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Item # 8.

Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	11/27/2018
Department:	Public Works

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider Action to Approve a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Amendment Application to Water Use Permit No. 5383a with the Texas Commission On Environmental Quality for the well at Vitruvian Park.

BACKGROUND:

The Town of Addison holds Permit No. 5383A for Farmers Branch Creek as it runs through Addison, in the area known as Vitruvian Park. The permit allows the Town to impound water in the two reservoirs for public park purposes. The permit also contains several Special Conditions that must be met in order for the Town to be in compliance with the permit requirements. Among other conditions listed in the permit, the Town is required to keep the reservoirs in good working condition so that all State water is passed downstream from the park area; provide and maintain an alternative source of water from a well drilled to the Trinity Aquifer; and provide a riparian buffer zone that will consist of permanent native vegetation at a density that will ensure complete coverage at maturity.

The source of water that the Town uses to replace water lost from evaporation and to ensure that the reservoirs remain full, comes from the Woodbine Aquifer, not the Trinity Aquifer. Also, the riparian area currently is covered with Bermuda grass that is not native to Texas. Therefore, the Town needs to amend Permit 5383A to allow the Woodbine Aquifer to remain as the secondary source of water and to allow changes to the riparian area that will provide for a mixture of Bermuda and native grasses, while still allowing the area to be used for public park purposes, as stated in the permit.

In order to amend the Town's Water Rights Permit No. 5383A, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requires that the application be signed by a duly authorized official. This action confirms the authority of the City Manager to sign the application on the behalf of the Town.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Resolution - TCEQ Water Rights Amendment