11 SP-2023-0389C.SH - DOMINIUM SAGE AT FRANKLIN PARK; Council District 2 Staff Report — original pdf

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SITE PLAN REVIEW SHEET ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE REQUEST ONLY CASE: SP-2023-0389C.SH PC DATE: September 24th, 2024 PROJECT NAME: Dominium Sage at Franklin Park APPLICANT: Nick Brown, Kimley Horn Engineering Planning and Design Consultants AGENT: Kimley Horn Engineering Planning and Design Consultants ADDRESS OF SITE: 4605 S PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, Austin, Texas 78744 COUNTY: Travis AREA: 23.08 acres site WATERSHED: Williamson Creek Watershed JURISDICTION: Full Purpose EXISTING ZONING: MF-3-NP PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Multifamily Affordable housing project with associated parking and utility improvements DESCRIPTION OF VARIANCES: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-342 to allow fill up to 15 feet in depth. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends this variance, having determined the findings of fact to have been met. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ACTION: September 4, 2024: With a 9-0 vote, the Environmental Commission recommended support of the request, with staff conditions. STAFF CONDITIONS:  Enhanced wetland mitigation by providing rain gardens.  Pollinator garden(s) (3 at 1000 SF each or equivalent) located on site accessible to residents with educational signage.  25 Additional landscape trees, 2-inch minimum diameter from ECM Appendix F species.  Hand removal, and herbicide stump treatment, of non-native invasive woody species within CEF buffer and outer half CWQZ along northern property boundary using Spec 614S.  2  Hand seed areas of poor ground cover after invasive removal with 1:1 mix of Spec 609S Table 4 and 5 at specified rate and raked in by hand.  Provide educational signage along the creek for wetlands and invasives every 500-feet.  No mow signs along the CWQZ every 500-feet. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STAFF: David Michael PHONE: david.michael@austintexas.gov CASE MANAGER: Jennifer Bennett PHONE: 512-974-9002 jennifer.bennett@austintexas.gov