Q3 2026 Report

The agenda proposed an agreement with Balcones Ridge Resiliency II, LLC for up to 200 megawatts of battery-storage capacity at an estimated $16,000,000 per year, with a term of up to 20 years and a total amount not to exceed $320,000,000 (File 26-2096). [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item #8 proposed accepting and appropriating $26,365,665 in FEMA Public Assistance funds through the Texas Department of Emergency Management for COVID-19 expenses, with no City funding match required (File 26-2030). [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

Item 57 was scheduled to consider sale documents for approximately 6.041 acres at 4800 Bolm Road to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation for an amount not to exceed $3,950,000, including closing costs. [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 into Austin’s full-purpose jurisdiction. [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. [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 (file 26-1984). [3]City Council — Jul 23 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 have a one-year initial term and up to four one-year extensions. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 37 proposed dividing a $10,000,000 Austin Energy engineering-services rotation-list ceiling among Stanley Consultants, Inc., HDR Engineering, Inc., Stantec Consulting Services Inc., and Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. [3]City Council — Jul 23

City Council proposed a $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 Climate, Water, Environment, and Parks Committee scheduled a briefing on the Austin Parks and Recreation parkland acquisition process in File 26-2112. [7]Climate, Water, Environment, and Parks Committee — Jul 15 City Council proposed amending its interlocal agreement with Austin Economic Development Corporation, d/b/a Rally Austin, to provide $13,215,260 from the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment Special Revenue Fund’s Historic Preservation Fund. [3]City Council — Jul 23

City Council Item #3 proposed placing multiple charter amendments on the November 3, 2026 special charter amendment election ballot. [1]City Council — Jul 30 Item 70 proposed appointing Keyheira Keys to the partial Position 3 term on the Austin Rosewood Community Development Corporation Board of Directors. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Agenda item A4 proposed directing the City Manager to prepare an ordinance for Council consideration to order a November 2026 bond election. [5]City Council Work Session — Jul 21

City Council’s July 23 agenda included a proposed two-year contract with Line Quest LLC for underground utility locating services, with up to three one-year extensions and an amount not to exceed $11,050,000 (File 26-1976). [3]City Council — Jul 23 The agenda included a proposed Central East Austin wastewater pipeline-renewal construction contract with Underground Water Solutions, Co. for up to $4,473,717, including a $406,702 contingency (File 26-2000). [3]City Council — Jul 23 Austin Water scheduled a 20-year, low-interest Texas Water Development Board 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

The City Council agenda included 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 proposed as an agreement with Foundation Communities for site-based supportive housing services at the City-owned Arbor Terrace community, with a total potential 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. [3]City Council — Jul 23

Item 36 proposed a traffic management services contract with Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,350,000. [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 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 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

Item 78 was on the agenda for submission of a FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance grant application for the Fort Branch Flood Risk Reduction Project. [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. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 93 scheduled an eminent-domain resolution for an approximately 0.0798-acre, or 3,478-square-foot, drainage easement at 906 North Bend Drive for the Walnut Creek—Eubank Tributary Stream Stabilization project. [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 Item 122 (File 26-1942) proposed changing 1811 East Cesar Chavez Street from CS-MU-CO-NP to CS-1-CO-NP. [3]City Council — Jul 23 Item 134 (File 26-2064) proposed changing 1811 Airport Boulevard from GR-MU-NP to GR-MU-DB90-NP. [3]City Council — Jul 23

A 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 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