Apple Inc.'s proposed new campus would be located on 38 acres of vacant land on West Parmer Lane and Delcour Drive.
Apple Inc. still could receive up to 80 percent in property tax rebates—estimated at around $7 million—from Travis County for agreeing to hire 3,600 people and building a 1 million-square-foot facility near Parmer Lane at Delcour Drive in Northwest Austin.
County commissioners voted 4-0 on March 27 to direct staff to construct a draft agreement outlining provisions that Apple would have to agree on before the Cupertino, Calif.–based received the rebates.
Travis County Judge Samuel Biscoe said staff would likely use the City of Austin's agreement, which City Council approved March 22, as a starting point for the county's agreement. He said provisions may include the amount of jobs Apple must add with requirements about what percentage of new employees must be residents of Travis County and the amount of money the company would have to invest in real property.
"We keep hearing we don't have to do anything," Biscoe said. "[County staff] have been making commitments since February."
