Save Zilker

Talk about misinformation. The consultants behind the Zilker Vision plan only identified 70 protected trees in the park. 🌳 A partial survey, conducted by a certified arborist, identified well over 300 protected trees in less than half the park.

🌊Zilker Park and Barton Springs is not a typical park. It is an extremely rare and sensitive ecological zone supporting the fragile limestone aquifer beneath the surface.

Any plans should be considered firstly through the lens of environmental science, ecology, and geology. The consultants (Design Workshop) defers any of these studies for a later time.

⁉️Why would we trust the recommendations of a plan that can’t even take inventory of the above-ground resources within the park?

⁉️Did the city hire Design Workshop because they are the most qualified experts in the country to dictate the fragile park’s future? Or is it because Claire Hempel (lead) is also the Vice-Chair of the City Planning Commission and board member of The Trail Conservancy?

🗓️ August 31, City Council will vote on the Zilker Vision Plan.

📣 Email City Council how you hope they will vote, as they are elected to represent you.