Item 64 — Thursday, September 24, 2026
In plain language — from agenda source text
This resolution keeps Austin Water's GoPurple pilot incentive program running through Fiscal Year 2026-2027, paying developers of new commercial, mixed-use, and multifamily projects to install alternative onsite water reuse systems or connect to the city's reclaimed "purple pipe" network. It matters because those systems recycle water for things like cooling and irrigation instead of drawing on drinking water supplies, and the incentives target both market-rate projects and affordable housing developments that are exempt from GoPurple's reuse requirements. The program is funded at $4,000,000 from Austin Water's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget, capped at $1,500,000 per affordable housing project and $500,000 per project for everything else.
Current official agenda wording
Approve a resolution authorizing Austin Water to continue the GoPurple pilot incentive program and issue incentives on a pilot basis during Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for alternative onsite water reuse systems and reclaimed water connections for new commercial, mixed use, and multi-family developments in the total aggregate amount of $4,000,000, not to exceed $1,500,000 per project for affordable housing projects exempt from the GoPurple reuse requirements, and not to exceed $500,000 per project for all other projects. Funding: $4,000,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget of Austin Water.
"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted with the Mayor Watson being shown, voting no on items 48 through 59 and Council Member Alter being shown voting no on item number 49. [00:45:01]" — meeting transcript (unofficial)