If you missed, or saw, the news about the new Mopac (pedestrian and bike) Mobility Bridges, you may be wondering how to make them part of your daily routine, or weekend adventure, or … whatever. Well, the bridges add about two miles to the city’s Urban Trail network and link South Austin to Zilker Park. We’ve included a handy little map for you.

Spend the rest of the summer watching movies with the Austin Public Library, which has a slew of screenings planned for July. There’s something for everybody on the schedule: The films will range from features, family matinees, cult classics, documentaries and book adaptations. All of the sessions are free to the public. The first two screenings take place Saturday, July 1. First, at noon, the Carver Branch will host 2016’s Sing. And the Windsor Park Branch will show this year’s hit Lego Batman at 2 p.m.

Today, some members of City Council will kick off their so-called summer break in San Antonio, for the first hearing for the preliminary injunction that could block Senate Bill 4 (the “sanctuary cities” law) from being implemented this September. (Mayor Steve Adler has made the job of getting up-to-date a little easier by collecting last week’s press conference and all of the city’s legal filings online here.) Council Member Greg Casar, who was arrested for protesting the bill this spring, released a statement Friday that said, in part, “Just last month we launched the Summer of Resistance against Texas’ show-me-your-papers law, SB 4. People across Texas have joined this movement because they know SB 4 has nothing to do with public safety, and everything to do with politicians attacking immigrants and their families for nothing but political gain. … Stopping SB 4 is bigger than Texas. Today, Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions filed a brief in support of SB 4. If SB 4 is allowed to go into effect, we can expect similar laws across the country.” Casar will be attending a live-streamed rally at 8:30 Monday morning, in advance of the hearing, with members of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, LUPE, Workers Defense Project, Texas Civil Rights Project and Texas Organizing Project.

The city’s Economic Development Department wants to hear from members of the creative community about the challenges they face in securing and keeping performance, exhibition and administrative spaces. In the Creative Space Survey, stakeholders can help the city better understand how they work, in what sort of spaces and what things are currently impeding their success. That could be a need for teaching space, a photo studio or air conditioning. The survey runs until Aug. 31, so fill it out while there is time. In related news, the city is hosting an informational meeting about its Art Space Assistance Program on Thursday, June 29, in the the Boards and Commissions Room at City Hall. Beginning at 6 p.m., the city will explain how to apply for the tenant improvement and rent stipend grants.

The new Hyatt Place Austin Airport, the four-story hotel on the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport campus, celebrated its grand opening last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, complete with a sabre salute to the Texas flag. The hotel boasts close proximity to the Barbara Jordan Terminal, 139 suites, a cafe and dining area, meeting rooms and a “resort style” pool. Outside, there’s a “Texas-sized state flag (15’x25’) atop a 60’ flagpole,” presumably so that guests can discern their location with a quick glance out of the window. (Seriously, though, the flag is the result of a collaboration between Journeyman Construction, JCI Hospitality LLC and nonprofit Celebrate Texas.) A press release announcing the grand opening also noted the environmentally friendly aspects of the project, including “its LEED Silver Certification, Austin Energy Green Building Two Star Rating, and four electric vehicle charging stations.”

Is the problem with our Land Development Code rewrite the fact that it’s just not enough fun? Well, uh, yeah! Luckily, the Austin Monitor, Austin Tech Alliance, Downtown Austin Alliance, Austin Board of Realtors and Glasshouse Policy are teaming up to put on a CodeNEXT Game Night later this month. The evening will consist of an interactive Lego-based game that is designed to help residents understand how population increases, land availability and pricing affect the layout of the city. There will also be other games, prizes, food and refreshments. CodeNEXT Game Night will take place on June 27 in the Capital Factory, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

City Council approved an ordinance adding electronic smoking devices to the city’s general ordinance banning smoking in public areas on Thursday. In May, the city manager was directed to draft code amendments to add these devices, which include e-cigarettes and vape pens that allow ingestion of nicotine in vapor, liquid or aerosol form, to the code. In a separate agenda item, Council approved prohibiting vending machines that sell electronic smoking devices in public. The ordinance amending the city code also added language prohibiting giving free electronic smoking devices or coupons for those smoking devices to minors, which is punishable with a fine no less than $100 for the first offense, no less than $200 for the second offense within 12 months of the first and no less than $500 for the third. The ordinance also officially changed the name of the Health and Human Services Department to the Austin Public Health Department, so update your files accordingly.

The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees will spend next Monday tying up the loose ends of its November bond proposal. Before taking a formal vote to call the election, the board will first hear from the community. At the last board meeting earlier this week, trustees emphasized the fact that any plan would not result in a tax increase, and heard from residents with mixed feelings about a proposal to relocate the Liberal Arts and Science Academy. At this special called meeting, trustees will also vote to appoint board officers. It begins at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 26, at the Carruth Administration Center, 1111 W. Sixth Street, Room B100.

With temperatures expected to climb over 100 degrees today, you might not be in the mood to celebrate water conservation, but the Austin Water Utility is doing it anyway. Yesterday, City Council officially honored a decade of water conservation and “Austin Water’s commitment to providing a sustainable, reliable water supply for all Austin citizens, now and into the future.” A press release commemorating Water Conservation Day (which was technically yesterday) explained, “In spite of tremendous population growth and historic drought, Austin has exceeded ambitious water conservation goals set by City Council. Water use in Austin has dropped to 122 gallons per capita per day (GPCD), down more than 35% from a high of 190 GPCD a decade ago.”

City Council is scheduled to vote on a new timeline for CodeNEXT at its meeting today. The current timeline has the Zoning and Platting Commission and the Planning Commission deliberating on the second draft of the code in October, after which Council will take up the code, ideally approving it on first reading in December and on third and final reading in either March or April. The proposed new timeline, put forward by Council Member Alison Alter, offers the land use commissions more time to give input, including on the third and final draft of the code drawn up by the CodeNEXT consultants. Alter’s resolution does not have Council doing a vote on first reading until February, although it still aims for the third reading to take place in April.

Austin Energy requested the approval of a 15-year power purchase agreement at the Electric Utility Commission meeting Monday evening. The recommended purchase is for 200 megawatts of utility-scale, wind-generated electricity capacity expected to cost $17.5 million per year. It is estimated to cost a total of $262.5 million. Khalil Shalabi, Austin Energy’s vice president of energy market operations and resource planning, explained why the utility feels it’s a good time to enter into a power purchase agreement. “The reason we’re doing it now is because the production tax credits are to be rolled off by the federal government unless they’re extended another time,” said Shalabi. He said this technology is quite mature and prices for such technologies aren’t expected to go down. Still, many commissioners questioned the higher-than-usual price. According to Shalabi, though, the utility stands to gain because this project is set to generate high revenues. “This particular project is a coastal wind project, and we saw that it really did generate a lot of revenue during peak hours during the day,” he said. The commission passed the request unanimously, and the proposal is scheduled for discussion before City Council today.

The Real Estate Council of Austin has hired Geoffrey Tahuahua as its new vice president of policy and government affairs. Most recently, Tahuahua was vice president of public policy for the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin, a post he took in 2015. He’s also worked for the Texas Public Policy Foundation and as district director for state Rep. Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio). In this new position, Tahuahua will oversee the council’s policy and advocacy, work on issues affecting the commercial real estate industry, and manage its City of Austin Policy & CodeNEXT and Regional Issues committees.