STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: June 11, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 14
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 properties owned by Baylor Scott & White Health and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) generally located along Haskell Avenue, Swiss Avenue, CBD Fair Park Link, and Elm Street and adjacent street rights-of-way; and an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to Baylor Scott & White Health 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, the designated property is underlain by shallow groundwater that is encountered at approximately 5 to 20 feet below ground surface (bgs). A portion of the designated groundwater has been affected by chlorinated volatile organic compounds at concentrations above groundwater ingestion standards. The potential onsite and offsite sources in groundwater are historical dry-cleaning operations.
The applicant has requested that the City support its application for an MSD. A public meeting will be held on May 29, 2025 to receive comments and concerns. Notices of the meeting was sent to 2,787 property owners within 2,500 feet of the property and 72 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 May 2...
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