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North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals (NTAEP)
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NTAEP Monthly Meeting - 3514 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: June 18, 2025!
Kate Zielke of NCTCOG will be presenting
"The Corridor Development Certificate Process"
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Kate Zielke is a program supervisor who manages floodplain management and public works programs at the North Central Texas Council of Governments, where she has worked for ten years. Kate is NCTCOG’s project manager for the integrated Transportation and Stormwater Infrastructure project. Before joining NCTCOG’s Environment & Development Department, she conducted environmental stewardship and environmental justice work for the agency’s Transportation Department. Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s degree in environmental
science from the University of North Texas.
Talk:
The Corridor Development Certificate process aims to stabilize flood risk along the Trinity River. CDC, a program of NCTCOG, affirms local government authority for local floodplain management and establishes criteria and procedures for development within the Trinity River Corridor. The impetus for CDC began in the early 1980s when the US Army Corps of Engineers began working on a Regional Environmental Impact Statement to address the cumulative impacts of individual permitting decisions. A working group of staff from the affected local governments and NCTCOG provided input. Major floods in 1989 supported the EIS findings that even moderate development scenarios could result in considerable flood damages. This led to the creation of the Trinity River COMMON VISION program in 1990 and the CDC process in the early 1990s.