20250806-002: RBI Austin Youth Development Complex Staff Presentation — original pdf

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RBI Baseball Youth Development Complex SP-2022-0567C C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T RBI Baseball Proper ty Data • Walnut Creek Watershed • Water Supply Suburban • Wetland Critical Environmental Features on site • Council District 1 C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 2 RBI Baseball Background C u r r e n t l y u n d eve l o p e d s i t e p r o p o s i n g a b a s e b a l l / s o f t b a l l f i e l d , s m a l l b u i l d i n g, a s s o c i a t e d a c c e s s d r i ve s & p a rk i n g, a n d r e q u i r e d wa t e r q u a l i t y c o n t r o l s. • T h i s va r i a n c e w i l l a l l o w a c c e s s t o a n d d eve l o p m e n t o f t h e s o u t h e r n h a l f o f t h e s u b j e c t t r a c t s i m i l a r t o t h e o t h e r p r o p e r t i e s a l o n g t h e I m a g i n e Au s t i n C o r r i d o r. T h i s s i t e i s c o n s t r a i n e d t o t h e p r o p o s e d d r i vewa y l o c a t i o n d u e t o t h e ex i s t i n g C E F b u f f e r t h a t o c c u p i e s m u c h o f t h e e a s t e r n p o r t i o n o f t h e s i t e, a h a z a r d o u s p i p e l i n e s e t b a ck a l o n g L oyo l a L n , r e g u l a t e d wa t e r wa y s r u n n i n g e a s t t o w e s t t h r o u g h t h e m i d d l e o f t h e s i t e, a n d a h e r i t a g e t r e e l o c a t e d w i t h i n 1 0 0 f e e t o f a c l a s s i f i e d wa t e r wa y o n - s i t e. • C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 3 RBI Baseball Variance Request To var y from LDC 25 -8-261(G) to allow flood pla in mod ifica tion within the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) and from 25 -8-263 to allow floodpla in modifica tion outside of a CWQZ that is in good floodp la in health cond ition C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 4 RBI Baseball Variance Recommend ed Condit ions • P l a c e 4 . 7 4 a c r e s o f f l o o d p l a i n a n d 3 . 8 0 a c r e s o f e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y s e n s i t i v e l a n d i n t o c o n s e r v a t i o n e a s e m e n t • P r o v i d e 0 . 6 3 a c r e s o f w i l d f l o w e r m e a d o w i n d e t e n t i o n p o n d s • P r o v i d e a n a d d i t i o n a l 0 . 6 2 a c r e s o f r e s t o r a t i o n w i t h i n t h e c o n s e r v a t i o n e a s e m e n t , o u t s i d e o f t h e f l o o d p l a i n • P r o v i d e 1 . 5 5 a c r e s o f f l o o d p l a i n r e s t o r a t i o n • P r o v i d e 4 . 1 3 a c r e s o f f l o o d p l a i n m i t i g a t i o n • P a y $ 3 1 2 , 6 2 5 . 8 4 i n t o t h e R i p a r i a n Z o n e M i t i g a t i o n F u n d C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 5 RBI Baseball Floodplain Modification Zone 1 (Outside CWQZ) • 0.396-acres Zone 2 (Inside CWQZ) • 1.456-acres C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 6 RBI Baseball Floodplain Restoration Z o n e 1 ( O u t s i d e C W Q Z ) • 0.133-acres Z o n e 2 ( I n s i d e C W Q Z ) • 0.805-acres E a s t Tr a c t Re s t o r a t i o n A r e a • 1.23-acres E a s t Tr a c t C o n s e r va t i o n A r e a • 8.537-acres C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 7 RBI Baseball Critica l Environmental Feature Mitigation • Setback Reduction 1.50-acres • Setback Expansion 1.50-acres C I T Y O F A U S T I N W A T E R S H E D P R O T E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T 8 RBI AUSTIN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX 7401 LOYOLA LANE SP-2022-0567C Mohamad Abdulkader Environmental Review Specialist Senior Development Services Department 10 OUTLINE  Property Data  Synopsis  Site Constriction/Regulation  Variance Requests  Grading Exhibits  Variance Recommendation and Conditions 11 Property Data  Walnut Creek Watershed  Suburban Watershed Classification  Desired Development Zone  Not located over Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone  Council District #1 Property Data, cont’d  Critical Water Quality Zone within property. 12 Synopsis 13  17.14-acre site located at the intersection of Loyola Lane and Sendero Hills Parkway  Elevation ranges from 524’ along to 477’. Site is generally flat, though there are some steep slopes along the orange highlighted areas shown below. Site Constriction/Regulation  Accessibility – A driveway and bridge constructed with cut and fill up to 8’ are required to safely cross the CWQZ to access the southern portion of the property. 14 Variance Requests 15  To allow cut up to 8 feet in the Desired Development Zone. (LDC 25-8-341)  To allow fill up to 8 feet in the Desired Development Zone. (LDC 25-8-342) Grading Exhibit (Cut and Fill) 16 Variance Recommendation and Conditions 17 Staff recommends the variance, having determined that the required findings of fact have been met. Staff conditions are as presented by the Wetlands Biologist. 18 THANK YOU References  Google Earth  GIS property profile  Variance packet 19