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. 3. EDUCATION a. None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of November 18, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. Hart Residence Variance b. 14708 Flat Top Ranch
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION 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; Sherri 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: Postponement 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.
STAFF BRIEFINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION* a. Update on Fire Resilient Landscape Initiative – Justice Jones, Wildfire Division Manager, Austin Fire Department
Briefing on 10 Years of Austin’s Coal Tar Sealer Ban: Science, Enforcement & Progress – Mateo Scoggins, Watershed Protection Department
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Name: Sun Chase PUD Owner: Qualico CR, L.P. (Vera Massaro) Agent: Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. (Richard Suttle) Location: 15201, 15810, 16070 Pearce Lane and 7910 Wolf Lane Staff Reviewer: Andrea Bates, Watershed Protection Department; James Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Staff; Wendy Rhoades, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager Watershed: Dry Creek East Watershed (Suburban) Desired Development Zone Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including code modifications and environmental superiority. Staff Recommendation: Recommend for approval with the condition that environmental superiority is met. Reasons: The proposed PUD is not environmentally superior to development that could otherwise be built under current applicable regulations.
8. 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 h. Report from Pam Thompson on the Parkland Events Task Force i. Report from Erin Gooch on the Joint Sustainability Committee j. Report from Mary Ann Neely on the Balcones Canyon Conservation Plan Citizen’s Advisory Committee k. Report on the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks and Recreation Board l. Other reports from Commissioners 9. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 10. ADJOURNMENT
Dec 16, 2015 Environmental Commission
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. 3. EDUCATION a. None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of November 18, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. Hart Residence Variance b. 14708 Flat Top Ranch
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION 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; Sherri 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: Postponement 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.
STAFF BRIEFINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION* a. Update on Fire Resilient Landscape Initiative – Justice Jones, Wildfire Division Manager, Austin Fire Department
Briefing on 10 Years of Austin’s Coal Tar Sealer Ban: Science, Enforcement & Progress – Mateo Scoggins, Watershed Protection Department
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Name: Sun Chase PUD Owner: Qualico CR, L.P. (Vera Massaro) Agent: Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. (Richard Suttle) Location: 15201, 15810, 16070 Pearce Lane and 7910 Wolf Lane Staff Reviewer: Andrea Bates, Watershed Protection Department; James Dymkowski, Development Services Department/Environmental Staff; Wendy Rhoades, Planning & Zoning Department/Case Manager Watershed: Dry Creek East Watershed (Suburban) Desired Development Zone Request: Review and consider for recommendation the environmental aspects of the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD), including code modifications and environmental superiority. Staff Recommendation: Recommend for approval with the condition that environmental superiority is met. Reasons: The proposed PUD is not environmentally superior to development that could otherwise be built under current applicable regulations.
8. 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 h. Report from Pam Thompson on the Parkland Events Task Force i. Report from Erin Gooch on the Joint Sustainability Committee j. Report from Mary Ann Neely on the Balcones Canyon Conservation Plan Citizen’s Advisory Committee k. Report on the Joint Committee of the Environmental Commission and Parks and Recreation Board l. Other reports from Commissioners 9. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 10. ADJOURNMENT