11. • Health & Human ServicesTravis County (Travis County)

Consider and take appropriate action to approve a request from the Travis County Facilities Corporation (TCFC), a Texas public facility corporation (PFC) created by the Housing Authority of Travis County (HATC), for an extension on the HHS 18-month construction notice-to-proceed (NTP) requirement relating to a resolution approved on July 22, 2025, for the multifamily development project: The Grand

Presented in: Travis County Commissioners Court Voting Session on 2026-08-04

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

On June 18, 2023, House Bill 2071, as approved by the 88th Legislature, amended Local Government Code Chapter 303, the Public Facility Corporation Act, and established that a public facility corporation (“PFC”) must, among other requirements, request approval from a municipality or county government in which the development is located prior to the authorization of a tax exemption for the project. On July 31, 2024, HHS established an 18-month Construction NTP Rule via memo (see attached, “NTP Rule Memo”) sent to the Housing Authority of Travis County (“HATC”) and the Travis County Facilities Corporation (“TCFC”), requiring that construction on approved projects begin within one and one-half years from the approval of the resolution. The Grandview 620 Apartments – provided a letter per the NTP Rule Memo; the Travis County Commissioners Court (“TCCC”) approved the PFC resolution on July 22, 2025. The 18-month requirement for construction NTP will be due on January 22, 2027. This project has not started construction at this time, but has a current construction start timeframe of September 2027. A calendar invite has been established to trigger the due-date reminder. The Request from HATC/TCFC and the Developers: The request (the reason for this agenda item): HATC/TCFC is asking for an extension on the County’s construction NTP requirement. HATC/TCFC Explanation/Rationale for the Extension: Explanation submitted via email on July 7, 2026, from Patrick Howard, HATC/TCFC CEO: “After extensive coordination with TxDOT and Austin Water, the civil engineer for the Grandview 620 Project has submitted design plans for the offsite water and wastewater extensions to the City of Austin for review. While these plans are under review, CWS Partners is working with the architect to make minor adjustments to the site plan and expects to begin on-site civil design in the next couple of weeks. CWS Partners is also developing a Schematic Design package, which includes building elevations for HATC’s review, and anticipates completing this in the next few weeks. Due to delays in coordinating off-site utilities that persisted until recently, CWS Partners has adjusted the project schedule. The new target for submitting the civil site plan to Travis County is now at the end of September, with the submission of building plans expected by January 2027. Construction is currently anticipated to begin in September 2027.”