Sep 06, 2023 Environmental Commission

[CALL TO ORDER *This portion of the meeting is without audio*]

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F OF THE PARD

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

HERE IS MY ASK.

PLEASE DRAFT A RESOLUTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE A NEW PROJECT OF REMEDIATION OF OVER 10 ACRES OF LAND THAT HAS BECOME IMPERVIOUS COVER IN ZILKER PARK WHEN THE RAINS COME TO TEXAS AND THEY WILL, AND THEY WILL SOMETIMES EVEN FLOOD THE COMPACTED SOILS AROUND THE CREEK AND THE POOL WILL BE DISASTROUS FOR THE WATER AND DEPRIVE THE AQUIFER OF MUCH NEEDED PERCOLATION FOR REPLENISHMENT.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR STEWARDSHIP OF BOTH THE LAND AND THE AQUIFER.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE POLO FIELD IN ZILKER PARK.

NEXT, PLEASE, JACKSON.

THIS SHOWS ALL OF THE INFORMAL PATHWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, EXTREMELY COMPRESSED SOILS, AND IT TOTALS NOW ABOUT OVER SEVEN ACRES OF, UM, COMPRESSED LAND.

NEXT, THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.

NOW WE HAVE OVER 10 ACRES NEXT, AND, UH, WITHIN THIS ZONE, I PUT MY OWN ARBITRARY LINE AROUND IT.

IT'S 25% IMPERVIOUS COVER JUST FROM THE EARTH SURFACES.

NEXT.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN MAY, JUNE, HAD GRASS ON IT.

NEXT JUNE HAD GRASS NEXT, AND YOU STILL SEE SOME GRASS.

END OF JUNE.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN KEEP SCROLLING THROUGH THESE, THE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

CONTINUE.

OKAY, SO IN THIS ZONE WE HAVE, UM, WHAT DID I SAY, SEVEN ACRES THERE.

I CAN'T QUITE SEE IT.

AND GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE PATHWAYS.

THESE ARE THE INFORMAL PATHWAYS FROM THE POLO FIELD DOWN TO THE POOL OR FROM THE OTHER PARKING LOTS.

THEY ARE SO EXTREMELY ERODED.

YOU SEE ROCK THE DIRT HAS BEEN, IS BLOWING AWAY.

IT'S BECOME SAND.

IT'S EVEN LARGER THAN THE AREA OF THE POLO FIELD.

IT'S OVER FOUR ACRES.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT RIGHT HERE.

OH, IT'S GONE, BUT THERE ARE EXPOSED PIPES ABOVE THE GROUND RIGHT THERE.

IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ABOVE GROUND NEXT AND CONTINUE.

OKAY, SO RIGHT HERE WE HAVE THE TOTAL AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TOWARD THE CREEK, THE BLUE AREA.

PLEASE CONTINUE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THREE MINUTES, SO, OH, SORRY.

YEP.

SO, UH, PLEASE DRAFT RESOLUTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE A NEW PROJECT OF REMEDIATION OF OVER 10 ACRES OF LAND THAT HAS BECOME IMPERVIOUS COVER IN ZILKER PARK.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, PATRICIA, UH, BOBBECK.

AND IF YOU'LL ALSO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

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OKAY, SOUNDS BETTER.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA BOBBECK.

I'M A PHD HYDROGEOLOGIST AND I WORKED MOST OF MY CAREER FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AS AN INDUSTRIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATOR.

THE TOPIC I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS RUNOFF AND EROSION.

AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MANDATE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

SO I LOOKED IT UP AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE COMMISSION ADVISES ON WATER QUALITY, RECREATION, RESOURCES, PROTECTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER, PROTECTION OF DOWNSTREAM AREAS, REVEGETATION AND LANDSCAPING, AND THAT YOU PROMOTE CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND PRIVATE CITIZENS.

SO WITH THESE IDEAS IN MIND, I APPEAR BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS THE DIRE CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN ZILKER PARK.

THE PHOTOS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION INCLUDE 23 PHOTOS OF BARREN SOIL WITH VEHICLE TRACKS AND 15 PHOTOS OF BARREN SOIL WITH HUMAN FOOT TRAFFIC.

THIS BARREN SOIL IS LOOSE MATERIAL.

WE KNOW THAT RAINFALL WILL SURELY COME AT SOME POINT, AND WE KNOW THAT WATER FLOWS DOWNHILL CARRYING WHATEVER LOOSE MATERIAL THE WATER ENCOUNTERS.

IF WE LOOK AT THE LAND SURFACE ELEVATION, WE SEE THAT IT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AT THE POLO FIELDS TO THE NORTH OF ANDREW ZILKER ROAD.

WE KNOW THAT THE POOL AND BARTON CREEK ARE DOWN SLOPE WITHOUT TOPOGRAPHIC BARRIERS AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 487 FEET.

THIS MEANS THAT POLAR FIELD WATER AND ITS DEBRIS WILL FLOW DOWN TOWARD THE POOL IN BARTON CREEK.

THAT WATER WILL CARRY THE LOOSE TOP SOIL WE SAW IN THOSE PHOTOS SO THAT THAT TOP SOIL WON'T BE AROUND TO NOURISH NEW VEGETATION.

AND IT IS, AND IT'S TOP.

SO THAT WILL SPIKE THE TURBIDITY OF THE POOL AND THE CREEK.

IT'S A DOUBLE BAD WHAMMY.

WE LOSE THE GOOD TOP, SO, AND WE LET THAT TOP SO DEGRADE DOWNSTREAM AREAS.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THE DROUGHT, HERE ARE A FEW IDEAS WE MIGHT USE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

FOR ZILKER PARK.

INSTALL LIMESTONE BLOCKS COMPLETELY AROUND THE POLO FIELD TO PREVENT VEHICLE ENTRANCE, INSTALL SINKS, BARRIERS, TERRACES, BERMS, AND SWALES ON THE DOWN SLOPE MARGIN OF THE POLO FIELD TO SLOW DOWN WATER MOVEMENT AND HOLD BACK SOME OF THAT WATER SO THAT IT CAN INFILTRATE INTO THE SOIL.

NUMBER THREE, INSTALL FILTERS TO CATCH SOME OF THAT TOPSOIL SO IT CAN BE USED FOR REVEGETATING AND TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE DOWNSTREAM WATERS.

NUMBER FOUR, PLANT NATIVE HIGHLY RESISTANT PLANTS.

NUMBER FIVE, COVER EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IN THE BARREN AREAS, PERHAPS USE PAVING STONES.

I SUGGEST WE MOVE QUICKLY TO START THESE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THE END OF THE CURRENT DROUGHT MAY BE A FLOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

AND Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO STEP GROUND, UH, FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.

IT WILL BE, UM, UH, IT'LL BE A HOT ONE TURN.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOBE? HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER,

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, ACCEPT THOSE? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR? EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT ON, UM, OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, WILDHORSE RANCH PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

IS THAT ONE FIRST? NO, I'M SORRY.

UM, THE, UM, WHAT IS THIS ONE? THE VARIANCE WHERE THE CIA,

[2. Consider a recommendation to vary from LDC 25-8-341 to allow cut from 4 to 8 feet on slopes greater than 15% and from LDC 25-8-342 to allow fill from 4 to 8 feet on slopes greater than 15% in the desired development zone at the Estancia Phase 11 Condos (SP2021-0637C) – Mel Fuechec, Environmental Review Specialist Sr., Development Services Department]

WHERE DID THE OTHER NAME GO? IT'S RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

HELLO, COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS MEL EK, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SPECIALIST SENIOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UM, I HAVE A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR YOU TODAY.

THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OH, I'M SORRY.

WAIT.

THE PROJECT IS ESTANCIA PHASE

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PERMIT NUMBER SP 20 23 0 0 3 2 C.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS VARIANCES FROM L D C 25 8 3 41 FOR CUT GREATER THAN FOUR FEET ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 15%, AND FROM L D C 25 8 3 42 FOR FILL GREATER THAN FOUR FEET ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 15%.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS IN ONION CREEK, WHICH IS A SUBURBAN WATERSHED IN THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

IT'S FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.

IT IS NOT OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.

THERE ARE MINOR AND MA MAJOR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES, THREE WETLAND CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.

IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND IS PART OF THE ESTANCIA HILL COUNTRY PUD.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

THESE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SLOPES SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE, UH, GREATER THAN 15%, JUST SORT OF ALL THROUGHOUT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES WERE GRANTED WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IN 2009 FOR GRADING UP TO 14 FEET FOR WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND FOR GRADING UP TO EIGHT FEET THROUGHOUT.

UM, AND THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE ESTANCIA HILL COUNTRY PUD, WHICH MAKES THE FOLLOWING CODE MODIFICATIONS.

AND THE RELEVANT PART IS, UH, IN RED HERE, WHICH SAYS THAT THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SLOPES UP TO 25% FOR PARKING, PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS A OVERALL PICTURE OF THE GRADING AND SLOPES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT.

THE AREAS CIRCLED IN RED, UM, IS THE EXTENT OF THE SCOPE OF THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND I'LL ZOOM IN ON THOSE AREAS IN THE NEXT SLIDES.

BUT WHAT WE SHOULD SEE IN THIS EXHIBIT IS THAT IN BLUE IS FILL FROM FOUR TO EIGHT FEET AND THE PINK COLOR IS CUT FROM FOUR TO EIGHT FEET.

AND THE DARKER RED COLOR IS, UM, CUT FROM EIGHT TO 14 FEET.

THE SLOPES ARE SHOWN IN LIGHTER GREEN IS 15 TO 25%, THE DARKER GREEN IS OVER 25%.

UM, AND THEN THE TABLE UNDERNEATH THAT IS A JUST A LOT COUNT.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST SORT OF GIVING YOU AN IDEA THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO, UM, REDESIGN THE NUMBER OF LOTS, THE LAYOUT OF THE LOTS AND THE LAYOUT OF THE ROAD TO AVOID, UM, FURTHER GRADING ON STEEP SLOPES.

AND I THINK ALSO LIKE IMPACT TREES.

UM, OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE THESE TWO CIRCLES IN RED IS, UM, SOME FILL OVER ON SLOPES, UH, FILL OVER FOUR FEET ON SLOPES OVER 15%.

AND THE SMALLER CIRCLE IS IN A ROADWAY.

IT'S A PRIVATE DRIVE.

THE OTHER CIRCLE IS SOME FELL AND SOME CUT, UH, OVER FOUR FEET OVER SLOPES GREATER THAN 15%.

UM, SOME OTHER THINGS TO NOTICE HERE IS I GUESS JUST TO MINIMIZE THE DEVIATION FROM CODE, THE APPLICANT REMOVED SOME LOTS IN THE PINK RECTANGLE AND THEY'RE ALSO USING, UM, DROP GARAGES, WHICH I BELIEVE JUST MEANS THE GARAGE IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN THE REST OF THE HOUSE.

AND THAT WILL REDUCE THE CUT NECESSARY.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND HERE WE SEE A FEW LOTS WITH FILL OVER EIGHT FEET, WHICH IS ALSO ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 15%.

UM, IN THE BACK OF THE, THESE LOTS, UM, IS ALSO PROPOSED A RETAINING WALL TO, UM, REINFORCE THE, UM, I DUNNO, KEEP THE FILL IN PLACE.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING, UM, EROSION CONTROL MATTING AND

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UM, SO YEAH, WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE MINIMUM DEVIATION FROM CODE TO ALLOW REASONABLE USE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND IT ALSO DOES NOT CREATE ANY SIGNIFICANT, UH, HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCE.

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SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS VARIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

PONDS ON SITE WILL BE BIOFILTRATION PONDS.

THEY'LL PLANT 50, 50% MORE TREES THAN REQUIRED BY LANDSCAPE CODE AND A RETI RETAINING WALL 6 0 9 SS, SEEDING AND PLANTING AND EROSION CONTROL MATTING WILL BE INSTALLED IN AREAS OF STEEP SLOPES BEHIND LOTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

COOL.

APPLICANT, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO? I, OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST, UM, GO AROUND THE HORN AND ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'LL START WITH RESI SINCE WE MADE EYE CONTACT.

OKAY.

MR. OVER? NONE FOR ME.

PERRY.

COMMISSIONER.

SHERIFF, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THE 50% MORE TREES THAN REQUIRED BY LANDSCAPE CODE.

UM, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WAS AND JUST VISUALLY, IF YOU COULD POINT OUT IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THE SITE PLAN NOW OR IS THAT NEED STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN? UM, OKAY.

WELL, AFTER, AFTER THE SLIDE THAT SAYS QUESTIONS, THERE IS ONE THAT SAYS PLANT SCHEDULE.

YOU COULD PULL THAT UP.

IT HAS A LIST OF THE TREES PROPOSED ON SITE, UM, AND BASED ON LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF TREES REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT THEY ARE PLANTING MORE THAN WERE REQUIRED.

SO NOT, NOT MANY WERE REQUIRED.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? I'M PULLING IT UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FURTHER OVERALL, NOT JUST FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT IF THERE WEREN'T MANY REQUIRED WHY AND, UM, WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 50% MORE.

I, I LIKE IT.

I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT.

UM, WELL, NOT VERY MANY TREES WERE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPE CODE IS SORT OF, THE AMOUNT OF TREES REQUIRED IS SORT OF BASED ON THE, ALL RIGHT.

I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, IS IT ONE TREE PURCHASING FAMILY, ONE OR TWO? THIS IS, UM, NOT BASED ON THIS, ISN'T THAT? IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.

IT'S BASED ON THE PRODUCT.

UM, IT'S CONDOS, SO THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO DO THAT.

GOTCHA.

SO IT'S BASED ON THE MARKING.

UM, IT'S, THERE'S NOT EVEN REALLY PARKING.

YEAH, I, THERE'S YOU TAKE, YEAH, GO FOR IT.

OKAY.

YEAH, SEE IT MIGHT BE DOLE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

UH, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION THERE.

THERE'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, UM, BASED ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE PUD.

UM, SO THE LANDSCAPE CODE REQUIRES TREES, UH, BASED ON THE PARKING SPACES.

UM, SO IF YOU THINK OF SAY, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, A TREE IS REQUIRED WITHIN 50 FEET OF EACH PARKING SPACE.

AND THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE PUT TREES BETWEEN IN THE AREA CALLED THE STREET YARD.

AND IT'S GENERALLY ABOUT, UH, ONE TREE PER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A RATE STRUCTURE, DECREASING RATE STRUCTURE, BUT IT'S ABOUT ONE 10 PER ONE TREE PER 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF STREET YARD.

AND THE STREET YARD IS DEFINED AS THE AREA BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE FRONT RIGHT OF WAY LINE.

UM, THIS ONE GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE AS CONDOS, THERE AREN'T REALLY PARKING SPACES.

THERE'S DRIVEWAYS, WHICH ARE NOT PARKING SPACES.

AND SO NOW WE ARE LEFT WITH JUST NEEDING, UM, STREET YARD TREES.

UM, AND SO I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO MEL AS THE REVIEWER FOR THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER.

I CAN, WE CAN LOOK THAT UP.

UH, YEAH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.

WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CHECK ON THAT.

BUT, UM, THE NUMBER OF TREES WE, BASED ON THE AREA, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BETWEEN THE FRONT BUILDING AND THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE.

AND DOES, DOES THE APPLICANT, SIR, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE QUANTITY OF TREES ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN? UH, I, I'M HAVING WIFI TROUBLE, THAT'S WHY I CAN'T .

I, I THINK YOU CAN COME ON UP TO THE MIC IF YOU WANT.

THANK YOU.

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UH, KELECHI BUCO, I'M WITH KIMLEY HORNE, I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON RECORD.

UM, SO WE PROVIDED 109 SHADE TREES JUST ON SITE.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, FOR, UH, THE 262 UNITS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE PRO UM, PROPOSED TWO TREES FOR EACH UNIT, SO THAT WOULD BE 524 TREES.

SO IN TOTAL WE PROPOSED, UM, 633 TREES ON SITE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

YEAH.

DO YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT EXPECTED TREE CANOPY IS BY ANY CHANCE? LIKE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TREE CANOPY WOULD BE ON THE, THE SITE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS ONCE THESE, THE TREES ARE AT FULL GROWTH, NOT ENTIRELY SURE.

UM, I THINK THAT'D BE A QUESTION I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, BUT, UM, I THINK WE'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH, UH, MITIGATING FOR TREES REMOVED AND, YOU KNOW, PLANTING MORE TREES FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE RESIDENTS AND ALL THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEP.

UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION, UH, SINCE WE'RE LEARNING STUFF, UH, TODAY.

UM, SO IF I REMEMBER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL PASS A THING LIKE ELIMINATING SORT OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SO WOULD THAT ESSENTIALLY CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT DEVELOPERS WOULD NEED TO PUT INTO A PROPERTY IF IT'S TIED TO THEIR PARKING SPACES? AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ALL FOR GROWING MY OWN BRAIN CELLS.

I'M HAPPY TO PROMOTE GRAIN CELL BRAIN CELL GROWTH.

UH, YEAH.

OR, OR SPOONERISM FOR THAT.

UH, SO YES, UM, TREES ARE REQUIRED, SAY FOR, FOR, UH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR OR COMMERCIAL SITE SHOPPING CENTER, TREES ARE REQUIRED TO BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF EACH PARKING SPACE.

SO IF SAY THE REQUIREMENT WERE A OR A HUNDRED PARKING SPACES TODAY AND IT GOT SLASHED TO 50 PARKING SPACES, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FOOTPRINT OF YOUR PARKING LOT IS SMALLER.

AND SO YOU'D, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE FEWER TREES TO MEET THAT TREE WITHIN 50 FEET OF EACH PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT.

NOW, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR CONDOS, THERE WOULDN'T BE PARKING, THERE SHOULD BE DRIVEWAYS.

AND, UH, ON THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT DRIVEWAYS IN FRONT OF CONDOS AS PARKING SPACES.

WE'D LOOK AT THOSE AS DRIVEWAYS, WHICH IS A, A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAN YOUR TYPICAL HEAD IN PARKING SPOT, LIKE AT A SHOPPING CENTER.

SO DOES THAT HELP? YEAH, FOR SURE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SURE THING.

APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, CHAIR.

WELL, I THINK THAT THE POINT WOULD BE THAT IF THE PUD WAS APPROVED IN 2002, WHICH IS THE CASE HERE, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? IS IT 2002 PUD? 2009.

2009.

OKAY.

SO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THEN WOULD BE WHAT DRIVES THE NUMBER OF TREES.

AND IF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS CHANGE IN 2023, WOULDN'T THE REQUIREMENTS STILL BE THE SAME AS IT HAD BEEN IN 2009? SO THERE WOULD BE DRIVEWAYS, UH, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, WE'RE MOVING IT OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INTO TRANSPORTATION, BUT THE PARKING SPACES WOULD SPEAK TO THE PARKING LOT SINCE IT'S A CONDO REGIME, THERE WOULD NOT BE A PARKING LOT.

THERE SHOULD BE DRIVEWAYS.

AND SO, UM, IF INDEED THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN REDUCED ON ANY PROJECT, THE NUMBER OF TREES REQUIRED WOULD ALSO BE REDUCED.

HOWEVER, SINCE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW DOESN'T CONSIDER DRIVEWAYS AS PARKING SPOTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REQUIRING STREET YARD TREES, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO CONSEQUENCE FOR THE TREE REQUIREMENT PLANTING BECAUSE THEY AREN'T PARKING SPACES.

SO IF WE HAD A HUNDRED NON-PAR SPACES REQUIRED YESTERDAY, BUT 10 NON-PAR SPACES REQUIRED TODAY, THERE'D STILL BE NO TRUE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE NON-PAR SPACES.

IS ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A CONDO.

AND THOSE ARE DRIVEWAYS INSTEAD OF PARKING SPACES, CORRECT? EXACTLY, YES, SIR.

BUT IN GENERAL, IN GENERAL, YES SIR.

IF, IF THE PARKING SPACES, IF THE PARKING COUNT WERE REDUCED, THAT WOULD REDUCE THE TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS? ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

AND ALSO I'D POINT OUT TOO, THAT THAT'S ONLY A COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH LIKE A YEAR'S WORTH OF REVIEW, LIKE ALL THE COUNCIL RES RESOLUTIONS BEFORE IT BECOMES LAW.

AND, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UM, WELL REVIEW OF ANY PLANS THAT LOOK IS, IS LOOKED AT BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAFF ALL WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES.

SO THE SITE PLAN REVIEWER WOULD LOOK AT THE PARKING COUNT REQUIREMENT, THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING SPOTS REQUIRED.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, MYSELF OR MEL, WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE PLAN SET FOR THE LANDSCAPE TO SAY, OKAY, I SEE YOU HAVE PARKING SPOTS IN THESE PATTERNS.

AND THEN WE'D GET OUT THE SCALE AND MEASURE.

OKAY, IS THERE TWO 50 FEET OF EACH PARKING SPACE? SO, SO, UM, THE PARKING COUNT SPECIFICALLY IS OUTSIDE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, BUT WE WORK WITH THE NUMBERS THAT THE SITE PLAN REVIEWER SAID, YES, THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

SO IT'S A, A TAG TEAM, BASICALLY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY

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UM, MEL, CAN YOU REMIND US OR, OR MIKE, UM, WHAT 6 0 9 SS SEEDING AND PLANTING IS, IS THAT SPECIFIC TO BLACKLAND PRAIRIE? IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT? UM, IT'S NATIVE AND NATIVE PLANTING AND SEEDING LIKE SEEDLINGS AND, UM, A DIFFERENT, LIKE A NATIVE SEED MIX.

AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS FOR SHADE OR FULL SUN OR I THINK, UH, UPLANDS OR LIKE A, YOU KNOW, CREEKSIDE WET AREA OR, AND SO, SO DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT, I MEAN, IS THAT SPECIFIC TO THAT ECO REGION? UM, YES.

OKAY.

I THINK MAYBE FOR OUR FUTURE, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD SOME OF THOSE TO UNDERSTAND LIKE IF, IF THERE'S NUMBERING SYSTEMS ON 'EM, WHAT THOSE ARE FOR EACH OF THE REGIONS, IF MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

MIKE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT IN PRESENTATIONS.

UM, THE 6 0 9 S IS JUST A, A SPECIFICATION.

IT'S USED IN, UH, UH, RIPARIAN AREAS.

AND, UM, SO THERE'S A, IT IS, UH, WELL, IT'S SPECIFICATION 6 0 9 S, BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THE, UH, THE SPECIFIC PLANT LIST WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK, AND JOHN'S HERE, IF, IF I KNOW JOHN COULD PROBABLY RATTLE THAT OFF IN HIS SLEEP, WHAT A SIX NINES PLANT IS.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE WANNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND.

GREAT.

AND YOU'RE SAYING I DON'T HAVE TO ELIZABETH BUNK WATERSHED? UH, IT WAS POSTED AS AN, UH, ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

WE ARE STILL, THEY MIGHT GO BACK TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT POSTED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OKAY, GREAT.

WELL THEN WE'LL RETRACT THAT RIGHT ON ANOTHER .

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT, I WILL.

.

OKAY.

UH, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.

UH, THE SUBJECT IS ASCIA PHASE 11 CONDOS SP 2 0 3 DASH 0 3 2 C.

WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO VARY FROM L D C 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 3 41 TO ALLOW CUT GREATER THAN FOUR FEET ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 15%, AND FROM L D C 25 DASH EIGHT DASH 3 42 TO ALLOW FILL GREATER THAN FOUR FEET ON SLOPES AND GREATER THAN 15%.

AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE SITE IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE AND THE ONION CREEK SUBURBAN WATERSHED DESIRE DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES FINDINGS OF FACTS HAVE BEEN MET WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

NUMBER ONE, UH, PONDS ON SITE WILL BE BIO FILTRATION PONDS.

NUMBER TWO, PLANT 50% MORE TREES THAN REQUIRED BY LANDSCAPING CODE.

AND NUMBER THREE, RETAINING WALL, UH, AND 6 0 9 S SEEDING AND PLANTING AND EROSION MATTING, UH, IN AREAS OF GRADING ON SLOPES ON STEEP SLOPES BEHIND THE LOTS.

THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS A VARIANCE, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY CONDITIONS, SO I DIDN'T ADD ANY SECOND.

I'D MOVE APPROVAL.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONER EINHORN AND SECOND NICHOLS OR SULLIVAN.

EXCELLENT.

I HAVE A LOUDER VOICE.

, I WANNA SEE YOU ARM WRESTLE OVER .

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

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[3. Consider a recommendation to amend the Wildhorse Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD) (Case No. C814-00-2063.10) – Leslie Lilly, Environmental Program Coordinator, Watershed Protection]

JUST WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION TO GO UP.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M LESLIE LILY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION.

AND THE CASE THAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT

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THIS IS THE 10TH PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THIS PUD AND WE WILL DISCUSS ALL THE ELEMENTS OF IT NOW, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, A PLANNED UNIT AMENDMENT, UH, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT.

UH, AS YOU HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, SESSION IS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE THAT IS A TYPE OF SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY PROCESS THAT'S SPECIFIC FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND AND IS APPROVED THROUGH COUNCIL.

THE WILDHORSE RANCH PUD, UH, IS ONE OF THE OLDER PUDS, AND IT WAS APPROVED IN 2002.

AND THIS PARTICULAR AT TRACT LAND IS QUITE LARGE AND IT'S IN EAST TRAVIS COUNTY.

IT'S 2,164 ACRES.

THE AMENDMENT THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT THOUGH IS ONLY, UH, FOR A SMALLER TRACT OF LAND WITHIN THE BIGGER PUD.

IT'S ONLY 132 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.

AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FUTURE BREAKER LANE ROAD.

NOW, THE REASON THAT THAT ALIGNMENT IS IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW, UH, OR THE REASON IT'S COMING UP IN TERMS OF ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUD IS THAT A RECENT, UH, UPDATE TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN CREATED A NEW ALIGNMENT THAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE PUD WAS APPROVED.

AND THAT NEW ALIGNMENT HAS REQUIRED SOME ACCOMMODATIONS IN TERMS OF CODE MODIFICATIONS FOR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AS, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT 132 ACRE TRACT, ALONG WITH, UM, SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LAND USE PLAN.

SO THE MODIFICATIONS TO CODE THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED AS A PART OF THIS AMENDMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT 132 ACRE TRACT HAVE TO DO WITH LIMITS TO CONS, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON SLOPES AND CUT AND FILL.

AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF THOSE THINGS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, DIRECTION OF WHERE THE WILDHORSE RANCH PUD PROPERTY IS LOCATED, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S IN EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY.

IT'S IN THE FULL PURPOSE ZONING JURISDICTION.

AND YOU CAN SEE DECKER LAKE JUST BELOW THE AREA THAT'S CIRCLED IN RED THAT DESIGNATES WHERE THE TRACT IS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE FULL, UH, BOUNDARIES OF THE WILDHORSE RANCH PUD.

UH, THE TRACK THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE PUD IS SYMBOLIZED WITH THOSE YELLOW HATCHING.

SO ALL OF THE AREA HATCHED IN YELLOW IS THAT 2,164 ACRES.

BUT THE, UH, TRACK THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING TODAY IS WHAT IS OUTLINED IN RED, AND THAT'S THE 132 ACRE TRACK THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, ZOOMING IN ON SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES OF THIS PARTICULAR TRACT, UM, IT HAS AND A SPLIT BETWEEN TWO WATERSHEDS.

THERE'S GILLAND CREEK IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TRACT, AND THEN THERE'S DECKER CREEK IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TRACK OF THE TRACK, YOU CAN SEE LIKE A LITTLE FINGER OF DECKER CREEK IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND PORTION OF THE FIGURE.

UH, THE WHOLE POD, UH, INCLUDING THIS TRACK IS IN THE SUBURBAN WATERSHED, AND NONE OF IT IS IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE OR CONTRIBUTING ZONE.

THERE IS SOME, UH, SMALL SECTIONS OF CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND, AND ASSOCIATED FLOODPLAIN ON THE SUBJECT TRACK.

AND THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE LITTLE CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES, THE HEADWATERS OF THOSE, UH, OF THE GILLAND CREEK AND THEN OF THE DECKER CREEK, UH, CREEK THAT RUNS INTO THE LAKE.

UH, IMPORTANTLY AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION IS, UH, A WETLAND CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE THAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF RIGHTS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGURE.

AND IT IS, UH, SYMBOLIZED IN THAT KIND OF LIKE LIGHT BLUISH GREEN COLOR AND HAS ITS ASSOCIATED PROTECTIVE.

C E F BUFFER SYMBOLIZED IN ORANGE.

AND THE ONE INSIDE OF THE RED, UH, OUTLINES IS ONE THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING FURTHER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING RIGHT HERE IS, UM, A FIGURE FROM THE MOST RECENTLY UPDATED, UH, A S M P OR AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.

THIS PLAN, OR THIS UPDATED PLAN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2019.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS AN OVERLAY OF THE WILDHORSE RANCH.

IT'S CALLED POD A, BUT THAT'S THAT 132 ACRE TRACT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

AND THEN A GREEN LINE THAT REPRESENTS THE FUTURE BREAKER LANE EXTENSION.

THE ORIGINAL MOBILITY PLAN

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THAT'S THAT LANE THAT IS, UH, YOU CAN SEE IT, UH, LABELED THERE AND IT'S RIGHT ABOVE DECKER LAKE AND WHAT HAD BEEN A PART OF THE ORIGINAL POD.

AND THE ORIGINAL, UH, MOBILITY PLAN WAS THAT BREAKER WAS GOING TO KIND OF OVERTAKE LINDELL LANE, UH, TO JUST ADOPT AND KIND OF RESPOND TO THE GROWING DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF EAST AUSTIN.

THE UPDATED A S M P HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM BREAKER LANE KIND OF BEING MORE STRAIGHT VERSUS THE ORIGINAL KIND OF CURVED LONGER, UH, MEANDERING PATH THAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS, UH, DESIGNED WITH.

SO HOW THIS KIND OF COMES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRACK WITHIN THE WILDHORSE RANCH POD IS THIS SECTION IS DESIGNATED LAND USE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PRIMARILY.

AND, UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FIGURE RIGHT HERE IS WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED AS THE RES RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT WITH ALL OF THESE LITTLE RESIDENCES.

AND THEN THE A S M P BEING APPROVED BROUGHT BREAKER LANE KIND OF RIGHT THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.

THE AMENDMENT, UH, BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT BY YOU ALL IS CONSIDERING THE CUT AND FILL, THE MODIFICATIONS TO CUT AND FILL AND THE CONSTRUCTIONS ON SLOPES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR BREAKER LANE, UH, IN ITS COUNCIL APPROVED ALIGNMENT TO EXIST ALONGSIDE A MODIFIED LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE USES NORTH OF BREAKER LANE AND RETAIN THE RESIDENTIAL YOUTH SOUTH SOUTH OF BREAKER LANE, BUT HAVE CUT AND FILL SUCH THAT THE ROADS AND THE HOUSES WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BREAKER LANE ROAD.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF BREAKER LANE IS NOT LIMITED IN TERMS OF THE CUT AND FILL REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT THE ROAD, BUT EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS SUBJECT TO CURRENT CODE AND THAT'S WHERE THE MODIFICATION TO CUT AND FILL IS COMING FROM IN TERMS OF ITS REQUEST FOR THOSE MODIFICATIONS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO I MENTIONED THE CHANGE IN THE LAND USE PLAN, AND THIS IS CURRENTLY WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AS A PART OF THE PUT AMENDMENT AND IT'S CHANGED TO THE LAND USE PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE BREAKER LAND KIND OF DISSECT DISSECTING THE TRACT INTO THESE TWO SECTIONS, THE SOUTH RETAINING ITS RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED UPDATED, UH, SUBDIVISION BEING SHOWN HERE.

AND THEN THE NORTH SECTION NOW CHANGING THE PROPOSED USE TO COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE.

NOT CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR ANY SPECIFIC LAYOUT, BUT CHANGED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ADDITIONALLY, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THERE HAVE BEEN, AS A PART OF THIS AMENDMENT, SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PARKLAND DEDICATION.

AND IN THE UPPER, UH, THE UPPER CORNER, UH, THE NORTHERN CORNER OF THE TRACK THAT IS NOW NEWLY DEDICATED PARKLAND, AND SOME OF THE COLORFUL LINES THAT YOU CAN SEE RUNNING THROUGH THE TRACK ARE REALIGNMENT OF TRAILS THAT, UM, WILL ACCOMMODATE THE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS TO AND FROM THE DIFFERENT, UH, DEDICATED PARKLAND AREAS.

UM, OKAY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS KIND OF GETS, THIS SHOWS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE CUT, FILL, UH, BEING REQUESTED LOOKS LIKE.

SO THERE'S FOUR PROPOSED CODE MODIFICATIONS WITH THIS AMENDMENT AND WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THIS 132 ACRE TRACT AND NOT FOR THE ENTIRE WILDHORSE PUD UH, AREA.

SO THE CUT FILL THE MODIFICATIONS TO 25 8 3 41 AND 3 42 ARE MODIFICATIONS TO CUT AND CUT AND FILL IN EXCESS OF FOUR FEET.

AND SO THIS SHOWS LIKE THE, THE CUT AND FILL ASSOCIATED WITH KIND OF MEETING THE GRADE OF THE ROAD.

SO THE ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND THEN THE AREA AND, AND LAND AROUND IT WILL BE FILLED SUCH THAT IT CAN MEET THE GRADE OF THE ROAD AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION TO THE ROAD.

UM, THEN THERE IS ALSO TWO ADDITIONAL CODE MODIFICATIONS 25 8 3 0 1 AND 3 0 2 CONSTRUCTIONS OF A ROADWAY OR DRIVEWAY ON SLOPES AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING OR PARKING AREA ON SLOPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA THAT WILL HAVE SOME TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.

SO ALL OF THIS, UM, ALL OF THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN DONE AND BEEN CONSIDERED IN COORDINATION WITH BOTH THE APPLICANT BUT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, T P W, UM, AND, AND TO

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UH, T P W IS PROVIDING SOME RESTORATION PLANTINGS AND SOME ENHANCED CROSSINGS OVER THE TRIBUTARIES THAT WILL BE CROSSED BY BREAKER LANE.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UM, THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF BREAKER LANE AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THIS TRACT IS THE RED AREA IS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WITHIN THAT THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY, UM, UH, A LITTLE OVER 0.8 ACRES OF NATIVE PLANTINGS INSTALLED WITHIN THE, UM, THE MEDIAN AREAS.

UH, THE ROAD BEING PROPOSED IS A LEVEL THREE ROAD.

IT'S GOT FOUR, UM, TRAVELING LANES, UH, BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS.

AND SO THERE'S MEDIAN AREAS THAT WILL BE PLANTED WITH NATIVE PLANTINGS.

AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL LAND THAT THAT, THAT T P W HAS COMMITTED TO PLANTING AND RESTORING THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE, UH, WETLAND C E F SETBACK.

UH, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE WETLAND DRAINS DOWN INTO THE HEADWATERS OF GILLAND CREEK.

SO YOU HAVE THIS WETLAND, IT CONVEYS WATER ON, WHICH WILL BE UNDER AN ENHANCED CROSSING, AND THEN DOWN INTO THE TRIBUTARIES OF GILLAND CREEK, UH, SO THAT THE PLANTINGS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THE WETLAND AND THE CROSSING, UH, THAT BREAKER WILL HAVE OVER THAT CREEK.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WITH THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND THIS, UH, THIS NEW ALIGNMENT OF BREAKER LANE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE PUT AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT A 0.87, THAT THERE WILL BE 0.87 ACRES OF NATIVE PLANTINGS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF BREAKER LANE, THAT THERE WILL BE A ONE ONE ACRE OF RESTORATION PLANTING WITHIN THE WETLAND C E F BUFFER.

AND SHOWN HERE IN THE YELLOW THAT THERE WILL BE A TWO ENHANCED CREEK CROSSINGS FOR THE FUTURE BREAKER LANE TO SPAN THE TWO YEAR STORM FOR TWO UNCLASSIFIED TRIBUTARIES THAT SERVE AS HEADWATERS FOR GILLAND CREEK.

ONE OF THOSE CROSSINGS IS WITHIN THE, UH, TRACK THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THIS AMENDMENT.

ANOTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY OFFSITE, UM, BUT IS ABLE TO BE CROSSED IN THIS WAY BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THIS TRACT.

AND THEN THE LAST CONDITION IS THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL PROVIDE AN ENHANCED TRAIL CROSSING WITH A BOARDWALK STYLE SECTION THAT SPANS THE C E F BUFFER FOR A MAXIMUM OF A HUNDRED FEET.

AND THIS CORRESPONDS TO THE NEW TRAIL ALIGNMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN DOWNSTREAM OF THE C E F AND PROTECT THE HYDROLOGY THAT CONNECTS THE WETLAND CF TO THE CREEK THAT SERVES AS HEADWATERS FOR GILLAND CREEK.

UM, SO THAT IS THE, UH, PUT AMENDMENT.

WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ALONG WITH STAFF FROM T P W AND FROM PARD, AND THEN ALSO PLANNING CASE MANAGER IF, UM, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

AND LAST SLIDE.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

UH, SO APPLICANT, YOU DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK.

I HAVE JUST A FEW WORDS GET ON UP HERE AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

UH, THANK YOU MS. BRISTOL.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JEFF HOWARD AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.

AND I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

UH, MS. LILY, LILY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, LAYING THE CASE OUT TO YOU.

AND THE MATERIALS ARE, ARE, ARE WELL DONE AND COMPREHENSIVE.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE POINTS.

ONE IS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CONTEXT FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

AND THE SECOND IS, UM, IS TO OFFER SOME SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR STAFF IN THIS CASE.

UM, FIRST THE THE CONTEXT.

UH, MY CLIENT IS OFFICIALLY THE APPLICANT.

UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT A PUD AMENDMENT WE SOUGHT OR, OR REALLY WANTED, WE WANTED TO BUILD THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT MS. LILY HAD UP ON THE SCREEN.

UM, AND THE 2002 PUD SAYS IN PART TWO QUITE CLEARLY THAT THE 2002 RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY TO THIS PROJECT.

THE PUD WAS ALSO NOT SILENT ON BREAKER LANE.

IT SAID THAT BREAKER LANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALONG LINDELL, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 114 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG LINDELL.

AND IN FACT, ONE OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WAS SHOWN IN THIS 132 ACRE TRACT IS PLATTED.

AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE RIGHT OF WAY FOR LINDELL LANE.

UH, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS ON SOME OF THE OTHER SECTIONS, THAT'S WHEN, UM, A T D NOW T P W CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS NEW ALIGNMENT, UM, OF BREAKER LANE, WHICH YOU, UH, UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING ALL THE IMPACTS OF DOING THAT.

AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE THREE MAJOR IMPACTS.

THE FIRST IS A LAND USE IMPACT THAT WHEN THAT ROAD COMES THROUGH, IT EFFECTIVELY

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UM, AND IN FACT, THE PROPERTY TO THE, TO THE WEST IS ZONED, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKUP, IT'S ZONED CH COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY AND C S M U AND THEN THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST ON, UM, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, UM, IS GR R M U.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SEE SOME, UH, UH, C S M U ZONING THERE.

AND, AND, AND STAFF HAS, HAS AGREED TO THAT, THAT ADDRESSES THE LAND USE ISSUE.

UH, IT CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT MS. LILY SPOKE TO AND IT CREATED SOME, UH, PARKLAND ISSUES AS WELL.

WE, WE LOSE AN AMENITY CENTER WHEN A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PUBLIC PARKLAND AND, UH, PARD, UM, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY IS ALL ALONG THE GREEN LINE, UM, AND IS ALSO WHERE THE AUSTIN MAINOR URBAN TRAIL IS.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THEY SENSIBLY BROUGHT TO US A NOTION, CAN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PARK LAND TO ADDRESS THE LOSS OF, UH, OF THE AMENITY CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT URBAN TRAIL AND PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL PARK AMENITIES THERE.

SO IT WAS REALLY A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND, UM, AND SO I THINK BETWEEN THE APPLICANT WILLING TO BEING WILLING TO, UM, MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE ROAD AND, AND STAFF WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER AND REALLY PROBLEM SOLVE, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEM SOLVING HERE.

AND, AND THAT'S THE NOTE OF APPRECIATION.

I WANNA THANK STAFF, MR. TOMKO, MS. LILY, MR. ROLLINSON, MR. HENNESSY, EVERYONE ON STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT.

AND I, I THINK IT'S A REAL EXAMPLE OF PROBLEM SOLVING, UM, ACCOMMODATING AN UPDATED, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ACCOMMODATING THE DEVELOPER'S NEEDS, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF THE IMPACTS TO, UH, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, UH, FEATURES AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MAY I? SURE.

SO, UM, CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THERE? I MEAN, I'M A BIG FAN OF MIXED USE PLANNING.

UM, SO IT WOULD, WOULD THERE BE THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH OF THE FUTURE BREAKER LANE WOULD MAKE USE OF? OR IS IT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT MORE IS A MORE REGIONAL TYPE? UM, UH, MR. SULLIVAN, I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER.

I DON'T, UH, UNFORTUNATELY MY CLIENT DOES NOT DO THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT PROPERTY WILL END UP BEING FOR SALE.

I, I THINK THE, THE CLIENT, BECAUSE OF HOW ONE 30 COMES THROUGH THERE AND THE LIMITATIONS ON ACCESS CONTEMPLATED SOMETHING MORE OF A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL NATURE.

UM, I THINK THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I ENCOURAGED TO ADD THE MU BECAUSE IT COULD BE, THERE'S SOME APARTMENTS BEING BUILT TO THE EAST AND IT'S NEAR THE TRAIL AND THE RED LINE.

SO I, I HOPE WE SEE SOME APARTMENTS AND SOME TRUE MIXED USE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED USERS OR DEVELOPERS OF THAT PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER BRIER QUESTION, QUICK QUESTION FOR MS. LILI LILY, THOUGH.

OKAY.

SO IN THE, IN THE, UH, A S M P WHEN, LIKE HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE TILL BREAKER LANE IS BUILT, UM, I CAN LET MY COLLEAGUE DAN HENNESSY FROM T P W ANSWER THAT MORE CLEARLY, BUT I THINK A LONG TIME.

YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

DAN.

HENNESSY, TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, IT WILL BE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION IS ON US TO DO, AND THERE'S NO IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NEWLY CREATED STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, BUT IT'S COMPETING WITH LOTS OF OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY, UH, INCLUDING RESOURCES NEEDED TO COMPLETE 2016 MOBILITY BOND PROJECTS, UM, SUPPORT FOR PROJECT CONNECT PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THIS IS ON A VERY LONG LIST OF, UH, PROJECTS NEEDING FUNDING.

RIGHT.

WELL, I, I ANTICIPATED THAT ANSWER.

I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

YEAH, THANKS COMMISSIONER BRIER.

YEAH, IT, UH, COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN'S QUESTIONS PROMPTED ME TO THINK OF SOMETHING.

DO YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY FOR BREAK LANE ACQUIRED OR JUST THAT SECTION IN THE DEBT? NO, THAT, THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS PUT AMENDMENT.

AND LIKE BOTH MS. LOWLY AND MR. HOWARD SAID, THIS IS ENTIRELY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S FAULT .

UM, WE, THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, UPDATING THE PREVIOUS A M A T P MAP ADOPTED IN 1995, WHICH USED THE LINDELL LANE AS THE BREAKER LANE ON THIS FAR EASTERN SECTION BETWEEN DECKER LANE AND BLUE BLUFF ROAD.

WE HAVE

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AND MANY OF THOSE APPLICANTS, UM, DUE TO THEIR SITE PLAN PROCESS, UM, HAPPENING AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE AS S P, ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING SECTIONS OF THAT ROADWAY.

THIS WILL BE ON US TO, TO COMPLETE THAT, BUT WE, WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE FULL SECTION BETWEEN DECKER AND BLUE BLUFF.

OKAY, SO YOU ALREADY HAVE THE THE LAND TO YEAH, COMPLETE IT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO, AND THAT, AND THAT'S PARTICULAR TO THIS ALIGNMENT ALSO, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MATCH IT ON BOTH SIDES.

WE KNEW THE END POINTS WHERE THEY HAD TO BE, EXCUSE ME, THIS ALIGNMENT IS STRAIGHTER THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO, UM, MINIMIZE THE, THE IMPACT TO BOTH THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, BUT ALSO TO THE DEVELOPABLE LAND.

UM, SO YES, UH, WE DO HAVE A FULL KIND OF SUB CORRIDOR IN THAT SECTION.

UM, THIS SECTION OF BREAKER LANE WILL ALSO EXTEND TO THE EAST, UM, TO WHERE BLOWER ROAD, UH, MATCHES AT ONE 30.

UM, AND THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE BLOOD PROCESS THAT WILL BE, THAT IS IN DISCUSSION, BUT THAT ALIGNMENT IS NOT CHANGING FROM THE EXISTING POD.

WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THAT, UM, SUBDIVISION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE TO, TO GET IT BUILT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER NICHOLS, DID YOU HAVE QUESTION? OKAY, COMMISSIONER VER NOT AT THE MOMENT.

MR. I THINK YOU, YOU BEGAN SPEAKING TO THIS, BUT WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR THE REALIGNMENT? THE, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE ALIGNMENT CONNECTS FARTHER TO THE WEST NOW.