(by Thinkstock) You wouldn’t treat a gunshot wound with acupuncture, but some former members of the Flood Mitigation Task Force fear that City Council’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure resolution represents an inadequate response to Austin’s propensity for suffering damaging flash flooding (“When It Rains It Pours,” April 21). The resolution, passed unanimously at Council’s June 15 meeting after being brought to the dais by Ann Kitchen, has been hailed by advocates including Environment Texas, Clean Water Action, and Save Barton Springs as a step toward fulfilling the city’s Imagine Austin goal of an Integrated Green Infrastructure Plan. “Green” stormwater mitigation uses vegetation and other natural methods to manage runoff that are often less expensive than “gray” infrastructure (like pipes and sewers). Kitchen’s measure primarily directs the city manager to consolidate information about GSI and improve coordination between departments. Mike Kelly with the Watershed Protection Department noted that this focus relates specifically to CodeNEXT, the overhaul of the city’s land development code. “Without directing staff to change CodeNEXT, [the resolution] basically says that these things are under discussion, and we want to make sure that staff is doing a deep dive, so that as [GSI] is discussed with the public [that] people have as much information as possible,” he said. Environment Texas’ Brian Zabcik identified GSI as the “most important” environmental issue to be considered in the new land use code. “CodeNEXT is going to increase density in the city by some amount, meaning that impervious cover will increase, meaning more runoff,” he said. GSI “can cut runoff.” Kelly added that the majority of new…