🛶 Recreation on Austin lakes resumes tonight

City Council Will Consider New Data Center Restrictions

Austin City Council members will discuss a resolution this week that would require water conservation efforts from data centers that are built in the city. The resolution could also end some non-disclosure practices. [Austin American-Statesman]

APA! Needs Fosters, Adopters After Flooding

Austin Pets Alive! is offering name-your-fee adoptions and is asking for three-week fosters after taking in more than 270 animals from areas impacted by flooding. You can also help by purchasing items off the shelter’s Amazon wish list. [Austin Pets Alive!]

Jurors To Receive Thousands in Sheriff Case

Twelve jurors and two alternates will receive $27,000 each in the evidence tampering case against former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and assistant county attorney Jason Nassour. The jurors heard three days of evidence before prosecutors dismissed the charges against Chody and Nassour. [KVUE]

• Chody and Nassour were charged in relation to the death of Javier Ambler in 2019. [KXAN]

Activity on Austin Lakes To Resume

Activity will be allowed again on Lady Bird Lake, Lake Austin, and the Colorado River beneath Longhorn Dam after 5 p.m. today. The city prohibited use of kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and other vessels over the weekend after floodgates on the dams in the Highland Lake reservoir system were opened. [KUT]