23. • Planning & BudgetTravis County (Travis County)

Consider and take appropriate action on a resolution setting a public hearing on March 31, 2026 to receive comments on the creation of the Lagos Reserve Public Improvement District located within the County and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Austin, and authorizing the mailing and publication of notice of the public hearing in accordance with Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Govern

Presented in: Travis County Commissioners Court Voting Session on 2026-03-10

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

At the request of landowners, the County may establish a public improvement district (“PID”) pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372 (the “PID Act”), to finance authorized improvements within the proposed district. To create a PID, the County must find that the project “promotes the interests” of the County and the improvement projects need to confer “a special benefit on a definable part of the municipality or county or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.” PID Act sec. 372.003 (a). The Petition On February 10, 2016, the County received a document titled “Petition for the Creation of a Public Improvement District to Finance Improvements to Lagos Subdivision (Austin)” (the “Original Lagos Austin Petition”) and a document titled “Petition for the Creation of a Public Improvement District to Finance Improvements to Lagos Subdivision (Manor)” (the “Original Lagos Manor Petition”). The Original Lagos Austin Petition called for the creation of a public improvement district (the “Lagos Austin PID”) covering approximately 516.06 acres of land located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (“ETJ”) of the City of Austin. The Original Lagos Manor Petition called for the creation of a public improvement district (the “Lagos Manor PID”) covering approximately 170.855 acres of land located in the corporate limits of the City of Manor. In 2017 and 2019, the boundaries of the City of Austin’s ETJ and the City of Manor’s ETJ were amended, and the Original Lagos Austin Petition was amended in 2017 to adjust the boundaries of the proposed Lagos Austin PID. On January 10, 2017, and on February 27, 2018, the Commissioners Court received presentations on the proposed Lagos Austin PID. The initial negotiations for the Proposed Lagos Austin PID were unsuccessful because the proposed assessments/equivalent tax rate were too high. In April 2020, the Commissioners Court placed a moratorium on accepting petitions for PIDs due to uncertainty about the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow for policy revision to better reflect the current Commissioners Court's interests, and to allow County staff to catch up on PID work. On October 17, 2023, before lifting the PID moratorium, the Commissioners Court approved County staff to move forward with review and negotiations regarding the proposed Lagos Austin PID. The then-owner of the land in the proposed Lagos Austin PID continued to express interest in moving forward with PID creation, including reducing the proposed PID assessment/equivalent tax rate and updating the numbers and cost estimates originally submitted in 2016. On May 7, 2024, the County received a second amended petition (the “Second Amended Petition”) that updated the estimated construction costs for the proposed Lagos Austin PID. As required by the PID Act, the Second Amended Petition was signed by landowners owning more than 50 percent of the taxable property within the