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City Council - 2026-04-23

Votes on Chapter 380 Business Expansion Program for COTA Hotel (Rita Development), unanimous

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What happened

The Austin City Council approved a Chapter 380 business expansion program authorizing negotiation (not execution) of a hotel occupancy tax rebate agreement for Rita Development's proposed ~$985 million COTA luxury resort hotel in Del Valle (Item 6), passing unanimously as amended…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Austin, TX
Governing body
Final authority
Date
April 23, 2026
Decisions
20 zoning decisions
Outcome
Voted, unanimous

Projects in this meeting (2)

Billboard relocation

Approved
1 condition of approval

Case C814-2018-0122.03

Approved
2 conditions of approval

Meeting Summary

The Austin City Council approved a Chapter 380 business expansion program authorizing negotiation (not execution) of a hotel occupancy tax rebate agreement for Rita Development's proposed ~$985 million COTA luxury resort hotel in Del Valle (Item 6), passing unanimously as amended…

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Key Decisions (20)

Amended

Chapter 380 Business Expansion Program for COTA Hotel (Rita Development)

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

Trust Act surveillance technology ordinance (Item 29)

Vote: passedConditions attached
Denied

Wastewater service extension request to 2.85-acre tract near Barton Creek (Item 33)

Vote: passed
Approved

Settlement payment in Armijo v. City of Austin (Item 4)

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Distribution-scale battery storage contract (Item 8)

Vote: unanimous

Development Activity (5)

COTA Hotel (Rita / Gaylord luxury resort)

Commercial

COTA PUD amendment

Commercial

Del Valle Food Co-op grocery store

Commercial

Market Signals (6)

Commercial Demand

A ~$985 million COTA luxury resort hotel with ~1,000 rooms…

Infrastructure

Austin Energy is aggressively expanding solar (landfill 8MW, city facilities…

Infrastructure

The Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion (75 to 100…

Who Spoke (19)

MayorCouncilmember · 5ClerkPublic · 8

On the record: the mayor, 5 councilmembers, the clerk, and 8 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 4 of 4 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

5807 Ross Road rezone

Case 26-1582
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved1 condition of approval
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10608 Middle Fiskville Road rezone

Penize, LLCCase 26-1492
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved1 condition of approval
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Americas Boulevard rezone

Circuit of the Americas, Inc.Case 26-1494
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved2 conditions of approval
2 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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10608 Middle Fiskville Road plan amendment

Penize, LLC and Toniette Navarrette. Agent: Husch Blackwell, LPCase 26-1491
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved

1717 South Lakeshore Boulevard rezone

Grayco SS Land 2011, LP and Morrison-Moore Properties, Ltd. Agent: Armbrust & Brown, PLLCCase 26-1546
ContinuedNot forecast
freeContinued

1811 East Cesar Chavez Street rezone

Lodhia Investments LLC and G N Exim Corporation Inc. Agent: Keepers Land PlanningCase 26-1587
ContinuedNot forecast
freeContinued

Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to notify the Community Development… rezone

Case 26-1584
No vote recorded

More land-use items (5)

5 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
  • 9825 Spectrum Drive subdivisionCase 26-1511
    No vote recorded
  • 9825 Spectrum Drive subdivisionCase 26-1512
    No vote recorded
  • 9701 Spectrum Drive subdivisionCase 26-1513
    No vote recorded
  • North Lamar Boulevard subdivisionCase 26-1529
    No vote recorded
  • Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance repealing and replacing City Code……Case 26-1479
    No vote recorded

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