STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: September 24, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 6
DEPARTMENT: Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments on a proposed municipal setting designation to prohibit the use of groundwater as potable water beneath property owned by 8605 Carpenter No. 19, LLC generally located near the intersection of John Carpenter Freeway and Profit Drive; and an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to 8605 Carpenter No. 19, LLC by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and prohibiting the use of groundwater beneath the designated property as potable water - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
Recommendation of Staff: Approval
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BACKGROUND
Based on information provided by the applicant, groundwater is first encountered at 25 feet below ground surface. A portion of the designated groundwater has been affected by chlorinated volatile organic compounds (cVOCs) at concentrations above groundwater ingestion standards. Potential on-site sources of the chemicals of concern identified in groundwater appear to be associated with the historical storage and manufacturing of industrial cleaning products by Zep Manufacturing, Inc. from 1962 until approximately 1986 and/or off-site unknown sources in the vicinity of the site.
The applicant has requested that the City support its application for an MSD. A public meeting will be held on September 15, 2025 to receive comments and concerns. Notices of the meeting have been sent to 229 property owners within 2,500 feet of the property and 116 private well owners within 5 miles of the property. There are no other municipalities within one-half mile of the property.
The designated property was entered into the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on November 2, 2017 and is designated as VCP ID No. 2906.
This item is a municipal setting designation ordinance prohibiting the use of potable groundwater beneath property located near the intersection of John Carpenter Freeway and Profit Drive; and supporting the issuance of an MSD by TCEQ.
The applicant’s current plan is to obtain closure through the VCP supported by an MSD. Currently, the designated property is occupied and operated as the Brook Mays Music Company since 1997. The anticipated future use of the designated property is anticipated to remain the same.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
This item has no prior action.
OWNER/EXECUTIVE
8605 Carpenter No. 19, LLC
William S Everitt, Member
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