Q3 2026 Report

Item #3, File 26-2177, on the Austin Housing Finance Corporation agenda listed a not-to-exceed amount of $90,506,483 for a one-year service agreement with the City of Austin for AHFC to manage and operate various housing programs during FY 2026-2027. [1]Austin Housing Finance Corporation — Aug 12 Item #2, File 26-2235, before the Mueller Local Government Corporation was a resolution adopting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Mueller Local Government Corporation Operating Budget for the Mueller Redevelopment Project in the amount of $4,420,465. [3]Mueller Local Government Corporation — Aug 12 At the July 30, 2026 City Council meeting, Item #4, File 26-2131, proposed authorizing a contract with Public Works LLC for a comprehensive efficiency study of City departments for the Austin City Auditor's Office in an amount not to exceed $5,230,000. [6]City Council — Jul 30 Item #9 proposed a $13,215,260 amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Austin Economic Development Corporation, d/b/a Rally Austin, for the Historic Preservation Acquisition Fund program, bringing the revised agreement ceiling to $58,355,260 (File 26-1817). [8]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). [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item #16 (File 26-2097) proposed a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply to the State of Texas State Energy Conservation Office's LoanSTAR Revolving Loan Program for up to $14,000,000 for the Solar on City Facilities Project, contingent on future operating-budget funding. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 57, File 26-2107, was scheduled to consider documents for the sale of 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. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 81 proposed a cost-participation agreement with Vanterra Capital Group, LLC for reimbursement of up to $709,430 for oversizing a water main and appurtenances associated with Service Extension Request No. 6398. [8]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. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 12 (File 26-2178) was proposed as a one-year service agreement with the Austin Housing Finance Corporation to manage and operate various housing programs on the City's behalf for FY 2026-2027 in an amount not to exceed $90,506,483. [2]City Council — Aug 12 The July 23, 2026 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). [8]City Council — Jul 23 The July 23, 2026 agenda also included ratification of a $2,000,000 amendment to Stanley Consultants, Inc.'s Electric Service Delivery engineering contract, bringing its proposed revised ceiling to $9,500,000 (Item 40, File 26-2003). [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 143 was on the agenda as a resolution proposing 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. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Items 88 through 90 proposed waiving or reimbursing certain fees for The Trail Conservancy's Moonlight Margarita Run at Auditorium Shores, Queerbomb Austin's Queerbomb 2026 at 1221 East 6th Street, and The Overton Family's Unity Day 40 Year Celebration at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 17 (File 26-2313) proposed directing the City Manager to develop a security implementation plan for City parks and recreation lands and facilities. [2]City Council — Aug 12

File 26-2261 was proposed to order the November 3, 2026 general election for City Council single-member Districts 1, 3, 5, 8, and 9, authorize the City Clerk to enter joint election agreements, and declare an emergency. [4]City Council — Aug 6 File 26-2262 was proposed to order a November 3, 2026 special election on charter amendments, including a citizen-initiated charter amendment certified sufficient on June 22, 2026. [4]City Council — Aug 6 At the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, File 26-2175 (item #1) proposed establishing administrative approval limits for the General Manager in connection with the Grant Operating Budget and Housing Assistance Fund Budget. [1]Austin Housing Finance Corporation — Aug 12 At the July 21, 2026 City Council Work Session, agenda item A4, file 26-2147, proposed directing the City Manager to prepare an ordinance for Council consideration to order a November 2026 bond election. [10]City Council Work Session — Jul 21 Management Services requested consideration of bylaw amendments for five advisory bodies in file 26-1680 at the July 20, 2026 Audit and Finance Committee meeting. [11]Audit and Finance Committee — Jul 20 The Audit and Finance Committee agenda featured the City Auditor Integrity Unit's semi-annual investigations briefing in file 26-1961, presented by Brian Molloy. [11]Audit and Finance Committee — Jul 20

At the July 23, 2026 City Council meeting, Item 6 was on the agenda for negotiation and execution of a battery storage agreement with Balcones Ridge Resiliency II, LLC, a Jupiter Power subsidiary, covering up to 200 megawatts of electrical power capacity at up to $16,000,000 per year for up to 20 years and a total amount not to exceed $320,000,000. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 20 (File 26-2316), requested through Management Services with Austin Watershed Protection, proposed a resolution directing the City Manager to study whether the proposed drainage charge rate increase is sufficient for the City's drainage infrastructure needs and to bring back any ordinances required to further increase the proposed drainage utility charge. [2]City Council — Aug 12 Among three wastewater pipeline-renewal construction contracts on the July 23, 2026 agenda, the Central East Austin contract with Underground Water Solutions, Co. was proposed at up to $4,473,717 including a $406,702 contingency (File 26-2000). [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 54 (MatterFile 26-2104) 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, covering approximately 14,750 square feet of hangar and office space plus exclusive ramp and parking space at 6012 Aviation Drive in Pflugerville for an amount not to exceed $611,337. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 8 (File 26-2030) was on the agenda to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund to accept and appropriate $26,365,665 in FEMA Public Assistance grant funds through the Texas Department of Emergency Management for COVID-19 expenses. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 63 proposed accepting and appropriating a $25,000 Texas Department of Transportation grant for the APD STEP - Operation Slowdown Mobilization Project, with the required 20% City match to be met through existing Austin Police Department salary and fringe-benefit costs. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 12 (File 26-2178), requested by the Housing Department, proposed authorizing negotiation and execution of a one-year service agreement with the Austin Housing Finance Corporation to manage and operate various housing programs on the City's behalf during Fiscal Year 2026-2027, in an amount not to exceed $90,506,483. [2]City Council — Aug 12 File 26-2175 (item #1) proposed adopting the Grant Operating Budget alongside a separate Housing Assistance Fund Budget of $1,700,000 for FY 2026-2027 and proposed authorizing development of program guidelines for the named housing programs for that fiscal year. [1]Austin Housing Finance Corporation — Aug 12 Item 57 was scheduled for consideration as a proposed sale of approximately 6.041 acres, or 263,146 square feet, generally located at 4800 Bolm Road, Austin, Texas 78702, to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, in a proposed amount not to exceed $3,950,000 including closing costs with funding identified in the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Capital Budget. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 36 on the July 23, 2026 City Council agenda proposed a traffic management services contract with Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc. with an amount not to exceed $3,350,000. [8]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. [8]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, with a proposed acquisition amount not to exceed $214,905 including closing costs funded through the Austin Transportation and Public Works Capital Budget. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 58 (MatterFile 26-2110) was scheduled for consideration to acquire approximately 10.821 acres (471,363 square feet) 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, in a proposed amount not to exceed $1,434,000 including closing costs for watershed protection purposes. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 77 (File 26-1821) 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 with City funding identified in the Austin Watershed Protection capital budget. [8]City Council — Jul 23 At the August 12, 2026 City Council meeting, Item 18 (File 26-2322) proposed a resolution directing the City Manager to create a nature trail connecting Circle C Metropolitan Park to the Hielscher Tract Greenbelt trail through adjacent City-owned land. [2]City Council — Aug 12

Item 121 (File 26-1941) proposed LO-V-DB90 zoning for 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound, replacing LO and LR zoning. [8]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, with staff recommending denial while the Planning Commission recommended the requested CS-1-CO-NP designation. [8]City Council — Jul 23 Item 125, file 26-2053, was scheduled for a public hearing on rezoning 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street in the Waller Creek Watershed, where Purple Square One Limited Liability Company proposed CS-CO-ETOD-DBETOD-NP zoning for Subdistrict 2. [8]City Council — Jul 23

Item 9 (File 26-1817) was scheduled at the July 23, 2026 City Council meeting to consider an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Austin Economic Development Corporation, doing business as Rally Austin. [8]City Council — Jul 23 The proposed amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Austin Economic Development Corporation, doing business as Rally Austin, 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. [8]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. [8]City Council — Jul 23