July 2026 Report

Item #6 proposed an agreement with Balcones Ridge Resiliency II, LLC, a Jupiter Power subsidiary, for up to 200 megawatts of battery-storage capacity, with a total agreement amount not to exceed $320,000,000 under File 26-2096. [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda included a proposed $69,125,000 portfolio of five contracts for city HVAC variable refrigerant flow and chiller systems. [3]City Council — Jul 23 File 26-2101 proposed authorizing acquisition of approximately 6.041 acres at or near 4800 Bolm Road for an amount not to exceed $3,950,000, including closing costs, funded from 2022 General Obligation Bonds in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Budget. [2]Austin Housing Finance Corporation — Jul 23

Item 82 proposed a cost-participation agreement with Vanterra Capital Group, LLC, under which the City could reimburse up to $5,720,080 for design and construction costs associated with oversized wastewater lift-station, force-main, and gravity-main facilities. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 111, file 26-2095, scheduled a public hearing on creating Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 21 for Dog’s Head, covering 2,645 acres bounded by the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 105, file 26-2035, scheduled a public hearing on annexing approximately 1.9 acres near 11819 South IH 35 Service Road Northbound from Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction. [3]City Council — Jul 23

The July 23 City Council agenda included a five-year bank depository-services contract with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., not to exceed $2,500,000, in File 26-1984. [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda included two power-washing and parking-lot-cleaning contracts with Yosan Inc. d/b/a International Building Services and Time Machine LLC d/b/a Time Machine LLC ATX, with a one-year initial term and up to four one-year extensions, not to exceed $6,300,000, in File 26-1989. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 66 proposed an initial 13-month agreement beginning September 1, 2026, with Foundation Communities for services at the City-owned Arbor Terrace community. [3]City Council — Jul 23

City Council’s agenda included a proposed $1,000 expenditure from the City Council District 3 Operating Budget for Austin Parks and Recreation to purchase backpacks and school supplies for the Montopolis Backpack Giveaway scheduled for August 1, 2026. [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda featured a proclamation for Parks and Recreation Month, presented by Council Member Ryan Alter. [3]City Council — Jul 23 File 26-2112 was scheduled as a briefing on the Austin Parks and Recreation parkland acquisition process, requested by Management Services. [7]Climate, Water, Environment, and Parks Committee — Jul 15

On July 30, Item #3, File 26-2208, proposed placing multiple charter amendments on the November 3, 2026 special charter amendment election ballot. [1]City Council — Jul 30 On July 23, Item 4 proposed directing the City Manager to prepare an ordinance for Council consideration ordering a November 2026 bond election with recommended public-improvement bond measures, proposition language, categories, and amounts. [3]City Council — Jul 23 On July 23, Item 25 proposed designating JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as City depository and a five-year bank-depository-services contract not to exceed $2,500,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23

City Council’s agenda included negotiation and execution of a battery storage agreement with Balcones Ridge Resiliency II, LLC for up to 200 megawatts of capacity, at up to $16,000,000 per year for up to 20 years and a total not to exceed $320,000,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda included a proposed wastewater pipeline-renewal construction contract for Central East Austin with Underground Water Solutions, Co., at up to $4,473,717 including a $406,702 contingency (File 26-2000). [3]City Council — Jul 23 Austin Water scheduled a financing agreement with the Texas Water Development Board for a 20-year, low-interest loan of up to $5,000,000 for the polybutylene pipe replacement project, also called the Municipal Conservation Project. [3]City Council — Jul 23

Item 8 was on the agenda to accept and appropriate $26,365,665 in FEMA Public Assistance grant funds through the Texas Department of Emergency Management for COVID-19 expenses. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 54 was scheduled for consideration to negotiate and execute a 36-month second amendment to Austin Police's lease with Austin Executive Airport Services, LLC, from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 72 was scheduled for ratification of an interlocal agreement with the City of Houston for Austin Police law-enforcement services related to 2026 FIFA World Cup events in Houston. [3]City Council — Jul 23

City Council scheduled consideration of a proposed sale of approximately 6.041 acres, or 263,146 square feet, at 4800 Bolm Road to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 66 was on the agenda for a proposed agreement with Foundation Communities for site-based supportive housing services at the City-owned Arbor Terrace community, with a total potential agreement amount of $3,000,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 68 proposed adding one-time funding of up to $250,000 to the Sunrise Community Church d/b/a Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center agreement for street outreach and housing navigation, bringing its revised total to $1,000,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23

Item 35 proposed two terminal block cabinet contracts for Austin Transportation and Public Works with David-Tehoungue Ltd. Co. and Ear Telecommunications LLC d/b/a Eartc, with a total amount not to exceed $3,038,750. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 43 proposed increasing Muniz Concrete and Contracting, Inc.'s Local Mobility ADA Sidewalk and Ramp Improvements Group 32 citywide indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract by $9,000,000, to a revised total not to exceed $45,000,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 56 was scheduled for consideration to acquire approximately 1.3294 acres (57,942 square feet) at 9300 ½ East U.S. Highway 290 Service Road Westbound from First Austin Investments, LLC for Northern Walnut Creek Trail Phase 3. [3]City Council — Jul 23

The July 23 City Council agenda included Item 16, a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for two low-interest loans totaling up to $14,000,000 from the State Energy Conservation Office’s LoanSTAR Revolving Loan Program for the Solar on City Facilities Project. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 58 was scheduled for consideration to acquire approximately 10.821 acres at 13017 Bob Johnson Road, Unit C, Manchaca, from Little Bear Orchards, LLC, together with an approximately 28,599-square-foot access easement across Unit B, for an amount not to exceed $1,434,000 including closing costs for watershed protection purposes. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 77 proposed amending the Community Facilities Agreement with HN Red Bluff Partners, LLC for public storm-drain infrastructure at 4701 Red Bluff Road, increasing the City contribution by $1,500,000 to a revised total not to exceed $5,000,000. [3]City Council — Jul 23

Item 117 (File 26-1937) proposed rezoning 8901 East U.S. Highway 290 Service Road Eastbound from GR-CO and LI-CO to LI. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Staff recommended denial, while the Planning Commission recommended the requested CS-1-CO-NP designation. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 96 scheduled a public hearing on Rusty and Mary Tally's appeal regarding the Planning Commission's conditional use permit decision for the Girls' School of Austin at 2007 McCall Road, File SPC-2026-0052A / MatterFile 26-1903. [3]City Council — Jul 23

The proposed amendment would provide $13,215,260 in City hotel occupancy tax funding for the Historic Preservation Acquisition Fund program and Rally Austin administrative fees, increasing the agreement’s proposed total amount to no more than $58,355,260. [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda described the program as identifying, acquiring, preserving, activating, and stewarding historic properties and related preservation activities that promote tourism and convention visitation under Texas Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5). [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 118 (File 26-1938) proposed changing a portion of 907 East 13th Street from SF-3-NP to SF-3-H-NP for the Goins-Versea-Nitschke House in the Waller Creek Watershed. [3]City Council — Jul 23