Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available. Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 3/6/2025 10:00 AM   Meeting location: Published agenda: Not available   Agenda packet: Not available Attachments: Meeting Items (44) 44 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Agenda # Type Title 25-0049 2. Consent Authorize payment for annual renewals of professional dues and memberships in national and state associations and organizations related to the electric utility industry, in an amount not to exceed $460,000. Funding: $460,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy. 25-0229 3. Consent Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Aviation Department Airport Subordinate Obligation Fund Budget (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to increase transfers in by $1,500,000 and increase appropriations by $1,500,000 for interest payments and other costs associated with the anticipated draws on the Airport System Subordinate Lien Revolving Revenue Note Program. Funding: $1,500,000 is available in the Aviation Department Operating Fund Budget. 25-0231 4. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center d/b/a Integral Care for the Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team to provide mental health crisis services in collaboration with City first responders, to add one-time funding in an amount not to exceed $1,460,340, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $17,786,485. Funding: $1,460,340 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund. 25-0163 5. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Saya Woolfalk Studio, LLC for artwork for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Tunnel Art in Public Places for a total agreement amount not to exceed $5,800,000. Funding: $5,800,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 25-0164 6. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Jim Campbell d/b/a White Light Inc.for artwork for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Barbara Jordan Terminal-Tunnel Interface Art in Public Places Project for a total agreement amount not to exceed $2,400,000. Funding: $2,400,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 25-0165 7. Consent Authorize the negotiation and execution of an agreement with Yvette Mayorga for artwork for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Tunnel Interface Art in Public Places Project for a total agreement amount not to exceed $2,400,000. Funding: $2,400,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 25-0238 8. Consent Approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale by September 6, 2025 of City of Austin Airport System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2025 (AMT), in a par amount not to exceed $250,000,000 in accordance with the parameters set out in the ordinance, authorizing related documents, and approving related fees. Funding: The Fiscal Year 2025 debt service requirements and estimated annual administration fees for the paying agent/registrar for the proposed bond sale are included in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Airport Revenue Bond Redemption Fund. 25-0239 9. Consent Approve an ordinance to suspend a Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program interim rate adjustment proposed by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. 25-0240 10. Consent Approve an ordinance to suspend a Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program interim rate adjustment proposed by Texas Gas Service Company. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. 25-0145 11. Consent Authorize two contracts for electronic distribution circuit reclosers for Austin Energy with KBS Electrical Distributors Inc. and Priester-Mell & Nicholson Inc., each for initial terms of two years with up to three one-year extension options, for total contract amounts not to exceed $32,500,000, divided equally between the contractors, or the department may choose any contractor that has the available product. Funding: $32,500,000 is available in Austin Energy’s Capital Budget. 25-0146 12. Consent Authorize two contracts for fire extinguishers and related services for all City departments with Pye-Barker Fire and Safety, LLC and Johnson Controls US Holdings, LLC d/b/a Johnson Controls Fire Protection, LP, each for initial terms of three years with two one-year extension options for total contract amounts not to exceed $1,353,000, divided equally between the contractors, or the departments may choose any contractor that has the available goods and services. Funding: $180,400 is available in various City departments’ Operating Budgets. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. 25-0147 13. Consent Authorize contracts for electrical supplies, materials, and equipment for all City departments with Fairway Supply, Inc. d/b/a Fairway; Crawford Electric Supply Company, Inc. d/b/a Crawford Electric Supply; Dealers Electrical Supply; Elliott Electric Supply, Inc. d/b/a Elliott Electric Supply; Global Equipment Company, Inc. d/b/a Global Industrial or Global Industrial Equipment; Facility Solutions Group, Inc. d/b/a Facility Solutions Group, Inc. and other contractors each for initial terms of nine months with up to four one-year extension options, for total contract amounts not to exceed $6,764,800, divided equally among the contractors or the departments may choose any contractor that has the available product. Funding: $789,227 is available in various City departments’ Operating Budgets. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. 25-0242 14. Consent Authorize a contract for asphalt parking lot and roads construction, rehabilitation, and repair at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for the Department of Aviation and to be managed by Capital Delivery Services with Alpha Paving Industries LLC, for an initial term of two years for an amount not to exceed $18,900,000 with up to three one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $1,700,000 each, for a total contract amount not to exceed $24,000,000. Funding: $18,900,000 is available in the Department of Aviation’s Capital Budget. Funding for the remaining optional contract terms is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. 25-0279 15. Consent Authorize a contract for a Vacuum Metal Deposition system for the Forensic Science Department with West Technology Forensics, Inc. d/b/a West Technology Forensics, in an amount not to exceed $378,101. Funding: $378,101 is available in the Forensic Science Department’s Operating Budget. 25-0172 16. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to acquire approximately 0.050 acres (2,165 square feet) of temporary ingress and egress easement, approximately 0.253 acres (11,066 square feet) of temporary staging area and material storage site easement (in three parts), and approximately 0.0186 acres (810 square feet) of temporary working space easement (in two parts) situated in the Isaac Decker League, Survey No. 20, Abstract No. 8, in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, each generally located at 1301 W. Oltorf Street, Austin, Texas 78704, and being a portion of Tract 1, Oltorf Addition, a subdivision of record in Volume 10, Page 12 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas, from Woodview MHC, LLC, to support the upsizing of a wastewater interceptor, through December 31, 2028, for a total amount not to exceed $96,106. Funding: $96,106 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water. 25-0259 17. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 service agreement with the Austin Housing Finance Corporation to increase its funding in the amount of $30,0000,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $147,258,895. Funding: $30,000,000 is available in the Housing Department’s Capital Budget. 25-0354 18. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract with Del Valle Community Coalition in an amount not to exceed $130,000 to administer a flood insurance assistance pilot program for lower-income homeowners who are vulnerable to flood risk. Funding in the amount of $130,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Management Services Department’s Operating Budget. 25-0053 19. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP for representation in three consolidated cases: MacDougall et al. v. City of Austin, Cause No. D-1-GN-20-001820 in the 345th District Court of Travis County, Texas; Mansour et al. v. City of Austin, Cause No. D-1-GN-20-003428 in the 419th District Court of Travis County, Texas; and Hertel et al. v. City of Austin, Cause No. D-1-GN-20-004772 in the 261st District Court of Travis County, Texas, in the amount of $207,300 for a total contract amount not to exceed $639,800. Funding: $207,300 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Watershed Protection Department Operating Budget. 25-0249 20. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the legal services agreement with Valkenaar PLLC for representation in Cathy Cocco et al. v. City of Austin City Council, Cause No. D-1-GN-24-005425 in the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas in the amount of $150,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $224,000. Funding: $150,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Law Department Budget. 25-0255 21. Consent Approve a settlement in Dan Remick and Jill Remick v. City of Austin Cause No. D-1-GN-23-001666 in the 201st District Court, Travis County, Texas. Funding: Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Liability Reserve Budget. 25-0303 22. Consent Approve a settlement in Alicia Bravo, Individually and as next friend of Layla Ramirez Bravo v. City of Austin, Cause No. D-1-GN-23-000495 in 250th District Court, Travis County, Texas. Funding: Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Liability Reserve Budget. 25-0304 23. Consent Approve a settlement in Jorge Quintanilla v. City of Austin, Cause No. D-1-GN-24-004204 in 345th District Court, Travis County, Texas. Funding: Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Liability Reserve Budget. 25-0175 24. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Any Baby Can of Austin, Inc. to provide early childhood services, including improving parenting knowledge, resources for early development, and ability to achieve self-sufficiency for families, to add one-time funding in an amount not to exceed $81,454 for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2026, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $8,226,934. Funding: $81,454 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Public Health Department. 25-0176 25. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Youth and Family Alliance d/b/a Lifeworks to provide mental health care, peer support, health care referral and education, and community engagement services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, genderqueer, and two-spirit communities (LGBTQIA2S+ population) residing in Austin/Travis County for an 18-month term ending on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $153,643, with four 12-month extension options each in an amount not to exceed $102,429, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $563,359. Funding: $51,214 is available in the Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget. Funding for the remainder of the termt is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. 25-0179 26. Consent Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Out Youth to provide mental health care, peer support, health care referral and education, community building, and engagement to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, genderqueer, and two-spirit communities (LGBTQIA2S+ population) residing in Austin/Travis County for an 18-month term ending on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $153,643, with four 12-month extension options each in an amount not to exceed $102,429, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $563,359. Funding: $51,214 is available in the Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget. Funding for the remainder of the term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. 25-0149 27. Consent Approve negotiation and execution of an amendment to the feasibility cost-sharing agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the Boggy Creek Corps Flood Control Channel Ecosystem Restoration Project dated April 24, 2024, to increase the City’s contribution by $25,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $325,000. Funding: $25,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Capital Budget of the Watershed Protection Department. 25-0347 29. Item from Council Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to review and make recommended updates to Chapter 7-2 (Art in Public Places), to include provisions governing artwork on public-private partnership capital development project, public art on private property and the collection and use of funds for creation, maintenance, conservation, deaccession and re-installation of art. 25-0348 30. Item from Council Approve an ordinance amending Resolution No. 021003-40 and Ordinance No. 20240814-006 to add Eeyore’s Birthday Party as a co-sponsored event for which fees are waived annually, starting with the 2025 Eeyore’s Birthday Party, and authorizing negotiation and execution of a co-sponsorship agreement with Friends of the Forest Foundation to achieve the purposes of the co-sponsorship. 25-0253 31. AHFC Meeting The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Director’s meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. Following the adjournment of the AHFC Board meeting, the City Council will reconvene. 25-0228 32. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create exceptions for providing an erosion hazard zone analysis and increasing the distance for erosion hazard zones along the Colorado River below Longhorn Dam. Funding: This item has no anticipated impact to the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Watershed Protection Department. 25-0243 33. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution related to an application by Branchview Apartments, LP or an affiliated entity for housing tax credits for the construction of a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Branchview Apartments, located within the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction at or near 14411 Immanuel Road, Austin, Texas 78660. Funding: This item does not require a financial contribution from the City and has no fiscal impact. 25-0245 34. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution related to an application by Bridge at Treeline, LP or an affiliated entity for housing tax credits for the construction of a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Bridge at Treeline Apartments, located within the City at or near 12201 Heatherly Drive, Austin, Texas 78747. Funding: This item does not require a financial contribution from the City and has no fiscal impact. 25-0246 35. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution related to an application by Parmer North Apartments, LP or an affiliated entity for housing tax credits for the construction of a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Parmer North Apartments, located within the City at or near 1420 East Howard Lane, Pflugerville, Texas 78660. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. 25-0247 36. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution related to an application by FC Bloom Housing, LP or an affiliated entity for housing tax credits for the construction of a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Bloom at Lamar Square, located within the City at or near 1326 and 1328 Lamar Square Drive, Austin, Texas 78704. Funding: This item does not require a financial contribution from the City and has no fiscal impact. 25-0296 37. Public Hearing Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) related to development regulations applicable to residential re-subdivisions and to multi-family residential site development of five to sixteen units. 25-0197 38. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments NPA-2024-0008.02 - 2967 Manor Road Revision - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20090312-027 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Transit Oriented Development (MLK TOD) Station Area Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to remove the property locally known as 2967 Manor Road (Boggy Creek and Tannehill Branch Watersheds) from the MLK TOD Station Area Plan and change the boundary of the MLK TOD Station Area Plan, and amending Ordinance No. 20011129-67 for the Rosewood Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use on the future land use map (FLUM) from Specific Regulating District to Mixed Use. Staff Recommendation: To grant Mixed Use land use, to remove the property from the MLK TOD Station Area Plan, and to change the boundary of the MLK TOD Station Area Plan. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on March 11, 2025. Owner/Applicant: 2967 Manor AGV, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Victoria Haase and Ron Thrower). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Planning Departmen 25-0198 39. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14-2024-0107 - Manor Road Rezoning Rezone - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2967 Manor Road (Boggy Creek and Tannehill Branch Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from transit oriented development-neighborhood plan (TOD-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-DB90-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-DB90-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on March 11, 2025. Owner: 2967 Manor AGV, LLC. Applicant: Thrower Design, LLC (Victoria Haase). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057. 25-0217 40. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14H-2024-0162 - Running Rope Ranch - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning a portion of the property locally known as 7304 Knox Lane (Shoal Creek Watershed) from family residence (SF-3) district zoning to family residence-historic landmark (SF-3-H) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant family residence-historic landmark (SF-3-H) combining district zoning for a portion of the property. Historic Landmark Commission Recommendation: To grant family residence-historic landmark (SF-3-H) combining district zoning for a portion of the property, as modified. Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To forward to Council without a recommendation due to lack of an affirmative vote. Owner: Chase Equities, Inc. (Jimmy Nassour). Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission (owner opposed). Agent: Leah Bojo (Drenner Group). City Staff: Kalan Contreras, 512-974-2727. 25-0218 41. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14H-2024-0171 - Perry House - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 610 Baylor Street (Lady Bird Lake & Shoal Creek Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from multifamily residence moderate-high density-historic area-neighborhood plan (MF-4-HD-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence moderate-high density-historic landmark-historic area-neighborhood plan (MF-4-H-HD-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation, Historic Landmark Commission Recommendation, and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence moderate-high density-historic landmark-historic area-neighborhood plan (MF-4-H-HD-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Hayes & Jessica Barnard. Agent: Lori Martin (O’Connell Architecture). City Staff: Austin Lukes, 512-978-0766. 25-0266 42. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14-2024-0118.SH - 8301 Riverstone Drive - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 8301 Riverstone Drive (Elm Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from multifamily residence low density (MF-2) district zoning to family residence (SF-3) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant family residence (SF-3) district zoning. Owner: 8301 Riverstone LP. Applicant: Austin Revitalization Authority (Bryan Kight). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057. 25-0267 43. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14-2024-0173 - City Initiated 10505 and 10545 Dessau Road - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 10505 and 10545 Dessau Road (Walnut Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from single family residence standard lot (SF-2) district zoning and townhouse and condominium residence-conditional overlay (SF-6-CO) combining district zoning to general office (GO) district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant general office (GO) district zoning. Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant neighborhood office (NO) district zoning. Owner: Tim and Cindy Pinson. Applicant: City of Austin (Jonathan Tomko). Agent: Braun & Gresham PLLC (Eric Gomez). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057. 25-0297 44. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05 the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Planning Department (512) 974-2695. 25-0298 45. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14-2024-0099 - Saxon 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from townhouse and condominium residence-neighborhood plan (SF-6-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence low density-neighborhood plan (MF-2-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To deny multifamily residence low density-neighborhood plan (MF-2-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence low density-neighborhood plan (MF-2-NP) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower & Victoria Haase). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Planning Department, 512-974-7620. 25-0302 46. Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments C14-2024-0164 - Club Corona - Approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 10503 North Lamar Boulevard (Little Walnut Creek Watershed) from general commercial services-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-V-CO-NP) combining district zoning to commercial-liquor sales-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-1-V-CO-NP) combining district zoning. First reading approved February 13, 2025. Vote: 10-0, Council Member Alter was off the dais. Owner/Applicant: Ponce Noe Ramses. Agent: Lenworth Consulting, LLC (Nash Gonzales, Jr.). City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057.