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LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET THIS ROLLING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THE JULY 5TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.WE ARE UP AT 63 10 WILHELMINA DELCO DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78 7 52.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS REMOTE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO, UH, ROLL CALL.
IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, JUST SAY YOUR NAME.
UM, WE'LL GO IN, UH, ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
UH, SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, AND, UH, THEN WE'LL GO AROUND THE HORN HERE IF THAT WORKS.
AND WE MAY HAVE ONE MORE COMMISSIONER CALLING IN.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
COMMUNICATIONS? ALL RIGHT.MOVING FORWARD TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER KRUEGER, ARE YOU PRESENT? YEAH.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE THE BEST BACKDROP SO FAR OF THE REMOTE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, AT LEAST FOR THIS WEEK.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
UM, UH, ELIZABETH, UH, PASSED OUT THE MEETING MINUTES.UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEETING FROM, UH, ONE MONTH AGO? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, WE'VE GOT RECOGNITION FOR COMMISSIONER
[2.Recognition of Rachel Scott for their service on the Environmental Commission ]
SCOTT.UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, KATIE, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING, I THINK? SURE.
KATIE COEN, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UH, VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, RACHEL SCOTT TONIGHT.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SINCE MARCH OF 2021, AND VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE URBAN FORESTRY BOARD, AS WELL AS THE JOINT PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, COMMITTEE.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, RACHEL'S ADVOCATED FOR PROTECTING NATURAL SPACES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SAFETY.
SHE'S ALWAYS A VOCAL PARTICIPANT AND CLEARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORTS SHE'S DEVOTED TO THIS COMMISSION.
YEAH, AND I THINK, UH, SHE, SHE'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND I'D LOVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU.
IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR AND A, AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU AND, AND TO GET TO KNOW EACH OF YOU.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE I'D DONE ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO, TO THANK, UM, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VANESSA FUENTES, UH, FOR, UM, APPOINTING ME AND GIVING ME THE, THE CHANCE TO, UH, BE ON THE COMMISSION, CUZ I'VE REALLY LEARNED A LOT.
AND, UM, I HAD PROMISED TO KEEP IT TO 20 MINUTES OR LESS.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME.
ANYONE'S WELCOME TO ADD TO THIS, BUT, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, YOUR, YOUR VOICE AND YOUR, YOUR PASSION WAS DEFINITELY, UH, SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMISSION FROM, FROM WHEN WE WERE REMOTE, UH, DURING COVID AND THEN BACK HERE.
SO I DO THINK YOU'VE REALLY ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION, THE DIALOGUE AND, AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
AND I HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, WHAT IS IT? THE BOOK OF THE, UH, THE, THE ROBERTS RULES.
YES, I HAVE, I HAVE THE ROBERTS RULES NOW.
UH, AND I, I'LL KEEP THAT, I'LL KEEP THAT VERY CLOSE.
HOPEFULLY IT'S THE LAST 10 CUZ I'M WORKING MY WAY THROUGH, UM, AT EACH WEEK.
UH, ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE, UH,
[3. New Environmental Commission member welcome and introduction]
UH, NEW, SOON TO BE NEW, UH, A COMMISSIONER COMING, UH, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, UM, COMMISSIONER EINHORN.AND WE'LL DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS THEN.
UH, SO, UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
[4. Presentation and possible action on the Community Investment Budget plan, supported by a coalition of Austin area nonprofits and organizations DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]
UH, PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET PLAN, SUPPORTED BY A COALITION OF AUSTIN AREA NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS.UM, I GUESS WE GOT A PRESENTATION FROM DANIELLA, UH, SILVA.
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GOOD EVENING.UM, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, THEY, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EQUITY ACTION.
UM, TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, UH, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, EQUITY ACTION IS A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT IS CENTERED ON ENSURING THAT JUSTICE AND EQUITY ARE INTEGRAL TO AUSTIN'S POLITICAL SYSTEM.
AND THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IS A COALITION OF 40, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COLLECTIVELY CREATED ONE MASTER LIST OF BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.
AND IT'S A VERY BROAD LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT TOUCH ALL AREAS OF LIFE FOR AUSTINITES, UM, INCLUDING PARENT SUPPORT, SPECIALIST, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, TENANT SUPPORT, UM, INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARKS, UM, FOOD JUSTICE AND SOVEREIGNTY, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
SO THIS IS JUST A GENERAL LIST, UH, WHO WE HAVE, UH, ON BOARD CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, IT'S, AS YOU CAN SEE, A VERY BROAD LIST, UH, TOUCHING ON MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND, UM, MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET CREATION PROCESS AND PROVIDED INPUT.
SO THE FINAL, UM, PROPOSAL THAT, THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCESS AND THAT IS LINKED IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS ONE THAT EVERYONE, UM, AGREED TO.
IT WAS KIND OF A SOCIOCRACY STYLE WHERE EVERYONE HAD TO CONSENT TO THE FINAL DOCUMENT.
NO ONE COULD HAVE ANY, UM, STRONG DISAGREEMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT ALL OF THESE, UH, FOLKS WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND AND AGREE ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION AND THE, UH, JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, BOTH HAVE ALREADY RECOMMENDED THE, THE C I B TO COUNSEL.
UM, SO THIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IS IMPORTANT ON MANY LEVELS.
UM, AND I WON'T DRONE THROUGH ALL OF THESE SLIDES CUZ THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS HERE, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND WE WANNA MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND FOR COUNCIL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT FOLKS ARE LACKING, HOW TO ADDRESS IT, HOW MUCH.
AND ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IS THAT WHEN THESE LINE ITEMS ARE FUNDED, COUNCIL WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING OUT AN R F P AND WAITING TWO, THREE YEARS FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO TAKE IT UP.
ALL OF THESE LINE ITEMS HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE READY TO START DOING THE WORK IMMEDIATELY AND TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT AND WORKING WITH FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES SUCH AS WINTER STORM THAT SHOW THAT COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO SHOW UP WHEN NECESSARY AND ARE THE BEST TO INFORM HOW OUR OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
UH, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET WAS CREATED WAS BECAUSE WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY MEAN MORE THAN JUST CRIMINALIZATION.
UM, WHILE THE, UM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DOES PLAY A ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND SECURE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET IS UTILIZED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY CRIMES HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO STA STABLE, SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO GET THE EDUCATION, THEN THAT WILL SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS.
THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHFUL FOODS AND SO MANY OTHER REASONS THAT MAY LEAD SOMEONE TO COMMITTING A CRIME.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HERE THAT DUE TO, UM, SOME SOMEWHAT RECENT STATE LAW, IT IS NOW NOT POSSIBLE FOR A CITY TO EVER DECREASE THE BUDGET FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS.
SO THIS IS BY NO MEANS A KIND OF DEFUND THE POLICE ACT, AND IT'S MORE SO HELPING TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOW THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET CAN BE SPENT.
UM, AND SO, WHILE AUSTIN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY FOR MANY PEOPLE TO LIVE, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN AUSTIN HAS THAT REALLY HIGH, GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, THIS CURRENT ITERATION OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IS JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION OR ROUGHLY 7% OF THE 1.3 BILLION, UM, GENERAL REVENUE BUDGET.
UM, SO IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL GENERAL REVENUE BUDGET, BUT IT CAN MAKE A MASSIVE
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IMPACT.AND AGAIN, IT DOES DIRECTLY ADDRESS EXISTING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT A BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT AND WE WANT OUR BUDGET TO REFLECT THE VALUES, UM, THAT AUSTINITES SHARE FAR WIDE.
SO, UM, HERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, THAT FIRST LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO LAST YEAR'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.
SO WHILE COMMUNITY BUDGETING IS NOT NEW, WE ARE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED.
UM, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT EQUITY ACTION HAS SPEARHEADED THIS INITIATIVE.
AND SO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET HAD, UM, A BIT FEWER ITEMS. I THINK THIS YEAR'S HAS 35, AND I THINK LAST YEAR'S WAS MAYBE 30 OR OR FEWER, UM, A BIT FEWER ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT WAS ALSO A SMALLER BUDGET.
UM, LAST YEAR'S WAS ABOUT 75 MILLION.
AND, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET THAT PASSED, ROUGHLY 30 OF THOSE 75 MILLION WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE OF COURSE, ARE AIMING FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT INCLUSION OF ALL OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.
AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO STILL MEET THAT SAME RATIO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO AT LEAST MEET THAT 75 THAT WAS ON LAST YEAR'S.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE FULL PROPOSAL OF THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.
AND THAT FULL PROPOSAL WILL HAVE A GENERAL SUMMARY KIND OF A WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
AND THEN IT'LL HAVE, UM, A BULLET POINT FOR EACH LINE ITEM.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IT WILL HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE, THE NARRATIVE FOR EACH LINE ITEM.
AND ALL OF THIS WAS DRAFTED BY THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, UM, ALONG WITH THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND, UM, IT WAS CO-CREATED AMONG ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.
UM, WE OF COURSE THINK IT'S VITAL THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE AMAZING CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, WHICH IS, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTS I'VE SEEN THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS PUT OUT.
AND IT MAKES ME REALLY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT EXISTS AND REALLY SAD, UM, TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED AT A RATE THAT IT SHOULD BE.
UM, OF COURSE PARK MAINTENANCE, SAFETY EQUITY RESTORATION, UM, WITH THE BIG EMPHASIS ON EQUITY BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR PARKS ACROSS THE CITY ARE REALLY HURTING, UM, FOR, FOR SOME ATTENTION AND LOVE.
AND EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE SAFE GREEN, UM, SPACES THAT THEY CAN PLAY IN AND HAVE COMMUNITY IN.
UM, AND ALSO TO ADDRESS THE, UM, TOPIC OF HEAT ISLANDS THAT, UM, MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.
UH, WE HAVE VALUE-BASED FOOD PROCUREMENT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS PROCURING FOOD, THAT IT'S, UH, PRIORITIZING LOCAL PRODUCERS, THAT IT'S TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HOW THE, UM, FOOD WAS, WAS SOURCED AND WHERE IT'S SOURCED FROM.
AND THEN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND FOOD SYSTEMS RELATED FUNDING.
AND THIS IS MORE SO, UM, IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING, UM, MINORITIES WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE, UM, FOOD PRODUCTION, LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM, UM, THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME, UH, LEVELS OF ACCESS AS, UM, FOLKS WHO DO NOT EXPERIENCE, UH, THOSE SAME FORMS OF OPPRESSION.
UM, SO WE HAVE COME TO THE END AND THIS IS WHERE I ASK THAT YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO THE CITY MANAGER AND OR TO COUNCIL TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
UM, I THINK MAYBE WE'VE GOT ONE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND THEN WE MAY HEAR THAT AND THEN GO AROUND AND DO QUESTIONS AFTER THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, ROY WHALEY, HOW DO Y'ALL, MY NAME IS ROY WHALEY.
I'M THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP, THE SIERRA CLUB.
WE ARE A PARTNER WITH, UH, EQUITY ACTION ON, ON THIS PLAN, ON THIS BUDGET.
WE, UH, ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE A PARTNER AND WE AGREE WITH MS. SILVA AND THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES AND SIERRA CLUB NATIONWIDE DEALS WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES, BUT LOCALLY, ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES WE HAVE ARE OUR CITIZENS AND ESPECIALLY OUR DISADVANTAGED CITIZENS.
SO THAT IS A PART OF THE REASON WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS.
AND THEN THE PARKS PART OF IT ALSO, ACTUALLY, THE WHOLE THING, IT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS ALWAYS JUSTICE, PERIOD.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW,
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UH, THE ASK OF MS. SILVA AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING THAT SHE APPEAR TONIGHT.LET'S, UM, MAYBE GO AROUND AND, UH, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SILVA OR, UH, JUST COMMENTS WE WANNA DISCUSS, UH, LET'S START REMOTELY, GUYS.
UM, UH, PRIMER, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU START? AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING, UM, PLEASE CHIME IN.
OTHERWISE WE CAN BRING IT BACK HERE.
KRUEGER OR COFER, EITHER OF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS FOR ME.
THANK YOU DANIELLA, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TALK TO THE GROUP SOME ABOUT, IN PARTICULAR THE PARKS PORTION OF THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT IS QUITE A LARGE NUMBER.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THAT, SO IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO IT WAS, UM, KIND OF A, UM, A BLEED OVER FROM LAST YEAR'S PARK ASS BECAUSE IT WASN'T FULLY MET IN LAST YEAR'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ASK FROM LAST YEAR WAS, AGAIN, MET FROM THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED MORE VERBIAGE.
WE SHIFTED IT SLIGHTLY TO BE, UH, MORE CENTERED ON EQUITY.
UM, AND JUST, UM, TO CLARIFY, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY, UM, WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
WE DID WANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS A COMPLETELY GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
AND, UM, WHILE WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE INITIAL BUDGET CREATION PROCESS WAS SOLELY FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UM, BUT THE PARKS LINE ITEM WAS CO-CREATED BY FOLKS WHO WORK VERY CLOSELY IN, UM, THE AREA OF PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND IT, SO IT'S VERY INFORMED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SPECIALIZED IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S ALL FOR ME FOR RIGHT NOW.
COMING AROUND THE HORN, UH, CRE OR ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEY, MS. SILVA, UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, YEAH, JUST, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE THING GO JUSTICE ON THREE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'VE HEARD A LOT RECENTLY, UM, IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELA THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL PRIORITY OF EXPANDING THE SOBERING CENTER, AND I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S FALLS IN INTO THIS BUDGET REQUEST AS WELL.
SO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SOBERING CENTER, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LINE ITEM.
WE DO HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO HARM REDUCTION, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY FALL, UM, INTO THAT, CUZ I BELIEVE THE SOBERING CENTER DOES SOME HARM REDUCTION.
UM, I, I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE SEEN THEIR TENTS ON, ON SIXTH STREET.
THEY POST ABOUT IT ON INSTAGRAM.
UM, BUT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF THE SOBERING CENTER.
THERE ALSO WILL NOT BE, UM, ANY SPECIFIC MENTIONS OF PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE DID WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF THESE LINE ITEMS ARE TO BE FUNDED AND IF THERE IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN RFP PUT OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR IT, AND ANY ORGANIZATION WILL BE EQUALLY AS LIKELY TO, UM, GET THAT CONTRACT, UM, THAT IT'S NOT JUST CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS HOPING THAT THEY CAN GET MONEY FROM THE CITY FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, SO WE, WE WERE VERY MINDFUL TO NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIFIC, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD RECEIVE THIS FUNDING.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO BRING, I GUESS THE ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY AS IN REGARD TO FLOODING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RECENTLY FLOODED ABOUT 60 HOMES FLOODED DUE TO CULVERTS NOT BEING KEPT, UM, CLEAN AND, AND CLEAR.
AND SO I JUST, I KNOW THAT THAT'S A REQUEST AS WELL IN THIS BUDGET.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION IF THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED DURING, DURING YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSION.
YEAH, IT, IT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN ALL INCLUSIVE BUDGET THAT'S GONNA HIT ON EVERY SINGLE NEED THAT EXISTS.
SO THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME GAPS.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR FUTURE, UM, THESE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET INITIATIVES.
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WE'RE A SMALL TEAM, SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS.UM, BUT IT'S REALLY USEFUL WHEN PEOPLE BRING UP THINGS LIKE THIS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
YEAH, I'LL OBSERVE THAT THE ONLY, THERE IS ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT SIGNED ONTO THIS AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, THAT WAS A TYPO AND HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED.
UM, YES, IT WAS, UM, SOMEONE WHO, UM, IS, IS PART OF A I S D, UM, AND THERE WAS A, A BIT OF A MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT LIST.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, WOULD YOU BE SATISFIED IF THERE WERE SOME NUMBER CHANGES WITHIN A SMALL AMOUNT PLUS OR MINUS 10%? BECAUSE AS THE, WHAT THE, UM, THE PLANS ARE FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT? YEAH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CURRENT, UM, CITY MANAGER, UH, REALLY CALLING ON MAKING, TRYING TO MAINTAIN A NO NEW REVENUE, UM, BUDGET.
SO, AND ALSO STAFFING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS VACANCIES AND STAFF, RIGHT? SO WE, UM, OF COURSE ARE PUSHING FOR THE 100% INCLUSION OF, OF ALL THE FULL AMOUNTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS HOW IT WORKS.
UM, BUT WE, WE WILL BE PUSHING FOR FULL AMOUNTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I, EXCUSE ME.
I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS IF YOU COULD GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL INTO THE VALUE BASED FOOD, UH, FOOD, UH, PROCUREMENT.
SORRY, I'M KIND OF STUTTERING.
UM, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING IF IT KIND OF INCLUDED LIKE, UM, COMMUNITY GARDENS OR KIND OF EDUCATING COMMUNITY ON HOW TO MAYBE PRO, UH, PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD OR HARVEST THEIR OWN.
I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BE UNDER THE, UM, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY LINE ITEM THAT TOUCHES ON THE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND EDUCATION.
BUT, UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT IS MENTIONED AND THAT IS A PRIORITY FROM THE FOLKS WHO, WHO WORK IN FOOD WHO HELPED INFORM THOSE LINE ITEMS. YEAH.
SELF SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IS, WAS A BIG TOPIC.
UM, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS KIND OF BEFORE YOU WERE ANSWERING THEM WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CARRYOVER ELEMENTS FROM THE, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT DIDN'T GET FUNDED THAT I KNOW YOU CAN'T KIND OF PICK YOUR FAVORITE CHILD, BUT LIKE, UH, ELEMENTS THAT DIDN'T GET FUNDED BEFORE THAT YOU THINK ARE A PRIORITY SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BODY THAT KIND OF HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE OR THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF? UM, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE NOT FULLY, UM, EITHER FULLY FUNDED FROM LAST YEAR OR WERE NOT.
UM, THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING INCLUDED AT ALL.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, BUT THE ONE THAT, THAT I KNOW FOR SURE DID NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT DID CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR, UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, BUT IT IS THE PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, UM, WHO OFTEN ACT AS FIRST RESPONDERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHENEVER A CRISIS HAPPENS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WINTER STORM AREA, UM, MANY PEOPLE WERE RELYING VERY HEAVILY ON THEIR PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, UM, WHEN THEIR HOME, YOU KNOW, WASN'T WELL INSULATED ENOUGH, AND SO IT GOT DOWN TO 20 DEGREES OR HOWEVER COLD GOTTEN PEOPLE'S HOMES.
UM, THAT I KNOW WAS A BIG PRIORITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE PARKS ARE WELL MAINTAINED.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, AS A LITTLE SUCCESS FROM LAST YEAR'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET IS THAT, UM, PART OF THAT PARK'S LINE ITEM WAS ADVOCATING FOR THE POOLS, UM, TO BE OPEN AND FOR LIFEGUARDS TO BE WELL-FUNDED.
AND, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE POOLS OPEN AT THE SAME TIME THIS YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
UM, UH, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, YOU'D NOTE MENTIONED, UH, I GUESS 685,000 FOR THE CLIMATE EQUITY, UH, AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
CAN YOU ELABORATE IF, IF, IF YOU'VE GOT THE, THE NOTES ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, LIKE WHAT, WHAT ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN DO YOU THINK WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THAT FUNDING? YEAH, SO, UM, IN THE FULL PROPOSAL, IT DOES ACTUALLY HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THAT FUNDING WILL GO.
AND MOST OF IT IS, UM, TO, UM, STAFF.
UM, IT'S, YEAH, CERTAIN, UH, NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UM, SOME CLIMATE AMBASSADORS, I THINK ATX, BIKE ROLL SOMETHING PLAN, UM, YES, THANK YOU.
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MOSTLY TO, TO PEOPLE TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.YEAH, I KIND OF, I'VE CLICKED THROUGH ON THAT SECOND OF THE HYPERLINKS THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR, SO THIS TABLE WILL KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN, I GUESS, IF I SCROLL DOWN TO, TO THAT POINT.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, BEFORE WE KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE THINKING HERE? WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION THAT I DID SEND YOU JUST A FEW, YOU KNOW, MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED CHAIR.
WELL, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HEAR A POSSIBLE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE COMMISSIONER KRUEGER.
AND JUST REALLY QUICK, UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE A, ANOTHER MOTION HERE.
I DID NOT SEE THAT YOU HAD SENT SOMETHING, SO MAKE SURE IF YOU ARE INCLUDING THAT, MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS SEND IT TO THE SECRETARY, SO I CAN SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE ME TO READ IT ALOUD OR I DON'T KNOW IF YES, ELIZABETH, THERE'S A WAY TO, OKAY.
YEAH, YOU, YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, READ IT INTO THE RECORD SO WE CAN HEAR IT, BUT ALSO IF WE HAVE CHANGES.
WHEREAS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY THREATENED BY FOOD APARTHEID AND INSECURITY, HEAT ISLANDS AND LIMITED ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ITS RESULTANT NATURAL DISASTERS, POLLUTION AND POOR HEALTH AND HOUSING INSTABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TO VARYING DEGREES HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THESE INEQUITIES AND PLEDGED TO CURTAIL THEM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND THE FIRST EVER AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE FOOD PLAN.
WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A MORE EQUITABLE CITY AND SEE THE FRUITION OF THESE PLANS AND OTHER EQUITY ORIENTED POLICIES, THE CITY MUST APPROPRIATELY FUND THEM WITH INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WHEREAS EQUITY ACTION HAS ORGANIZED A BROAD COALITION OF SUPPORT FOR AN F Y 2024 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET AFTER PUBLIC INPUT THOROUGH RESEARCH AND ENDORSEMENTS FOR MORE THAN 40 ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN INCLUDING THE SIERRA CLUB, AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP, BLACK LIVES VEGGIES, AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE, FRUITFUL COMMONS, SUNRISE MOVEMENT, AUSTIN AND OTHERS, WHEREAS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND HIS OFFICE WILL SOON DRAFT A PROPOSED FY 2024 BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MAY ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING AS THEY RELATE TO FUNDING INITIATIVES RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND INTERSECTING ISSUES.
THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE INCORPORATES THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET PROPOSAL INTO THE FORECASTED BASELINE FY 2024 BUDGET.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANYONE? I, I'LL SECOND.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A SECOND BY SULLIVAN.
SO NOW, UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE, THE MOTION THAT SHE'S READ? UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER BRISTOL.
UM, YEAH, I, I JUST REAL QUICK HERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, SO ON THE SECOND, WHEREAS, UM, AS ACKNOWLEDGED THESE INEQUITIES AND PLEDGE TO CURTAIL THEM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY EQUITY PLAN AND THE FIRST EVER AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD COMPREHENSION PLAN, UM, WE, YOU MENTIONED THOSE, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE EQUITY PLAN, YOU DID NOT MENTION THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE FOOD PLAN TODAY.
UH, I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HEAR FROM THAT PLAN, THAT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE PLAN.
UM, THAT IS THE, UH, AUSTIN, UM, THAT'S THE EQUITY PLAN.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT OVERSTEPPING WITH SAYING THAT WE HEARD A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT HEAR TODAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
KRUGER, ANY THOUGHTS ON, ON THAT? UH, I GUESS, DO YOU, DO YOU, AND WE, I MEAN, ANY INSIGHT ON, ON MAYBE WHY YOU INCLUDED THAT OR IF THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET? SURE.
YEAH, I WISH, I WISH DANIELA COULD COULD SPEAK ON THAT CAUSE SHE WOULD DO IT BETTER THAN I WOULD.
BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE FOOD PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE PART OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE CREATION OF VARIOUS BOARDS, UM, THAT HA ARE, YOU KNOW, SOLICITING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS RELATED TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, WHICH DANIELA DID TOUCH ON TODAY, UM, AND THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND FOOD FORESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK IT WAS MENTIONED BY NAME, SOME OF THE
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LINE ITEMS, UM, THAT WERE MENTIONED DO FALL UNDER THAT.SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE C I B, I GUESS FALL INTO THAT CORRECT.
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED VALUES BASED FOOD, SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT I WOULD NEED TO TAKE A SECOND TO FIND.
BUT IT IS IN, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH US AHEAD OF TIME.
MAYBE WHILE SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS KIND OF FOR US ON THE COMMISSION GUYS DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE AND SEE HOW THIS GOES.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS READ, UM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE'VE GOT ALL BUT ALL BUT ONE, DO YOU SEE THAT ELIZABETH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
WE GOT NICKELS, ABSTAINS, EVERYONE ELSE FOUR PASSES.
I, I I AM JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UM, SAY FROM IN FUTURE, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY ELSE DOES PREPARE THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE, THAT IT REALLY, REALLY DOES MATCH UP WITH WHATEVER THE, UM, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTED IN THE MEETING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE HEARD SOMETHING AND WHAT BOOK DIDN'T, AND THEN WE GET CALLED OUT ON IT LATER.
SO JUST LITTLE, LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING THERE.
AND, AND MAYBE TO, TO ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DEFINITELY HELPS, UH, THE SECRETARY WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT, UH, GOT SOME TIME TO VET THROUGH IT.
UM, AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, WE, WE CAN, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF FLYING, FLYING, UH, WITH THE MAP.
SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE KIND OF THING WE TALK ABOUT AT OUR RETREAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM FOR IT WITH QUESO, CORRECT? YES.
UM, ALRIGHT, MOVING FORWARD, UM, TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[5. Consider a recommendation on the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) update to the 2012 Master Development Plan (MDP) ordinance (ordinance NO 20120628-014) DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]
FIVE, CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION ON THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIR AIRPORT UPDATE TO THE 2012 MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE.ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 12 0 6 28 DASH ZERO 14.
UM, WE GOT A PRESENTATION BY MRS. SCHINDLER, I BELIEVE.
GOOD EVENING, SUMMER SCHINDLER.
I'M THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT, UM, A U S I BROUGHT A, I BROUGHT A, A TEAM ALONG WITH ME AS WELL, THANK YOU, WHO WILL HELP ME ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL HAVE THEM.
UM, ALSO, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU ALSO RECEIVED THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION THAT WENT INTO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THE, UH, TYPE OF POTENTIAL LANGUAGE THAT WE GOING INTO THE ORDINANCE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT DRAFT LANGUAGE FROM LAW YET TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S A MUCH HELPFUL BACKGROUND TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE INTENT OF, UM, SOME OF THESE VARIANCES ARE.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE AIRPORT, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN 1993, BERGSTROM AIR FORCE BASE WAS DECOMMISSIONED.
UM, IT WAS AT THAT TIME IN 1994 THAT THE VERY FIRST MASTER DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROGRAM ORDINANCE, UM, AND PLAN ORDINANCE WAS PASSED, UM, A LOT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, REASONS TO HELP US LEARN, UH, TO DECOMMISSION THE AIR, UM, AIR, AIR, THE AIR FORCE BASE, AND TO GIVE US LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE GUIDE GUIDANCE.
THE ORIGINAL TERMINAL WAS ACTUALLY BUILT AND OPEN IN 1999 FOR 25 GATES, AND TO OPERATE 11 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS.
IN 2012, WE HAD THE REVISION, UM, TO THIS MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THAT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE DRAINAGE AND PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
AND FROM THAT, WE'VE HAD, UH, SINCE THEN AN ADDITIONAL EXPANSION IN 2019 WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE OPENED NINE NEW GATES AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO A CA CAPACITY OF 15 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT, UM, RETURNING BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC, UM, FROM PANDEMIC TRAVEL.
AND LAST YEAR WE SERVED OVER 20 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS WHILE WE WERE STILL DESIGNED FOR 15 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS.
UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON THE ORDINANCE.
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THE ORDINANCE IS, UH, IS THE ORDINANCE UPDATE WAS DONE, UM, THIS TIME IN CONJUNCTION NOT ONLY WITH AVIATION, BUT WITH, UM, OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS IN WATERSHED PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THOSE, UM, DEPARTMENTS FOR VERY COLLABORATIVE, UM, EFFORT OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
THE ALLISON MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE HAS SERVED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS IN CONTINUES TO SERVE AS THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DEFINED AIRPORT BOUNDARY, AND ENABLES US TO DEVELOP AS ONE SITE PLAN.
IT SERVES AS THE OMNIBUS COMPILATION TO THE PRE-APPROVED VARIANCE IS ESTABLISHED TO CITY CODE, AND IT ESTABLISHES THE AIRPORT CAMPUS AS A SINGULAR SITE PLAN.
THIS PROVIDES A CLARITY FOR CITY CODE REVIEWERS.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN, UM, REASON FOR THIS UPDATE.
UM, THIS TIME AROUND IS A LOT OF CLARIFICATION TO HELP CODE REVIEWERS.
THE ORDINANCE IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW EVERY 10 YEARS, AND WE STARTED OUR CURRENT REVIEW IN 2022.
YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE ORDINANCE HISTORY.
THIS IS THE THIRD UPDATE TO THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
UM, AS I STATED IN 1994, THIS WAS, UM, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST ORDINANCE PASS, AND IT WAS TO, UM, REALLY ESTABLISH A BASELINE OF HOW TO CONSTRUCT AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND A WATER QUALITY COMPLIANCE PLAN.
IN 2012, THE ORDINANCE UPDATE ALIGNED WITH MASTER PLANNING, WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, AND ADDRESSED THE CHANGES IN THE DRAINAGE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
IN 2023, WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR GROWTH AND ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT 10 YEARS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK LIKE.
IT'S MUCH MORE FOCUSED THIS TIME.
SO OUR UPDATE WILL GUIDE THE, THE AIRPORT'S FUTURE EXPANSION BY ABIDING THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES.
SO WHY IS IT UP, UM, NECESSARY? UM, IT ALLOWS US CONSISTENT PERMITTING, UM, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT'S LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT.
SO MUCH OF THIS IS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
IT PROVIDES PRE-APPROVED VARIANCES NEEDED AS WE START ENABLING PROJECTS OVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY HAVE STARTED, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND FOLDS INTO, UM, THE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS ENSURES THE PROGRAM AND PROJECTS ADVANCES IN A TIMELY ORDER TO MEET, UM, THE, THE AIRLINE AND THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS AND ALIGNS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH CURRENT CITY CODE.
SO THIS BRINGS US ALL UP TO THE CURRENT 2023 CODE, AND THESE VARIANCES ARE FROM, THE PROPOSED VARIANCES ARE FROM THAT CODE.
AND THAT IS, UM, CLARIFICATION THAT WAS NEEDED, UM, THAT WAS NOT, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED VARIANCES AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE, UM, FIRST, UM, VARIANCE TO SECTION 25 22.
THIS IS TO SITE PLAN EXEMPTION EXEMPTIONS.
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES FROM THE BERGSTROM AIR FORCE BASE REVERTED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS PART OF THE BASE REALIGNMENT.
AS FEDERAL STRUCTURES MOST WERE EXEMPT FROM THE CITY REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
THIS ALLOWS A U S TO USE THE AIRPORT'S MASTER SITE PLAN AS THE PROJECT SITE PLAN TO OBTAIN A BUILDING DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE EXISTING AIR FORCE STRUCTURES.
OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET, ALL LAND DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING DEMOLITION WILL ADHERE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND AN INDIVIDUAL SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WILL BE ATTAINED.
REGARDING ZONE ZONING, THIS ONE IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND THIS WAS ASKED BY, UM, DSD FOR CLARIFICATION.
IT'S, UM, VARIANCE TO CLEARLY STATE THAT A U S WILL ENSURE IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES AS IT GROWS CAMPUS-WIDE PEDESTRIAN PATH SYSTEMS. IT REALLY ALLOWS CITY CODE, UH, TO SIMPLIFY THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.
SO THIS IS A CLARIFICATION ON, UM, MORE OF AN NOT, UM, THE VARIANCE DID NOT HAVE URBAN, UM, ALREADY IN LIKE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CODE AREAS, THINGS LIKE SMART STREETS THAT WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE AT AN AIRPORT IN SECTION 25 DASH 44.
THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.
IT DICTATES HOW TO SUBMIT SITE PLAN APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW.
IT GIVES ADDED FLEXIBILITY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A LARGE COMPLICATED SITE THAT WAS BUILT WITH OVER 100 INDIVIDUAL SITE PLANS.
THIS ALLOWS FOR OVERLAPPING SITE PLANS UNDER REVIEW CONCURRENTLY, GO TO THE NEXT SITE PLEASE.
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SITE PLAN EXPIRATION.A US HAS A MASTER SITE PLAN ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE 4,800 ACRE CAMPUS THAT ILLUSTRATES EXISTING AND ULTIMATE BUILD OUT CONDITIONS ON A LONGER PLANNING TIMEFRAME THAN A SMALL INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE MASTER SITE PLAN WILL HAVE PERIODIC REVIEW AT LEAST EVERY 10 YEARS AMONG D S D, UM, WATERSHED PRODUCTION AND A U S THE MASTER SITE PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED AS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN SECTION 25 7 1 52 DEDICATION OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AS WELL AS IT EXEMPTS THE CITY FROM ISSUING FLOODPLAIN IS EASEMENTS TO ITSELF A US COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER SETBACKS REQUIRED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, SUBSECTIONS B THREE AND C OF SECTION 25 8 2811 REGARDING WATER QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTS NEW AND REDEVELOPED AIRCRAFT TAXI LANES FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE WATER QUALITY CONTROL.
IF THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT RECEIVE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT IS REMOVED AND RESTORED.
TAX LANES ARE NOT HIGH POLLUTANT AREAS AS AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT ARE NOT PARKED OR STAGED IN TAXI LANES.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO HOW WE TREAT THE TAXIWAYS AND RUNWAYS.
OKAY, WE'LL GO TO SUBSECTION A, SECTIONS 25 8 2 1 3 REGARDING WATER QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS.
THIS ALLOWS VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS AS THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL FOR RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY PAVEMENT TO COMPLY WITH FAA SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND PREVENT WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS NEAR RUNWAYS.
AND TAXIWAYS VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS ARE PREFERRED OVER LARGE QUALITY, QUALITY, A LARGE WATER QUALITY PONDS.
A U S HAS LARGE GREEN SPACES AND VEGETATED INFILLED AREAS BETWEEN AIRFIELD PAVEMENT AREAS, PART OF OUR AIRFIELD DESIGN STANDARDS, OR THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SUBSECTION B2 OF SECTION 25 8 2 13 WATER QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS.
THIS LIMITS THE CATCHER VOLUME TO THE FIRST HALF INCH TO THE RUNOFF FOR THE CONSTRAINED DEVELOPMENT AREA AND COMPLIANCE WITH CODE AT TIME OF ORIGINAL AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.
ALL AREAS OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, THE C D A WILL ADHERE TO NEWER CODE.
THE CONSTRAINED DEVELOPMENT AREA IS THE AREA OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE CURRENT ROADWAYS PARKING, UM, TERMINAL AND TAXI LANE AND TAXIWAYS.
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT WILL FOLLOW NEW CODE SECTION 25 8 DASH 2 61 CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
SEVERAL CHANNELS WITHIN ARE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT OPERATION CENTER.
I MEAN, AIRPORT OPERATION AREA AT THE A OA ARE MANMADE CHANNELS THAT SERVE LARGE DRAINAGE AREA AND PER FAA CODE HAVE REQUIRED SETBACKS.
THESE SPECIFIC CHANNELS CANNOT HAVE REPAIRING ZONES OR CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE RUNWAYS OR AIRCRAFT TAXIWAYS AND APRONS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS, UM, THOSE TYPES OF AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE RUNWAYS ARE INDICATED.
AND IN THAT FLIGHT ORANGE AREA, THAT WOULD BE AN AREA THAT WE CAN'T INCREASE THOSE, UM, THOSE, UH, SETBACKS.
BUT IN THE AREAS WHERE THE NATURAL WATERWAYS EXIST AND THE GREEN A U S WILL THEN HAVE EXTENDED AREAS TO PROTECT THOSE NATURAL WATERWAYS.
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ENSURERS A U S CAN DEVELOP THE AIRFIELD AND SURROUNDING SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAA AIRFIELD DESIGN CRITERIA AND ENSURE THE FAA REQUIREMENTS FOR LINE OF SIGHT AND HEIGHT OF RESTRICTIONS ARE MET.
FOR EXAMPLES, RUNWAYS NEED TO BE FLAT AND REQUIRE LEVELING TO A DEGREE OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
GRADING AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MODELED IN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MODEL TO ENSURE NO ADVERSE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS.
VARIANCE IS SECTION 25 8 6 24, SECTION 25 8, UM, REGARDING APPROVAL CRITERIA, ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE,
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AND INTO 6 43 LAND USE COMMISSION VARIANCE.THIS SPECIFIES, UH, THAT TREE TRIMMING REMOVAL WORK DONE WITHIN THE RIPARIAN OR THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE WILL BE PERFORM, PERFORMED USING THE LEAST INVASIVE MEANS AVAILABLE.
UH, MITIGATION MEASURES WILL INCLUDE ANNUAL TREE PLANTINGS ON A U S PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT SAFETY AREAS AND PROTECTED AIRSPACE, AND ONLY APPLIES TO AREAS WHERE TREES ENCROACH ON PROTECTIVE AIRSPACE PRESENTING IMMINENT HAZARD TO LIFE, UM, OR PROPERTY SUCH AS AIRCRAFT.
THIS IS ADDITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 25 9 WATER AND WASTEWATER.
THE, THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL, UM, SUBSTANTIAL WORK TO RETROFIT THE EXISTING APPROXIMATELY 750,000 SQUARE FOOT TERMINAL TO MEET, UM, UH, WATER AND REUSE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE NEW, THE NEW CONCOURSE, THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENTS WILL COMPLY WITH WATER FORWARD CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS AND WILL USE EITHER RAINWATER HARVESTING OR RECLAIM WATER FOR TOILET FLUSHING.
SO ALL NEW STRUCTURES, UM, THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING WILL COMPLY.
LEMME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR COMMITMENTS AT THE AIRPORT WATER CONSERVATION MEASUREMENTS FOR THE NEW CONCOURSE AND OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL COMPLY WITH WATER FOR CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS OF A COMMITMENT OF 1% OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UP TO 10 MILLION DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE ORDINANCE IS 10 YEARS TO WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND THEN CONTINUING A COMMITMENT TO STORMWATER POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
WE'VE ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT, UM, TO OUR PARTNERS IN, UM, IN WATERSHED THAT THEY'LL BE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE PRE-PLANNING AND PRE-ENGINEERING OF ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, GOING FORTH SO THAT WE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH MOVING FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE? WE DO.
UH, LAURA AND I HERE FROM THE, FROM THE SPEAKER, AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I, I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY.
UM, BUT I'M HERE ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED, UH, ALONGSIDE NEIGHBORS OF THE AIRPORT NOW FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, ASKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTING THEIR LIVES.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU ALL TO, AND ASK THE AIRPORT TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM TO, UH, ADEQUATELY ALLOW FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AS I SAID, FOR 18 MONTHS NOW, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS.
AND WE ONLY JUST, I ONLY LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON AND WHEN I ASKED THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT, UH, IF ANY, ANY OF THEM HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS, UM, AMANDA CARILLO AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND, UH, AGAINST THE TANK FARM DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE AIRPORT STAFF ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WAS BEING AMENDED.
UH, AND THAT NOBODY'S TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT.
AND I CAN SEE THE NEED FOR A NEW MASTER DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE FOR SURE.
I DO AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS, THERE IS A REAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PROBABLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AND OF THE NEW PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND OF OUR EXISTING CODE AND NOT INVOLVING THE NEIGHBORS AND THESE DECISIONS.
AND I CAN ALSO SEE THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE, THEY'RE NOT ONLY LEFT OUT OF THE, THIS CONVERSATION, BUT THAT WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE IS WHEN WE SEE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, WHICH IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT HERE CUZ IT'S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING PROPOSED WITHOUT DRAFT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, BUT THAT WHEN WE SEE IT, IT'S GOING TO BYPASS CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR VARIANCES.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ACTUALLY LESS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GOING FORWARD ON THESE EXPANSION PROJECTS.
AND SO I JUST, I REALLY, I SHOULDN'T BE SHOCKED AT THIS POINT, BUT I AM SHOCKED THAT NO ONE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, HOW THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE MIGHT BE IMPROVED UPON WITH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT.
SO AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THIS, ALLOW FOR REAL MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
THIS COMMISSION IS UNIQUE FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
IT'S UNIQUE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND SO I REALLY THINK IT, UM, AND I, AND I, UH, APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT Y'ALL PAID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT THE, AT THE MEETING WHERE YOU DID ASK REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE TANK FARM DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SAME KIND OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC HAS COMMENTS, I KNOW THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, THEY JUST COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT.
SO IF, IF Y'ALL WOULD ALLOW THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO, TO EVERYBODY.
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THANK YOU.THANK FOR THE COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
UM, I WOULD MAYBE, MAYBE, I GUESS JUST KIND OF FIRST OFF WOULD BE, AND WE CAN GO AROUND, BUT IF, IF YOU COULD MAYBE EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS BEFORE THE ORDINANCE DOES GO TO COUNSEL OR KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND, AND, AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE FORWARD SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT CONTEXT FOR HER COMMENTS.
UM, WE'RE AT THE VERY FIRST, UM, STEP, UM, AFTER REVIEW AND INPUT, UM, FROM ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONERS.
UM, OUR NEXT STEP IS IN AUGUST, GO TO OUR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND INPUT AS WELL.
UM, THEN THE END OF AUGUST WE'LL BE GOING TOWARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE POTENTIAL DATE IS SEPTEMBER 14TH.
IT MAY GET PUSHED BACK TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO GO BEFORE COUNSEL.
UM, SO WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN I, I'M, I USUALLY TRY TO TALK AT THE END, BUT I GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WILL PRIME OTHERS.
SO THE, THE ORDINANCE HASN'T KIND OF BEEN RELEASED YET, I GUESS FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT AND, AND HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A OUR EYES ON THAT BEFORE, UH, I GUESS BEFORE SEPTEMBER OR BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL? UM, I, I BELIEVE SO THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM LAW IS THAT, UM, GOING THROUGH COMMISSIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE DRAFT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THEIR GOAL.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM OR IS IT OKAY? UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, WE'LL START REMOTELY AGAIN.
UM, GOFER, I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT TO GO FIRST THIS TIME.
SO I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I'M JUST STILL COLLECTING MY THOUGHTS.
UM, KRUEGER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WHILE THE REST OF US ARE GETTING ORGANIZED? I CONCUR THAT I'M ALSO COLLECTING THOUGHTS.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF, IF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY COULD SPEAK TO THEIR SIDE, UM, IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE AWARE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION AND INPUT ON THIS.
AND IF SO, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT COMMUNICATION MAYBE HASN'T BEEN AS, AS OPEN AND THOROUGH AS FOLKS MIGHT HAVE LIKED IT TO BE ON THIS SPECIFIC OR ON THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE FOR THIS UPDATE? UM, WE HAVEN'T, UM, DONE ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE'VE, UM, HELD, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON SPECIFIC ISSUES, UPDATES ON THE FUEL FACILITY, UM, WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE, TO THE WEST OF US, UM, IN RECENT MONTHS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
BRAMMER, DO YOU FIND YOURSELF ORGANIZED? I ALWAYS, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF, UH, PREVIOUS COVER DO WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW? UM, I THINK WE HAVE 27% AT THE END OF THE, THE PLANNED PROGRAM IN 10 27 TODAY.
AND, UM, THE PLANNED PROGRAM AS WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THE, THE INITIAL, UM, PLANNING OF THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING 30%.
AND, UH, WHAT WATERSHED IS THE AIRPORT IN THREE WATERSHED? I'M SORRY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET YEAH, FINE.
IT MIGHT NEED, YEAH, YOU MIGHT.
I, UH, KANE CARPENTER, I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER AT THE A AUSTIN AIRPORT.
CARSON CREEK, VERY SMALL, UH, PART OF THE DISCHARGES FROM THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE HAVE THE COLORADO RIVER, ANOTHER MEDIUM-SIZED, UH, WATERSHED THAT WE DISCHARGE TO THE BULK OF THE DISCHARGES FROM IS TO ONION CREEK.
AND I BELIEVE I HEARD EARLIER THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN NO INPUT SOLICITED FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THIS, UH, ON THIS MATTER IS WHAT I HEARD EARLIER.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, I GUESS, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRE-APPROVAL PROCESS IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, NEED TO GET THESE THINGS GOING IN ON A TIMELY MANNER, UH, YOU WANT TO PRE-APPROVE SOME OF THESE VARIANCES SO THAT, UH, CONSTRUCTION CAN
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BE DONE IN EXPEDITED MANNERS.AND TO ALSO ALLOW FOR CONSISTENCY IN THE, THE PERMITTING, UM, PERMIT REVIEWERS PART, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE CURRENT TERMINAL IS BEHIND SCHEDULE.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW FAR BEHIND SCHEDULE IT IS? THE CONCOURSE EXPANSION, SIR? YEAH, YEAH.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRAMMING OF THE, THE CONCOURSE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IT TO BE BEHIND SCHEDULE AS MUCH AS THAT.
IT, UM, WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH THAT WE EXPERIENCED, UM, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO HIT THIS SORT OF GROWTH UNTIL 2028, WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN, IN 2022.
SO OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS TO, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING PROGRAMMING, UM, NEXT, THE FIRST QUARTER OF CALENDAR YEAR.
NEXT YEAR WE'LL PUT OUT SOLICITATION FOR A PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILDER AND THEN BRING THEM ON.
WE EXPECT THAT EXPANSION TO BE TAKE, UM, ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT YEARS TO BE COMPLETED.
UM, WITH GATES COMING ON IN IN INCREMENTAL PHASES.
WE DO HAVE PROJECTS PLANNED IN THE CURRENT TERMINAL TO HELP PROVIDE RELIEF FOR OUR PASSENGERS RELIEF WITH ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, THROUGH OUR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE WEST GATE EXPANSION AND THE WEST INFILL PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND.
THOSE PROJECTS WILL FINISH AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026 TO PROVIDE MORE GATES, RESTROOMS, AS WELL AS CHECKPOINT LANES AND QUEUING SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, SEEMS THAT, UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR UNILATERAL AUTHORITY TO, UH, GO THROUGH MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE 25 DASH EIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE OTHER SECTION THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL CUZ I SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM.
BUT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, 25 DASH 8 2 11 B3, UH, REQUESTS, UH, YOU KNOW, EXEMPT YOU FROM THE, UH, WATER QUALITY CONTROL, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AREA IS 8,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE, THAT'S, UH, ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN ACRE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF I LOOK BACK ON, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US BY, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NEVER DO IS JUST GIVE IT A BLANKET, BLANKET APPROVAL FOR A DEVELOPER TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT WITHOUT ANY SORT OF, UH, APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IN FACT, UH, MOST OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THAT I LOOK AT, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PRE-APPROVAL FOR VARIANCES WITH, WITH NO SUPERVISION AT ALL EXCEPT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, APPROVAL BY, UH, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED.
UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF US A FEW MEETINGS AGO THAT TALKED ABOUT, UH, PARTICULATE MATTER IN STREAMS THAT IS PICKED UP AND TESTED BY, UH, YOU KNOW, BY, BY WATERSHED.
AND A LOT OF THAT PARTICULAR MATTER WAS FROM, UH, CAR TIRES, ODDLY ENOUGH.
AND A LOT OF THE LANDINGS ARE DONE BY GOLLY ON AIRPLANE TIRES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, EXEMPTIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, MAIN, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR MATTER.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT EXEMPTIONS FOR A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE REQUIRE TO BE DONE BY EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER IN THE CITY.
AND THAT IF ANY OTHER DEVELOPER IN THE CITY CAME BEFORE US AND REQUESTED THESE EXEMPTIONS, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, REQUEST THAT THEY, YOU NOT DO THAT.
UH, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, UH, I LOOK AT, UH, 20, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE OF THESE, IT'S 25 DASH EIGHT DASH TWO 13 IS THE, THE, UH, TIRES, YOU KNOW, YOU REFER TO THE FAA GUIDE SAFETY GUIDELINES, WHICH I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH AFTER THEY APPROVE THE 7 37 MAX IS, WE DON'T REALLY PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO FAA GUIDELINES ANYMORE AS FAR AS SAFETY GOES.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT, UH, A PASS ON, UH, YOU KNOW, RUNOFF OF THE RUNWAY AFTER THE FIRST INCH, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DON'T DO YOU WANT THAT ON THE OLD STUFF? UH, NUMBER, UH, I, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 2 61, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME ON 25 8 DASH 2 61? YEAH, SO RECORDING THE NATURAL CHANNELS AND RIPARIAN ZONES.
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UM, AREAS, UM, AT THE AIRPORT, UM, ONE, ONE THAT I SHOWED YOU AT WHERE, WHERE THE RUNWAYS ARE.AND THEY'RE ALSO AT, UM, ONE IN PARTICULAR IS AT THE END OF A RUNWAY, UH, WHERE IF WE PUT IN MORE, UM, IF WE PUT IN, UH, UH, NATURAL VEGETATIONS THERE THAT, THAT WE WOULD, IT WOULD ATTRACT WILDLIFE HERE WE'RE ASKING TO KEEP THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AS IS AND FOCUS ON, UM, EXPANDING THE ZONES IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS, HAVE THE NATURAL WATERWAYS AND, UM, WE CAN, UM, ALLOW THOSE AREAS TO FAR MORE.
DOES THAT MEAN, IS THERE ANY MORE INFORMATION? I CAN PIPE IN A LITTLE BIT MM-HMM.
WITH THE NEW CODE, WE ARE PROTECTING SMALLER DRAINAGES.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE AIRPORT IS SO LARGE, SOME OF THE DRAINAGES SUCH AS, UH, DITCHES ALONG RUNWAYS NOW HAVE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES ON THEM.
AND SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE SENSE TO, UM, PROTECT THOSE AREAS.
WE CAN'T PROTECT AREAS ALONG THE RUNWAY.
HOWEVER, THE AIR AIRPORT OF DECIDED OR HAVE AGREED THAT TAKING, LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THOSE TYPES OF SMALLER DRAINAGES THAT CAN'T REALLY BE PROTECTED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT SOME AREA AND APPLYING THEM TO, UH, THE NATURAL CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES THAT, UM, WE DO WANT TO PRESERVE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR, UM, FOR BOTH OF US.
WELL, I GUESS WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THESE SMALL ITEMS HERE THAT LOOK LIKE THAT IF THEY WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WHICH IS UNDER OUR PURVIEW, WOULD BE, UH, APPROVED WITH ALMOST NO, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH NO TROUBLE.
BECAUSE WE FREQUENTLY MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, EXCEPTIONS FOR, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO REQUEST VARIANCES FOR, UH, CUT AND FILL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RIPERION UH, HABITATS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND I DON'T SEE WHY WE ARE GRANTING A BLANKET EXCEPTION FOR THE AIRPORT TO CIRCUMVENT LARGE SECTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE SIMPLY FOR CONVENIENCE.
UH, THESE THINGS CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON A REASONABLE BASIS, AND WE CAN EVALUATE THEM IN THE SAME MANNER THAT WE EVALUATE OTHER, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US AND PROVIDE A CONSISTENT PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE REQUEST AND GET IT BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, I DON'T SEE WHY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SHOULD BE CUT OUT OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, UH, IN A WHOLESALE MANNER.
UH, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT IN SOME CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FUEL STORAGE ISSUE, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, HAS TO DO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOUND UP BEING AN ISSUE IN PART BECAUSE, UH, THE MASTER PLAN ALLOWED IT TO CIRCUMVENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
SO, UH, IT NEVER GOT THE, UH, PUBLIC VIEWING BEFORE OUR BODY THAT IT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY IF THIS WERE A NORMAL EVENT.
AND, UH, SO THE PUBLIC WASN'T ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THEIR TESTIMONY AS TO THEIR CONCERNS, AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PERHAPS PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE AIRPORT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT AS TO ALTERNATIVE SITES OR ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE POSSIBLE, UH, YOU KNOW, HARMFUL DAMAGE FROM LEAKS AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, SO AS A MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, I LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GRANTING A BLANKET EXEMPTION FOR THINGS THAT ARE GENERALLY ROUTINE ITEMS. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT ALL THIS, AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO THAT.
AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
OH, AND THE OTHER THING WAS WHY ARE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING BEFORE THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION BECAUSE, OR COMMITTEE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE SLIDES SAID THAT SU SUSTAINABILITY IS A KEY THING HERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ON THE LIST OF COMMITTEES, IT'S GOING BEFORE THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A COMMENT THERE.
UH, AND I REVIEWED THE SPILL RESPONSE PLAN DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR NOTIFYING THE
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NEIGHBORS IF THERE'S A FUEL SPILL AT THE FUEL TANKS.UH, I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO EVACUATE THE AREA WEST OF THE AIRPORT IN CASE OF A FUEL SPILL OUT OF THE, UM, THOSE FUEL TANKS.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK, I HAVEN'T HAD A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME HOLES IN THIS THING AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR US, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO GIVE YOU CART BLANCHE ON ALL THIS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PLAN TO EVACUATE THE NEIGHBORS IN CASE THERE'S A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE MOVE AROUND THIS SIDE.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE BACKUP, BUT PART OF THE CRITICAL WATERCOLOR DEVELOPMENT ZONES, YOU KNOW, EXEMPTION BASED ON CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS, IT WASN'T REALLY CLEAR WHAT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS WERE.
AND IN THE BACKUP IT DID MENTION THAT ALL NATURAL, UM, DRAINS AND RIPARIAN AREAS WOULD STILL BE PROTECTED.
IS THAT, CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THERE? UM, YES.
ALL NATURAL AREAS ARE, WILL STILL BE PROTECTED AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA RUSTIN, DO YOU WANNA RUSTIN RUSSO ARE, UM, MY PROJECT MANAGERS SUPERVISOR WILL GO IN MORE DETAIL ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
HI, UH, RUSTY ROUSSEL WITH THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, OF THE NATURAL WATERWAYS, UH, ON AVIATION PROPERTY AND WHERE THOSE NATURAL WATERWAYS EXIST.
UH, WE ARE PROTECTING AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, FOLLOWING THE, THE SETBACKS THERE, THOSE, THOSE REQUESTS WERE FOR THOSE MANMADE CHANNELS, UH, THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS, UH, AS LIZ MENTIONED EARLIER.
UH, AND THEN REGARDING THAT WATER QUALITY CONTROL REQUIRED AND EXEMPTION FOR TAXI LANES, UM, I WAS JUST SORT OF SURPRISED IT'S WHY ARE THESE CONSIDERED NOT HIGH POLLUTANT AREAS? UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MOVEMENT OF THE, UH, AIRCRAFT IS, HIGH POLLUTANT AREAS ARE CONSIDERED WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ARE PARKED, UH, WHERE DEICING OCCURS AND FUELING OCCURS.
AND THEN, UM, THAT RETROFIT OF THE BARB JORDAN TERMINAL FOR WATER REUSE, UM, ARE THERE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS TYPE OF REQUIREMENT? NO.
AND THE, THE CENTRAL PLANT, WHICH WILL SERVE, THERE'S A NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLAN THAT'S BASICALLY THE AIR CONDITIONER FOR YOUR TERMINAL THAT IS GONNA BE RETROFITTED WITH THIS PROJECT, UH, THAT MS. SUMMER WENT OVER.
AND THAT IS GONNA USE RECLAIMED WATER.
SO THAT IS, UM, A HUGE WATER USER IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OR LARGE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANTS WITH COOLING TOWERS.
SO, SO, SO ESSENTIALLY THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL WILL USE RECLAIMED WATER, UM, FOR ITS COOLING.
UM, YEAH, AND THEN I GUESS REALLY MOST OF MY OTHER CONCERNS JUST HAVE TO DO WITH THE, THE CAPTURE VOLUME FOR RUNOFF.
BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT ON TO MARIANA COMMISSIONER KRUEGER.
SORRY, THAT IS THE PERFECT SEGUE CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT
UM, SO ON PAGE NINE, SUBSECTION B2 OF 25 DASH 8 2 13 WATER QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS, UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THOSE COST PROHIBITIVE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT AREN'T DETAILED OUT ALL OF OUR ORIGINAL, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE AIRPORT, ALL DRAINAGE.
UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE DESIGNED REGARD, UM, REGARDING THE HALF INCH CAPTURE.
UM, IF, IF WE ARE TO GO BACK, UM, AND, AND TO REPLACE THAT, YOU WOULD BE TEARING UP MOST OF, UM, THE, THE AIRFIELD AS WELL, REPLACING ALL OF THAT DRAINAGE, UM, WHICH IS A MAJOR INTERRUPTION TO THE OPERATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS AND IN THE BUILDING.
CHRIS, YOU YOU GOT ANYTHING? HEY, Y'ALL.
UM, YEAH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY THE COMMUNITY HAVE VOICED, UH, A FRUSTRATION IN, UH, BEING SORT OF CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS OR FEELING LIKE THEY'RE LEFT OUT.
I CAN SPEAK FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, I DON'T LIVE NEAR THE AIRPORT, BUT MY FOLKS WHO LIVE OUT ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE
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A DUPLEX OFF OF CARSON CREEK IN, UH, ON BEAR PA TRAIL.AND WHENEVER I TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE AIRPORT STUFF THAT'S COMING UP, THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, RELATIVELY CLUELESS, WHICH I MEAN, HEY, THEY'RE OLD, IT HAPPENS, RIGHT? BUT, UH, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY DO A BETTER JOB OF JUST OUTREACH IN GENERAL TO CITIZENS, WHETHER IT'S RENTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNERS, UH, BUSINESSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY PERSONAL FEAR IS THAT A LOT OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE, THE EXPEDITION OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAKE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS WILL BASICALLY LEAD TO A SITUATION WHERE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AROUND THERE WILL REALLY BE MORE SUITED FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR LIKE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE LONG-TERM FAMILY RENTALS, WHICH I THINK WILL PROBABLY COMPOUND THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES IN AUSTIN.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL TAKE ON IT.
UM, YEAH, I ALSO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BRIMER THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD STUFF TO SAY, UH, FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES JUST GIVEN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DIFFERENT BOARDS AND WHAT THEY DO.
UM, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SORT OF THING THAT'S POPPED UP, UH, THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE, THE POSSIBLE LACK OF LIKE, PUBLIC OPINION AND SORT OF LIKE WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE IF WE SORT OF GRANT THESE, UM, TO USE THE TERM, YOU KNOW, CARTE BLANCHE VARIANCES, UM, WHAT WOULD THAT SORT OF PROCESS BE? A LOT OF IT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBO, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS LIKE D S D OR W P D WOULD UH, BE TAKING A LOOK AT IT, I ASSUME.
UM, BUT WOULD THERE BE LIKE ANY SORT OF LIKE ANNUAL OR QUARTERLY UPDATES TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON HERE SO THAT THERE WOULD AT LEAST BE LIKE SOME KIND OF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST KEEPING Y'ALL IN THE LOOP.
UM, WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS BE LIKE OR LOOK LIKE? SO, SO ON THE, THE, THE REVIEWS, UM, ALL PROJECTS, ALL THOSE, UM, GO IN AND PLANS IN OUR REVIEW BY THE CODE REVIEWERS, UM, AT DSD AND WATERSHED.
UM, AND, UM, SO THERE IS THAT FIRST, UM, CHECK THERE.
I THINK THAT ANNUAL UPDATES TO, UM, UH, COMMISSIONS REGARDING, UM, THE STATUS, UM, HOW WE'RE COMPLYING ARE, UH, REASONABLE AND WARRANTED.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE AIRPORT CAN DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE THAT WE PLAY HERE BETWEEN SORT OF, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL REALITIES AND PEOPLE'S, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL REALITIES AND, AND LIVELIHOODS IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS, UM, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I FORGOT THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD.
UM, MAYBE I'LL SAY IT IF IT GETS BACK TO ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KIND OF REQUEST.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF STANDARDIZED REQUIRED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT TO THE BOTH THE MASTER SITE PLAN UPDATES AND THE INDIVIDUAL SITE PLAN AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND TO, UM, I GUESS JUST COMMEND YOU FOR HAVING TO NAVIGATE BOTH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, F FA, FAA REGULATIONS AND EVERY OTHER LAYER OF, UH, COMPLICATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
WELL, ONE, ONE ANALOGY I WOULD MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DESCRIBE WHY THERE IS THIS QUOTE, CARP BLANCHE APPROVAL OF THINGS IS WHEN WE HAVE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, GENERALLY THE TRADEOFF IS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS SOME INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR SHOWING THAT THE PROJECT IS MUCH BETTER OVERALL THAN IF IT WERE SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY POINTED OUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE PROTECTION FOR THE NATURAL WATER COURSES, UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT TO ADD ON BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OTHER RELAXATIONS IN THE CODE.AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO WATER QUALITY PROTECTION FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, FUNDS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOME RELAXATIONS IN THE CODE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS ALL OF THE MORE POSITIVE THINGS, UM, TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GETTING RELAXATIONS WITHIN THE CODE IN OTHER AREAS.
AND, UH, ANOTHER SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION OF, WITH REGARD TO THE TANKS ABOUT, UM, MEASURING, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING MO MONITORING FOR AIR POLLUTION AROUND THEM.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, I AGAIN, GUESS THE OTHER POINT THAT EVERYBODY IS MAKING IS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT PROBLEMS FROM THE AIRPORT AS WELL IN DISTRICT TWO, AS IT IS DISTRICT TWO, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S BOARDS AND WHATNOT.
UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
I GUESS I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BUT
UH, I ALSO, UM, ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER NICHOLS, UM, COMMENTS WITH BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, LAYERS, UH, THAT THIS, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT REQUIRES, AND LET'S FACE IT, AN AIRPORT IS THE LEAST ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPE, UH, BIG PROJECT, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
UH, WHETHER IT'S AIR, WATER, LIGHT, SOUND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT, IT BREAKS ALL THE RULES.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SWALLOW THAT PILL A LITTLE BIT, UM, AS WE LOOK AT THESE.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY COMMUNICATED WITH.
UM, AND THAT I AGREE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER QUALITY, UM, NEEDS TO BE EXECUTED WITH THAT UTMOST, YOU KNOW, PRECISION, UM, AND, AND FEEDBACK, CONSTANT FEEDBACK TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND HAVE THAT AWARENESS.
UH, I ALSO, UM, ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN'S, UM, SUGGESTION THAT WATER QUALITY MAN, UH, MONITORING SITES BE ESTABLISHED, UM, ON THE NATURAL WATERWAYS.
THERE, UM, I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, CUZ UM, I THINK YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE THING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WAS THE, UM, LIKE THE PERMIT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF, UH, AIR FORCE STRUCTURES, UM, WONDERED IF YOU COULD GO MORE INTO DETAIL.
LIKE WHAT KIND OF AIR FORCE STRUCTURES ARE STILL LEFT ON THE PROPERTY? LIKE IF IT'S, UM, I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING, LIKE IMAGINING IF THERE WAS LEFTOVER PLANE PARTS THAT MAY POTENTIALLY HAVE LIKE HAZARDOUS, HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, OR IF IT'S LIKE ALL BUILDING STRUCTURES, IT'S ALL BUILDING STRUCTURES AND ALL THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED AS WELL FROM, UM, AND POTENTIALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BEFORE, UM, UH, UH, BEFORE WE DID THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, THEY'RE STORAGE TYPE FACILITIES, UM, THAT, UM, THAT WERE USED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, VACANT BUILDINGS, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAMPUS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH NO EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A LOT THAT THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY, UM, ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS, IS THERE A, UM, LIKE A NEW PLAN INSIGHT ON HOW YOU WOULD START POTENTIALLY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY? I, WE'LL TAKE THE, THE FEEDBACK AND COME UP WITH A PLAN, UM, UM, TO, UM, TO, TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, UM, UM, LOOP IN PLACE WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT I THINK THIS IS, UM, REASONABLE FEEDBACK.
UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING.UM, AND I'M, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE KIND OF WHAT THE INTENT FOR THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING WAS WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED, MAYBE IN, WHEN THE, IN THE LATE NINETIES WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER FROM THE AIR FORCE, WAS THERE A, A CONCERN THAT THE, THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINANTS IN THE WATER THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT FROM THE PROPERTY TO, SO KIND OF THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND, AND ARE WE, IS ARE THE CHANGES OR THE VARIANCES THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING GOING TO STILL FULFILL THAT INTENT? AND THE SECOND PART IS WHAT HAVE BEEN THE RESULTS OF THE MONITORING OVER THE LAST 20 SOME ODD YEARS? AND, AND DO WE HAVE INDICATIONS THAT THE TAXIWAYS AND OTHER AREAS ARE LOW CONTAMINANT, UH, AREAS? I'M GONNA TAKE THIS ONE.
I WAS LOOKING AT YOU THE WHOLE TIME.
I KIND OF ASSUMED THAT, BUT YEAH.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU DO GET WITH, WITH ME BEING HERE IS I WAS HIRED TO DEVELOP THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, STARTING IN 2000.
SO, UM, I HAVE OVERSEEN PERSONALLY THE STORMWATER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT YOUR AIRPORT FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN.
IT'S COMPREHENSIVE TO THE ENTIRE AIRPORT.
EVERY MEMBER IS A STAKEHOLDER.
AIRLINES FAA, THE NATIONAL GUARD.
THAT'S HOW WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS PROTECTED BY US REALLY COMMUNICATING AND TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ANY ISSUES OF THESE HIGH POLLUTANT AREAS AS WAS DISCUSSED.
WE WANT TO BAIT THOSE IN IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DO.
UM, THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE DO MONITORING AT THE OUTFALLS.
EVERY RAIN EVENT THAT MEETS A CERTAIN CRITERIA, WE'RE OUT GRABBING SAMPLES.
UM, ONCE A YEAR WE GRAB SAMPLES FOR HEAVY METALS.
UM, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE SAMPLED FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, WHICH IS THE DEICING CHEMICAL.
UM, WE'VE SAMPLED FOR CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, WHICH WOULD BE A PRECURSOR FOR TELLING YOU IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER, MAKING IT TO THE OUTFALL.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY HAVE A ROBUST TEAM, AND I KNOW IT'S JUST, I'M SOME GUY UP HERE, BUT I DO WANNA STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS.
UM, SO WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPING TEAM, BUT WE'RE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS, AND SO THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO US AS WELL.
UM, AND WE HAVE A STAFF, WE HAVE, THEY'RE THE MOST OF THE STAFF AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.
HALF OF THOSE FOLKS ARE FOCUSED ON STORMWATER COMPLIANCE, SPILL RESPONSE, UH, MAKING SURE THE TENANTS ARE EDUCATED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, HOW THEY'RE STORING CHEMICALS, HOW THEY'RE MANAGING THINGS.
AND SO THAT PROGRAM IS ONLINE.
THERE'S A STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN, AND MR. BRIMMER, UH, LOOKED AT APPENDIX F AND SAW THAT.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THE SPILL PLAN IS.
THAT'S THE OVERALL SPILL PLAN.
THERE ARE SPILL PLANS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY THAT'S REQUIRED, AND THAT'S CALLED A FACILITY RESPONSE PLAN THAT'S RELATED TO THE, UH, THE FUEL STORAGE FACILITY.
SO THERE'S A SEPARATE PLAN FOR THAT ONE.
UM, AND SO THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY ON, THAT'S A TENANT.
AND SO THEY HAVE THAT PLAN AND THEY MANAGE IT.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OVER THE YEARS THAT SHOW THAT WE'RE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED COMPENSATORY TREATMENT.
AND THAT IS A METHOD WHERE THE VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS THE PRACTICES.
YOU KNOW, WE REMOVE THE RUBBER ONCE, YOU KNOW, UH, A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR THEY GO OUT.
WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, BA BASICALLY GIANT POWER WASHING TRUCKS THAT GO AND CLEAN THE RUNWAY.
WE, WE RECOVER ALL THAT MATERIAL, WE FILTER IT, WE GET A DISCHARGE PERMIT FROM THE WATER UTILITY, WE DISCHARGE IT TO THE WATER UTILITY UNDER THEIR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT REALLY ARE IN THE WEEDS OF LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON THAT ARE KIND OF HARD TO CONVEY, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO DO THAT, A BETTER JOB OF THAT.
BUT THOSE THINGS ARE ALL TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT TO MAYBE GET SOME PEOPLE TO SEE THAT WE'VE REALLY DOCUMENTED THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT CAPTURING, UM, AND APPLYING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ON A RUNWAY OR TAXIWAY THAT WE'RE DOING THE EQUIVALENT WITH THE VEGETATIVE FILTER REMOVAL.
AND WE HAVE HIRED VERY GOOD ENGINEERS THAT ARE TRUSTED IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
WE, WE DIDN'T DO THAT OURSELVES.
UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE LONG TERM 30 PLUS YEAR ENGINEERS, UM, THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US TO DEVELOP THOSE PROGRAMS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE CODE.
AND SO THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, AND I'LL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING, IS WE HAVE NOT SEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AT
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THE MAJOR OUTFALLS.AND SO THAT MAJOR OUTFALL, THEY'RE TWO OR THREE AND THEY GO TO ONION CREEK, AND THOSE ARE MONITORED CONSISTENTLY.
UM, ARE WE PERFECT? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
AND, UM, BUT DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS, WE'RE REALLY GOOD.
THE CON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE'LL HAVE IS THE CONSTRUCTION, JUST MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION RUNOFF.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE GONNA, THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEAMS HAVE ROBUST STORMWATER CONSTRUCTION, STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION TEAMS, AND WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT RUNOFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE AIRPORT.
AND SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR FOLKS, UM, IN THE ROOM GOING FORWARD IS CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER.
AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO I'LL GO BACK, I THINK I KIND OF WENT OVER A LOT, BUT IS THERE ANY MORE I CAN SPECIFICALLY ANSWER? UM, I SEE YOU KRUEGER.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I WON'T, I WON'T FORGET.
UM, UM, UH, NO, THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE.
UH, I, I THINK TO KIND OF FURTHER THAT, I, I THINK REPORTING SOME OF THOSE, THE WATER QUALITY INFORMATION, UM, THE, THE PART OF THE THEME WE'RE HEARING HERE IS JUST, UM, ENGAGING THE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND REPORTING THAT.
SO IF, IF, IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, AN ANNUAL KIND OF CO COME AND TELL US HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT VARIANCES YOU, YOU USED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND WHAT YOU HAVE COMING DOWN THE PIPE THIS NEXT YEAR, OR SOME KIND OF A REPORTING, UM, DIALOGUE, UM, THAT, THAT SET UP, HAVING SOME WATER QUALITY REPORTING AS PART OF THAT I THINK WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE PUBLIC CONCERN, UM, OF THAT UNCERTAINTY.
UM, AND, AND YOU, YOU HAD ALREADY NOTED THIS BEFORE, BUT SOME KIND OF A, A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN, SOMETHING THAT THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA GET ENGAGED.
THIS IS HOW I NEED TO CONNECT WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER OR, OR GET ON THIS WEBSITE OR SOMETHING.
SOMETHING TO WHERE THERE'S A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT PLAN, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN I THIS, UM, I'M GONNA PIVOT HERE A LITTLE BIT TO WATER WATERSHED PROTECTION, BUT FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE, ARE THESE VARIANCES COMMENSURATE TO, TO THE WATER QUALITY ELEMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE VERY LONG TAXIWAYS WITH VERY LONG FILTER STRIPS THAT PRESUMABLY CAN CLEAN A LOT OF WATER, BUT WHAT, WHAT, FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE, UM, IS THIS, IS THIS, UH, SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, YEAH.
WE DO SUPPORT THE, UH, PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
UM, AND I WONDER IF MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO, TO, AS, AS BACK UP THE, FOR THE NEXT ONE, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
BUT, UH, UH, FOR, FOR WATER QUALITY, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF, IF IT WAS REALLY LIKE MAYBE, UH, NOT UNDERSTOOD OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ACTUALLY, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE AREAS, ESPECIALLY THE, THE REALLY HIGH POLLUTING AREAS, NOT JUST THE REGULAR POLLUTING AREAS, BUT THE HIGHER POLLUTING AREAS THAT ACTUALLY GETS, YOU KNOW, TO A, A TREATMENT WATER QUALITY TREATMENT.
IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH A WATER QUALITY POND.
AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A HIGHER LEVEL.
UM, AND SO ELSEWHERE, WE ARE GONNA WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON IDENTIFYING, UM, LOCATIONS THAT CAN HAVE IMPROVED WATER QUALITY CONTROLS AND, UM, FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, IT'S ALSO MEETING A, A HIGH STANDARD.
SO I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A KIND OF A UNIQUE AREA AND DOES NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, ITS OWN SET OF REGULATIONS.
UM, BUT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
AND THEN TO KIND OF PIVOT OFF OR, OR, OR PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN WAS SAYING, I, I THINK THE NARRATIVE OF THE, THE GOOD, THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, THE APPROACH TO, TO THE STORMWATER, UH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE TIED IN.
UM, AND, AND A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS LIKE THE REUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, RECLAIMED WATER FOR THE AC FOR THE WHOLE TERMINAL, THAT'S HUGE WATER USE.
UM, SO, SO TELLING THAT STORY IN, IN THIS PROCESS, I THINK WILL HELP ENGAGE THE PUBLIC A LOT.
UM, COMMISSIONER KRUEGER, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO FOLLOW UP? YEAH.
SOME IS IN THE SAME VEIN OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WERE JUST SPEAKING ON, BUT I'M CURIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DATA REFERENCED, UM, SOME BEING TAKEN ANNUALLY, OTHERS PERHAPS MORE OFTEN, UM, FOR DIFFERENT CHEMICAL MARKERS.
AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT IF ANY OF THAT DATA IS MADE PUBLIC.
UM, AND WHEN I KNOW I, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I GO SWIMMING SOMEWHERE TO CHECK DIFFERENT WATER QUALITY, IS IT SAFE RIGHT NOW? IS IT SAFE FOR A FRIEND'S DOG? UM, SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
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AND THEN ALSO, UM, I'M CURIOUS IF DURING CONSTRUCTION, IF THERE'S ANY INCREASED, WHETHER IN FREQUENCY OR TYPE, UM, OF MONITORING THAT'S DONE FOR WATER AND AIR QUALITY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, SO THAT IF SOMETHING IS NOTICED IN CHANGING WATER OR AIR QUALITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION CAN MAYBE PIVOT OR TAKE A BREAK OR DO SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO, TO THAT NEED.YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT RESULTS? WHAT YOU WANT ME TO GO? YEAH.
UM, SOME OF THE DATA IS SUMMARIZED IN TABLES ONLINE IN THE STORMWATER POLICE PREVENTION PLAN.
UM, WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS WHERE WE'VE SHARED THE DATA, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP SOME KIND OF REPORT OUT, UM, THAT DATA, IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY.
I'M, I'M A PUBLIC STEWARD, SO WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS AND WE, WE WILL SHARE THAT DATA.
I MEAN, THAT IS NOT A BIG DEAL FOR US.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, YES.
UM, ONE THING THAT MAYBE WASN'T COVERED SO MUCH HERE IS THAT THIS PROJECT THAT MS. SCHINDLER'S GONNA DELIVER IS REALLY A REDEVELOPMENT.
MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE IN A VERY CONSTRAINED AREA IN THE CENTER PART OF THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S WHERE THIS WORK IS GONNA OCCUR.
AND SO THAT ADDS TO THE COMPLEXITY.
AND SO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOLDING BASINS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS OUT THERE DOING INSPECTIONS, UM, MAKING SURE THE CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE, SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART OF THE, THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT FOR THIS NEXT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO EXTEND THE RECLAIMED WATER LINE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT SO THAT WE CAN DO DUST CONTROL, UM, WITH RECLAIMED WATER INSTEAD OF USING OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, DRINKING WATER TO DO DUST SUPPRESSION.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING ABOUT YOUR QUESTION, UM, ABOUT CONSTRUCTION EMISSIONS.
WE DO PARTNER WITH CAP COG, AND SO WE, WE DO SIT ON THEIR MEETINGS AND, UM, WE DO HAVE VOLUNTARY THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE TO CAP COG.
UH, AND ONE OF THOSE, UM, THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND I KNOW CAP COG AND THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT PARTICULAR MATTER CONCERNS.
AND SO DUST CONTROL AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE PART OF OUR VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE LISTED WITH CAP COG FOR EMISSIONS CONTROL.
BUT, UM, ANTI IDLING IS A CITY POLICY.
SO THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND, UH, UH, HAVING THE MOST EFFICIENT DIESEL ENGINES THAT WE CAN HAVE OUT THERE, UM, IS IT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
UM, THE T C Q DOES TAKE HAVE A WATER SAMPLE, UH, THAT'S TAKEN JUST DOWNSTREAM ON ONION CREEK.
KRUEGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP ON THAT OR, OKAY, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THIS MICROPHONE'S IN YOUR FACE AND YOUR BRAIN JUST GOES BLANK.
ONE, UH, THING THAT, UH, OCCURRED TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE LIST LISTING OFF STORE, THE LIST OF STUFF THAT YOU TEST FOR, SOMEBODY ELSE HAD MENTIONED IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, MICROPLASTICS AND WATER, YOU KNOW, BEING TRACEABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TIRES ON CARS.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE CURIOUS TO SEE SORT OF LIKE, UH, CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION, YOU KNOW, TESTING FOR MICROPLASTICS.
I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER IT GETS, YOU KNOW, TREATED AND, AND DISCHARGED INTO ONION CREEK.
UH, AND THEN MY QUESTION WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER, RIGHT? WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, I FORGET WHAT THE ACRONYM WAS, RIGHT? BUT THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, $624,000, WHATEVER ALLOCATED TO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND, UH, THE AIRPORT WOULD ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE SPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO, UH, TO FUND IT AND TO SEE ITS GOALS BE ACHIEVED, THAT IF WE IN SOME OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMEWHAT LESSEN OUR STANDARDS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GREATER FISCAL SOLVENCY, THAT THAT'S SOMEWHAT, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, SORT OF OFFSETS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE GAINS THAT ARE MADE.
SO I THINK, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FORMER COMMISSIONER ANNA GEAR, YOU KNOW, SHARED THIS AND, AND EMAIL THAT SHE CIRCULATED THAT, UH, IT MAY BE WORTH IT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, UH, THE EQUITY OFFICE ON THIS, UM, AND JUST SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACHIEVE THESE, THESE FISCAL GOALS AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MOVING QUICKLY WITH CONSTRUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, MORE EFFICIENTLY
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WITH AT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM LIKE A EQUITY LENS.SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY ALSO RECOMMEND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE IDEAS MOVING FORWARD? MADAM SECRETARY? MM-HMM.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US DO, THANK YOU.
UH, JULY 5TH, 2023, UH, AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, UM, DEVELOP AIRPORT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE, WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE SERVES AS A RE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DEFINED AIRPORT BOUNDARY, AND THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW EVERY 10 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT THE AIRPORT FALLS WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER, CARSON CREEK AND ONION CREEK WATERSHEDS, AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES AN UPDATE TO THE M D P ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENT PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT'S LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE PRE-APPROVED VARIANCES NEEDED FOR THE STRATEGIC PROGRESSION OF ENABLING PROJECTS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM ADVANCES IN A TIMELY ORDER THAT MEETS AIRLINE AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS AND TO ALIGN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH CURRENT CITY CODE.
AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT THE PROPOSED UPDATE WAS DEVELOPED IN CONCERT AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS OF AVIATION WATERSHED PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND WILL GUIDE THE AIRPORT'S FUTURE EXPANSION EFFORTS WHILE ABIDING BY THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES.
WHEREAS STAFF SUPPORTS THE UPDATES IN THE MASTER PLAN AND THEREFORE, SO I DON'T NEED, AND THERE, SORRY.
UM, THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE UPDATES TO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN ORDINANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
NUMBER ONE, IMPROVE PUBLIC INPUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, NOTIFIED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ASK FOR THEIR INPUT ON THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FOR FUTURE AND FOR FUTURE AND, AND CURRENT IMPROVEMENTS.
INSTALL WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS ON THE NATURAL WATERWAYS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION REGULARLY WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION AND MAKE PUBLIC INCLUDE THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEW THE MASTER PLAN IN 2023.
AND FOR FUTURE UPDATES AND INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
UM, IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, THIS IS RANDBERG.
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I HAVE A, UH, MODIFICATION TO THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, AND THIS REFERS BACK TO, UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT WHERE IT RAN OFF TO HERE.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WAS SUPPLIED HAD A LIST OF, UH, I ITEMS ON IT.
THERE WAS ALPHABETICALLY LABELED, I BELIEVE.
I FORGET THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT.
IT'S THE AIRPORT ORDINANCE DOCUMENT, I BELIEVE.
AND IT LISTS THE, UH, VARIANCES REQUESTED, UH, A THROUGH, UH, OH, I BELIEVE, YEAH, THE, THE ORDINANCE BACKUP AT THE TABLE.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE, UH, FROM THIS, UH, ITEMS F G H I, J K L M N AND O.
SO TO CLARIFY, REMOVE THOSE REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE AMEN, OR THE UPDATE TO THE,
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TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.THEY ARE ALL ADDRESS SECTION 25 DASH EIGHT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF O WHICH EX, UH, ADDRESSES 25 DASH NINE ELIZABETH FUNK WATERSHED.
CAN I CLARIFY, IS THIS AN AMENDMENT OR IS THIS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? I BELIEVE IT'S BEING PRESENTED AS AN AMENDMENT, IS THAT CORRECT, BREMER? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'RE APPROVING THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN CONCEPT WITH THE IDEA THAT SECTIONS AS, AS NOTED IN THE BACKUP ROSE J THROUGH NO F THROUGH O, IS THAT CORRECT? OR PAGES TWO AND TWO AND THREE? UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, TWO AND THREE, YEAH, TWO, THREE, UM, OUR, YEAH, IT RUNS OVER INTO FOUR, BUT YEAH, OUR NOT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN UPDATE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
UM, AND WITH, GO AHEAD WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISO, UH, CHAIR THAT, UH, IF WE ELIMINATE THOSE, THAT, UH, WE WILL EXPEDITE HEARING REQUESTS FROM THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW THAT FALL UNDER THOSE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF POSTING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE INTENT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THERE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY OF EXPEDITING REQUESTS FROM THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS FOR THEM TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE BUSINESS OF THE AIRPORT GOING IN AN, YOU KNOW, EXPEDITED MANNER, THEN WE WILL EXPEDITE HEARING THEIR REQUESTS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THEM FILING A PUBLIC REQUEST, YOU KNOW, POSTING A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A REQUEST ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING.
SO WE ARE NOT GONNA DALLY DILLY DALLY AROUND ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS IT FORTH WITH.
YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
UM, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE TELLING STAFF TO EXPEDITE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE OURSELVES AS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WOULD NOT EXPEDITE THOSE THINGS, CORRECT? I'M LOOKING AT KATIE, DO YOU WANNA SAY THAT? WELL, MY, LET ME, OKAY, LET ME TRY TO CLARIFY.
UM, I THINK THAT SINCE I'M NOT PART OF THE PROCESS, WHICH SCHEDULES THINGS, UH, I PERCEIVE THAT THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHEN ITEMS ARE SCHEDULED, IS MY PERCEPTION.
AND SOME THINGS ARE DELAYED AT, FOR, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT I DON'T, THAT I'M NOT A PART OF.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS FLEXIBILITY TO EXPEDITE THE HEARING OF THESE ITEMS AS OPPOSED TO DELAYING THEM TO A FUTURE DATE, WHICH MAY BE THE CASE IN, IN SOME SITUATIONS, THAT WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO HEAR THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO SINCE I'M NOT PART OF THE PROCESS, WHICH SETS THE SCHEDULE OF THE COMMISSION, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON HOW THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOWS UP AT THIS MEETING VERSUS THE NEXT MEETING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND DO NOT PLACE ANY UNNECESSARILY DELAYS ON A REQUEST FROM THE, THE AIRPORT.
UH, SO HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO BE WORDED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
UH, OR IF I MISS THE WAY THAT THE SCHEDULE'S SET, THEN THAT'S OKAY TOO.
I CAN OFFER SOME, UM, INSIGHT IN HOW ITEMS GET ADDED TO THIS SCHEDULE.
SO, UM, ONE THING I WANNA SAY THERE IS GOING TO HAVE, THERE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, UM, A KIND OF AN EXPEDITED REVIEW TEAM FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH I ASSUME AIRPORT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.
SO THERE WILL ALREADY BE, UH, EXPEDITED REVIEW FOR, UM, THESE SORTS OF PROJECTS.
UM, AS FAR AS BEING SCHEDULED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, WE, UH, THAT THE VARIANCES, UM, WE CAN'T REALLY COME TO A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ONE WAY OR OR ANOTHER UNTIL THE PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH ITS REVIEW SUCH THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES
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AND WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.UM, AND SO USUALLY THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE REVIEWER BRINGS IT TO THE GROUP AND WE DISCUSS IT AT ONE OF OUR COORDINATION MEETINGS, AND THEN IT GOES ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA.
UM, SO ONE THAT IS NOT OVERLY FULL.
UM, SO USUALLY THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DELAY AS FAR AS ON STAFF'S END.
UM, SO I DON'T, I MEAN, WE CAN TRY TO EXPEDITE IT, BUT THE REALITY IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T FEEL HAS BEEN REVIEWED SUBSTANTIALLY YET.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE PERCEIVED THAT WE ARE UNDULY, UH, HOLDING UP SOMETHING THAT MAY BE OF A CRITICAL NATURE ON THE PART OF THE AIRPORT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REASONS.
SO THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT TAGLINE ON THERE.
UH, BUT IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY OR IT, YOU KNOW, BREAKS A RULE OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS, THEN I'M FINE WITH, WITH DRAWING IT.
I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE AIRPORTS REQUESTS GET THE PRIORITY THAT'S NECESSARY TO, TO REVIEW IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THAT'S THE ONLY, MY ONLY, UH, MY ONLY, YOU KNOW, POINT THERE.
LIZ, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, MAYBE EXPAND A LITTLE BIT.
IF, SO, IF THESE, IF, IF THESE KIND OF, IT'S ALMOST LIKE PRE-APPROVED VARIANCES.
D DON'T WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO NOT INCLUDE THESE VARIOUS VARIANCES OR VARIANCES THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THESE SECTIONS OF THE CODE? I, THEY WOULD COME TO US, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL, OR I MEAN IT WOULD, THEY WE WOULDN'T BE ON THE ONLY STOP ON, ON THE TRAIN, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION WHO MAKES THE FINAL REC, UM, APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE US TWO ENVIRONMENTAL AND, AND THEN LAND USE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT FOR VARIANCES, THOSE ARE THE TWO REQUIRED CODE REQUIRED STOPS.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED TO BY BRIMER GUYS? QUESTIONS? CONVERSATION, DIALOGUE? SO, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THESE WOULD BE SUBSECTIONS, B3 AND C OF 25 8, 2 11, AND THEN SUBSECTION A AND B2 OF 25 8 2 13, UH, CORRECT.
THAT THOSE, THAT, THAT'S FG AND H CORRECT.
DO YOU GET D BUT THEN ALSO 25 8, 2 61 ON, ON ROW I CHAIR? YES.
KATIE, KATIE, COEN, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
THIS IS A LOT OF ITEMS AND, AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT CURRENTLY OF WHAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO Y'ALL.
IT'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ESSENTIALLY GUT THE INTENT OF US COMING ALONGSIDE THE FOLKS FROM THE AIRPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, TO HELP EXPEDITE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT.
THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD CHANGE THE PROCESS ENTIRELY FOR, FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS, IS A LOT OF ITEMS. I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR TO EVERYONE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED BY THIS AMENDMENT? THANK YOU.
IT ACTUALLY, IT, IT, IT, IT TOTALLY CHANGES, UM, THE INTENT OF THE REST OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS BEING MADE.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE AN AMENDMENT, IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY SHOULD BE ITS OWN, UM, RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT NEGATES THIS, THIS WHOLE OTHER ONE IS WHERE I'M KIND OF GOING ON THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION OR, OR AN ADDITIONAL MOTION.
I, I WASN'T PLANNING ON SECONDING THIS MOTION.
DO WE NEED A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? FOR THE AMENDMENT? I MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE SUGGEST THAT IT ACTUALLY MAYBE IS BETTER SUITED FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION RATHER THAN AN AMENDMENT.
UM, UH, WALK US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN, ELIZABETH.
UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE OUR LAST RETREAT, UM, UH, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE US, WE WILL VOTE ON THAT TO REPLACE THE MOTION THAT WAS READ.
UM, AND THEN IF IT PASSES, IT IS THEN THE BODY'S MOTION.
AND IF IT, IF IT FAILS, THEN IT WE GO BACK TO THE MOTION THAT WAS READ BY THE SECRETARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'VE GOT IT.
WAS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, ON THE, UH, COMMISSIONER BRIM'S SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE HEARD ONE YET.
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ANY MORE CONVERSATION OR DOES ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BREMER? CAN I REAL QUICK CLARIFY? IT WAS ITEMS F THROUGH O, CORRECT.COMMISSIONER, BREINER, BRIMER, ALL OF THOSE? UH, YES MA'AM.
I'M GONNA GO IN ONCE ANYONE WANT, WANNA SECOND THIS MOTION GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
I'M GONNA SAY WE DID NOT GET A SECOND FOR THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY ABOUT THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE US, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WAS READ BY, UH, SECRETARY OF BRISTOL AT, AT THIS POINT.
AND, AND WE CAN, YOU, WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER BROWNER, BUT I DO WANT TO ADD, UH, AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OR AN AMENDMENT, I GUESS IT WOULD BE FOR, UH, THE, UH, FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UM, THAT KIND OF WALKS THROUGH WHATEVER THE PRE-APPROVED VARIANCES WERE THAT, THAT WERE CONDUCTED OR USED, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND THEN SOME LEVEL OF FORECAST OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE VARIANCES YOU'LL NEED, BUT WHAT WORK IS GONNA BE DONE.
AND IN THAT ALSO SOME FINDINGS ON THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
I FEEL LIKE, DO WE NEED A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT? YES, I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
YOU CAN GIVE IT TO SULLIVAN AND I'LL SECOND IT OR HOWEVER YOU WANT IT.
UM, ALRIGHT, WITH THAT HAVING A SECOND, DOES ANYONE, UH, OPPOSE THAT, UM, BEING AMENDED TO THE MOTION? I COULD I ASK A QUICK QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE LANGUAGE RIGHT? YES.
SO YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT, UM, THE, THE DATA AND FINDINGS ARE MADE PUBLIC VIA A PRESENTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ANNUALLY.
AND DID YOU ALSO SAY SOME OTHER WAY THAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING THE DATA BE MADE PUBLIC? I, I DIDN'T.
UM, BUT, UM, I KNOW WHEN, UH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE COME BEFORE US, YOU, YOU'VE MADE REFERENCE TO THE WEBSITES THAT YOU HAVE THAT THAT'S THE, THE USUAL WAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN BROADCASTING THAT INFORMATION TO PUBLIC.
I, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN ARTICULATES THAT AND THEN, UH, WE GET A REPORT ON THAT TO WHERE THE PUBLIC KNOWS IF THEY WATCH KIND OF OUR AGENDAS, THEY GET SOME INPUT AND THEN THEY WILL KNOW HOW FROM THAT PLAN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, KRUEGER, UM, WE'RE MAKING THIS UP ON THE FLY, SO YEAH.
WELL THAT WAS JUST GONNA BE ONE OF MY COMMENTS.
FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE SECRETARY FOR MAKING, WRITING ALL THESE AMENDMENTS DOWN WHILE WE'RE TALKING.
HOW YOU DO BOTH AND LISTEN AT THE SAME TIME, IS JUST BEYOND ME.
UM, BUT I, I NOTICED IN YOUR LANGUAGE, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING DATA PUBLIC.
UM, AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DID ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DATA, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PERSON'S NAME WHO'S ANSWERING QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, THEY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
YOU CAN JUST REQUEST IT AND WE'LL GIVE IT.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THIS IS DATA THAT EXISTS AND THAT IT CAN BE REQUESTED BY THIS, YOU KNOW, TO THIS DEPARTMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, VERSUS IT BEING TRULY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY, UM, BY THE AIRPORT.
UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE NEED TO SPELL IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF MAKE THIS PUBLIC THROUGH A WEBSITE THAT IS ADVERTISED IN THIS WAY OR SOMETHING ELSE JUST TO MAKE IT TRULY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, WHETHER IT BE A LETTER THAT'S SENT OUT ANNUALLY TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY, OR I GUESS I'M JUST OPENING THAT UP FOR, FOR DISCUSSION AND COMMENT.
UH, ONE THING, WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS WORK FOR YOU? UH, SO, UM, MAKE ACCE MAKE THE, UH, MAKE DATA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE WEBSITE? YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES.
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I THINK SO.AND MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND POTENTIALLY OTHER MEDIA, UM, FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE TECH SAVVY OR SOMETHING, BUT STILL DESERVE EASY ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.
AND I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT EXACTLY HERE.
I WOULD JUST ENTRUST THOSE WHO ARE COLLECTING THIS DATA AND THEN WORKING TO MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT THEY WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TRULY MAKE THIS DATA ACCESSIBLE, UM, TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THESE POLICIES.
UM, WHAT ABOUT, UM, DOING LIKE A IN-PERSON KIND OF MEETING, LIKE MAYBE MEET WITH LIKE THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OR WHOEVER ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT IS NEARBY? THAT'S ONE THING THAT I KIND OF THOUGHT OF TO KIND OF LIKE ENG ENGAGE, UM, EDUCATE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OR THE PROGRE PROGRESS OR THE HOW WHATEVER ISSUES HAVE COME UP.
WELL, I DO LIKE THE AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR, UM, THE DATA TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMISSION ANNUALLY.
WE ARE A PUBLIC COMMISSION, RIGHT? BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED TO DO MORE WORK TO REALLY ADVERTISE, HEY, THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL CHANCE IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE AIRPORT, TO EITHER WATCH US ONLINE TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO OR TO COME IN PERSON TO THE PERMITTING CENTER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BURDEN STAFF TOO MUCH WITH LIKE, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING EFFORTS, BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE AVENUE THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO PERRY, I JUST UPDATED NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND NOW IT READS, IMPROVE PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
DOES THAT HELP? I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST OF YOUR, OF THE CONDITIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST OF THE CONDITIONS.
SO THAT'S A SEPARATE ONE THAN, THAN WHAT I WAS READING BEFORE.
SO, UM, JUST GOING UP TO THE FIRST, IT WAS THE FIRST ONE AND I, I UPDATED THAT.
UH, CHAIR, I HAVE A, A COMMENT HERE, UM, REGARDING THIS.
UH, I, I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THESE, UH, REPORTS BEING GIVEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE INFORMATION BEING POSTED.
UH, BUT MOST OF THIS IS DONE AFTER THE FACT.
UH, THE POINT OF BRINGING THIS, THESE, REMOVING THESE ITEMS FROM THE LIST OF, UH, PRE-APPROVED VARIANCES IS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS AND EXAMINE THESE THINGS, UH, ON THE FLY AS, AS THEY GO ALONG.
UH, HAVING AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT SAYS, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE DID A YEAR AGO, UM, IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT TOTALLY SERVED THE PUBLIC, IS IS THE THE FEELING THAT I HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE, UH, ONE OF THE PRESENTERS WAS THAT THE PUBLIC WASN'T AWARE OF EVEN THIS MEETING.
AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FUEL TANKS, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUEL TANKS GOING IN AND DIDN'T HAVE AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN.
NOW, THE RESULTS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN THE SAME.
BUT THE FACT IS, THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT FEELS LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.
AND WHATEVER THE PROCESS THE AIRPORT GOES THROUGH IN ORDER TO NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SUFFICIENT.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA CHANGE ANY, I'M ASSUME THE MEGA LIST THAT THEY HAVE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
SO THE PUBLIC'S STILL GONNA BE LEFT OUT GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE AIRPORT ARE GONNA FEEL THAT THEY'RE DISENFRANCHISED FROM THE PROCESS AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, A YEAR LATE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING AND WHY I WANTED THIS, THESE THINGS BROUGHT BEFORE THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON AN AS AS YOU GO BASIS.
SO PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, YOU KNOW, ON THESE THINGS AND, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF, WE'RE AGAINST IT.
THIS IS WHY AND FORTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD DO.
THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT IS FREE TO MAKE THEIR OWN FINAL JUDGMENT AND CONSTRUCT A RUNWAY OR A TAXIWAY OR A FUEL STORAGE
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TANK BASED UPON THEIR BEST JUDGMENT OF THE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE RUNNING.AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T RUN THE AIRPORT AND WE DON'T TEND TO, BUT WE'VE GIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVICE.
THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVICE.
OUR JOB IS NOT TO RUN AN AIRPORT, HOWEVER, WE ARE PERFECTLY SUITED TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE ADVICE, UH, YOU KNOW, RUNOFF ADVICE, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I, I FULLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED HERE, AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMENDMENTS AS STATED, BUT I THINK THEY'RE DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT GOES.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
SO DO YOU THINK MAYBE MORE HIGHER FREQUENCY OF REPORTS THAN LIKE BI-ANNUALLY OR QUARTERLY, WHAT WOULD YOUR FEELING BE IF THAT WAS SORT OF THE, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY PART OF IT? WELL, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY, IF YOU WAKE UP ONE DAY AND YOU FEEL, FIND A FUEL STORAGE TANK BUILT IN YOUR BACKYARD, THOSE FUEL STORAGE TANKS ARE 430 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST HOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO, UH, SOMETHING I SAW IN THAT THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE AIRPORT HAD RELEASED WHEN THEY WENT TO BUILD THE FUEL STORAGE TANKS IN SOME OTHER AIRPORT THERE AS MUCH AS A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY.
NOW I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS THAT YOU, WE CAN'T PLANT THE THINGS FIVE MILES AWAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S HARDLY THE POINT.
IF YOU WAKE UP ONE DAY AND FIND CONSTRUCTION, GOING ON, REPORTING IT EVERY QUARTER OR EVERY SIX MONTHS DOESN'T STOP THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE IN, UH, DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE FUEL STORY TANK IS GONNA BE BUILT 430 FEET FROM YOUR HOUSE.
AND LET'S FACE IT, JET JET A, WHICH IS WHAT THIS STUFF IS, IS, YOU KNOW, 4 MILLION GALLONS OF TOXIC WASTE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND IT.
IT'S, IT'S JET FUEL AND WE USE IT TO PROPEL PLANES AROUND THE PLANET, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT IT IS TOXIC WASTE THERE.
THESE, YOU JUST CAN'T GET AROUND IT.
AND THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY ARE PROTECTED FROM PROBLEMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND IF WE'RE CUT OUT OF THE PROCESS, THEN THAT PUTS THE CITIZENS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT AT RISK UNNECESSARILY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHIRKING OUR JOBS BY HANDING THIS OFF WITHOUT REVIEWING IT, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR VETO AUTHORITY ON ANY OF THIS.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE ABILITY TO REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE ADVICE.
WE PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND IN THIS CASE THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE FREE TO IGNORE IT OR DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY CAN ACCEPT IT, IGNORE IT, MODIFY IT, AND MOVE ON TO THEIR NEXT PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, IT IS OUR ADVICE BASED ON OUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND OUR BACKGROUNDS, AND GIVING, GIVING PEOPLE NOTICE THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY'VE STARTED BUILDING SOMETHING IS, IS, IS NICE, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP THE CITIZENS IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT, THE OPT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO WHAT AFFECTS THEIR LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE UPDATES PROVIDED MONTHLY, AND THAT'S FINE.
LET'S HAVE MONTHLY ORDERLY, WHATEVER.
BUT THAT DOESN'T ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE.
COMMISSIONER CHAIR, REAL QUICK, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS THAT IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WAS GONNA BE COMING IN THE NEXT PERIOD.
IN THE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, AND, AND YEAH, THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE IS SOME, SOME LEVEL OF INTENT OF THAT REPORT AND, AND PRESENTATION AND, AND, AND SEEKING, UM, NOT ONLY OUR COMMENTS, BUT AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME IS SOME FORECAST OF THE NEXT YEAR OF WHAT'S GONNA BE GOING, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WORK WILL BE DONE AND, AND WHAT ELEMENTS OF THESE VARIANCES WILL BE, UM, WILL BE USED.
UM, SO I, I HEAR YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAMER.
I THINK MY, THE INTENT OF MY AMENDMENT WAS TO TRY TO FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN, UH, BETWEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, TO USUALLY YOUR LANGUAGE IS A CARTE BLANCHE KIND OF PRE-APPROVAL AND, AND, UM, AND, AND REVIEWING EVERY, UH, VARIANCE, UH, AS IT COMES BEFORE US.
SO, UM, LET, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S KEEP GOING AND IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS, DO DO.
SO OTHERWISE, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT, THEN WE CAN VOTE IT AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PRETTY FULL AGENDA, UM, IN FRONT OF US.
UH, AND I'VE ONLY GOT SO MUCH CAFFEINE, UM,
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ON HERE.SO, UM, ANY, ANYONE OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, AMENDMENT AS, UH, AS PRESENTED? AND IF SO, THEN WE CAN VOTE IT, UH, IN OR, OR OUT, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE VOTING ON, ON THE AMENDMENT THAT YES.
I SECOND YOUR AMENDMENT SULLIVAN ALREADY SECONDED BY YET.
GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, THREE TIMES.
SO THAT AMENDMENT'S ON, UM, ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION? UM, OR, UH, ALTERNATIVE, UH, MOTIONS, I GUESS, UM, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO ULTIMATELY A VOTE HERE.
UH, SO THE MOTION AS READ BY SECRETARY BRISTOL, UM, WITH, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, LET'S READ OFF THE CONDITIONS AGAIN, INCLUDING THAT AMENDED ONE, PLEASE.
UM, WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS, NUMBER ONE, IMPROVE PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
NUMBER TWO, NOTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASK FOR THEIR INPUT ON CURRENT AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
NUMBER THREE, INSTALL WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS ON NATURAL WATERWAYS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION REGULARLY WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THE DATA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE WEBSITE.
NUMBER FOUR, INCLUDE THE J JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEW THE MASTER PLAN IN 2023.
NUMBER FIVE, INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? EQUITY OFFICE.
UH, IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, ANNUAL REPORTS, NUMBER SIX, ANNUAL ANNUALLY REPORT, UM, BE PROVIDED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, INCLUDING A FORECAST OF WHAT WORK WILL BE DONE AND WHAT WAS ACHIEVED IN REGARD TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH, INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.
THIS PROCESS WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? UM, WE GOT EVERYBODY FOR AND BRIMER OPPOSED? NO, NO.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CONVERSATION.
UM, LET, LET'S TAKE A BREAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.
UH, UH, REAL QUICK, WE'VE GOT TWO BIG MOTIONS, UH, OR TWO BIG, UH, HEARINGS IN FRONT OF US.
UM, BUT LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND DO OUR DARNEDEST TO GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE 10.
UM, LET'S, UH, RECONVENE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, UH, IT IS, UH, EIGHT 16 AND WE'RE RECONVENING REGULAR MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF THE AGENDA.
UM, WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE
[6. Name: Barton Springs Bathhouse Rehabilitation Project SOS Amendment C20-2023-022]
BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT, SOS AMENDMENT C 20 DASH 2023 DASH OH 22.AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
MS. LILY, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ME.
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION TO LOAD.
SO, GOOD EVENING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONERS.
I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND TONIGHT I AM GOING TO BE DISCUSSING WITH YOU A SITE-SPECIFIC OS AMENDMENT FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT.
THIS IS A CITY SPONSORED PROJECT, UM, BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC'S WORKS DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARD.
UM, AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH, UM, THE COMPONENTS OF THE SITE, SPECIFIC SOS AMENDMENT IN MY PRESENTATION.
SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
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ABOUT THE BATHHOUSE.UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1947, WHICH WAS WELL BEFORE, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL IN 1992.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO THE EXISTING BATHHOUSE THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY COMPLIANT WITH A FEW, UH, ELEMENTS OF THE SOS ORDINANCE, AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE SITE SPECIFIC SOS AMENDMENT TO REHABILITATE THE FACILITY.
SO THE OF THE BATHHOUSE, UH, WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT APPROVED IN THE 2009, UH, COUNSEL APPROVED MASTER PLAN FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS POOL.
UM, THERE IS SEVERAL FUNDING SOURCES, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDING APPROVED IN 2012 AND 2018, HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND FUNDING, UH, BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY FUNDING, AND THEN ALSO, UH, FUNDING PROVIDED BY WATERSHED PROTECTION AND AUSTIN WATER.
SO RELATED TO THE S O S AMENDMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS OF, UH, SAVE OUR SPRINGS ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED, AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS AND CONSTRUCTION PROHIBITIONS IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
BOTH OF THOSE, UH, ARE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY COMPLIANT AND TO PROCEED WITH THE REHABILITATION, THE, THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING AND SEEKING THESE TWO SITE-SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS.
SO THE AMENDMENT ITSELF WAS INITIATED BY PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 27TH, 2023, AND NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND PRESENTING THIS AMENDMENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, IF YOU ARE NOT FA FAMILIAR WITH THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE, UM, IT IS IN THE FULL PURPOSE, UH, ZONING JURISDICTION FOR AUSTIN, AND IT IS IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, WHICH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, ARE IT'S IN THE BARTON CREEK WATERSHED, IN THE BARTON SPRING ZONE AND IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UM, THERE ARE 40, IT'S 44% IMPERVIOUS COVER IN THE BARTON CREEK, UH, WATERSHED AREA OF THIS PART OF THE PARK THAT IS IN THE RECHARGE ZONE.
AND THE REASON THAT NUMBER IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BARTON, IN THE BARTON SPRING ZONE IN THE RECHARGE ZONE IS LIMITED TO 15%.
AND THAT IS A PART OF THE, UH, SITE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TODAY.
UM, THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIGURE PROVIDED ARE THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE SYMBOLIZED IN BLUE, AND THE WATER QUALITY TRANSITION ZONE SYMBOLIZED IN PURPLE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, UH, ADJACENT TO THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE.
THERE'S TWO SIGNIFICANT SPRINGS, ELIZA SPRINGS, AND THEN POOL SPRINGS.
AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL RIMROCK FEATURES YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIGURE SYMBOLIZED IN RED.
AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED CEF SETBACKS WITH THOSE, UH, CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ARE SYMBOLIZED IN ORANGE.
SO THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF, UH, SAVE OUR SPRINGS, UH, ORDINANCE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, UH, IN THIS AMENDMENT.
UH, AND THE FIRST ONE IS SECTION A OF 25 8 5 14, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW IMPERVIOUS COVER IN EXCESS OF 15%.
THE FIGURE THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW SHOWS THE REDUCTION AND THE ADDITION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
THE RED IS THE REDUCTION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER, MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKING LOT, UM, SHOWN ABOVE THE BATHHOUSE IN THIS FIGURE.
AND THEN THE, UH, ADDITION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IS RELATED TO THE NEW FIRE LANE PROPOSED TO.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BATHHOUSE AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, WALKWAYS JUST, UH, BELOW THE BATHHOUSE IN THIS FIGURE.
THE NET, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER IS A DECREASE IN, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER BY 302 SQUARE FEET.
UH, AND THIS, THIS IS ALL OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO IMPERVIOUS COVER.
THE OTHER PART OF THE SITE-SPECIFIC SOS AMENDMENT IS PROPOSING TO MODIFY SECTION B OF 25 8 5 14 AS IT RELATES TO ALLOWABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
SO, SOS DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, AND THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS OF, UH, UM, MODIFICATIONS TO THE FACILITY THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS PROJECT.
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THAT INCLUDES, UH, UPGRADING, UH, WASTEWATER AND WATER UTILITY LINES AND THE PARKING LOT JUST ABOVE THE, UH, BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE, THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE LANE, WHICH INCLUDES PERVIOUS, UH, PAVERS, AND THEN THE UPGRADING OF THE ACTUAL BATHHOUSE FACILITY.UM, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALL WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, BUT I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION HERE ALSO TO, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT IN WATER QUALITY THAT IS BEING, UH, CONSTRUCTED TO TREAT RUNOFF FOR, UH, A PARKING LOT JUST ABOVE THE BATHHOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SYMBOLIZED IN THE WATER QUALITY TRANSITION ZONE AREA.
NO MODIFICATION IS BEING REQUIRED FOR THAT BECAUSE MINOR WATER QUALITY FEATURES ARE ALLOWED IN THE WATER QUALITY TRANSITION ZONE IN THE BARTON SPRING ZONE, BUT IT IS A PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
SO, JUST BRINGING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT WATER QUALITY FEATURE, UH, INTO THE PRESENTATION, TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S A GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE COMPOSED OF TWO ELEMENTS.
IT'S A RAIN GARDEN AND VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS THAT WILL BE TREATING RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING GARAGE UP UPGRADE OF THE BARTON OF THE, UH, BATHHOUSE, UH, CURRENTLY UNTREATED, UM, IN AN AREA THAT IS KIND OF THREADING THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE BUFFERS AND THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE.
UM, SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND PART OF THE CONDITION OF THE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, THAT IS THE, UH, THE PARTS OF SOS THAT ARE BEING, UH, PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING THE, OR, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SITE'S SPECIFIC SOS AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
FIRST, THAT THE PROJECT WILL DECREASE TOTAL IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THE SITE BY 302 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT BY CONSTRUCTING A RAIN GARDEN AND VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS TO TREAT RUNOFF FROM A 0.4 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED PARKING LOT AREA.
AFTER RENOVATION IS COMPLETE, THE PROJECT WILL REPAIR IMPACTED SOILS AND REVEGETATE AND RESTORE THE SITE TO CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH USES PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE PROJECT WILL ALSO USE NATIVE PLANT SPECIES FOR ALL PROPOSED PLANTINGS EXTERIOR TO THE BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT.
AND THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM.
THERE IS ALSO AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION BY OUR COLLEAGUES AT, UH, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND IF YOU WANT TO SAVE QUESTIONS TILL THE END BE AVAILABLE.
YEAH, YEAH, LET'S, LET'S HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR, UM, WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, ALTHOUGH I FOUND OUT JUST THIS MORNING THAT WE'RE NOT OFFICIALLY A DEPARTMENT YET, SO I GUESS I AM STILL TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, A LOT OF THIS LESLIE COVERED.
UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, ELLEN, UH, FROM PARD, WHO'S, UH, PROJECT MANAGER WITH PARD WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, TOM IS OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, AND THEN, UH, LAURIE IS OUR ARCHITECT.
JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
LAURA, ELISA OR LESLIE WENT OVER THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UM, HERE, I, I, I DO WANNA STRESS THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT KIND OF LIMITED AREAS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TOUCHING DIRT ON THIS PRO ON THIS PROJECT.
MOST OF IT IS HAVING TO DO WITH REHABILITATION OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UM, AND THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING OUTSIDE, UM, UM, IS IN RESPONSE TO LIFE SAFETY AND, UH, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.
UH, SO MANY OF THE NEW FEATURES THAT WE'RE ADDING, UH, HAVE TO DO WITH THOSE ELEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF MINIMAL DISTURBANCE ON OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING PERIMETER.
SO, JUST TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, ON THE LEFT IS THE FIRE LANE ENTRY TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THIS IS IN ORDER TO GET OUR FIRE TRUCKS, UH, CLOSER TO THE BUILDING, UH, MORE WITHIN HOSE REACH OF THE BUILDING, UM, TO BETTER PROTECT, UH, OCCUPANTS IN THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UH, WE'RE ALSO ADDING A, UM, AN ENTRANCE HERE AND ADA ACCESSIBLE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND WHATNOT TO GET THERE.
ON THE RIGHT IS A LOOK AT, UH, THE AREA JUST OUTSIDE THE MAIN ROTUNDA WHERE, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF
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THIS PROJECT IS TO RESTORE THAT MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, TO THE POOL THROUGH THE BATHHOUSE.AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SOME ADA IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SLOPING UP TO THE, THE PORCH LEVEL.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, INCLUDING, UH, A NICE CONNECTION, UM, TO THE VIOLET CROWN TRAILHEAD, UH, WITH A SIDEWALK, UH, GOING BY, UM, THE RECONFIGURED PARKING LOT.
IMPERVIOUS COVER SHOWING THAT, UM, UH, WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BITS OF WORK HERE AND THERE, MAINLY REMOVING IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, TO THE FAR LEFT IS A VERY LITTLE, UH, RAMP, UH, GOING IN NEXT TO SOME ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPOTS, UH, FOR ADA ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THE, UH, THE ROUTE DOWN TO THE NEW WEST ENTRANCE.
UH, AND THEN IF YOU NOTE, THE, UH, FIRE LANE TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING IS NOT SHOWN, UH, AS ADDING IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE USING PERVIOUS PAVERS THERE IN ORDER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT EXACERBATE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER SITUATION.
UM, AND THEN DOING SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS, UH, FOR ACCESSIBILITY, UM, AND HAVING TO DO WITH THE HISTORIC RENOVATION, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, AROUND THE, THE ENTRANCE THERE.
GOING INTO THE BUILDING ITSELF, JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST SO YOU KIND OF KNOW, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT, UM, UH, THE BUILDING HASN'T REALLY BEEN, UH, REHABILITATED IN QUITE SOME TIME, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, A LOT OF IT IS CENTERED ON THE PLUMBING, UH, SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE REPLACING, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, REPLACING H V C ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THERE'S GONNA BE NEW SECURITY, UH, NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS. UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM, UH, DOING SOME REPAIR WORK ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THERE'S SOME STEEL COLUMNS AND SOME CONCRETE STRUCTURES.
THE CONCRETE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT ARE IN, UM, IN THE, THE, THE RESTROOM AREAS, UM, NEED TO BE, UM, REPAIRED AND RESTORED BACK TO THEIR HISTORIC CONFIGURATIONS, UM, AND THEN DOING SOME RECONFIGURATION OF THE INSIDE SPACE TO BE MORE USEFUL FOR THE AQUATIC STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL, UH, DAMAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER TIME JUST FROM USE AND, AND TOO MUCH LOVE PROBABLY.
UM, THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT, UH, IS IN ONE OF THE SHOWERS, UH, SHOWING, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, THOSE BLOCKS THAT, THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND CARED FOR.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE, THE CONCRETE THAT IS AT THE BASE OF, UH, THE UPPER PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, UH, AND AT THE TOP, UH, ONE OF THE SHADE CONCRETE SHADE STRUCTURES, UM, SHOWING SOME, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BATHHOUSE.
UM, THIS IS A HISTORIC PHOTO, UH, SHOWING THE HISTORIC PLANTINGS.
UM, THESE ARE SOME SORT OF JAPANESE BANANA TREES, SOMETHING OR OTHER.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
UM, UH, BUT TO KIND OF SHOW THE, THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN RESTORING, UH, EVERYTHING BACK TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD CONDITION.
UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE OFFERED TO, UM, TO FOSTER THESE PLANTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY AND THAT THEY CAN GO BACK INTO PLACE WHEN THINGS ARE COMPLETED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO TAKE THEM UP ON THAT, BUT, UM, IT SHOWS A LEVEL OF CONCERN, UH, AND INTEREST IN KEEPING THE HISTORIC CONFIGURATION, UH, THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CONCRETE SHADE STRUCTURES, UH, THOSE WILL BE REPAIRED AND THEN SOME RECONFIGURATION, UH, IN THOSE AREAS TO, UM, UH, TO IMPROVE THE PLUMBING AND, UM, MAKE IT GENERALLY MORE USEFUL FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND JUST SOME MORE DETAIL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, WE'RE ALSO SHORING UP THE STRUCTURE, UH, TO MITIGATE FLOOD DAMAGE.
UM, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IMAGES OF WATER FROM BARTON CREEK COMING ALL THE WAY UP, UH, INTO THE BATHHOUSE.
SO THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SOME NEW STRUCTURE ON THAT WEST END THAT WILL HELP, UH, SHORE UP THE BUILDING FOR THAT.
UH, INCLUDED IN THAT IS SOME STORAGE AREA.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION.
UM, GOT NEW RESTROOMS. WE'RE INTRODUCING FAMILY RESTROOMS, UH, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
UH, MOVING INTO THE CENTER, SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING REPAIR WORK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO THE EXHIBIT.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, AN ENTIRELY FRESH NEW EXHIBIT IN INSIDE THE BATHHOUSE AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN MOVING INTO THE CENTER AREA, THERE'S RECONFIGURATION OF THE EXISTING CLASSROOM SPACES AND, AND STORAGE AREAS AND OFFICES INTO
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LIFEGUARD, UM, LOCKER ROOMS, SHOWERS, UH, AGAIN, MORE PUBLIC RESTROOM, UH, WORK GOING ON AS WELL.UM, AND THEN MOVING ONTO TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
UM, WE'RE REDOING, UM, THE STAFF AREA, UH, MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, UM, A, UM, A MEDICAL AREA, UH, AND ANOTHER RESTROOM.
AND THEN AS PART OF THIS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE REDOING THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO, TO TEAR OUT WHAT'S THERE IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, AN IMAGE OF, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WILL BE IN THE EXHIBIT.
UM, WE'RE OF COURSE, FOCUSING HEAVILY ON THE SALAMANDER, UM, UH, IN PART, UH, TO SATISFY, UM, OUR, UM, IT'S NOT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, IT'S THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, UM, UH, TO DO EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS ON THE SALAMANDER.
UM, SO OF COURSE THAT'S HEAVILY SHOWN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBIT.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE LIVE SALAMANDERS, UH, AS THERE ARE NOW IN, UH, MUCH BETTER CONFIGURATION AND, AND HAPPIER SPACES FOR THE SALAMANDERS AND FOR PEOPLE, UH, TO WATCH.
SO, SO FAR, UM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, UH, THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE BRIEFED PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE, AND WE'RE HERE WITH YOU GUYS THIS EVENING, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND THEN GOING BACK AROUND, UH, FOR APPROVALS AND HEARINGS AND WHATNOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUMMER.
UM, THE ONLY REASON WHY I SHOW THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF FAST TRACKING THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, UH, HANGING AROUND, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THE, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC IS VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS PROJECT HAPPEN.
UH, SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, DURING THE SUMMER WHILE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROJECT OUT FOR BID.
UH, SO IT IS CURRENTLY ON THE STREET FOR CONTRACTORS TO BID THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL METHODOLOGY.
UM, AND WE HOPE FOR EVERYTHING TO COME TOGETHER AND ALIGN THIS FALL SO WE CAN AWARD THE CONTRACT AND GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS WINTER.
SO, UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME URGENCY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE, UM, KIND OF PUSHING THIS THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THINGS ON TRACK.
UM, WE HAVE SOME, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? YEP.
UM, FIRST UP, UH, ROY WHALEY, WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN, UM, GO AROUND FOR QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? MY NAME IS ROY WHALEY.
I'M THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.
UM, I REMEMBER IN 2009, SIERRA CLUB ASKED THAT MORE ATTENTION BE PAID FOR WATER QUALITY LAND INSTEAD OF RENOVATIONS, AND WE STILL WANT THAT WATER QUALITY LAND, BUT ALL IN ALL, THERE'S NOT A, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE RENOVATIONS ON THIS.
IN FACT, UM, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF IT, WE, WE SUPPORT IT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A BIG ASK THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THE GLORIOUS TREES THAT ARE AROUND THE HISTORIC BATHHOUSE ARE PROTECTED AND THAT A SIGNIFICANT BOND BE POSTED BY THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THAT IF THESE TREES ARE DAMAGED, THEY WILL BE LIABLE FOR THAT.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAST THAT THAT TREES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN, THAT WERE MARKED TO BE PRESERVED.
UM, AND SO WE NEED SUPERVISION ON SITE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TREES ARE PRESERVED.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A REAL ISSUE WITH IT.
WE LOOK AT THE, UH, THE NUMBERS THOUGH, AND THAT THEY HAVE GONE UP
WHAT WE DO LOOK AT HERE, AND, AND I'M SURE THAT MR. BUNCH WOULD HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK FOR SOS, THIS IS SIERRA CLUB, UM, THAT SINCE THERE IS THIS AMENDMENT TO THE SOS ORDINANCE, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A, AN AMENDMENT FOR THE SOS ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THE HILLSIDE THEATER, AND THAT COULD BE REBUILT OR COMPLETELY RENOVATED RATHER THAN MOVED TO A FAKE HILLSIDE CREATED BY THE LAND BRIDGE THAT POLLED AT 30% FOR, FOR THE HILLSIDE THEATER BY THE CONSULTANTS
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POLL AND AN INDEPENDENT POLE.PEOPLE, THEY, THEY WANT TO JUST KEEP IT WHERE IT IS.
AND SIERRA CLUB DEFINITELY DOES.
WE WOULD APPROVE OF AN AMENDMENT TO, TO ADDRESS REBUILDING OR COMPLETELY RENOVATING THE HILLSIDE THEATER.
AND THEN, LET'S SEE, UM, THAT, OKAY.
OH, JUST THIS NUMBER, 637.11 THAT'S FEET ABOVE MEANS C LEVEL FOR LAKE TRAVIS.
LET'S ALL START BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE USE WATER AND THE WAY YOU APPROVE THE USE OF WATER GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE NOT MAKING MORE WATER, BUT WE CAN REUSE WATER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE THREE MINUTES THAT Y'ALL LISTEN HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS WANTING TO CHANGE.
I HOPE ALL OF Y'ALL WILL GET UP ON YOUR HIND LEGS AND SAY NO TO THAT.
UH, WE DON'T NEED LESS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
WE NEED MORE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAN ME.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE MIKE KANI GREETING SHARE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONERS.
I'M MIKE KANI, I'M THE BOARD CHAIR WITH BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT THAT LESLIE COVERED A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU, UH, IN SUPPORT OF HOPEFULLY HAVING THIS SITE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, UH, PASSED.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN 2009 WITH A BARTON SPRINGS POOL MASTER PLAN.
IN 2012, CITY MONEY WAS PUT ASIDE, $2 MILLION TO RENOVATE THE BATHHOUSE.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY REALIZED, WHOOPS, NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO THEY LOOKED FOR SOME PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP, UH, DO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING.
AND SO BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY, UH, SIGNED ON TO RAISE 3 MILLION, UH, WITH THE GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE MOODY FOUNDATION.
WE LIVED UP TO THAT OBLIGATION, AND WE ALSO HELPED THE CITY COUNCIL PASS ANOTHER 3 MILLION IN HOTEL TAX FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE HOPE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT.
THE BATHHOUSE PROJECT IS A VERY COMPLEX DESIGN CHALLENGE.
THIS IS THE MOST HEAVILY REGULATED PIECE OF LAND IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD, UM, IT MUST BE DONE CORRECTLY TO REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF BARTON SPRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURE AND ICONIC DESTINATIONS FOR AUSTIN KNIGHTS AND VISITORS FROM ALL OVER.
AND I WANT YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT AND WITH SOME GREAT DESIGN CONSULTANTS.
I'M JUST DELIGHTED WITH HOW THIS PROCESS HAS MOVED FORWARD.
UH, THERE IS A CHALLENGE, UH, IN TERMS OF NEEDING THE SOS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER FIRE SAFETY ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE SCHEDULE OF GETTING THE CONSTRUCTION LAUNCHED EITHER THE END OF THIS YEAR, OR GOD FORBID, EARLY 2020 OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AMENDMENTS TO THE SOS ORDINANCE SHOULD NOT BE CASUALLY APPROVED, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFITS HERE THAT WE THINK MERIT SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ADA ACCESSIBILITY, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, ENHANCED PARK USE, AND WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED, AND WE ALLUDED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBITS, THAT THIS IS, UM, GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THAT VISITS THE POOL ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES.
AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE MISSION POINTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, SO WE HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
UH, THE CONCERNS ABOUT LETTING THIS DELAY ARE NOT ONLY THAT WE WOULD BE CONTINUING TO USE A DETERIORATED BATHHOUSE, BUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS COULD GO UP.
I, I'VE BEEN TOLD, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH THE LONGER WE WAIT.
SO I'M HOPING I'LL JUST STOP THERE, SO I WON'T DELAY YOU ANY FURTHER.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
THAT'S THE BEST SEGUE OF THE NIGHT.
UH, WE GOT, UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE JOHN BEAL, THE SAVE BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT BARTON SPRINGS, AND AS, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGER SAID HAS BEEN HANGING
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AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE SITE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT TO SOS ANYBODY WHO WENT DOWN THERE LAST NIGHT, WELL, WHICHEVER NIGHT WAS THE FULL MOON, AND SAW MAYBE 2000 PEOPLE AT THE POOL NOTICE THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.WE CAN'T LET IT JUST SIT THERE AND WASTE AWAY.
AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WITH ELIZABETH, UM, CHRIS FLORES AND DIANA PROCTOR ARE GONE.
WERE GOING SPEAK AND NOW THEY ARE NOT.
WELL THEN LET'S GO THROUGH, UH, COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS.
UM, FOR, FOR THE APPLICANT OR WATERSHED.
UM, WE'LL START REMOTELY, UH, KRUEGER, I THINK I HAVEN'T CALLED IN YOU YET, SO YOU'RE IT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO CAME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S ALWAYS REASSURING TO HEAR SOME, YOU KNOW, LEADERS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTING SOMETHING BEFORE US.
UM, I AGREE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PLAN WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT.
UM, I AM CURIOUS, JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, IF, UM, THE BATHHOUSE CURRENTLY USES GRAY WATER, OR IF WE AT ALL HAVE A RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM THERE, I HAVEN'T NOTICED THE LADDER, BUT I KNOW PART OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, TO DO WITH VARIOUS PIPES.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN OLD BUILDING, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, WHAT THE RATIONALE IS TO NOT NOW INCLUDE THOSE SINCE WE ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS.
NO, WE DO NOT HAVE GRAY WATER CURRENTLY IN USE, UH, AT THE BATHHOUSE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UM, AND NO PLANS FOR RAINWATER COLLECTION.
UM, WE'VE GOT A FLAT ROOF, UH, ON THE BATHHOUSE, WHICH MAKES THAT SORT OF PROJECT VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR AN HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS BUILDING CARRIES LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, AND SO TO DO ANYTHING THAT DRASTIC IN ORDER TO, UH, EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY CATCH RAINWATER, UH, WOULD DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND IS RAINWATER CATCHMENT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED? AND IF SO, WHAT HAS THE DISCUSSION BEEN LIKE AROUND THAT? UH, NO, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO RAINWATER COLLECTION, UM, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ROOF LINE, WHICH WOULD DESTROY THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY.
SORRY, YOU JUST ANSWERED THAT
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION FOR NOW.
ER BRIMER, EITHER YOU GUYS GOT ANYTHING? YEAH, JUST, UH, QUICK QUESTION ON THE, YOU MENTIONED HAVING OUS PAVERS, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THEM PERVIOUS, TAKE SOME MAINTENANCE.
IS ANY OF THE, ARE ANY OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE GENERATED FOR THIS PROJECT BEING SET ASIDE FOR MAINTENANCE? THERE ARE NO SPECIALLY DESIGNATED FUNDS, NO.
BUT, UM, PARS GENERAL MAINTENANCE, UH, TAKES CARE OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING CAREFUL WITH HOW WE'RE DETAILING THAT.
WE'VE WORKED WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE BASE, UM, THAT GOES UNDER THE PAVERS, UH, TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION.
AND I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME FILTER FABRIC, UM, THAT WOULD KEEP IT MORE EFFECTIVE, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS A, A STANDARD PRACTICE WITH SUCH PAVING.
JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS PROJECT BE MOVING FORWARD.
COMMISSIONER BRAMER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? I, YEAH, HAVE A COUPLE.
UM, WHEN THE PROJECT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN, UM, YOU'RE TALKING CONSTRUCTION, UM, WE ARE HOPING TO SIGN AND EXECUTE OUR CONTRACT, UH, END OF NOVEMBER, BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
AND THEN IT'S USUALLY A 30 DAY NOTICE TO PROCEED FROM THERE.
SO PROBABLY BE RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
AND HOW LONG IS IT PLANNED TO TAKE? UH, WE ESTIMATE 14 MONTHS.
UH, BUT THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE CONTRACTOR AND, UM, EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, LABOR ISSUES, ALL OF THAT FACTORED IN.
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ESTIMATES 14 MONTHS FOR THE PROJECT.AND, UH, I ASSUME THE POOL REMAIN OPEN DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
UH, DEEP BETTY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED, DEEP BETTY WENT UNDER, UH, SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF THING, I KNOW IT'S IN A, A LITTLE BIT OF AN, LIKE, IT'S AN ORANGES THING, BUT THE FACILITIES ARE BOTH ANCIENT, UH, RELATIVELY SPEAKING.
WHAT, UM, PROBLEMS DID YOU ENCOUNTER THERE THAT YOU MIGHT ANTICIPATE FINDING WITH, UH, THE BATHHOUSE? I THINK, DID LORI, YOU WORKED ON THAT, DID YOU? YEAH.
WE, WE WERE THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE DEEP EDDIE BATHHOUSE AS WELL.
AND, UM, BOTH PROJECTS HAVE SOME COMPLEXITY.
I WILL SAY THAT WITH DEEP EDDIE, IT HAD BEEN HEAVILY MODIFIED.
UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD DEVOTED TWO THIRDS OF THE BUILDING TO OTHER FUNCTIONS OVER THE YEARS.
SO PART OF WHAT WE HAD TO DO THERE WAS SUSS OUT WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION HAD BEEN AND, UM, AND IDENTIFY ELEMENTS, PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN CUT APART AND, UH, LOCATED ELSEWHERE.
BUT I WOULD SAY GENERALLY THAT PROJECT WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
THERE WERE, UM, NOT MANY MYSTERIES OR, UM, UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTERED.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MYSTERY WITH THE EXISTING PLUMBING, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS ON THE BARTON SPRINGS PROJECT.
WE ASKED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO SMOKE ALL THE EXISTING PLUMBING LINES, AND WE ALSO BROUGHT TO THE SITE, UH, STAFF WHO HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE BUILDING AND THE SITE TO IDENTIFY VALVES AND HOW ALL THE EXISTING SYSTEM WORKED.
AND THEN WE PASSED THAT INFORMATION ON TO OUR ENGINEERS TO USE IN DESIGNING THE LAYOUT OF THE NEW PLUMBING LINES.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A SURPRISE THAT OCCURS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OR THE REHABILITATION OF A HISTORIC BUILDING.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE REMOVED, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DON'T, I SAW ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT CAME UP DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, WORK IN THE PARKING LOT AREA AS WELL AND, AND SURROUNDING THE BUILDING.
ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY TREES REMOVED AS PART OF THIS? NO.
SO ALL THE TREES THAT ARE THERE NOW WILL REMAIN IN, IN PLACE THEN? CORRECT.
UH, AND IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR CHALLENGE IN THE PARKING LOT.
IT'S IDENTIFYING THE EXISTING UTILITIES THAT YOU'RE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER IN CROSS.
AND, UM, WE, WE FORTUNATELY HAVE FAIRLY GOOD DOCUMENTATION FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE MORE RECENTLY THAN A LOT OF THE WORK ON THE BATHHOUSE.
AND ALSO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT PRETTY CLEARLY ON THE GROUND.
YOU CAN SEE THE LINES OF MANHOLES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE TRENCHES HAVE BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY.
I GUESS PART OF MY, MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SUPPORT THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING, BUT FROM MY ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, MY CONCERN, UH, HAS TO DO WITH YOU'RE GONNA BE DIGGING UP SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY OLD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO, YOU MAY RUN INTO THINGS THAT, UH, PERHAPS ARE BEST LEFT, BURIED IN THE GROUND, THINGS LIKE ASBESTOS AND LEAD PIPES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT, UH, ON THE ONE HAND, UH, THAT YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO MITIGATE AGAINST THAT.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU'VE PLANNED FOR UNEXPECTED SURPRISES SUCH AS THIS TO COME IN THERE, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ASBESTOS REQUIRES A VERY SPECIAL TYPE OF, UH, STRATEGY TO MITIGATE THAT.
AND IT COULD CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, CLOSING OFF ONE OF THE BATH HOUSES IF YOU FIND IT WITHIN THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF OR THE FLOORING, OR I DON'T KNOW, WHEREVER YOU MIGHT FIND IT.
AND, UH, SO REMEDIATION OF THAT IS, UH, BOTH EXPENSIVE AND COMPLICATED.
IT MAY CAUSE, UH, SHUTTING DOWN THE POOL.
I, I KNOW, CAUSE I'VE DONE HOUSES WITH THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
UM, AND SAME THING WITH LEAD PIPES, AND YOU WANT TO PREVENT THIS STUFF FROM WALKING IN THERE.
HAS, HAVE Y'ALL MADE SORT OF, UH, CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR UNCOVERING, UH, THINGS LIKE THIS? WELL, I, I THINK THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE A ROUTINE PART OF WORKING WITH EXISTING AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND THERE ARE ALREADY MANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
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ASSOCIATED WITH IDENTI SURVEYING, IDENTIFYING AND, UH, MITIGATING AND TREATING THOSE MATERIALS.SO THEY'VE BROUGHT IN A WHOLE SEPARATE TEAM OF CONSULTANTS TO SAMPLE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE MATERIALS CURRENTLY EXIST.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE PORTION OF OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET THAT IS INTENDED FOR THE SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND LEAD REMEDIATION WORK THAT, UM, THAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE BUILDING.
SO YOU'RE AWARE OF THOSE ITEMS AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE LOCATED ALREADY, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY MADE AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THOSE.
ARE, IS, UH, THAT ALL IN, IN THE COST OR THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE COST ASSESSMENT THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE, UH, CONTRACTORS TO BUILD OUT? YES, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BID DOCUMENTS.
UM, NOW WHAT'S THE CURRENT, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE CURRENT COST ESTIMATE OF THIS? UH, I, I HEARD OR READ OR SOMETHING ABOUT 10 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND NOTWITHSTANDING INFLATION AND LABOR AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UH, YOU, YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE A, UH, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THAT GOING FORWARD? UM, WE WILL KNOW WHEN THE CONTRACTORS SUBMIT THEIR BIDS.
UM, ARE YOU, UH, DURING THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, ARE THERE GONNA BE, UH, UH, ANY OF THE PARKING SPOTS IN, IN FRONT OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AREA CLOSED OFF, THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, THERE'S, I DUNNO, 30 OR 40 SPOTS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE, UH, HILLSIDE THEATER AND THE, UH, THE BATHHOUSE.
ARE THERE, ARE ANY OF THOSE GONNA BE CLOSED OFF TO HOUSE, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR, OR WHATEVER? YES, AT THIS POINT, UM, WE ARE MAKING PLANS TO CLOSE MOST OF IT OFF.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO THE POOL, UH, SINCE THE POOL WILL REMAIN OPEN AND WE HAVE A MILLION VISITORS OR SO EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO AS PART OF OUR, OUR PHASING PLAN, UH, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DO THE, THE FIRE LANE FIRST, UM, AND THEN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, FOR AMBULANCES AND FIRETRUCK AND WHATNOT.
UH, ALSO WHEN WE ARE WORKING IN THE PARKING LOT, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND PROTECTION, UM, OF ENVIRONMENT AND CITIZENS AROUND THAT WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, SO MOST OF THAT AREA WILL BE INACCESSIBLE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, BUT IT, IT WILL BE VARIABLE.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO, UM, KEEP THE NORTH SIDE OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ENTER THE POOL FROM THE NORTH SIDE.
SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARK, UH, UP IN THE, UM, THE PARKING LOT THAT'S ALREADY BEING USED KIND OF BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE, UM, AND MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WHICH WILL, AGAIN, KIND OF BE FLEXIBLE AND SHIFTING DEPENDING ON WHAT WORK IS HAPPENING, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO ENTER FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE POOL.
WILL THERE BE, SINCE YOU'RE CLOSING OFF THAT PARKING, THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE, UH, BATHHOUSE WILL BE, WHAT PROVISIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR ADA PARKING? WE WILL KEEP, UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE ADA PARKING SPOTS.
UH, I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE, THE BUILDING.
THERE'S, UH, SOME CONCERN THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING AVAILABLE FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIFEGUARDS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE FACILITY.
HAVE YOU WORKED WITH PAR TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT THEY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO GET TO THEIR, UH, THEIR JOBS IN A TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UH, INCONVENIENCE? YEAH.
PAR IS DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE TIME WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, THERE'S AT VARIOUS PLACES AROUND THE, THE AREA, AND THIS MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR PROJECT, BUT I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION ANYWAY.
UH, THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TRASH SURROUNDING THE, THE POOL AREA, UH, MOSTLY UP TOWARDS, UH, BARKING SPRINGS AND THEN A LITTLE BIT DOWNSTREAM OF THE AREA.
UH, ARE YOU, IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE TRASH UNDER CONTROL BY ADDING TRASH BINS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR, UH, PROJECT? WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO PARTICULARLY ADDRESS THAT TRASH SITUATION, NO.
ARE THERE GONNA BE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT ARE NOT ATTENDING THE POOL? THAT IS, IF I'M JUST A REGULAR PARK GOER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, IS THERE GONNA BE AN ACCESS TO THE RESTROOM FROM OUTSIDE THE PARK? UH, YES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TEMPORARY RESTROOMS AS WELL AS SHOWERS
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AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE DURING CONSTRUCTION.UH, BUT I, I GUESS, I MEAN, FOR NON POOL USERS, I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO THE POOL, BUT I'M JUST IN THE PARK AND I NEED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED CONSTRUCTION.
OH, WHEN YOU GET IT, WHEN YOU TURN THE KEYS OVER TO THE CITY AND SAY, HERE YOU GO.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A, A RESTROOM THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO REGULAR PARK GOERS WHO ARE NOT IN THE GOING TO THE POOL? UH, YES.
IT'LL REMAIN THE SAME SORT OF OPERATIONAL PLAN AS IT IS NOW WHERE THERE ARE RESTROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, IN THE BATHHOUSE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OUTSIDE OF POOL HOURS.
THERE'S ALSO RESTROOMS BY THE HILLSIDE THEATER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE OPEN 24, THOSE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE 24 7, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.
SO THOSE WILL STILL BE ACCESSIBLE EVEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AND NOW, AGAIN, THIS MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR PROJECT, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, INFORMAL TRAILS THAT, UH, ARE IMMEDIATELY NEAR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BATHHOUSE, UH, PEOPLE USE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE AREA OUT, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY ASIDE THE PARKING LOT TO, UH, ACCESS VARIOUS PARTS.
AND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GRASS IS COMPACTED DOWN AND THE DIRT'S COMPACTED DOWN.
UH, IS PART OF YOUR PLAN TO REMEDIATE ANY OF THAT, UH, AREA? WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY TURNING THOSE INTO FORMAL TRAILS, SO THERE'LL BE A CONNECTION ALL THE WAY FROM, UM, THE, THE TRAIN, UH, ACROSS THE BATHHOUSE FRONT, UH, TO THE VIOLET CROWN TRAILHEAD.
NOW YOU'RE REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER BY 300 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN FURTHER REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER? UH, YOU SAID THAT RIGHT NOW THAT I THINK THERE'S, UH, LIKE 40%, UH, 44% IMPERVIOUS COVER IN THE SITE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 300 SQUARE FEET IS IN REDUCTION AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE GOES, BUT UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, 15% IS LIMIT.
I KNOW YOU'D HAVE TO PROBABLY, UH, UH, REVEGETATE THE ENTIRE PARK TO GET DOWN TO 15%.
BUT, UH, NOT WITHSTANDING THAT, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN, UH, UH, DO BETTER THAN, THAN 300 SQUARE FEET? WELL, WE'RE DOING AS LITTLE WORK AS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BATHHOUSE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR LIFE SAFETY, UM, AND ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DISTURB AS LITTLE OF THE LAND AS POSSIBLE.
IN FACT, UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE USING THE PERVIOUS PAVERS, UH, IN THE FIRE LANE, WHICH IS A COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE TO ADD, UM, SO THAT FIRETRUCK CAN, CAN PULL UP AND AMBULANCES CAN PULL UP AND BE CLOSE TO THE FIREHOUSE AND THE POOL, UH, I MEAN THE BATHHOUSE, UH, AND THE POOL.
UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF THE, THE MAJOR COMPONENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT WE, UM, WE ARE FINDING ALTERNATE WAYS OF CONSTRUCTING, SO IT CAN REMAIN PERVIOUS.
SO THAT ACTUALLY HELPS US OUT A BUNCH ALREADY, IS THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE STRATEGIES TO, UH, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN AS LESLIE POINTED OUT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING A WATER QUALITY FEATURE, UH, THAT IS NOT REQUIRED.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING EXTRA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MITIGATE THE, THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT WE ARE TOUCHING AROUND THE SITE.
AND IS THE POOL CAPACITY GONNA BE IMPACTED DURING CONSTRUCTION? THE POOL ITSELF? NO.
SO IF I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY IS, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S 500 PEOPLE, SO THEY CAN STILL HANDLE 500 PEOPLE WHILE THE, UH, POOL'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AS I SAID, WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN AN ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, A WELL USED ENTRANCE AS WELL THAT WILL REMAIN OPENED AND UNDISTURBED BY THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE BATHHOUSE.
UH, NOW, UH, ARE YOU, I, I HEARD THE COMMENT WITH REGARD TO, UH, RAINWATER CATCHMENT, AND THE PROBLEM IS MAINTAIN THE, UH, HISTORIC STATUS OF THE, UH, OF THE FACILITY BEING INCONSISTENT WITH DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, CATCHMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GRAY WATER AND ALL THAT OTHER KIND OF FUN STUFF.
BUT, UH, WHAT ABOUT, UH, SOLAR PANELS? HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO USING SOLAR PANELS TO, UH, CAPTURE ANY ELECTRONIC ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENTS OR IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU LOOKED AT AS WELL? YES, WE HAVE.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT LARGE PECAN TREES THAT ARE SHADING THE ROOF OF THE BATHHOUSE THAT, UM, IT IS NOT PRACTICAL OR EFFICIENT TO EVEN TRY TO COLLECT SOLAR ENERGY.
UM, AND WILL YOU BE INSTALLING NEW LIGHTING THERE? YES.
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WILL IT BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT? IT SHOULD BE, YES.UM, AND ARE YOU RENOVATING THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE PARKING LOT? UH, YOU JUST CLOSING IT OFF OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES, OR WILL YOU BE REDOING THE PARKING LOT AS WELL? UM, WE WILL BE RE STRIPING THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT TO, UH, UH, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND TO, UM, UH, ALLOW FOR US TO, UH, ACTUALLY MAKE THE PARKING LOT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER TO MAKE SOME ROOM FOR THAT, UH, THAT TRAILHEAD CONNECTION GOING IN FRONT OF THE BATHHOUSE.
SO WE CAN HAVE, UM, A NEW SIDEWALK THERE AND THE ADA, UH, SLOPE UP TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE ROTUNDA.
UM, BUT IN THE PARKING LOT ITSELF, WE ARE, UH, GOING TO BE INSTALLING A, A NEW FIRE LOOP, UH, WHICH AGAIN, IS A LIFE SAFETY FEATURE, UH, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO PUT ANOTHER HYDRANT IN RIGHT BY THE FIRE LANE, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, CLOSER ACCESS TO, UM, TO WATER TO FIGHT ANY FIRES OR ANYTHING THAT IS NEEDED.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT IN EV CHARGING STATIONS INTO THE PARKING LOT? WE ACTUALLY HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS ALREADY.
I KNOW, BUT ARE YOU GONNA PUT IN MORE? OH, HOW MANY ARE WE PUTTING IN? TWO MORE? UH, I THINK MORE THAN TWO.
WE'RE PUTTING IN SEVERAL MORE EV CHARGING STATIONS.
UH, REAL QUICK, UM, I JUST AS, UM, PART OF MY ROLE AS SECRETARY AND AND TIMEKEEPER, UM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT IT IS NINE O'CLOCK AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A WHOLE OTHER, UM, AGENDA ITEM ON HERE.
SO, UM, LET'S, UH, PRACTICE SOME BREVITY.
SHARON, YOU GOT ANYTHING? THANK YOU.
I JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE SUSTAINABILITY QUESTIONS, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE, THE BATHHOUSE DOES PROVIDE RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE, THIS THE NEW CENTER, I BELIEVE THAT IS A STANDARD PRACTICE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ANYWAY.
UM, BUT IT IS PROBABLY ALSO PART OF OUR, UM, LEAD, UH, CREDENTIAL OR LEAD REGISTRATION MM-HMM.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ACHIEVING LEAD GOLD ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO DO IN A, IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE WA LIKE WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH THE SHOWER, THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES OUTTA THE SHOWER AND TOILET USAGE? YES.
WE HAVE TO USE CERTAIN TYPES OF FIXTURES, UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THIS TOWN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE WALK IN MY AGE WALK IN AND SAY, I LIKE THE OLD PLACE BETTER,
WELL, THIS IS A, THIS IS A REHABILITATION PROJECT, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE HIGHLY RESPECTING THE HISTORIC NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND MOST OF OUR WORK HAS TO DO WITH RESTORING, UH, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND, AND OTHER ELEMENTS, UH, BACK TO MORE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATIONS IN, IN, IN BETTER SHAPE.
UM, WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE, UM, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY HAS EYES ON THIS, UM, AND WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT PROPERLY AS WELL.
IF YOU THINK THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ON THIS SITE ARE STRICT, UH, THE HISTORIC REGULATIONS HAVE, THIS IS A STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARK, AND SO WE'VE WORKED CAREFULLY WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES ALL ALONG THE WAY.
REMEMBER THAT PICTURE I SHOWED, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THAT AGAIN.
UM, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A COMMENT ON HOW I SHOWER, BUT
UH, AS A, UH, FORMER NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGER AT BASTROP STATE PARK, AND I MANAGED THE HISTORIC, UH, SWIMMING POOL OUT THERE.
AND, UH, WHEN WE WERE DOING RESERVATION, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF RE RENOVATIONS, IT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
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TO ME, UM, YOU'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADA CREATING BETTER ACCESSIBILITY COMING INTO THE BATHHOUSE.HOW DOES THAT THEN FLOW OUT OF THERE TO GET PEOPLE DOWN TO THE POOL? BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S, YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF STAIRS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FROM THERE.
WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXISTING RAMP.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? WELL, UH, THERE EXISTS A COMPLIANT ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, A RAMP DOWN TO THE POOL, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BATHHOUSE.
IT EXITS AT THE WEST END AND, UH, HAS A NICE LITTLE TRAJECTORY DOWN THE SLOPE AND LANDS PEOPLE ON THE POOL DECK ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL ALSO, UH, INSTALLED AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM THE PARKING FACILITIES ON THAT SIDE OF THE POOL.
SO IT'LL STAY IN THE, THE, THE ONE COMING OUT OF THE BATHHOUSE WILL STAY THE SAME, IS THAT EXACTLY, YEAH.
OUR WORK REALLY STOPS, IT HUGS REALLY CLOSE TO THAT POOLSIDE EDGE OF THE BATHHOUSE, AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET INTO THE GROUNDS OVER THERE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES INSIDE THE BUILDING HAVING YOU DO WITH ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL.
UM, I, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE AS, UH, MR. SULLIVAN POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE ALL GET OLDER
UM, INSIDE, UH, YOU, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, THE LIFEGUARD STATIONS.
UM, SO I ASSUME THAT ALL KIND OF STAYS THE SAME.
IT'S KIND OF UP THERE IN THE FRONT FOR THE SAFETY, UH, THEM BEING ABLE TO COME OUT AND EVERYTHING, AND THAT KIND OF STAYS IN THE SAME SPOT.
THEY'LL STILL HAVE, YEAH, VISUAL, UM, ACCESSIBILITY TO THE ENTIRE POOL.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, BECAUSE I, I, I DIDN'T FULLY CATCH THIS EARLIER.
ARE THERE BOND DOLLARS BEING USED FOR THIS OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUNDING STRUCTURE ON, ON THIS ONE? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I THINK THERE WERE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A BOND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BATHHOUSE, IS THAT CORRECT? GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND? YES.
SO THERE, THERE WASN'T, THERE WASN'T A PARTICULAR BOND PACKAGE FOR THIS PROJECT? NO.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE, UH, QUICK COMMENTS OR, UM, ONE WAS, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT TREE PROTECTION.
WHAT ARE THE, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT IN THERE, I GUESS, BUT WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING FOR TREE PROTECTION AND, UM, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BEST MANAGEMENT OF THE TREES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE DO HAVE VERY STRICT TREE PROTECTION, UM, ORDINANCES AND, UH, THAT IS REVIEWED WITH THE SITE PLAN ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE AND GETS APPROVED BY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FORESTRY PEOPLE.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROVISION THAT IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE DONE THAT, UM, REPAIRS ARE MADE IN KIND TO THE DAMAGE THAT IS DONE TO ANY TREES.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE GOOD TREE PROTECTION PLANS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M VERY EN ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW EXHIBIT.
UM, IS THERE ANY INTENT, UM, TO DO SIGNAGE UP AT THE RAIN GARDEN? UM, CUZ I THINK THAT COULD BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TOO, IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION, I'D MAYBE ENCOURAGE THAT AFTERWARDS, UM, AS THE PUBLIC ARE WANDERING DOWN FROM THE PARKING LOT UP THERE.
WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL NEED TO BE REFUELED AND, AND ALL THOSE ELEMENTS? UM, WELL, HMM.
THE CITY ALSO HAS VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE SPECIFICATIONS NOW FOR, UM, MAINTAINING ALL OF THAT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
YEAH, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF THE, OF THE SPEC SECTION.
I, I CAN'T AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UM, NINE 12.
BUT WE, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SECTION DEDICATED TO THAT TWO PRACTICES.
UM, UM, AND REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, UM, BOTH WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, MITIGATION OF ANY LETTER ASBESTOS.
UH, WE DID GO THROUGH, UM, VERY, UM, UH, EXHAUSTIVE TESTING, UH, OF THE BUILDING PRIOR, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT FOR BID.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT A SPEC SECTION THERE THAT, UH, OUTLINES HOW TO, UM, MY MIND IS STARTING TO GO, IT MUST BE AFTER NINE.
UM, IT, UH, IT, IT LAYS OUT, UH, HOW TO
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FOLLOW STATE REGULATIONS ON, UM, ON WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DISCOVER ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT KNOWN BEFORE, HOW TO HANDLE MATERIALS, UH, AS THEY'RE REMOVED AND REMEDIATED FROM THE BUILDING.AND WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL TECHNICIANS WHO DO THAT ONSITE, UH, THAT INVOLVES, UH, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC SHEETING AROUND TO PROTECT FROM ANY DUST, YOU KNOW, CONTAMINATION THAT MAY TRAVEL OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOSING OFF AFTER WORKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SUITS.
SO ALL, ALL OF THAT IS VERY STANDARD PRACTICE.
WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE STATE, UH, RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THAT.
YEAH, THAT, UH, I, I, I THINK MY CONCERN, I MEAN, FROM AN ASBESTOS, LEAD-BASED PAINT THAT THAT'S, OR LEAD-BASED LEAD PIPE STUFF, THAT'S VERY GOOD.
MY, MY BIGGER CONCERN, UM, AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING THOSE SPECS TO THE CONTRACTOR IS, IS IS REALLY DIESEL AND, YOU KNOW, UH, HAZARDOUS FLUIDS OR LIQUIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE COMING DOWN AND, AND REFUELING DOWN IN THAT PARKING LOT.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, CLOSE SPOT TO BARTON SPRINGS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE A LOT OF EYES ON THIS PROJECT, UH, NOT ONLY CITY STAFF, BUT I IMAGINE CITIZENS WILL, UH, BE NOTING WHAT IS GOING ON AND, UH, WILL HELP US, UH, KIND OF POLICE THAT AS WELL.
AND ONE THING THAT LIKE POPPED UP MY HEAD ABOUT THE SIGNS IS ALSO THE THINK ABOUT INCLUDING OTHER LANGUAGES.
MOST LIKELY SPANISH, SINCE WE HAVE A HUGE SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION HERE.
THAT IS DEFINITELY, UM, PART OF OUR EXHIBIT PLANS.
UM, NOT ONLY SPANISH, BUT I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED MAYBE SEVEN TOTAL LANGUAGES THAT WE'LL SUPPORT, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT OF THIS.
UH, WE'LL PROBABLY BE LOOKING, UM, TO, UH, MAYBE CITY STAFF TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN, UH, SINCE IT IS A LARGE PROJECT.
UM, BUT THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN DISCUSSED AND IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
ANY OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MA'AM? MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I SECOND THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, JULY 5TH, 2023, PROJECT C 20 DASH 2023 DASH 0 22, THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION SITE, SPECIFIC SOS AMENDMENT.
UM, WHEREAS THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WOR WORKS DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S SAVE OUR SPRINGS ORDINANCE AND RELATED VARIANCES TO CHAPTER 25 DASH EIGHT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE AMENDMENT IS TO UPDATE THE BATHHOUSE AT BARTON SPRINGS SWIMMING POOL, WHEREAS THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE SOS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CURRENTLY COMPLY WITH THE IMPERVIOUS COVERED LIMITS, BUT PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE TOTAL IMPERVIOUS COVER BY 302 SQUARE FEET, WHEREAS THE PROJECT IS WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE EDWARDS AQUAPHOR RECHARGE ZONE AND COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED, WHEREAS CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE SOS AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
NUMBER ONE, EXISTING BUILDING REHABILITATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, UH, WILLIAM BARTON DRIVE ADJACENT TO BARTON SPRINGS ENTRANCE TURNSTILE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BARTON CREEK TO UNDERGO WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE TO SUPPORT THE BATHHOUSE STRUCTURE WITH ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE FIRE FLOW AND REPLACING AGED WATERSHED, OH, I'M SORRY, WASTEWATER LINES THREE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE LANE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BATHHOUSE FOR ADEQUATE FIREFIGHTING ACCESS AROUND THE STRUCTURE, AND FOUR LANDSCAPING AROUND THE RESTROOM BUILDING AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WILLIAM BARTON DRIVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EXISTING VEGETATION.
THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION, NUMBER ONE, INCLUDE MORE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE RAIN GARDEN AND THROUGHOUT THE POOL AREA IN INCLUSIVE AND VARIOUS LANGUAGES.
JUST ONE COMMENT, UH, ARE THOSE CONDITIONS THE ONES LESLIE, I I, I FEEL LIKE THEY NOT THE SAME.
I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE REPORT, I'M JUST
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LOOKING AT THE POWERPOINT PAGE.LESLIE LILY WATERSHED PROTECTION.
SO THOSE ARE THE, UM, THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT THAT YOU LISTED OFF COMMISSIONER BRISTOL ARE THE, THE, THE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS DOING VERSUS THE CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED THE REDUCTION AND IMPERVIOUS COVER OF 300.
AND I, I CAN, I CAN READ 'EM IF YOU WANT ME TO.
SO, UM, SO TO, TO WITH, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STAFF CONDITIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING.
AND TELL ME IF I GET THESE WRONG AND I'M JUST READING 'EM FROM THE POWERPOINT.
UH, THE PROJECT WILL DECREASE THE TOTAL IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THE SITE BY 302 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT BY CONSTRUCTING A RAIN GARDEN AND VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS TO TREAT RUNOFF FROM 0.4 ACRE OF PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED PARKING LOT.
NUMBER THREE, AFTER RENOVATION IS COMPLETE, THE PROJECT WILL REPAIR IM IMPACTED SOILS AND REVEGETATE AND RESTORE THE SITE TO THE CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH USE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
AND NUMBER FIVE, THE PROJECT WILL USE NATIVE PLANT SPECIES FOR ALL PROPOSED PLANTING PLANTINGS, EXTERIOR TO THE BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, UH, AS PRESENTED, RAISE YOUR HAND.
BRIMER, YOU WERE IN, YOU WERE IN FAVOR? CORRECT.
FIRST APPLAUD, PAUSE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
UM, ALRIGHT, CRUSHING FORWARD TO DESSERT AS WE CALL IT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS SAVED FOR THE END, BUT UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL.
[7. Name: Little Bear Creek Recharge Enhancement Project SOS Amendment C20-2023]
CREEK RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.SOS AMENDMENT C 20 DASH 2023 DASH OH OH NINE A.
APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND I THINK, UH, MR. HIRES YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US.
UH, GOOD EVENING, SCOTT HIRES FROM THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START OFF TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE PROJECT.
IT'S THE FIRST KIND OF LARGE SCALE RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, IS TRYING TO CONSTRUCT.
IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS DONE A LOT OF RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT ON SMALL FEATURES LIKE OPENING UP CAVES OR ST.
CARLOS BY REMOVING DEBRIS IS WASHED IN, BUT THAT VOLUME IS REAL RELATIVELY SMALL, RIGHT? CUZ THOSE OPENINGS ARE NOT THAT BIG.
SO THIS IS A MUCH LARGER SCALE PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, WITH THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY, IT WAS KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO BUY THIS 86 ACRE TRACT THAT HAD AN ABANDONED QUARRY ON IT.
WITH THE VISION OF DOING LARGE SCALE, REALLY CHARGE ENHANCEMENT.
UM, IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO GET OFF NECESSARY PERMITS.
UM, WE HAD TO GET AN AGREEMENT WITH L C RCRA TO RESERVE WATER THAT TOOK FIVE YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
IT TOOK ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE T C Q FOR THE ACTUAL DIVERSION.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THIS FROM L R A, UM, THE BARTON SPRINGS AT AQUIFER CONFERENCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, UM, AUSTIN WATER, OUR LAW DEPARTMENT PROTECTION AND, AND AUSTIN WATER.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE BILLING A RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN QUICKER WATER QUALITY ZONE.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNDER AN SOS AMENDMENT AS YOU ALL KNOW.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, 25 8, UM, 1 51 PREVENTS VARIANCES.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT.
UH, WE NEED THREE QUARTERS OF MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE INITIATION PROCESS THAT WAS DONE ON APRIL 23RD.
UM, OUR AMENDMENT WAS SPONSORED BY PRO TEM, UM, MAYOR ELLIS AND SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ENTENTES, UM, RYAN AL ALTER, ALISON AL ALTER, AND LESLIE POOLE.
UM, WE ALSO WENT TO CODE IN ORANGES ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, WHICH THEY GAVE US.
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OF COURSE OUR FOUR, UH, VARIANCES ARE FOR MODIFICATION OF FLOODPLAIN WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.CUT AND FILL IN EXCESS OF FOUR FEET AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION IN THE WATER QUALITY TRANSITION ZONE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN DETAIL WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE IN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DIVERT STORM WATER FROM LITTLE BEAR CREEK.
LITTLE BEAR CREEK DOESN'T NORMALLY HAVE BASE FLOW AND ONLY GETS FLOW DURING STORM EVENTS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD BASICALLY DIVERSION CHANNEL THAT WILL TAKE STORM FLOWS IN EXCESS OF 50 CFS OUT OF LITTLE BEAR CREEK AND DIVERT THEM INTO THE QUARRY.
NOW IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE ALL THE FLOWS, IT'S GONNA TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 50% OF THOSE FLOWS.
REALLY DEPENDS ON WHICH MODEL YOU USE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE BASIC CONCEPT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT WATER, PUT IT IN THE QUARRY WHERE IT'S GONNA SIT AND SLOWLY BASICALLY RECHARGE INTO THE AQUIFER AND KIND OF BUILD UP THE WATER TABLE IN THE AREA AND, UM, PROVIDE THESE, UM, KIND OF MORE LONG-TERM FLOWS THAT BURTON SPRINGS AND BASICALLY HELP INCREASE THE STORAGE IN THE AQUIFER OF FLOWS AT THE SPRINGS AND WILL HELP SUPPORT THE AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL SPECIES, UH, THAT ARE DEPENDENT UPON THAT WATER.
SO WHAT ALSO MAKES THIS SITE REALLY UNIQUE IS THAT WITH WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS, THE CITY OWNS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATERSHED UPSTREAM IN PERPETUITY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE STORM FLOWS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THAT, UM, ARE GOING TO IN THE FUTURE WON'T BE CHANGING VERY MUCH.
UM, AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO ADD MORE EQUAL SERVICES TO THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS.
NOT ONLY DO THEY DO THEIR OWN LAND MANAGEMENT AND RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, BUT NOW CAN WE ADD MORE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BY DOING RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT, BUT DOING IT AT A LARGE SCALE, THEY ALREADY DO LIKE SMALL SCALE RECHARGE ENHANCEMENTS.
WE'RE TALKING CAN WE PROVIDE LIKE SEVERAL ACRE FEET OF WATER A YEAR? ACTUALLY WE'RE PERMITTED FROM THE T C Q TO DIVERT UP TO 485 ACRE FEET OF WATER EACH YEAR.
SO KIND OF SHOW WHERE WE'RE, UH, THE SITE IS AT THE VERY SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE CITY'S FULL PURPOSE AREA, WHICH IS THE KIND OF DARK GRAY.
AND THEN THE LIGHT GRAY IS THE, UM, E T J, THE BLUE SHOWS THE RECHARGE ZONE AND THE GREEN SHOWS, UH, THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR SITE IS ALMOST SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RECHARGE ZONE, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY LITTLE BEAR DOESN'T HAVE WATER, WHICH IS ALL THE SPRINGS THAT ARE UPSTREAM IN THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FLOW TO SUSTAIN BASE FLOW IN THE CHANNEL.
SO THIS SLIDE KINDA SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS THAT WE OWN ADJACENT TO THE SITE.
UM, THIS ONLY SHOWS THE FEE SIMPLE LANDS, SO WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOME PERPETUITY THESE LANDS WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED.
AND ACTUALLY IT'S ALSO TRUE FOR THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
WE ACTUALLY STRIPPED THE IMPERVIOUS SO THAT THEY ONLY CAN, UM, BILL LIKE 1% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE S SLIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE KIND OF THE QUARRY AND LITTLE BEAR CREEK IS ACTUALLY IN THE VERY, UM, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT PROPERTY, JUST NIX THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THE QUARRY HAS BASICALLY KIND OF TWO KIND OF PIT AREAS.
THE SOUTHERN AREA HAS A KIND OF A VERY SHALLOW WETLAND, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SADDLE BETWEEN THAT AND THAT NORTHERN PIT WHERE YOU SEE THAT DEEPER POOL THAT IS, UM, THAT POOL IS THE WATER TABLE.
IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY QUARRIES IN THE RECHARGE ZONE WHERE THE WATER TABLE HAS BEEN EXPOSED, WHICH MAKES IT GREAT FOR RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT.
AND ALSO THE GEOLOGY DOES BECAUSE THE SIDE WELLS OF THE QUARRY ARE COMPOSED OF THE KIRCHBERG MEMBER, WHICH IS THE MOST, UH, POROUS AND CAVERN FORMING FORMATION IN THE EDWARDS.
SO IT'S REALLY PERFECT FOR, UH, THIS TYPE OF RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT TOO, THE QUARRY OPERATIONS THEMSELVES, THEY USED DYNAMITE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY, THAT HAS CREATED FRACTURES IN THE ROCK.
SO WE HAD THIS GREAT PERMEABILITY, THE CITY D TRACED THAT NORTHERN POND, AND WE GOT TRAVEL TIMES TO BARTON SPRINGS IN TWO TO THREE DAYS OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF THAT DYE.
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UM, FLOWS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER NEXT SLIDE.AND THIS KIND OF SHOWS KIND OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS SITE.
UM, CORY OPERATIONS STARTED BACK IN THE MID EIGHTIES AND EXPANDED TO, UH, THE END OF THE LATE NINETIES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TWO THIRDS OF THIS SITE HAS JUST BEEN DISTURBED, AND YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
THAT'S LITTLE BEAR CREEK QUARRY OPERATIONS ACTUALLY BISECTED THE TRIBUTARY THIS FIRST FLOOR OF TRIBUTARY THAT HAS, WHAT, 204 ACRES OF DRAINAGE UPSTREAM AND NOW JUST IT'S BEEN BISECTED AND FLOWS INTO THE QUARRY.
AND THEY ALSO CREATED THIS LONG ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
HARD TO SEE IN THIS AERIAL, BUT THERE'S A BIG BERM THAT LONG THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
SO THE BASIC CONCEPT FOR US IS TO BASICALLY, UM, TAKE THOSE STORM FLOWS IN EXCESS OF CFS, DIVERT 'EM THROUGH THIS DIVERSION CHANNEL, WHICH IS ABOUT 65 FEET WIDE.
IT'S ABOUT 400 FEET OVER 400 FEET LONG TO TAKE THOSE FLOWS INTO THE QUARRY.
UM, AND BASICALLY FILL UP THE QUARRY, MAYBE ABOUT 20 FEET FOR LIKE A THREE INCH STORM EVENT AND BASICALLY LET THAT RECHARGE.
IF WE GET A LARGE EVENT, LIKE A SEVEN INCH INCH EVENT, IT WILL FILL THE QUARRY COMPLETELY.
IT'S OVER 385 ACRE FEET OF WATER.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE THAT WATER.
SO WE NEED TO BASICALLY OPEN UP THAT BURN ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
SO WE HAVE BASICALLY A SPILLWAY FOR ANY ESSEX EXCESS FLOWS.
UM, OUR PERMIT IS ACTUALLY FOR 485 ACRE-FEET, SO WE ACTUALLY CAN FILL THE QUARRY UP AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, ONCE.
AND OUR MODELS SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE, WE'D BE LUCKY TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT UM, ON AVERAGE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AN EVERY YEAR WE MIGHT GET LIKE 155 ACRE-FEET FOR A NORMAL YEAR.
SO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, IN THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING OFF IN THE DISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WATER TABLE POND, AND YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE OUT WETLAND POND IN THE LOWER KIND OF, UH, LEFT CORNER THERE OF THAT SLIDE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT BEAR CREEK LOOKS LIKE ALL THE TIME.
UH, IT HAS NO BASE FLOW IN IT.
UM, IT ONLY FLOWS WHEN YOU GET LIKE A TWO INCH TRAIN EVENT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF TARGETING THOSE EVENTS OVER TWO, UH, OVER THREE INCHES.
UH, SO HERE'S HOW OUR VARIANCES COME INTO PLAY.
UM, WE HAVE, IF YOU CLICK AGAIN PLEASE AND TWICE AND AGAIN AND ONE MORE TIME.
SO THE ORANGE SHOWS OUR DIVERSION CHANNEL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE BLIP OF OUR DIVERSION CHANNEL IS IN THE CRITICAL, NOT ALLOWED, IT'S IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
SO WE HAVE TO, UH, DO SOME MODIFICATION, WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING.
UM, THE REST OF THAT IS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIGN THIS ACCESS ROAD.
SO, UM, THERE'S ONE EXISTING TWO TRACK RANCH ROAD THAT WE NEED TO KEEP SO THAT AUSTIN WATER CAN MAINTAIN NOT ONLY THIS PROPERTY, BUT ALSO ADJOINING, UH, PROPERTIES.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE CUTTING SUCH A DEEP TRENCH, WE HAVE TO KIND OF FLARE DOWN THAT DIVERSION CHANNEL FOR THAT CROSSING AND REALIGN THE ROAD.
UM, SO THAT REALIGNMENT IS A, UM, IT'S NOT THAT MANY ACRE ACRES.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, I WROTE THAT DOWN.
IT'S ABOUT TWO, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 0.2 ACRES.
UH, SORRY, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, THAT, THAT'S THE TWO VARIANCES WE NEED FOR THAT WORK.
SO DEEPER THE COLOR, UM, THE MORE CUT OR FILL.
UM, CUT IS 30 FEET CLOSE TO THE QUARRY.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN FOUR FEET BY THE, UH, WHERE IT ACTUALLY ENTERS INTO THE DIVERSION FILL IS UP TO 14 FEET WITH MOST OF IT GOING BACK INTO THE QUARRY AND THE VERY KIND OF WESTERN PORTION OF THAT NORTHERN PIT.
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THEN YOU REMEMBER THE WETLAND I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT AND THAT FIRST LITTLE SMALL POND WE'RE GONNA BE SCRAPING THAT, THOSE SOILS TO THE SIDE, HOLDING THEM AND THEN BRINGING THEM BACK.CUZ THERE'LL BE SEED BASE IN THERE AND WE'LL ADD MORE KIND OF WETLAND SEED BASE TO THAT TO REESTABLISH THAT WETLAND AREA.
UH, NEXT SLIDE AND THEN CLICK AGAIN.
SO YOU KIND OF SEE THERE'S A KIND OF YELLOW AND A, AND A RED LINE THERE.
THE YELLOW LINE IS, UM, THE EXISTING RANCH ROAD THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP.
AND THE RED LINE IS THE REALIGNMENT OF THAT ROAD.
AND, UH, WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED A VARIANCE FOR THIS, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO DO SOME INNOVATIVE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO BASICALLY USE INFILTRATION AREAS AND NATURAL LEGISLATIVE FILTER STRIPS TO MEET OUR S SOS REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS RANCH ROAD IS A CONTROLLED ACCESS.
IT'S ALWAYS LOCKED ONLY AUSTIN, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL ON THIS ROAD.
THEY MOSTLY DO IT FOR MAINTENANCE AND FOR, UM, EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND, UM, UH, YEAH, OH, BASICALLY WE'LL BE WE OUR ASSESS, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS SHOWS JUST THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, HOW MUCH REVE WE'RE DOING.
SO THE GREEN SHOWS, UM, THREE ACRES OF FLOOD PLAIN MITIGATION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AT 140% OF WHAT'S REQUIRED.
THE KIND OF YELLOWISH MUSTARD COLOR IS OUR UPLAND VEGETATION OR, UH, REVEGETATION, IT'S FIVE ACRES.
AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THESE, UM, INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY PONDS.
THEY'RE KIND OF SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT YOU SEE AT SU PARK AND THE FRISBEE DISC AREA.
THERE'S KIND OF LIKE FOUR INCH BERMS KIND OF CRESCENT SHAPE THAT HELP BUILD UP WATER AND ALLOW TO SLOW DOWN AND INFILTRATE.
AND THE BLUE AREA, OF COURSE, THERE'S THAT, THAT PLUS THAT WETLAND VEGETATION THAT WE'RE GONNA RE-VEGETATE, SCRAPE IT TO THE SIDE, PUT IT, BRING IT BACK AND PUT IN MORE SEED BASE.
UM, SO I THINK IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
UM, MOST OF THEM ARE, UH, IN THEIR STAFF REPORT AND I'LL LET YOU READ 'EM THERE.
UM, GOT ANY QUESTIONS GUYS? I THINK OFFICIALLY WE'RE BACK TO YOU.
I CAN'T, I I I I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED AND WE GET BACK THERE.
UH, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE, I I HAVE ONE SMALL QUESTION IS, UM, SINCE YOU'RE DIVERTING ALL THIS WATER FROM LITTLE BEAR CREEK FROM GOING DOWNSTREAM, UH, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE TO THE, UM, ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGY? WHAT, HOWEVER YOU CHARACTERIZE IT, YOU KNOW, DOWNSTREAM FROM LITTLE BEAR CREEK? WELL, YOU REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT CAPTURING ALL THE FLOWS.
WE'RE ONLY CAPTURING SOME OF THEM.
UM, WE HAVE RESERVE, UH, UHER IN OUR AGREEMENT, 40.5 ACRE FEET OF WATER, UM, ANNUALLY IT HAS, AND THAT AGREEMENT'S FOR 50 YEARS.
UM, AND I, I GUESS MOST REMEMBER THERE IS NO BASE FLOW IN THIS CREEK, SO THE ONLY TIME IT REALLY HAS FLOW IS, IS DURING THESE STORM EVENTS.
WE'RE JUST GIVING THAT WATER KIND OF A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE IT TO THE COLORADO RIVER JUST BY GIVING IT AN ALTER, AN ALTERNATIVE ALTER, ALTERNATIVE FLOW PATH THAT'S MUCH LONGER.
AND, UH, ARE YOU GONNA BE CUTTING DOWN ANY TREES WITH THAT, UH, DIVERSION CHANNEL YOU'RE BUILDING THERE? THE DIVERSION CHANNEL, THE TREES ARE BEING REMOVED.
THEY'RE ONES THAT ARE IN THE QUARRY.
THERE'S ABOUT 28 TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED AND THERE'S SOME TREES ON THE BERM ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
AND WE ARE PAYING INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF ONE OF THOSE TREES.
UM, IT'S A 33 INCH LIVE OAK THAT WOULD BE REMOVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
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IT'S A MULTIS STEM, UH, LIVE OAK.THANKS FOR STAYING HERE SO LATE.
I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THE RATIONALE FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, TO BOLSTER THE AQUIFER BY DIVERTING WATER TO A MORE POROUS AREA IN THE FORMER QUAR QUARRY THAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE CREEK ITSELF.
AND SO THE IDEA IS TO, YOU KNOW, HELP THE RECHARGE ZONE IN THAT WAY.
KINDA LIKE SLOW DOWN, TAKE SOME TIME RECHARGE.
RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, FLYING THROUGH, UH, LITTLE BEAR CREEK AND GOING DOWN TO THE COLORADO RIVER, WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A LONGER FLOW RESIDENCE TIME.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS JUST A REALLY INNOVATIVE PROJECT.
IS THE QUARRY ITSELF ON A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR IS IT OWNED BY THE CITY AS A WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LAND PROPERTY? IT IS, UH, FEE SIMPLE, OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, WITH HELP FROM HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY BACK, UM, IN 2002, THEY WORKED JOINTLY ON THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY.
HEY, UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UH, LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONER SAID, SUPER COOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN HAYES COUNTY, SO I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF, UH, OF THE AREA.
AND IT'S COOL THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS DOING STUFF TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PRESERVE THE AQUIFER.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LIKE, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UH, SAN MARCUS IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING THIS, YOU KNOW, GIANT, UH, HILL COUNTRY STUDIO FOR, FOR FILM USE AND STUFF THAT'S MADE A LOT OF, UH, HEADLINES FOR BEING BUILT ON THE AQUIFER.
I THINK I WAS LOOKING IT UP, IT'S LIKE 800,000 SQUARE FEET WITH LIKE 20% IMPERVIOUS COVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE AQUIFER.
DO Y'ALL SEE Y'ALL CELLS DOING MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE AS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS ON THE AQUIFER AREA WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO HAPPEN? UM, I WOULD HOPE SO.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A PILOT PROJECT.
UM, WE, WE WILL BE MONITORING THE FLOWS THAT GO INTO THE POND OR INTO THE QUARRY BOTH AND BASICALLY MONITORING LITTLE BEAR IN A DIVERSION AND IN THE CREEK.
AND ALSO WE HAVE WELLS ON SITE, SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY USE THAT TO, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR MODEL, WE DID A WATER AVAILABILITY MODEL THAT IT WORKED, IT WAS RIGHT THEN CAN WE APPLY THIS TO OTHER QUARRIES IN THE AREA? THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER QUARRIES IN THE AREA, UH, IN A RECHARGE ZONE WITH ANOTHER PROJECT SIMILAR TO THIS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD LESSONS LEARNED AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THIS FAR.
HOPEFULLY THIS KIND OF HAS LAID DOWN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A PATHWAY FOR A FUTURE PROJECT, BUT THEY CAN MAYBE DO IT EVEN, UM, MORE QUICKLY THAN THIS ONE.
AND, UH, JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE THESE OTHER QUARRIES ARE? UM, THEY'RE MOSTLY IN HAYS COUNTY.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THEIR ADDRESSES
I TOTALLY FEEL YOU SOMEWHERE SOUTH.
UM, NO QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WILL SAY, I, I REALLY LIKE THIS PROJECT.
THE MORE, UM, YOU'VE PRESENTED ON IT AND READING THE BACKUP AND STUFF, IT'S INNOVATIVE AND IT'S DIFFERENT AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A, A GREAT USE OF OF RESOURCES ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, I ONLY HAD ONE QUESTION AND UM, AND THAT'S RELATED TO, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF THE WEST CORNER WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE FILL YES.
UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS, OR DO YOU HAVE SPECS FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FILL THAT WITH? OR IS IT JUST FILL FROM ANYWHERE OR? MY CONCERN WOULD BE IT'S, IT'S FILL FROM THE PROJECT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE COST BY HAULING THAT CUT MATERIAL AWAY.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN THE QUARRY WHERE IT WAS TAKEN OUT, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO.
SO ONSITE MATERIAL, ALL ONSITE MATERIALS, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE WHAT ALL THE MATERIALS ON SITE FOR THE WATER QUALITY CONTROLS FOR THE FILL.
AND BASICALLY HOPEFULLY THOSE TRUCKS COME ON THE SITE, THEY'D NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING IT TAKES ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO
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DO THE ACTUAL CUT.AND YEAH, THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION IS LIKE, DID, DID YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, BUT, BUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS COULD START AND, AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? UH, WE'RE IN A SIMILAR TIMEFRAME AS THE, UH, BATHHOUSE, SO, OKAY.
UM, WE GO TO PC HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS FOR THEIR, UH, APPROVAL.
WE HAVE TO WRITE THAT DRAFT ORDINANCE, GET THAT THROUGH LAW.
WE WANT TO GET TO COUNSEL BY AUGUST 31ST.
UM, HOPEFULLY GET THEIR BLESSING, WHICH I, I THINK WE WILL.
AND THEN, UH, WE GET OUR CITY PERMIT.
WE HAVE TO GET A WALMART PERMIT FROM HAYES COUNTY FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
SHOULDN'T BE A BIG ISSUE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE MONTHS FOR BID.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE AWARDED AND WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN JANUARY, HOPEFULLY DONE BY, UH, SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, BE EXCITED AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME BACK AND TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE WELL DATA OR THE MODELS THAT, YOU KNOW, CALIBRATION OF THE MODELS YOU'VE GOT ONCE, ONCE IT'S IN PLACE AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE WOULD BE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OUT THERE ANYTIME.
EXTEND THE INVITATION IF Y'ALL WANNA COME ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING.
WE, OR FRIDAY, WE CAN GO TAKE A LOOK AND, UH, ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ANYONE? YES.
UM, SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED DIFFERENT, LIKE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT MEASURES THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE BEING REALLY THOROUGH.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, AS A FORMER QUARRY SITE, ARE THERE CERTAIN POLLUTANTS THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR, UM, THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T BE PRESENT IN LITTLE BEAR CREEK IF THE WATER TRAVELED THAT WAY? SO I KNOW WE'RE HOPING TO GET LIKE MORE VOLUME AND THINGS LIKE THAT ULTIMATELY INTO THE AQUIFER THROUGH, THROUGH THE QUARRY SITE, BUT IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR POLLUTANTS AT THAT SITE THAT WE MIGHT NOT GET SOMEWHERE ELSE? I MEAN, THE BIGGEST POLLUTANT THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AT LEAST FROM, FROM THE LAND OF OMA CODE STANDPOINT, IS TSS.
UM, BUT IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WITH QUARRIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY DEFINITELY USE DYNAMITE.
I DON'T KNOW LIKE HOW MUCH RESIDUAL IS LEFT FROM, FROM THAT DETONATION OF THOSE EXPLOSIONS.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY, WE HAVEN'T TESTED, UM, SO I, THAT'D BE THE ONLY POTENTIAL I CAN THINK OF.
BUT IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF CONCERN FOR YOU ALL IN THIS PROJECT, THE KIND OF POLLUTANTS THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
I MEAN, USUALLY WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY, ALWAYS THE CITY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO GET, UH, BASICALLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE EXACT REASON.
IS THERE LIABILITY OR THERE TANKS, ARE THERE POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN? AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY IT CLEARED ALL THOSE HURDLES WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2002.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MA'AM? MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSE ANY PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.
WE'RE GOING WITH EVERYBODY BUT PRIMER ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS, UH, THE SUBJECT IS SOS CODE AMENDMENT FOR LITTLE BEAR CREEK RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT FACILITY SP DASH 20 0 2 2 DASH 0 4 6 2 D.
UH, WHEREAS THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WILL CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT WITHIN THE RECHARGE PROJECT AT STONE LEDGE QUARRY WITHIN THE BARTON SPRINGS SEGMENT OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER.
AND WHEREAS FOR VARIANCES ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND THOSE ARE 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 2 63 FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATION TO ALLOW FLOOD PLAIN MODIFICATION WITHIN THE C W Q Z 25 DASH 8 3 41.
CUT AND FILL, UH, TO ALLOW CUT AND FILL OF EXCESS OF FOUR FEET 25 8 DASH 4 22 WATER QUALITY TRANS TRANSITION ZONE TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY TRANSITION ZONE
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THAT LIES OVER THE SOUTH EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.AND, UM, I ACTUALLY COMBINED TWO OF THESE.
SO ONE OF THEM SHOULD BE FOR CUT AND THE OTHER IS FOR FILL.
SO I, I JUST SEPARATED THOSE, UH, WHEREAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND ASSOCIATED VARIANCES FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE OS NON DEION WATER QUALITY TREATMENT FOR ALL NEW AND RECONSTRUCTED, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER OR EQUIVALENT AREA WITH INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH LDC 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 1 51 TO THE NEW IMPROVE THE NEW IMPERVIOUS COVER PROPOSED BY THE PROJECT IS LIMITED TO AN UNIMPROVED ROAD WITH GATED AND RESTRICTED AREAS FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF IN MAINTENANCE LAND MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THREE ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION, WHICH IS 140% OF THE REQUIRED MITIGATION FOR THE PROPOSED BLOOD PLAIN MODIFICATION.
AND FOUR, THE PROJECT WILL, UH, PROVIDE 5.23 ACRES OF UPLAND RESTORATION.
THE PROJECT WILL PAY INTO THE TREE FUND IN LIEU OF PROVIDING MITIGATION FOR THE FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW WATER QUALITY PONDS.
THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS.
THERE IS A COPY ERROR, I THINK.
UM, AND IT SHOULD JUST SAY THE PROJECT WILL PAY INTO THE TREE FUND IN LIEU OF PROVIDING MITIGATION FOR TREE REMOVALS.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY, UM, IN LIEU PAYMENT FOR THE FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ON SITE.
I THOUGHT THAT READ A LITTLE FUNNY, SO THANK YOU.
SO THE PROJECT WILL PAY INTO THE TREE FUND FOR TREE MITIGATION.
WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
UM, AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
[COMMITTEE REPORTS]
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT? YEAH, UH, YEAH.
SO THE JSC PASSED A SIMILAR, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO THE, UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER WORK FROM HOME POLICY AS HERE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE HARDCORE THAN WE WERE, WHICH I MEAN, I TAKE THE BLAME FOR WHATEVER.
UM, THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, AN ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, EMERGING BUSINESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SUSTAINABILITY SPACE, WHICH WAS SUPER COOL.
AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE GOT A, A WORKING GROUP FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS THAT'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PUSH SOME, UH, SOME CODE MODIFICATIONS THROUGH THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, BONUSES SIMILAR TO HOW THEY'VE GOT DENSITY BONUSES OR WHATEVER FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE STRINGENT SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES.
AND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? I'LL ADD THAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER WITH THE, UH, IS THE PLAN.
WHAT IS THE, THE STATE OF THE STATE OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THIS THIS YEAR? AND I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FOR GOALS OR OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE YEAR.
TELL ME THE WORDS THAT I NEED TO BE SAYING.
UM, SO IT'S DUE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF, UH, PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, BRING THEM, SHOOT, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE, I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE RETREAT NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST, UH, TO PUT, PUT THAT, UH, PUT THAT IDEA IN YOUR HEAD.
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LET, NO.WAIT, E WHAT DO YOU GOT, ELIZABETH? REAL QUICK, ELIZABETH FUNK WATERSHED.
JUST A REMINDER THAT Y'ALL GOT AN EMAIL FROM STEPHANIE HALL ABOUT UPDATING YOUR PASSWORD.
UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SELF-SERVICE PA SERVICE PASSWORD, WE RESET.
SO YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON AN EMAIL FROM STEPHANIE HALL.
IF IT'S HARD, YOU CAN CALL ME
DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T USE PASSWORD 1, 2 34 ANYMORE? NOT ANYMORE.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE IT EVERY 90 DAYS, SO, UH, KEEP ROTATING THROUGH
YES, I HAVE SOMETHING UNDER FUTURE
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS. I HAD HOPED THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER EINHORN WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT.I DID TALK TO COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER SCOTT ABOUT THIS.
UM, I RAN INTO A CASE WHERE THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN IN DISTRICT TWO, WHERE A LOT OF LAWNS ARE BEING REPLACED BY ARTIFICIAL TURF.
AND THE QUESTION IS, UM, THAT'S INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING ON OUR AGENDA YET UNTIL I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS.
I, I TALKED TO LIZ JOHNSON ABOUT THIS BY EMAIL AND MATT HOLLAND.
UH, SO I'M INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE.
ALL RIGHT? UM, YEAH, KEEP US POSTED, PLEASE.