Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award, negotiate, and execute Historic Preservation Fund grant agreements and allocations for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for historic preservation and restoration projects and activities in an amount not to exceed $31,379,499. Funding: $31,379,499 is available in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment Special Revenue Historic Preservation Fund for historic preservation and restoration projects in accordance with Texas T

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Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award, negotiate, and execute Historic Preservation Fund grant agreements and allocations for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for historic preservation and restoration projects and activities in an amount not to exceed $31,379,499. Funding: $31,379,499 is available in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment Special Revenue Historic Preservation Fund for historic preservation and restoration projects in accordance with Texas Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5).

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).