CC MEETING: July 12, 2016
DATE: June 27, 2016
TO: Leonard Martin, City Manager
FROM: Scott Hudson, Environmental Services Director
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Consider A Resolution Supporting A Municipal Setting Designation For Property Generally Located At 11602, 11616, 11634, 11642 And 11650 Harry Hines Boulevard, 11613, 11621, 11637, 11661 And 11663 Denton Drive, And 2536 Forest Lane In The City Of Dallas.
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BACKGROUND:
This agenda item seeks approval of a resolution granting support to a request for a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) by applicant Rochester Gauges, Inc. for property located in the City of Dallas. The groundwater beneath this designated property has been contaminated by chlorinated volatile organic compounds and by petroleum-related chemicals, but is separated from Carrollton groundwater resources and deemed to pose essentially no risk to the Carrollton community.
A Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) is a state certification of a property declaring that the groundwater beneath the designated property is not used as potable water and is prohibited from future use as potable water. The purpose of the MSD law is to provide a faster and less expensive alternative to state remediation requirements for a contaminated property. This designation allows for redevelopment of areas that may otherwise have been left abandoned and unproductive.
To meet the state requirements, an MSD application needs a resolution of support from municipalities owning public water wells within five miles from the designated property. The City of Carrollton owns and operates an emergency public water supply well within the five-mile radius north of the designated property. It is for this reason that Rochester Gauges, Inc. is requesting from the City of Carrollton a support resolution for its MSD application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
City staff has reviewed the pertinent materials submitted by Rochester Gauges, Inc., including the approv...
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