STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: June 25, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 5
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 212 South Buckner LLC and Buckner Box LLC generally located near the intersection of South Buckner Boulevard and C. F. Hawn Freeway; and an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to 212 South Buckner 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
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BACKGROUND
Based on information provided by the Applicant, groundwater is first encountered at approximately 7.5 feet below ground surface. A portion of the designated groundwater has been affected by chlorinated volatile organic compounds (cVOCs), petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals at concentrations above groundwater ingestion standards. The potential source of the chemicals of concern identified in groundwater is from onsite former used car dealerships and/or sediment in groundwater from naturally occurring background conditions.
The applicant has requested that the City support its application for an MSD. A public meeting was held on June 12, 2025 to receive comments and concerns. Notices of the meeting have been sent to 820 property owners within 2,500 feet of the property and 88 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) February 28, 2022 and is designated as VCP ID No. 3209.
This item is a municipal setting designation ordinance prohibiting the use of potable groundwater beneath property located near the intersection of South Buckner Boulevard and C. F. Hawn Freeway; 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 undeveloped land to the north (212 South Buckner Boulevard) and a commercial strip center and a storage warehouse to the south (140 South Buckner Boulevard). The anticipated future use of 212 South Buckner Boulevard is development with a fast-food restaurant and use is expected to remain the same at 140 South Buckner Boulevard.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
This item has no prior action.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City.
OWNER/EXECUTIVES
212 South Buckner LLC
Javed Aslam, Director
Buckner Box LLC
Javed Aslam, Sole Member
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