STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: June 25, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to (1) receive comments on a proposed municipal setting designation to prohibit the use of groundwater as potable water beneath property owned by the City of Dallas and RP Wentworth, LLC generally located near the intersection of South Good Latimer Expressway and Taylor Street and adjacent street rights-of-way; and, at the close of the public hearing; and (2) an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to the City of Dallas 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 42 feet below ground surface. A portion of the designated groundwater has been affected by chlorinated volatile organic compounds at concentrations above groundwater ingestion standards. The source of the release in groundwater is anticipated to be from former on-site chlorinated solvent use associated with auto service/maintenance activities and/or off-site upgradient unknown sources.
The applicant has requested that the City support its application for a municipal setting designation (MSD). A public meeting was held on June 10, 2025 to receive comments and concerns. Notices of the meeting have been sent to 734 property owners within 2,500 feet of the property and 70 private well owners within five 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...
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