[CALL TO ORDER]
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UH, IT'S SIX OH ONE, UH, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AT 63 10 WILHELMINA DELCO DRIVE.
UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH ROLL CALL HERE REAL QUICK.
UH, COMMISSIONER NICHOLS HERE.
COMMISSIONER
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
MY GUESTS WE'VE GOT SOME PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, CORRECT? GO AHEAD.UM, CAN WE REDO THAT? I'M SORRY, THE PODIUM PLEASE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CAMERA'S SET UP.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON SAYS PUSH RIGHT.
THERE SHOULD BE GREEN WHEN IT'S GOOD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL.
I GREW UP HERE IN AUSTIN AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME IN THIS BUILDING AND SHOCKING HOW MUCH HAS DEVELOPED HERE IN THIS AREA.
I WANTED TO JUST SAY WHAT WE'RE UP TO AND KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I BELIEVE AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND MAKING IT THROUGH COVID, I'M JUST VERY HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY IN PERSON.
AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO BE HERE AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SURVIVING THROUGH COVID.
WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY THIS SUMMER.
WE HAVE HOSTED THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR A GROUP OF INTELLECTUALLY DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S A NONPROFIT CALLED THE AUSTIN VENTURES.
AND SO WE CREATED A SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR THEM ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WHERE THEY COMPETED.
WE ARE CONTINUING HAVING FREE PEDALS FOR THE IDD GROUPS AFOREMENTIONED, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH DOWN-HOME RANCH, WHO ALSO SPECIALIZES IN WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD.
AND THESE ARE FREE OUTDOOR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING WITH THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL.
WE ARE A LICENSED CONCESSION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, TOOK ME 16 YEARS TO GET THAT CONCESSION CONTRACT.
AND IN THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SERVING ABOUT A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND INCLUDING OFFERING THOSE FREE PADDLE PROGRAMS FOR THE ADAPTIVE POPULATIONS.
UH, WE WERE JUST AWARDED THE TOP TRAINING PROVIDER FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
AND OVER 200 LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED BY OUR STUDENTS.
WHO'VE TAKEN OUR SAFETY COURSE CLASSES AND WE PARTNERED WITH SAFE KIDS, AUSTIN AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT ON MEMORIAL DAY FITTING EVERYONE IN LIFE JACKETS COMING IN AND OUT OF FESTIVAL BEACH BOAT RAMP, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE TEMPORARILY LOCATED.
WE ARE CONTINUED TO THE WORK, CONTINUED TO DOING THE WORK AND WE'RE AN OFFICIAL WATER QUALITY TESTS OR FOR LCRA.
WE WON THE LITTER ABATEMENT AWARD IN 2017 WITH KEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL.
AND FROM THAT, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING DAILY WORK BY CLEANING TRASH OUT OF LADY BIRD LAKE, AND WORKING WITH WATERSHED COLLECTIVELY TO PICK UP THE TRASH ON THE SHORELINE AND LADYBIRD LAKE WITH THAT, WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HEARING ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND WHAT WE'RE UP TO.
WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND WE ARE HOPING FOR THAT LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO BUILD A WORLD-CLASS ADAPTIVE DOCK, UM, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE WE'RE LOCATED IN THE LAGOON OF, OF FIESTA GARDENS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM US SOON.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND NEXT STEP WE HAVE ADAM'S
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HI THERE.I AM ADAM, SHEDLOSKI THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU MORE OF A KIND OF PRESENT DAY VIEW OF WHAT WE JUST ACCOMPLISHED AT THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL.
UH, WE TOOK PART IN THE LAST OF FOUR WILD WEDNESDAYS THAT THE WATERLOO GREENWAY WAS PUTTING ON FOR THE COMMUNITY DOWN AT THE, THE NEWLY RENOVATED AND OPEN WATERLOO GREENWAY, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
AND THE FOCUS TODAY WAS ON ECOLOGY.
AND SO WE, WITH AS MANY YOUNG AND AMBITIOUS MINDS AS WE COULD MUSTER, WE, WE WERE MAKING SEA BALLS WITH A LOT OF THE YOUTH OF AUSTIN, AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE BUTTERFLIES AND THE DRAGONFLIES AND THE POLLINATORS BOSTON AND, AND HELP US PROMOTE THOSE POLLINATORS AND A REBOUND IN THEIR POPULATIONS BY CREATING SEATBELTS AND MUCH TO THEIR PARENTS SHOULD RAN.
THESE KIDS WERE NOW SUPER MUDDY AND DIRTY, AND WE'RE GOING HOME WITH LITTLE ZIPLOC BAGS FULL OF, OF BUTTERFLY, WEED SEEDS AND MILKWEED SEEDS, UM, AT OUR BOAT RAMP AT THE FESTIVAL BEACH BOAT RAMP.
IT'S QUITE INTERESTING TO SEE JUST THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTIN AND THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HAVING ON OUR RIVER.
UM, WITH THE, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ZEBRA MUSSEL POPULATION IS RAMPANT.
AND WITH THAT, NOW THAT THE CYANOBACTERIA POPULATIONS ARE EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE JUST BIG GLOBS OF CYANOBACTERIA ALONG THESE PUBLIC ASSETS WAYS, BUT ALSO JUST IN THE KIND OF STAGNANT WATERS ALONG THE SHORELINE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS HYDRILLA AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE HYDRILLA HAD MADE IT COME BACK, BUT IT'S THE KABBALAH PLANT, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR.
IT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER PLANT THAT'S RELEASED FROM AQUARIUM OWNERS, BUT THIS KABBALAH IS EVERYWHERE.
AND IT'S JUST FASCINATING WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PADDLE ALONG THE RIVER, JUST TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF ALL OF THE FLUENT WATER GOING INTO THE END OF THE RIVER AND, YOU KNOW, OUR LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL AND JUST HOTTER THAN EVER TEMPERATURE.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW WE ARE CONTINUING OUR WORK TO INSPIRE KIDS OF AUSTIN TO, TO BE MORE COMMITTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR COMMUNITY AND, AND LEAD CLEANUPS.
AND TALK ABOUT THE ECOLOGY OF THANK YOU, ADAM.
THAT'S IT FOR THE SPEAKERS? CORRECT.
[1. Approval the minutes of the Environmental Commission Regular Meeting on July 6, 2022]
ON TO ITEM ONE.UM, REVIEW OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS JULY 6TH, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE NICKELS? THANK YOU.
UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
UM, ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN SINCE I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING, BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
[2. Update on Environmental Commission Annual Report]
NEXT UP IS A NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.UM, BY ME, UM, IN THE BACKUP, UH, WE PROVIDED THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, I, I, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR SOME IDEAS ON PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I TRIED TO SYNTHESIZE THAT BASED ON WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SOME OF, SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM THIS COMING YEAR, UM, IT'S MAYBE PAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THE DOCUMENT, I THINK.
PRIORITY-WISE, IT'S A COUPLE OF PAGES, SO IT'LL BE HARD TO, TO MAKE EVERYTHING A PRIORITY, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A RETREAT COMING UP.
UM, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS MONTH, I THINK IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT TENTATIVE ON THE DATE.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AT THE RETREAT IS, UM, MAYBE SOME, SOME, UH, SOME FEEDBACK ON, ON RANKING THESE, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING CAN'T BE A PRIORITY IF WE'VE GOT 25 OF THEM.
SO, UM, BE THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, FOR COMMISSIONERS THAT DID PROVIDE ME SOME IDEAS AND FEEDBACK, UM, I'D ALSO BE EXCITED TO HEAR ON, ON HOW IF I HIT THE TARGET, UH, ON, ON, ON WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, AND, OR REFINING IT.
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SO, UM, NOT MUCH OF AN UPDATE, UH, ON THAT QUITE YET, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT IT, UM, AT THE RETREAT, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY LIKE THIS MONTH, MAYBE, MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, IN THAT BACKUP IS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE MOTIONS THAT WE'VE REVIEWED AND SUCH.
SO IT'S A GOOD SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? YEAH.
I THINK WE'RE CONFIRMED FOR AUGUST 31ST.
UH, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO BOTH A HYBRID IF, IF POSSIBLE.
SO SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE CAN COME, YOU CAN COME AND IF, IF NOT, UH, YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE COMMISSIONERS ANY IDEAS OR, UH, DISCUSSION ON, ON ITEM TWO FOR NOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT, THAT JUST CAUSE YOU'RE SAVING YOUR IDEAS AND DISCUSSION FOR THE RETREAT.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH,
[3. Name: Bull Creek PUD Amendment #3, Case No. C814-2009-0139.03]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE BULL CREEK PUD AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, CASE NUMBER C 8 1 4 DASH 2009 DASH 0 1 3 9 0 3, UH, LOCATIONS AT 53 0 5 5454 0 4 54 0 8 55 0 5.UM, PARADOX COVE AND 49 0 9 49, 15 AND A HALF 49 29, FM 2222.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME STAFF LESLIE TO, UH, TO GIVE US A BRIEFING, PLEASE.
I'M GLAD YOU READ OUT THE ADDRESS BECAUSE I WAS ALSO GOING TO DO IT, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE HOUSE WITH IT.
SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE BULL CREEK, UH, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE CASE NUMBER AND THE EIGHT ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR PART AMENDMENT, I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND A LENS THAT OUR STAFF USES TO APPROVE AND CONCEIVE OF LIKE HOW TO REVIEW THIS AMENDMENT AND OTHER KINDS OF PET AMENDMENTS.
SO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, UM, FOR, UH, FOR A DEFINITION OF IT AS A TYPE OF SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY CITY ORDINANCE FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND.
UM, SO THE, THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS A REGULATORY MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPERIOR TO BE APPROVED, UM, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ALLOWABLE UNDER CURRENT REVIEW PROCESS AND, UH, UNDER A CURRENT CODE AND CRITERIA.
UM, SO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THEY CONCEIVE OF A SUPERIOR ELEMENTS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED.
UM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE MODIFICATIONS INCORPORATED WITHIN THEM TO CURRENT CODE.
UH, SO THIS, THIS IS A MECHANISM TO ALLOW FOR THESE KINDS OF SPECIAL PROJECTS TO OCCUR.
UM, THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OR POD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS A BULL CREEK AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED IN 2009.
AND THIS ONE'S PRETTY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT WAS DESERT.
SO IT'S DESIGNATING THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
AND I WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT BECAUSE A PART OF THE AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED IS A NEW, UM, USE, WHICH IS A CIVIC USE OR CULTURAL USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN ART MUSEUM FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR AN ART MUSEUM TO MEMORIALIZE THE LEGACY OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, MR. BOOTH.
UH, SO THAT SHIFT IN, IN, UM, IN USE TYPE IS A SIGNIFICANT THING THAT IS CONSIDERED IN THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE FROM THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE LAND USE PLAN ARE BEING PROPOSED.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT PROPOSED USE TYPE, THERE IS A VERY EXTENSIVE AND LARGE RESTORATION PLAN THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
SO THERE'S THESE TWO ELEMENTS, THE USE TYPE THAT IS BEING INCLUDED, AND THEN THIS VERY LARGE RESTORATION PLAN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT MORE THAN WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE ORIGINAL POD.
UM, SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, IN THE FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
IT IS NOT IN THE RECHARGE OR CONTRIBUTING ZONE OF THEIR, OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, NEXT SLIDE.
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CONFLUENCE OF BULL CREEK AND LAKE AUSTIN.UM, AND IT IS IN BOTH OF THE WATERSHEDS.
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS IN THE BULL CREEK WATERSHED AND THE SOUTHERN, THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS IN THE LAKE AUSTIN WATERSHED.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ON THIS PROPERTY AND THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE HAD TO CONSIDER IN THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE FEATURES ARE SHOWN HERE, UM, INCLUDING TWO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER, UH, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO, UH, REM ROCK CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.
AND THEN ALONG THE SHORELINE, THERE IS A FRINGE WETLAND CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE, WHICH IS MAINLY COMPRISED OF VERY LARGE, UH, CYPRESS TREES.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY FOR THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, THERE IS AN EMERGENT WETLAND THAT IS KIND OF IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND HAS THAT STANDARD HUNDRED AND 50 FOOT SETBACK, UM, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AND IN HISTORIC PHOTO HISTORIC AREAS GOING BACK, UM, AS FAR AS YOU CAN, THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION HAS BEEN, IS DOMINATED BY BERMUDA GRASS AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, UM, TO THAT CONDITION PRIMARILY LIKE THAT'S THE HISTORY OF IT.
UM, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN THAT IS DELINEATED WITH THE BLACK LINE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FLOOD PLAIN EXISTS ON THE SITE.
AND THEN LASTLY, AND I THINK THIS IS ALWAYS INTERESTING ALONG, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC, UH, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SITES ALONG THESE WATERWAYS IS THE SOUTHWESTERN, UM, SHORELINE WAS IMPOUNDED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1940 AND 1958.
SO THIS IS A HISTORICAL AREA, UH, AERIAL FROM 1940, SHOWING THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHY, UM, THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE IMPOUNDMENT OF THE SHORELINE AND HOW MUCH OF THE LAND WAS ACTUALLY INUNDATED.
AND THAT, AND I WANT SHOW THIS HISTORICAL AERIAL BECAUSE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LAND USE PLAN AND THE RESTORATION PLAN, UM, WHICH ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE APPLICANT.
SO IN YOUR BACKUP AND SHOWN HERE IS THE ORIGINAL APPROVED LAND USE PLAN.
AND THIS LAND USE PLAN IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE TYPE.
UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS LAND USE PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT'S KIND OF IN THE CENTER.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A LARGE FENCE ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT MAYBE IS HARDER TO DISTINGUISH ON THIS POWERPOINT, BUT YOU COULD SEE IN THE BACKUP THESE THREE POLYGONS THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WAS APPROVED AS LIKE THREE ACRES OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT.
SO THESE THREE, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT FULLY DESIGNED KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PLACED CONCEPTUAL MIGRATORY WATERFALL HABITAT THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS ABOUT THREE ACRES.
AND THEN THE RESTORATION PLAN AS APPROVED IN THE ORIGINAL PLOT IS MORE NARRATIVE INFORMED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A VISUAL MAP LIKE THE LAND USE PLAN HAS.
UM, AND THAT ALSO, UM, PROVIDES FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE ACRES OF UPLAND RESTORATION.
UH, AND I WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT BECAUSE THE RESTORATION PLAN THAT IS PROVIDED THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, HAS QUITE A BIT MORE, UM, UPLAND RESTORATION.
SO THIS IS THE NEW EXHIBIT C LAND USE PLAN BEING PROPOSED IN THIS AMENDMENT.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR NEW, UH, PATHWAYS, UH, THROUGH THE SITE, NEW WALKWAYS, UM, AND OTHER KINDS OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUTURE CIVIC USE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST KIND OF LAND USE CHANGES INCLUDES, UM, A RECONFIGURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND.
SO THE SQUIGGLY LINE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, I MEAN ON THE SOUTHWESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS THE HABITAT POND.
UM, THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT, UM, AND IN ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE CUT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POND WOULD BE THEN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BERM ALONG THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THIS, THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS RECONFIGURATION, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, A BIG,
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UH, CHANGE OF LAND USE PLAN, BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALIGNS WITH HOW THE ORIGINAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SHORELINE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE IMPOUNDING OF, OF THIS, THIS PROPERTY.UM, SO WHERE THERE WAS KIND OF JUST MORE OF A NARRATIVE RESTORATION PLAN BEFORE THERE IS THE PROPOSED A RESTORATION PLAN EXHIBIT F HERE, AND IT'S VERY DETAILED AND ALONG THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE LIST, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE TYPES, UH, PROPOSED, INCLUDING THE VEGETATION, THE NUMBER OF PLANTINGS AND OTHER DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THE PROPOSED RESTORATION OF THIS PLAN.
UM, SO OVERALL THE INCREASE IN A WETLAND, UM, RESTORATION IS FROM THREE ACRES TO A LITTLE, LIKE A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF ACRES.
AND THE PROPOSED UPLAND RESTORATION IS THREE ACRES TO OVER NINE ACRES.
AND THE UPLAND RESTORATION INCLUDES BOTH WOODLAND HABITAT TYPES.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, MEADOWS THAT WOULD BE FREE OF LIKE, WHAT DO YOU PLANT ENCROACHMENT? AND SO HAVING THESE DIFFERENT HABITAT TYPES ACROSS, UH, ACROSS THE PROPERTY.
SO WITH, UH, WITH THIS AMENDMENT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CODE MODIFICATIONS BEING REQUESTED, FIVE OF WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND THE FIRST TWO ARE, UH, CODE MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED FOR SECTION 25, 8, 3 41 AND 3 42, WHICH DEAL WITH, UM, ALLOWANCES AND CUT AND FELL THE PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENT REQUESTS TO, UH, INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE, CUT AND FILL UP TO EIGHT FEET TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HABITAT POND AND THE BERM.
NOW, I THINK, UM, THE PROPOSED AND APPROVED, UM, MIGRATORY WATERFOWL, UH, PIECES WOULD HAVE REQUIRED CUT AND FILL POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF FOUR FEET AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS PARTICULAR CODE MODIFICATION, IN SOME WAYS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE COME TO FRUITION, IF THOSE, UH, MIGRATORY WATERFOWL FEATURES HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN RECONFIGURED IN THIS WAY.
UM, THE OTHER THREE CODE MODIFICATIONS, UM, DEAL WITH ALLOWING CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN RESTRICTED AREAS.
SO SECTION, UH, TWENTY-FIVE EIGHT TO 81 ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE HABITAT POND, RIPARIAN HABITAT, WETLAND PLANTING EXCLOSURES EXISTING AND PROPOSED GUEST HOUSE, THE CARETAKER RESIDENTS, PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS WALKWAYS, LOW WATER CROSSINGS SITE, ELECTRICAL WEAR SYSTEMS AND ARTWORK AND ITS SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS.
UM, THIS ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE COTTON FILL, UH, SHOWN IN EXHIBIT J TO BE ALLOWABLE WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
THE SECOND OF THESE TYPES OF CODE MODIFICATIONS ARE TWO SECTION 25 TO 5 51 B3, WHICH SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH LAKE AUSTIN.
AND IT IS TO ALLOW THE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SETBACK AREA, WHICH INCLUDE THE HABITAT POND AND ARTWORK AND ITS SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE FIFTH CODE MODIFICATION EXPANDS UPON WHAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTING CODE MODIFICATION IN THE APPROVED POD TO SECTION TO PART FIVE SECTION, UM, SECTION D 11, WHICH ALLOWS FOR, UH, WHICH ALLOWS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE 150 FOOT SETBACK OF THE WETLANDS CF.
SO THAT'S, UH, MODIFYING, UH, 25 8 2 81 AND 25 8 2 82.
SO WITH THESE PROPOSED CODE MODIFICATIONS, THERE ARE ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY ITEMS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTING TO PROVIDE FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT NEW BUILDINGS WILL ACHIEVE TWO STAR OR GREATER A RATING UNDER THE GREEN ENERGY BUILDING PROGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDINGS AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIVIC USE THE FUTURE CIVIC USE.
UM, NUMBER TWO, THE OPEN SPACE WILL CONTINUE TO EXCEED 50% EVEN IF THE FUTURE CIVIC USE, YOU KNOW,
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EVEN AT THE TIME OF FUTURE CIVIC USE CHANGED, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WATER QUALITY TREATMENT FOR NEW AND PERVIOUS COVER ON THE BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIVIC USE WILL BE TREATED WITH GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THE PROPERTY, UH, AND THE APPLICANT ARE COMMITTING TO PRESERVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE HERITAGE TREES, 75% OF PROTECTED TREES AND 75% OF ALL NATIVE TREES REGARDLESS OF SIZE.UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO COMMITTING TO IMPROVE AND RESTORE THE ENTIRE WETLAND CF SETBACK AND NOT HIS, UM, 1.2 ACRES, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF 12 AND A LITTLE OVER 12 AND A HALF ACRES OF RESTORATION SITE-WIDE.
AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN HERE ON THE TYPES OF WOODLAND HABITAT, PRAIRIE GRASSLAND, AND THEN WETLAND AND RIPARIAN HABITAT TYPES.
UM, ALL TREES THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE RESTORATION WILL BE SOURCED WITHIN 300 MILES AND NOT JUST CONSIDERED DATA TO TEXAS OR AUSTIN, BUT CONSIDERED NATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED, UH, EDWARDS PLATEAU ECO REGION.
UH, 50% OF THE NEW WALKWAYS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FROM POROUS PAVEMENT.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE IRRIGATION WATER WILL BE AN ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE FROM LIKE AUSTIN THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH LCRA.
AND THEN 1.2 ACRES OF, UM, TURF AND LAWN AROUND, UH, THE HOUSE WILL BE CONVERTED TO NATIVE PLANTINGS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, UM, THE APPLICANT COMMITS TO ENHANCING THE DARK SKY ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTE ADDED IN THE REDLINED, UH, POD.
SO THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS POD REVISION THAT ARE NEITHER FORMAL CODE MODIFICATIONS NOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FORMAL SUPERIORITY ITEMS, BUT ARE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION DURING THE REVIEW OF THIS AMENDMENT.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, A CHANGE IN IMPERVIOUS COVER FROM 15 TO 20%.
SO THE BULL CREEK AND THE LAKE AUSTIN WATERSHEDS ARE WATER SUPPLY SUBURBAN, AND FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, THE ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER IS 30%.
HOWEVER, THE COMMERCIAL IMPERVIOUS COVERS 40%.
SO 20% IS STILL BELOW BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL ALLOWANCES FOR THIS REGULATORY WATERSHED TYPE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE CHANGE IN, UH, USE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO CIVIC USE WILL, UM, INCREASE THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE FROM 75 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET INCREASING THE AREA OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS UNDER MORE STRICT DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATIONS.
UM, THE CHANGES TO CONFIGURE THE MIGRATORY WATERFALL FEATURE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IN, UH, LOOKING AT THE TWO DIFFERENT LAND, UM, UH, LAND USE EXHIBITS.
UH, ALSO IF YOU'VE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THE RESTORATION PLAN, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME RAIN GARDENS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BERM, AND THEN ALSO THE ROYAL KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE, UH, DRAINAGE AREA THAT THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE FEATURE THAT GOES THROUGH THE SITE AND THOSE RAIN GARDENS ARE NOT, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATING AND PERVIOUS COVER AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
THEY'RE JUST A PART OF IMPROVING DRAINAGE.
UM, THE CHANGE IN CIVIC USE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO, YOU KNOW, TO CIVIC USE AS A, UM, AS AN ART MUSEUM WILL INCREASE THE ACCESS, UH, PUBLIC AND ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE LAKE FRONT PROPERTY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WHAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE TWO DIFFERENT LAND USE, UH, EXHIBITS IS A CHANGE IN THE DELINEATION OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN.
SO THROUGH MODELING EFFORTS AND THROUGH APPROVAL WITH THE FLOODPLAIN OFFICE, THE CHANGE IN THE FLOODPLAIN HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN ON THE PROPERTY.
ALSO INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT IS REGULATED, UM, BASED ON THE RESTRICTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
AND THEN LASTLY, THERE IS NOT ONLY A INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED AS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PUD, BUT A STATE, A SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE TYPES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE RESTORATION PLAN.
UM, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS BULL CREEK POT AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT COMPLETES THE RESTORATION PLAN PRIOR TO THE CONVERSION OF THE PROPERTY TO CIVIC USE AS ESTABLISHED BY THIS PUD AND FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THERE IS AN ASSOCIATED SITE PLAN LISTED HERE SP 20 21 0 2 4 9 D.
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DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT IS SUBJECT TO CURRENT CODE.UM, ALSO THE PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH 25, 25 8, EXCEPT FOR THE RELEVANT CODE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDED IN THE POT AMENDMENT.
AND THE PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT.
SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS THEIR PRESENTATION AS WELL, AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION TO PERFECT.
YES, MR. AMBERS, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THREE SPEAKERS, BUT YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO, UH, TO WALK THROUGH Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO DO A QA WITH, WITH BOTH Y'ALL AND STAFF.
IF THAT WORKS, MY NAME IS DAVID ARMBRUST REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
THIS MAY BE THE MOST UNUSUAL PROJECT THAT YOU'LL EVER SEE IN, IN MY VIEW, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST UNUSUAL ONE FOR ME.
MR. BOOTH IS AN AMAZING PERSON.
HE'S HAS AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF ART.
THE, WHAT HE HAS THERE TODAY, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE THERE, YOU WOULD EXPECT YOU WERE IN A INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS MUSEUM, IS IT'S REALLY, TRULY AMAZING.
WHAT'S THERE, HE'S IN HIS MID SEVENTIES AND, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE HIS ART FOR THE FUTURE FOREVER.
SO WE'RE HERE REALLY BUILDING A MUSEUM FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH I TRULY BELIEVE WILL BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION.
GIVEN THE QUALITY OF THE ARTS THAT THAT'S THERE.
WE'RE VERY, UH, UH, PLEASED, UH, PROUD OF GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE OF HIS STATURE, HIS CALIBER, HIS DESIRE.
IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU FIND A PERSON LIKE MR. BOOTH, WHO NOT ONLY HAS THE DESIRE, BUT THE RESOURCES TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, HIS PLAN IS TO TRY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT.
WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A, A WORLD-CLASS, UH, MUSEUM OPERATOR, AS AN EXAMPLE, WOULD BE MOMA SOME, SOME INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD OPERATE THIS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, UH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, UH, JUST GOING OUT THERE TODAY.
IT'S I VIEW IT AS KIND OF A MAGICAL PLACE.
IT'S UH, AND MR. BOOTH HAS REALLY, I MEAN, HE CARES, LITERALLY CARES ABOUT EVERY TREE THAT'S THERE.
SO, UH, WE'RE HERE ASKING YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND ALONG THE WAY WE'VE MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE'VE MET WITH THE STAFF, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.
LAST MONTH WHEN WE WERE HERE, WE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE REMAINING NEIGHBORS.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE'VE WORKED THOSE ISSUES OUT WITH THE HELP OF KURT, UH, CADENA MITCHELL AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S OFFICE.
UH, HE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN BEING A KIND OF AN INTERMEDIARY, BUT WE HAVE KIND OF ONE LITTLE REMAINING ISSUE INVOLVING DRIVEWAY ACCESS THAT INVOLVES A DISCUSSION WITH TXDOT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A MEETING WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AND WHAT THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE.
I AM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGN LEAD ON THIS PROJECT.
AND AT THIS POINT I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO NOTE OUT THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, JONATHAN OLGRAN, UH, THE ECOLOGIST AND KIND OF PARTNER IN CRIME IN TERMS OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS ON THIS PROJECT AND ALSO, UH, JONATHAN MCKEE, CIVIL ENGINEER, UM, BECAUSE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, AND I MUST APPLAUD LESLIE FOR GIVING SUCH AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO MOVE REALLY QUICKLY.
IT'S ABOUT 55 ACRES OR GREEK LIFESTYLE LAKE AUSTIN AND 2222.
UM, JUST IN TERMS OF THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT FROM THE LAKE OR ACTUALLY WALK ON THE PROPERTY, UM, AS, AS DAVID SAID, IT TRULY IS A REMARKABLE ONE OF A KIND PROPERTY, UH, WITH WORLD-CLASS ARCHITECTURE TODAY, UH, AN ART COLLECTION, UM, UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REVEAL THIS TO THE PUBLIC IS, IS TRULY, TRULY SPECIAL.
UM, THE LANDSCAPE, UM, LOLAND, UH, WOODLANDS, UH, UPLAND WOODLANDS, RIM, ROCK CLIFFS, UH, SCOTLAND WOODLANDS, AND IT'S TRULY A REMARKABLE PLACE.
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A COUPLE OF SLIDES THERE SHOWING THE CHARACTER OF SOME OF THE EXISTING, UH, MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE GARDENS.UM, SOME OF THE CONTEXT OF THE LOW, THE UPLAND AREAS, THE CYPRESS FRINGE AND THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE.
UM, AS LESLIE SAID, THE, UH, THE PUD, UH, ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 2011, UM, AND AS SHE'S KIND OF EXPLAINED, THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THIS AMENDMENT.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS TO TAKE THAT THREE ACRES OF MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT, WHICH WAS LOOSELY DEFINED AS A, AS A RECTANGLE AND A POLYGON, AND TO TRULY MAKE IT REAL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, THE EXISTING LOAN MENTO, EXISTING LOAN MEADOWS THAT SITS TODAY, UH, IS COMPRISED OF A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT STANDARD EXISTING PER COUNTRIES.
UM, THE FRINGE OF THE LAKE AUSTIN AND BULL CREEK IS A FAIRLY LINEAR LINE OF CYPRESS TREES.
AND, UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE RECTANGULAR NATURE OF THIS WAS JUST DUE TO LANDFILLS AND KIND OF RECLAMATION THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST 80 OR 90 YEARS.
UM, UM, AND SO THESE ARE KIND OF EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF HEAL BACK SOME OF THE SCARS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, UH, IN THE PAST NEXT SLIDE, UM, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH JONATHAN AND HIS TEAM, UM, PARTS OF THAT KIND OF MAKING IT REAL HAS BEEN ABOUT, UM, TAKING THE IDEOLOGY OF THREE ACRES OF MIGRATORY HABITAT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM AND THE REGENERATIVE APPROACH TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND ECOLOGY LOOKING AT, AND ENHANCING NOT ONLY WETLANDS AND OPEN WATER AREAS, BUT ALSO, UH, CREATING A SUCCESSION STRATEGY FOR THE EXISTING MATURE PECANS, LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT MEADOW RESTORATIONS, UM, LARGE PERCENTAGES OF LOWLAND AND UPLAND, WOODLAND RESTORATION, AND OF WHICH, UM, OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE NATIVE HABITAT RESTORATION IN TERMS OF NATIVE PLANTS, CONVERTING LAWN AREAS INTO NATIVE PLANTINGS, UM, TO NOT ONLY CURATE ROOMS FOR THE ONGOING KIND OF ART COLLECTION, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT THE ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND LANDSCAPE SUPERIORITY.
UM, AND RENDERS NEVER OFTEN DO IT COMPLETE JUSTICE, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED JUST IN TERMS ABOUT HOW WORKING WITH THE FLOODPLAIN, UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEMS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND DEVELOP A REALLY SUPERIOR LANDSCAPE.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
UM, WE COME TODAY, COME TO YOU TODAY, UM, HAVING A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH STAFF, UM, AND, UM, WORKING SINCE EARLY OF 21, UH, IN THIS PROCESS OF BUILDING CONSENSUS AND TRUST AND AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF THE PATH FORWARD, UM, WE'VE PROVIDED A FULL FLOOD PLAIN ASSESSMENT, UH, WE'VE REASSESSED THE FLOOD PLAIN AND REMAPPED WHERE THE ATLAS 14 FLOODPLAIN ACTUALLY EXISTS ON THE SITE.
UH, WE'VE UPDATED AND ACTUALLY COMPLETED A FULL TREE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, NOT JUST THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND WE'VE COORDINATED WITH STAFF EXTENSIVELY ON ALL ASPECTS OF SUPERIORITY, UM, WITH THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT AND THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE.
SIMPLY PUT THE RESULT IS A MORE RESILIENT, MORE ROBUST, MORE DIVERSE LANDSCAPE, UM, WITHIN ENHANCED ECOLOGICAL, UH, LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE, UM, BUT ALSO NO ADVERSE IMPACT THE EXISTING FLOOD PLAIN.
UM, THE BERM FOR EXAMPLE, IS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN, THE POND AND THE, AND THE, THE WETLAND AREA ARE INCREASING FLOOD STORAGE INSTEAD OF, UH, CONTAINING OR RESTRAINING THAT, UM, WE ARE BY VIRTUE OF EXCLOSURES.
UM, WE'RE ENHANCING, UH, THE PERFORMATIVE QUALITY AND THE SHORELINE ALONG LAKE AUSTIN.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY STUDIED CAREFULLY IN TERMS OF WHERE THE NO WAKE ZONES EXIST ON THE LAKE.
AND WITH HAPPY TO SAY THAT THEY APPEAR TO HAVE GROWN WITHOUT OUR IN NECESSARY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY NOW GO TRULY FROM THE MOUTH OF BULL CREEK ALL THE WAY PAST THE PENNY BACK A BRIDGE, UM, WHICH HAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF EROSION ALONG BULL CREEK ON THE TOTALITY OF THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THE END RESULT AS, AS LAISSEZ STATED, WAS THE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THREE ACRES OF, OF SUPERIORITY WITH THE MIGRATE TO HABITAT TO NOW BE, UH, WITH YOU TODAY TO SAY, AND KIND OF ILLUSTRATE, UH, 12.57 ACRES OF SUPERIORITY.
SO WE NOT ONLY GO FROM FAIR TO GOOD IN TERMS OF THE FLOOD PLAIN ASSESSMENT, BUT, UH, WE GO FROM THREE ACRES OF MIGRATORY HABITAT TO 3.44, UH, WE'RE INTRODUCING 3.7 ACRES OF RESTORED MEADOWS AND 7.3
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ACRES OF NEW WOODLANDS, BUT THE UPLAND ON THE LOWLAND PLUS 600 ACRE, 600, 600 ACRES, 600 FEET OF SHORELINE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT AGAIN, WORK IN TANDEM WITH THAT, NO, EXXON THE DOODLE ALREADY EXIST.AND IN TOTAL, UH, ABOUT 8.9 ACRES OF GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE ARROYO, WITH THE POND, WITH THE RAIN GARDENS AND THE COMMITMENT FOR LOW IMPACT DESIGN, UM, ALL OF THAT IS THEN CODIFIED BEAUTIFULLY THROUGH JONATHAN'S WORK AND THE ECOLOGICAL KIND OF COMPONENTS.
AND THEN, UH, IN A MORE, UM, BLACK AND WHITE KIND OF BORING WAY AND THE RESTORATION PLAN EXHIBIT F.
AND THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT COMES DOWN TO A SENSE OF, UM, HOW WE THEN CODIFY ALL OF THAT, THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE ACHIEVING IS THAT THIS FULL 10 MINUTES.
AND THEN I'LL JUST, UH, VERY QUICKLY KIND OF SUMMARIZE ON, UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS IS THE, UH, THE CIVIC BUILDING AND THE COMMITMENT TO ENSURING NOT ONLY THE SETBACKS AND ENHANCE SETBACKS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CAREFULLY WITH STAFF AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THE CF BUFFERS.
WE'RE INCREASING THAT SETBACK OF THE FOOTPRINTS.
AND WE'VE, UH, UH, WORKED IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMIT TO A NUMBER OF ASPECTS ABOUT SOUND AND NOISE MITIGATION.
THE TRAFFIC ENHANCEMENT TO JUST LIKE THE LOW MOTTO OF THE CIVIC BUILDING REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A BEST IN CLASS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, SUPERIORITY AND RESILIENCE AT EVERY ASPECT OF THIS.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, WE, UM, GLADLY, UH, OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND, AND HOPE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, UM, UH, UH, OUR IDEAS AND OUR THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT TRULY SPECIAL.
WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE DENISE HOGAN WITH COURTYARD.
KAYLA, DO WE KNOW IF THESE ARE ONSITE OR REMOTE? KAYLA JAMBA MOTOR SET PROTECTION.
DENISE, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START SPEAKING.
YES, MA'AM PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, STATE YOUR NAME.
MY NAME IS DENISE COVEN FOR THE COURTYARD HOA TO DATE TODAY.
I'M HERE IN CONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND THE BOAT BULL CREEK SITE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
UM, AND THOSE CONDITIONS, WHICH I WILL ENUMERATE HERE IN CONCERT WITH MY COLLEAGUE, LINDA BAILEY, AND A COLLECTION OF 12 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE REPRESENT.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO MODIFIED FUN LANGUAGE, TO ADDRESS OUR AREAS OF CONCERN.
UM, IF THERE IS MY SLIDES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, NOT YET LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT UP.
UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST HOLD ON.
WE'LL HIT PAUSE YOUR TIME UNTIL THE DECK GETS PUT UP.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS CASE.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE SLIDES UP.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN THEY'RE UP, MAN.
YOUR, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR SLIDES ARE UP.
UM, SO IF YOU SEE FROM THE SLIDE DECK, UM, I'M REPRESENTING, UH, CONCERT WITH MY COLLEAGUE, LINDA BAILEY.
WE'RE REPRESENTING A TORAH 12 NEAR MY NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, ONE OF WHICH IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SLIDE DECK NUMBER TWO.
JUST, YEAH, JUST ASK HIM TO ADVANCE IT WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
LIKE, YOU'RE ON SLIDE TWO RIGHT NOW.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, YOU KNOW, THE COURTYARD NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UH, UH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE BULL CREEK PUD.
UM, NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR SHARED PROPERTY BOUNDARIES ALONG 22, 22, BUT ALSO, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF BULL CREEK.
UH, FIRSTLY, WE WANT TO ENSURE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR BULL CREEK, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FROM THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE ALONG BULL CREEK, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING KNOWN AS THE ARTISTS
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EDUCATION BUILDING.AND SECOND, WE WOULD LIKE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE RELATING TO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND, UM, REGARDING THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE CES.
UM, THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS LOCATED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF THE RIM ROCK CEF, WHICH MR. WOODRUFF HAS ALREADY DESCRIBED, UM, THAT IS THE CLIFF EDGE FLIPPING SHARPLY DOWN INTO BULL CREEK IMPEDIMENT TO THE STAFF APPROVED AND THE MS. ADMINISTRATIVE BEAR VARIANT TO REDUCE THE STANDARD 150 SETBACK, UH, TWO 50 FEET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPORT COURT UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL USE IN THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, THERE ARE PLANS TO CONSTRUCT THAT NEW 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ALONG WITH THE CARETAKER'S HOUSE AND THE GUEST HOUSE, IT IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AS A SPORT COURT.
NOW, AS, AS, UH, MR.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FACILITATED VERY KINDLY BY KIRK AND ANNA MITCHELL.
UM, AND STAFF TODAY HAS SUGGESTED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WHICH HELPS, HELPS US PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE RIM ROCK CES.
UM, IF YOU WOULD GO TO SLIDE FOUR, NOW THE, THIS SLIDE CONTAINS LANGUAGE THAT WAS APPROVED AS OF, UH, OR AS WAS AGREED ON AS OF NOON TODAY.
AND THAT WAS, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD SOME UPDATES TO THAT, UM, VERBIAGE, WHICH I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OR NOT.
IT MIGHT EAT UP ALL MY TIME, BUT, UM, WE WERE ALL AGREED ON THAT.
WE CAN ASK YOU A QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE AFTER YOUR TIME COMPLETED.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, IN FURTHER PROTECTION REGARDING THE RIM ROCK CF, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE THREE TO EIGHT 50, BUT SIT BACK FROM THE CF, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET NOW REGARDING APPLE AMPLIFY SOUND, UM, YOUR TIME, IF YOU WANT TO JUST FINISH.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST KIND OF PUT, PUT A BOW ON, ON THE, ON THOSE LAST THOUGHTS AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE SOME.
DO YOU WANT ME TO ANYWHERE THAT AMPLIFIES THAT AGREEMENT OR, OR NOT VERY BRIEFLY, PLEASE.
YOUR ITEMS THAT HAVE THE BRIEF REPORT INTENDED FOR YEAR TWO, NO LATER THAN 10:00 PM.
NO MORE THAN 20 DAYS PER YEAR TO CEASE NO LATER THAN 8:00 PM.
AND THIS TOTAL OF 30 DAYS ABOUT OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RESIDENTIAL DISABIL LIMIT OF 75 DECIBELS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND, UM, WE ASKED THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT OUR APP AND INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE PUTT AMENDMENT.
AND FOLLOWING ME, LINDA BAILEY WILL HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS FOR THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE.
UH, NEXT STEP WE HAVE LINDA BAILEY.
IS SHE ONLINE? AND KEVIN, DOES SHE HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL? KAYLA, TIM AND WATERSHED PROTECTION.
MS. BAILEY, WE HAVE ON THE PHONE AND, UH, OUR IT STAFF ARE CURRENTLY GETTING YOUR PRESENTATION READY, LINDA, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US ONE SECOND, WE'LL GET YOU.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION IS THAT MS. BAILEY, COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE ON THE LINE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SLIDE THAT SAYS, UM, BULL CREEK PUB NEIGHBORHOOD NEGOTIATIONS ON THE LEFT.
IS THAT, ARE THOSE YOURS? ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOOD TO START.
UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE THROW OUT THREE MINUTES.
I'M LINDA BAILEY AND I WORK WITH A TEAM REPRESENTING 12 NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AS DENISE JEFFERSON.
WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OWNER REPS AND MR. KIDANE AND MITCHELL.
WE HAVE FIVE ASK DENISE JUST PRESENTED THREE AND I'LL DISCUSS THE LAST TWO.
IS IT, UH, UM, THIS IS A GOOGLE MAP OF THE PUD PROPERTY.
THE FIRST ONE IS BY THE GUARD HOUSE, UH, WHICH IS TO THE WEST AND IT HAS MINIMAL SIGHT DISTANCE.
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FOR IT TO BE THE LEAST USED DRIVEWAY.THE SECOND IS AT 55 0 5 PARADOX COVE THAT'S TO THE EAST, AND WE FIND IT MUCH SAFER TO MANAGE THE 400 TRIPS OF EXPECTED DAILY TRAFFIC.
I'M THE ONLY ONE PRESENTING TODAY, BUT BEN, CHARLIE, TOM, AND MARISSA, AND I HAVE BEEN MAJOR PLAYERS IN THIS AGREEMENT.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE RIGHT END, RIGHT OUT ONLY RESTRICTIONS BY THE GATEHOUSE OR EASTERN DRIVEWAY.
THIS ACHIEVES OUR GOAL TO MAKE THE SECOND DRIVEWAY ON 55 0 5 PARADOX.
THE OWNER REPS ARE ASKING THAT WE ALL HAVE A MEETING WITH TXDOT FIRST TO CONFIRM THIS.
AND WE'VE AGREED TO THAT MEETING AND ARE WAITING ON THEM TO SET UP THE MEETING.
LASTLY, WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 400 TRIPS IN ORDER TO REDUCE BACKUP TRAFFIC AT THE DRIVEWAY.
AS AN ASIDE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE ALSO ASKING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT PROTECTION OF THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE AT THE DRIVEWAY, BUT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE OWNER.
DENISE ALSO JUST COVERED THE SOUND AND SETBACK DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE OWNER REPS.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, UH, FIVE ITEMS AND IF WE GET THESE ASS CODIFIED, WE WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST BY RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING FIVE ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED CEF PROTECTIONS, THE 65 SETBACKS 65 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE CES, THE AMPLIFIED THEM RESTRICTIONS ON TIME ON, UM, TIMING AND NUMBER OF DAYS AT SAFE EGRESS INGRESS BY REQUESTING THE RIGHT END RIGHT OUT ON THE WESTERN OR SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF ALL PART.
UM, LET'S MAYBE IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON, ON YOUR RESPONSES TO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, CAUSE I THINK THAT'LL BE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE AND NEGOTIATE.
WE HAVE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE LAST REALLY WEEK AND, UH, WE'RE GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN REGARDING THE CEF PROTECTIONS.
UH, WE HAD A DIFFERENT VERSION THAT WE PRESENTED AND I THINK LIZ MAY HAVE REVIEWED IT TODAY, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT, UH, KIRK AND LIZ, I BELIEVE APPROVED OUR LANGUAGE AND IT'S, IT'S MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT THEY PRESENTED, BUT I THINK IT SAYS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, BUT, UH, SO THAT'S ONE DIFFERENCE.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS, THE, WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS PREFERRED OVER THE OTHER, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE MOST WESTERLY DRIVEWAY WOULD BE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT SUBJECT TO A MEETING WITH TXDOT.
AND W W W THAT THERE ARE MORE ISSUES THERE RELATING TO WHICH IS A PREFERRED DRIVE AWAY, WHICH IS NOT BECAUSE WE'VE LIMITED TRIPS ON THE SITE TO MAXIMUM 400 PER DAY.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TIGHT, UH, ISSUE DEALING WITH STAFF, UH, VISITORS.
AND SO UNDOUBTEDLY THERE WILL BE SHUTTLES THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS WHOLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THAT ALL IS GOING TO WORK.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH TXDOT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A MEETING TO INCLUDE, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES.
AND, UH, WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF DAYS FROM OUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT.
SO AGAIN, JUST SUMMARIZE THE CEF LANGUAGE.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, SLIGHTLY, UH, BUT I THINK AGAIN, UH, LIZ CAN CONFIRM THAT, BUT IT'S, I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON IT.
AND THEN, UH, JUST THE, THE DRIVEWAY ISSUE HAS KIND OF, UH, SOME OTHER ISSUES CONNECTED TO
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IT, BUT WE HAVE AGREED TO THE RIGHT END RIGHT OUT ON THE WESTERN DRIVEWAY, ASSUMING WE GET ALL THESE ISSUES WORKED OUT WITH TECHSTOP.ONE, UH, FOLLOW UP, THERE WERE SOME COMP OR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM ABOUT NOISE OR LIMITATIONS ON SOUND.
WHAT WAS PRESENTED AND THE CFS KIND OF IN THAT LAST SUMMARY, THERE WERE TWO ELEMENTS.
ONE WAS GENERAL STAFF, CF SETBACKS, AND THEN THE OTHER WAS THE 65 FOOT SETBACK FOR, I BELIEVE THE CLIFF CEF KIND OF ON THAT WE'VE AGREED TO THE SETBACK, BUT THEN THERE WERE SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS DURING CONSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF, UH, THE CLIFF'S STABILITY AND, UH, HOW THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO WORK AND THE EROSION.
LIZ JOHNSTON, DEPUTY ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION.
SO THE, THE MAIN, UM, UH, CHAIN WE'RE CHANGING W UM, WAS RE YOU KNOW, STAFF HAD ASKED FOR A SLOPE SPILL STABILITY ANALYSIS, AND THEY HAVE, UM, SUGGESTED USING, UM, GEO-TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERTS, WELL DESIGN THE PROPOSED BUILDING TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE CF.
AND THIS WOULD OCCUR, UH, DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
AND, UM, WE FELT LIKE THAT IS MEETS THE INTENT.
UM, WE WILL BE REQUESTING A SLOPE, STABILITY ANALYSIS AS PART OF THAT.
SO WE'RE FINE THAT LANGUAGE, AND WE CAN, UH, FORWARD THAT LANGUAGE G ALSO IT MAKES IT INTO THE MOTION AND THAT'S NOT IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE, IT WAS NOT PART OF THE BACKUP.
IT WAS A NEGOTIATED EARLIER TODAY.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND EMAIL THAT TO JENNIFER, AT LEAST PLEASE.
SO I'VE BEEN TO, UM, I GUESS MAYBE LET'S GO, LET'S GO TO THE REMOTE, UH, COMMISSIONERS FIRST.
DO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO CLOSE THAT, UH, MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC, HEARING A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND REMOTELY OR SAY AYE IF YOU'RE OR YEAH.
UM, SO WITH THAT, MAYBE REMOTE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE'VE GOT STAFF HERE.
WE HAVE THE APPLICANT IN HERE.
UM, MAYBE LET'S JUST GO THROUGH EACH OF Y'ALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR EITHER, UM, RELATED TO THE GENERAL PRESENTATIONS OR SOME OF THESE, UH, ADDITIONAL REQUESTS AT THE END COMMISSIONER SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I, UM, I THINK THAT THE SETBACK OF THE NEW BUILDINGS CONCERNS ME THE MOST, UM, I, HOW MUCH, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE, UM, WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, UH, OF THE BUILDINGS IN TOTAL THAT, UM, ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UM, CONSTRUCTED THERE.
AND, UM, I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER, UM, IF FOR THE SAKE OF, UM, UM, OVERALL SAFETY, UH, IN CASE THERE SHOULD BE SOME ADVERSE WEATHER DESTRUCTION PHASE THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE, UH, SEVERAL ADDITIONAL STEPS TAKEN, UM, TO PREVENT, UM, UH, UH, S UH, SPILL TO THE, INTO THE INTERVAL CREEK.
UM, AND I JUST WONDERED IF THAT, UH, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS? UH, SO I CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF, OF HOW MUCH A BUILDING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL IDEAS ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN, UM, UM, PROTECT THAT AREA? UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, COMMISSIONER, THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MAXIMUM OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'VE DESIGNED A BUILDING ENVELOPE.
UH, THE BUILDING WOULD BE LIKE A CLASSROOM, A CLASSROOM, UH, KIND OF CONTEXT, MAYBE ART STUDIO, THE THERE'S A CEF AT THE CLIFF'S EDGE, WHICH IS A RIM ROCK.
AND ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A 50 FOOT SETBACK.
WE'RE NOW 65 FEET SETBACK FROM THAT WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FIRE LANE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WE REALLY WERE KIND OF CONSTRAINED TO GO ANY FURTHER.
AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER IS FAIRLY DETAILED IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, RELATIVE TO EROSION CONTROL, UH, STABILITY OF THE CLIFF.
SO I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED IT THROUGH THAT LANGUAGE
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COMMISSIONER AGGIE.GARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? NO CASE OF QUESTIONS.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO THE STAFF AND, UM, APPLICANTS FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE IT, THE INVITATION TO TOUR THE AREA, BECAUSE IT GAVE ME AN, A, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED BY.
THAT OFFER COMMISSIONER NICHOLS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE TIME AND MATERIALS ARE QUITE DETAILED AND THE PRESENTATION SCORE WELL DONE.
THANK YOU FOLKS FOR YOUR TIME AND THE, UH, WELL PREPARED, UH, PRESENTATIONS.
I DO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, SEVERAL THINGS.
UM, I BELIEVE THE AFRICAN MENTIONING SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS FROM THE LAKE AND THE CREEK THAT CORRECT.
IS THERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC ACCESS FROM EITHER THE BULL CREEK OR THE LAKE.
THE ACCESS WILL COME FROM 20 TO 22.
UH, I GUESS I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.
UM, NOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE THAT THERE'S SOME, NO, UH, UH, NO WAKE ZONES, UH, FROM, UH, BULL CREEK ALL THE WAY TO, UH, ANY PACKER FRIDGE, BUT, UH, YOU DIDN'T MENTION IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGH WAKES, UH, TEND TO AGGRAVATE, UH, EROSION ALONG THE SHORELINES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, I BELIEVE WHEN WE SPOKE EARLIER, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU S YOU SAID THAT, UH, PUTTING UP, UH, BULLIES THAT, UH, DESIGNATE NO WEIGHTS ON WAS THE PURVIEW OF THE LCRA AND PREP THE CITY ON THIS.
UM, IS IT, UH, YOUR INTENT NOT TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THE CITY OR THE LCRA? UM, I'LL, I'LL MAYBE ASK DAVID JUST TO JUMP IN A SECOND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBIT B THAT, UH, BE HAPPY TO SHOW THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THE NO WAKE ZONE HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM PRIOR CONDITIONS.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE PORTION ALONG LAKE AUSTIN IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL SECTION WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO DO EXCLOSURES AND SHORELINE REMEDIATION, WHICH IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE THERE ARE THE MOST ESTABLISHED, UH, LARGE CYPRESS TREES, THE STABLE SHORELINE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ARMORED WITH, WITH BOULDERS.
UH, THERE IS NO, UH, GABIONS OR SHEET PILING ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S KIND OF NATURAL AS, AS A CONDITION.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ASPECTS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.
AND, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM, EXCLOSURE, IT'S A, UM, UNDERWATER KIND OF ROCK ENCLOSURE THAT PREVENTS THE CARP FROM ATTACKING AND EATING THE WETLAND PLANTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT DISSIPATE THE ROCKS.
AND THEN THE WEAPON PLANTS ACTUALLY DISSIPATE THE SHORELINE, A TIBIDITY AND WAVE ACTION, WHICH, UH, NOT ONLY CREATES GREAT HABITAT, BUT, UH, DRAMATICALLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL EROSION.
UH, ALTHOUGH THIS SECTION IS, UH, REMARKABLY WELL-MAINTAINED TODAY AS MR. BOOTH, UH, OWNS THE PROPERTY, BUT ABOUT, I'LL SEE YOU, RIGHT.
UH, COMMISSION WE'RE, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE NO WAKE ZONE.
UH, THAT'S CONTROLLED BY LCRA AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT APPARENTLY THEY'VE EXTENDED IT, UH, AS DANIEL SAID, AND, UH, MICKEY, IS IT CORRECT THAT THEY REMOVED SOME OF THE BOYS THAT YOU SAY THAT THEY, THEY ELIMINATED THE ONES IN FRONT OF BULL CREEK, BUT WE WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR THAT WITH THE CITY LCRA THAT THE MOUTH OF BULL CREEK ON THE WEEKENDS IS LIKE PARTY CENTRAL.
THERE'S LITERALLY DOZENS AND DOZENS OF BOATS AND LOUD MUSIC.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE AS MUCH CALM AS WE CAN GET.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU CAN'T, UH, CONTROL THE PARTY GOERS, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, UH, PUT UP A STOP SIGN, SO TO SPEAK, UH, AND OUR RANGE WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE CRA TO, UH, PUT UP THE BULLIES, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REQUEST AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AT THIS POINT, I AGREE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND THEIR FIRE TO APPS.
SO I WOULD, UH, SUPPORT INCLUDE THOSE ASSETS IN THE, UH, HUD AGREEMENT.
UM, THEN, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED USING, UH, UH, I GUESS A LOT OF THE STUFF, UH, AS FAR AS THE TRIPS, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
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NUMBER OF, OF STAFF THEY'RE WORKING ON A PERMANENT BASIS, AND, UH, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO STAFF, UH, TRIPS IN AND OUT OF THE PLACE, UH, GOING AGAINST YOUR 400, UH, YOU KNOW, VISITORS, SO TO SPEAK, TO COME IN AND, AND, UH, SEE THE, UH, SO I ASSUMING YOU'RE YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHUTTLE BUS, UH, RUNNING FROM SOME LOCATION AT SOME PLACE TO, UH, BRING IN STAFF AS WELL AS VISITORS IN THERE SO THAT YOU COULD PERHAPS CYCLE MORE PEOPLE THROUGH WITH, WITHIN THE LIMIT OF 400 CRIPS A DAY.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE LIMIT OF 400 TRIPS PER DAY, WHICH IS 200 AND 200 OUT.
THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF STAFF, PEOPLE WORKING THERE.
SO UNDOUBTEDLY IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE SHUTTLES INVOLVED, WHETHER IT BE JUST FOR STAFF OR FOR, UH, VISITORS OR BOTH THERE, UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS ASKED FOR A RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR VISITORS COMING TO THE PROPERTY, AND WE'VE AGREED TO THAT THERE WILL BE SECURITY GATES, AND THE TRIPS WILL BE COUNTED.
THE TRIPS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE CITY.
SO, UH, IT, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND IF SOMETHING IS POPLARS THAT, UH, WILL ATTRACT A LOT OF VISITORS, UM, I WOULD, UH, ALSO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, AGAIN, AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY, UH, OF, UH, PUTTING THE CHARGING STATIONS AT YOUR, UH, EXTRA LOT AND WITH THE INCREASE, UH, POPULARITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING EVIE VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, THERE WOULD BE, UH, REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND A LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
UH, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A GOAL THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, ONE OTHER THING, UH, WITH REGARD TO YOUTH PROPERTY BEING, UH, DIRECTLY ON, ON, ON, ON THE LAKE WELLS POOLE CREEK, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, RUNOFF, UH, FROM, UH, FERTILIZERS AND ANY OTHER, UH, STORAGE OF OTHER THINGS, UH, THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON THERE.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, MADE EFFORTS IN ORDER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PREVENT THAT FROM LEAKING AWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DETENTION PONDS AND THAT SORT OF THING THERE.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE STORED AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCORED IN A MANNER WHICH IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS NOT LET THEM GET ON TO THE, UH, THE GRASS IN THE ROYAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO BE, YOU KNOW, GET DOWN TO THE TENSION PONDS.
UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MR. BRIMER.
UM, I THINK THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'VE REVEALED TO YOU IS THAT, UM, NOT ONLY THE NOTION OF ECOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY IS OF KEY IMPORTANCE TO THE DESIGN AND THE DESIGN BRIEF FROM OUR CLIENT AND US AS, AS THE DESIGN TEAM, UM, AND JONATHAN AND SIEGLER.
UM, BUT THERE IS A, A KEEN DESIRE TO LOOK AT, UM, A MUCH MORE RESILIENT SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE COMMITTING TO 100% INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UH, ON ALL OF THE NEW PORTIONS OF THE CIVIC BUILDING, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE NEW PARKING AREAS.
THERE IS AN EXTREMELY LIMITED AMOUNT OF PARKING ONSITE ANYWAY, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS OF SPACE, EXISTING ARTWORK, TOPOGRAPHY TREES, AND SO ON.
UM, BUT TH THAT WILL ALL ACHIEVE, UM, ABOVE CODE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO REMOVE FILTER, AND THEN ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY SLOW DOWN, UH, WATER, UH, FROM THOSE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, AS IT MIGRATES DOWN THE HILL.
UM, THE ARROYO TODAY IS ALREADY A GIANT SPONGE LIGHT FEATURE THAT TAKES SEDIMENT FROM A SUBSTANTIAL WATERSHED OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING 22, 22 FILTERS IT THROUGH THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE, THROUGH THE EXISTING LOW MEADOW BEFORE IT EVER EVEN GETS TO THE LAKE.
SO THERE'S ALREADY A SUBSTANTIAL, ROBUST ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE JUST BUILDING UPON THE WETLANDS, THE MEADOWS, THE RESTORED WOODLANDS, ALL GO TO THAT POINT.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, THERE IS, UM, A PRACTICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING CALLED IPM PLAN, WHICH IS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, WHICH NATURALLY THROTTLES AND OR PROHIBITS THE USE OF NOXIOUS HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES LIKE GLYPHOSATE, UM, USES MUCH MORE NAT MA NATURAL AND LABOR INTENSIVE MECHANISMS, UH, BUG AND CHRIS ARE INTENSIVE MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THAT THE PESTS AND THE WEEDS ARE MAINTAINED.
AND THEN SEE, GLOW IS DEVELOPING A LONG RANGE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT
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THAT IS SUSTAINED IN THE TOTAL KIND OF LIFE SPAN OF THE PROJECT.SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED, THE, THE REDUCTION OF PARKING, THE INCREASE OF REDUCTION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND THEN ALL OF THE SPONGE LIKE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LANDSCAPE ARE, UM, INCREDIBLY ROBUST AND SOPHISTICATED FOR A PROJECT OF, OF, OF ALMOST ANY KIND I'VE I'VE DONE IN MY 30 YEAR CAREER.
MY LAST QUESTION, UH, HAS TO DO WITH, UM, I GUESS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A LARGE, UH, AREA FOR ME TO GRASS.
AND IS THAT GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY MUCH AS BERMUDA GRASS GOING FORWARD? UM, NO.
UM, UH, THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER WE'RE UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THE LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES BY USING THE NATIVE PLANTS, BY HAVING THE ACRES OF MEADOW, THE ACRES OF WETLAND AREA THERE, THE LOWLAND AND UPLAND WOODLAND IS TO TRANSITION FROM A WATER THIRSTY KIND OF MONOCULTURAL LAWNS INTO A MUCH MORE NATIVE PALETTE OF PLANTS.
THERE WILL BE SOME LAWNS, BUT THEY ARE NOT BERMUDA ZOYSIA GRASS.
AND SO THEY ALSO HAVE A REDUCTION OF, OF WATER USAGE.
UM, BUT THE AREA WHERE IT IS MOST PROLIFIC, UH, IS THE AREA THAT WILL BE, WE HOPE THE, THE LOW MEADOW AND THE POND AND THE WETLAND AREAS, UH, AND IT'S FULLY RESTORED AND BERMUDA, LESS ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE INTENT THEN IS TO, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP THE AREA GROWING AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S BEING USED TODAY.
UM, THE, ALL OF THE PLANTS ARE HYPER HYPER LOCAL HIRE THE ECOLOGICAL KIND OF REGIONALISM THAT, THAT LESLIE PREVIOUSLY INDICATED.
UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING LEASE WITH LCRA, BUT THE SIMPLE MATH OF GOING FROM ACRES AND ACRES OF MONOCULTURAL LAWN TO ACRES AND ACRES OF NATIVE SHRUB, UNDERSTORY, AND LANDSCAPE BED, ONCE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED AND ASSUMING WE DO GET RAIN AGAIN SOMETIME, UM, YES, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL, SIMPLE MATH REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THIS LANDSCAPE BECAUSE NATIVE PLANTS INHERENTLY NEED MUCH LESS WATER.
WILL YOU BE PLANTING ANY TREES ON THAT, UH, AREA WE ARE COMMITTING TO WITHIN JUST THE RESTORATION PLAN ALONE PLANT OVER 800 NEW TREES.
UM, AND SO THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT, NOT JUST FOR, UM, WHIPS AND TRANSPLANTS IN TERMS OF CREATING THE BERM AND THE KIND OF THE EVERGREEN EDGE AND THE LOWLAND UPLAND WOODLANDS, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY A SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT TO MOVING LARGE TREES ON PROPERTY.
UM, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE A LANDSCAPE THAT IS SECOND TO NONE.
UM, UH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TREES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SHRUBS, UH, HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF, OF MEADOW GRASSES AND SO ON.
AND THIS IS, UH, UH, AGAIN, 12.57 ACRES OF REALLY GOOD STUFF.
AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'LL BE MOVING TREES IN, WHERE WILL THESE TREES BE COMING FROM? UM, SOME OF ME MOVED ON PROPERTY, UM, AND, BUT OTHERS HAVE BEEN SOURCED FROM, FROM LOCAL FARMS, UH, WITHIN 75 TO A HUNDRED MILES.
UH, WE MOVED SOME LAST YEAR, UH, FROM THE, UH, BELT AND TEMPLE AREA, UM, PREDOMINANTLY LIVE OAKS, UM, TO PROVIDE EVERGREEN SCREENING.
UM, WE'VE USED A VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY AND USUALLY HAVE ABOUT, UH, UH, 95, 90 7% SURVIVABILITY ON THOSE.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TREES OF THAT SIZE, TO, TO HAVE THE INSTANT IMPACT TOGETHER THEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE AND A HALF ACRES OF NATIVE UNDERSTORY AND TURKS CAPS AND COATS AND SEDGES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE HOMELESS TREES IN AUSTIN THAT NEED HOMES BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE GRANTING VARIANCES PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNDER THE CONDITION THAT PERHAPS, UH, THEY MOVE A TREE OR THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN FIND A HOME WITH IT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, HOME FOR IT, WITH YOU, AND THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLY CONVENIENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS ISN'T A REQUIREMENT.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT I'M POSING TO YOU IS THAT IF WE HAVE A POTENTIALLY HOMELESS TREE IN AUSTIN, RATHER THAN GOING TO BELTON AND, UH, DRAGGING IT DOWN, I 35 MAKE ME GO OVER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EAST SIXTH STREET, GREG ACROSS.
AND I CAN ATTEST, UH, HAVE LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT BEING THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE WATERLOO GREENWAY, MOVING TREES FROM THE CAPITOL COMPLEX, FROM ADJACENT PARCELS, THE
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SURROGATE TREE PROGRAM, THE WATERLOO PARK IS NOW AND MOVING TREES THAT ARE UPWARDS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, 700,000 POUNDS IN WEIGHTS AND 57 INCH CALIPER TREES.I MEAN THAT, UM, IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT AVAILABILITY AND, UH, THE TREE MOVERS EFFECTIVELY BROKEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UM, WITH OWNERS.
AND SO YES, IF TREES ARE NEEDING HOMES, UM, THEN, AND IF THE TIMING IS RIGHT, THEN THAT'S A CONVERSATION TO HAVE, BUT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, BUT IT FROM EXPERIENCE, IT HAS TO BE VERY CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED AND, UH, CAREFULLY TIMED IN TERMS OF WHEN A TREE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, MOVING FROM THE CAPITOL COMPLEX DOWN TRINITY STREET AND INTO THE PARK LOGISTICALLY EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
BUT, UH, BUT, BUT PLAUSIBLE, OH YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE WAS PLAUSIBLE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER SCOTT YET ANOTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
UM, I, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, FOLLOW UP, UH, WHO IS, UH, UH, PRIMARY, UM, UH, WAS ASKING, UH, UH, WHO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, UH, UH, GETTING ADDRESSES, UH, THAT YOU WILL, UM, UH, AVOID USING, UM, HERBICIDES AND, UM, UH, I I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM AS WELL AS A WHOLE, UM, UH, HAVING, HAVING, UH, UH, A HOME FOR, UM, UH, EVERYTHING FROM, UM, THE, UH, THE BEES HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT, 800 SPECIES, UH, SOLITARY BEES AND TEXAS, AND, UM, NINE SPECIES OF BUMBLEBEES.
AND, UM, THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE, TO THE RIVERSIDE CENTER, UM, WHO WAS POPULARLY USED, UH, IT CORRECT IN, UM, IN, IN HEARING THAT YOU JUST SAID THAT, THAT YOU WILL BE USING, UM, UH, OTHER METHODS OF, UH, CONTROL FOR A REGION AND IN SPECIES THAT ARE INVASIVE, THAT YOU DON'T WANT.
UM, EVEN TODAY, THE, UH, LANDSCAPE MANAGER ON THE PROPERTY IS, UH, AN, AN AVID BELIEVER IN TERMS OF, UH, REDUCTION OF, OF NOXIOUS CHEMICALS AND HERBICIDES PESTICIDES.
UM, BUT THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK TO, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE AND, OR REMOVE THE NEED FOR THAT.
UM, I WILL ATTEST, UH, MR. BOOTH IS ALSO AN AVID LOVER OF BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES AND BEES.
I HAVE SPRINTED ACROSS THE PROPERTY AS I GOT TOO CLOSE TO BEEHIVES ON THE PROPERTY, SO I CAN ATTEST, HE HAS LOTS OF THEM AND THEY'RE VERY FRIENDLY, BUT, UM, UH, BUT NO, UH, HE PRODUCES HIS OWN HONEY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, PART OF THE GOAL OF THE LANDSCAPE WAS TO, UH, HAVE A MORE DIVERSE, UH, POLLINATOR EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR, FOR BEES BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS.
UM, THE NUMBER OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES LAST, LAST FALL WAS QUITE INCREDIBLE.
UM, THE NUMBER OF HUMMINGBIRDS AND NATIVE BIRD SPECIES, UM, UH, I'M CERTAINLY NOT THE COUNTER OF ALL OF THAT.
JONATHAN IS FAR MORE ATTUNED IN TERMS OF THE QUANTITY OF SPECIES, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS THAT ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPES PROVIDE EVEN MORE UNIQUE HABITAT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTORY, CANOPY, WETLAND AREAS, SHALLOW WATER, DEEP WATER, NATIVE PLANTS THAT JUST POTENTIALLY MAKE THIS PLACE EXPO EXPLODE IN TERMS OF BEING A REFUGE FOR ALL KINDS OF BUGS AND CRITTERS.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF SOLUTION DO YOU HAVE, UH, FOR, UM, UH, USE OF FERTILIZERS? UM, I, I KNOW THAT, I MEAN, I, I, UH, MY OWN BACKYARD, UM, I'M, I HAVE TO USE, UH, SOMETHING FROM TIME TO TIME FOR, UH, UH, FOR FLOWERS TO BLOOM, UH, ROSES, FOR EXAMPLE, NEED SOME NEED SOMETHING TO, UH, TO AMEND THE SOIL SO THAT THEY BLOOM, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR, UH, OVERALL, UM, UH, PLAN FOR USING, UM, UH, FERTILIZERS TO AVOID A RUNOFF AND THE KIND OF PROBLEMS THAT WE ALL WANT TO AVOID? SURE.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY THREE ACTIVE AND ONGOING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS.
THE FIRST IS, UM, TO CHOOSE A PLANT PALETTE BASED ON THE GEOLOGY GEO-MORPHOLOGY AND SOILS OF THE SITE.
UM, THE SECOND IS TO ACTUALLY THEN LOOK AT THE SOIL, SOIL BIOLOGY AND SOIL STRUCTURE.
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EVERY TIME WE HAVE DONE NATIVE PLANTINGS, WE HAVE AMENDED SOIL, UH, INCREASED SOIL VOLUME SO THAT WE CAN HAVE GREATER MOISTURE CONTENT REDUCE THE IRRIGATION, GREATER FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM AND HEALTHIER PLANTS.UM, THE THIRD PIECE IS COMPOST TEA IS A GOOD THING.
UM, AND THERE, THE PROPERTY ALREADY TODAY HAS AN EXTENSIVE COMPOSTING PROGRAM, UM, TO USE BIOLOGICAL AND NATURAL, UH, FERTILIZERS INSTEAD OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL OR ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN IN TERMS OF, UM, GROWING THE GOOD STUFF, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, THE, UM, COMPOUNDS AND ARTIFICIAL STUFF, ALL OF, ALL OF WHICH NATURALLY, UH, INCREASES OR REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF AND THE NECESSITY TO OVER-WATER AND OF COURSE, SHEET FLOW AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I, UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE, UH, THE TOUR AND, UM, THE, UH, REALLY, UH, DETAILED, UM, UH, AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, WORK THAT'S GONE INTO A PRESENTATION AND, AND THE THINKING THAT'S GONE INTO THIS, UH, REALLY VERY, UH, CHALLENGING, UM, UH, UH, PD THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED IT'S.
UM, SO IT'S, BY FAR THE MOST COMPLEX ONE THAT I'VE, UH, UH, SAT IN ON AND, UM, IT, AND I'M, AND I'M, AND I'M PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN TALKING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND TO COME TO A, AN WITH THEM.
AND I DO AGREE WITH, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AS WELL AS, UH, UM, ISSUE, UH, TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BRIBER SAID.
UM, LET'S GO TO THE, THE, THE, THE IN-PERSON PEOPLE, UH, COMMISSIONER KORESH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, YEAH, I MEAN, FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
Y'ALL DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THAT, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ASSOCIATIONS ON THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS, UH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER COMMISSIONER BRIMER ASKING ABOUT SORT OF LIKE LAKE FRONT ACCESS.
I THINK WHAT HE MEANT WAS, OR YOU, UM, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTH, BUT, UH, I REMEMBER Y'ALL SAYING THAT PART OF THE REASON Y'ALL WANTED TO CONVERT IT TO CIVIC USE WAS, HAVE PEOPLE USE, UH, OR LIKE HAVE ACCESS TO SORT OF THE LAKEFRONT, UM, IS THIS WOOD, IS THIS LIKE A PEDESTRIAN SENSOR OR WHATEVER? LIKE, UH, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME BOATHOUSES ON THERE TOO.
SO I'M WONDERING, LIKE, WOULD, Y'ALL BE HAVING DOCK ACCESS, LIKE AS FAR AS LIKE HAVING BOATS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT LEAVE.
AND THEN I ASSUME KEEPING IT IN THE NO WAKE ZONE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE FIVE MILES PER HOUR OR WHATEVER.
UH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE PLANS ARE ON THAT.
UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, WE'VE COMMITTED THAT THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC ACCESS WHEN THIS CONVERTS TO CIVIC USE ALL THE ACCESS WOULD BE THROUGH A 20 TO 22 AND THE GATES THERE, THERE WOULD BE NO BOAT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS THOUGH, LIKE, IF Y'ALL HAVE BOATHOUSES RIGHT, LIKE A SU I ASSUME THOSE BOATHOUSES WOULD BE USED.
AND THEY'RE NOT JUST LIKE A, WHAT WOULD BE THE WORD LIKE PERFUNCTORY, I GUESS? RIGHT.
LIKE I ASSUMED THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF UTILITY, SO Y'ALL WOULD HAVE LIKE BOATS ON THERE THAT COULD LEAVE AND THEN COME BACK OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA.
I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, THERE IS NO PLAN FOR ACTIVE BOAT USE PUBLIC USE OF THE BOAT FACILITIES.
AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION, UH, OR NOT REALLY QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT, UH, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON THIS, UH, 400 SORT OF IN-OUT, UH, LIMIT FOR, FOR VEHICLES OR FOR TRIPS OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SHUTTLE SERVICE, I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, SUGGEST HAVING BEEN A PERSON THAT WAS BROKE MYSELF, UH, HAVING THE SHUTTLE LEAVE FROM A PLACE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE VIA PUBLIC TRANSIT.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE A GOOD MOVE IN GENERAL AS AUSTIN GROWS, AND WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT, TO CUT DOWN ON, UH, YOU KNOW, GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, WOULD THAT NO REAL FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION.
I, WE HEARD EARLIER THIS MORNING DURING THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY
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INPUT ABOUT THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL WHO SPENDS TIME WITH LITTER ABATEMENT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AS WELL.SO I DID WANT TO SEE IF I CAN ADD A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO KEEP THE SHORELINE FREE OF LITTER AND DEBRIS.
AND SECONDLY, THAT THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO RECYCLE AND PROVIDE RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE PUBLIC VISITING.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING VICE-CHAIR? UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION.
I WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHAT KIND OF CONCESSIONS WERE, WOULD BE, UH, ON THE, UH, ON THE SITE.
LIKE IF IT WOULD BE LIKE, IF YOU WOULD HAVE RESTAURANTS OR FOOD TRUCKS, UM, AND JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT POSSIBLE WASTE OF ACCUMULATION COULD BE HAPPENING ON THE SITE COMMISSIONER.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN OPERATOR.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ENVISIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF SMALL FOOD SERVICE, PROBABLY LIKE A SNACK BAR, BUT WE'RE NOT ENVISIONING ANY KIND OF FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT.
IT'S JUST NOT PART OF THE PLAN AT ALL.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU WANT TO, OKAY.
AND, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE PROPERTY, UM, SHOULD THEY WANT TO, UM, THIS IS A GIFT.
THIS IS SUCH A GIFT, UM, TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE CITIZENS OF, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE REALLY DONE YOUR DILIGENCE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT EXTRA TIME TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UM, THAT WE REQUESTED LAST MONTH.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, AS OF EARLIER TODAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST AS A BIRDER, UH, STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THAT, UM, WATERFALL HABITAT ALONG THE SHORELINE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE FOR YEARS, UH, FOR DECADES, UM, SO MANY OF THOSE WETLANDS WERE DRAINED AND, UM, ARE NO LONGER THERE.
SO PROVIDING THE HABITAT FOR THOSE BIRDS IS, IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION TO THAT DETAIL ALONG THE WAY.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO FURTHER ITERATE, THANKS FOR THE INVITATION OUT AND, UH, THE HARD WORK, UH, STAFF AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR HURTING THIS AS IS, THIS WILL BE A VERY, VERY COOL CIVIC RESOURCE, UH, NOT JUST FOR AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AND MAYBE ABROAD, UM, YEAH, WE WANT TO GET RIGHT.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE DEFINITELY ON TRACK.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE A RUN AT SOME, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
UM, AND THE, THE LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE BIT LOOSE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE DON'T WANT TO GET IT EXACTLY WRONG.
UM, SO, UH, BOTH STAFF AND AN APPLICANT, PLEASE SEE IF THIS MAKES SENSE AND IT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL CAN WORK WITH.
UM, I, I THINK WE WANT TO SUPPORT, WELL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND IF WE CAN PUT SOME CONDITIONS THAT ADDRESS SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, THEN WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT IF IT ISN'T LOGGED JAMS EVERYTHING, UM, CAUSE WE DO IT WRONG.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE'LL MAYBE, UH, GO TO, UH, EMOTION IF YOU'VE GOT ONE.
UM, AUGUST 3RD, 2022, CASE NUMBER C 8 1 4 2 0 0 9 DASH 0 3 9 POINTS OR THREE, THE BULL CREEK PUD AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
UM, AT PARADOX COV 4 9 0 9 4 9 1 5 THROUGH I HAVE.
YEAH, WE GOT W WE KNOW THE ADDRESS.
UM, WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD.
WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE LAKE AUSTIN AND BULL CREEK WATER SUPPLIES, SUBURBAN WATERSHED.
AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS VARIANCE WITH CONDITIONS.
HAVING DETERMINED THAT THE REQUIRED FINDINGS OF FACTS HAVE BEEN MET.
THEREFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE VARIANCE REQUESTS WITH THE FOLLOWING.
AND THESE ARE THE STAFF CONDITIONS.
THIS APPLICANT, UM, COMPLETES THE RESTORATION PLAN PRIOR TO THE, UH, CONVERSION OF THE PROPERTY TO CIVIC USE AS ESTABLISHED IN THE PUD AND REFERENCED
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IN SITE PLAN SB DASH 2 0 2 1 DASH 0 2 4 9 D SUCH THAT ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT CODE AT THE TIME OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION, NUMBER TWO, THE PROJECT SO SHALL COMPLY WITH 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 2 6 1, EXCEPT FOR THE RELEVANT CODE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDED IN THE PUD AMENDMENT.AND NUMBER THREE, THIS PROPERTY SHALL COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PUD AMENDMENT.
THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITIONS INCLUDE OR ARE, UH, INCLUDE LANGUAGE.
AND SO THESE, UM, ARE ADDRESSING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, INCLUDE LANGUAGE, UM, ADDRESSING THE C E F BUFFER STORMWATER, UM, AND STORMWATER LANGUAGE.
UM, THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY STAFF, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND THE APPLICANT ON AUGUST 3RD, 2022, AND TO MAKE SURE IS REFLECTED IN THE PUD.
AND THE SITE PLAN INCLUDE LANGUAGE APPROVED BY STAFF ON AUGUST 3RD, 2022, PRIOR TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FOUR FORTHCOMING SITE PLAN TO ADDRESS SEVERAL OF THE, UM, TO AGREE TO ADDRESS THE CEF, INCLUDING, UM, ENGAGING A GEO TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERT TO DESIGN THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE CF.
NUMBER THREE INCLUDE, UH, THE COMMITMENT, UH, INCLUDE LANGUAGE FROM THE, UM, THE MEETING WITH TXDOT, UH, TO FINALIZE CONCERNS REGARDING THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE PROPERTY INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE GROUP APPLICANT AND STAFF REGARDING SOUND AND WERE CLEAR, INCLUDE LANGUAGE, TO AGREE, TO KEEP THE SHORELINE CLEAN TRASH, AND PROVIDE RECYCLING OPERATION OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
BEFORE WE SECOND, I WANT TO SEE IF THE APPLICANT OR STAFF HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THOSE, THE WORDING OF THOSE, UM, ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MOTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S I SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT THE MOTION? NOT, NOT INCLUDING THE ADDRESS, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ALRIGHT.
AND HAVING SEEN NONE, UM, LET'S VOTE, UH, ALL THOSE FOR BRIAN OR PLEASE.
UH, I HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, WORKED THERE.
HAD YOU WITH, UH, THE BULLIES SPECIFICALLY, UM, IF YOU COULD KIND OF ARTICULATE WHAT, WHAT THE ADDITIONAL, YEAH.
SPECIFICALLY I WANTED, UH, SOME, UH, NO, NO, WAIT, LUIS ESTABLISH ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
UM, THIS IS LIZ JOHNSTON, DEPUTY ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH, UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE LAKE PATROL ON THAT EFFORT.
UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, I HAVE, UH, UH, A CODE OR, UH, ANY KIND OF PUD NOTE ON THAT WITH, WITH, UM, WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING WITH, WITH THE LAKE PATROL.
UM, I THINK THEY TYPICALLY ISSUE NO WAKE ZONES, UH, RELATED TO SAFETY.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE, WHERE THEY WOULD, UH, FALL BACK ON THIS.
UM, AS MR. WOODRIFF, UH, NOTED THE, UH, WAKE ZONES DID GET EXPANDED IN RECENT YEARS.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT, UH, WOODLAND, UM, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WATERSHED IS OFTEN IN SUPPORT OF WEIGHT ZONE REDUCTION OR WAKE ZONES AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE EROSION, BUT THAT'S USUALLY A HEALTH, A SAFETY ISSUE, NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF EMOTION TO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO PURSUE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE COULD REQUIRE IT.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY WITH, WITH, UM, PERHAPS KATIE, UH, OR LIZ, UM, W WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED MORE IN THE SITE PLAN OR IN THE PUD? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THESE TWO THINGS CLEAR.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THE PUD WOULD BE ABLE
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TO ESTABLISH A WAKE ZONE.WE CAN CONFER WITH LAW, BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE PROCESS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ITS OWN THING.
UM, I THINK WE COULD ENCOURAGE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION AND IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, DISCUSSED FURTHER AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL, BUT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY REQUIRE A SEPARATE MO A SEPARATE ACTION BY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT WEEK ZONE.
SO, UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THAT.
WE'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH LAW.
AND THEN WE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE SHORELINE, UH, FREE OF DEBRIS NOW.
SO, YEAH, AND THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS IN THERE, UM, WAS KIND OF A COMPOUND, A COMPOUND ONE, BUT THAT LAST MOTION, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND READING IT, I WILL I'LL READ THAT ONE, BUT I ALSO, UM, UH, DAVID ALSO JUST, UM, SORRY, MR.
SO IF WE, IF WE HAD SOME LANGUAGE AROUND THERE THAT SAID ENCOURAGE THAT OR, UM, FOR THE NO WAKE ZONE YEAH.
WE'LL WE'D LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
UM, SO THE, UM, THE FINAL, UM, UH, UM, CONDITION NUMBER FIVE IS INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO AGREE TO KEEP THE SHORELINE CLEAN UP TRASH AND PROVIDE RECYCLING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
AND LET ME WRITE NUMBER SIX, AGREEABLE TO THAT.
I WOULD SAY MAYBE THE SIXTH ONE IS TO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO MEET WITH LCRA CITY OF AUSTIN AND POTENTIALLY THAT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE NECESSARY PARTIES TO PURSUE, UM, UH, EXTENDING THE NO WAKE ZONE, UH, DOWN THE PROPERTY.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF, SINCE THIS HAS BEEN IT'S THE, THE BODY'S MOTION.
WE HAVE TO HAVE AN UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THAT, ADDING THAT THAT'S OKAY.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO TYPE THAT UP AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN, I CAN ONLY TYPE SO FAST.
YOU'RE DOING GRETCHEN AGAIN TYPE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
UM, NUMBER SIX IS ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO MEET WITH NECESS NECESSARY PARTIES TO ESTABLISH A NO WAKE ZONE, KAYLA CHIP AND WORSHIP PROTECTION ON THE ADDITION TO THE MOTION TO MAIN MOTION.
IF EVERYONE AGREES, YOU CAN JUST ADD IT INTO A NOTICE AS LONG AS EVERYONE AGREES.
SO, UH, I, I MOVED THAT WE ADD THE ADDITIONAL SIX TO CONDITION ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
SO NOW WE NEED TO, UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
UH, WE, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA VOTE ON THE BIG KAHUNA NOW.
UM, THAT WAS JUST TO ADD THAT ONE MOTION.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT IT.
UH, BAROMETER DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THAT CORRECT? COMMISSIONER BRIMER.
WITH THAT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE WHOLE MOTION, NOT JUST ADDING THE SIXTH CONDITION, BUT THE WHOLE THING.
UH, IT'S EASIEST TO DO IT THIS WAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH UNANIMOUS ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
SEVEN 40 LET'S MAYBE TAKE A QUICK RECESS, UH, AND TO BE BACK HERE IN FIVE MINUTES, UH, IF THAT WORKS FOR A BUDDY, PLEASE, THEN THANK YOU.
[4. Name: 5709 Sam Houston Circle Boat Dock, SP-2021-0300D]
IS 7 51.LET'S BRING THIS MEETING BACK, UM, REGULAR MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
UH, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS 57 0 9.
SAM HOUSTON CIRCLE BOAT DOCK SP 2021 DASH 0 3 0 0 D.
UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS HOLLY GUNN, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ERIC BROWN HERE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST FOR THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DIVISION.
I WAS THE HYDROGEOLOGIC REVIEWER FOR, UH,
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THE SITE IN QUESTION, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN, UH, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AND IT IS, UH, NOT LOCATED OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, IT IS IN THE LAKE AUSTIN WATERSHED AND IT HAS A WATER SUPPLY, RURAL CLASSIFICATION.
THERE ARE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ONSITE AND IT IS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
ALL RIGHT, HERE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LOCATION OF THE SITE ALONG BULL CREEK, REMARKABLY CLOSE TO THE BULL CREEK PUTT THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERLAY OF THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT ARE ON SITE, UH, AS WELL AS WITH THE ACCESS TO THE BOAT DOCK VIA TRAM.
UH, THE TRAM WILL NOT BE IMPACTED OR ALTERED AT ALL DURING ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
UH, IT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SPANNING THE RIMROCK AND, UH, THE WETLAND CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOURS, UM, OF THE SITE WITH THE RIM RIMROCK SPRING AND WETLAND VISIBLE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A BOAT DOCK ON THE LAKE.
IT IS NEAR A RIM ROCK AND A CAEP AND THE WORK PROPOSED WILL BRING AN EXISTING NON-COMPLIANT DOCK INTO COMPLIANCE.
UH, THE CODE REFERENCE BEING MODIFIED AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 25 8 2 8 1, SUBSECTION C TO B TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A 150 FOOT CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES SETBACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE OF THE RIMROCK AND QUESTION.
UH, THE SEEP HAS VISIBLE, UH, FARTHER AWAY FROM THE VIEW OF THE CAMERA.
YOU CAN, UH, KIND OF VAGUELY SEE THE SEEP HORIZON THROUGH THERE THAT IS INDICATIVE, UH, WHERE THAT IS SHOWN WITH, UM, AN INCREASE IN HYDROPHILIC VEGETATION ALONG THE FACE OF THE ROOM.
AND HERE IS THE WETLAND FRINGE THAT GOES ALL ALONG BULL CREEK, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, PLANNED SITE.
IT'S A, THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOAT DOCK SHOWING THE WETLAND FRINGE.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE, UH, THIS VARIANCE BE APPROVED UNDER THE CONDITION THAT ALL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOAT DOCK BE COMPLETED BY BARGE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, DO WE, IS THE APPLICANT HERE AT ALL OR, UH, JOHN, CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I ORDERED GOOD.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I, THIS IS, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER RAMBO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY REMARKS OR JUST AVAILABLE FOR Q AND A.
UM, IF WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, JOHN FIXTURE.
UM, WITH THAT LET'S COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE APPLICANT, UM, IS WHO'S ON THE PHONE OR A CITY STAFF THAT'S HERE, WE'LL START, WE'LL START REMOTELY.
UM, AS WE DO, UH, AS WE DO, UH, COMMISSIONER BROMMER, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, WHY DO I GET TO BE FOR YOUR CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOUR YOU'RE IN THE TOP LEFT RIGHT UP HERE.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU ON THE TOP LEFT.
HOW OLD WAS THE EXISTING DOC? I'M NOT SURE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, JOHN? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I FIND OUT I DON'T NEED ANYTHING MORE THAN MAYBE IT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
SO I I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S NONCONFORMING, CAUSE IT WAS NOT IN, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
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THAT IS CORRECT.SO THIS WOULD BRING IT UP TO CURRENT CODE DAN? YEAH, THAT CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLS AND COMMISSIONER IDRA.
HOW DOES THE APPLICANT NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR NON THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, SHIRA AND THEN NO QUESTIONS.
I GOT YOU OFF SECRETARY RESTAURANT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO I DO SEE THAT ONE OF THE STAFF CONDITIONS, UM, IS, UM, UM, TO RESTORE DISTURBED AREAS PER THE CITY STANDARDS SPECIFICATIONS.
UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE ANYTHING, UM, REGARDING REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS OR, UM, OR USING NATIVE PLANTS AND THE RESTORATION AREA, BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS? UM, ESPECIALLY AS IT KIND OF COMES ALONG THAT CAEP OR THAT, UM, THAT WETLAND AREA, THE CAEP IS REALLY ACCESSIBLY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.
UM, THAT WAS ONLY A VISUAL MARKER OF THE VEGETATION AND THE TRAVERTINE THAT WAS ABLE TO BE, UH, IDENTIFIED AS THE SAFE, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITE PLAN.
WE, UH, DID NOT PROPOSE ANY INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL.
WE JUST, UM, PROPOSED THE DISTURBED AREA TO BE ENHANCED WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL WETLAND PLANNINGS.
I'VE GOT NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU? I DO.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME, SOME OF THAT REMOVAL OF, OF THE INVITE INVASIVES THERE, IT LOOKED A LITTLE THICK.
UM, YEAH, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITIONS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE AGREEABLE TO, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THIS RIM ROCK CEF AND THE CAEP OR WHERE, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE DISTURBED CORRIDOR.
MORE OR LESS THE LIMITED CONSTRUCTION IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I GUESS, WELL, WE'VE GOT SOME IDLE TIME HERE.
UM, JOHN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE DOC WOULD LOOK LIKE? UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF A COMMON REQUEST FROM, FROM THE COMMISSIONS.
UH, YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO-STORY DOC BUILT FROM THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
SO WHERE DO YOU THINK, UH, GRANDPA DOCK AND THE FOOTPRINT OF THESE, THOSE THINGS? UM, FAIRLY STANDARD CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND THE STOCK IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED VIA BARGE AS TO NOT HAVE ANY DISTURBANCE TO THE CES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONERS.
YEAH, I DO HAVE, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO THE DOC? UH, IS THERE A PATHWAY OR STAIRS OR THE METHOD BY WHICH YOU CURRENTLY ACCESS THE DOCK? THERE IS AN EXISTING TREND THAT NOT BE MODIFIED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ACCESS TO THE BOAT DOCK WILL BE, UH, MADE BY THE EXISTING TRAM THAT WILL NOT BE ALTERED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW DOCK.
AND IF ANYTHING ELSE, THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL RIGHT.
HAVING SEEN NO ADDITIONAL ONES, I MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOST OF THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND AS HE MADE IT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE AGENDA ITEM? WE DO, UH, AUGUST 3RD, 2022.
UM, SUBJECT IS 5 7 0 9, SAM HOUSTON CIRCLE BOAT DOCK S P DASH 2 0 2 1 DASH 0 3 0 0 D.
WHEREAS ENVIRONMENT, VERY MENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO VARY FROM LDC 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 2 8 1 C TWO B TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 150,
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150 FEET OF ROOM ROCK AND SEEP CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE, A CEF, WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE LAKE AUSTIN AND BULL CREEK WATERSHED WATER SUPPLY, SUBURBAN DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONE.AND WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE, THIS VARIANCE WITH CONDITIONS.
HAVING DETERMINED, THE REQUIRED FINDING EFFECTS HAVE BEEN MET.
THEREFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE VARIANCE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING STAFF CONDITIONS, UM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITIONS.
NUMBER ONE, ALL CONSTRUCTION TO OCCUR VIA BARGE, REMOVE EXISTING BOAT DOCK AS SPECIFIED ON PLANS WHERE STORE DISTURBED AREAS PER CITY STANDARDS SPECIFICATIONS 6 0 9 S PROVIDE WETLAND MITIGATION PLANTING SPECIFIC ON PLANS.
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITIONS ARE REMOVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN THE DISTURBED AREA.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE US? YEAH.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, UH, COMBINATIONS AND A WAY TO BE ME THE, THE ONLY, UM, WELL, THE TWO WETLAND ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, THAT I SEE OVER THAT STAFF CONDITIONS.
ONE IS TO RESTORE THE, THE DISTURBED AREA PER 609 S UM, WHICH IS THE, THE CITY'S SPEC SPECIES FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, PROVIDE SOME WETLAND MITIGATION PLANNINGS THAT, UH, THAT ARE SPECIFIED ON THE PLAN.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE THAT'S KIND OF ALREADY BEEN, BEEN, BEEN, BEEN, UM, NEGOTIATED.
DOES THAT ASK YOU ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR ERIC MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT PLANTINGS A LITTLE MORE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, IT IT'S, UH, IT'S A KEEPING WITH, UM, WHAT'S, UH, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, SPECIFIED THE GUESS.
I DON'T REALLY MEET THE DETAILS.
UM, LET'S, LET'S HAVE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED, RAISE YOUR HAND.
[5. Name: Borders Boat Dock 1, SP-2021-0084D]
TO NUMBER FIVE, IT LOOKS LIKE JOHN GETS TO LEAVE, BUT MR. BROWN DOES NOT.UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS BOARDERS BOAT DOCK ONE, UM, SB 2021 DASH 0 0 8 4 D.
APPLICANT HAS LAND STRATEGIES AND I BELIEVE MR. BROWN HAS ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR US.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AGAIN, MY NAME IS ERIC BROWN.
I'M THE, UH, HYDROGEOLOGIC REVIEWER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED BOAT DOCK, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
AND THE SITE IS WITHIN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, IT IS IN WITHIN LAKE AUSTIN AND TAYLOR SLOW SOUTH WATERSHED.
UH, THIS ALSO HAS A WATER SLOT WATER SUPPLY, SUBURBAN CLASSIFICATION.
THERE ARE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ON SITE, AND IT IS ALSO WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED BOAT DOCK AND THE TAILOR SLOW SOUTH AND THE LAKE AUSTIN WATERSHEDS.
HERE ARE THE EXISTING CEFS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
YOU CAN SEE THE WETLAND CEF STRETCHING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE, UH, LENGTH OF THE, UH, SITE PLAN AND THE RIMROCK CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE, UH, DELINEATED IN RED ABOVE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE'S THE SAME EXHIBIT SHOWING THE TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOURS OF THE AREA.
SO THIS IS A NEW BOAT DOCK ON THE LAKE NEAR, UH, A RIM ROCK AND A WETLAND.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BOAT DOCK.
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THIS IS ALSO LOOKING TO, UH, VERY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 25, 8 TO 81, SUBSECTION C TWO B.THIS IS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 150 FEET OF A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE SETBACK.
YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO INCLUDED IN THE ERI, UH, OF THE RIMROCK AND QUESTION, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE OPPOSITE VIEW OF THE SAME RIMROCK.
AND THIS IS A GOOGLE EARTH 3D IMAGE OF THE AREA LOOKING, UH, TO SHOW THE, UH, ROOM ROCKING QUESTION AGAIN.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE WITH THE CONDITION THAT ALL CONSTRUCTION BE COMPLETED BY BARGE AND A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFY THAT NO LONGTERM IMPACTS OF THE RIM ROCK FROM THE CONSTRUCTED ACCESS TO THE BOAT DOCK.
UH, ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, I RECEIVED A, UH, SIGNED AND SEALED LETTER FROM CHARLES WOODRUFF, WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST IN TEXAS THAT CERTIFIED THAT THERE WILL BE NO LONG-TERM, UM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE RIMROCK AS, UM, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACCESS TO THE BOAT DOCK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, I'VE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF SHEETS FROM THE SITE PLAN, JUST TO GIVE A BETTER IDEA OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN SPACE AND WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ON HERE.
THIS IS THE, UH, RESTORATION AND MITIGATION PLAN.
UH, I INCLUDED THIS TO SHOW THE, UM, GREAT LINKS THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO STABILIZE THE AREA UP SLOPE OF THE RIM ROCK, UH, TO REDUCE THE RISK OF, UH, EROSIVE FLOWS AND EROSION OF THE RIMROCK LEADING TO ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY.
AND HERE IS A PROFILE VIEW OF THE PROPOSED ACCESS AS IT SPANS THE RIMROCK.
UH, THERE WILL BE NO, UH, ACCESS OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE UPPER CREST OF THE RIM ROCK, AND NO IMPACTS WILL BE, UH, ON THE FACE OF THE RIMROCK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON? OH YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR JUST Q AND A? OKAY, PERFECT.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, UH, SO WE CAN ADDRESS YOU APPROPRIATELY.
UM, UH, MICHAEL AND A HAND ON A WITH LAND STRATEGIES AND REPRESENTING THE BORDER'S FAMILY ON THIS APPLICATION.
UH, FIRST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND ERIC AND STAFF FOR THE, UH, CONTINUED COORDINATION COOPERATION.
UM, SO AS, AS ERIC STATED, THIS WILL BE A NEW BOAT DOCK AND, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE EVERY MEASURE.
WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THE RIM ROCK ITSELF BY OFFSETTING ANY CONSTRUCTION AND SPANNING, UH, ACROSS THAT, THAT FEATURE.
UH, AGAIN, UH, WITH THE ACCESS COMING UP TO THE RIM ROCK, WE HAVE ELEVATED THE WALKWAY, UH, AND MADE IT A DECK TO INCREASE THE PERMEABILITY OF THAT, AND THEN SURROUNDED THAT WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL NATIVE VEGETATION, UM, TO ALLOW FOR WATER FLOW IS AS WELL AS, UM, MUGISHA AND HE HAD ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.
SO, UH, THAT'S UM, REALLY THE ONLY POINTS THAT I'D WANTED TO MAKE AN TO THAT, UH, BUT HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, RIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA NOT START WITH BRIMER CAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THIS ROUND.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ARE YOU, UM, UM, GETTING, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE HOW, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, A LARGE DOCK.
WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DOC? IT EXTENDS, UH, JUST UNDER 30 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE AND IT IS ABOUT, UH, 29 FEET TALL WITHIN THE 30 MINUTES.
AND THAT IS, UH, BECAUSE THE RIMROCK ITSELF IS ABOUT 27 FEET TALL.
UM, SO WHAT THE ACCESS COMING DOWN TO THAT, THAT SPACE AND, UM, THE, UH, ACCESS WILL, WILL IT BE, UH, UH, OH, IT WOULDN'T, UH, UH, STAIRS ABOVE THE, ABOVE THE, UH, EXISTING, UH, RIM ROCK.
UM, SO YOU SITTING ABOVE IT IS THAT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WILL BE STEEL SO THAT WE CAN SPAN LONGER DISTANCES, BUT THE DECKING ITSELF
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WOULD, UM, BE A, A COMPOSITE MATERIAL.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER NICHOLS, NO QUESTIONS.
BRIMER YOU MAY BE MUTED, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER BRUMMER, OR YOU ARE MUTED IF YOU'RE TALKING.
UH KORESH'S YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INCLUDE SOMETHING ON THE, IN OUR CONDITIONS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS REMOVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AND THE DISTURBED AREAS AND USE NATIVE PLANTS AND THE RESTORATION AND PLANET AND PLANTER AREAS LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE BOTH IN AGREEMENT THAT OKAY.
I HAD, I HAD ONE QUESTION, UH, MR. BROWN, UM, AND THAT IS THE LETTER FROM, UH, WOODRUFF IS A, IS A PG LETTER.
DOES THAT MEET THE CONDITIONS THAT Y'ALL WERE LOOKING FOR FOR A PE LETTER ON THE SLOPE? UH, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT SHOULD SUFFICE BECAUSE THEY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HARD THE, FROM GEOLOGY AND NOT JUST THE, THE STRESS AND THE LOAD.
WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE ASSISTIVE IF WE USED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS IN OUR MOTION, UM, FOR THE LANGUAGE OF THE, OF THE STAFF CONDITION.
DO YOU SEE THAT SIGN PG BETTER? YEAH.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS MOTION TO CLOSE UP? OH, YEAH.
COMMISSIONER SCOTT, WHERE HE GOT, I JUST, I WANTED HIM TO SAY THAT.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO, UH, TO, UH, UM, IMPROVE THE WETLANDS, UM, CONDITIONS THERE.
AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, UH, VERY MUCH SUPPORT THAT.
LESS THAN THE CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DO AUGUST 3RD, UH, 2022 SUBJECT THE BORDERS, UM, BOAT DOCK ONE S P DASH 2 0 2 1 DASH 0 0 8 4 D AT THE LOCATION OF 2 5 0 0 MATTHEWS DRIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 0 3.
UH, WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE, UH, AS FOLLOWS.
UM, THEY REQUEST REQUEST TO VARY FROM LDC 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 2 8 1 C TWO B TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 150 FEET OF RIM ROCK CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE CEF.
WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE LAKE AUSTIN WATERSHED AND TAYLOR SLU, SOUTH WATERSHED, A WATER SUPPLY, SUBURBAN DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONE.
AND WHEREAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS VARIANCE WITH CONDITIONS.
HAVING DETERMINED THE FINDINGS OF FACTS HAVE BEEN MET.
THEREFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE VARIANCE REQUESTS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION AND THE STAFF CONDITIONS ARE NUMBER ONE MITIGATION, UH, MITIGATION PLANTINGS UPSLOPE WITH A REMARK TO ASSIST IN THE SOIL STABILIZATION SIGNED PG LETTER FOR LONG-TERM STABILITY OF RIM ROCK FROM NEW WALKWAY, UM, AND THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITION REMOVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN THE DISTURBED AREAS AND USE NATIVE PLANTS AND THE RESTORATION IN PLANTER AREAS SECOND.
WE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU OUT NICHOLS.
UM, WAS THAT, WAS THAT IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.
WERE UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR? UM,
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ALL RIGHT.[6. Discuss and consider proposed amendments to City Code Title 25 related to environmental, drainage, landscape, and water quality requirements.]
NEXT UP, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSING CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE TITLE 25 RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL DRAINAGE LANDSCAPE AND WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.UM, LIZ JOHNSTON AND, UH, KATIE COIN TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONERS KATIE COIN, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO OPEN THINGS UP TONIGHT BY SETTING THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE ARE STARTING THE FIRST OF MANY OF A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND EVENTUALLY COUNCIL ON CODE UPDATES THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE THINK WERE, ARE GOING TO RESULT IN A FAR SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR OUR CITY.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ON A VERY SHORT FUSE, UH, PARTIALLY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM, MOST OF THEM HAVE ALL BEEN NEGOTIATED AS PREVIOUS AS PART OF OUR PREVIOUS PROCESS, UH, WORKING THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE LDC, UH, DRAFTS.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WELL-VETTED CONTENT.
WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION ABOUT FINAL, UM, OUTCOMES.
AND SO TONIGHT OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEFRAMING OF THESE CODE UPDATES LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT PROCESS AND LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE INITIAL INTENT.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU, WE'LL BE BACK WITH CODE LANGUAGE.
UM, BUT JUST TO REITERATE SHORT TERM SHORT FUSE ON THIS, UM, AND, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF, OF THESE UPDATES ON THE FUTURE OF, OF AUSTIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE.
AND WE'LL BRING UP THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS LIZ JOHNSTON, DEPUTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, AND, UM, I'M GIVING THE PRESENTATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, OF COURSE, ANDREA BATES, UM, ACTING DIVISION MANAGER FOR PLANNING DIVISION AND PAMELA ABBY TALI IS ALSO, UM, PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, WELL, WE'RE BRINGING THAT UP.
I DO JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THE BACKUP WAS FAIRLY THIN, OF COURSE, THE NEXT TIME WE COME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS UPLOADED WAS, UM, UM, SORRY, IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, UH, IN JUNE OF, UH, 2022.
SO WE ARE RESPONDING TO A PART OF THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, THAT RESOLUTION DID HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF TO COMPLETE RELATED TO ADDITIONAL MONITORING OF D OF CREEKS AND COORDINATING WITH AUSTIN WATER ON A WASTEWATER DISCHARGES.
AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BE KEEPING THIS BODY IN THE LOOP, UM, AS, UH, STAFF WORKS TO RESPOND TO THOSE OTHER PARTS OF THE, THE RESOLUTION, WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO JUST FOCUS ON THE CODE ORDINANCE AND SPECIFICALLY THE CODE ORDINANCE THAT IS DUE BACK TO COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PHASE HOT ON THE HEELS OF THIS ONE, UM, RELATED TO TWO ITEMS, UH, THAT WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT THAT, UM, YOU WILL ALSO HEAR FROM, BUT WE ARE HERE SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE LIST OF ITEMS AND, UH, THAT WERE CALLED OUT FOR SEPTEMBER COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, NEXT SLIDE, IN THAT RESOLUTION.
AND I'VE BROKEN THEM OUT INTO DIFFERENT, UH, SUBJECT AREAS JUST TO KIND OF FRAME THE DISCUSSION.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE STORM WATER LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO WHAT'S CALLED FUNCTIONAL GREEN, WHICH PAMELA HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND THEN JUST GENERAL WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION, UM, LOOKING INTO CODE UPDATES TO ESPECIALLY CHAPTER 25 8 AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THEN PREVIOUSLY MY IDENTIFIED MINOR CODE AMENDMENTS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT MEET THE OBJECTIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A CATCH ALL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO BRING IN, UM, AS PART AS THE LDC REWRITE THAT, UM, OF COURSE WAS UNABLE TO PROCEED DUE TO THE LAWSUIT.
UM, WE AREN'T BRINGING IN ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
I THINK THE INTENT WAS, YOU KNOW, TO FOCUS ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, BUT THEN THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WERE THE MORE MINOR ITEMS THAT, UM, WERE HAD UP TO THAT POINT, PROVEN TO BE LESS CONTROVERSIAL, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS CLARIFICATION'S AND, AND THE LIKE, AND THEN, UM, THE LAST ITEM IS, UM, A RESOLUTION OR AMENDMENT
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TO THE RESOLUTION THAT GOT INCORPORATED THAT, UM, BASICALLY SAYS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO NOT, UH, DISINCENTIVIZE MISSING MIDDLE AND, UM, UH, AND NOT TO INCENTIVIZE SINGLE FAMILY OVER MISSING METAL X SLIDE.AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN, UM, IDENTIFYING CODE, UM, AMENDMENTS THAT MEET THAT KIND OF OTHER CATEGORY.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATION AND, UM, UM, COORDINATING WITH, UM, INTERNAL STAFF, OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS, OUR ENGINEER STAFF, AND THEN OTHER STAFF FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AUSTIN, WATER, AUSTIN, TRANSPORTATION, PROJECT CONNECT HOUSING, AND PLANNING LAW.
THIS ISN'T THE FULL GROUP THAT WE WILL BE ENGAGING IN, BUT THAT'S WHO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO.
UM, SO FAR, OF COURSE WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WE WILL LOOP IN AS WELL TO KEEP THEM POSTED AND GET THEIR INPUT.
AND WE HAD AN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WORK GROUP ON THE 25TH OF JULY.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, AND I'LL, I'LL SUMMARIZE THIS AGAIN AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF, UH, NEXT PRESENTATIONS.
SO THE NEXT IS IN TWO WEEKS, WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY THAT FALLS ON THE SAME DATE AS AN ENVIRONMENT, THE NEXT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
UM, SO ONE OF US WILL BE THERE AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE HERE OR CALLING IN REMOTELY DEPENDING ON HOW IT WORKS.
UM, SO, BUT WE WILL BE BACK, UM, TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON THE SIXTH.
SO THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU WILL HAVE CODE LANGUAGE EITHER IN DRAFT ORDINANCE FORM, OR A RED LINE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WORDS ON THE PAGE WHERE, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CHANGING AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN WITH, UH, EVERYTHING THE STARS ALIGNED, WE'LL BE AT CITY COUNCIL, UM, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
UH, WE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WHAT THEY HAD ASKED AND THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PLEAD FORGIVENESS, UH, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE TO GET, TO, TO HAVE AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE, UM, REVIEWED AND AGREED UPON BY THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL DATE.
AND THEN AS I SAID, UM, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ABOUT RELATING TO GREENFIELD DETENTION AND URBAN SLOPE PROTECTION.
WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THAT, UM, TO ROLL OUT HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS LATER.
SO DIVING IN SO STORMWATER, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE CODE MODIFICATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING FORWARD, UM, RELATE TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS GROWING, WE'RE HAVING CLIMATE CRISES, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LAND IS BEING USED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT THAT WE CAN, THAT IS PROVIDING THE MOST BENEFIT THAT WE CAN.
AND SO PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS, UM, WHETHER WE USE WHAT'S CALLED GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS CONVENTIONAL STORMWATER CONTROLS.
SO HERE, I'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS A RAIN GARDEN, WHICH IS A TYPE OF GSI OR A SAID, FILL POND, UM, SAID PHIL PONDS HAVE BEEN KIND OF THE WORKHORSES FOR WATER QUALITY FOR DECADES.
THEY DO VERY WELL WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO DO, BUT THEY ONLY DO THAT ONE THING.
SO, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, TYPES OF BENEFITS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR HABITAT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, LET'S GO TO THAT.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE THINGS LIKE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, IMPROVED INFILTRATION WILDE HAVE HABITAT, HEAT ISLAND, MITIGATION, WATER CONSERVATION.
SO ALL OF THESE OTHER BENEFITS, UM, THEY'RE USUALLY KIND OF TUCKED AWAY.
SOMETIMES THEY REQUIRE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE JUST NOT INVITING.
THEY, UH, AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR PARKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO, UM, GIVEN HOW WE'RE FIGHTING OVER EVERY LITTLE SQUARE FOOT OF AIR DEVELOPABLE AREA, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR WE'RE TREAT, YOU'RE USING OUR RAINWATER IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO ACHIEVE THESE OTHER BENEFITS AND ALSO, UM, CLEAN THE WATER BEFORE IT GETS TO THE CREEK.
AND SO JUST TO, FOR, FOR SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT GSI VERSUS CONVERT, CONVENTIONAL STORM WATER CONTROLS, THAT'S BEEN GOING
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ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.SO I PUT TOGETHER THIS TIMELINE, WELL, I'VE INCLUDED A TIMELINE THAT ANDREA PUT TOGETHER, HER STAFF PUT TOGETHER KIND OF STAYING W TH THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, IMAGINE AUSTIN, THE COMP PLAN CALL FOR GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BRINGING NATURE INTO THE CITY.
UM, WE'VE CHANGED CODE THROUGHOUT TIME.
UM, WE'VE HAD TASK FORCE, WE'VE HAD WORKING GROUPS NEXT SLIDE AND GSI WAS, UM, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS KIND OF A PART OF THE FOCUS OF THE, UM, CODE NEXT, AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT SUBSEQUENT, UH, LDC REWRITE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE FROM BOTH CITY COUNCIL, FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE OR REQUIRE MORE GSI OVER CONVENTIONAL STORMWATER CONTROLS.
AND SO HERE WE ARE IN 2022, BY 2030, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, ANOTHER 500,000 PEOPLE IN THE MEAN, UH, THE FIVE COUNTY, UM, METRO AREA.
AND SO THIS PROBLEM ISN'T GOING AWAY, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER HEAT WAVE AND ANOTHER, HOPEFULLY NOT HISTORIC DROUGHT, BUT IT COULD BE THAT.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
AND SO HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE ITEM, THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL SAYS ESTABLISH CRITERIA THAT PRIORITIZE WHEN GREEN STORM WATER METHODS SHOULD BE REQUIRED OR INCENTIVIZED OVER CONVENTIONAL STORM WATER CONTROLS.
UM, SO WHAT WERE, WE KNOW WE'VE TAKEN IT TO INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, WE'VE TAKEN IT TO EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO, BUT I THINK THE, THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE WAS TO AN IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, DISCUSSED.
AND, AND THE RESOLUTION IS THAT WE ARE TO ADHERE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE LDC REWRITE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS BASICALLY BRINGING IN WHAT THE PREVIOUS, UM, REWRITE HAD FOR THAT, WHICH IS REQUIRED GSI FOR SITES WITH LESS THAN 90% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE A CARVE OUT FOR SITES THAT TREAT EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER WITH AN AREA GREATER THAN 80 ACRES OR SITES THAT MAY GENERATE HIGHLY CONTAMINATED RUNOFF.
SO THOSE ARE THE SITES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO USE CONVENTIONAL STORMWATER CONTROLS.
AND IF, IF, UM, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE WOULD ALLOW AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE, UM, TO ALLOW MORE CONVENTIONAL CONTROLS, UM, ONCE THEY'VE MAXIMIZED THE AMOUNT OF GSI THAT THEY CAN HAVE ONSITE.
SO, UM, WE DO THINK THAT I THINK PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD INTERNALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS EXACTLY THE DEFINITION OF GSI AND, UM, CAN WE, UM, IMPROVE UPON THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR CONVENTIONAL CONTROLS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS? AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE WELCOMING, BUT, UM, FROM NOW WE'RE JUST USING WHAT THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE CRITERIA MANUAL SAYS, WHICH IS RE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LIST THE ENTIRE THING, BUT IT'S RAIN GARDENS, BIOFILTRATION PONDS, RAINWATER CAPTURE, AND THOSE TYPES OF ELEMENTS.
THE NEXT ITEM FOR STORM WATER IS REQUIRE SURFACE PARKING, LOT STORMWATER TO ENTER PERVIOUS PARKING, LOT ISLANDS, LANDSCAPED MEDIANS, AND PERIMETER LANDSCAPES AS A METHOD OF WATER QUALITY AND REQUIRE THAT PAVEMENT BE GRADED TO ALLOW RUNOFF TO ENTER PLANTING AREAS.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, AN ITEM THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL WANTS EVERY LANDSCAPE ISLAND MEDIAN IN FLINT PENINSULA TO SERVE AS A RAIN GARDEN OR, OR THE LIKE, BUT WE THINK THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT A LARGE PARKING LOT.
YOU CAN DIRECT YOUR STORM WATER TO A NUMBER OF PLACES.
YOU CAN DIRECT IT TO AN INLET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP WITH IRRIGATION NEEDS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU INSTEAD, DIRECTOR STORMWATER TO THE ISLANDS WHERE WE'VE TREES THAT ARE BEING IRRIGATED BY POTABLE WATER OR RECLAIMED WATER, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND USE THAT AS A SIMPLE MENTAL SOURCE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS MODIFYING TWO PARTS OF THE CODE, THE LANDSCAPE CODE, AND, UM, 25 8 FOR WATER QUALITY.
THE LANDSCAPE CODE CURRENTLY HAS A REC REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE A SIX INCH CURB TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM DRIVING OVER LANDSCAPE AREAS.
WE WOULD BE REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, REMOVES THE ABILITY FOR ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TO GRADE
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STORMWATER INTO THESE AREAS.UM, WE WILL STILL HAVE SOME SORT OF VEHICULAR, UH, PROTECTION REQUIREMENT, BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE A CONTINUOUS SIX INCH CURVE, WHICH IS STANDARD.
UM, ADDITIONALLY IN 25 8, WE WOULD, UM, UM, REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO DRAIN WATT STORMWATER TO LANDSCAPE AREAS WHERE POSSIBLE OF COURSE, KNOWING THAT WATER DOESN'T ALWAYS FLOW UP HILLS.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.
SO WE BUILT IN SOME LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE FEASIBLE, DIRECT IT TO THESE AREAS.
UM, SO THERE'S ALSO AN AREA AND, OR A CODE, UM, REQUIREMENTS IN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN OR A LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS THAT CURRENTLY HAS REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF STORMWATER TO GO TO THESE AREAS.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE PAMELA CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY, BUT I THINK MAYBE 25% OF THE STREET YARD OR SOMETHING, UM, WE WOULD BE REMOVING REMOVING THAT BECAUSE THAT HAS A KIND OF A LOWER LIMIT THAN WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE.
ALLOWS THE STEARNS TO BE SIZED BEYOND THE REQUIRED STORM CAPTURE AMOUNT AND REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR STORM WATER RELEASE SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPLY IRRIGATION NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS DIRECTING STAFF TO DO.
UM, AS IT TURNS OUT, WE ALREADY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO IF, IF WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS WE'VE GOT RAINWATER CISTERNS, AND OUR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS SAYS THAT FOR A CERTAIN STORM, THAT WE'RE REGULATING TO THAT WATER NEEDS TO BE DRAINED FROM THAT CISTERN WITHIN 72 HOURS IN ORDER FOR THE SISTER, AND TO BE THERE, TO CAPTURE THE NEXT STORM, WHICH IS SOMETIMES AT ODDS WITH THE DESIRE, UM, TO KEEP THAT WATER, TO USE IT FOR IRRIGATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WHAT WE CURRENTLY ALLOW IS THAT THE CISTERNS BE SIZED BEYOND THE REQUIRED CAPTURE AMOUNT AND THAT REQUIRED CAPTURE AMOUNT.
DOESN'T HAVE THAT 72 HOUR DRAW DOWN SO THAT IF A, IF A RAINWATER SYSTEM IS BIGGER THAN NEEDS TO BE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DRAIN ALL THE WAY.
BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH OUR STAFF AND OR COLLEAGUES AND AUSTIN WATER.
AND THEY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA, TO GUIDE APPLICANTS ON HOW TO DO THAT AND, AND, UM, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE WHEN IT DOES TEND TO BOG DOWN A PROJECT, IF WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE GUIDANCE.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO BRINGING FORTH ECM UPDATES AS SOON AS WE CAN, THAT WE CAN, BOTH DEPARTMENTS CAN AGREE UPON TO, TO STREAMLINE AND, AND ENCOURAGE THIS PROCESS.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, STORM WATER.
HOW DO WE MANAGE STORM WATER SECTION AND MOVING ON TO, UH, THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN LANDSCAPE PORTION OF IT? AND SO THE RESOLUTION SAYS STAFFORD TO IMPLEMENT FUNCTIONAL GREEN REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES WITH MORE THAN 80% ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL GREEN? UH, SO IT IS A MORE ECOSYSTEM-BASED TYPE OF LANDSCAPE CODE THAT HAS A, UM, BASICALLY A LIST OF ELEMENTS THAT A, UM, PROJECT CAN CHOOSE FROM AN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF POINTS.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, AND HERE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WE'RE TALKING SITES THAT HAVE VERY HIGH IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE IS NO LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO IF IT'S A PROJECT ZONE CBD OR DOWNTOWN MIXED USE, THERE ARE NO LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE APPLYING TO THOSE OR SITES THAT HAVE GREATER THAN 80% IMPERVIOUS COVER WHERE OUR TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN THE EIGHTIES AND CONTEMPLATED LARGE PARKING LOTS AND BIG, YOU KNOW, A BIG PARKING LOT WITH A BUILDING AND, UM, BEAUTIFYING AND BUFFERING CARS.
THESE ARE SITES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS? UM, AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO JUST BRING IN EXISTS THE CODE THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE LDC REWRITE AND, AND INSERT IT INTO THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE CODE
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NEXT SLIDE.AND SO THAT WOULD BE CREATING A NEW LANDSCAPE SECTION BEYOND THE OTHER, UM, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO CERTAIN PROJECTS, UM, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR NEXT SLIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASICALLY KIND OF THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN PART OF IT.
I'M MOVING ON, WE'RE GOING TO BE LISTING KIND OF, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CODE UPDATES.
SO THIS ONE IS PROHIBITED IN CHANNEL DETENTION PONDS, EXCEPT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE NO ALTERNATIVE IS FEASIBLE.
SO, UM, IN CHANNEL DETENTION PONDS, WHAT ARE THOSE, UM, UH, DETENTION PONDS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR TREATING WATER QUALITY.
THEY'RE NOT THERE TO REMOVE POLLUTANTS, THEY'RE THERE FOR FLOOD CONTROL.
SO THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT A PROJECT DOESN'T FLOOD THE DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBOR, THAT THERE'S NO ADVERSE IMPACT.
UM, SO WHEN DETENTION PONDS ARE REQUIRED, WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM AND THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS THIS CARVE OUT FOR END CHANNEL DETENTION PONDS THAT, UM, WAS ALLOWED, IT WAS PART OF A CODE CHANGE FROM 2014 CALLED THE WATERSHED PROTECTION ORDINANCE THAT DID ALLOW THESE.
AND I, UM, IT WAS REALLY, UH, A LOT OF IT WAS BECAUSE WATERSHED PROTECTION ITSELF HAS FLOOD REGIONAL FLOOD GOALS.
UM, AND WE DO SOMETIMES PARTNER WITH APPLICANTS TO HELP ACHIEVE THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE, OR OF A PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A GREAT WITH A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE RUNNING BETWEEN THOSE TWO PARKING LOTS.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT CODE, BUT, UM, AND THERE IS A, A, AN EXISTING AND CHANNEL DETENTION POND THERE.
SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE RETAINING WALL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND THIS WITH, UH, WITH THE UPCOMING PROJECT.
BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE OUR, UM, ABILITY TO, UH, ACHIEVE SOME OF OUR FLOOD REDUCTION GOALS AND YOU CHOOSE, BUT IN SOME CASES WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, THE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD A BIG WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A CREEK.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY CODE WITH ALL OF THE DISTURBANCE THAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, BUT IN SOME CASES WE MAY NEED TO DO THAT OURSELVES, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO I'VE PUT TWO OF THE ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED TO UTILITIES.
UM, THIS IS REQUIRE PROJECTS TO RELOCATE REPLACED, OR UPSIZE WASTEWATER PIPES OUT, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE INNER HALF OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND REQUIRE UTILITY EASEMENTS TO MEET THE SAME STANDARDS AS UTILITY PIPES WITHIN CREEKS AND CREEK BUMPERS.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, UTILITIES CAN CROSS CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES WITH CONDITIONS IF THEY NEED TO, UH, THAT GOES FOR ANY TYPE OF UTILITY UTILITY LINES.
UM, BUT WE, UH, IF THEY'RE RUNNING PARALLEL TO A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE OR A CREEK, WE DON'T ALLOW THEM THERE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN, WE DO ALLOW THEM IN THE HALF CRITICAL.
SO YOU CAN GO HALFWAY TO THE CENTER LINE, BUT YOU CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER.
AND SO THIS IS SAYING SO, AND IT'S REALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, CITY OF AUSTIN WITH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE RE REPLACING THEM OR MAKING THEM BIGGER, BRING THEM UP TO CURRENT CODE.
UM, AND SAME WITH THE EASEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERING, UM, DEPARTMENTS WILL ACQUIRE AN EASEMENT WITHOUT REALIZING THAT IT DOESN'T MEET CODE, AND THEN THEY COME AND THEN THEY NEED A VARIANCE.
AND THIS IS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING NEW UTILITY EASEMENTS PUT BY THEM OR ACQUIRE THEM IN A LOCATION THAT MEETS CODE, UM, SOMETIMES WE REALIZE THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
AND SO THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE THE LAND USE COMMISSION VARIANCE PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, CURRENTLY AS IT, AS THERE IS TODAY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING A CODE AMENDMENT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT NEW OR LARGER, UM, UH, WASTEWATER LINES NEED TO MEET CURRENT CODE AND THEIR LOCATIONS.
AND SO TO THE UTILITY LINES, UM, THE UTILITY LINE LANGUAGE WAS ALSO PART OF THE LDC REWRITES.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY, UH, PROPOSED WITH THAT.
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AND WERE W NO, JUST, UH, ALSO SAY WE'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH AUSTIN WATER ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.
PROVIDE WETLAND PROTECTIONS AND BUFFERS EQUALLY ALONG LADY, BIRD LAKE TO HELP STABILIZE AND PREVENT EROSION ALONG THE SHORELINE.
SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE IMAGE, UM, THERE ARE NO WETLAND PROTECTIONS THAT IT WAS JUST, UH, A CARVE OUT FROM CODE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THERE'S NO CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE EITHER, BUT THERE IS A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE FOR ALL OF LADY BIRD LAKE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE BRINGING WETLAND PROTECTIONS TO LADY BIRD LAKE IN THIS AREA.
SO THIS IS, THESE ARE MOSTLY CITY OF BOSTON PROPERTIES WITH A FEW OTHERS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A WETLAND FRINGE ALONG MOST OF LADY BIRD, LAKE IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT RECREATIONAL SOURCE.
AND SO WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, APPLY THOSE SAME PROTECTIONS, UM, EVERYWHERE ON LADY BIRD LAKE, AND NOT HAVE THIS EXCLUSION AND KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM WAS, UM, I THINK BROUGHT TO COUNSEL, UH, THE COUNSELOR'S ATTENTION BY SOME OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE EAST SIDE WHO ARE SEEING KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT MARCHING OUT ON THE COLORADO RIVER AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.
AND SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY REQUESTED THAT GOT INCLUDED, UM, TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES AND THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE BUFFERS ON THE COLORADO RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE LONGHORN DAM.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING THE LAKES, WE'RE TALKING EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM OF LONGHORN DAM WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE, UH, PROTECTIONS TO THE RIVER THAT WILL ENSURE A HEALTHY RIPARIAN CORRIDOR TO STABILIZE THE RIVER BANK AND PROTECT PROPERTY FROM EROSION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE WALKED BY AND KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT EROSION ON COLORADO RIVER.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE EROSION THAT'S HAPPENING IN ROY G. GUERRERO PARK AND HOW DIFFICULT THAT'S BEEN TO STABILIZE.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, FROM A EROSION STABILITY PERSPECTIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BROADCAST THAT OUT.
YOU KNOW, APPLICANTS WISHING TO DEVELOP NEEDS TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, GOING FROM AN A HUNDRED FOOT SETBACK FROM THE ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK.
SO BASICALLY THE BANK OF THE RIVER, UM, CURRENTLY IT'S A HUNDRED FOOT EROSION HAZARD ZONE.
WE'RE SAYING WITHIN 400 FEET OF THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, DISTANCE, UM, FOR THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS.
UM, THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE CURRENTLY IS ESTABLISHED AT THE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
SO IT'S, IT'S BETWEEN 200 AND 400 FEET DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FLOOD PLAIN LANDS.
AND SO IF THERE'S A SMALL FLOOD PLAIN, IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 200, BUT IF IT'S A BROAD FLOOD PLAIN, IT WOULD STOP AT 400 FEET CONSIDERING HOW THE DAMS ARE MANAGED AND, UM, THE RIPARIAN ZONE.
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE AS MUCH SENSE TO TIE THE WATERWAY SETBACK TO THE FLOOD PLAIN.
UM, WE THINK IT'S REALLY, UH, WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO JUST HAVE A STANDARD 400 FOOT BE SIMILAR TO THE ORDINARY HIGH WATERMARK.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF HEADED, UM, WITH, WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SPECIAL CONSIDERATION, SO YOU CAN DISCHARGE STORM WATER DIRECTLY TO THE COLORADO RIVER.
SO THAT MEANS PUTTING A STORMWATER DISCHARGE DE-STABILIZING A BANK WE WOULD PREFER, UM, APPLICANTS TO INSTEAD DISCHARGE WATER TO AN UPSTREAM, UM, WATERWAY INSTEAD, AND HAVE IT FLOW FROM THAT CREEK NATURALLY BACK INTO THE COLORADO RIVER.
SO INSTEAD OF GOING DIRECTLY TO THE COLORADO RIVER, PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, WATERSHED OR DRAINAGE THAT WILL THEN DRAIN, UH, TO THE COLORADO RIVER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED FOR FOR THOSE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
AH, I THINK I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
SO NOW THE OTHER CODE AMENDMENTS, UM, IT SAYS ADDRESS CURRENT CODE INCONSISTENCIES AND OTHER MINOR CODE REVISIONS, AND THEN WE INITIATE, YOU KNOW, OTHER, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THAT, BUT
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THIS IS LANGUAGE DIRECTLY FROM THE RESOLUTION NEXT SLIDE.AND SO ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE THINK MEET THAT INTENT.
UM, SO OF COURSE THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS HAVE CHANGED THEIR NAMES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OFFICIALS HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES, WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH AND CLEANING UP AND CLARIFYING WHAT THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTING, YOU KNOW, OFFICIAL IS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NO LONGER THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DEPARTMENT OR THE WATERSHED PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DEPARTMENT.
THOSE HAVEN'T EXISTED FOR AWHILE.
SO WE'RE CHANGING, UM, THOSE NAMES, WE'RE DOING SOME REORGANIZATION TO MAKE IT MORE APT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EASILY UNDERSTOOD TO TITLES.
UM, SOME MINOR CHANGES WHERE THINGS ARE, WHERE THINGS LIVE IN LANDSCAPING, UM, REORGANIZING, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES TO HAVE IT BE, UM, IN THE SAME DIVISION AS FLOOD PLAIN MODIFICATION CRITERIA.
UM, MOVING SOME OF THE BULKHEAD REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN ZONING INTO 25 8, SO THAT, UM, IT'S A, IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE A WATER QUALITY CONCERN, NOT NECESSARILY A ZONING CONCERN.
AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IF A VARIANCE WERE TO BE ASKED, IT WOULD COME TO YOU ALL INSTEAD OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, AND THEN CHANGE WERE LATE.
THE REQUIREMENTS WERE LAKEVILLE AND LAND CAPTURE AND DREDGING REQUIREMENTS ARE AND MOVE THEM INTO CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE PROTECTIONS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ALSO MAKING EDITS TO CLARIFY WHAT OUR FLOOD PLAIN MODIFICATION LANGUAGES ARE.
WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANY INTENT THERE, UM, EDITS TO CLARIFY WHAT A ROADSIDE DITCH EXEMPTION.
SO IF, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BUILD A ROAD AND YOU HAVE A DITCH, SOMETIMES THAT DITCH HAS A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE ON IT BECAUSE IT DRAINS MORE THAN 64 ACRES.
CURRENTLY, THOSE, THAT SECTION IS A EXEMPT WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST MAKING IT MORE CLEAR WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE, UM, WHERE EXEMPTING, RAINWATER, HARVESTING SYSTEMS FROM IMPERVIOUS COVER CALCULATIONS.
AND A LOT OF THIS WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN THE LDC REWRITE, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION, UM, WE'RE STREAMLINING AND CLARIFYING THAT.
UH, SO THAT WOULD MEAN CURRENTLY, UH, REDEVELOPMENT BASICALLY SAYS THAT PROJECTS WHO HAVE EXISTING PERVIOUS COVER EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT COMPLYING WITH CURRENT CODE, UM, CAN REDEVELOP AND BE EXCLUDED FROM THOSE EXIST.
MOST OF 25 8 PROVIDED THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS INCLUDING, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL LIKE WATER QUALITY AND YOU'RE NOT INCREASING NON-COMPLIANCE.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS VEHICLE TRIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN COMPLIANCE, AND AREN'T NECESSARILY ENVIRONMENTAL IN NATURE THAT WERE THE LDC REWRITE PROPOSED TO REMOVE THOSE, BUT ALSO ADD AN, UM, SOME RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO MINIMUM RESTAURANT RATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY THERE, WE'RE NOT REALLY PROPOSING TO TOUCH THE BARTON SPRINGS ZONE REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION, EXCEPT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS SEDIMENTATION FILTRATION, PONDS ARE REQUIRED.
UM, WE WOULD CHANGE THAT TO ALLOW GSI IF APPROPRIATE, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING SAID, FIELD PONDS TO BE MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING FOR GSI IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE BARTON SPRINGS ZONE, REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION.
UM, WE'RE UPDATING PROPOSING TO UPDATE WHEN WE NEED TO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INVENTORIES TO REMOVE THAT, UH, TRIGGERS THAT AREN'T AS USEFUL.
SO WE USE ERS TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES FOR THE MOST PART, AND CERTAIN TRIGGERS AREN'T NECESSARILY HELPFUL IN THAT, BUT WE WOULD BE ADDING A, UH, LIKE A REQUIREMENT FOR AN ERI FOR SITES THAT HAVE KIND OF, UH, PONDED AREAS AND UPLANDS LIKE STOCK PONDS OR SOME OTHER, UM, DRAINAGE'S THAT DON'T HAVE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES THAT DON'T ALREADY NEED TO HAVE ERI.
SO WE'LL BE REMOVING SOME TRIGGERS AND ADDING ANOTHER, UM, AND JUST UPDATING STREET CROSSING REQUIREMENTS, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT, UH, LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF RESIDENTIAL AND COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL IT'S LEVEL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
SO WE'RE JUST UPDATING CODE LANGUAGE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE.
UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS PART OF THE LD CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE VARIANCES TO APPROVE AT A STAFF LEVEL, UM, APP FOR LAKE
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AUSTIN PROJECTS, EXCEPT WHEN MECHANIZED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS PROPOSED.SO, SO EVERYWHERE IN TOWN STAFF HAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY TO GRANT VARIANCES, TO CES WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT USED TO BE TRUE ALONG LAKE AUSTIN.
UM, AT, UH, I THINK IT WAS IN 2010, 2009 TO 2010 THAT, UH, CODE WAS CHANGED TO PROHIBIT ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES.
AND I THINK THE CONCERN AT THAT TIME WAS, UH, RELATED TO TRAMS OR MECHANIZED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
AND WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF BOAT DOCK VARIANCES COME FORWARD.
AND, UM, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST CONTENTIOUS WITH THE MOST DISCUSSION ARE RELATED TO TRAMS. AND SO WE'RE, AS WE WERE RECOMMENDING PREVIOUSLY WITH THE LDC REWRITE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BRING THAT AGAIN.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS ALLOW STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURE RETROFITS AND FLOODPLAINS, AND WITHIN 50 FEET OF A CF.
SO CURRENTLY YOU CAN'T BUILD A RAIN GARDEN IN A FLOOD PLAIN, EVEN IF IT'S PROVIDING A BENEFIT TO TREAT EXISTING RUNOFF OR SOLVE SOME EROSION PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN FLOODPLAINS, BUT THIS WOULD KIND OF SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NOT BUILDING IT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A NEW PROJECT, YOU CAN PUT THESE RETROFITS IN WATERSHED.
DOES THESE A LOT? SO DOES THE TRAIL FOUNDATION AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS, SO THIS WILL KIND OF HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR THEM CLARIFY WHAT SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS ARE RELATED TO CES.
AND, UH, WE WOULD REMOVE PROPOSING TO REMOVE CODE LANGUAGE THAT EXPLICITLY ALLOWS WETLANDS TO SERVE AS WATER QUALITY CONTROLS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T, UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THAT.
UM, THE WAY THE CODE LANGUAGE IS IF SOMEONE WERE TO WANT TO PROPOSE, TO USE A WETLAND FOR A WATER QUALITY CONTROL AND COULD MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS, WE COULD STILL DO THAT UNDER EXISTING LANGUAGE.
WE JUST WANT TO REMOVE THAT EXPLICIT ABILITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE HAVE SOME SLOPE PROTECTIONS THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CROSS SLOPES IN EXCESS OF 15% UNLESS TO, UH, BUILD A STREET OR DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE PRIMARY ACCESS WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
IF YOU'RE CROSSING SLOPES, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TYPICALLY HAVE CUT AND FILL IT AN EXCESS OF FOUR FEET.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THE CUT AND FILL LIMITS IN LINE WITH THE SLOPE PROTECTION.
SO THE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN CROSS, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN CROSS THESE SLOPES, YOU CAN STILL HAVE A CUT AND FILL GREATER THAN FOUR FEET, AND THAT WOULD BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, THERE IS A SECTION OF THE CODE 25 8 360 7, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE RELOCATION OF THE SHORELINE BETWEEN TOM MILLER AND LONGHORN DAM.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY LADY BIRD LAKE THAT, UM, WAS WRITTEN AT A TIME WHEN EARLY EIGHTIES, WHEN WE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH, UH, LADY BIRD LAKE, AS A DRINKING WATER OR TOWN LAKE, AS A DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECREATION AND SAFETY AND DAM MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THIS IS, UM, WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THIS SECTION BECAUSE OUR CURRENT CODE IS PROTECTIVE ENOUGH OF LADY BIRD LAKE, THE WAY IT IS WITHOUT THIS KIND OF EXTRA STEP THAT WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR RELOCATING EARTH MATERIAL BELOW A CERTAIN CONTOUR.
AND THEN JUST SIMPLIFYING WHAT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES NOTIFICATION IS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, WE WOULD BE REFERRING TO A MAP THAT WE'LL BUILD, UM, ON GIS.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE REAL CLEAR WHEN INVITE DANGEROUS SPECIES NOTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.
WE'D BE REMOVING TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY STAKE IN THAT ANYMORE.
AND, UM, CLARIFYING WHO THE NOTICE NEEDS TO GO TO.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY OF BOSTON DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, BUT, UM, OUR PARTNERS AT THE BCCP AND AUSTIN WATER DO LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND HAVE THAT NOTICE ABILITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF AN APPLICANT DOES HAVE A, A PROJECT THAT MAY IMPACT ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT, UM, THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES ARE NOTIFIED, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE LAST, UM, ITEM AND THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND THIS IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION, WE'RE, HAVEN'T COME TO A COMPLETE CONSENSUS ON, UM, WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, UM, IS TO, UH, FOR THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THE CITY DOES NOT DISINCENTIVIZE SMALL-SCALE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
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THERE WAS WITH THE PREVIOUS LDC REWRITE, A CONCEPT CALLED SITE PLAN LIGHT THAT BASICALLY SAID FOR PROJECTS UP TO 11 UNITS, UM, YOU FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN A SITE PLAN.AND THAT ALSO WAIVES CERTAIN, UM, REQUIREMENTS FROM 25 8 COMPLIANCE.
THE IDEA OF BEING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME CAN BE BUILT CURRENTLY WITHOUT TRIGGERING WATER, QUALITY, DETENTION, ET CETERA.
UM, AND SO IF YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE, WHY CAN'T YOU BUILD, UH, YOU KNOW, FOURPLEX, UM, ON THAT SAME LOT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO SO WE'RE SAYING IF YOU'RE A SINGLE FAMILY PLANTED LOT WITH, UM, UH, AND, AND, UM, AND BEFORE I GET TOO FAR, UM, PART OF WHAT THIS ENTAILS IS CLARIFYING WHAT APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT DOESN'T, UM, TWENTY-FIVE EIGHT, DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXPLICITLY WAVE CURRENTLY ANY REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO, BUT IT'S BEEN LONG PRACTICE, UM, NOT TO APPLY CERTAIN REGULATIONS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CLARIFYING WHAT THAT IS, SO THAT IT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE, REVIEWERS AND APPLICANTS, AND THEN APPLY THOSE SAME STANDARDS TO, UM, UH, MISSING MIDDLE PROJECTS.
WE'RE PROPOSING UP TO 11 UNITS, NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO WE WERE SAYING ALLOW UP TO 11 UNITS UNLESS MORE IS ALLOWABLE WITH AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED ON EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE, UM, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW A SITE PLAN.
UM, SO WE WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LIST OUT, THESE ARE THE PROD, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY.
UM, AND THESE ARE NOT, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED IS THAT IF YOU WERE ALL, UM, IF THE LOT WAS PLANTED PRIOR TO THE COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS MAY 18TH, 1986, YOU'RE EXEMPT THOSE AFTER ARE NOT EXEMPT.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE ON YOUR LOT, AND IT WAS A LOT THAT HAPPENED TO HAVE THE CODE CHANGE AND, UM, AFFECT THE PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF A ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT, OF THAT LOT.
WE WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, POTENTIALLY, UM, HAVING A SITE LIMIT TO THAT.
UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF LOTS ALL AT ONCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN SIZE LIMIT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS I SAID, POSSIBLY A ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE OPTION FOR LOTS WITH WATERWAY SETBACKS, WE WOULD PROBABLY ALSO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE FOR CUT AND FILL, WHICH IS, UM, CURRENTLY REVIEWED FOR, UM, AS WELL, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THAT KIND OF SUMS UP WHERE AND A REITERATE WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON THE SIXTH.
AND, UH, WE GOT A PRETTY TIGHT AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.
REMOTE PEOPLES, UM, NICHOLAS, YOU GET TO GO FIRST THIS TIME, CAUSE I HAVEN'T PICKED ON YOUR FIRST YET.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR LIZ OR STAFF? OKAY.
SO I ACTUALLY TOOK A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION EARLIER TODAY AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE, THE MISSING MIDDLE.
SO ON PAGE FIVE, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH, THE FIRST FULL PARAGRAPH THAT READS, WHEREAS SMALL-SCALE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PROJECTS, WHICH ARE THOSE RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY THREE TO 12, HUMANS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME WATER QUALITY DRAINS AND SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS IS LARGE.
MULTI-FAMILY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS WHILE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS, CREATING AN INCENTIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OVER MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TO AVOID WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF THESE, UH, I GUESS A LOT OF THESE PARAGRAPHS AND A LOT OF THESE STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN THE RESOLUTION ARE OBVIOUSLY THE WORK OF LOTS OF STAFF COORDINATION BETWEEN INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AS WELL.
BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW THE CONCLUSION WAS ARRIVED AT THE BASICALLY SUGGESTS THAT WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS WERE DISINCENTIVIZING THE CONSTRUCTION MULTI-FAMILY SPECIFICALLY MISSING MIDDLE? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I, THIS WAS, UH, UH, UH, A RESOLUTION OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA HIS OP OFFICE THAT HAD QUITE A BIT OF BACK AND FORTH ON THE DIOCESE.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS SOME FRUSTRATION
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WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMONG, UM, HOME BUILDERS.A LOT OF THAT FRUSTRATION ISN'T NECESSARILY RELATED TO WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE BECAUSE ARE CURRENTLY ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY FEW ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD EVEN ALLOW MORE THAN TWO UNITS ON ONE LOT.
AND SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T FIX THAT WITH WHAT THE PROCESS IS NOW, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE, THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME KIND OF A CONCERN THAT IF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PROJECT WITH THREE OR FOUR UNITS, THERE IS A LOT MORE CODE THAT IS, UM, THAT WOULD THEN APPLY WITH A SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THAT'S NOT ONLY WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE TODAY.
OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE TOUCHED THAT WOULD STILL APPLY IN THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S OH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, THE FOCUS FOR WATER SET PROTECTION IS, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED AND NOT NECESSARILY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN GENERAL, BECAUSE I WOULD ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY CONTEND THE SAME THING.
YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED THAT REALLY.
I MEAN, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT WAS PROBABLY DISINCENTIVIZED BY THE FACT THAT ZONING REALLY JUST DOESN'T ALLOW IT IN A LOT OF AREAS OF AUSTIN.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE IN SITES WHERE IT IS ALLOWED TO TAKE PLACE.
WE'VE BUILDING 12 UNITS ON LAMAR.
UM, THE NUMBERS ON PENNSYLVANIA.
SO I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATING TO, I GUESS, THE LARGER SCALE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBES, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS YOU'VE MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY WITH THINGS LIKE, UH, UH, DRAINAGE AND SUITLAND PLANTERS AND PARKING LOTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO YOU, WHO DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL INCREASING AS A RESULT OF THAT? UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE TYPES OF ANALYSIS.
NOW, WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF WHO WILL BE DOING THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO, TO GUESS, BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS ADD MORE COSTS.
UH, IT DOES ADD SOME MORE TIME FROM ENGINEERING STAFF.
UM, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED TO DESIGN, BUT MAINTENANCE OVER ALL ISN'T AS BAD SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES IT IS.
SO IT, UM, IT KINDA JUST DEPENDS AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION LATER AND KATIE, KATIE COYNE, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, I CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT REALLY BRIEFLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GRADING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, NOT INCLUDING CURB ON A PARKING LOT, THAT'S, THAT'S A NET NEUTRAL, I THINK, ON, ON THE WHOLE, UH, ON THINGS LIKE THAT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REFINING THE LANDSCAPE CODE TO HAVE WATER FLOW INTO PARKING LOT MEDIUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ONE OTHER COMMENT I WILL MAKE IS THAT THERE WAS A VERY RIGOROUS STUDY DONE, UM, ON FUNCTIONAL GREENS SPECIFICALLY, UH, THAT LOOKED AT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN AUSTIN.
UH, THAT IS, IS JUST BEING DEVELOPED UNDER CURRENT CODE FUNCTIONAL GREEN DOESN'T EXIST YET.
UH, AND THE MINIMUM SCORE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO MEET FOR FUNCTIONAL GREEN WAS SET BASED ON EXAMPLES THAT ARE ALREADY FOUND IN, IN THE CURRENT MARKET.
UH, AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS SO INFEASIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPING.
NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD MEET THAT MINIMUM SCORE ALREADY ON THE GROUND WITHOUT THAT CODE IN PLACE.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
AND I'D DEFINITELY BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, ANALYSES.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
AND REALLY THE ONLY REASON I BRING THIS UP IN PARTICULAR AS I LEFT OUT THE LAST PART OF THAT SENTENCE IN THAT PARAGRAPH, UM, REGARDING, UM, THE INCENTIVES FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES VERSUS MISSING MIDDLE THE, THE LAST PART OF THE SENTENCE, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF IT.
IT SAYS THAT, UM, IT CREATES AN INCENTIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OVER MISSING MIDDLE, UH, TO AVOID WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO URBAN SPRAWL AND THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
AND SO I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE, IN THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS A WHOLE, THAT WOULD IMPACT LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, DON'T LEAD TO, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE URBAN SPRAWL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, LIKE TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN FOCUS, BUT ALSO IF ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF MAYBE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHILE WELL-INTENTIONED OF, YOU KNOW, ADDING COST TO DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE IT BEEN CPD.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AGGIE, ARI, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SO AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS TODAY, I WENT AHEAD AND READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION AGAIN.
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AND OF COURSE, WHAT BROUGHT THIS UP, THE IMPRESSION THAT I'M GETTING IT WAS BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DESIRE, THE WAY THAT THESE ARE DEVELOPMENTS, ZONE AREAS ARE TREATED VERSUS THE DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONES.SO IN LOOKING AT THIS, I'M LOOKING AT WHATEVER IS DONE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH THE EQUITY LENS AND BECAUSE THE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONES ARE DON'T HAVE THE EQUAL PROTECTIONS THAT THE DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONES HAVE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF MITIGATING TO BRING THOSE AREAS EVEN TO THE LEVEL THAT THE DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONES AREAS HAVE.
SO MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE MADE IS THAT GOING TO INCREASE THE HARM TO THE DESIRED, TO FILL UP INTO ZONE AREAS AND MAKE THEM STEEL MORE VULNERABLE AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE DESERT WATER PROTECTION ZONE AREAS.
SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UH, NO, I MEAN, THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT BE OUR INTENT.
WE ARE TRYING TO FORMULATE A, A TYPE OF EQUITY ANALYSIS, UM, FOR THIS AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY COGNIZANT OF THAT.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE REGULATIONS, UM, WOULD EITHER INCREASE, UH, REQUIREMENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OR, UM, BE REQUIRED, UH, EVERYWHERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF KATIE OR ANDREA, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION COMMISSIONER, GET A, UM, JUST KATIE CORNY, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UM, PART OF WHAT OUR INTERNAL PROCESS AT WATERSHED WILL BE MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY FOR MAJOR INITIATIVES.
LIKE THIS WILL BE TO WORK WITH OUR EQUITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO VERNIER, UM, AND THE EQUITY COORDINATION TEAM WITHIN WATERSHED, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS AT THE EQUITY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT WHENEVER WE BRING FORWARD CODE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE ON THIS AND BECAUSE OF THE INTENT OF COUNCIL FOR US TO BRING FORWARD, UH, THINGS THAT MOSTLY HAVE BEEN VERY WELL VETTED OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE BEEN ON HOLD BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS LAWSUITS.
UH, OUR INTENT HERE IS TO INITIATE A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE EQUITY IMPACTS OF, UH, THESE CODE UPDATES, UH, BUT ALSO PROPOSE A LONGER TERM ASSESSMENT OF, UH, POLICY, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CODE, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO EQUITY OUTCOMES, SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF HOW WE CAN HAVE MORE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR, FOR THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN.
UH, AND I CAN ALSO, UM, HAVE, UH, ANDREW BATES, UH, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, ABOUT A STAFF REPORT THAT WILL COME ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
THAT DIRECTLY ALSO SPEAKS TO HOW WE'RE WEAVING EQUITY INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.
WE WILL BE RESPONDING TO ADDITIONAL DIRECTION IN THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT ASKS FOR STAFF TO TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT TO EQUITY AS YOU ARE DESCRIBING.
AND AS KATIE SAID THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AHEAD TO HOW WE'LL BE ACCOMPLISHING THAT THROUGH OUR RAIN, TO RIVERS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I KNOW I'VE GIVEN YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUSLY AND WHAT COULD BE COMING BACK TO YOU THIS FALL WITH AN UPDATE, AS WELL AS PREPARING THIS ADDITIONAL DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL DO, HOW IT WILL BE INCORPORATING EQUITY AND ENABLING THAT HOLISTIC LOOK SO MORE TO COME ON, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, BOTH FOR THE COMMISSION AND IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTION AND THE RESOLUTION.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE HAS TO DO WITH, I KNOW I'M MISSING MIDDLE WAS HOODIE IN, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO IN LOOKING AT LEAVE WITH SLIDES 25 AND 26, I SOMETIMES DO WONDER, SO YOU'RE ADDRESSING ONE PROBLEM BY BRINGING MORE HOUSING TO THE POPULATION, BUT THEN WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM IS THAT GOING TO CREATE FOR THAT IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WHEN THEY'RE NOT HAVING THE PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED, WHEN YOU RELAX SOME OF THESE RULES TO PROTECT RUNOFF, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, YOU KNOW, AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE I, I KNOW FOR A FACT BEING, BECAUSE WE'LL BEAT ON THE LEAD MITIGATION TASKFORCE, THE BUILDER WILL HAVE THEIR ENGINEER AND THE CITY HAS THEIR ENGINEER, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOODING THAT IS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE OWNERS
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ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY, OR EVEN DOWNSTREAM OF THAT PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET AN ENGINEER TO ESTABLISH THAT BASELINE BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED UPSTREAM.AND SO THEN THE ONLY OPTION THEY HAVE IS TO TRY TO SUE, BUT THEN THEY CAN'T PROVE THAT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CREATED THE FLOODING ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I'M LOOKING AT, IF WE INCORPORATE MISSING MIDDLE, MIDDLE, AND RELAXED THOSE RULES, WHAT IS THE DISPLACEMENT GOING TO BE IN THESE AREAS? AND DO WE, DO WE EVEN HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW IN CERTAIN AREAS, IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO YOU KNOW, THIS INFIELD TYPE OF MISSING MIDDLE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT STARTS, THEN I'VE HEARD OF SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GET FLOODED SUBSEQUENT TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEY HAVE NO PROTECTIONS.
AND SO THAT IS RESULTING IN DISPLACEMENT, PRIMARILY A PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND LIZ, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP, UH, IT'S CERTAINLY A VALID CONCERN.
I THINK, UM, THE COUNCIL INTENT, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA ASKED FOR THE INCLUSION OF THIS PIECE WAS INTENDED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A LOT, THAT YOU COULD DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, OR YOU COULD DEVELOP FOUR UNITS ON IT, AND IT WOULD HAVE A COMPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPARABLE FOOTPRINT THAT WE ARE NOT IMPOSING, UH, MORE BURDEN ON A FOUR UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS WE WOULD ON A SINGLE UNIT WITH THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
AND SO THE INTENT IS NOT TO, UH, BE MORE PERMISSIVE WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS A LARGER IMPACT, BUT IT IS TO BE, UH, TO NOT DISINCENTIVIZE THE ABILITY FOR SOMEONE TO DEVELOP A FOUR UNIT OR A AGAIN, SMALL SCALE MISSING MIDDLE, UH, WITH A COMPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, A SINGLE FAMILY.
DOES THAT HELP? IT DOES, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S EQUAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT ARE ADJACENT BECAUSE THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES BECAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEW STRUCTURE, THAT'S GONNA COME UP NEXT TO THEM.
IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO GET SOME, UM, ACCESS TO AN ENGINEER STUDY, YOU KNOW, PRE-DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEN THEY WILL HAVE THAT BASELINE.
AND THEN THE DEEP IN THE ENGINEERS FOR THAT DEVELOPER ARE COGNIZANT THAT THAT ENGINEERING STUDY IS IN PLACE FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE THEM EQUAL PROTECTION.
AND OF COURSE, I'M SPEAKING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DEFINITELY CANNOT AFFORD, YOU KNOW, THOSE IN THOSE ENGINEERING STUDIES.
AND ALSO I'M JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN DISPLACEMENT.
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN, I HAVE A DISTRUSTING A PROCESS WHEN Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW IT'S NOT WORKING IN SOME AREAS AND YOU WERE CORRECT CREATING A SITUATION WHERE, OH, YOU CAN MAKE IT NOW WORSE.
SO, YEAH, AND I, I, UM, DEFINITELY HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THE WHOLE LDC REWRITE PROCESS WAS BUILT ON TRADE-OFFS, UM, AND COMPROMISES.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS ONE WHERE I THINK THAT WE, UM, DID COMPROMISE, UM, AND, UM, UH, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING IT FORWARD AGAIN, BUT I AM CERTAIN THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL BE ONGOING, UM, AS THIS ORDINANCE MOVES THROUGH.
AND YEAH, I WOULD JUST, I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU GUYS ARE, MAY INCLUDE THE EQUITY OFFICE.
I THINK, UM, PEOPLE WILL NOT TRUST THE PROCESS AND LISTEN, WE'RE INCLUDED.
AND I ALSO AM GOING TO ASK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE FOR, THERE WAS ALSO A PART OF, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE STATE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, 2020 ANNUAL REPORT.
WHEN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR.
AND ACTUALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I REALIZED THAT I ALSO TESTIFIED OR PROVIDED COMMENT WHEN THAT REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.
AND, UM, FOR THAT WAS DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN THAT STUDY.
AND PLUS THEN, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT FEEL A PIECE THAT YOU GUYS DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR BOTH THERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRO IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY I'M A LITTLE BIT DISTRESSED.
UM, I THINK IT'S ON SLIDE NUMBER 18.
YOU'VE GOT THE COLOR ROTTER RIVER, THE EAST SIDE, AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING DOWNTOWN, BUT I'M LOOKING AT, WHO'S PROTECTING THE AREA FROM
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DOWNTOWN TO LONGHORN TAM.AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE EQUITY PIECE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A PROTECTION PIECE BEING PROVIDED FOR THAT DOWNTOWN AREA ON, UM, ON THE LAKE, BUT NOT TOWARDS FROM 35 TO LONGHORN DAM.
THERE'S NO EQUAL PROTECTION THERE.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND SLIDE NUMBER 18.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE SLIDE NUMBER STEERING YET WHERE YOUR PRESENTATION IS, WHERE YOU HAVE THE MAP OF DOWNTOWN.
AND, AND SO, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY BRINGING WETLAND PROTECTIONS WHERE NONE EXIST.
UM, SO THAT DOWNTOWN AREA CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE WETLAND PROTECTIONS, BUT THE REST OF LADY BIRD LAKE AND THE COLORADO RIVER DO.
AND SO THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT THAT LITTLE SECTION THAT DOESN'T HAVE PROTECTIONS WOULD HAVE PROTECTIONS.
SO THE RISK, SO FROM THAT AREA TO LONGHORN DAM, IT'S PROTECTED WETLANDS ARE PROTECTED EVERYWHERE EXCEPT WITHIN THAT AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
CAUSE I KNOW THIS RESOLUTION DOES TALK, TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY EAST SIDE, BUT ALSO CENTRAL AUSTIN.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
SO IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE HAD THAT QUESTION, SO, OKAY.
I'VE GOT A QUICK UP TO THOSE AND THEN I'LL KEEP GOING.
BUT FROM THE MISSING MIDDLE KIND OF INTENT IS SOME OF THAT GOVERNED BY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, BUT THAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ALLOWED FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WOULD BE THE SAME FOR UP TO THIS 11 UNIT AND KIND OF TO SPEAK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, KATIE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, OF SIMRELL COMPARABLE SIZE IS THAT IS THE INTENT FOR IT TO BE OF COMPARABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THEREFORE KIND OF BE SIMILAR ON THE LANDSCAPE.
AND THAT'S THE 45% IMPERVIOUS COVER IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WHAT THE LDC REWRITE HAD BECAUSE THE LDC REWRITE HAD AND PREVIOUS COVER LIMITS THAT WERE CHANGING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CAP IT AT 45%, WHICH IS WHAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS.
UM, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD HAVE.
UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE NOT DONE BREMMER OR SCOTT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS BELONGS IN THIS, UM, THIS REWRITE.
UM, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.
UM, I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO, UH, THAT THE CITY HAD, UH, UM, UH, PROGRAMS FOR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, I WAS, UH, TO, UH, THEIR, UM, UH, RE RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND GET, UH, SOME, UH, PORTION OF THAT, UH, UH, REIMBURSED BY THE CITY.
AND, UH, SECONDLY THERE WAS A, UH, PROGRAM, UM, ALSO FOR, UM, SINGLE FAMILY, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, RAINWATER, UM, UH, APARTMENTS WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY.
AND, UM, I'M NOT CLEAR, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING.
UH, AND, AND I GUESS, UM, UH, WHO WOULD SEEM LIKE AN ARROGANT THAT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE SOME EQUITY FOR, UM, FOR SOME OF THE, UM, UH, UH, LESS AFFLUENT HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO GET, UM, THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE TO, UM, THEY HELP PREVENT, UM, UH, STORM WATER DRAINAGE INTO, UH, THE VARIOUS BEACH THAT COULD FLOOD.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE WITHIN, UH, THIS REWRITE, BUT, UM, THIS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, CAME TO MIND IS, IS, IS, UH, I WAS LISTENING TO THE, UM, TO THE OTHER, UH, UH, PIECES OF, OF THIS, UM, COMMENTS, UM, EXPLANATION.
SO I CAN, UM, SAY THAT IF, SO THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DOES HAVE A DRAINAGE FEE THAT COMES PART OF THE UTILITY BILL AND, UM, FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO DO HAVE A RAINWATER SISTER, AND THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT GETS DEDUCTED FROM THAT DRAINAGE FEE.
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EXISTS.I KNOW THAT AUSTIN WATER HAS HAD REBATES RELATED TO STORM WATER CAPTURE AND THE LIKE, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL IN PLACE.
I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT, UM, UM, I GUESS THE, THE, THE QUESTION THAT THIS RAISES IN MY MIND IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THE DUFF RE UM, REDUCTION FOR UNITS OF UP TO 11, UM, BETWEEN THREE AND 11.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I'M S I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT WOULD BE PART OF OUR BUDGET CYCLE PROBABLY.
AND SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE RAINWATER, UM, UH, PROGRAM? SURE.
UH, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING, UH, INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT, UH, OFFERS, I BELIEVE REBATES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS, UH, WHO ARE WILLING TO INSTALL CISTERNS AND, UH, RAIN GARDENS AT THEIR HOMES.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT.
UM, THE INCREDIBLE JOB THAT, UM, YOU ALL HAVE DONE, UH, WITH SO MANY, UH, DIFFERENT DISPARATE PIECES, AND, UH, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND PRETTY EASY TO SOLVE TOGETHER IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND IT REALLY, UM, UM, I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN AND, UH, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
BRIMER DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
THANKS VERY MUCH, LIZ, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
VERY WELL-ORGANIZED, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE.
UH, I GUESS I HAD NOT SO MUCH QUESTIONS.
I'VE COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, FIRST HAS TO DO WITH THE MISSING MIDDLE, AND I THINK WE ARE THERE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY I GET, UH, LET ME BACK UP.
I SENT SOME COMMENTS BACK MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR A WEEK AGO AFTER WE HAD THAT 7 25 MEETING.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE COPIED ON THAT LIST.
I FORGET WHO I ASSUME TO THAT WAS GENERALLY ADDRESSED, UH, THIS DOCUMENT, UH, AND I MADE SOME COMMENTS ON THE MISSING MIDDLE THAT I THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD MAKE THAT ADDRESSED THE ENVIRONMENT IN A BROAD SENSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE SOLAR PANELS, THE CHARGERS, UH, YOU KNOW, INCREASED, UH, CAN BE COVER ON THE PROPERTY USING THE ROOF, UH, ROOFING THAT, UH, OF NON-PRACTICAL MATERIALS.
UH, IF YOU USE NONTOXIC MATERIALS ON ROOFING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO, UH, USE THE ROTTER RUNOFF FROM THE ROOF FOR, UH, FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, I LOOKED INTO PUTTING A CATHETER IN THE WATER OFF MY ROOF, BUT I CAN'T CAUSE WE HAD AN ASPHALT SHINGLES AND I'D HAVE TO RE-ROOF MY HOUSE BEFORE I COULD DRINK THE WATER OFF OF IT.
BUT IF IT'S DONE, WHEN YOU BUILT THE PLACE, THEN YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS INSTALL THE SISTER AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, THERE'S, UH, AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MISSING MIDDLE CAN BE ADDRESSED, UH, AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS OF THE WHOLE THING.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST COMMENT THAT I HAVE.
THE SECOND COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS MORE PROCEDURAL.
UH, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS I AGREE WITH, I MEAN, 99% OF LIKE GREEN WITH EVERYTHING ON HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, BY AND LARGE, UH, I, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NICK PICK THESE THINGS TO DEATH, BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH THE PHILOSOPHY AND THE INTENT THAT YOU'VE GOT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH IS THAT I, I READ THROUGH THESE THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED AND I'LL SEE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MENTIONED IN HERE.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DIRECTING THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE COUNCIL IS DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF STUFF ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DOESN'T GET A COPY OF THE REPORT, THAT'S KINDA LIKE THAT STUFF.
AND, UH, I, AND IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO YOU ALL, THERE'S LIKE A DOZEN PLACES WHERE I SUGGESTED THAT THIS PHRASING BE CHANGED TO INCLUDE US AS PART OF THE PROCESS SO THAT WE GET COPIES OF THE REPORT, UH, AND THAT THESE REPORTS ALSO BE PUBLISHED ONLINE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES ALSO
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IN THERE WHERE THERE WERE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN THERE.UH, AND I'VE HEARD FROM BUILDERS THAT I KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF SPEED SOMETIMES THAT, UH, BUILDING STUFF IN THE CITY GOES.
AND I, SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, UH, AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL IS, IS GOOD TO SPEED THINGS UP, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH, UH, LACK OF PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS, LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO JUSTIFY, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A DOCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF BULL CREEK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, DO WE REALLY NEED, UH, ANOTHER DOCUMENT BULL CREEK AND, AND YOU KNOW, THIS SORT OF THING, AND DO, SHOULD WE, UH, REQUEST THAT, UH, INVASIVE SPECIES WILL MOVE, YOU'VE MOVED AND PLANTED WITH, YOU KNOW, NAVY, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, AND I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, IN HERE.
AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE THE BEGINNING TERRIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UNLESS THESE CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED.
UH, WE, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS GO SAY THREE.
WE, UH, VOTED TO APPROVE A ITEM THAT TOOK OUT OF OUR PURVIEW, UH, ROAD, REVIEWING ROAD STUFF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ROADS.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IT SAYS ROADS HERE WERE VIEWING ROADS.
SO WE JUST SOLD OUR SOULS DOWN THE RIVER, UH, AS A COMMISSION TO LET ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE DECIDE TO DO THIS.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE TOP THAT, I MEAN, YOU COULD, IF THEY DECIDED TO PAY, ROLL OVER THE ENTIRE CITY CALLED A ROAD, YOU WOULDN'T COME BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION BECAUSE WELL, IT WAS A ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
OKAY, WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIND OF SENSITIVE ABOUT THIS.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THOSE AREN'T QUESTIONS.
THESE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, THAT I THINK THAT THEY REPRESENT DEFICIENCIES IN THE DOCUMENT THAT NEED TO BE RECTIFIED.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX AND, AND, UH, I'LL LET, UH, KEVIN GO BACK TO PORTRAYING SOMEONE ELSE.
IF I MAY, THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT I CAN ADDRESS.
UM, I KNOW THEY WEREN'T SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, IN RELATION TO THE, UH, UH, DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF THE RESOLUTION, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT SHIP HAS SAILED.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CAME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INNER INTERACTION WITH STAFF, BUT BY AND LARGE, THIS CAME FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
AND THERE'S REALLY NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM NOW.
UM, HOWEVER, ALL OF THE DELIVERABLES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, WE WILL CERTAINLY INCLUDE YOU ON.
SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER, THINGS THAT ARE DUE IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY INCLUDE YOU ALL.
UM, AND, UM, OUR RESPONSES TO THAT.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT A PROBLEM.
UM, AND I ALSO HEAR YOUR POINT ABOUT BEING CONCERNED ABOUT REMOVING SOME OF THE PUBLIC PROCESSES.
UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE WERE ALREADY, AND I, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ASIDE THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED, MANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY, MAYBE NOT WITH THIS SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY WERE PART OF, UM, THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY BRINGING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE SUGGESTING A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE THAT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
I'LL VERIFY THAT IF I JUST, SO I'M NOT BEING A LIAR, I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE ADDING ANY NEW ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES THAT WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED WITH THE LDC REWRITE.
UM, IF THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DOESN'T SUPPORT.
SO IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I SUPPORT ALL OF THESE, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, XYZ.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON THAT WHEN IT COMES, UM, IN SEPTEMBER.
AND JUST ONE MORE COMMENT REALLY QUICKLY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE ADMIN VARIANCE PROCESS STILL HAS CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR WHAT STAFF CAN AND CAN'T SUPPORT IN THAT PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JUST MAYBE EXPAND A LITTLE
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BIT ON THAT.WELL, ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES HAVE CONDITIONS THAT ARE BAKED INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND IT'S CONDITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, REVIEW STAFF HAVE WORKED ON AND HAVE DEVELOPED.
AND, UM, WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, TO THE CERTAIN EXTENT, AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MAY ALSO ADOPT ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON, ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
AND SO IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WE CAN CONSIDER BRINGING FORTH CRITERIA AMENDMENTS WITH THAT, AND WHICH WOULD GO THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, AND I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL HAS KIND OF HANDED THIS AND YOU GET TO READ IT TO US AND THEN WE GET TO VOTE ON IT.
KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YEAH, WELL, WE GET TO VOTE ON IT AND KIND OF NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT IF I FIND IT REALLY KIND OF ANNOYING, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WAY I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS FOR THINKING AND COMMISSIONER BROWN RIDE.
UM, I THINK I, LIZ, YOU ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF ORGANIZING ALL THESE VARIOUS, WHEREAS IS INTO AN ORGANIZED POWERPOINT.
AND, AND, UH, I'VE ASKED LIZ TO COME AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY TO GET US A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF, UM, A REQUEST TO VOTE SO THAT THE INTENT OF, OF THIS PRESENTATION AND THE WORKING GROUP LAST WEEK, AND, AND, AND, AND ALL OF US DOING OUR HOMEWORK OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND CHANGE IS FOR US TO TEASE OUT THOSE ELEMENTS THAT, THAT EITHER WE'RE SINGALLY, OR AS A COMMISSION NOT COMFORTABLE WITH AND, AND GET OUR ARMS AROUND THOSE BEFORE, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF HAVE OUR ONE-SHOT TO, TO, UH, TO EITHER VOTE OR NOT VOTE, UM, AND, AND MAYBE PUT SOME, SOME IDEAS COMMISSION, UH, CONDITIONS OR, OR IDEAS BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE THEY VOTE.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT TOO FAR ON YOUR OWN SOLITARY SOAP BOX IN THE PROCESS OF WANTING TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THIS.
AND, AND, AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF GETTING BAKED WHILE WE WATCH IT.
UM, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE ALL OF US OVER THE NEXT MONTH TO, TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EMAIL, AND, AND REACHING OUT TO KAYLA AND, AND STAFF, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR IDEAS ABOUT STUFF.
AND IF WE NEED TO MEET MORE AS A WORKING GROUP, THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS.
UM, BUT DON'T, DON'T WAIT FOR, UH, FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS.
AND I DON'T WANT A LIST OF THE
UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THOROUGH SHE WAS WITH THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, CLARIFIED A LOT OF THINGS THAT I QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UH, SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M FINE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAY.
UH, YEAH, MR. SCOTT, UH, MANY OF US ON THE COMMISSIONER ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS, TO THE, UH, COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, I FEEL AT A DISADVANTAGE, UM, UH, IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND, AND, AND, UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS GO RIGHT BY ME BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, I DON'T REALLY GET THE, UH, VARIOUS ABBREVIATIONS.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S, UM, I'M, I'M CONCERNED TO, UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT, UH, ACCIDENTALLY, UH, APPROVING OF SOMETHING THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND HAD I BETTER UNDERSTOOD IT.
I MIGHT HAVE RAISED MORE OF, UH, CONCERNS OR OBJECTIONS.
UM, BUT, UM, I JUST, IT'S JUST A COMMENT THAT I HAVEN'T.
AND, UM, SO I, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF TO, UM, UM, WHATEVER REGARDLESS IS TO, UH, UH, DO MY HOMEWORK AND, UM, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OF, OF STAFF, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND OUR, OUR, UH, FUTURE MEETINGS WHERE WE, UH, UH, REVIEW THE, UH,
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THE, UH, LATER STAGES OF THIS.UM, UH, AND I APPRECIATE EACH OF, EACH OF THE, POSITIONERS BRINGING, UH, YOUR BACKGROUNDS AND SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS THEN, UH, UH, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME KNOWING THAT, UM, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE, UM, UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE, HAVE, UH, HAD AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UM, UH, THAT'S WHY THERE, I GUESS, WHY THERE ARE 11 OF US FROM DIFFERENT, UM, UM, PARTS OF THE CITY AND, UH, UH, I GUESS ANOTHER, UM, THING THAT I'M THINKING OF IS, IS, UM, REVIEWING MORE OF THE, THE, UH, PAST, UH, MEETINGS TO, UM, MAYBE GET A BETTER SENSE OF, UM, UH, HOW SOME OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, UH, I'LL, UH, I'LL STOP RAMBLING AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, MY POINT IS THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT COMMISSIONER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL AND THE VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE ME MADE, UH, VERY SALIENT POINTS THAT I THINK, UH, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DELICATE DANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THE MOST OVERSIGHT AND PROTECTION POSSIBLE AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ESPECIALLY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, UM, AND SOMETIMES SITUATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WIN-WIN CAN END UP FEELING LIKE A LOSE LOSE, AND IT'S ALL OF OUR JOB TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, MY QUESTION WAS REALLY, UM, SOMEWHAT MINOR, BUT REALLY JUST FOR MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, I WANTED TO ASK IT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE SLIDES IT WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK LIKE WATERSHED BOUNDARIES AND MENTIONED, LIKE, I THINK LIKE LAMAR, BARTON SPRINGS AND CESAR CHAVEZ AND 15TH STREET, BUT I WAS CURIOUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WETLAND OR, OR WHATEVER, UM, IS BORDERED OR BOUNDED BY 15TH STREET.
WOULD THAT BE LIKE SHOAL CREEK PEACE PARK OR LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW RYAN AND I THINK THEY JUST DREW THE LINES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ROADS WERE JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE IT APPLIED AND WHERE IT DIDN'T APPLY.
NOT TO SAY THAT 15TH STREET HAS ANY, BUT, UM, YEAH, WALLER AND SHOAL.
UM, CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY DRAINAGE'S THAT, UM, DON'T HAVE WELL IN PROTECTIONS OR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE PROTECTIONS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
I JUST WANTED SOME MORE CLARIFICATION.
THAT WAS LOUD QUESTION SHARON.
I AM WONDERING WHY IN THE RESOLUTION, IT REFERS TO THREE TO 12 APARTMENTS.
AND, UM, ONE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT DESCRIPTION AS OPPOSED TO BEING MORE SPECIFIC WITH THE ZONING
UM, WE'RE NOT BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT AND THE, THE SCOPE OF THIS, UM, RESOLUTION.
WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ZONING.
UM, OTHER THAN THE LANDSCAPE CODE THAT'S IN ZONING AND THE, UH, THAT ONE LINE OF WHERE THE BULKHEAD REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHICH IS IN ZONING AND MOVING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE IN, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING ZONING CATEGORIES WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE TO ADD, BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW IT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THOSE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT NOW A FAIRLY LIMITED NUMBER OF SITES THAT HAVE THE ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR.
UM, NOT TO SAY THAT IT CAN'T CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE NOT BRINGING FORTH ANY CODE AMENDMENTS TO ZONING WITH THIS.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WAS THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL WAS KIND OF NOT SPECIFIC TO CODE LANGUAGE AND THAT WHEN WE COME BACK WITH ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, IT WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE TYPOLOGIES OF ZONING WHERE THAT IS APPLICABLE OR, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, RIGHT NOW IT TALKS ABOUT JUST THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES ZONING CATEGORIES CAUSE, UM, CAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT SEEMS KIND OF VAGUE TO ME IN A WAY.
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SITE ANALYSIS TYPICALLY WHEN, AT WHAT POINT IS THAT REQUIRED? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS RELATED TO ZONING CHANGE IS ZONING CHANGE AS WELL.UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY, UH, I GUESS GENERALLY WHEN IS THE SITE ANALYSIS REQUIRED FROM YEAH.
UM, SO A SITE PLAN, UM, IS A REVIEW PROCESS BY WHICH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND PARTNERING DEPARTMENTS REVIEW MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL PROJECTS FOR THE MOST PART OR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT REVIEW PROCESS THAN WHAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME GOES THROUGH.
UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOME HAS A KIND OF A SITE REVIEW COMPONENT AS A PLAN REVIEW.
THEN THEY LOOK AT ZONING, BUT WE DON'T BRING IN, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION.
WE DON'T LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED ONLY HAS FLOODPLAIN REVIEW AND EROSION HAZARDS AND REVIEW, BUT WE DON'T LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, TREES ARE BROUGHT IN FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT, UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T REVIEW OR DSD DOESN'T REVIEW FOR COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, WATERWAY SETBACKS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AND ALL OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT, UM, A PROJECT THAT IS MORE THAN THREE UNITS MAY HAVE RELATED TO ZONING, COMMERCIAL DESIGN STANDARDS, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT IS A SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
AND SO IT HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FEES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN SOMETIMES BE A LONG PROCESS TO GET APPROVAL.
SO, UM, IF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS CURRENTLY, UH, JASON TO A WATERSHED THAT WOULD STILL NOT REQUIRE A SITE PLAN ANALYSIS UNDER THE RESOLUTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A LONGSTANDING CONCERN.
UM, WE DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP AND SAY THAT A HOUSE THAT WAS ZONED OR PLANTED IN THE SIXTIES OR SEVENTIES OR EIGHTIES BEFORE WATERSHED REGULATIONS, CAN'T ADD ON A DECK OR CAN'T, YOU KNOW, REBUILD OR ADD A SECOND FLOOR.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW A, UH, A HOUSE IN A NON-CONFORMING CONDITION TO JUST GO OUT AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT IN THE CREEK.
AND SO, UM, THE, THE CODE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH WAS A RESULT OF MANY MEETINGS TO DECIDE LIKE, WHAT IS A REASONABLE, UM, UM, CLEAR CODE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTIES, BUT ALSO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOUR LOT WAS PLANTED AFTER THE COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED ORDINANCE, UM, IN MANY CASES YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE, THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
IT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE SIZE, BUT, UM, BUT AT THAT POINT IT STARTS TO BECOME MORE REASONABLE TO REVIEW FOR WATERWAY SETBACKS ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, THERE ARE ALSO PROPERTIES THAT MAY HAVE NOT HAD A WATERWAY SETBACK AT, YOU KNOW, SAY IN THE NINETIES AND THEN THE WATERSHED PROTECTION ORDINANCE CAME IN.
AND SO FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, WE WANT TO BE REASONABLE FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS REASONABLE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND, UM, BUT ALSO PROTECTIVE OF, OF A WATERWAY.
BUT SO ALL THAT TO SAY IS THAT NO, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE A, UM, A SITE PLAN.
AND THIS WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF YOU ARE ON A OR YOUR PROJECT IS ON A SINGLE FAMILY PLANTED LOT, AND YOU HAVE UP TO 11 UNITS, YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO, UM, AND YOU WERE EITHER EXEMPT OR NOT EXEMPT FROM WATERWAY SETBACKS, AND THERE WILL BE SOME PROCESS CHANGE TO LOOP IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWERS ON THOSE, THOSE SUBSET OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT DO HAVE WATERSHED REGULATIONS, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE, UH, WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
I DO GET IN THE WEEDS SOMETIMES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO DEFINITELY LEARNING A LITTLE MORE HERE.
UH, SECRETARY BRISTOL, THANK YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED, UM, IN THE WORKING GROUP AS WELL, UM, AND FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THE MISSING MIDDLE HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I, I WANT TO, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH,
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RECOMMEND THAT STAFF HAVE A LOOK AT HOW SAN ANTONIO HAS ADDRESSED THEIR CISTERNS, UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH HOW THEY'RE DRAWING DOWN AND, UM, AND ALLOWING THAT WATER TO RELEASE, BUT ALSO KEEPING ENOUGH FOR LANDSCAPE WATERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HOW THEY'VE ADDRESSED THAT.
UM, I WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, BREMER'S, I'M CONCERNED AND, AND KEVIN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH ANSWERING IT, BUT WE ALWAYS, UM, AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE A, UH, A, A PIPELINE AND A DUTY, UM, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND TO REMIND THEM THAT WE ARE A PART OF THIS COMMISSION AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LOOP.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THAT IS A PATHWAY FOR US.
UM, SO KIND OF NOW ADDRESSING, UM, THE MISSING MIDDLE PART OF IT.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT THE UPSTREAM, UPSTREAM DRAINAGE PIECE OF THAT IMMEDIATELY DISINCENTIVIZES ANY KIND OF MISSING MIDDLE ALONG THE COLORADO, THAT SOUNDS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE.
SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF, UM, POINT THAT OUT.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL KNOCK OUT SOME OF THE, UM, POTENTIAL THERE, UM, WHEN WE HAD OUR WORKING GROUP.
COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS? WHAT SPECIFICALLY, SORRY.
SO YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING WATER GO DIRECTLY INTO, UM, THE COLORADO RIVER, UM, STORM WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM A PROPERTY THAT IS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER OR, UM, THAT THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO HAVE IT WORK DRAINS HOPEFULLY INTO A SIDE STREAM OR INTO ANOTHER STREAM.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING THAT WATER, THEY'RE CREATING SOME SORT OF MECHANISM AND WHAT SHOULD DO IT AT A PUMP STATION THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WAS BORN OUT OF SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT COULD HAVE DISCHARGED IT AND NOT, UH, PROPOSED A VERY LARGE STORMWATER OUTFALL, BUT YOUR POINT IS TAKEN.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO PRE PROPOSE SOMEBODY PUMP WATER, SO IT WOULD BE WHERE FEASIBLE.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY, THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO.
UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY, UM, MR. THOMPSON, WHEN WE WERE IN THE WORKING GROUP, I THOUGHT WERE VERY SALIENT AND, UM, AND THEY, UH, REFLECT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, GARY WAS ALSO SAYING, AND THAT, UM, AND THIS GOES TO WHAT KATIE WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT SCALE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR IN OUR ORDINANCE, UH, OR IN THE, UM, UH, WHAT WE'RE SENDING BACK TO COUNCIL THAT THE SCALE IS ADDRESSED.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN HERE IT SAYS WHERE A SMALL SCALE MISSING MIDDLE, WHEREAS A LARGE SCALE SENIOR FAMILY HOME.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT STARTS TO GET CONFUSING BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION, ANOTHER SCALE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH ARE ALSO MISSING, UH, WHICH ARE THE 1100 SQUARE FOOT TO 1800 SQUARE FOOT HOME, SINGLE FAMILY, SMALL FOOTPRINT.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL UP AND DOWN EAST AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, EAST OFF THE EASTERN CORRIDOR THEN, UM, NORTHEASTERN CORRIDOR, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT IS, UH, AN IMPORTANT, UM, HOME HOMESTEAD AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE ARE NOT ALSO JUST SORT OF PUSHED TO THE SIDE.
AND WE'RE ONLY THINKING ABOUT THIS LARGE SCALE, UM, FOOTPRINT THAT'S THERE.
UM, THEN IN REGARD TO HOW IT CREATES FLOOD, UH, POTENTIAL OR, OR DRAINAGE OR FLOODING OR RUNOFF POTENTIAL FOR HOMES, THOSE SMALLER HOMES THAT ARE NEXT TO NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO ATTEND TO 11, A UNIT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROJECT GOING ON THERE, WHICH AGAIN, WILL HAVE TO BE SEVERAL STORIES HIGH IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT INFILLING THOSE INTO YOUR QUARTER, ACRE, LOT, HALF ACRE, LOT, ONE ACRE LOT, UH, WHATEVER YOU HAVE THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP TO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE THINGS.
AND SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO PUTS, UM, UH, INCREASES THE VELOCITY OF DRAIN OFF, UH, AS IT COMES OFF OF THOSE ROOFS, AS IT COMES OFF OF INTO THOSE, UM, PARKING AREAS, IT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE THERE FOR SURE.
UM, AND THAT SEEMS, IT SEEMS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED SEVERAL TIMES IN OUR WORKING GROUP.
UM, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SPECIFICALLY ALSO, UM, NOTED THAT IF YOU HAVE A S YOU KNOW, SEVERAL SMALL HOMES, AND THEN YOU, YOU'RE ADDING NOW FOUR STORE UNIT
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HERE, AND LET'S SAY THAT THIS PERSON IS TAKEN CARE OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SOLAR PROGRAM.THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS NOW ALL OF SUDDEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SOLAR, SO THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR WATERSHED, BUT ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW, HOW, WHAT ARE ALL THE LOGISTICS OF CREATING SOME OF THESE UNITS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? UM, SO I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THOSE WERE PRETTY MUCH MY COMMENTS ON THAT.
I'M BRINGING FORWARD SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, UM, MR. THOMPSON HAD AS WELL.
I JUST HAD, UM, ONE THING I WAS KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT LIKE FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UM, IF BASICALLY, UM, LIKE IF THE NATURAL HABITATS FOR, UM, CERTAIN, UM, SPECIES OF ANIMALS THAT KIND OF PASS THROUGH, LIKE, UH, IF THAT'S BEING KIND OF CONSIDERED AS FAR AS LIKE A DECIDING FACTOR, UH, SPECIFIC, UM, FOCUSES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF FUNCTIONAL GREEN, LIKE I JUST KINDA THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO THE DANGEROUS SPECIES.
UH, AND I WAS KINDA WONDERING IF THERE'S LIKE CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THE MONARCH MONARCH, BUTTERFLIES NORMALLY POPULATE THIS AREA.
MAYBE YOU COULD FOCUS ON POLLINATOR FUNCTIONAL GREEN SPACES IN THAT AREA TO KIND OF HELP.
I CAN SPEAK TO A FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UH, KATIE COYNE, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
UM, SO FUNCTIONAL GREEN IS, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S FRAMED HOLISTICALLY.
SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS AND, AND PAMELA AB TALIA, I THINK IS STILL ON THE LINE.
IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER ABOUT THIS, BUT THE INITIAL WORK THAT WENT INTO FUNCTIONAL GREEN WAS ACTUALLY DONE BY A LOCAL ECO URBAN ECOLOGIST NAMED HEATHER VANHOUSE.
AND, UH, AMY BELAIR, WHO'S A PHD FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
SO THEY DID IT A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES, ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY FUNCTIONING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS. SO THEY LOOKED AT URBAN HEAT ISLAND, THEY LOOKED AT HABITAT, THEY LOOKED AT AESTHETIC VALUE.
UM, AND PAMELA IS, IS, IS THERE IF WE NEED HER, UH, THEY LOOKED AT REALLY HOLISTICALLY ALL OF THESE BENEFITS OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS AND THAT'S, WHAT'S DRIVING THE METRIC FOR FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
SO POLLINATORS ARE CERTAINLY A PART OF THAT.
THE PLANTING GUIDANCE THERE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO A LAYERING IN POLLINATORS, BUT THERE ISN'T A GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS IN THE WAY YOU'RE SAYING RELATED TO POLLINATOR CORRIDORS.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK MORE ABOUT.
A LOT OF OUR POLLINATOR WORK AS A CITY IS REALLY ACTUALLY BEING FOCUSED THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND PARKS IS LOW-HANGING FRUIT FOR REALLY AMPLIFYING OUR EFFORTS TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY AND PROMOTE POLLINATION.
UM, UM, BUT, BUT NOT A GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS.
SO JUST TO, TO REITERATE FUNCTIONAL GREEN WOULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN THAT IS OVER 80% IMPERVIOUS COVER WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY.
AND, UM, MS. ABBY TALI, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING AT DSD, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR VIDEO? OH YEAH.
UM, OH, AND TOOK OFF THE LITTLE COVER.
HI, YOU MUST BE IN HAWAII OR SOMEWHERE ON THE FAR WEST COAST.
UM, I WISH I'D THOUGHT ABOUT APPEARING ON SCREEN BEFORE THIS, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, UM, YEAH, LIKE, UH, LIKE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR COINED SAID, UM, IT'S, UH, WHAT WE HAVE ISN'T HERE TOWARDS ANY PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN.
THERE IS, UH, UH, DO GET POINTS FOR PROVIDING HABITAT FOR, UM, FOR POLLINATORS.
SO, SO THERE IS LIKE BUTTERFLY HABITAT AND INCENTIVE TO PROVIDE THAT IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE'RE HOPING, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN STUDIES FROM, FROM LIKE GERMANY THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT, THAT THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GREEN ROOFS HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT LITTLE KIND OF INSECTS IN THE, IN THE INNER CITIES, UH, PARTICULARLY FLYING ONES, OBVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, SO WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I'M GOING TO PUT OUT A MOTION TO EXTEND, UH, TILL 10, 10, WE ONLY GOT FOUR MINUTES LEFT BEFORE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE HERE ANYMORE.
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UM, I MOVE IT.WE STAY AN EXTENDED MEETING UNTIL 10, 10, SECOND.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AND PLEASE THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT ARE BEHIND, UH, MAKING THE SAUSAGE OUT OF, UH, OUT OF THE PARTS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU WERE GIVEN.
UM, A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, I MEAN, MAYBE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, FOR THE G S I, UM, I GUESS TRANSITIONING TOWARDS THOSE HAS HAVE ANY OF THOSE BEEN RANKED OR, UM, THE VETTED BY TCQ EDWARDS RULES PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT AN ENGINEER WILL DESIGN WATER QUALITY CONTROLS.
IF IT'S ON THE EDWARDS RECHARGE, YOU KNOW, TCQ EDWARDS RECHARGE FOR, FROM A TCEQ, UM, TSS REMOVAL STANDPOINT, AND THEN ALSO FROM A CITY OF AUSTIN STANDPOINT.
SO THAT'S JUST A, A THOUGHT TO PUT OUT THERE.
I THINK THEY HAVE SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF OPTIONS, BUT THAT JUST A THOUGHT, UM, AND I THINK THE CONCERN THERE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOT BE CHANGING JUST BROKE JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE SOUTH EDWARDS.
WE WOULD NOT BE CHANGING OUR WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SOS.
SO WE WOULD STILL BE REQUIRING SOS LEVEL WATER QUALITY IN THAT AREA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY GENERALLY RETENTION RATE IRRIGATION.
SO FOR THE NORTH EDWARDS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE MORE OPTIONS, UM, TYPICALLY INFILTRATION IS NOT ALLOWED.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, RAIN GARDENS MAY HAVE A LINER OR SOME OTHER THING.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, DEFINITELY DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH, WITH THOSE RULES.
UM, OF COURSE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALSO ADMINISTRATIVELY ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS IF WE NEED TO, UM, UM, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ISN'T A CONFLICT.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT WAS MORE WHAT, WHAT KATIE WAS SAYING, IF THERE ARE CASE STUDIES FOR FUNCTIONAL GREEN OR SOME OF THESE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES THAT, THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET OUT THROUGH OUR NETWORKS OR, OR I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO, TO BE KIND OF PUSHING THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IT ISN'T NECESSARILY A NEW INVENTION THAT HASN'T BEEN TESTED BEFORE.
IF, IF THERE ARE CASE STUDIES THAT WE CAN REFERENCE, THAT'D BE GOOD.
THAT'D BE GREAT INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE.
COMMISSIONER SCOTT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE PLACE, UH, UH, UH, UH, COMMENT, BUT, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN, UM, AND, UH, THINKING, UH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD FORWARD, IF, IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT THE KIND OF DROUGHT THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR, WE HAD, UM, WE'VE HAD OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, UH, BUT THIS IS SERIOUS IS REALLY BEEN THE WORST.
UH, UM, MY CONCERN IS, SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FORWARD IN ADDRESSING, UM, THE, UH, UM, THE USE OF A GRASS COVER, UM, AS, UH, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF HOS, UH, REQUIRE THAT, UH, SO PEOPLE, UH, SOMETIMES END UP IN TROUBLE IF THEY DON'T WATER THEIR LUNGS.
AND, AND YET, UM, YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THAT'S THE BEST USE OF, UH, OF THE COLORADO RIVER WATER THAT MAY BECOME MORE AND MORE SCARCE OVER TIME.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF WE'RE JUST COMPLETELY LOOKING AT, UM, THE PAST OR IF WE ARE CONSIDERING, UH, THE POTENTIAL FUTURE THAT WE'RE DOING MAYBE FACED WITH AS WELL.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO TEST THAT OUT.
YEAH, I I'M, I'M GOING TO ADD ON THAT, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT TO COMMENT ON THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A STATE LAW NOW THAT PRECLUDE H WAYS FROM REQUIRING GRASS, AS OPPOSED TO ZEROSCAPING BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, I THINK FROM YOUR INTRO IN THE PRESENTATION TO SOME OF THE, UM, ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM SERVICES FROM THESE OTHER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE INTENT, BUT GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A PART OF THE INTENT TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE AREAS THAT AREN'T LAWN.
UM, I WILL SAY FOR WATER CONSERVATION, UM, THAT IS, UH, REALLY A PROCESS THAT IS BEING LED AND HAS BEEN WELL UNDER WAY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
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IN AUSTIN WATER WITH OUR WATER FORWARD PLAN.AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX AS FAR AS INCREASING SUPPLY AND OF DECREASING DEMAND.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT, UM, ANY KIND OF WATER CONSERVATION THAT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THAT WOULD FIT MORE INTO THAT PLAN.
UM, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO MAKE OUR, UM, OUR REQUIREMENTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, LET'S SO WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN, UH, SORRY, WHO WAS THAT COMMISSIONER AGAIN? YES.
I JUST, AND I THINK IT'S SCALE ON SLIDE NUMBER 18.
IT'S UH, I THINK IT WAS A REFERENCE TO NO SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGE ARE HIGHLY ERODIBLE INC.
SO IT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT AREA EAST FOR WEST OF 35.
SO FOR THESE PROVISIONS, IT IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE COLORADO RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE LONGHORN DAM.
AND SO, UM, SO I WAS SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE, FROM THE LONGHORN DAM UP TO TOM MILLER UP TO MANSFIELD, THOSE ARE ALL THE COLORADO RIVER, BUT THERE ARE LAKES.
AND SO THEY HAVE SPECIAL REGULATIONS.
UM, SO WHAT THIS, UM, PART OF THE ORDINANCE IS REALLY LIKE FOCUSING ON AN AREA THAT HASN'T REALLY HAD AS MUCH ATTENTION, WHICH IS THE LONGHORN DAM DOWNSTREAM.
SO ANYTHING DOWNSTREAM OF THE LONGHORN DAM ON THE FREE-FLOWING COLORADO RIVER, UH, THAT'S NOT DAM.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT, AT THOSE CONDITIONS ON THE RIVER ITSELF AND NOT THE LAKE.
[COMMITTEE REPORTS]
RIGHT, GUYS, THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE POSSIBLY THE FASTEST COMMITTEE REPORT UPDATES, THAT REQUEST, UM, EACH PERSON THAT SPEAKS HAS UP TO 30 SECONDS TO GIVE AN UPDATE.UM, SO, UH, ITEM SEVEN, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? WELL, BEFORE WE SAY THAT, LIZ, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE COMING BACK ON THE 17TH.
SO EVERYBODY DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
COME BACK ON THE SIXTH, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
AND NOW WE ONLY HAVE 15 SECONDS EACH, UM, URBAN FORESTRY COMMITTEE.
UM, BRIMER DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY UPDATE FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE CREW HERE NOW, DO YOU YIELD YOUR EXTRA 11 SECONDS? GOOD JOB.
UM, UH, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, QURESHI OR BRIMER NO UPDATE ANY YIELD.
WE'RE BANKING TIME HERE, BRISTOL.
UM, THE BALCONIES CANYON LANDS, UH, MEETS ON FRIDAY.
I'LL HAVE IT UPDATED WITH THAT.
WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPDATE AFTER THIS ONE.
UM, UM, SCOTT BEDFORD, OR KORESH YOU TO, DOES ANYONE WANT TO REPORT ON A JOINT UPDATES? ALL RIGHT.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT? NO UPDATE.
OTHER THAN IT'S A STATEMENT SUPPLIED IS GOING TO BE PART OF COUNCIL LEVEL BELIEVE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
UH, WE HAVE A RETREAT DATE SET.IS THAT ACCURATE FOR THE 31ST OF AUGUST HERE OR KAYLA? INSTEAD OF ME GUESSING, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US AN UPTICK WITH KAYLA TIMLIN WATERSHED PROTECTION? YES, WE'LL BE MEETING HERE AND ROOM 1405 PDC.
UH, THERE WILL BE A REMOTE OPTION FOR ANYONE WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, AND I WILL BE SENDING OUT A MENU FOR DINNER AS WELL.
SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT AND I'LL JUST ADD A COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FIRST ITEM WE WERE KIND OF, WE'RE STILL BAKING THE, UH, AGENDA.
SO IF YOU HAVE ITEMS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HUNT ME DOWN, UM, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO MY EMAIL AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE MYSELF, OKAY, LET'S CUT IT.
UM, CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST ADJOURNED, UH, TEN, TEN OH SIX.