New Braunfels City Council is scheduled to consider drought-rule revisions, neighborhood speed limits, city debt, accessibility and mobility plans, two land-use requests and a wide consent slate on Sept. 28. The official agenda lists 33 identified items, including three closed-session notices.
The proposals could change water-conservation rules, traffic controls, trail access, street-project spending and land uses in several New Braunfels neighborhoods. Every listed vote remains prospective; the meeting materials establish what council is scheduled to consider, not an outcome.
The Sept. 28 agenda spans 33 identified items: three proclamations, 19 consent or routine items, eight individual items, one presentation and three closed-session notices. That makes this a broad policy-and-implementation meeting rather than a single-issue session.
Water, mobility and neighborhood streets
Item 26-1113 would put revised drought-stage designations, triggers and related provisions through a proposed second and final reading. The issue follows earlier city consideration of drought surcharges and conservation rules, but Monday’s vote would concern the new ordinance in the current packet.
Item 26-1151 would give a proposed first reading to lower speed limits on residential streets off Lake Front Avenue. Item 26-1156 would give a proposed final reading to parking and loading restrictions around Long Creek High School and Legend Point Elementary. The Lake Front proposal previously received a standalone Comal.News explanation of the 14 affected streets.
Item 26-1026 would ask council to approve the Bicycle and Pedestrian Network Plan. Item 26-1037 would authorize a proposed TxDOT advanced-funding agreement for an off-road Waterway Lane shared-use path between Gruene Road and FM 306. Item 26-1112 would support an Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grant application for County Line Memorial Trail.
Road spending and impact fees
Item 26-1125 would authorize South Kowald Lane right-of-way acquisition services. Item 26-1126 would cap proposed South Kowald Lane right-of-way and easement acquisitions at $300,000. Item 26-1127 would authorize Conrads Lane right-of-way acquisition services. Item 26-1128 would cap proposed Conrads Lane right-of-way and easement acquisitions at $150,000. A prior state filing places the South Kowald widening on a longer construction timeline.
Item 26-1138 is a roadway impact-fee presentation and discussion. Item 26-951 would schedule an Oct. 26 public hearing on the roadway impact-fee study, land-use assumptions and capital plan; it would not adopt the study itself. Earlier reporting explains the study’s maximum fee calculations and a later audit finding involving District 1 spending.
Land use and public hearings
Item 26-1056 would open a public hearing on a request to rezone about 0.17 acre at 839 Oasis Street from R-2 to C-O with a special-use permit for short-term rental of a residence. Item 26-1057 would open a hearing on a request to rezone about 11.44 acres at 141 Rueckle Road from C-3 to C-3 with a special-use permit allowing manufactured homes. Testimony and council action on both requests remain ahead.
Accessibility, debt and city governance
Item 26-1119 would ask council to approve the city’s ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. Item 26-1159 would authorize proposed Series 2026 combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation and related financing documents. Item 26-1149 would provide city consent for unlimited-tax bond issuance by water improvement districts 1A, 1D and 1F. None of those authorizations is final before council acts.
Item 26-846 would give a proposed first reading to changes in the Downtown Board’s purpose and bylaws. Item 26-998 would ask council to consider creating a uniform conduct code for advisory boards, commissions and committees. Item 26-1145 would give a proposed first reading to the fiscal 2026-27 police and fire strength-of-force ordinance.
Consent business
Item 26-1059 would approve a proposed five-year lease for trail and park access on New Braunfels Economic Development Corporation property. The proposal follows prior reporting on the potential opening of roughly 130 acres for primitive trails. Item 26-1096 would approve a citywide Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with Software One. Item 26-1115 would authorize on-call disaster-debris removal and monitoring agreements.
Item 26-1099 would license Cotton Crossing Owners Association’s decorative poles and sign supports in city right-of-way. Item 26-1122 would authorize proposed critical-illness coverage for retired first responders through an interlocal arrangement. Item 26-1148 would approve the city’s fiscal 2026 third-quarter investment report. Item 26-982 covers four sets of prior draft meeting minutes.
The ceremonial portion lists Concrete Pipe Week, Flocktober and an Ava Cooper and Julia Cooper Celebration. The agenda also carries closed-session notices numbered 26-1168, 26-1146 and 26-1143.
How to participate and what comes next
The posted meeting notice schedules the City Council for 6 p.m. Sept. 28, 2026, in City Hall Council Chambers at 550 Landa Street. General citizen communications cover non-agenda concerns, while testimony about a listed proposal is taken with that item. Digital presentation materials must be submitted through the City Secretary form at least two hours before the meeting; speakers may also use hard copies with the overhead projector.
The next authoritative record will be the city’s posted action, minutes or another verified outcome after the Sept. 28 meeting. Readers can use the city’s meeting page to check for revisions before attending and for results afterward. The Sept. 14 agenda preview and previous full council recap provide context for following the next outcome record.