5807 Ross Road rezone
Case 26-1582
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City Council, April 23, 2026
Approves Del Valle Food Co-op rezoning initiation resolution (Item 38), 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
- Approved, unanimous
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsBillboard relocation
Approved1 condition of approval
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Case C814-2018-0122.03
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Free sample: decision 1 of 20
Chapter 380 Business Expansion Program for COTA Hotel (Rita Development)
Authorizes negotiation of a 30-year Chapter 380 hotel occupancy tax rebate agreement (75% of hotel tax rebated) for Rita Development's proposed ~$985 million luxury resort hotel at the Circuit of the Americas in Del Valle. Amended via Alter Motion 1 to authorize negotiation but not execution, requiring final agreement to return to council. Project projected to create ~900 permanent union jobs, over $10 billion economic benefit over 30 years, $1.5 million Affordable Housing Trust Fund contribution, parkland/soccer fields. Passed unanimously as amended.
- authorize negotiation but not execution; final agreement returns to council
- $1.5 million contribution to Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- two full-size public soccer fields
- nearly 12 acres parkland and space for potential recreation center
- local discount program for Del Valle residents
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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…
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
Approved
Utility-scale solar at landfill (Item 7)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Solar panels on city facilities (Item 23)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant bond/loan (Item 10)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Safe to Call resolution (Item 37)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Del Valle Food Co-op rezoning initiation resolution (Item 38)
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved
Community Development Commission review of multifamily zoning cases (Item 39)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Mopac South expansion EIS resolution (Item 64)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Neighborhood plan amendment (Item 55) NPA-2025-0026.02
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Rezoning (Item 56) C14-2025-0099
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved
COTA PUD amendment first reading (Item 57) C814-2018-0122.03
Vote: passedConditions attached
Continued
Rezoning postponement (Item 58) C14-2025-0121
Vote: unanimous
Continued
Rezoning postponement (Item 59) C814-2008-0087.02
Vote: unanimous
Continued
Rezoning postponement (Item 60) C14-2025
Vote: unanimous
Approved
AHFC loan amendment for La Vista de Lopez (Item HFC-2)
Vote: unanimous
Amended
Billboard relocation ordinance — indefinite postponement and direction (Item 52)
Vote: passedConditions attached
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
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10608 Middle Fiskville Road rezone
Penize, LLCCase 26-1492
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Americas Boulevard rezone
Circuit of the Americas, Inc.Case 26-1494
ApprovedZoneWire called it
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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
8901 East U.S. Highway rezone
Drenner Group, PCCase 26-1500
ContinuedNot forecast
freeContinued
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 26-1511No vote recorded
- 9825 Spectrum Drive subdivisionCase 26-1512No vote recorded
- 9701 Spectrum Drive subdivisionCase 26-1513No vote recorded
- North Lamar Boulevard subdivisionCase 26-1529No vote recorded
- Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance repealing and replacing City Code……Case 26-1479No vote recorded
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