City Council, April 9, 2026
Votes on Indefinite postponement of NPA and rezoning items 46-50, unanimous
What happened
The Austin City Council took up a largely routine April 9, 2026 agenda. The most substantive land-use action was the zoning consent agenda, which approved rezoning cases C14-2025-0109 (item 53, the Westland church site in District 9), C14-2024-0160 (item 54, 1000 Red River, a 3-a…
- Jurisdiction
- Austin, TX
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 9, 2026
- Decisions
- 12 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Deferred, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 12
City Council consent agenda (non-zoning)
Council adopted the full consent agenda including item 22 (purchase of 49 acres on Onion Creek parkland off Old San Antonio Road), items 6 and 7 (Austin Energy vegetation management contracts, $9M and $24M), item 10 ($7.3M Little Walnut Creek erosion/drainage emergency contract), item 13 ($81,000 added to a $5.8M Barton Creek slope stabilization), item 35 (emergency water agreement with City of Round Rock), and item 18 ($362,000 consulting contract). Adopted with Council Member Velazquez absent; Council Member Lane later shown voting in favor.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Austin City Council took up a largely routine April 9, 2026 agenda. The most substantive land-use action was the zoning consent agenda, which approved rezoning cases C14-2025-0109 (item 53, the Westland church site in District 9), C14-2024-0160 (item 54, 1000 Red River, a 3-a…
Key Decisions (12)
City Council consent agenda (non-zoning)
Public hearing item 43
Annexation public hearing item 44
Public hearing item 45
Austin Housing Finance Corporation consent agenda
Indefinite postponement of NPA and rezoning items 46-50
Postponement of items 51 and 52 to May 28
Rezoning item 53 - Westland church site (District 9)
Rezoning item 54 - 1000 Red River
Rezoning item 55 - Hancock area planned development
Postponement of item 56 to April 23
Item 41 withdrawn
Zoning Changes (8)
Development Activity (12)
Ada Anderson Place
Residential
Goodnight Ranch ownership housing
Residential
Johnny Limon Village
Residential
Preserve at Central Park
Residential
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
A public speaker warned Austin Water is overextended amid growing…
Housing Demand
AHFC approved a large slate of affordable-housing loans and acquisitions,…
Sentiment
Residents and a commissioner pressed Council on transparency, consulting-contract oversight,…
Commercial Demand
Eastern downtown around Red River is positioned for evolution with…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the mayor, 4 councilmembers, 2 staff members, the clerk, 2 attorneys, and 6 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 3 of 3 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
206 Medina Street plan amendment
318 Saxon Lane rezone
1308 West Lynn Street rezone
1001 Trinity Street rezone
1811 East Cesar Chavez Street rezone
11904 Old San Antonio Road subdivision
112 Medina Street rezone
More land-use items (4)
4 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
- 206 Medina Street rezoneCase 26-1414No vote recorded
- 400 Vargas Road plan amendmentCase 26-1415No vote recorded
- 400 Vargas Road rezoneCase 26-1416No vote recorded
- 318 Saxon Lane plan amendmentCase 26-1417No vote recorded
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