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Environmental Commission votes 6-1 to recommend COTA PUD amendment with extensive environmental conditions amid public opposition
Summary
After a lengthy hearing marked by public opposition about wetlands, water use and open-space loss, the Environmental Commission recommended approval of Circuit of the Americas PUD Amendment No. 3 with numerous conditions including additional wetland and riparian restoration, tree plantings and restrictions on administrative cut-and-fill approvals; the recommendation passed 6-1.
The Austin Environmental Commission voted 6-1 March 4 to recommend approval of a substantial Planned Unit Development amendment for Circuit of the Americas (case C814-2018-0122.03) that would allow a 1,000+-room hotel and conference resort, a golf course and a proposed practice racetrack, subject to a long list of environmental and operational conditions.
Leslie Lilly, environmental conservation program manager with Watershed Protection, described the proposed amendment and staff's recommended conditions, including an extra 0.87 acres of wetland critical environmental feature (CEF) restoration, 0.56 acres of CEF buffer above minimum mitigation, 4.59 acres of riparian restoration assessed with a functional floodplain-health tool, and 1,000 additional caliper inches of native tree plantings beyond the 400 trees already…
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