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. 3. EDUCATION
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of December 16, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. None
STAFF BRIEFINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION* Update on the resolution related to a rule to be proposed to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the beneficial reuse of wastewater – Chris Herrington, Supervising Engineer, Watershed Protection Department
Briefing on the status of land acquisition activity and funding for the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and for Water Quality Protection Lands – Kevin Thuesen, Environmental Conservation Program Manager/WQPL, Austin Water Utility; Sherri Kuhl, Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Program Manager, Austin Water Utility
Update on Dove Springs Flooding and the City’s Buyout Project for Lower Onion Creek – Jose Guerrero, Assistant Director, Watershed Protection Department
7. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Flood Mitigation Task Force Update – Matt Rienstra, Chair, Flood Mitigation Task Force 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. None
9. 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 10. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 11. ADJOURNMENT
Jan 13, 2016 Environmental Board
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. 3. EDUCATION
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ACTION a. Approve the minutes of the regular Environmental Commission meeting of December 16, 2015.
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER’S UPDATE ON PAST COMMISSION ACTIONS AND REPORT ON ITEMS OF INTEREST a. None
STAFF BRIEFINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION* Update on the resolution related to a rule to be proposed to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the beneficial reuse of wastewater – Chris Herrington, Supervising Engineer, Watershed Protection Department
Briefing on the status of land acquisition activity and funding for the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and for Water Quality Protection Lands – Kevin Thuesen, Environmental Conservation Program Manager/WQPL, Austin Water Utility; Sherri Kuhl, Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Program Manager, Austin Water Utility
Update on Dove Springs Flooding and the City’s Buyout Project for Lower Onion Creek – Jose Guerrero, Assistant Director, Watershed Protection Department
7. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Flood Mitigation Task Force Update – Matt Rienstra, Chair, Flood Mitigation Task Force 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. None
9. 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 10. NEW BUSINESS – Future agenda items 11. ADJOURNMENT