APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the Environmental Commission meeting of August 5, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. Discussion of Environmental Officer updates and report b. Review the Environmental Commission handbook
Name: 8818 Big View #4 SP-2014-0227DS Applicant: Raj and Santosh Singla; Bruce Aupperle Location: 8818 Big View Drive #4 Staff Reviewer: Atha Phillips, Development Services Department/Environmental Reviewer; Brent Bellinger, Watershed Protection Department/ERM Staff Watershed: Lake Austin (Water Supply Rural) Drinking Water Protection Zone Ordinance: Watershed Protection Ordinance (pre 2014 Lake Austin Ordinance) Request: 1) To make a recommendation to the Land Use Commission for a required approval of dredging up to 56 cubic yards in Lake Austin. 25-8-652 Staff Recommendation: Deny Reason: The project can be built with much less dredge and therefore the request for 56 yards is considered excessive.
Barton Springs Zone Redevelopment Exception and past proposed amendments – Erin Wood, Watershed Protection Department
Name: St. Catherine of Siena Church Improvements SP-2014-0476C Applicant: Urban Design Group, James Wilsford, P.E. Location: 4800 Convict Hill Road Staff Reviewer: Mike McDougal, Environmental Reviewer; Chuck Lesniak, Environmental Officer Watershed: Williamson Creek (Suburban, Barton Springs Zone) Request: Amend City Code Section 25-8-514 (Save Our Springs) and Section 25-8-261 (Critical Water Quality Zone Development to allow the proposed redevelopment to exceed impervious cover limits, modify water quality requirements and allow specific development within the Critical Water Quality Zone. Staff Recommendation: Recommended Reason: Proposed project provides improved water quality treatment for the area to be redeveloped and reduces pollutant discharge as compared to existing conditions.
Name: Pilot Knob Planned Unit Development C814-2012-0152 Applicant: Carma Easton, Inc (Logan Kimble); Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. (Lynn Ann Carley) Location: East William Cannon Drive Staff Reviewer: Jim Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Reviewer; Wendy Rhoades, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager Watershed: Cottonmouth Creek, North Fork Dry Creek, and South Fork Dry Creek Watersheds (Suburban) Desired Development Zone Ordinance: Watershed Protection Ordinance (current Code) Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including environmental code modifications and environmental superiority elements. Staff Recommendation: Recommended for approval. Reason: The proposed PUD is environmentally superior to development that could otherwise be built under applicable regulations.
b. Appoint a member of the Environmental Commission to the Joint Sustainability Committee per Resolution No. 20150604-048. c. Reappoint a member of the Environmental Commission to the Parkland Events Task Force per Resolution No. 20150305-0025.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the Environmental Commission meeting of August 5, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. Discussion of Environmental Officer updates and report b. Review the Environmental Commission handbook
Name: 8818 Big View #4 SP-2014-0227DS Applicant: Raj and Santosh Singla; Bruce Aupperle Location: 8818 Big View Drive #4 Staff Reviewer: Atha Phillips, Development Services Department/Environmental Reviewer; Brent Bellinger, Watershed Protection Department/ERM Staff Watershed: Lake Austin (Water Supply Rural) Drinking Water Protection Zone Ordinance: Watershed Protection Ordinance (pre 2014 Lake Austin Ordinance) Request: 1) To make a recommendation to the Land Use Commission for a required approval of dredging up to 56 cubic yards in Lake Austin. 25-8-652 Staff Recommendation: Deny Reason: The project can be built with much less dredge and therefore the request for 56 yards is considered excessive.
Barton Springs Zone Redevelopment Exception and past proposed amendments – Erin Wood, Watershed Protection Department
Name: St. Catherine of Siena Church Improvements SP-2014-0476C Applicant: Urban Design Group, James Wilsford, P.E. Location: 4800 Convict Hill Road Staff Reviewer: Mike McDougal, Environmental Reviewer; Chuck Lesniak, Environmental Officer Watershed: Williamson Creek (Suburban, Barton Springs Zone) Request: Amend City Code Section 25-8-514 (Save Our Springs) and Section 25-8-261 (Critical Water Quality Zone Development to allow the proposed redevelopment to exceed impervious cover limits, modify water quality requirements and allow specific development within the Critical Water Quality Zone. Staff Recommendation: Recommended Reason: Proposed project provides improved water quality treatment for the area to be redeveloped and reduces pollutant discharge as compared to existing conditions.
Name: Pilot Knob Planned Unit Development C814-2012-0152 Applicant: Carma Easton, Inc (Logan Kimble); Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. (Lynn Ann Carley) Location: East William Cannon Drive Staff Reviewer: Jim Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Reviewer; Wendy Rhoades, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager Watershed: Cottonmouth Creek, North Fork Dry Creek, and South Fork Dry Creek Watersheds (Suburban) Desired Development Zone Ordinance: Watershed Protection Ordinance (current Code) Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including environmental code modifications and environmental superiority elements. Staff Recommendation: Recommended for approval. Reason: The proposed PUD is environmentally superior to development that could otherwise be built under applicable regulations.
b. Appoint a member of the Environmental Commission to the Joint Sustainability Committee per Resolution No. 20150604-048. c. Reappoint a member of the Environmental Commission to the Parkland Events Task Force per Resolution No. 20150305-0025.