would also approve Visit Austin's $22,453,889 marketing plan and budget and set the contract payment as required by state tax law. The city's payment would come from Hotel Occupancy Tax funds in the Tourism and Promotion Fund and from the Austin Convention Center Department's operating budget, and depends on approval of those budgets.
1017 W Slaughter Lane (File 26-2543)
A resolution is proposed to support Verbena Flats LP's application for federal 4% non-competitive housing tax credits to build a multifamily development called Verbena Flats at or near 1017 W Slaughter Lane. The project would be financed through the private activity bond program, and approving the resolution does not obligate the City to provide any funding.
Walsh Street Ventures Zoning Change at 6th and Walsh (C14-2025-0003)
A request is proposed to change the zoning conditions for properties on West 6th Street and Walsh Street in the Lady Bird Lake Watershed to increase the maximum floor to area ratio, which limits how much building space is allowed relative to lot size. The properties would keep their current limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan zoning. The owners and applicants are Walsh Street Ventures, LLC; Walsh Street Ventures 2, LLC; and Cohn Ventures, LLC.
Round Rock ISD Career & Technical Education Center at Spectrum Drive (C14-2026-0021)
A change to the planned development conditions is proposed for the property at 9900 Spectrum Drive, which would keep the existing industrial park-planned development area zoning but modify its conditions. The site is the Round Rock ISD Career & Technical Education Center, and the owner and applicant is Dennis Covington, represented by Civilitude.
HPI Acquisition Industrial Rezoning at Dalton Lane (C14-2026-0019)
HPI Acquisition, LLC asks to change the zoning of the property at 1019 Dalton Lane from interim-rural residence to limited industrial service. City staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission recommend limited industrial service with a conditional overlay, which would add specific conditions or limits to the zoning. The property is in the Carson Creek Watershed, and Winstead PC is acting as the applicant's agent.
OP Park Place Covenant Termination at 4009 Banister Lane (C14-86-128(RCT))
OP Park Place Property, LLC seeks to terminate a public restrictive covenant, a legal restriction on how land can be used, tied to an earlier zoning case for the property at 4009 Banister Lane in the West Bouldin Creek Watershed. City staff and the Planning Commission have recommended granting the termination.
Medical Parkway Plaza Rezoning at 4106 Medical Parkway (C14-2026-0027)
Medical Parkway Plaza, LLC seeks to rezone property at 4106 Medical Parkway, and a portion of 4100 and 4102 1/2 Medical Parkway, from limited office zoning to community commercial zoning with a conditional overlay, equitable transit-oriented development, and a density bonus. City staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission both recommend granting the change.
Austin Water Public Zoning at North Capital of Texas Highway (C14-2026-0033)
Austin Water seeks to rezone property at 1107 1/2 North Capital of Texas Highway Northbound, in the Bee Creek Watershed, to public (P) district zoning. The land is currently zoned interim-rural residence (I-RR) and single family residence standard lot (SF-2). City staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission recommend granting the public zoning.
Rezoning at 7401 West US 290 Highway (C14-2025-0123)
The proposal would rezone property at 7401 West US 290 Highway by amending City Code Title 25.
Rezoning at 3416 Davis Lane (C14-2026-0001)
The City Council is considering a zoning change for property at 3416 Davis Lane through an amendment to City Code Title 25.
Austin ISD Former Brooke Elementary Rezoning at East 4th Street (C14-2025-0125)
The Austin Independent School District seeks to rezone the former Brooke Elementary School site at 3100 East 4th Street from a public-use designation to general commercial services with mixed-use and vertical mixed-use building allowances, along with conditions and neighborhood plan rules. The change would allow the property to be redeveloped for commercial and mixed-use purposes. City staff and the Planning Commission both recommend approving the request.
Former Brooke Elementary Land Use Change (NPA-2025-0016.02)
The Austin Independent School District seeks to change the future land use designation of the property at 3100 East 4th Street from Civic to Mixed Use in the Govalle/Johnston Terrace Combined Neighborhood Plan. The change would apply to the site of the former Brooke Elementary School and is part of its redevelopment.
Local Workforce Support in Convention Center Contracts (26-2936)
This resolution would affirm the City Council's commitment to support workers and would direct the City Manager to develop and incentivize a qualified, local workforce in certain Convention Center contracts.