Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Initiate the Process of Placing a Municipal Setting Designation on the Properties of 1101 W. Broad St. and 204 S 6th Ave.
Requested Action
Consider the Resolution
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
Description/History
1101 W. Broad St. is impacted by groundwater contaminated from an Industrial user who was located at 204 S 6th Ave. and has now relocated from Mansfield. The property at 1101 W. Broad St. is ripe for development and has had several opportunities over the past few years, and has been hindered due to the groundwater remediation required.
The Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) was established in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature. The MSD provides for an alternative to addressing the groundwater contamination at this property. An MSD can be approved through the adoption of an ordinance by the City prohibiting groundwater for potable use on this property and an application with approval through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Justification
One of TCEQ's major requirements for approval of an MSD is that a Retail Public Utility (RPU) is available to serve potable water needs for the property. In this case, the City is the owner of the RPU that will supply this property's potable water needs.
Funding Source
N/A
Prepared By
Jeff Price, Director of Utilities
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