Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission - June 14, 2022
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission Regular Meeting of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission
Regular Meeting ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION 6:00 p.m. — 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 Austin Energy Headquarters 4815 Mueller Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723 Some members of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public participation will be allowed in- person or via telephone. Instructions for Remote Participation (General Public): • All interested individuals of the general public must register in advance (Monday, June 13th, 2022 by noon). • Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-6415 or matt.schmidt@austintexas.gov, no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker’s name, telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting), and e-mail address. If interested in speaking, please provide the agenda item number(s) you wish to speak on. • • Once a request to participate has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed three minutes to address the Commission regarding items not posted on the agenda. CALL TO ORDER AGENDA 1. NEW BUSINESS a. Mueller Ecological Update (Catellus) b. Mueller Development Update (Catellus) c. 2021 Annual Report (Discussion and Action) 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Staff/Commission) NEXT MEETING: August 9th, 2022 (Regular Meeting) ADJOURNMENT Estimate 6:00 6:05 6:50 7:00 7:30 7:35 7:40 7:45 a. Approve minutes from the 05/10/22 Commission meeting (Discussion and Action) The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Matthew Schmidt with the Economic Development Department, at 512-974-6415, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission, please contact Matthew Schmidt with Economic Development at 512-974-6415.
An Ecological Update Presented to The Mueller Commission June 14, 2022 Agenda • Overview • Flora • Fauna • Infrastructure • Benefits • Parks • Resources • Recognition 2 | RMMA PIAC Presentation | June 14, 2022 An Overview • Sustainability is one of Mueller’s six primary goals, established by a citizen’s task force, long before ”sustainability” was a household word. • Of the 700 acres that were once part of a brownfield site, 140 acres (or 20%) will be parkland and open space. • The entire community was the largest neighborhood in the world and the first in Texas to earn LEED-Gold, Stage 3 certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. • All homes are within 600 feet of nine current and three future parks or other open space. • Mueller’s purposely diverse parkland uses offer a variety of healthy activities for residents, employees and the surrounding community. • The Mueller Team, with support from the Wildflower Center, gathered plant species from the endangered Blackland Prairie between the airport’s runways, cultivated them in greenhouses, then populated them in the Southwest Greenway. • Mueller’s parks utilize recycled content and/or materials that are sourced within 500 miles of the community. • Deconstructed runway material was reused for many of Mueller early roadways, and and even parts of State Highway 130. 3 | RMMA PIAC Presentation | June 14, 2022 Flora • More than 15,000 trees will be planted • Hundreds of these trees were rescued from a Bastrop-area pecan farm that was going to destroyed for more retail • Mature trees that were located at the former airport where the Northwest and Southeast Greenways are located were preserved • Main tree species are: o o o o o Cedar elm Live oak Pecan Bald cypress Bur oak o Mexican sycamore • The live oak tree at the Aldrich St./Mueller Blvd. roundabout is believed to be the largest successful tree relocation in Texas history • Mueller uses native and adaptive plants that use less water and help pollinators like bees and butterflies thrive • Mueller uses a non-seed-producing Bermuda hybrid grass, which requires less water and can better survive Austin’s hot summers • All of Mueller’s trees and garden areas are re-mulched every 1-2 years to help protect roots and maintain moisture for plant life 4 | RMMA PIAC Presentation | June 14, 2022 o o o o The Southwest and Southeast …
ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES The Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission convened in a regular meeting on June 14, 2022, at the Austin Energy Headquarters located at 4815 Mueller Boulevard Austin, TX 78723. Commission Members in Attendance: REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, June 14, 2022 • Michael Jones, Chair • Rick Krivoniak, Vice-Chair • Corky Hilliard • Jason Hyde • Christopher Jackson Staff in Attendance: • Martin Luecke • David Neider • Kenneth Ronsonette • Kathy Sokolic • Susana Carbajal, Economic Development Department • Pam Hefner, EDD • Jill Fagan, EDD • Matthew Schmidt, EDD a. Chair Michael Jones called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. CALL TO ORDER 1. NEW BUSINESS a. Mueller Ecological Update (Catellus): Brian Dolezal (Catellus) and Chris Lalich (RVi) provided updates on ecological benefits, sustainability and parkland/open space in the Mueller Development. b. Mueller Development Update (Catellus): Brian Dolezal (Catellus) provided updates regarding business announcements in the Mueller Development. c. 2021 Annual Report: Commissioners discussed and approved amendments regarding order of Board Actions (Section 1) and strengthening language regarding affordable housing to the 2021 RMMA PIAC Annual Report on Commissioner Hilliard’s motion and Commissioner Sokolic’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Lima and Martin were absent. Commissioners discussed and approved the 2021 RMMA PIAC Annual Report with approved amendments on Commissioner Hilliard’s motion and Commissioner Luecke’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Lima and Martin were absent. 1 a. Minutes from the May 10, 2022 meeting were approved on Commissioner Krivoniak’s motion and Commissioner Neider’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Lima and Martin were absent. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS a. The Commissioners and staff discussed the following list of potential future agenda items: i. Section 11 and open space south of School ii. Austin Energy Headquarters and Mueller green building update iii. Clarification of Mueller Development Agreement Project Costs iv. E 51st Street Bond Project Update v. UT Lease Update vi. Mueller PTMD Update The Commissioners were asked to provide Chairman Jones with potential future agenda items. NEXT MEETING ADJOURN a. The next regularly scheduled meeting is August 9, 2022. The meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the August 9th, 2022 meeting on Commissioner Sokolic’s motion, Commissioner Ronsonette’s second on a 6-0 vote. 2
