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ALL RIGHT.

[Environmental Commission on March 8, 2023.]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:38 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN KATHERINE BAAN, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER .

WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETING, IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CALL 2 1 4 6 7 1 8 5 2 2 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE APRIL 12TH AT 5:30 PM ALL RIGHT.

A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING AS WE'RE WAITING FOR A FEW MORE OF OUR, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS TO GET THROUGH TRAFFIC AND JOIN US.

UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING, UH, NOT JUST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UH, BUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY TODAY.

SO I WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE WOMEN THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING, UH, ON THIS COMMISSION WITH AND, UH, THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS WHO LEND US THEIR EXPERTISE, UM, AND, UH, WHO SUPPORT US.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SAVE THE DATE FOR THE UPCOMING NORTH TEXAS CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM.

THAT'LL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT UT DALLAS.

YOU CAN REGISTER AT BITLY, THAT'S B I T DOT L Y SLASH NT C S, ALL CAPS 2023.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP INTO OUR ROLL CALL MEMBERS AND REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE AND POSSIBLY TO KEEP OUR QUORUM THIS EVENING, WE WILL NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBER.

CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MICROPHONES OFF UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE LIMIT OUR SOUND QUALITY ISSUES ON THE VIRTUAL SIDE? ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO WITH DISTRICT ONE, PRESENT.

DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR, PRESENT DISTRICT FIVE TRACING.

DISTRICT SIX.

ESTHER VILLA, DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.

I AM DISTRICT NINE.

DISTRICT 10.

DISTRICT 11.

DISTRICT 12.

MARY LACKMAN, DISTRICT 13.

KARL DANKER.

DISTRICT 14.

DISTRICT 15.

JULIE HERETO.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.

MS. BEK HERE.

MR. MARTIN, PRESIDENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR , MR. MARQUIS AND MR. HOFFMAN.

ALL RIGHT, IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, MS. BAYOU, PRESENT, DR.

ASTE PRESENT AND DR.

ALAI PRESENT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS, SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 8TH COMMISSION MEETING.

IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECONDED.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

OUR MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR VERY FIRST BRIEFING ITEM.

ITEM A IS A BRIEFING MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND YOUR MEMO COMMISSIONERS.

THERE ARE A LIST OF BILLS FILED PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

UH, TO THAT LIST, I WILL ADD A FEW THAT WE ARE ALSO TRACKING.

UH, BUT FIRST I'M GOING TO LET MS. BEK GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THOSE BILLS THAT SHE IS WATCHING.

HERE WE GO.

I JUST WANNA CALL A COUPLE BILLS IN PARTICULAR TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, UH, BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE, UM, THESE BILLS COULD HAVE BIG EFFECTS ON THE CONCRETE MENT BILL.

UM, I MEAN, ORDINANCE, THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCES AND REGULATING ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

IT'S NEAR THE BOTTOM OF YOUR MEMO, SB 1 49 AND SB EIGHT 14.

THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS THIS SESSION THAT ARE AIMED AT, UH, DETERIORATING THE PROGRESS OR KILLING THE PROGRESS.

SO CLIMATE PLANS.

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BUT I WANNA CALL YOUR PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SB EIGHT 14, WHERE A COMPANION BILL BY, UM, REPRESENTATIVE BURROWS HB 2127 HAS ALSO BEEN FILED.

UM, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE BILLS ARE MEANT TO DETER ANY REGULATION, BASICALLY, OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

AND, AND SOME OF THESE BILLS WILL ALLOW LAWSUITS AGAINST MUNICIPALITIES FOR TRYING TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

SO I WOULD SAY OF THIS LIST, THAT IS PROBABLY THE WORST BILL THAT ARE HERE.

UH, THE T CQ SUNSET BILL IS OUT, AND THE PUC SUNSET BILL IS OUT, BUT THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS LIST.

UM, A LOT OF THE GROUPS I WORK WITH STATEWIDE ARE DOING FURTHER ANALYSIS ON THAT, SO I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR THOSE WHO WANNA TRACK THE TCQ BILL AS HB 1505, THE COMPANION BILL IS SB 1 31 39 7.

UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT WE WANNA PUT ON YOUR RADAR IS, UH, HOUSE BILL, UH, 9 41.

UM, AND IT IS THE, UH, STANDARD PERMIT FOR CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS.

SO JUST ANOTHER CONCRETE BATCH PLANT BILL THAT WE'RE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON.

ALL RIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS VIRTUALLY ANYBODY IN THE CHAIN, IN, IN THE BRIEFING ROOM? NOPE.

OKAY.

CHAIRWOMAN BAAN.

GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER WALLACE.

UH, I'M SORRY, I HAVE MY HAND UP, BUT IT DOESN'T, THE LITTLE APOLOGIES.

ONE DOESN'T.

NO, OUR LITTLE, MY LITTLE DIGITAL ONE DOESN'T SHOW WELL.

UM, SO I'M JUST A, I'M WONDERING IF MS. BEVIN CAN REPEAT THOSE BILL NUMBERS FOR ME SO I CAN GET THOSE DOWN REAL QUICK.

OKAY.

THEY'RE AT THE END OF THE MEMO THAT WAS GIVEN TO US FOR THIS EVENING, SB 1 49.

IT'S UNDER LOCAL REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY SB EIGHT 14, AND IT'S COMPANION BILL, WHICH IS IDENTICAL, IS HB 2127.

ANY OTHER, OH, DR.

ALA, GO AHEAD.

I THINK DR.

ASTE HAD OUR HAND UP FIRST.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO I, MY QUESTION WAS, ASIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, TRACKING THESE BILLS, UM, AS A, UM, COMMISSION, DID WE WANT TO WRITE LETTERS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, OR ARE WE WAITING FOR SPECIFIC, A SPECIFIC PROCESS OR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION? UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

UH, LET ME JUST MENTION THIS TO EVERYONE.

THIS, THIS SESSION, FOR SOME REASON IS PARTICULARLY SLOW IN GETTING OFF THE GROUND.

UH, AND THEREFORE A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES, UH, NAMELY NATURAL RESOURCES, UH, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION COMMITTEE, OR TWO COMMITTEES THAT MANY OF US CLOSELY TRACK, THEY HAVE NOT STARTED HAVING HEARINGS ON BILLS.

SOME OF THESE BILLS WILL NOT EVEN GET A HEARING.

BUT FOR US TO SORT OF JUMP IN AND START WRITING ABOUT THESE BILLS BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO COMMITTEE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO KEEP, UM, CHAIRMAN BAAN AND OUR O E Q S DEPARTMENT APPRISED OF THESE BILLS AS THEY MOVE.

THANK YOU.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DR.

ASHLEY? IT DOES, IT DOES PERFECTLY.

OKAY.

DR.

ALABI, GO AHEAD.

I WAS GONNA ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION, LIKE, IS THERE, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE US AWARE IF THERE'S A TIME WHERE WE CAN SUBMIT OUR COMMENTS FOR THESE PARTICULAR BILLS? AND, UH, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WITH US THIS EVENING IS OUR OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE, UH, MS. MALDEN,

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DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

HI, MY NAME'S LILLY MALDEN.

UM, I'M A SENIOR COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

UM, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR OFFICE WORKS ON IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, CLIFFORD SPARKS, WHOSE EMAIL IS, UM, ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS MEMO.

SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, HE IS ON THE GROUND IN AUSTIN TRACKING BILLS AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH COMMITTEE, AND ANYTHING THAT LOOKS VIABLE, UM, THAT WE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT OR DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO OPPOSE.

UM, HE'S FLAGGING TO OUR OFFICES AND ALSO TO O E Q S AND ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT, UM, OFFICES.

AND SO AS THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING LIKE THEY MIGHT GO THROUGH COMMITTEE, THEY MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, PASSING FURTHER ALONG.

UM, WE'RE CONSULTING WITH DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND ALSO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING ANY COMMENTS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE TESTIFYING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE O E Q S, UM, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS REALLY LIKE WEIGHING IN ON KIND OF HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF OUR CURRENT PROCESS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY RELYING ON OUR, UM, OUR TEAMS IN AUSTIN TO KIND OF LET US KNOW WHAT'S LOOKING VIABLE AND WHAT'S NOT RIGHT NOW.

ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DR.

LAKIN? UM, JUST, UH, UM, I WILL BE, UM, IF THE BILLS PROGRESS AND THERE'S ANYTHING, AND I, UM, I NEEDED TO VISIT LEGISLATORS.

I'M GOING TO BE IN AUSTIN ON MARCH THE 21ST, UM, ADVOCATING FOR THE EXPANSION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

DER, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN.

UH, JUST ANOTHER BILL THAT I'M TRACKING THAT I THINK WOULD BE WORTH TRACKING FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CCAP SENATE BILL 1453.

IT ELIMINATES THE AUTHORITY FOR CITIES TO ENTER INTO A ENERGY SAVINGS AGREEMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAIN VEHICLE FOR THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF ITS RETROFITS TO SAVE ON UTILITY COSTS AND IMPLEMENT, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY RETROFITS.

SO, UM, I'D SUGGEST ADDING THAT ONE TO THE WATCH LIST AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER, YOU SAID SENATE BILL 1453.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, UH, AND INTO OUR BRIEFING AGENDA THIS EVENING.

UH, ITEM A IS A BRIEFING FROM TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION ON THE DALLAS TREE EQUITY PLANTING MAP.

AND WITH US THIS EVENING, UH, IS NORM DALEY, THE CHIEF OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

UM, IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE HAD BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS EQUITY PLANTING MAP, UH, DURING THE MEETING THAT WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EQUITY INDICATORS.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AGREED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, SO OUR TYPICAL FORMAT IS YOU'LL DO 15, 12 TO 15 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL DO, UH, JANET AFTER.

GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN BAAN, AND GOOD EVENING TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH ME THIS EVENING ISS RACHEL MCGREGOR.

SHE'S OUR URBAN FORESTRY MANAGER OF TEXAS TREES.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES JOINING US TONIGHT, UH, AS WELL AS OUR C E O JEANETTE MANIER.

WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AND ARE EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, INCLUDING OUR NEW REPORT, WHICH YOU JUST MENTIONED THIS EVENING.

OUR AGENDA WILL DISCUSS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TREES AND URBAN FORESTRY, URBAN HEAT, AND ITS EFFECT ON HUMAN HEALTH.

AND WE'LL SHARE OUR NEW REPORT THAT SHOWS WHERE TO STRATEGICALLY PLANT TREES TO MORE FAIRLY PROVIDE TREE BENEFITS ACROSS DALLAS.

WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS SOME OF THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN AND EXPECT TO TAKE FOR OUR GRASSROOTS EQUITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND WE'LL LOOK AT DALLAS EQUITY INDICATORS AND SHOW HOW OUR, OUR REPORT, UH, ALIGNS WITH THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT DALLAS HAS BEEN DOING ON THESE ISSUES.

AS A BRIEF PRIMER FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING IN AND NOT FAMILIAR WITH TEXAS TREES, UH, WE'RE A 40 YEAR OLD RESEARCH-BASED URBAN FORESTRY NONPROFIT FOCUSING ON URBAN TREE CANOPY AND URBAN HEAT ISSUES, AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT RESPOND TO THOSE ISSUES AND BEAUTIFY NORTH TEXAS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASES TEXAS TREES.

WE'RE OFTEN ASKING OURSELF THIS QUESTION, HOW DO WE CREATE A GREENER, CLEANER, COOLER IN HEALTHIER DALLAS? UH, WE'RE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING URBAN FORESTRY ISSUES THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS, WHICH WE DELIVER WITH OUR PARTNERS.

NEXT SATURDAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE'LL BE PLANTING, UH, 50 TREES AT CREDIT PARK, SUPPORTING THE DALLAS PARK AND REC BRANCHING OUT PROGRAM.

NOW, WE'RE ALSO DELIGHTED

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TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED PHASE ONE OF THE COOL SCHOOLS PROGRAM OF DECEMBER, 2022.

WE'LL BE TRANSFORMED 25 DALLAS ISD CAMPUSES, PLANTING ABOUT 3000 TREES ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF D I S D STUDENTS.

UH, WE'RE ALREADY INTO PHASE TWO, DESIGNING THE NEXT 26 CAMPUSES, UH, FOR DALLAS, I S D.

I THINK YOU ALSO KNOW ABOUT T TTFS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SOUTHWEST MEDICAL DISTRICT PROJECT TO REVAMP TWO MILES OF HARRY HINES BY CREATING A GREEN SPINE ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND BUILDING A 10 ACRE PARK AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARRY HINES.

AND INWOOD.

OUR NATURE LAB IS BRINGING PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO CREATE A SAFER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL.

SO THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT TEXAS TREES AND OUR PARTNERS ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE AND TREES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LET'S QUICKLY COVER, UH, A FEW TOPICS HERE, URBAN FORESTRY, UH, AND EXAMINE URBAN HEAT AND HOW IT AFFECTS US ALL.

AND WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT TTF IS DOING AND HAS DONE TO IMPROVE TREE PLANTING DESIGN AND PROVIDE GREATER BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

NEXT LINE, PLEASE.

ON YOU ALREADY THERE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, AN URBAN FOREST IS ALL THE TREES AND WOODY PLANTS IN URBAN COMMUNITY.

SO DALLAS HAS, UH, 14.7 MILLION TREES.

THE QUESTION THEN ARISES, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM? AND THAT'S WHERE URBAN FORESTRY COMES INTO PLAY.

SO, URBAN FORESTRY IS THE ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MANAGING TREES AND FOREST RESOURCES IN AND AROUND URBAN COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEMS FOR THE PHYSIOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC BENEFITS THAT TREES PROVIDE SOCIETY.

YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SLIDE, THERE ARE FOUR KEY CATEGORIES WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREE BENEFITS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

UH, IF WE LOOK AT ECONOMIC BENEFITS, TREES IN DALLAS PROVIDE ABOUT 226 MILLION IN ECONOMIC BENEFITS.

AND TREES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT FOR HEALTH BECAUSE THEY CLEAN THE AIR OF PARTICULATE MATTER, CO2 N OH TWO.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE SPENT A LOT OF OUR TIME FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE OF TREES, HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

AND YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL POINTS THAT WE'VE COVERED UP THERE.

UH, I THINK I'LL, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EMPIRICAL DATA AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF LONG ESTABLISHED, A SOLID AND VIABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN HEALTH HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED AND FORTIFIED.

WE HAVE UNEQUIVOCAL DATA SHOWING THAT EXTREME URBAN HEAT IS LINKED TO INCREASED HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, ASTHMA FLARES, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANXIETY AND STRESS DISORDERS, MOOD DISORDERS, AND MANY OTHERS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WE TALK ABOUT THE URBAN FOREST, URBAN FORESTRY, WHAT TO DO ABOUT MANAGING IT, IT'S CONNECTION TO HEALTH.

BUT WE WANNA SPEND A MOMENT TALKING ABOUT URBAN HEAT.

SO URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, UH, ARE ALL OVER THE CITY.

THEY OCCUR WHEN STRUCTURES SUCH AS BUILDINGS AND ROADS ABSORB AND READMIT THE SUN'S HEAT MORE THAN NATURAL LANDSCAPES, SUCH AS FORESTS AND BODIES OF WATER.

AND THAT RESULTS IN HOTTER DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE CITY.

IN 2022, WE HAD 47 DAYS OF AIR TEMPERATURES ADD, OR OVER 100 DEGREES.

AND DALLAS, WHICH I KNOW IS A CITY THAT LOVES TO WIN, IS HEATING UP FASTER THAN ANY OTHER LARGE CITY IN THE NATION EXCEPT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

AND I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO DO A VICTORY LAP ON WINNING THAT COMPETITION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

DALLAS IS ON TRACK TO EXPERIENCE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE INCREASES 10 DEGREES OVER, UH, 10 DEGREES ABOVE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

AND THIS IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WHEN AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE TEMPERATURES TO WHICH PEOPLE ARE ACCLIMATED, THEIR BODIES ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WHEN SHED HEAT, AND THAT CREATES HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO, SUMMERTIME OBVIOUSLY, IS WHEN DALLAS EXPERIENCES GREAT HEALTH-RELATED ILLNESSES AND DEATH.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR WHEN A POOR BODY TEMPERATURE RISES.

AND THIS IS BECOMING A HUGE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT.

WE MIGHT ALSO MENTION THAT HEAT WAVES, WHICH ARE TWO OR MORE DAYS AT WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE 105 AND NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE 75, CAN LEAD TO REDUCED OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE THOSE WHO WORK IN OUTDOOR OCCUPATIONS.

I'D ALSO MENTIONED FROM A CITY POINT OF VIEW THAT INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS ARE ALSO CAUSED BY HEAT.

THERE'S MORE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, UH, THAT RESULT FROM INTENSE URBAN HEAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, URBAN HEAT DRIVES TDF RESEARCH ON PROGRAMS. WE'VE APPLIED THAT RESEARCH TO DALLAS AND THE SOUTHWEST MEDICAL DISTRICT PROJECT.

AS WE ALL KNOW, DALLAS HAS 32% CANOPY, AND THE CITY SET A GOAL OF REACHING 37% CANOPY BY 2040.

AND AS WE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, UH, BY WAY OF COMPARISON, US FOREST SERVICE RECOMMENDS 40% URBAN TREE

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CANOPY.

TREE CANOPY IS A GREAT WAY TO COMBAT URBAN NEED, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTS OF THE CITY, LIKE THE SOUTHWEST MEDICAL DISTRICT, UH, DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON THAT ONLY HAVE 7% OF TREE CANOPY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THAT LEADS US TO SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AROUND THIS ISSUE OF MICROCLIMATES AND MATTERS OF HUMAN COMFORT.

SO LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENCES IN SHADED AND UNSHADED SURFACE TEMPERATURES.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR, BUT YEAH.

UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, HOW TEMPERATURES WITHIN A A FEW FEET OF A SHADED AREA CAN VARY AS MUCH AS 50 DEGREES.

SO WHEN WE THINK OF, OF, UH, TEMPERATURES, SAY AT A HUNDRED DEGREES, IF IF CONCRETE IS SHADED, IT'S PROBABLY AROUND A HUNDRED DEGREES, BUT IF IT'S UNSHADED, UH, IT CAN BE AS HOT AS 157 DEGREES.

AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK THAT TEMPERATURE ON OUR PARKING LOT THIS SUMMER.

IN FACT, BARK MULCH WHERE KIDS PLAY ON PLAYGROUNDS, UH, WHEN IT'S UNSHADED, IT CAN HIT TEMPERATURES OF 140 PLUS DEGREES.

THAT'S A REALLY HOT SURFACE FOR KIDS TO BE PLAYING ON, ON SCHOOL GROUND.

AND THAT'S WHY, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE COOL SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WE'RE PLANTING TREES AROUND THE PLAYGROUNDS TO SHADE THAT BARK MULCH IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE'RE ALSO GETTING INVOLVED IN EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN, UH, WHERE WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT MEASURING AND MODELING HOW TO DO BETTER TREE PLANTINGS.

UM, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH IS A STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING, AND NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE.

AND WE THINK WE NEED TO, SORRY, WE THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HEALTH LONG BEFORE THE PATIENT'S STEPS FOOT IN ANY HEALTHCARE FACILITY.

IT'S OUR HOPE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MEASURING AND GROUND TRUTHING DATA, CREATING MODELS WITH REAL TIME DATA THAT WE CAN DEVELOP DESIGN AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT OPTIMIZE HEALTH.

SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.

UH, WE CONDUCTED NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, PARTICULATE MATTERS STUDY AROUND CHARLES ROYCE LEARNING CENTER TO DETERMINE WHICH TREES AND SHRUB PLANTED COMBINATIONS WOULD FILTER OUT AIRBORNE PARTICLES.

PARTICULATE MATTER IS A COMPONENT OF AIR POLLUTION THAT CONSISTS OF A MIXTURE OF SOLID PARTICLES AND LIQUID DROPLETS SUSPENDED IN THE AIR AND URBAN AREAS THAT DOMINANT SOURCES OF PM ARE FROM MOBILE SOURCES AND FUEL COMBUSTION.

SO VEGETATION CAN SERVE AS A NATURE-BASED SOLUTION TO REDUCE CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC RELATED TO OTHER AIRBORNE PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS.

AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW PARTICULATE MATTER ACCUMULATION BY TREES VARY BY SPECIES, AND FRANKLY DISCOVERED THAT SOME TREES ARE BETTER AT THIS THAN OTHERS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO YOU CAN SEE RED BUDS NOT GREAT AT FILTERING OUT PARTICULATE MATTER, BUT VITEX, UH, PRETTY GOOD.

UH, NOT SHOWING THE GRAPH THOUGH WAS THE SHRUB USED IN THIS STUDY, WHICH WAS TEXAS SAGE.

IT ACCUMULATED FOUR TIMES MORE FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND TWO TIMES MORE FORCE PARTICULATE MATTER THAN ALL TREE SPECIES.

AND IT DID SO AT OBVIOUSLY A MUCH LOWER HEIGHT.

THIS COULD BOULDER BOLSTER THE ARGUMENT TO PLANT SMALLER TREE SPECIES OR SHRUBS AT SCHOOLS FOR AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND LARGER TREES FOR SHADE TO REDUCE URBAN HEAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH MULTIPLE THINGS AND WE'RE USING THE SCIENCE TO HELP GUIDE US.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NOW, MOVING ON TO THE TREE EQUITY MAP.

I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS REPORT AIMS TO FULFILL RECOMMENDATION EIGHT OF THE DALLAS U F M P 2021, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL FONDLY REMEMBER AND CONTINUE TO STUDY.

RECOMMENDATION A CALLED FOR A PLANT IS STRATEGICALLY PLANTING CARE FOR TREES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TREE CANOPY ACROSS DALLAS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, WABA.

THANK YOU.

THIS REPORT PROVIDES AN ACTION GUIDE FOR DECISION MAKERS, CITY STAFF, DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO BETTER IDENTIFY WHERE TREES SHOULD BE STRATEGICALLY PLANTED.

AND THE FIVE PLANTING PRIORITY CATEGORIES USED FOR THIS TREE EQUITY PLANTING MAP ARE IDENTIFIED UP THERE.

DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AIR QUALITY, AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND.

SORRY, URBAN HEAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE.

UM, THE METHODS USED TO CALCULATE PLANTING CLARITY SCORES ARE WIDELY ACCEPTED TO THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROFESSION.

THE AVERAGE MAX TEMPERATURE WAS DERIVED USING OUR TTF URBAN HEAT ISLAND MANAGEMENT STUDY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS, WHICH WE DID IN 2017.

I, UM, EXCUSE ME, AND USES THE AVERAGE MAX TEMPERATURE WITHIN EACH CENSUS BLOCK ROUTE.

SO LOOKING AT THE MAP, EVERY, UM, SECTION IN

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WILA IS CONSIDERED AN URGENT PLANTING AREA.

AND RED ARE THE EMERGENT.

SO NOT, UH, NOT, NOT, NOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT A, A CLOSE SECOND.

SO THIS PLANTING MAP ADDRESSES TREE PLANTING THROUGH A MULTI-PART LENS.

UH, PLANTING PRIORITIES WERE TABULATED ACROSS TWO GEO GEOGRAPHIC SCALES, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE 929 CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

BLOCK GROUPS ARE USED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU TO ASSURE STATISTICAL CONSISTENCY WHEN TRACKING POPULATIONS ACROSS THE US AND CAN BE VALUABLE INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICES THAT ARE LINKED, ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.

USING THESE RESULTS, DALLAS CAN FOCUS A COMMISSIONAL TREE PLANTING EFFORTS TO IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON MOST MEANING OF TREE CANOPY BENEFITS.

IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE FIVE FOUR MENTIONED CATEGORIES.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT THE, UH, PRIORITIZATION DATA SOURCES, METHODOLOGY AND CRITERIA, PAGES 14 TO 26, WE'LL COVER THAT FOR YOU.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SO WE ALSO RANK THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF PRIORITY COUNCIL.

DISTRICT FOUR IS TOP PRIORITY COUNCIL.

DISTRICT TWO SORT OF FELL IN MIDDLE OF THE PACK, AND THEN 14 WAS THE 14TH DISTRICT.

UM, BUT WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, WE HAVE RANKED THE TOP FIVE, UH, URGENT PLANTING AREAS, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS HAVE URGENT PLANTING AREAS, AND THEY'RE ALL RANKED FROM ONE TO FIVE FOR THE GRAND TRUTH.

GROUND TRUTHING IS NECESSARY FOR TREE PLANTING PROJECTS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A TOOL WE CAN USE TO HELP IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE PROJECTS SHOULD BE AND ADDRESS EQUITY WHILE WE'RE AT IT.

AND THAT GETS TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS DEALING WITH THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

UM, TTF WILL BE USING A GRASSROOTS HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PROPOSE AND THEN PLAN THESE TREE PLANTING PROJECTS.

AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE VITALLY IMPORTANT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO CONSULT WITH MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EXPECT TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO WE'RE SITTING DOWN REVIEWING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISTRICT, UH, WITH THE FINDINGS IN THE REPORT, RECOMMENDING PLANTINGS IN THESE URGENT AREAS, AND ALSO HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK, UH, UH, GOOD PLANTING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO, UM, PROPOSE SORT OF A LIST OF TREE PLANTING OPTIONS, SO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, WE CAN KEEP WORKING OUR WAY DOWN A LIST OF, OF, UH, THOSE AREAS THAT WILL BE URGENT TREE PLANTING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS MEET WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING SURVEYS WITHIN THESE COMMUNITY TO GA COMMUNITIES TO GAUGE RECEPTIVENESS TO, TO TREE PLANTING, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROJECTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND IDENTIFY COMMITMENT FROM VOLUNTEERS.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH, WE WERE, IT WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WORK WITH EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.

SO STAY TUNED.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR SOON.

UH, THE SURVEYS THAT WE'LL BE USING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN BOTH, UH, SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

THEY CAN BE FILLED OUT ONLINE OR IN PERSON AT THESE MEETINGS.

UH, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO HIRE A NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR WILL PROVIDE URBAN FORESTRY EDUCATION ALONG WITH IDENTIFYING, COORDINATING, AND IMPLEMENTING PLANNING PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE LASTLY, WE'LL JUST MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE'VE TAKEN TIME TO REVIEW SEVERAL OF THE DALLAS PLAN TO DETERMINE THE DALLAS EQUITY INDICATORS.

UM, OUR TREE, SORRY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

UM, IN OUR TREE EQUITY MAPPING REPORT, THERE ARE SEVERAL URBAN FORESTRY INDICATORS THAT ALIGN WITH OTHER DALLAS EQUITY REPORTS AND GOALS.

FOR INSTANCE, LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BUBBLE UP THERE, IT'S THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

UH, WE CAN MONITOR THE INCREASE OR DECREASE AND TREAT CANOPY COVERED OR THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS FOR URBAN HEAT.

ALL THESE URBAN FORESTRY INDICATORS WERE DERIVED FROM SEVERAL OF THE DALLAS EQUITY RELATED PLANS TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND URBAN FORESTRY GOALS.

AND ALL THE URBAN FORESTRY INDICATORS CAN BE MONITORED AND ARE MEASURABLE, UH, TO CORRELATE WITH TREE CANOPY COVER.

LAST SLIDE, SECOND LAST SLIDE.

UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE SEE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE WORK ALREADY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE SOME, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE ONE, UH, URBAN FORESTER CONTACT YOU CAN WORK WITH.

UH, THERE'S SEVERAL ITEMS UP THERE.

I'M NOT GONNA COVER THEM ALL, BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONE THING WE THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PARTICULAR NEW REPORT IS THAT THERE BE CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO OPENING UP ARTICLE 10 NARROWLY TO ALLOW MITIGATION TO BE USED ON

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PRIVATE PROPERTY, ON THOSE URGENT PLANTING AREAS.

WE FEEL THAT WOULD HELP TO, UM, EXPEDITE MORE PLANTING, AND IT WOULD ALSO HELP US WITH OUR EFFORTS TO RAISE FUNDS NEEDED FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS 50 MINUTES OR NOT, BUT I'M DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW YOU GUYS SEE WHY I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UM, NEW TOOL AND THIS PRESENTATION.

OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GO VIRTUALLY FIRST.

UM, MR. MARTIN HAS HIS HAND UP.

SO GO AHEAD MR. MARTIN.

HEY, JUST REAL QUICK, NORM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, UNLIKE MANY THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH HERE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL, UM, SOME THINGS HAVE A LOT OF RESISTANCE, UH, OBSTACLES, WHATEVER.

IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE GO, MAN, THESE TREES, GOOD IDEA.

LET'S GET IT GOING.

WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST THING IN THE WAY OF THESE PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM? UH, WHAT'S IN THE WAY AND MAY MAKE THIS DIFFICULT OR SLOW IT DOWN? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANSWER, .

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS, UH, MUCH MORE EDUCATION AROUND WHY THE TREES ARE IMPORTANT WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PLANTED.

BECAUSE UNLIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WHERE WE, WE SORT OF SHOW UP WITH OUR, OUR, UM, COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS, WE'D REALLY LIKE THE COMMUNITY THEMSELVES, THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO EMBRACE THIS IDEA AND WORK WITH US TO DEVELOP, UH, PLANTING PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE URGENT AREAS, UH, THAT MATTER TO THEM.

SO I THINK, UH, THIS MAY NOT BE A FAST PROCESS, BUT WE ALSO FEEL IT'S AN URGENT PROC.

IT NEEDS TO BE URGENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HEAT PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE URGENT PLANTING AREAS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO DEAL WITH.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S A, UH, THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT I THINK THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS A VITAL PART TO GETTING THIS DONE, UH, QUICKLY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE EDUCATION.

UM, UH, I, I THINK IT WON'T BE AS COMPLICATED AS PERHAPS OTHER MEASURES WE TRY AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON.

SO, BEST WISHES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD HEARING, GOOD RESULTS.

THANK YOU.

UM, CHAIRWOMAN, UH, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, I'M REPRESENTING, UH, DISTRICT FOUR.

OKAY.

AND, UM, THAT, WHICH WAS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, WHEN DID WE GET STARTED? AND, UM, , YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE SEASON, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO, UM, AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR, UH, KEEPING THOSE TREES, UM, WATERED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE PLANTED AND IF THERE'S NO IRRIGATION THERE? TIME PRIOR? UH, EXCELLENT QUESTION.

WE'RE HOPING TO MEET WITH COUNSEL, UH, UH, MAYOR PERK, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET THAT PROCESS GOING WITH HER OFFICE AND TO GET HER GUIDANCE ON WHO SHE FEELS WOULD BE, UH, STRONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE COULD BEGIN TO WORK WITH.

SO OUR INTENTION IS TO, UH, GET GOING ON THE CONSULTATION PROCESS RIGHT AWAY.

UH, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D LOVE TO SEE TREES GOING IN THE GROUND BY NEXT FALL FOR THE FIRST PROJECT.

AND, UM, THEN CONTINUE JUST TO, TO BUILD SUPPORT AND, AND NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A ONCE AND DONE, BUT AS AN ONGOING EFFORT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, WITH RESPECT TO IRRIGATION, UH, YOU'RE SPOT ON THERE.

THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROJECT PROPOSAL, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, THERE, THERE ARE SOME IDEAS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING RESIDENTS AND HOW THEY CAN, UH, WATER THEIR TREES.

AND, UH, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THOSE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WE DEVELOP THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, WHERE THE PLANTINGS HAPPEN ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO PROBABLY IRRIGATE THOSE TREES.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, SO I APPRECIATED THE MAP.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, IT SAYS DISTRICT FOUR, UM, BUT IT, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

I'M, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, CORRECT.

UM, AND DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU, UH, YOUR OFFICE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US? YES.

AND IN FACT, IT'S IN THE REPORT ITSELF, IT, THOSE LILAC AREAS MM-HMM.

ARE THE, THE ONES WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON.

WE'LL PROBABLY START WITH NUMBER ONE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE.

UH, FOR US TO DEVELOP TREE PLANNING PROJECT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE WHOLE AREA ONCE CAUSE THEY'RE LARGE AREAS.

RIGHT.

BUT WE WANT TO PICK SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE'VE ALREADY

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IDENTIFIED TWO FOR EACH ONE OF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS COMMISSION.

THANK YOU.

UH, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

WHEN WAS THE STUDY, DID, UH, PARTICULAR MATTER STUDY DID AT CHORE WEIS SCHOOL? I'M SORRY, THE PARTICULAR MATTER STUDY AT CHARLES RICE? UH, GREAT QUESTION.

WE, UH, STARTED WITH, UH, A YEAR AGO IN JANUARY.

MM-HMM.

CONDUCTED THE STUDY WITH FIRST THAT YEAR.

OKAY.

U WITH U N T U N T.

YEAH.

OKAY.

U NT DALLAS U NT ARLINGTON, U N T .

I'M SORRY, U NT DANNY DENNY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

IT JUST COMPLETED IN DECEMBER.

OKAY.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS.

I THINK WE HAVE A, I THINK THAT'S COMING THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

APRIL.

YEAH.

APRIL.

YEAH.

THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.

WHERE DO I SEE THAT DATA AT? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF THAT.

OKAY.

I, I'M, I'M DISTRICT SEVEN, CHARLES RICE IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I, I LIVE IN PY.

AND, UH, SO, UH, CANOPY, UH, SO YOU SAID THAT Y'ALL WAS, UH, INFORMED TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, LIKE DISTRICT FOUR.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, A CANOPY, UH, ON OUR MAIN STREET IN JOCKEY FOR, TO BLOCK THE EMISSIONS FROM THE TRAIN.

SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO, UH, ME FOR WE COULD DISCUSS THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROBERTSON.

OH, THANK, UM, MY NAME IS RENEE ROBERTSON.

I'M, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY NICE BOOK THAT WILL HELP EDUCATION.

UM, MY QUESTION WAS TWO THINGS.

ONE STRUGGLING WAS THAT THE HEAT IS CEMENT.

HOW THE HEAT CEMENT HEATS UP.

AND DART HAS SO MANY UNCOVERED, UM, BUS STOPS.

SO THEY'RE JUST CEMENT BENCHES.

SO TO ME IT MEANS LIKE A RADIUS.

YOU'RE SITTING ON THIS BENCH, RIGHT.

THAT'S CEMENT, AND THEN AROUND IT IS CEMENT, AND THEN CHILDREN ARE SITTING THERE, SO THEY'RE HEATING UP AT ABOUT, THEY'RE SITTING IN A LITTLE BOWL OF 140 DEGREE.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, IF YOU EVEN SPOT, I DON'T EXPECT THE TREE UP THERE TO STOP AND I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE THE AREA NEAR THERE.

HAD YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT LOOKING AT ANY OF THAT? WELL, WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH, UH, VERY BRIEFLY WITH DART.

AND WHEN WE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, THEY ASKED US TO WORK WITH, WITH DART, UM, FOR THE TRAIN STATION.

UH, WE HAVEN'T, AS FAR AS I KNOW, BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UH, PUTTING TREES IN TRANSIT, UH, SORRY, BUS STATIONS.

BUT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

AND IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT STATIONS WHERE THE TRAIN GOES THROUGH.

IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD STOPS LIKE ON THE CORNERS.

RIGHT.

I TRIED, UH, MAPPING IT CAUSE I LIVE NORTH, SO I LOOKED AT NORTH AND SOUTH AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FIND ALL OF THEM SOUTH AND I DIDN'T.

THERE'S SOME NORTH THROUGH THERE A LOT.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT THAT ARE JUST A BENCH AND STONE BENCH.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S JUST NO PROTECTION.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION, THE TREES, UM, YOU WERE SAYING THE PARTICULATE MATTER.

SO THE LOWER THE, THE SMALLER LIKE, UH, TEXAS SAFE, SOME OF THE SMALLER TREES ACTUALLY ABSORB MORE PARTICULATE MATTER.

THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY SAID.

YES.

VARYING LEVELS ARE GOOD TO HAVE.

SO SMALLER SPECIES AND THEN OVERHEAD SPECIES.

UM, BUT THEN I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ON THERE, VIX IS, UH, AN INVASIVE SPECIES.

SO IT'S NOT ONE WE WANT TO PROMOTE PLANTING EVERYWHERE.

UM, BUT YES, DIFFERENT LAYERS OF GREEN IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR, BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER VARY.

SO YOU'RE WANTING DIFFERENT LEVELS.

OH, AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT DISTRICT EIGHT, DID YOU SEE A LOT OF HOT SPOTS? I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF BEAR AREAS TOO.

AND DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, .

UH, YEAH, DISTRICT EIGHT, I THINK YOU RANK WELL PACK.

UM, SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WERE DEFINITELY HOT SPOTS, BUT IT WASN'T QUITE, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT THERE ARE RANKS OF ONE THROUGH FIVE FOR PRIORITY PLANTING AREAS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GOOD NEWS.

AS PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO MY HEART, AS I HAD A HAND IN THE RACIAL EQUITY INDICATORS THAT INCLUDED THE EJ ISSUES AND TREE CANOPY WAS, WAS THE ONE I WAS PERSONALLY CHAMPIONING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE DATA.

THIS IS GOING TO FUEL ME AS I KEYBOARD

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WARRIOR FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

UM, GREAT.

SUPER EXCITED FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR TO COME AROUND.

DISTRICT SIX, THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, UM, THAT WILL BE AMAZING.

HOPEFULLY FACE TO FACE MORE ENGAGEMENT ISSUES.

UM, ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES? ARE YOU NECESSARILY OFFERING YOURSELVES TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS? RIGHT.

HOW ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? HOW ARE YOU ACTIVE? UM, AND HOW ARE YOU UTILIZING CITY RESOURCES TO SPREAD THE WORD? WELL, THESE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS.

UH, I WOULD SAY WE'RE PRETTY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF COMING TO LOCAL MEETINGS AND, AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITIES ABOUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN URBAN FORESTRY AND PLE TREE PLANTING PROJECTS, EXPLAINING THE PRIOR, THE PRIORITY PLANTING, UH, CONCEPTS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, THINK THROUGH WITH US ON WHERE TO, WHERE TO PUT THEM.

UH, WE, WE DO USE CITY RESOURCES.

I THINK THIS IS, WE'RE STILL IN THE NASCENT STAGES OF DEVELOPING HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE JUST PUBLISHED THE REPORT AND MM-HMM.

, OUR FIRST STEP IS TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THROUGH.

YEAH.

BUT THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU RIGHT AFTER.

WELL, YOU'RE GONNA MEET WITH DISTRICT SIX ON FRIDAY, I HEAR .

UM, OKAY.

WONDERFUL.

YOU'RE ALWAYS INVITED TO A WEST DALLAS ONE MEETING.

GREAT.

WE CAN GET YOU ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SOME QUESTIONS.

IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS AND HOMEOWNERS AGGRESSIVELY REMOVING TREES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE? DO YOU HAVE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? JUST EDUCATION? THE MORE WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT TREES ARE, THEY WILL STOP CUTTING DOWN, MESSING THIS WHEN YOU'RE NODDING.

YES.

OKAY.

.

YEAH.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT.

I, I THINK THAT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, TEXAS STREET FOUNDATION IS NOT AN HANDY DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR THE FORESTRY NONPROFIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING AS MUCH OF THE CANOPY AS POSSIBLE.

SO MM-HMM.

, WE'RE, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF SMART DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PREVIOUSLY AND HAD A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP.

WONDERFUL.

AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO MAKE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING, PARTICULARLY HOW, GIVEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HEAT WE HAD LAST SUMMER, SO MM-HMM.

, UM, YEAH, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO ENGAGE AND, UH, EDUCATED OVER FORT WORTH DOING THE SAME THING WITH, UH, DEVELOPERS OVER THERE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION, WHAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

OKAY.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A RECOGNITION OF TREES MATTER AND THEY MATTER MORE THAN EVER.

SO, YOU KNOW, FINDING WAYS TO DEVELOP IT PRESERVES EXISTING CANOP FINALLY.

OKAY.

THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

AND FINALLY, ONE LAST NITTY GRITTY QUESTION.

WE HEAR FROM THE CITY FREQUENTLY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE TREES IN THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY'RE PLANTED.

SO THE CITY'S BEEN DOING GREAT ABOUT PLANTING TREES IN MEDIANS, IN PARKS.

WHAT ACTUAL PRACTICAL RESOURCES DO YOU GUYS HAVE, IF ANY, TO HELP US MAINTAIN THOSE TREES ONCE THEY'RE PLANTED? RELATED QUESTION.

I KNOW, DID WE GET A, UM, ? SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEVELOPING AND BRINGING JOBS TO WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO FIRST FOCUS ON, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, URBAN FORESTERS, UH, AND THEIR SKILLS.

BUT, UH, ONCE WE SORT OF GET GOING IN THAT PROGRAM, WE, WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT WITH CITY PROJECTS AND, AND ACTIVITIES.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION FOR THE CITY FOR HOW THAT'S GOING WORK.

WE'RE WORKING WITH VARIOUS CITY AGENCIES RIGHT NOW IF WE PUT THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER.

BUT, UM, WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE SPECIFICS OF WHO'S DOING WHAT AND WHEN THAT, THAT, THAT'S A WHOLE FAR DOWN THE ROAD.

OKAY.

AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS EVERYWHERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, DR.

ALAI.

HI.

UM, YOU, UH, GAVE US SOME GREAT, UM, DALLAS HEALTH EQUITY INDICATORS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO UTILIZE TO, UM, DOCUMENT THE EFFECTIVENESS, UM, OF THE PROGRAM.

BUT I GUESS MY, MY BIG QUESTION IS WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE ON THAT? IT TAKES A WHILE FOR TREES TO G GROW, BUT THESE ARE ISSUES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN A, IN A REALLY TIMELY MANNER.

SO WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GIVE US SOME OF THESE HEALTH EQUITY INDICATOR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INFORMATION AND DATA? YEAH, SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE PLANS AND KIND OF BROUGHT ALL THAT TOGETHER.

UM, AND THEN WE, WE HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INFORMATION THROUGH THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL.

I GUESS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, ONCE YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE,

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UM, THE, THE TREE EQUITY, ONCE YOU'VE PUT IN SOME OF THESE TREES, ONCE YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, STARTED TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE GONNA BE THE OUTPUTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO GET THAT INFORMATION? OKAY.

RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE THE MEASURABLES OVER TIME, KIND OF LIKE A REPORT.

OKAY.

YES.

SO ONCE WE START THESE PLANTINGS, WHICH WE LOOK AT THE DOING SOME OF THESE EQUITY PLANTINGS IN THE FALL, I WOULD SAY BY THE FOLLOWING SUMMER, WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ESTIMATES OF WHAT THOSE TREES OVER THE NEXT 20, 25 YEARS WOULD BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER WALLACE.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO I LOVE THE WAY IT'S BROKEN OUT BY AREAS THAT ARE MOST NEEDED, BUT IT'S SO OBVIOUS ON THE MAP, UM, THAT AREAS OF TOWN THAT ARE SUFFERING MOST FROM HEAT ISLAND EFFECT HAVE MORE OF THESE AREAS.

WHEREAS WHATEVER THE DISTRICT WAS THAT YOU SHOWED UP NEAR THE PARK CITIES, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT A FEW AREAS, BUT THEY'RE MUCH MORE IN THE GREEN ZONE THAT YOU SHOWED.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, HOW WAS THAT APPROACHED? I MEAN, IT, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WE'VE GOT THESE VIOLENT, UM, AREAS IN EACH DISTRICT.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE OF WE'VE GOT THESE RED AREAS AND VIOLET, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPORTIONALLY THE, UH, THE NEEDS TO REDUCE, UM, PARTICULATE EMISSIONS WE ALREADY KNOW IS MUCH GREATER SOUTH OF I 30 THAN IT IS NORTH.

SO IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE'RE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR EQUALITY AS OPPOSED TO EQUITY.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IS THERE, IS THERE, UH, PRIORITY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE THESE OTHER HIGH LEVEL RATINGS THAT ARE NOT VIOLENT, BUT THEY'RE RED AND THEY'RE SOUTH OF I 30? CAN YOU SPEAK TO, TO THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BEING, UH, LET ME GIVE IT A, A, A TRY HERE.

SO I, I THINK THAT, UM, THE RED AREAS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, AS I SAID, NOT TOP PRIORITY, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND THE TOP PRIORITY.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED EMERGENT.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IN CONSULTATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE COMMUNITIES YOURSELVES, UH, WE NEED TO, UH, DETERMINE WHICH MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR EACH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SO THERE, THERE MAY BE OCCASIONS WHERE, UM, A RED AREA MAY BE PREFERRED FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND I THINK THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND TO WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED.

I WOULD ALSO SAY IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS IN OUR CONSULTATION, SO WE HAVE MORE TO LEARN.

AND, UM, I, I THINK THE DATA CERTAINLY HELPS US, BUT WE DO NEED TO GROUND PROOF THESE AREAS AS WELL.

AND THAT MAY ALSO BE A, A LIMITING FACTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

DID YOU SAY GROUND PROOFING? CAN YOU GROUND PROOFING? YES.

WHERE WE SURE.

UH, THAT'S WHERE WE GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE MAP TELLS US AND THEN SEE, OH, OKAY.

WE, WE, WE CAN'T PLANT IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE PURPLE AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A BUILDING ON IT, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A, AN ADJACENT AREA THAT HAS JUST CONCRETE THAT COULD BE LIFTED OR, UM, SOME SURFACE THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR PLANTING, OR MAYBE IT'S A, A MEDIAN.

SO, UH, GROUND TRUTHING MEANS THEN SORT OF TAKING THE DATA FROM A MAP AND, AND ACTUALLY SEEING FOR REAL, UH, WHAT'S DOABLE IN TERMS OF, OF PLANTING RESPONSE.

OKAY.

UM, I, I STILL THOUGH, I'M NOT SURE I'M BEING CLEAR ABOUT THE EQUITY ISSUE, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A DISTRICT, AND WE, AND WE JUST LOOK AT IT ON THE MAP, WE KNOW IT'S ALREADY A LOWER INCOME, UH, DISTRICT.

AND, AND THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY BEHIND THAT.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT VIOLET AREAS ON EACH MAP, BUT IT'S VIOLENT WITHIN A SEA OF GREEN IS NOT, DOES NOT PRESENT THE SAME NEEDS AS VIOLET WITHIN A SEA OF RED.

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RIGHT.

AND THOSE DISTRICTS ARE THAT THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T ONLY RANK THE, UH, VIOLET AREAS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT.

WE ALSO RANK THE DISTRICTS.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU END UP WITH DISTRICT FOUR BEING THE MOST URGENTLY, UH, NEEDED AREA FOR PLANTING.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, VIRTUALLY, WE'VE GOT THE BOOK HERE.

ERIN SENT OUT, UH, A COPY OF IT EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT WE CAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN, UM, IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, OKAY.

DR.

ASHA.

AND THEN, UM, AND THEN DR.

LOCKMAN AND THEN, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER DANKER.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

UM, AS YOU WORK THROUGH YOUR PLAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO, AS ASSESS AREAS OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CHANGING? SO, I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.

UM, MY CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS OVER 30 NEW HOMES.

AND THIS PLACE LOOKS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO THAN IT DID SIX MONTHS AGO THAN IT DID THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND, UM, I USUALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN A HOUSE WENT DOWN .

RIGHT.

I JUST SEE THEM SPRING UP.

BUT WITH THAT, A LOT OF OUR TREES ARE GOING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OUR EMBLEM IS A TREE, BUT I THINK IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THIS PLACE IS GONNA LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.

SO IS THERE GONNA BE ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF NEED? AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER WALLACE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE EQUITY PIECE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHICH AREAS HAVE MORE PARTICULATE MATTER, WHICH AREAS HAVE MORE CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS, WHICH AREAS HAVE MORE POLLUTION, NOT EVEN JUST THE POVERTY LEVEL, BUT, UM, TAKING THAT PIECE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU ASSESS WHICH AREAS, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN URGENT NEED.

THANK YOU.

UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THE, THE, UH, REPORT ITSELF WAS DONE AT, AT A POINT IN TIME, BUT, UH, THE REASON FOR THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, AND COMMISSIONERS IS TO IDENTIFY IF THE BALLS MOVED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION DOWN THE FIELD, UH, EVEN AT, EVEN SINCE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED.

SO WE DO WANNA BE RESPONSIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, STILL PLANTING IN URGENT AREAS, UH, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

AND THEN TO ADD TO THAT, I WILL SAY THAT'S WHY THE EQUITY INDICATORS FOR URBAN FORESTRY ARE BEING REALLY, UM, HIGHLIGHTED ALSO, IS BECAUSE YES, WE DO HAVE SOME DATA AND SOME BASE POINT KNOWLEDGE, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN START COLLECTING DATA FOR AND ALL OF THOSE CAN BE MEASURED.

UM, SO THIS WILL GIVE US, IF WE, ONCE WE START USING THESE EQUITY INDICATORS AND TAKING THESE MEASUREMENTS, WE CAN SEE IN AREAS IF AIR QUALITY IS GETTING WORSE, IF THERE'S MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OR IF THERE'S A DECREASE OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, WHICH YEAH.

RIGHT.

BUT, SO WATCHING THOSE, BEING ABLE TO MEN MEASURE THOSE OVER THE YEARS TO COME AS WELL.

DR.

LACHLAN, GO AHEAD.

UM, YES, UM, UH, I, IT'S INTERESTING THAT I THINK A NUMBER OF US IN TERMS OF THE EQUITY, UH, PART OF IT ARE KIND OF GOING DOWN A SIMILAR ROAD OF LOOKING AT EQUITY IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE NEEDS OF WHICH TREES ARE ONE.

AND I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED, UH, IN YOUR AREA, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'VE HAD SOME PARTICULAR CONCERN AND INVOLVEMENT IN, WHICH IS PARTICULATES AND THE CONNECTION TO CHILD ASTHMA, UM, THE, UM, PARKLAND CENTER FOR CLINICAL INNOVATION, UM, WHICH IS LOOKING AT A BROAD VARIETY OF SOCIAL FACTORS AND THEIR CONTEXT TO HEALTH HAS DEVELOPED A, UH, VULNERABILITY INDEX, WHICH ACTUALLY GETS DOWN TO THE BLOCK LEVEL.

UH, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU AND THE PARKLAND CENTER FOR CLINIC ELEVATION HAVE SHARED DATA BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF WORKING ON THE SAME ISSUES.

AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD, UM, AREA, IF WE HAD SOME OF YOUR, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU FOLKS ARE DEVELOPING AS PART OF THAT VULNERABILITY INDEX THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED.

YES.

UM, SO YES, WE ARE, UM,

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CAN YOU HEAR VIRTUALLY NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE, SHE'S, OKAY, GOOD.

UM, YES.

SO, UM, WE HAVE, I'VE HAVE HAD A MEETING WITH DR.

CERISE AND OUR NATURE LAB IS, UH, IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.

WE ARE SHARING THAT WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN, UH, CHILDREN'S AND PARKLAND.

UM, AND WE'RE UT AND IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, UT SOUTHWESTERN HAS A NEW, UH, UH, HEALTH, UH, NATURE AND HEALTH SPECIALIST THAT THEY'VE HIRED, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW CENTER.

SO WE'RE KIND OF, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SYNERGIZING ALL OF THIS AND BRINGING IN THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY OFFICERS AS WELL.

SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, BUT WHAT IS THE RESEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING THERE THAT APPLIES TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. IT'S NICE, BY THE WAY, WE BROUGHT UP THE DATE ON, UH, WHAT THE, UH, UH, TEXAS TREE FOUNDATION WAS DOING A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS AT PARKLAND, AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASTHMA COALITION.

I MET WITH THE FOLKS IN HER AT THAT POINT.

THE, UH, THE CONCEPT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT WAS CONCEPTUAL RATHER THAN ACTUAL, WELL, IT'S ACTUAL, WE'RE HIRING OUR, OUR, UM, IT'S OPERATIONS WILL BE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM, AND WE WILL START THAT IN APRIL.

SO WE WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE'LL DO CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE WORK, UH, AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT WILL BE, UM, IN 20, WE'LL START WITH THE PARK AND GO NORTH TO MOCKINGBIRD TO FINISH UP FOLLOWING THERE ON THAT.

DO YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF THE RUCKY ON THE SOUTH NORTHEAST CORNER? NOBODY IS GOING TO MESS WITH THE BURIES .

I MIGHT, I MIGHT ADD, UM, I KNOW THAT THE STAFF IS, IS, UH, NOT TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM CUZ WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED, BUT WE HAVE HIRED OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES FOR THAT.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH SOUTH DALLAS EMPLOYMENT, UH, PROGRAM AND OTHERS TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

AND WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL BE OUR, UH, IT'LL INCREASE CAPACITY, NOT JUST FOR THE TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION, BUT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OUR PROJECTS.

AND DR.

LOCKMAN, I REMEMBER TALKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU MS. MONIER.

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER DANKER.

HI THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO HELPFUL AND VERY ENCOURAGING ON ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

IT'S VERY NEEDED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING Y'ALL IN THE MEETING WITH MY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 13, MY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 13, UM, IN THE COMING WEEKS.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT THE WATER METER POLICY RECOMMENDATION IS? SO WE ARE HAVING ISSUES IN SOME OF THE PARK PLANTINGS THAT WE ARE DOING FOR NOT HAVING A WATER METER, UM, OR A, UH, A DISTRICT, A IRRIGATOR FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE HAVING ISSUES, UM, IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS SOMETIMES DUE TO THAT.

THERE'S NOT A LICENSED IRRIGATOR FOR THAT DISTRICT TO DO A WATER METER IF THAT MAKES ON, ON PUBLIC, ON, ON CITY OF DALLAS LAND.

YES.

YES.

OKAY.

ARE YOU GETTING WHAT YOU NEED FROM DWU? NO, NO.

NO.

OKAY.

NO, NO.

WE WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THAT IS AND HOW WE COULD HELP SUPPORT GETTING WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S METERS IN PLACE TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES.

UH, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ARTICLE 10 PROVISION THAT YOU RECOMMENDED ON THAT SLIDE FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MITIGATION EFFORTS? SURE.

SO ARTICLE 10, UH, WE BELIEVE COULD BE USED TO, UH, PROVIDE MITIGATION TREES FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY PLANTINGS IN URGENT PRIORITY AREAS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE UNDERSTAND THE WAY ARTICLE 10 IS WORDED, THAT THE TREES CAN ONLY BE PUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE TO TORNADO EMERGENCY.

THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND WE'RE SIMPLY SUGGESTING THAT ONE IDEA COULD BE TO OPEN THAT UP TO ALLOW THOSE MITIGATION TREES TO BE PUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE URGENT PLANTING AREAS.

WE THINK THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE TREE PLANTING PROJECTS MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T EXACTLY FOLLOW.

SO HOW, WHAT WOULD THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE, THE FUNDING PROCESS BE LIKE FOR PUTTING TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? SO THE CITY

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FUNDS THE TREES FOR PRIVATE, THEY WOULD BE FUNDING THE TREES FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY A, A VERY NARROW EXCEPTION FOR FUNDING TREES ON PRIVATE LAND, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE TORNADO, UM, VICTIMS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT EXEMPTION, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR ALLOWING JUST THOSE VIOLET AREAS IN THE REPORT, UH, TO UTILIZE MITIGATION TREES.

AND THAT WOULD, UH, HELP TO FACILITATE OUR EFFORTS TO FIND FUNDERS TO SUPPORT PLANTING PROJECTS.

OKAY.

GREAT.

I GUESS LAST QUESTION FOR NOW IS JUST IN RELATION TO THE TREE INVENTORY THAT THIS CITY IS UNDERWAY, UM, VERY IMPORTANT, UM, VERY NEEDED.

YOUR REPORT HAD A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER CITIES, TREE INVENTORIES, DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO ABOUT COMPLETING THE TREE INVENTORY.

CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THE WORK YOU'RE PROPOSING AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE, THE NEED FOR A TREE INVENTORY TO BE COMPLETED? I MEAN, WHAT IS ABLE TO BE DONE NOW BEFORE A TREE INVENTORY IS COMPLETED, AND WHAT CAN WE ADVOCATE FOR THIS CITY TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TREE INVENTORY QUICKER IN A WAY THAT MAKES THE BIGGEST IMPACT? WELL, I I THINK MOST BASICALLY THAT WITHOUT A TREE INVENTORY, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE.

SO IT'S HARD TO MANAGE A FOREST IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT.

AND I, I THINK WE VIEW THAT GETTING THE TREE INVENTORY DONE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND NEEDS TO HAPPEN ASAP.

I KNOW THE CITY'S WORKING ON, UH, AN RFP TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UH, BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, UH, SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF EAB B I THINK WE FEEL THAT FOR THE CITY TO FULLY, UH, UH, UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF HOW TO DEAL WITH EAB, THEY'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND HOW MANY TREE ASH TREES THEY'VE GOT.

THAT'S ONLY GONNA HAPPEN THROUGH AN INVENTORY.

I KNOW THEY'RE TAKING STEPS RIGHT NOW TO, TO DO AN ASH TREE INVENTORY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ASH TREES OUT THERE.

AND I THINK WE FEEL THAT THE SOONER THE INVENTORY CAN BE DONE, UH, A MORE ACCURATE, UH, ASSESSMENT OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE EAB AS WELL AS JUST MAN GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF THOSE 14 MILLION TREES, UH, WILL BE POSSIBLE.

OKAY.

WELL, LAST QUESTION REAL QUICK.

H DO YOU KNOW ROUGHLY HOW MANY OF THE 14 MILLION TREE FIGURE IS ON PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE PROPERTY? UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER.

I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH, AND GET BACK TO YOU.

BACK TO YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SURE.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, AS I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED TO YOU, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DATA.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT POLICIES WE CAN MAKE WITH THIS DATA AND EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE TREE LANDSCAPE LITERALLY IN, IN OUR CITY.

UM, THIS, UH, REPORT, DID YOU USE THE NEW REDISTRICTING, UH, MAP SO THAT THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE ACCURATELY REFLECTED OR IS IT THE OLD IT'S THE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE OLD ONE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UH, SORT OF A PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER DER'S QUESTION ON THE ARTICLE 10 ISSUE, WHICH WAS, IF WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS TO, UH, TO PUT TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IS IT JUST THE TREE? IS IT THE IRRIGATION? IS IT, IS IT MAINTENANCE? WHAT, WHAT CAN BE PUT TOWARDS PRIVATE PROPERTY? YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL BE, NEED TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS VIABLE.

I THINK THOSE ARE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS AND I, I THINK, UH, THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THOSE URGENT AREAS.

IT MAY BE THAT, UM, MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.

IT MAY BE THAT MAYBE THE TREE PLANTED, UH, IS, IS SUFFICIENT.

UH, IT MAY BE DEPENDENT UPON WHERE THOSE TREES ARE IN ANY GIVEN PART OF THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND TO SORT OF LOOK AT OPTIONS AROUND WHAT MAKES SENSE, UM, BASED ON THE REPORT.

OKAY.

BECAUSE I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, I PLANTED NINE TREES, UH, LAST YEAR, AND THREE OF THEM ARE ALREADY DEAD BECAUSE OF THE BRUTAL HEAT THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST SUMMER.

UM, AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN INVESTMENT, UH, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THOSE TREES ARE GONNA BE THERE IN 20 YEARS AND DO THE JOB THAT WE'RE HOPING LIKE THAT INVESTMENT WILL, WILL LET THEM DO.

NO, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YEAH.

AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP ON MONDAY THAT THAT IS SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HISTORICAL TREES THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, EQUITY AREAS, THE HISTORICAL TREES, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THOSE TREES AS WELL.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A POINT TO BRING UP.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT SEEING ANY