1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Speakers should sign up to speak prior to the meeting being called to order; you will receive a three-minute allotment to discuss topics not posted on the agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of October 21, 2015.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Name: The Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development Applicant: ARG Bull Creek, LTD (Garrett Martin) Location: 4205 Bull Creek Road Staff Reviewer: Jim Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Staff; Sherry Sirwaitis, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager. Watershed: Shoal Creek Watershed Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including code modifications and environmental superiority. Staff Recommendation: No recommendation, however the staff would find the project environmentally superior if two conditions are met. Reasons: Significant aspects of the PUD, including base zoning and transportation, remain to be addressed so there is no staff recommendation on the PUD as a whole at this time.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. SH45 Update b. Park Place at Riverside subdivision
STAFF BRIEFINGS a. Update on the localized flooding in the Hyde Park neighborhood and function of the Triangle pond during recent heavy rains – Jose Guerrero, Assistant Director, Watershed Protection Department
Update and request for recommendation on the City of Austin proposed wastewater permitting rule-making petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Chris Herrington, PE, Watershed Protection Department
Annual Concession Report: Briefing on the status of Town Lake Concessions – Kirk Scanlon, Acting Sales and Events Manager, Parks & Recreation Department
COMMISSION BUSINESS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Appoint four members of the Environmental Commission to the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks & Recreation Board
11. COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Urban Growth Policy Committee b. Water Treatment Plant #4 Committee c. Development Committee d. Water Quality Regulations Committee e. Watershed Protection Budget Committee f. Air Quality Committee g. Report from Mary Gay Maxwell on the Open Space, Environment, and Sustainability Council Committee i. Report from Pam Thompson on the Parkland Events Task Force j. Report from Erin Gooch on the Joint Sustainability Committee k. Report from Mary Ann Neely on the Balcones Canyon Conservation Plan Citizen’s Advisory Committee l. Report on the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks and Recreation Board m. Other reports from Commissioners 12. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 13. ADJOURNMENT
Nov 04, 2015 Environmental Commission
1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Speakers should sign up to speak prior to the meeting being called to order; you will receive a three-minute allotment to discuss topics not posted on the agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of October 21, 2015.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Name: The Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development Applicant: ARG Bull Creek, LTD (Garrett Martin) Location: 4205 Bull Creek Road Staff Reviewer: Jim Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Staff; Sherry Sirwaitis, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager. Watershed: Shoal Creek Watershed Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including code modifications and environmental superiority. Staff Recommendation: No recommendation, however the staff would find the project environmentally superior if two conditions are met. Reasons: Significant aspects of the PUD, including base zoning and transportation, remain to be addressed so there is no staff recommendation on the PUD as a whole at this time.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. SH45 Update b. Park Place at Riverside subdivision
STAFF BRIEFINGS a. Update on the localized flooding in the Hyde Park neighborhood and function of the Triangle pond during recent heavy rains – Jose Guerrero, Assistant Director, Watershed Protection Department
Update and request for recommendation on the City of Austin proposed wastewater permitting rule-making petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Chris Herrington, PE, Watershed Protection Department
Annual Concession Report: Briefing on the status of Town Lake Concessions – Kirk Scanlon, Acting Sales and Events Manager, Parks & Recreation Department
COMMISSION BUSINESS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Appoint four members of the Environmental Commission to the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks & Recreation Board
11. COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Urban Growth Policy Committee b. Water Treatment Plant #4 Committee c. Development Committee d. Water Quality Regulations Committee e. Watershed Protection Budget Committee f. Air Quality Committee g. Report from Mary Gay Maxwell on the Open Space, Environment, and Sustainability Council Committee i. Report from Pam Thompson on the Parkland Events Task Force j. Report from Erin Gooch on the Joint Sustainability Committee k. Report from Mary Ann Neely on the Balcones Canyon Conservation Plan Citizen’s Advisory Committee l. Report on the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks and Recreation Board m. Other reports from Commissioners 12. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 13. ADJOURNMENT