Thursday, November 5, 2026

Early look

Legistar now lists 34 items for the Nov. 5 meeting at City Hall, though the published agenda isn't posted yet and the list can change. Among them:

• Up to $695 million in Austin Energy revenue refunding and/or improvement bonds (item 3).
• An ordinance dedicating the city's share of tax revenue from Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 21 to the Housing Trust Fund and the Parks Enhancement Fund, with an annual report (item 2).
• Up to $1 million for a dedicated center-running transit lane at Dean Keeton Street and I-35, built as part of TxDOT's I-35 Capital Express Central project (item 22).
• A council resolution asking the city manager to create a buy-down rental assistance program for commercial space (item 24), and a committee resolution to update the Strategic Housing Blueprint, including consideration of a possible bond program (item 26).
• An expanded phase plan for the Pease Park Conservancy's role in Pease District Park beyond Kingsbury Commons (item 20).
• Two eminent domain resolutions for Austin Water's NW Tarrytown Wastewater Pipeline Renewal Project (items 27-28).
• Public hearings on a Save Our Springs site-specific amendment for 5811 Southwest Parkway (item 29), floodplain variances at 1213 Fort Branch Blvd. (item 30), and zoning cases at North Lamar and Beaver Street and at 3601 Davis Lane (items 31-33).
• Setting a Nov. 19 public hearing on an emergency demolition process in the property maintenance code (item 25).

Full preview once the agenda posts.