Urban Renewal Board – Aug. 17, 2026

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Approved Minutes
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URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES Monday August 17, 2026 URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MINUTES REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 The Urban Renewal Board convened in a Regular meeting on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 1000 E 11th St in Austin, Texas. Chair Escobar called the Urban Renewal Board Meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Chair Manuel Escobar, Vice Chair Darrell W. Pierce, and Commissioners Harrison Brown, Byron Davis, Amit Motwani & Kobla Tetey. Board Members in Attendance Remotely: No members attended remotely. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Urban Renewal Board’s (URB’s) regular-called meeting on July 20, 2026. On Commissioner Tetey’s motion, Commissioner Brown’s second, the July 20, 2026, minutes were approved on a 4-0 vote. Commissioners Davis and Motwani were off the dais for the vote. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion related to updates on future development of Blocks 16 & 18 from Pleasant Hill Collaborative and Rally Austin, including project status and anticipated timeline (Pleasant Hill Collaborative) Discussed. 1 URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES Monday August 17, 2026 Chair Escobar adjourned the meeting at 7:02 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the September 21, 2026 meeting on Commissioner Davis’s motion, Commissioner Brown’s second on a 4-0 vote. 2