Sep 18, 2024 Environmental Commission

UM, LET'S OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

WE HAVE CAROL PHILLIPSON.

CAN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU GET UP THERE PLEASE AS WELL.

HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. UH,

MY NAME IS CAROL PHILLIPS AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 10.

AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR HELP TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE RISK IN AN ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITATS BY CREATING NEW RESTRICTIVE POLICY TO PROHIBIT CELL TOWER FACILITIES BEING BUILT NEXT TO THEM.

I LIVE IN JUST STATES, NORTHWEST AUSTIN, SURROUNDED BY BCP, THE BALCONES CANYONLANDS, GOLDEN SHEIK WARBLER ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT PRESERVE.

THE ADJUSTER CLUB.

A PRIVATE ENTITY HAS CONTRACTED WITH TOWER VENTURES TO BUILD A CELL TOWER.

ONLY A FEW FEET ON TWO SIDES FROM THE BCP.

AT AND T IS TO BE THE INITIAL CARRIER ERECTING A HUNDRED FOOT MONOPOLE, A STORAGE BUILDING FOR 12 BATTERIES AND 50 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL FOR BACKUP AND STRINGING WIRES 150 FEET FROM THE STORAGE BUILDING TO THE TOWER.

THEN PLANS TO ADD TWO OTHER CARRIERS, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BATTERIES AND GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL ACCORDINGLY, APPROXIMATELY 36 BATTERIES AND 150 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.

NO ONE PLANS AN ACCIDENT, SO SHOULD A BATTERY OR A FUEL FIRE IGNITE AND OR THE A HUNDRED FOOT MONOPOLE FALLEN TO THE PRESERVE, A WILDFIRE COULD SPREAD QUICKLY FUELED BY THE DEAD FOLIAGE FROM OUR HISTORIC FREEZE.

THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO UPDATE PRESENT PERMIT POLICY THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THIS EXTREME FIRE RISK TO ENDANG, ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITATS, OR WILD LANDS IN GENERAL.

PRESENT CELL LOCATION POLICY.

AUSTIN CELL POLICY READS TRANSPORTATION MANUAL SECTION 12 SUB SUBMIT A SECOND AFFIDAVIT STATING THE FOLLOWING, THE TOWER IS NOT WITHIN 50 FEET OF A DWELLING UNIT.

THE TOWER IS NOT WITHIN 500 FEET OF A DAYCARE SERVICE COMMERCIAL USE.

THE TOWER IS NOT WITHIN 300 FEET OF PROPERTY ZONE, HISTORIC OR PROPERTY INCLUDED IN A NATIONAL REGISTERED DISTRICT OR A CITY OF AUSTIN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WOULD YOU NOT AGREE THAT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WILDLAND HABITAT SHOULD BE AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN A HISTORICAL LANDMARK? THE CURRENT AUSTIN WOOEY CODE STATES ONLY 10 FEET CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED.

MONOPOLES CAN BE A HUNDRED TO 200 FEET HIGH.

THEREFORE, CODE SHOULD ESTABLISH AND MANDATE A SAFE DISTANCE.

IF A CELL FACILITY IS LOCATED NEAR AN ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT OR IDEALLY ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FEDERAL WILDLAND EVERY DAY MORE WILD, MORE CELL TOWERS DO THE HORIZON.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND VULNERABLE, SO SHOULD BE TREATED AS AN EXCEPTION.

AUSTIN FIRE MARSHAL ENGINEER SCOTT SCOTT STOOKEY TOLD ME THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A FEW FEET FROM AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WILD IN HABITAT IN AUSTIN.

ADDITIONALLY, MR. STOOKEY TOLD ME THAT RIGHT NOW THE ONLY COMPANY THAT USES HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE LITHIUM BATTERIES IS DISH.

BUT THAT MAY CHANGE.

SO MEASURES NEED TO BE TAKEN NOW TO CREATE POLICY TO ADDRESS THIS SITE AND FUTURE SITES THAT MEET THIS SPECIFIC CRITERIA, NOT ONLY IN AUSTIN, BUT ACROSS THE US.

TIME IS OF ESSENCE TO STOP THE CELL TOWER FROM BEING BUILT NEXT TO THE BCP ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR HELP IN UPDATING PRESENT AUSTIN POLICY, WHICH COULD BE THE CATALYST TO CHANGE POLICY ACROSS THE US I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS, TO FURTHER PROTECT OUR WILDLANDS, ESPECIALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITATS FROM POTENTIAL DEADLY WILDFIRE.

AND I'M THE, UH, FIREWISE COORDINATOR FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS REALLY HITS HOME.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOT ADDRESSED BEFORE AND IT'S ON THE HORIZON.

IT'S ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GET WORSE.

SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW AND IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT MUCH TO DO IT, BUT I WANNA DO IT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE TOWERS NEXT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES.

AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.

SECOND.

MOTION BY SULLIVAN.

SECOND BY RESI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

RESI KRUEGER FER BEDFORD, SHERA NICHOLS, SULLIVAN AND BRIMER.

MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS.

OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC

[2. Name: Williamson Creek Interceptor (SP-2022-1368D) Applicant: Kane Wei, P.E., Austin Water Utility (AWU) Location: From 5111 S. 1st Street to 5404 E. William Cannon Drive along Williamson Creek Council District: District 6 Staff: Brad Jackson, Environmental Compliance Specialist Senior, 512-974-2128, Development Services Department, brad.jackson@austintexas.gov Applicant request: Request to vary from a) LDC 25-8-261 to allow development in the CWQZ for a wastewater interceptor and b) LDC 25-8-341 to allow cut up to 9 feet for removal of a building foundation exceeding the 4-foot limitation Staff Recommendation: Recommended with conditions]

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WILLIAMSON CREEK INTERCEPTOR SP DASH 2022 DASH 3 6 8 D.

APPLICANT IS CAN, UH, YPE, UM, AUSTIN WATER UTILITY.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I AM BRAD JACKSON, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST SENIOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU DON'T SEE ME SEE ME UP HERE VERY MUCH 'CAUSE I'M IN GENERAL PERMITS NOW, BUT I TOOK THIS PROJECT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SEEING IT TO THE FINISH.

SO IT'S BEEN A LONG LEGACY PROJECT FOR ME.

THE WILLIAMSON CREEK INTERCEPTOR SP 2022 1368 D AND IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN 5,000 1 1 1 SOUTH FIRST STREET AND 54 0 4 EAST WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE ALONG WILLIAMSON CREEK.

IT'S WILLIAMSON CREEK WATERSHED.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY DATA.

IT'S A SUBURBAN WATERSHED CLASSIFICATION.

IT'S IN THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

UH, IT'S NOT LOCATED OVER EDWARDS AFER RECHARGE ZONE.

IT'S AN APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF MILE LONG WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR.

SO IN THAT PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PROJECT BEGINS DOWN IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER THERE AT, UH, EAST WILLIAM CANNON AND KIND OF MOVES UP PAST I 35 AND THEN OVER TO THE END OF THE PROJECT THERE AT SOUTH FIRST.

SO THE PROJECT PROPOSES REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING 36 INCH AND 42 INCH WASTEWATER INTERCEPTORS WITH THE NEW 72 INCH INTERCEPTOR.

THIS INTERCEPTOR WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE TUNNEL BORING METHODS AND WILL HAVE LIMITED SURFACE DISTURBANCE.

UH, THE 22 CUTOVER CONNECTIONS PROPOSED TO THE NEW INTERCEPTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONNECT THE EXISTING WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO THE OLD INTERCEPTOR TO THE NEW INTERCEPTOR.

SO THE VARIANCE REQUESTS WE HAVE TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ARE TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT AND THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE FOR THE WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR PER LDC 25 8 DASH 2 61 AND TO ALLOW CUT UP TO NINE FEET FOR REMOVAL OF A BUILDING FOUNDATION PER LDC 25 8 DASH 3 41.

SO THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR UTILITIES PARALLEL TO CREEKS IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

SO I PROVIDED IT UP HERE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT TRIGGERED THE VARIANCES FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO THE, THE UTILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO BE PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF A CREEK IF THEY STAY IN THE OUTER HALF OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, WHICH FOR THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAJOR WATERWAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE 150 FEET AWAY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE MAJOR WATERWAY.

UH, AND THIS PROJECT MUST BE CLOSER THAN THAT 150 FEET FOR SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF ITS ALIGNMENT DUE TO CONNECTIONS TO THE, UH, EXISTING WASTEWATER LINES THAT HAVE TO BE RECONNECTED TO THE NEW INTERCEPTOR.

UH, AND THEREFORE WAS LIMITED IN THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE PLACED COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THAT 150 FOOT, UH, DISTANCE FROM THE CREEK.

AND THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, DO ENTER IMPACT THE INNER HALF OF THE CRITICAL, OR THAT, SORRY, THAT ARE PARALLEL TO THE CREEK, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE OUTER HALF, UH, HAVE TO PROVIDE RIPARIAN MITIGATION AT A, A RATE OF TWO TO ONE MITIGATION.

SO IF THEY DISTURB AN ACRE, THEY GOTTA RESTORE TWO ACRES IN RESPONSE TO THAT.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE, THE REGULAR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE CODE THAT, UH, WE'RE SEEKING VARIANCES FROM TONIGHT.

SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THIS SLIDE 'CAUSE IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY FAR OUT ON THAT, THAT IMAGE THERE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THERE WHERE THE RED LINE REPRESENTS THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

AND THEN THERE'S A BLUE LINE IN THE MIDDLE THAT REPRESENTS THE INNER HALF OF THE CRITICAL.

SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE IMAGES WITH CLOSEUPS STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT DOWN AT THE, UH, LOWER RIGHT CORNER THERE AND KIND OF GIVE YOU BETTER SHOTS OF THEM.

PARALLEL WITHIN THAT BLUE LINE BETWEEN THE CREEK, UH, WHICH IS WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE NEED FOR THESE VARIANCES.

SO HERE'S THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, UM, RIGHT THERE AT THE WILLIAMSON CREEK.

UH, YEAH, THE WILLIAMSON CREEK AND, UH, ONION CREEK KIND OF COME INTO CLOSE CON PRETTY CLOSE, UH, PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER THERE RIGHT AT WILLIAMSON CREEK AND SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THAT IMAGE THE BLUE LINE IS THE INNER HALF OF THE CRITICAL.

AND THE RED LINE IS THE FULL EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

SO FOR PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT, IT RUNS

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UM, THIS IS ANOTHER EXTENT AS WE MOVE UP TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROJECT.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXTENT SHOWING WHERE IT CROSSES UNDERNEATH 35.

AND ALL OF THE CUTOVERS YOU'RE SEEING ON THOSE SLIDES ARE THE AREAS I SPOKE OF, THE 22 CUTOVERS TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE WASTEWATER FOR ALL OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

AND THEN THIS WOULD BE WHERE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE CREEK FOR THE MOST PART AND JUST CROSSES IT IN A COUPLE MORE POINTS AND IS IN MEETING CURRENT CODE FOR THIS EXTENT OF THE PROJECT.

SO THIS SLIDES ARE GONNA SHOW YOU THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW MUCH SURFACE DISTURBANCE IS REQUIRED TO BUILD THIS WASTEWATER LINE.

SINCE THE MAJORITY OF IT IS GONNA BE TUNNELED UNDERGROUND, THERE'S ONLY GONNA NEED TO BE LIMITED ACCESS AT CERTAIN POINTS ON THE SURFACE FOR THE CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR THE VARIOUS MANHOLES IN THE NEW INTERCEPTOR.

SO THIS SLOPE MAP SHOWS IN THE RED, THERE IS JUST THE ZERO TO 15% SLOPES, AND THEN THE YELLOW AND THE GREEN WOULD BE 15 TO 25 AND, UH, 35 UP TO 35% SLOPES.

SO THIS IMAGE HERE IS ANOTHER IMAGE SHOWING THAT CLOSEUP OF THE LOC AND THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIMITS OF HOW THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED FROM VARIOUS RIGHT OF WAYS TO REACH THE POINTS IN THE CREEK NEEDED TO DO THE WORK AND THEN GET BACK OUT AGAIN WITH THE LIMITED DISTURBANCE AS POSSIBLE.

SO ANOTHER IMAGE SHOWING THE LIMITS OF WHERE THERE'LL BE ACCESSING IN THE CREEK.

THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE, UM, THE PROJECT COINCIDES WITH THE GR GREEN BELT AND PARKLAND AREAS, WHICH, UH, THERE'S 12.7 ACRES OF THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE IN PARKLAND AND AUSTIN WATER IS SPONSORING A CHAPTER 26 PROCESS THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UH, AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE USE AND EXPANSION OF THE PARKLAND.

THE GREEN AREAS ARE, UM, PART OF THE GREEN BELT PARKLAND, AND THEN THE YELLOW AREA THERE IS A, IS A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, WILLIAMSON CREEK KIND OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THROUGH THAT PARKLAND.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THESE VARIANCES 'CAUSE WE'VE DETERMINED THE FINDINGS OF FACT HAVE BEEN MET.

STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS AND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING FIVE CONDITIONS.

THE FIRST CONDITION IS PAYMENT INTO THE WATER SUPPLY MITIGATION FUND AS PER APPENDIX Q SEVEN RIPARIAN ZONE MITIGATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL AND THE AMOUNT OF $606,850 FOR 15.7 ACRES OF REQUIRED MITIGATION FOR A UTILITY LINE INSTALLED PARALLEL TO A CREEK CENTER LINE.

AND THAT NUMBER FROM THE, UH, MITIGATION IS BASED ON THE CURRENT RATE OF $38,678 PER ACRE.

UH, MITIGATION FROM THE TIME OF APPLICATION OF 2022 AND THE SECOND CONDITION, ALL AREAS OF LIMITS CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CRITICAL WILL BE RESTORED WITH 6 0 9 S NATIVE SEEDING AND PLANTING PER RESTORATION PLAN SHEETS.

THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PORTIONS OF THE EXPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EXISTING AND TO BE ABANDONED WASTEWATER AND RECEPTOR WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND RESTORED TO NATURAL CONDITIONS AS PER APPROVED PLANS.

NUMBER FOUR, THE ABANDONED WASTEWATER RECEPTOR DIVERSION BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THE HILL UNDERNEATH IT WILL BE REMOVED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATER STORAGE AND A CONSISTENT GRADE FOR THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND RESTORATION OF THE RIPARIAN AREA AT SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IN WILLIAMSON CREEK.

AND THE FINAL CONDITION, AN ODOR CONTROL FACILITY WILL BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

AND THIS INCLUDES PROPERTIES ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THE, UH, INTERCEPTOR ROUTE, NOT JUST WHERE THE, THE ODOR CONTROL FACILITY WILL BE INSTALLED.

CUT OUT AROUND IT FOR FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION.

SO THIS IS AN IMAGE, AERIAL IMAGE OF THE DIVERSION BUILDING THAT, UM, IS PROPOSED FOR BEING DEMOLISHED.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY WATERSHED TO, UM, TO REMOVE THAT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HILL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN AREA OF NATURAL TERRAIN THAT WAS

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AND IT LEFT THIS RESIDUAL HILL DUE TO THAT DIVERSION BUILDING NEEDING TO BE THERE.

SO NOW THAT THE DIVERSION BUILDING CAN BE REMOVED, IT'S UH, BENEFICIAL TO GO IN AND CLEAR THAT OUT AND SMOOTH IT OUT TO MAKE IT MATCH THE REST OF THE RIPARIAN AREA AND GET IT REPLANTED UP WITH SOME GOOD RIPARIAN RESTORATION, UH, KIND OF AS PART OF THEIR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF IT, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE LITTLE HILLTOP THERE AND, AND THE WAY THE GROUND BEHIND IT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE GROUND AROUND IT AND ALONG THE CREEK BED THERE.

NEXT SLIDE, I, SO THE ACCESS SHAFT AND ODOR CONTROL FACILITY, THE ACCESS SHAFT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT WHERE THEY'LL START THE DRILLING OF THE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL TUNNELING UNDERGROUND.

THE LOT IS ON, IT'S A 290 ACRE PARKLAND FOR THE ROY KAISER GOLF COURSE.

UH, AND THE ODOR CONTROL FACILITY WILL HAVE JUST ABOUT AN ACRE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER ADDED TO THAT OVERALL, UH, TRACK TO LAND.

SO JUST ROUGHLY 2.2% IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, FOR THE OVERALL LOT.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE ODOR CONTROL FACILITY FROM THE PLAN SET THAT SHOWS KIND OF THE SIZE OF IT AND THE, THERE'S GONNA BE A DETENTION WATER QUALITY POND CONSTRUCTED WITH IT AND A PERMANENT, UH, PAVEMENT ROAD THAT WILL ALSO FUNCTION FOR PAR TO PROVIDE IN THE FUTURE, UH, A SEPARATE TRAILHEAD PARKING LOT THAT, UH, WILL BE INCLUDED AT A LATER DATE, UH, KIND OF AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PLAN FOR THIS AREA HERE AT THE TRAILHEAD.

AND IN THIS IMAGE YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THE, UH, THE PROPOSED KIND OF PARKING LOT.

IT'S KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF IT AND HOW IT WILL FIT IN AND THE WATER QUALITY POND SIZE TO TREAT THE PARKING LOT AND, AND ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT PART WANTS TO DO IN THE FUTURE FOR THE TRAILHEAD.

THIS IS THE RESTORATION PLAN EXAMPLE FROM THE PLANS, UM, HOW THEY'RE PUTTING, THEY PUT TOGETHER THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEED MIXTURE BASED ON FULL SUN SEED MIX AND THE DAPPLED LIGHT SEED AND THEN THE HEAVY MOISTURE SEED AND KIND OF SHOWN SHOWS IT THROUGHOUT THE PLANT SET WHERE, WHICH TYPE OF SEED MIX NEEDS TO BE USED, YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE TO PROXIMITY TO THE CREEK AND SOIL CONDITIONS.

AND THEN TREE PLANTING AREAS ARE INCLUDED FOR WHERE THERE WILL BE PLANTING, UH, DENSE TREE, UM, RE REPLANTINGS FOR BOTH PARKLAND MITIGATION, WHICH THEY HAVE THAT REQUIRED AS PART OF THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING CONSTRUCTION IN A PARK.

AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO GOT TREE MITIGATION JUST FOR REMOVAL OF TREES TO DO THE WORK TO CONSTRUCT THE INTERCEPTOR.

SO THEY'VE KIND OF GOT A LOT OF LAYERS OF, UH, MITIGATION ON THEM IN ADDITION TO THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE MITIGATION.

SO THE RESTORATION PLANS ARE PACKED IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THESE KIND OF, UH, TREE PLANTING AREAS AND THE, THE MITIGATION INCHES NEEDED.

AND JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MITIGATION ZONES.

AND THERE'S THE HILL, THE LOCATION OF THE, WHERE THE, THE CUT VARIANCE IS REQUESTED TO REMOVE THAT HILL FOR THE DIVERSION BUILDING.

THESE ARE THE TABLES.

I KNOW THEY'RE HARD TO READ, BUT THESE ARE THE TABLES FOR THE ACTUAL SPECIES OF PLANTS THEY'LL USE FOR EACH TYPE OF ZONE NEEDED FOR THE 6 0 9 S SEED MIX.

AND THAT'S A ADDITIONAL TWO TABLES FOR THOSE THREE DIFFERENT ZONES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, IF WE COULD LOAD THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS KANE.

WE, I'M A SUPERVISING ENGINEER WITH AUSTIN WATER AND THE PROJECT SPONSOR FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO START OFF AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

WE'RE EXCITED AS AUSTIN WATER TO BE HERE TODAY.

IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND, UH, ENERGY FROM OUR STAFF AS WELL AS THE REVIEW STAFF TO GET ALL OF OUR, UM, PROJECT PLANS SQUARED AWAY AS WELL AS THESE VARIANCES.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE, UM, AND MY GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY EDUCATE YOU GUYS ON

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WHAT OUR PROJECT IS AND TALK ABOUT, UM, THE WAYS THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH OTHER, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DO SO.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, LIKE BRAD MENTIONED, UM, THIS PROJECT IS WILLIAMSON CREEK WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT.

IT'S A WASTEWATER, UM, PROJECT THAT WILL REPLACE AN EXISTING WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR THAT'S IN THE CREEK THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES.

UM, IT'S, UH, ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILES LONG OF, UH, PRIMARILY TUNNELED CONSTRUCTION OF 72 INCH DIAMETER GRAVITY WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR.

UM, AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE, UH, IT'S MULTI, IT'S MOSTLY FACETED.

UM, FIRST IS TO HELP INCREASE CAPACITY, CARRYING CAPACITY, UM, TO SAFELY CONVEY, UH, WASTEWATER FROM OUR HOMES AND, UH, LOCAL SEWER LINES OUT TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, THE CURRENT INTERCEPTOR, UH, IS STARTING TO, UM, BECOME UNDERSIZED BASED ON OUR GROWTH PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS THE RECENT GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE PAST DECADE.

UM, SECOND IS ALSO TO REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS INTERCEPTOR IS VERY OLD.

IT'S, UM, SEEING, UH, A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CORROSION, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITH, WITH WASTEWATER GASES.

UM, AND, UM, FINALLY TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS LINE'S CONDITION AND AGE.

AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL HELP ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE.

AND I'LL TOUCH INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO, SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE CURRENT INTERCEPTOR, AGAIN, THE SIZE, THE AGE OF THE CONDITION OF THE INTERCEPTOR MAKES IT CHALLENGING FOR OUR SYSTEM.

UM, THAT IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS ACTUALLY AN IMAGE FROM INSIDE THAT PIPE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S REBAR EXPOSED.

UH, WHEN THAT PIPE IS NEWLY INSTALLED, THAT REBAR IS ACTUALLY UNDER ABOUT ONE OR TWO INCHES OF CONCRETE.

SO OVER THE PAST, UH, MULTIPLE DECADES, HALF CENTURY, UM, A LAYER OF THAT CONCRETE HAS BEEN CORRODED AWAY.

AND SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THAT AND WE'RE, UM, BEING PROACTIVE TO TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE, MAKE SURE, UH, NO OTHER ISSUES OR, UH, EMERGENCIES COME FROM THAT.

UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S IMAGES THERE THAT JUST KINDA SHOW WHERE THE MANHOLES, UM, MIGHT BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THESE ARE NECESSARILY FROM THE WILLIAMSON CREEK AREA, BUT JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS.

THEY'RE, UM, CLEARLY A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO THE CREEK IF, IF RAW SEWAGE CAN BE, UM, EMITTED INTO THE, INTO THE CREEK.

SO BEAR WITH ME.

I'M GONNA GET A LITTLE TECHNICAL JUST ON OUR PROJECT, BUT JUST SOME MAJOR PROJECT COMPONENTS HERE.

UM, FIRST IS THIS PROJECT IS A TUNNEL PROJECT.

SO THIS IMAGE HERE JUST SHOWS KIND OF THE SCALE OF A SIMILAR PROJECT THAT IS ABOUT, UM, 20 TO 90 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE, UH, OF BELOW THE BELOW GRADE OR THE GROUND SURFACE.

UM, AND ALL OF THIS TUNNEL WILL BE COMPLETELY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE.

SO PART OF THE OLD INTERCEPTOR, IT WAS TOO SHALLOW, IT WAS IN THAT EROSION HAZARD ZONE AND WAS EXPOSED IN SOME AREAS.

THIS NEW TUNNEL WILL BE COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THAT.

IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THE TUNNEL, UM, WE ARE INSTALLING, UM, A PIPE INSIDE THAT TUNNEL.

SO THERE'S A TUNNEL THAT HAS, EXCUSE ME, A TUNNEL THAT HAS TO BORE THROUGH THE EARTH AND THEN PIPE THAT, UM, CONVEYS THE WASTEWATER SAFETY THROUGH THAT, THAT PIPE IS TESTED, IT'S PRESSURE TESTED, LEAK TESTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S INSTALLED PROPERLY, AND THEN PROPERLY GROUTED AROUND THAT.

SO THERE'S, UH, A MINIMUM OF SIX INCHES OF GROUT THAT'LL PREVENT, UM, ANY MOVEMENT OR ANY LEAKS OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.

UM, WITH THAT, THERE'S SIX OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SHAFTS.

THOSE ARE SOME DEEP SHAFTS THAT, UM, ALLOW US TO DO THE TUNNELING OPERATION, 10 CONNECTION SHAFTS.

SO, UM, WE CAN TIE IN LOCAL FLOWS AND THEN ONE DOWNSTREAM SHAFT TO TIE THIS NEW TUNNEL INTO THE OLD TUNNEL, UM, AS IT MOVES DOWNSTREAM.

THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF, UH, SOME TUNNEL MACHINE EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT'S A TUNNEL BORING MACHINE, UH, OR, OR A HEADER, UM, AT THE TOP LEFT.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT TUNNEL MIGHT LOOK LIKE UNDERGROUND.

UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS, THE AUSTIN WATER HAS PUT IN MULTIPLE OF THESE SORTS OF TUNNELS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THEY, THEY GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THIS.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE, WE DON'T, UH, IT'S NOT A NEW TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING.

WE'VE, THIS IS TRIED INTRUDE AND WE'VE DONE THIS, UM, PLENTY OF TIMES IN OUR PROPOSING THIS FOR THIS PROJECT.

OUT OF SERVICE, BUT INSTEAD WE ARE GOING IN AND DOING A, A PIPE LINER THAT'LL REHABILITATE IT AND GIVE IT A NEW SERVICE LIFE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE TUNNEL, THERE'S 22 LOCAL PIPELINE RECONNECTIONS THAT'S A MIX OF SOME OPEN CUT CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND THEN SOME JACK AND BOARD OR TRENCHLESS, ADDITIONAL TRENCHLESS CONSTRUCTION THAT'LL TIE LOCAL FLOWS BACK INTO THE NEW TUNNEL.

UM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE REMOVING AND ABANDONING EXISTING WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, BRAD MENTIONED THE NEW ODOR CONTROL FACILITY AND, UM, SOME RAIN GARDENS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR A FUTURE PARD, UH, TRAILHEAD PARKING LOT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, CURED IN PLACE PIPE REHABILITATION.

SO THERE IS A PORTION OF THE OLD INTERCEPTOR THAT WE CAN'T TAKE

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UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO COVER ALL OF OUR BASES HERE.

AND THEN, UH, EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE RESTORATION FOR ANY IMPACTS, THINGS LIKE NATIVE SEEDING, TRUE PLANTINGS FOR ALL OF OUR ACCESS ROUTES AND THAT SORT.

SO I WANTED TO TOUCH INTO WHY WE CHOSE THIS ROUTE AND WHY IT NEEDED TO BE WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

UM, WE SPENT TWO YEARS EVALUATING DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS, 18 DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS TO, TO, UH, BE SPECIFIC ON DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT WE COULD TAKE FOR THIS TUNNEL OR THIS NEW INTERCEPTOR.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE FACTORED IN 22 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, THINGS LIKE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, UM, WETLANDS, UH, THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

UM, AL FACTORED INTO THIS, THIS ROUTING, UH, ANALYSIS.

UM, AND WHAT ENDED UP WAS WE FOUND THAT WE COULDN'T MOVE OR DEVIATE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE EXISTING INTERCEPTOR BECAUSE WE HAD TO RECONNECT LOCAL CONNECTIONS.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS SORT OF ENHANCES ALL OF THOSE LITTLE CALLOUTS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE ALIGNMENT SHOW THAT WE CAN'T GO TOO FAR NORTH OR TOO FAR SOUTH AWAY BECAUSE THAT EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO MORE IMPACT TO THE CREEK TO CONNECT SOMEONE WHO'S FARTHER AWAY OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.

AND SO THAT SORT OF LEAVES US SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

UM, I WOULD, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE OUTER HALF OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE WHERE UTILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO BE DEVELOPED OR PLACED, UM, MANY OF THAT, OR MOST OF THAT AREA IS WHERE CURRENT HOMES ARE EXISTING OR CURRENT BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK BY OBVIOUSLY PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER PEOPLE'S HOMES, HOMES, OR UNDER PEOPLE'S BUILDINGS.

UM, SO THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF CREEK RESTORATION THAT WE'RE PERFORMING.

THESE ARE ACTUAL IMAGES FROM THE WILLIAMSON CREEK, UM, UH, AREA.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S EXPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE AND CASEMENT EXPOSED MANHOLES.

UM, ANY ABANDONED, ANY, SORRY, ANY CUTOVER PIPE CONNECTIONS THAT AREN'T NEEDED ANYMORE.

WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, RESTORE THE CREEK BACK TO THE WAY, UH, IT WAS PRIOR TO THE WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE BEING THERE.

SO MOST OF THE TIMES THE ENCASED PIPE IS PLANNING TO BE REMOVED ENTIRELY.

HOWEVER, WE DID WORK WITH WATERSHED STAFF BECAUSE WE DID REALIZE THAT SOME AREAS, UM, THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS A LITTLE DARK, BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN AREA WE'RE ACTUALLY LEAVING AND HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH WATERSHED TO LEAVE THE PIPE THERE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT.

THIS PIPE THERE HAS BEEN SO, UH, HAS BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG THAT THE CREEK HAS SORT OF GROWN AROUND IT AND ACTUALLY WORKS AS BANK STABILIZATION, UM, CREEK STABILIZATION.

SO IF WE WENT AND TOOK IT OUT, IT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THE CREEK MORE.

UM, SO WE'VE WORKED WITH WATERSHED STAFF TO IDENTIFY THESE LOCATIONS SPECIFICALLY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN, UH, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS SO THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT LOCATION.

BRAD ALSO MENTIONED, UH, THE REMOVAL OF THIS ARTIFICIAL HILL.

AND SO THIS IS JUST SORT OF EMPHASIZING, UM, THE REASON WE HAVE A CUT VARIANCE IS TO, TO PROVIDE A BETTERMENT FOR THE CREEK.

UM, EARLY ON ON THIS PROJECT, WATERSHED STAFF COORDINATED WITH US AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE HAD THIS STRUCTURE HERE THAT'S, UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO BE REMOVED IF Y'ALL ARE ELIMINATING THAT WITH YOUR PROJECT.

AND WE SAID, YEAH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR US TO, UM, HELP INCREASE CONVEYANCE AND REDUCE FLOOD RISK AT WILLIAMSON CREEK SINCE WE WON'T NEED THAT STRUCTURE OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND ANYMORE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, CUT VARIANCE.

AS PART OF THAT PARKLAND MITIGATION, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, PARKS, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT NOW.

UH, WE ALSO WORKED WITH WATERSHED TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE COULD USE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL MATS FOR ACCESS.

SO A LOT OF THE TIMES OUR CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO NEED TO GO OUT INTO THESE AREAS THAT'S OFF PAVEMENT, DOWN INTO THE CREEK.

UM, OFTENTIMES NORMALLY THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT ROCK ROAD SORT OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

AND, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM WATERSHED AS WELL AS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR THE, UH, RESTORATION OF THE CREEK AFTER OUR WORK IS COMPLETED.

UM, SO INSTEAD WE'VE LOOKED INTO OPTIONS WHERE WE USE THESE HTPE MATS.

AUSTIN ENERGY OFTEN USES THESE FOR, UM, PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

UM, BUT THIS IS A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHOD SO THAT VEHICLES CAN ACCESS, UM, PROPERTIES IN THE CREEKS OR OUTSIDE OF PAVEMENT.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT SPREADS THE LOADS.

SO AS YOU'RE NOT PUTTING TIRE TRACKS IN THE GROUND OR NEEDING OF THIS ROCK ROAD THAT'S DIFFICULT TO REMOVE ONCE YOU PUT IT DOWN AND YOU CAN DRIVE OVER IT, AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN PULL IT OUT AND THEN RESTORE.

AND THE GROUND ISN'T AS COMPRESSED OR COMPACTED.

UM, SO WE, UM, ARE ARE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THIS IN OUR PROJECT RATHER THAN SORT OF THAT STANDARD ROCK ROAD, UH, ACCESS ROUTES FOR, FOR AREAS THAT IT CAN HANDLE THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS BRAD TOUCHED ON, UM, A LOT OF OUR PROJECT IS ALSO GOING THROUGH PARKLAND, UM, SINCE IT'S NATURALLY IN WILLIAMSON CREEK.

AND, UM,

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UM, BUT IN THAT WE IDENTIFIED AN EXTRA AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF PROJECT LIMITS TO HELP RESTORE OR ADD TREE PLANTINGS TO A PARK THAT'S NEEDED IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING 21,380 SQUARE FEET OF EXTRA TREE MITIGATION TO HELP PLANT TREES IN THIS PARK THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR PROJECT LIMITS.

SO WE FEEL, UM, STRONGLY THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, WITH, UM, PARKS TO, TO HELP PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

THE ODOR CONTROL FACILITY AND SOME TRAILHEAD ACCESS LOCATED AT PLEASANT VALLEY AND WILLIAM CANNON.

UM, THIS ODOR CONTROL FACILITY IS USED TO HELP REDUCE ODORS THAT, UH, NATURALLY COME FROM CONVEYING WASTEWATER FLOWS.

UM, WHAT IT DOES IS, IS SORT OF, IT HAS A FAN AND IT BLOWS IT THROUGH A BIOLOGICAL UNIT, WHICH HELPS TREAT THE ODORS AND RELEASES IT BACK INTO THEIR AND REMOVES ALL THOSE CONTAMINANTS OR ODOR GASES.

AND SO, UM, THE BENEFIT OF THIS ODOR CONTROL FACILITY IS THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT DOESN'T ONLY AFFECT THE LOCATION WHERE THAT FACILITY IS.

IT POOLS AIR FROM THE UPPER REACHES OF THAT TUNNEL AND, UM, HELPS REDUCE ANY OFFSETTING OR, OR EMITTING GASES THAT MIGHT COME FROM OPEN MANHOLES OR, OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.

UM, AND SO WE, WE ARE, UH, REALLY EXCITED TO PUT THAT IN HELP SORT OF, UH, INCREASE THE USABILITY OF THE, THE GREEN BELT.

UM, WITH THAT REQUIRED AN IMPERVIOUS COVER, UM, UH, OR SORRY, WITH THAT WE'RE ADDING IMPERVIOUS COVER AND SO IT REQUIRED SOME, UH, WATER QUALITY CONTROLS.

AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH, UH, PARKS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AT THIS AREA AND SAID, WE ACTUALLY WANT TO INSTALL A TRAILHEAD IN A PARKING LOT HERE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'LL HELP INCREASE OUR ACCESS TO THE GREEN BELT AND WILLIAMSON CREEK.

SO WE ACTUALLY OVERSIZED OUR RAIN GARDENS SO THAT, UM, WATER OR UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE A LIGHTER LIFT DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEY DEVELOPED THIS PARKING LOT.

UH, WE'VE OVERSIZED IT SO THAT, UM, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THEIR PROPOSED IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THIS PARKING LOT.

AND WITH THAT WE ALSO CHANGED THE, THE QUALITY OF THAT DRIVEWAY.

NOW IT'S A CONCRETE PAVED ACCESS INSTEAD OF A GRAVEL ACCESS.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, PARD WAS, WAS INTERESTED IN AS WELL.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE EXPANDING GREENBELT AND TRAILS ACCESS INTO WILLIAMSON CREEK.

UM, SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE GREENWAY VISION PLANS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWN AT THE WILLIAMSON CREEK AREA.

UM, SO PARKS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A PLAN TO, UM, BUILD SOME TRAILS OR BUILD ADDITIONAL ACCESS FOR, FOR HIKING OR, OR, OR, UM, GREEN BELT TRAILS IN THE AREA.

AND SO WITH THIS PROJECT, WE IDENTIFIED, UM, PROPERTIES THAT WE NEEDED FOR OUR PROJECT TO ACCESS FOR OUR WORK THAT COULD ALSO, UM, BE HANDED OVER TO PARKS AFTERWARDS.

AND SO WE'VE ACQUIRED THREE ACRES OF PROPERTIES, UM, FOR THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR PROJECT, BUT THEN ALSO WE CAN TURN THAT OVER TO PARKS DEPARTMENT AFTERWARDS SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE TRAILHEADS AND ACCESS INTO THE CREEK.

UM, WE'VE ALSO ACQUIRED ONE ACRE OF SIDEWALK TRAIL AND RECREATION EASEMENTS FOR PARD.

AND THEN, UM, WE'RE TRANSFERRING UP TO ALMOST 60 ACRES OF PARD, THAT'S AUSTIN WATER STEWARDED RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TURN THAT OVER THE PARK SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THAT PARKING LOT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND, UM, INCREASE THEIR ACCESS TO JIMMY CLAY GOLF COURSE.

SO IN TOTAL WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, TRANSFER OVER 63, AROUND 63 ACRES OF PARKLAND OVER TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

AND SO EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSES.

UM, WE REALLY TRY OUR BEST TO, UM, LISTEN TO THE, UH, TO THE CONCERNS OR THE COMMENTS OF THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT WE HAD THOSE OPEN HOUSES AND INCORPORATED SOME FEEDBACK FROM THOSE OPEN HOUSES INTO OUR PROJECT.

UM, WITH THAT WE'RE INCREASING PARKLAND AND FUTURE TRAILS ACCESS.

UM, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME NEARBY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC PROJECTS, SOME STORM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TRAIL PROJECTS THAT THIS, UH, INTERCEPTOR PROJECT WILL AFFECT TEMPORARILY.

BUT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND, UM, WORKED OUT OUR SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS OR RESTORE IT ACCORDINGLY SO THAT, UM, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY THESE PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT ANY RELOCATIONS OF HOMELESS GROUPS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CREEK THAT THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO, UM, CREATE SPACE SO THAT, UM, HOMELESS GROUPS, UH, AREN'T AFFECTING THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT PROCESS THAT WAS ACCORDING TO, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY IS DOING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM ADVANCED NOTICE, SAFELY, RELOCATE THEM, UM, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AS NEED.

PAST PRESENTATIONS FOR COMMUNITY, UH, OUTREACH EVENTS.

AND THIS IS, UM, JUST A PLUG FOR OUR WEBSITE.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC PROJECT WEBSITE, AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/WCI FOR WILLIAMSON CREEK INTERCEPTOR.

AND THIS HAS ALL OF THE PROJECT INFO THAT, UM, I'VE CONVEYED AS WELL AS, UH, MORE DETAILS MAPS, UM,

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UH, THIS IS A DRONE VIDEO, SO WE'VE FLOWN DRONES OVER IT FOR BOTH THE SUMMER AND THE WINTER IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY THAT.

THANK YOU, UH, .

AND, UH, UH, YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES.

SO WE LIKE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

UH, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED ON SIGNING UP FOR THE, UH, EMAIL UPDATES AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES, UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEND OUT E EMAIL UPDATES.

SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A REALLY COMPLEX PROJECT, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS AND I THINK WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, THERE'S NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, RIGHT? OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS.

UH, COMMISSIONER KARAHI.

HEY Y'ALL, UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, IT SEEMS PRETTY COMPLEX.

I WAS NOT A ARCHITECTURE PHYSICS MAJOR IN COLLEGE, I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR, SO A LOT OF IT, FRANKLY GOES OVER MY HEAD.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY ALWAYS WELCOME, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SHOUT THE SOUTH SIDE.

UM, YEAH, I JUST HAD LIKE ONE COMMENT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A ORDER CONTROL FACILITY, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD JUST URGE Y'ALL TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE TO, TO DO AS THOROUGH OF AN OUTREACH POSSIBLE AS PROGRAM OR OUTREACH PROGRAM AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIVE AROUND THE AREAS ARE GONNA BE POTENTIALLY MOST IMPACTED, UH, YOU KNOW, BOTH RENTERS AND, AND HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS OR WHATEVER THE TERM IS.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE'S POTENTIAL CONCERNS COULD BE.

'CAUSE HEY, LIVING BY SOME SMELLY STUFF CAN GET REALLY OLD AFTER A WHILE, NOT TO MENTION, UH, POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS.

SO, UH, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UM, AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, WHEN THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION PROCESS, A MAILER IS REQUIRED TO GET SENT OUT, RIGHT? FOR, FOR PROPERTIES NEARBY, UH, WE AS AUSTIN WATER PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE HAVE ALSO SENT OUT MAILERS AND WORKED WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AND A LOT OF THIS WILL, UM, CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNANNOUNCED.

WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

AND IT'S SUCH A LONG PROJECT AS WELL.

THERE'S OFTEN GONNA BE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WON'T SEE IMPACTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT THEN MAYBE FOR SIX MONTHS, HEY, WE SEE A CONTRACTOR OUT IN THE CREEK AND THEN THEY'LL BE GONE, UH, AND NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

SO, UM, WE DEFINITELY, UH, APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT.

YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S ONE THING WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, SCUMBAG CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS, BUT WHEN IT'S THE CITY, THEN IT'S JUST LIKE, ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL MADE US ALL LOOK BAD.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

COMMISSIONER KRUEGER.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

I CAN JUST TELL HOW THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED THEY ARE AND THAT YOU ANTICIPATED SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT I'M SURE MANY OF US HAD.

SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF SMALL QUESTIONS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT GRAND MEADOW, GRAND MEADOW MITIGATION, UM, AND PARTNERSHIP THERE.

DID YOU ALL PARTNER WITH THE FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOW FOR THAT TREE MITIGATION? DO YOU KNOW? I'M NOT SURE THIS WAS, UH, PROVIDED THIS AREA AS GRAND MEADOW PARK WAS PROVIDED TO US AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT THEY INCORPORATED THAT FEEDBACK OR COORDINATED WITH THEM.

BUT I CAN CHECK BACK WITH OUR, UM, PART PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED.

ARE THE FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOW? IS THAT WE FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOW? YES.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO TRY AND ESTABLISH A FOOD FOREST THERE AS, UM, ANOTHER SITE ON PUBLIC LAND, UM, THAT'S DOING THAT.

SO WONDERFUL.

YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THEY'RE INVOLVED.

UM, I'M SURE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE BEING INVOLVED IF NOT.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST NOTICED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION DATES AND LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT OVERLAP WITH THE I 35 EXPANSION, AND SO I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WHAT STEPS YOU'RE TAKING IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT AREA AT THE I 35 INTERSECTION TO REALLY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE AROUND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT PARKING AND NOISE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IS THAT WE CAN BYPASS A LOT OF THE ACTION THAT'S GOING ON IN I 35, SO THAT'LL BE NICE.

UM, WE HAVE TUNNEL SHAFTS LOCATED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT, UM, EAST AND WEST FROM I 35.

AND SO WE'VE COORDINATED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICTS WITH, UH, THEIR PROJECT WHENEVER THEY'RE, UM, DEPRESSING THE ROADWAY OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICTS WITH THE TUNNEL.

UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBOR, WITH THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WE SORT OF HAVE REALLY LOCALIZED AREAS THAT WE'LL TARGET AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE PEOPLE ARE AWARE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL NECESSARILY INTERSECT WITH A LOT OF WHAT I 35 IS DOING, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THAT AWARENESS OF THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.

THANKS, THAT'S ALL.

COMMISSIONER SHERA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL.

UM, JUST CURIOUS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THIS LENGTH OF PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED?

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GREAT QUESTION.

UM, THE INITIAL STAGE WILL BE THAT PRIMARY TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION, SO THAT LONG WINDING TUNNEL THAT WILL BE THE LARGE PIPE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AROUND TWO YEARS AFTER IT STARTS.

SO, UH, A TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR THAT.

AND THEN AFTER THAT TUNNEL IS IN PLACE WITH THE WASTEWATER LINE IN PLACE AND ACCEPTED, WE CAN START WORKING ON BRINGING THESE LOCAL CONNECTIONS, THOSE 22 LOCAL CONNECTIONS BACK INTO THE NEW TUNNEL.

AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT TO TAKE AROUND TWO YEARS AS WELL.

SO OVERALL, WE'RE HOPING FOUR YEARS.

UM, OF COURSE, UH, THE WAY THAT WE'VE STRUCTURED OUR, OUR, OUR CONTRACT OR ADVERTISEMENT, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL FIND WAYS TO SHORTEN THAT SCHEDULE AND DO THINGS IN PARALLEL AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COMMISSIONER NICHOLS, UH, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

OKAY, SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S AT SOME PORTION OF IT IS, UH, THE, UM, 36 INCH AND SOME PORTION IS THE 42 INCH WASTEWATER.

YES.

CORRECT.

SO YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THAT FIRST.

RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN SERVICE WHILE THIS NEW PIPELINE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO REALLY OH, RIGHT, OKAY.

BRING THAT, RIGHT.

THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.

WELL, THE POINT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING FROM THIS, THIS IS BETWEEN A THREE AND FOUR TIMES LARGER CAPACITY SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES, SIR.

YES.

WE REALLY DO NEED THAT MUCH.

YES.

WE'VE, UH, WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH OUR MODELING TEAM.

UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT GROWTH PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS CURRENT FLOWS.

UM, AND THAT'S THE SIZE THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.

IT MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED NECESSARILY TODAY, BUT UM, OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD THIS TUNNEL JUST FOR TODAY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING FOR FUTURE PLANNING HORIZONS AS WELL.

RIGHT.

AND OTHER, THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING TODAY BETTER THAN THE MATERIALS WE WERE USING IN THE 1960S.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A FIBERGLASS PIPE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY.

THIS IS COMPLETELY CORROSION RESISTANT.

IT'S A INDUSTRY STANDARD TO BE USED WITH WASTEWATER PIPES.

MM-HMM.

AND SO THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PUT BACK IN THE SIXTIES.

AND SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CORROSION OCCURRING AT ALL ALONG WITH THE PIPE OR THE MANHOLES AND THE STRUCTURES THAT'LL BE NEEDED.

GREAT.

ALRIGHT.

WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

UH, THIS BRINGS UP SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY READ THE OTHER DAY.

SO I PULLED THIS UP.

UH, JOSEPH BASIL, GET THE MAN WHO DESIGNED LONDON SEWERS IN THE 1860S SAID, WELL, WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO THIS ONCE AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE UNFORESEEN AND DOUBLE THE PIPE DIAMETER.

IF HE HAD NOT DONE THAT, IT WOULD'VE OVERFLOWED IN THE 1960S AND IT'S STILL IN USE TODAY.

SO THERE CAN BE BENEFITS SOMETIMES, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'LL LOOK CRAZY AND IT'LL NEVER BE USED.

SO THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER BRIER.

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU, UH, GOING INTO THE DETAIL.

YOU DID.

SO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

BYE.

CHAIR FER.

UM, I DON'T THINK ANY REAL SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY, I JUST, I APPRECIATE THE, THE DETAIL ON THE, THAT ALTERNATIVE SEATING APPROACH THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AS WELL.

UM, JUST REALLY CURIOUS, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SO FAR THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE FROM THAT FEEDBACK? THE ENVIRONMENTAL MATS, UM, WERE AN IDEA FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO THAT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION AS WELL AS, AS THERE WERE SOME TRAIL IMPACTS FOR A FUTURE GAVA PROJECT.

AND SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THERE'S A, UM, GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN RIGHT, UH, PROJECT THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NEARBY.

AND SO THEY'VE SORT OF ALERTED US AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE REALLY, UH, WE REALLY CARE ABOUT.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR PROJECT IS OVERLAPPING.

AND SO WE, UM, THIS WAS NOT REALLY ON OUR RADAR.

SO, UM, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF, UH, KICKED OFF A COORDINATION PROCESS WITH THE CITY STAFF THAT'S WORKING ON THAT.

AND SO THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I ALLUDED TO WITH WORKING WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PROJECT WON'T BE IMPACTED.

THEY CAN STILL ENJOY IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR PROJECT DOES HAVE SOME MINOR IMPACTS TO THAT AREA.

BUT, UM, WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT NOW IN OUR PLANS AND SO THAT WE CAN RESTORE THAT WITH OUR PLANS AND WITHIN THE BUDGET OF OUR PROJECT SO THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BROKEN UP AND THEN LEFT, UH, LEFT THEM, UH, AS IS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BY RESI, SECONDED BY SULLIVAN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HANDS.

RESI KRUGER TOPHER BEDFORD SHERA NICHOLS SULLIVAN BRIMER.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

COMMISSIONERS , I THINK I HAVE THE MOTION FOR THE ITEM UP, SO LET'S SEE.

D LOCATED AT 5 1 1 1 SOUTH FIRST STREET TO FOUR, UH, 5 4 0 4 EAST WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE ALONG WILLIAMSON CREEK.

OH, OH, NEVERMIND.

GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

UM, OKAY.

SUBJECT WILLIAMSON CREEK INTERCEPTOR SP DASH 2 0 22 DASH 3 6 8

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WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LAND USE COMMISSION VARIANCE IS REQUESTED TO ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE FOR A WASTEWATER INTERCEPT PER LDC TWO FIVE DASH EIGHT DASH 2 61 A LAND USE COMMISSION.

UM, VARIANCE IS REQUESTED TO ALLOW CUT UP TO NINE FEET FOR REMOVAL OF A BUILDING FOUNDATION EXCEEDING THE FOUR FOOT LIMITATION PER LDC TWO FIVE DASH EIGHT DASH 3 4 1.

AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE SITE IS LOCATED IN WILLIAM WILLIAMSON CREEK SUBURBAN DESIRED, UH, DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

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

STAFF CONDITIONS, ONE PAYMENT INTO THE, UH, WATER SUPPLY MITIGATION FUND AS PER APPENDIX Q DASH SEVEN.

RIP ZONE MITIGATION OF THE ECM IN THE AMOUNT OF $606,850 FOR 15.7 ACRES OF REQUIRED MITIGATION FOR A UTILITY LINE INSTALLED PARALLEL TO CREEK, UH, CENTER LINE TO ALL AREAS OF THE, OF THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION.

LLOC WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUAL CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE WILL BE RESTORED WITH 6 0 9 S NATIVE SEEDING AND PLANNING PER RESTORATION.

UH, PLAN SHEETS THREE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PORTIONS OF THE EXPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EXISTING AND TO BE ABANDONED.

WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND RESTORED TO, UH, NATURAL CONDITIONS AS PER APPROVED PLANS FOR THE ABANDONED, UH, WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR.

DIVERSION BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THE HILL UNDERNEATH IT WILL BE REMOVED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATER, UH, STORAGE, AND A CONSISTENT GRADE FOR THE CRITICAL WATER QUA CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND RESTORATION OF THE RIPARIAN AREA AT SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD AND WILLIAMSON CREEK.

FIVE.

AN ORDER CONTROL FACILITY WILL BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

AND THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMM, UH, COMMISSION CONDITIONS.

ONE, CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS THAT ARE NEARBY AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE PROJECTS AND ANY CONCERNS THAT MAY ARISE SUCH AS ORDERS AND EMISSIONS CONTROLS.

TWO, CONSIDER REACHING OUT AND WORKING WITH, YOU SAID GRAND MEADOWS FRIENDS OF GRAND? YES.

THAT'S FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOW, WORKING WITH FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOWS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENCOURAGE FOOD SOURCES THAT, SORRY, THAT MINIMIZE FOOD DESERT EFFECTS.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS, SHOULD WE, UM, SAY THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MATT MATTING INSTEAD OF PUTTING DOWN, UH, GRAVEL FOR, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVEMENT? I'LL SECOND THAT OR AGREE TO THAT.

IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO ADD THAT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, CONDITIONS OR, OKAY.

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YEAH, THAT MATTING, UH, WHAT WAS THE MATERIAL FOR THE MATTING? OKAY.

WOULD BE USED INSTEAD OF, UH, CRUSHED GRAVEL FOR, UH, PAVING, YOU KNOW, FOR TEMPORARY ROADS, FOR MOVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

PERMITS WOULD BE USED INSTEAD OF TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

ALRIGHT.

ACCESS.

UM, .

I JUST HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, MATS WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

I THINK I KIND WELL, THE POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW THE IMAGE OF PUTTING DOWN GRAVEL FOR MM-HMM.

ROADS.

THE POINT IS THAT TAKES A LOT MORE TO REMEDIATE.

UM, YEAH.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE MATS INSTEAD OF CRUSHED GRAVEL USED FOR, YEAH, IT'S OKAY.

TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

TEMPORARY GRAVEL USING CRUSH.

CRUSHED GRAVEL.

UM, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

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A CLARIFICATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, I DO WANNA CLARIFY.

WE'RE IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT WE CAN USE THE MATS WHERE WE CAN, BUT BASED ON THE SLOPES ON SOME OF THE AREAS, WE CAN'T USE THEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS, UM, I JUST WANNA, SO JUST SAY LIKE, WHEN POSSIBLE.

I HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL MATS WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

UH, INSTEAD OF YEAH.

INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF CRUSHED GRAVEL.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATS WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF CRUSH GRAVEL FOR TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION AS STATED? I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY KRUEGER.

LET ME PUT YOU ON THERE BEFORE I FORGET.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE HAVE RESI, KRUEGER, FER, BEDFORD, SHERA NICHOLS, SULLIVAN, AND BRIMER.

MOTION PASSES AND IS UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, A PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND RECOMMENDATION ON THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT.

UM, NEXT UP

[3. Presentation, discussion, and recommendation on the Great Springs Project – Mikey Goralnik, Trails and Transportation Planner, Great Springs Project; Requested by Environmental Commissioner David Sullivan]

IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN DO MY OWN SLIDES? NO.

IT'S OKAY.

I'M JUST KIND CONTROL FREAK OVER HERE.