2026-11-05 - City Council (regular) Meeting
Summary
Built from the posted agenda only (updated November 2, 2026); the meeting has not been held, and no minutes or transcript exist.
- Item 1: approve minutes of the October 20 work session and October 22 regular meeting.
- Item 2: ordinance dedicating TIRZ No. 21 tax revenue to the Housing Trust Fund and the Parks Enhancement Fund (TIRZ No. 21 Revenue Dedication).
- Item 3: Electric Utility System Revenue Refunding / Improvement Bonds, not to exceed $695,000,000 (Electric Utility Revenue Bonds).
- Items 4-6: 16 civil engineering contracts (2026 Small Scale General Civil Engineering rotation list); West Congress (Radam / St. Elmo) water and wastewater renewal, Facilities Rehabilitation Inc., $2,837,732 plus $283,774 contingency; biomass testing, Effluency, not to exceed $260,000.
- Items 16-21: amend the FY2026-27 Fire budget to accept a $90,087 FEMA grant; accept $60,000 and $287,544 in Governor's Office cybersecurity grants; recertify Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corp as a Community Land Trust (property tax exemption); Pease District Park phase plan with Pease Park Conservancy; AISD Literacy First interlocal, not to exceed $100,000 per 12-month term.
- Items 22-26: resolution committing up to $1,000,000 for a center-running transit lane at Dean Keeton St and I-35 (Dean Keeton Transit Lane Funding); board and commission appointments; commercial space buy-down rental assistance program; set a public hearing on an emergency demolition process in the Property Maintenance Code (suggested for November 19); update the Strategic Housing Blueprint, with a possible bond program (Strategic Housing Blueprint Update).
- Items 27-34: eminent domain for the NW Tarrytown Wastewater Pipeline Renewal; Southwest Parkway Save Our Springs Amendment (5811 Southwest Parkway); floodplain variances at 1213 Fort Branch Blvd; zoning and plan amendments at North Lamar at Beaver St (North Lamar at Beaver Street Rezoning) and 3601 Davis Lane (3601 Davis Lane Rezoning); fee waiver for the Village of Western Oaks 4th of July parade.
- Items 7-15 are consent contracts and real estate items; their amounts were not captured. A Summary of Changes memo is posted; its contents were not read.
Agenda
Agenda has 34 items; see the summary above and the full agenda for every item.
Sources
- Agenda (final): https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=484316
- Draft agenda: https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=483896
- Summary of Changes memo: https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=484317
- Meeting page: https://www.austintexas.gov/council/2026/20261105-reg
- Live and archived video: https://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live
- No Austin Housing Finance Corporation meeting is posted for this date.