IN DARK DAYS AND CONSTITUTE THE STORY OF US. HE WAS BELOVED EVEN BY THE HIPSTER BARISTA STAFF AT BENU COFFEE NEXT TO OUR BUILDING AT ONE TEXAS CENTER, WHICH IS A CLEAR SIGN OF HIS INFECTIOUS JOY IS SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES ARE MOMENTS THAT SLIPPED BY AND ARE FORGOTTEN IN TIME.ĪND SOMETIMES IT'S THE CRAZY THINGS THAT CREATE THOSE MEMORABLE MOMENTS THAT SUSTAIN US HE WAS SO HELPFUL AND HARDWORKING AND ALWAYS PATIENT WITH HIS TEAMMATES. ONE OF NICK'S MOST MEMORABLE CONTRIBUTIONS WAS THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CREEKS POSTER BELOVED BY AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT STAFF AND HUNG IN OUR OFFICES IN ONE TEXAS CENTER AND WIDELY SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC. IT PROVIDED A HUGE EFFORT TO HELP DELINEATE OUR DRAINAGE AREAS TO ALL OF THE STORM WATER CONTROL PONDS, WHICH DRIVES SO MUCH OF OUR ANALYSIS TODAY ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMS.
HE RECTIFIED HISTORIC AERIAL IMAGERY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY FROM 1940 TO PRESENT. HE HELPED TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES FOR ACQUISITION IN THE BARTON SPRINGS ZONE FOR OUR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS PROGRAM. HE SUPPORTED OUR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE ATLAS 14 RAINFALL STUDY INTO OUR FLOODPLAIN PROTECTIONS. YOU WORKED ON OUR CREEK CENTER LINES HELPING TO ESTABLISH ACCURATE CREEK BUFFERS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT PERRY IN AREAS. HE WORKED ON OUR WATERSHED BOUNDARIES ENSURING THAT OUR DRAINAGE AREAS WERE UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE. HE WORKED ON TREE CANOPY LAYERS, INCLUDING HELPING BUILD OUR INDEX OF RIPARIAN INTEGRITY. HE WORKED ON SO MANY ASPECTS OF OUR GEOSPATIAL DATA THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S MISSION. NICK JOINED OUR WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 2014, DRAWN BY HIS GREAT LOVE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE IN OUR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS TEAM.ĪND IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PLANNING TEAM, HE USED HIS TALENTS TO CREATE MAPS AND ANALYZE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AUSTIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES, INCLUDING OUR STREAMS, TREES AND OPEN SPACES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CANCER NICK WAS BORN IN 1992 IN HOUSTON AND EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.ĬHRIS YOU'RE YOU'RE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HEAR.ĪT TEXAS STATE, UH, NICK WAS PART OF THE BOBCAT BUILD STUDENT PLANNING COMMITTEE AND HELPED TO ORGANIZE ONE OF THE LARGEST ONE DAY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDING 4,000 VOLUNTEERS, MORE THAN 250 DIFFERENT JOB SITES UPON GRADUATION. UM, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT DID RECENTLY LOSE ONE OF OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT NICK. THANK YOU, CHRIS HARRINGTON, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER. TWO, THREE B TO THE VERY TOP AND ITEM THREE B IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO NAME AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AND BATTLEBORN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN MEMORY OF A WATERSHED PROTECTION EMPLOYEE.ĬHRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN THIS? YES MA'AM. IF WE DON'T SEE YOU, THEN YOU NEED TO, UM, LET US KNOW BY, BY ACKNOWLEDGING WITH MADAME CHAIR. UM, JUST A REMINDER TO KEEP YOURSELF MUTED UNTIL YOUR UNIT TO SPEAK. SO RIGHT NOW, CREOLE, THAT IS NOT ATTENDING AT THIS TIME. WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING.ĬOMMISSIONER GORDON HERE, COMMISSIONER BEDFORD HERE. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.ĪLRIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology.
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