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Waterloo Greenway Creek Delta Project Update Design Commission Meeting December 13, 2021 1 Agenda 1. Waterloo Greenway Program Overview 2. Creek Delta Project Update 3. Possible Action: Request Support for Creek Delta Project & Recommendation to Planning Commission for Conditional Use Permit 2 Program Overview Sponsoring City Departments: Watershed Protection Department & Parks and Recreation Department Non-Profit Partner: Waterloo Greenway Conservancy 3 4 Community Programming 5 OUTREACH OVERVIEW • • Feb 2018 – Waller Creek public meetings at MACC June 2018 – School field trip collaboration: Waller Creek/MACC • Aug 2018 – Tabling at trail: Waller Creek/MACC Feb 2019 – Tabling at Austin Energy meeting at • MACC • May 2019 – Environment Commission presentation • Summer 2019 – Presentation at Rainey neighborhood meeting at MACC Sept 2019 – Tabling at MACC ”¡Viva México!” event • Sept 2019 – Presentation at HQOL Commission • • Oct 2019 – Presentation at District 9 Rainey Street Historic District Visioning Meeting • Nov 2019 – Tabling at MACC “Día de Los Muertos” • event Feb 2020 – Palm District: R/UDAT Community/Project Area Tour • March 2020 – MACC Advisory Board meeting presentation • March 2020 – MACC Advisory Board meeting presentation Jan 2021 – MACC Advisory Board meeting • • March 2021 – MACC Working Group meeting Jan 2021 – Rainey Street Neighborhood • presentation Sept 2021 – Environment Commission presentation • • Oct 2021 – Parks and Recreation Board presentation • Nov 2021 – Creek Show at Waterloo Park 66 7 Creek Delta • • • • Located along Waller Creek between Lady Bird Lake and 4th Street Identified in Council- approved Waller Creek Design Plan Approximate 10-acre project area. Creek restoration, 1 mile of new trails, pedestrian bridges, water quality and utility improvements Preparing 100% construction documents, anticipated by December 2021 8 9 Moving away from the convention of hard engineering solutions… 10 …toward soft engineering solutions 11 Environmental Goals Functional Assessment (Environmental Criteria Manual) • • Water Quality - Biofiltration Pond and Inline Stormwater Treatment • Trees o Vegetation and Soil Protection Zones o Enhanced tree mitigation and planting Sustainable SITES Certification • 12 Connectivity & Mobility 13 Elevated Walkway + Bridges 2 3 1 *Lattice Bridge 3 is currently an add/bid alternate. * 14 Lattice Bridges 15 15 Elevated Walkway 16 Cypress Grove + Trailhead Plaza 17 Lagoon Overlook + Leaf Deck 18 Lagoon Overlook + Leaf Deck 19 Lakeview Terrace + Explorer's Garden 20 Lakeview Terrace + Explorer's Garden 21 The Spring 22 The Spring 23 Conditional Use for “P” Zoning • Required for all site development permits on public land over 1 acre • NOT related to CUP permit for alcohol sales • Possible Action: Support of Creek Delta Project & Conditional Use Permit for “P” Zoning 24 Creek Delta Schedule Design Phase Briefings: ESB-MACC Board, Environmental Commission, PARB, Design Commission, Waller Creek LGC. Seek conditional use approval from Planning Commission Bidding & Construction Complete 100% construction documents by end of 2021 January-November 2021 Bid project early 2022 Construction begins summer 2022 25 THANK YOU! Parks & Recreation Lana Denkeler: lana.denkeler@austintexas.gov Watershed Protection Diana Wang: diana.wang@austintexas.gov (512) 974-7168 Waterloo Greenway Melissa Ayala: mayala@waterloogreenway.org Chris Perkes: cperkes@waterloogreenway.org