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[Environmental Commission on May 10, 2023.]
EVERYONE.TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:35 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN KATHERINE BAAN, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER.
WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS, IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CALL 2 1 4 6 7 1 8 5 2 2 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 14TH AT 5:30 PM UH, A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING OR THIS EVENING, EXCUSE ME.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE CITY WAS EXPERIENCING A WEBSITE AND SERVICE INTERRUPTION CAUSED BY A MALWARE ATTACK.
NOT ALL CITY SERVICES ARE, UH, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN RESTORED.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING TO RESTORE THE REST OF THOSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THE DALLAS CLIMATE ACTION WEBSITE IS NOT AFFECTED.
UH, JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE THAT LAST MONTH THE EPA ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS PROPOSING TO DISAPPROVE OF THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AND HOUSTON GALVESTON BRAZORIA 2008 OZONE NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS.
THE EPAS ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THE CONTINGENCY MEASURES OF THAT PROPOSED SIP ARE INADEQUATE.
SO, CONTINGENCY MEASURES, UM, ARE ADDITIONAL CONTROLS OR MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE, IN THE EVENT THAT THE AREA FAILS TO MAKE THE REQUIRED PROGRESS TOWARD ATTAINMENT OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS BY THE ATTAINMENT DATE.
UH, THEY ESSENTIALLY ENSURE THAT THE NECESSARY EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND REDUCED HUMAN HEALTH RISKS IN THOSE AREAS, UM, ARE ARE TAKING PLACE.
SO THE PROPOSED DISAPPROVAL HAS A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH BEGAN IN THE APRIL.
SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMENT ON THAT.
UM, A FINAL DISAPPROVAL OF THAT WOULD TRIGGER CLEAN AIR ACT SANCTIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEES IN THAT FORM IS LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE@DALLASCLIMATEACTION.COM SLASH ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS THIS FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE WHO'S HERE THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT FOUR, ANDIS THOMPSON, DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT SIX, ESTHER VIAL, DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.
ERIN, WILL YOU MARK DISTRICT SEVEN PRESENT? I SEE HER DISTRICT NINE.
PAUL MURRAY, DISTRICT 12, DISTRICT 13, HAR DANER, DISTRICT 14, PAULA, DISTRICT 15.
MR. MARTIN, PRESENT THE MEMBERS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, DR.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE APPROVE OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL 12TH COMMISSION MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE ALL RIGHT.
LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING IS A BRIEFING FROM THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY STORMWATER TEAM WITH MR. KEVIN HURLEY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE OFFICE, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF O E Q S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN FIVE PARTS.
UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROVIDES, BOTH EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY TO
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OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW STORM WATER MANAGEMENT COORDINATES WITH OTHER CITY GROUPS AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
UH, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS CAN CONNECT TO THIS DIVISION AND OTHER CITY SERVICES.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, GO THROUGH A SUMMARY.
SO THIS ONE IS THE CENTRAL IDEA THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS I GO THROUGH, UH, MY OVERVIEW OF, UH, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OUT OF O E Q S.
STORMWATER REACHES THE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF TREATMENT.
ALL THE POLLUTANTS ON THE GROUND IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ARE WASHED DIRECTLY INTO OUR STORM DRAINS, CHANNELS, CREEKS AND STREAMS, ENDING UP IN THE TRINITY RIVER, AND THEN ONTO GALVESTON BAY.
SO THOSE OIL SPOTS IN THE PARKING LOT, THE SMALL DIESELS SPILL UP THE PUMP, THE DUMPSTER JUICE FROM A TRASH DUMPSTER, LEFT OPEN FERTILIZER OVER APPLIED GRASS CLIPPINGS IN THE GUTTER BEAR EARTH, EXPOSED AT THE SOON-TO-BE RETAIL MALL.
THE OVERFLOWING GREASE TRAP AT OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT, TRASH AND LITTER FROM A PARADE, FIDOS MORNING CONSTITUTIONAL.
WHEN IT RAINS, ALL THAT STUFF GOES STRAIGHT TO THE RIVER.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S IN OUR CREEKS, RIVERS, AND STREAMS, POLLUTED STORM WATER HAS SERIOUS EFFECTS DOWNSTREAM.
A AND STORM WATER POLLUTION IS COSTLY AND OFTEN DISCOVERED TOO LATE POLLUTED STORM WATER.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, CLOS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS INCREASING FLOODING CHANGES, AQUATIC SYSTEMS SUPPORTING SOME LIFE THAT WE DO NOT WANT, LIKE ALGAE AND BACTERIA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND KILLING THE LIFE THAT WE DO WANT LEAVING ONLY POLLUTANT TOLERANCE SPECIES.
IT REDUCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR IMPACTED RESIDENCES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, REDUCES THE USE OF RECREATIONAL WATER BODIES IMPACTING LOCAL ECONOMIES, INCREASES THE LEVELS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND INCREASES THE COST OF PRODUCING OUR DRINKING WATER AND MAINTAINING THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, FROM A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHY PREVENTING STORM WATER POLLUTION IS IMPORTANT, WE'RE NOW GONNA MOVE INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND OF O E Q S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
SPECIFICALLY, HERE ARE FOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT FRAME IN THE SCOPE OF STORMWATERS OPERATIONS.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE T CT PERMIT LISTED AT THE FIRST BULLET.
THAT IS OUR T C E Q ISSUED MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM PERMIT, THE PERMIT THAT AUTHORIZES THE CITY'S DISCHARGE FROM THE STORM WATER PIPES TO THE WATERS AT STATE.
AND MOST OF O E Q S STORM WATER MANAGES PROGRAMS ARE PERMIT REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.
DALLAS CITY CODE 19 DASH ONE 18 IS THE CITY CODE THAT WE ENFORCE.
SO THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE CITY CODE THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO WRITE TICKETS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
UH, THIRD ONE, DALLAS CITY CODE TWO DASH 1 67.
AND THE TWO, UH, SECTIONS THAT COME AFTER IT IS THE CODE THAT CREATED THE STORM WATER UTILITY AND THE STORM DRAINAGE FUND, I E THE MONTHLY STORM WATER FEE ON EVERYBODY'S WATER BILL.
AND THIS SDM FUND IS HOW O E Q S STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PAYS OUR BILLS.
THEN FINALLY, THE CITY ORDINANCE 2 55 17.
AND THAT'S SIMPLY THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WHICH EVOLVED INTO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA FINALLY GET INTO O E Q S, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND A TEAM THAT DOES GREAT WORK EVERY DAY FOR YOU AND THE REST OF THE CITY.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT HAS 38 EMPLOYEES.
WE BASICALLY HAVE FIVE TEAMS. WE HAVE COMPLIANCE EAST, WEST, WEST, WE HAVE COMPLIANCE EDUCATION, WE HAVE INCIDENT RESPONSE AND FIRE STATION SUPPORT.
WE HAVE THE CITY SPILLS RESPONSE TEAM, AND WE HAVE THE PERMIT COMPLIANCE TEAM.
SO THESE FIVE TEAMS ARE REALLY BUSY AND REALLY, REALLY PRODUCTIVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON COMPLIANCE EAST WEST, THAT, UH, GROUP OF FOLKS DELIVERS ABOUT 8,000 INSPECTIONS PER FISCAL YEAR, INSPECTING BOTH, UH, ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND REGULATED MANUFACTURING, UH, AND INDUSTRIAL SITE INSPECTIONS.
WE DO ABOUT 7,000 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS EVERY YEAR, 900 TO A THOUSAND, UH, INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS.
WE ALSO EDUCATE REGULATED BUSINESSES.
SO WE PROVIDE AT LEAST EIGHT WORKSHOPS PER FISCAL YEAR, ABOUT 150 ONSITE CONSULT EDUCATIONAL CONSULTATIONS, WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH DEVELOPERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, UH, FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION.
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RESPOND TO A, UH, UH, A BUNCH OF SERVICE REQUESTS AND INCIDENT RESPONSES EVERY YEAR, UH, WE LOOK AT, UH, CHEMICAL SPILLS, ABANDONED SUBSTANCES, SEWAGE LEAKS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, PROHIBITED DISCHARGES TO THE GUTTER OR STORM INLET EROSION AND SEDIMENT ISSUES FROM ALL KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT, YARD WASTE, SWIMMING POOL, ILLICIT DISCHARGES, UH, SPILLS AND RELEASES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.AND SO, LIKE I SAID, OVER THE COURSE OF A FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE BEEN DO ABOUT 600 INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO SERVICE REQUESTS.
UH, WE ALSO RUN THE REGULATED WASTE YARD OUT AT HENSLEY FIELD.
UH, SO WE DEAL WITH THIS REGULATED WASTE FOR US IN THIS CASE IS EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT HAZARDOUS, BUT DOES INCLUDE WHAT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE CLASS ONE, UH, INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
SO EVERYTHING JUST UNDER HAZARDOUS MIGHT BE A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE STATIONS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER A SPILL OR OTHER INCIDENT OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE DO ABOUT A THOUSAND DELIVERIES A YEAR, DELIVERING ABSORBENT AND PICKING UP WASTE AT THE 50 PLUS FIRE STATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
CONTINUING WITH SOME, UH, INTERNAL SERVICES, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT INSPECTS CITY SERVICES CENTERS.
UH, THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT, UH, AS WE TRY TO, UH, WALK THE WALK THAT WE'RE TALKING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
500 PLUS INSPECTIONS PER YEAR BY OUR TEAMS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE POLLUTION PREVENTION THINGS THAT WE NEED AT THE CITY SERVICE CENTERS ARE HAPPENING.
WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND MONITORS CLEANUPS OF SPILLS THAT HAPPEN THAT INVOLVE CITY EQUIPMENT OR CITY VEHICLES.
TYPICAL YEAR, WE OVERSEE ABOUT A HUNDRED, 120 CLEANUPS.
SIMPLY THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS THIS FILL ACTUALLY DOES THE CLEANUP.
WE MONITOR WHAT THEY DO, AND WE COME AT THE END TO UH, VERIFY THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
AND THEN FINALLY, ON INTERNAL SERVICE, UH, THE MS FOUR PERMIT OR THE, OR THE STORM, THE CITYWIDE STORM WATER PERMIT REQUIRES AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE T C Q EVERY YEAR, AND THE PERMIT COMPLIANCE TEAM OUT OF OUR OFFICE DOES WRITE THAT REPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ABOUT 20 OTHER DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AT SEA.
SO OBVIOUSLY, COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITY GROUPS IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS WHEN DOING INVESTIGATION.
AND SO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLACES A HIGH PRIORITY ON MAKING SURE THAT OTHER CITY GROUPS ARE IN THE LOOP, UH, ON INCIDENTS WHEN WE RESPOND.
SO WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES, AGENCIES, AND TEAMS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO SUCCESS.
SO WE HAVE A SURGEON, UH, SERVICE AGENT IN OUR GROUP, AND HE'S VERY ADEPT AT MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATE THE RIGHT KIND OF REFERRAL SERVICE REQUEST SO THAT WE INVOLVE OUR REGULAR PARTNERS, LIKE CODE COMPLIANCE, SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, COUPLE DIFFERENT DEPART, UH, DIVISIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DALLAS MARSHALLS AND DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, THE NAME OF COMMUTE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO CITY, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE INSPECT CITY CONSTRUCTION SITES AND WE EDUCATE CITY PROJECT MANAGERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SUBS IN THE SAME KIND OF WAY AS WE WOULD DO WITH ANY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE HANDFUL OF INDUSTRIAL SITES.
AND THAT COORDINATION, UH, EXTENDS THE EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE LOOP IN T C E Q OR THE CORE OR EPA, UH, AS NEEDED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT AN INVESTIGATION IN A CERTAIN AREA IS OCCURRING.
AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE STORM WATER COMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
SO THE LAST BIT OF THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH YOU.
UH, SO HOW CAN YOU REQUEST SERVICES? HOW CAN YOUR NEIGHBORS REQUEST SERVICES AND OTHERWISE CONNECT WITH O E Q? OBVIOUSLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST IS THREE 11.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE INTAKE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY.
UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN DEPTH ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT WE, WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, BUSINESS EDUCATION, NOT JUST FOR REGULATED INDUSTRIES LIKE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, BUT WILL ALSO COME TALK TO ANYBODY THAT MAY HAVE STORM WATER OR POLLUTION PREVENTION CHALLENGES OR QUESTIONS WE ATTEND AND WE FUND CITYWIDE, OR WE PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING OF CITYWIDE AND NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS LIKE, UH, THE, UH, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS AND THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT EVENTS.
UH, WE ALSO ATTEND O E Q S ATTENDS JUST ABOUT EVERY BUDGET TOWN HALL THAT'S OUT THERE.
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LISTENING AND FOLKS ON THE COMMISSION, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE BUDGET TOWN HALLS, GIVE DIRECT FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN, IN THE BUDGET.WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, WEBPAGES, ONE OF WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS DIRECTLY BY SIMPLY TYPING IN WHERE DOES IT GO.COM.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO A PARTNER AND FACILITATOR IN THE TEXAS SCREEN TEAM.
THE TEXAS SCREEN TEAM IS A REALLY NEAT PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S DESIGNED TO GET FOLKS OUT INTO THEIR WATERSHEDS, OUT INTO THEIR CREEKS, TO BOTH LOOK AT THE, UH, YOU GET TRAINED, YOU WATER SOME KIND OF BASIC WET CHEMISTRY, UH, WATER QUALITY TESTING.
AND YOU ALSO GET SOME, UH, TRAINING ON HOW TO LOOK AT THE CREEK AREA AS A WHOLE TO ASSESS ITS HEALTH.
SO YOU GET, UH, TEXAS SCREENING IS REALLY COOL.
WE GET THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OUT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE GET THEM EXPERIENCING THEIR ECOSYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT IN A WAY THAT THEY MAY NOT NORMALLY.
AND WE PARTNER, UH, WITH THE STATE AND, UH, THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE TO DO SCREEN TEAM HERE LOCALLY, INCLUDING, UH, PROVIDING KITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE SAMPLING AND TESTING AS NEEDED.
ALRIGHT, SO IF YOU GUYS SEE SOMETHING, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, NUMBER ONE TO CALL 9 1 1.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE LIFE IN A HEALTH SAFETY EMERGENCY, SUCH AS A FIRE OR EVEN LEAKING BARRELS OR DRONES, ONCE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, THE NEXT THING IN TERMS OF GETTING STORM WATER TO RESPOND IS TO CALL THROUGH O E Q S.
STORM WATER HAS SEVEN SERVICE REQUEST TYPES.
NONE OF THEM ARE ACCESSIBLE IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION.
AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
QUICK RESPONSE IS CRITICAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO WE NEED THE DISPATCHERS AND THE OPERATORS AT THREE 11 TO ACTUALLY TALK TO THE COMPLAINANT SO WE CAN GET AS MUCH INFORMATION UP FRONT AS WE CAN.
BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO BEFORE WE GET OUT THERE CUZ WE'RE GONNA RESPOND QUICKLY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF SERVICE REQUEST, WE'RE EITHER NOT GONNA GET THE SERVICE REQUEST AT ALL, OR IT'S GONNA BE DELAYED BECAUSE IT'S GONNA START OUT IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND IT'S GONNA GO OVER TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THEN IT'S FINALLY GONNA COME TO US.
AT THAT POINT, WHATEVER HAPPENED IS ALREADY GONE.
SO I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY NOTICED THAT NONE OF THE UH, O E Q S STORM WATER SERVICE REQUEST TYPES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE APP.
WE REALLY, REALLY NEED YOU TO CALL THREE 11 WHEN WE HAVE A A STORM WATER MACHINE.
I'M GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
CONTINUING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE AN INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
UH, WHAT I MEAN BY DO NOT INVESTIGATE IS REALLY THE FIRST PART.
TAKE YOUR PICTURES FROM THE DISTANCE.
UH, WHEN YOU CALL 3 1 1, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR BEST.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY NOT BE A COMFORT LEVEL WITH NOT BEING ANONYMOUS, BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE REASONS THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE DO GET CONTACT INFORMATION.
IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME, IT'S GONNA SAVE A LOT OF TIME.
AND AS A MATTER OF POLICY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
IT IS A PUBLIC RECORD, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SUGARCOAT THAT TOO MUCH.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE WAY WE OPERATE COMMUNICATIONS IN OUR SHOP, WE'RE NOT GONNA SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND THE WHOLE THING COMES DOWN TO THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
SO WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD, OFTENTIMES WE'RE GONNA BE THERE ON THE SAME DAY THAT THE ISSUE IS SEEN.
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT, EVEN IN THE BUDGET BOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS TO BE THERE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, IN SUMMARY, UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO GET UP IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AND TALK ABOUT O E Q S, STORMWATER.
THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON THERE.
AND TO RECAP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE'RE ABOUT EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE'RE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS COMPLIANCE WITH OUR STORM WATER PERMIT.
WE'RE MA WE'RE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, EVERYTHING THE CITY CAN DO TO INVESTIGATE SOIL POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION CONCERNS, GETTING THOSE THINGS ADDRESSED AND FIXED.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING THE RIGHT KIND OF REGULATED OVERSIGHT OF REGULATED DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING.
WE DO PROVIDE A MEASURE OF PROTECTION, UH, THROUGH TO ALL THE POLLUTION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, UH, OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE ALSO SUPPORT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. HURLEY.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? MR. HOFFMAN? GO AHEAD.
UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
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WITH REGARDS TO THE FREQUENCY AND THE VOLUME OF WATER, SOME OF THE STORMS WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN HAPPENING, DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICAL DATA IN TERMS OF HOW, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS IMPACTED, UH, AS THERE ANY DATA INDICATING THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF THOSE EVENTS CAUSING MORE POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE STORMWATER SYSTEM? SO I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES ON THAT QUESTION.YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY CHALLENGING FOR OUR PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS IS LIKE, WHICH PART OF THIS BELONGS AND WHICH DEPARTMENT AND THOSE SORTS OF, UH, BITS OF INFORMATION ARE GONNA BELONG TO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE FREQUENCY OF FLOODING, UH, FROM A KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THREE PRETTY GOOD FLOODS IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
UH, THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS AS, AS I FELT THE NEED TO GO AT THE TIME IN, IN OUR SHOP.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, TRACK DOWN THAT ANSWER.
SO THE, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP ALL OF THEIR STORM WATER ON SITE.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA PUMP ALL THEIR CONTAMINATED STORM WATER BACK TO THE HEADWORKS FOR TREATMENT.
AND I'M, I'M STEPPING ON DW RIGHT NOW, SO I GOTTA, I GOTTA PUT THE ASTERISK IN AND ALL THAT OUT THERE.
UH, BUT INFILTRATION IS A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD PLUS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF OLD INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND, AND THEN THE PARTS OF TOWN THAT HAVE BEEN ANNEXED, THAT'S EVEN MORE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS.
THAT'S EVEN MORE OF A QUESTION MARK OF THE QUALITY OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD FIND UNDERGROUND.
IF I HAD TO PLACE $5 RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE IMPACT IS PROBABLY MORE ON THE, UH, ON THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SIDE THAN ON THE PLANT SIDE, BUT NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.
LAKIN, UM, IS THREE 11 AVAILABLE IN SPANISH? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, SIR.
IS THREE 11 AVAILABLE IN SPANISH? YES, SIR.
COMMISSIONER, OH, I'M SORRY, JEFF, GO AHEAD.
UM, DO ANY OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU DEAL WITH, UM, INVOLVE, UH, LANDLORDS IN MALDEN FAMILY HOUSING? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT BE AN EXCEPTIONAL ITEM IN WHICH YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, UM, MAKING THE REPORTS ANONYMOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE RUN INTO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY EVICTED.
UH, CAUSE THEY MADE THREE 11 COMPLAINTS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THE INCREASED FREQUENCY OF FLOODING AND THE, THE RISK THAT IT POSES, UH, TO THE CITY, NOT ONLY TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, GIVEN THE HISTORICAL AND PREDICTED CLIMATE DATA ABOUT, UH, RAINFALL AND FREQUENCY OF FLOODING, IF THERE'S A TARGET OVERALL RATIO FOREST TO VERSUS IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, UH, AMONGST THE GREATER DALLAS, I MAY, I MIGHT TRY TO PUNT THE SUE ON THAT ONE
DO WE HAVE A TARGET FOR PERVIOUS VERSUS, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACES IN DALLAS, GIVEN THE RISK CAUSED BY FLOODING AND STORM WATER? YES.
UM, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE CCAP GOALS IS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON, IN ADDITION TO THE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS.
UM, SO THAT IS, UM, A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, THAT IS PART OF WHAT'S DRIVING OUR GREEN SPACE GOALS IS THE NEED TO INCREASE, UH, THE S CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR WATERSHED.
UM, IN RESPONSE TO, UM, MR. HOFFMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF STORMS, UM, BOTH THE US GEOLOGIC SURVEY, UM, FEMA AND OUR FRIENDS WITH THE, UM, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE DOING EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS ON BOTH THE FREQUENCY OF STORM EVENTS AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE EVENTS.
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THE WEATHER SERVICE THEMSELVES HAVE INCREASED THE PRECIPITATION TO BE USED, UH, WHEN MODELING STORM SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S A PLACE WHERE THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS IS REALLY, UM, HELPFUL AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.SO, SO WE HAVE A, AN EXISTING BENCHMARK OF WHAT THE CURRENT STATE IS OF PERVIOUS VERSUS IMPERVIOUS, AND THEN WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC GOAL OF WHAT WE WANT THAT TO SHIP TO.
WE DO, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A REALLY GOOD WAY OF MEASURING IT.
UH, BACK IN 2015, WE CONVERTED THE STORM DRAINAGE FUND THAT KEVIN REFERENCED, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE STORM WATER UTILITY IN 2015.
IT WAS BASED ON ASSUMED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS, UM, PARTLY STAFF AND PARTLY CONSULTANTS HAD THE FUND TASK OF DIGITIZING ALL THE PERVIOUS AREAS ON OUR AERIAL PHOTOS.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE USED, UM, INFRARED BROADBAND COVERAGE, UM, EVERY OTHER YEAR TO UPDATE THAT COVERAGE.
AND SO WE CAN TRACK THAT PERCENT IMPERVIOUS.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE BILL FOR THE STORMWATER FEES ON THE AMOUNT OF HARD SURFACE, UH, WHICH IS REALLY A, A PRETTY GOOD, UH, BELLWETHER OF YOUR IMPACT ON THE SYSTEM OVERALL.
SINCE WE'RE TRACKING DOWN QUESTION, UH, ANSWERS FROM DW, MAY I ADD ONE TO THE QUEUE?
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR INSIGHT.
UM, BUT MY FRIENDS FROM BACHMAN LAKE, UM, ARE SEEKING A QUESTION ON AN ANALYSIS BEING DONE BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? SO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TRASH COLLECTION DEVICE THERE AT BACHMAN HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IT'S BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE CITY, AND I'M SURE IT'S BEEN PAINFUL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WATCH THAT THING BREAK FREE, UH, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I SAT IN A PRESENTATION AT COG THIS MORNING ABOUT ANOTHER BRAND AND ANOTHER, UH, DEVICE.
I'M SKEPTICAL AS TO WHETHER THAT ONE'S GONNA BE ANY BETTER.
UH, BUT I, WE CAN PARK AND REC AND WATER MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THAT, IN, IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
THOSE ARE THE PARTNERS IN TERMS OF INSTALLATION AND THEN MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.
UH, AT LEAST THE LAST TIME I CHECKED ON THAT ISSUE, THE PARK WAS DOING THE MAINTENANCE AND DW DID THE PAPER INSTALLED.
AND WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR, DO YOU PROVIDE MAN HOUR OR JUST MATERIALS WITH STREAM TEAM AND THEN LIKE A CLEANUP OF A STREAM? SO, UH, WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND WE ALSO PROVIDE MATERIALS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A A O E Q S IS SET UP IN KIND OF AN INTERESTING WAY.
THE LABOR THAT DOES EVENTS DOESN'T REPORT TO ME.
WE'RE IN ANOTHER SECTION, RIGHT.
I, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION BY SAYING CALL ME AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOU.
MR. MARCUS, GO AHEAD, MADAM CHAIR.
REGARDING QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME EARLIER FROM COMMISSIONER HOFFMAN AND OTHERS.
UM, IN MY RECENT CONVERSATION WITH ARMY COURT OF ENGINEERS, THEY BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE TO A A LEVEL IF THEY ANTICIPATE, UH, WOULD HANDLE STORMS OF 50 A HUNDRED YEAR CAPACITY.
BUT WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT NOW SO MANY TIMES.
THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE EXCEEDED THEIR PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE LEVELS 20 TIMES IN 10 YEARS.
THAT'S HOW FAR ABOVE WE ARE IN TERMS OF CLIMATE MITIGATION WITH INCREASINGLY LARGE STORMS. WE'RE WAY BEYOND WHAT WE'VE EVEN BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR.
CAUSE PRIME IS BRINGING US SO MANY UNEXPECTED BIG STORMS. SO THE COURT IS CONTINUING TO TRY TO PLAN AGAIN AND AGAIN IN PREDICT WHAT MIGHT WE MIGHT NEED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THE CAPACITY THEY'VE PLANNED FOR IN THE LAST DECADE BY MANY TIMES.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON? UH, YES.
UM, SO MR. HARLEY, JUST TO BE CLEAR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER AL.
SO WITH THE STRING TEAM, YOU ALL DO ASSIST, UH, COMMUNITIES IN COMING INTO THE CREEKS AND BEDS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND THE PARKS THAT ARE, UM, THAT BELONG
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TO THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ADDRESS THOSE.AND, AND PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES ALL OF THAT TRAINING ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? UH, IT'S A BASICALLY A SATURDAY MORNING TRAINING FOR THE BASIC TRAINING.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, KITS, IF YOU WANNA THINK OF IT THAT WAY.
THERE'S A SORT OF AN OLD FASHIONED WET CHEMISTRY KIT MM-HMM.
AND THEN THERE'S A, UH, THE, THE NEWER, UH, OPTION IS A, IS BASICALLY A MULTITEST CAPABLE PROBE, UH, THAT YOU USE TO, TO TEST WATER QUALITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, UH, FACILITATE GETTING THAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
YOU GUYS HAVE INTEREST IN THE STREAM TEAM, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BREED SOME NEW LIFE IN THE STREAM TEAM.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, YEAH, UH, I HAVE LOTS OF STREAMS, KEVIN DOT, HURLEY@DALLAS.GOV,
AND, AND THEN I, I GUESS ALONG WITH THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PART WHERE YOU ALL TEST THE WATER.
UM, BUT THE OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, SO WHILE WE'RE DOWN THERE, WHO GETS THE LITTER? ALL OF THE LITTER THAT GETS INTO THE STREAMS, UM, ALL OVER THE CITY, PARTICULARLY IN, IN THE, IN, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF TOWN WHERE I AM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PROBABLY COME OUT OF SOME EVENTS WITH SEVERAL SERVICE REQUESTS THAT NEED TO BE TURNED IN.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE CHANNEL MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT WOULD GO OVER TO, YOU KNOW, DALLAS WATER UTILITY, STORMWATER OPERATIONS.
THERE COULD BE, UH, SOLID WASTE PICKUP REQUEST THAT WE ROUTE THROUGH SANITATION.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AWARE APPROPRIATELY THAT AN EVENT IS GOING ON.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I COULD EASILY SEE, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE SERVICE REQUESTS COMING OUT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT AND A CREEK THAT MAYBE HADN'T SEEN ANY ATTENTION IN A LITTLE WHILE.
UH, KEVIN CURLEY, YOU WILL BE MY NEW BEST PLAN.
IF I COULD JUST THINK OF, THINK OF KEVIN.
SO KEVIN, THE REASON WHY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE KEVIN BRIEFED YOU GUYS IS WE'RE OFTEN, UH, RESPONDING TO THESE SERVICE REQUESTS.
AND WE THINK ABOUT JUST THE AIR COMPONENT TO THESE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SITES AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
BUT REALLY THERE'S A STORMWATER COMPONENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, IS THEY RESPOND.
THEY, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND THESE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ARE COMPLYING WITH THE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT MANAGING THE STORMWATER SYSTEM.
THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THE STORMWATER WATER SYSTEM.
THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GATHERING, UH, GARBAGE NECESSARILY IN OUR, OUR, OUR CREEKS AND RIVERS.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT, UH, WE ALL HAVE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THESE, UH, UH, MANUFACTURING FACILITIES OR BATCH PLANTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, ARE NOT PUTTING STUFF IN OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM.
AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT KEVIN IS, IS, IS AND HIS TEAM IS FOCUSED ON.
AND, UH, CLARIFYING ANYTHING THAT I MISSTATED
YEAH, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT ON SLIDE ONE.
EVERY CITY DOES STORM WATER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY, GO AHEAD.
SO THESE VISITS, ARE THEY SCHEDULED OR ARE THEY SURPRISE VISITS? CONSTRUCTION SITE INSPECTIONS ARE NOT SCHEDULED.
UH, WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND WE, WHEN WE SEND, UH, THE REPORT AT THE LAST INSPECTION, IT TELLS 'EM WHEN WE'RE GONNA COME.
BUT THEY SELDOM CATCH THAT PART ON THE REPORT.
UH, BUT THEY WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TIME WE'RE COMING.
AND WE CHANGE OUR SCHEDULE AS WE NEED TO.
UM, WE HAVE TO GO TO EVERY LARGE SITE, EVERY SITE OVER FIVE ACRES IN SIZE OF THE CITY EVERY 13 DAYS.
SO, UH, A WEEKEND OR A HOLIDAY, YOU KNOW, THEIR REPORT MIGHT SAY, HEY, WE'RE COMING ON JULY 4TH, CUZ THE COMPUTER DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'RE GONNA COME ON THE SECOND, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE UP OUR INSPECTION FOR PDF.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET INSIDE LOCK GATES AND THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOLS AT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE GENERALLY UNSCHEDULED.
INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS AREN'T VERY MUCH SCHEDULED.
UM, YOU'VE GOT FIVE CREWS, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH CREWS? YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE ALWAYS NEED MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOR WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN NORTH TEXAS.
THERE'S GONNA BE MORE AND MORE CONSTRUCTION WITH A BIG FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S PASSED.
UH, I MEAN, THE NEED WE'RE EVERY FISCAL YEAR WE, WE, WE RELY ON THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
BUT HE, HE, HE HE'S BEING KIND.
UH, THEY, THEY COULD USE MORE STAFF.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A, IT MAY BE A BUDGET ISSUE
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IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE FOCUSED ON BUDGET ADVOCACY, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE AGAIN, THEY, THEY'RE EVERY YEAR THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DO MORE WITH, SOMETIMES LESS.UH, BUT THE BEING POSITIVE, THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, UM, AND REMEMBER THAT WE'RE UNDER CONSENT DECREE, SO THEY HAVE TO, UH, HIT EVERY CONSTRUCTION SITE WITHIN 14 DAYS, NO MATTER HOW MANY CONSTRUCTION SITES WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE THE CITY'S GROWING.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE FEAT WHAT THEY DO.
UM, WHAT IS THE BUDGET? WELL, THE 30, 38 PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THE, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN A VISION FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE, WE ALSO HAVE A NEED IS ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE.
UH, P C Q STORMWATER PERMIT LITERALLY APPLIES TO THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES.
THERE'S PROBABLY 3000 BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA THAT THOSE RULES APPLY TO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 350 CONSTRUCTION SITES, WE GOT POTENTIALLY 10 TIMES THAT MANY INDUSTRIAL SITES, AND WHICH SITES ARE GONNA GIVE US SUPERFUND SITES IN THE LONG RUN, YOU KNOW, SO, SO YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM IS I THINK WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO GROW.
UM, CUZ I THINK WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION SITES ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT OUR INSPECTORS ARE PUTTING ALL THE MARKS ON THE INSPECTION, THAT INDUSTRIAL PIECE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING NONSTOP, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS HUGE UNIVERSE OF REGULATED FACILITIES NOW.
WILL YOU NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER DER IS PRESENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO DR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M AN EDUCATOR, SO, UM, I REALLY LIKE, UH, CITIZEN SCIENCE AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS IN DALLAS COLLEGE.
COULD WE, UM, DO SERVICE LEARNING, UM, AND DO WATER QUALITY, UM, TESTING OR SOMETHING WITH OUR STUDENTS? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HAVE OR INTERNSHIPS OR APPRENTICESHIPS? I THINK, UH, WATER QUALITY IS KEY AND THE YOUNGER YOU LEARN ABOUT IT THE BETTER.
AND THEY COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, BE ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING LINED UP WHERE WE COULD, UM, CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, THESE FUTURE ENGINEERS, UM, OR TECHNICIANS TO, TO LEARN ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND SERVE THE CITY.
SO MY SON IS A JUNIOR, UH, ENGINEERING MAJOR AT U T A AND HE DOES THE TEXAS STREAM TEAM.
SO I WOULD JUST EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, AGAIN, TO EVERYBODY FOR PEOPLE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL, UH, PLANS IN LIFE.
AND, UH, BUT I THINK IT FITS REALLY WELL WITH, UH, TECHNICAL PEOPLE AT UNIVERSITY FOR SURE.
AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, BETTER ADVANCE EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE STREAM TEAM.
AND YOU, KEVIN, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HISTORICALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THOSE STREAM TEAMS TYPICALLY, UH, DO NOT, UH, TOUCH, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT ARE HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR, UH, UH, UNDER UNDERSERVED.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STREAM TEAM AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND WEST DALLAS.
UM, BUT YOU MAY WANNA SPEAK TO THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE EXISTING STREAM TEAMS, TEAMS ARE VERY CONCENTRATED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF TOWN, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
SO COULD YOU DO A PRESENTATION FOR DALLAS COLLEGE BECAUSE WE SERVE ALL SOUTHERN, UM, DALLAS COUNTY AND SOME OF THE COUNTIES THAT ARE NEIGHBORING, SO, UH, YES MA'AM.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU GUYS NORMALLY COMMUNICATE WITH CARLOS
UH, YES, UH, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I'LL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
I'M SORRY I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON TO MEET YOU, BUT, UM, REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.
AND THE POINT ABOUT, I THINK, CARLOS, YOU MADE THAT WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE AIR AND WE KIND OF DON'T AS OFTEN CONSIDER THE WATER.
SO, UM, TO, AND THEN THERE'S, YOU'RE GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BUDGET AND SIZE OF YOUR TEAM AS THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON COMES UP, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SENSE OF WHAT YOU ARE GONNA BE ASKING FOR, WHAT KIND OF EXPANSION YOU THINK YOU NEED AT THIS TIME SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE AND POTENTIALLY
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SUPPORTIVE, EITHER FINANCIALLY OR IN TERMS OF HEADCOUNT? SO TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WITH YOUR GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING YEAR AND AND BEYOND.WELL, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR INTERNALLY, BUT, UH, NO WEEDS, BUT SURE.
WE ORDER OF, BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE OUR CITY MANAGER ULTIMATELY FI MAKES THE FINAL DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THE CITY IS SEEKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE OF YOU, ONE OF THEM YOU ANSWERED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER PERMITS THAT WE HAVE CLAIMING THE MSGP IN THE CITY.
DID YOU SAY 3000? THERE ARE 3000 POTENTIALLY REGULATED BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, THAT FINAL DETERMINATION OF WHAT LEVEL OF PERMITTING, IF ANYBODY NEED SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT GOES WHEN WE VISIT WITH THEM, BUT YEAH, IT'S SORT OF JUST SPIT BALLING, YOU KNOW, I ESTIMATE, WELL, WE DO, UH, A THOUSAND DIFFERENT FACILITIES EVERY YEAR AND WE DON'T DO THE SAME FACILITIES EVERY YEAR.
SO, SO THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT UNDER, UNDER THE MSGP FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, LIKE THERE IS A, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT? THEY DO, THEY DO BOTH PERMITS REQUIRE YOU SELF-INSPECT.
BUT IS THERE A REGULATORY INSPECTION REQUIREMENT FOR THE MSGP? NO.
AND SO OF THE 3000, WE'RE HITTING 1000 A YEAR, ARE THOSE COMPLAINT DRIVEN? NO.
WELL, WE DO RE WE, WE HAVE A SERVICE REQUEST TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, AN ANNUAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY WHERE WE FOCUS MORE HEAVILY? SO WHAT WE USE TO SORT OF FOCUS, UH, OUR, UH, ANNUAL PLAN IS, UH, IF IT'S A SARAH THREE 13 SITE, SO IF THEY'RE HAVING, IF THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT AIR EMISSIONS, PRESUMABLY ENOUGH
THE FORM R AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH SARAH THREE 13, WE HAVE TO, UH, INSPECT THOSE 60 OR SO FACILITIES EVERY YEAR.
UM, AFTER THAT, WE HAVE A LIST IN OUR PROCEDURE THAT'S BASED ON, UH, SOME LANGUAGE IN 40 CFR, I FORGET THE CHAPTER NOW.
UH, SETTING OUT THE DEFINITION OF HIGH RISK FACILITIES, AND WE GO AFTER THOSE FACILITIES.
WE TRY TO GO TO EVERY HIGH RISK FACILITY EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, GET ALL CITY FACILITIES THAT HOLD A INDUSTRIAL STORM WATER PERMIT EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN AFTER THAT SCHEDULE KIND OF LIKE ROSE OUT FROM THERE.
LIKE IF YOU'RE, UH, IF YOU HOLD WITH NO EXPOSURE, UH, AUTHORIZATION, WE, WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO GOING THERE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO WE BUILT THEM ONCE A YEAR, ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
BUT COMING BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION, WE GO EVERY CONSTRUCTION SITE EVERY 13 DAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, AS WE THINK ABOUT GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INTERESTING.
FACT TO THINK CLAIMING CONDITION ON NO EXPOS EXPOSURE, THEN THEY COULD EXPECT A ONCE EVERY FIVE YEAR INSPECTION.
AND THEN, SO WE KNOW THAT THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF THAT SERVICE REQUEST IN THE APP MIGHT CAUSE A DELAY.
HOW MANY DELAYED OR MISROUTED COMPLAINTS DO WE GET THROUGH THREE 11? I DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBER FOR THAT.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO, I MEAN, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A NUMBER FOR THAT.
UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT SALESFORCE IS REALLY EQUIPPED TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A TICK BOX IN SALESFORCE THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE TICKS WHEN THERE'S A QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO ASK THREE OR ONE QUESTION.
TYPICALLY, WHAT I'VE FOUND IS THAT THEY'LL JUST CLOSE IT AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND IF WE DID SET SOMETHING UP IN THE APP FOR THREE 11 THAT SAYS, IF THIS IS A STORM WATER COMPLAINT, YOU CAN ENTER THE COMPLAINT, BUT IT'S BETTER THAT YOU CALL INSTEAD OF JUST NOT HAVING A COMPLAINT AVAILABLE AT ALL.
IF WE'RE MISSING SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE US VALUABLE, UM, INFORMATION ON COMPLAINTS THAT THEY HAVE OR, OR CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WITH STORMWATER, TYPICALLY THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT I'LL, YOU KNOW, INPUT A CALL FOR A SITE OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT AND IT'LL GET ROUTED TO ECO DEV INSTEAD OF CODE AND ECO DEV WILL JUST CLOSE IT, THEN I'LL REROUTE IT.
SO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE LAKES RIGHT NOW, CLEANING UP BACHMAN
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LAKE AND WHITE ROCK LAKE.UM, THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY THAN GOING OUT AFTER THE FACTS AND CLEANING ALL OF THAT POLLUTION OUT OF OUR WATERWAYS.
UM, SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE AS COMMISSIONERS CAN HELP WITH OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT IN A WAY THAT LETS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTAND AND OUR NEIGHBORS KNOW THESE THINGS ARE BEING WASHED OFF OF OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR OUR BUSINESS PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE GOING INTO THE CREEKS AND THEY'RE WINDING UP, UM, ON THE SHORES OF OUR, OF OUR LEGS.
UM, THE DEVICE AT WHITE ROCK LAKE IS, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S, DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S STILL THERE? THE ONE THAT CAPTURES THE, UM, POLLUTION? I THINK IT'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I'LL HAVE TO, I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, ON THAT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THESE GROUPS ARE SPENDING VALUABLE TIME CLEANING, UM, THESE WATERWAYS, AND THERE'S, THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAT WE CAN DO ON THE EDUCATION SIDE AND MORE THAT WE CAN DO ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE TO KEEP THAT FROM ENTERING THE WATERWAY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, UH, CONTINUING TO DO OUTREACH IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK CONTINUING TO DO TRADITIONAL OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK IN 2023, IT MIGHT BE EASY TO THINK FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMPUTER, COMPUTER, COMPUTER, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT CADRE OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO THAT WE GOTTA MEET THEM IN PERSON.
UH, SO YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HITTING ON SORT OF LIKE ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MYSTERIES OF MY JOB.
IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO JUST MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ALL THE TIME ABOUT CLOSING THE DUMPSTER AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE THAT THEY OPERATE? OR HOW YOU GET 'EM TO HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEE EVERY, YOU KNOW, AND DO THE TRASH CANS ON TIME OR AT OUR HOUSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PERSONALLY IN OUR YARDS MANAGE CLEAN BLOWING? HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR LEAVES? HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR GRASS? S HOW DO WE MANAGE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE'RE CLEANING UP IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL IS HOW WE REALLY, REALLY GROW THE ABILITY PEOPLE JUST TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE ONE PERSON AT A TIME IN THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.
WELL, THE COMMISSIONERS WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICTS SP THESE LAKES ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR OUTREACH.
WE'D BE GLAD TO PUT TOGETHER COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION AND JUST BUILD THAT AWARENESS.
ALL RIGHT, MS. BEDDING, GO AHEAD.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SELF-REPORTING.
IS ALL THAT SELF-REPORTING GOING DIRECTLY TO T C Q OR SO? ARE YOU GUYS INTERCEPTING? OH, ARE YOU TALKING, WHICH KIND OF DIRECT REPORTING ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING, WELL, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRY DOING SOME SELF-REPORTING.
SO SELF, THE SELF INSPECTIONS, SELF-INSPECTION.
YEAH, THEY BASICALLY, THEY, THEY DO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY OR THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THESE INSPECTIONS, AND THEN THEY JUST PUT 'EM IN A THREE RING BINDER AND IF THERE'S ISSUES, THEY'RE SPO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SELF-POLICING SYSTEM, UH, EXCEPT FOR WHEN WE COME ALONG.
SO WHEN YOU COME ALONG, DO YOU GUYS GO TO THE NOTEBOOK OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE AND THEN GO THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THEY'VE KEPT UP? YES, MA'AM.
I, AND IT'S, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TEAM.
SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL TEAM ONLY GOES OUT ONCE A YEAR, LOOKING AT THAT BINDER BECOMES SUPER, SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.
WHEREAS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE, YOU CAN FLY THROUGH THE PAPERWORK PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING THAT THING BE BUILT IN REAL TIME.
MY INDUSTRIAL TEAM FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL TEAM SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THOSE BINDERS.
COMMISSIONER GABRIEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO
HE WENT FROM TABLE TO TABLE TO TABLE, THE CITY OF DALLAS DEPARTMENTS ASKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT ROOTING IN, DIGGING DEEPER AND FINDING OUT NO ONE KNEW ABOUT OUR CCAP PLANS.
SO I JUST WANNA QUIZ YOU ON, UM, EVERYONE UNDER YOU IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, ALL THE WORKERS, 38 FOLKS, ARE WE ALL CLEAR? ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT OUR CCAP GOALS? SO WE'RE REPORTING INTO TRY PARKING IT, YOU KNOW, AS NEEDED.
AND WE HAVE KEVIN OVERTON AND COME AND, UH, TRAIN US AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A WATER QUALITY COMPONENT TO CCAP MM-HMM.
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AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN BETWEEN CARLOS AND I ALL THE TIME.
DEPARTMENT HEADS KNOW EXACTLY.
WE, WE HAVE SHAKEN THEIR HANDS, BUT WE FIND THAT FOLKS UNDER THEM ARE NOT GETTING THE MESSAGING.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT MY HEFTY TONE RIGHT HERE.
UH, ONE, OUR SPECIFIC KEYS IS CONTINUE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALUE OF WATER AND IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION.
DOES YOUR EDUCATION TEAM, ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS AND ARE THEY AWARE THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FOR THIS GOAL? I WOULD.
I WOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD SAY 50% IS WHERE I'M GONNA, IS WHERE I'M GONNA GO ON THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF IN, IN ROUTE AS WELL AS OUTREACH.
AND I, AND I MIGHT SAY THAT, I MEAN, THE STORMWATER ENFORCEMENT TEAM, THEY EXISTED BEFORE THE CCAP, SO IT MAY SOME, SOME OF IT MAY JUST BE THE, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S A CCAP GOAL OR CITY GOAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THIS IS KIND OF, IT'S, IT'S REQUIRED BY THE PERMITS AND CODE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT MM-HMM.
THANK YOU FOR THE FINER POINT OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS MUCH NEEDED AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
HERE'S JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE TIE IN.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO, MR. HURLEY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE CONNECTING YOU WITH DR.
LET'S ALL LET YOU, WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR BRIEFING MEMORANDUM.
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE.
UM, MS. MALDEN IS WITH US THIS EVENING.
LET'S SEE IF SHE HAS ANY UPDATES.
EVERYONE, UH, LILLIAN MALDEN WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I GUESS PARTICULAR, UM, FLAGS.
WE ARE TRACKING THAT CLOSELY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH.
UM, THAT IS THE, THE CODE PREEMPTION BILL ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS. UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME TALKING POINTS TOGETHER, UM, FOR SENATOR JOHNSON'S OFFICE TODAY, UM, FROM DEPARTMENTS ON THAT ONE.
UM, OF COURSE, THAT IS AN AWFUL, UH, BILL THAT WE ARE OPPOSING ACTIVELY.
UM, ALSO ON A FLAG, SB 1860, UM, THAT IS THE, UM, BILL THAT WOULD PREVENT THE ADOPTION OF CLIMATE POLICIES IN CITIES.
UM, THAT'S MOVING, UH, MOVED THROUGH THE SENATE AND NOW IS IN THE HOUSE, UM, STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, AS OF TODAY.
UM, SO ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THAT ONE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MOST PROBLEMATIC ONES.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT ON THIS MEMO.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO TRY AND, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, UM, ON ANYTHING THAT STICKS OUT TO YOU.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL HAVE VIRTUAL COPIES, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BILLS HAVE MADE, UM, SOME MORE, SOME MORE PROGRESS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SINCE THIS MEMO WAS CREATED.
UM, SO THOSE HYPERLINKS WILL KIND OF LET ALLOW YOU TO SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS IN THE PROCESS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THEY'RE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA PITCH IT OVER TO RITA, BUT I JUST WANT TO FIRST EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT HOUSE BILL 2127 IS ELIGIBLE FOR A FLOOR VOTE IN THE SENATE TOMORROW.
UH, THIS IS THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILL THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING ALL SESSION.
IT'S, UM, UH, THE MOST LIKELY TO, UH, AFFECT OUR ABILITY AS A CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCES THAT, UM, ALLOW US TO DO BUSINESS AS CITIES SHOULD.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMAIL, CALL, MAKE COMMENTS, UM, AND DO THAT BEFORE, UH, COMMITTEE TOMORROW MORNING.
UH, I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS, UM, THAT TODAY HOW, UH, SENATE BILL, UH, 4 71, UH, WAS KILLED IN COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WAS THE BILL THAT INITIALLY WOULD HAVE FINED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN ITS FINAL ITERATION.
IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO STOP RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS ALTOGETHER IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE REDUNDANT.
UM, AND IT, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS
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TERRIBLE.BUT, UM, CREDIT TO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, BELL WHO, UM, VOTED AGAINST PARTY LINES, UH, HE ALSO CARRIED THE TCEQ SUNSET BILL.
SO I THINK THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TCE Q'S ABILITY TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS.
SO, UM, OUR APPRECIATION TO HIM TODAY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RITA.
SHE'S GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, YEAH, EVERYBODY, I WANNA JUST GIVE YOU THE LATEST UPDATE AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UM, CHAIR BAAN SAID.
UM, THE YES, UH, THE DEFEAT OF SB 4 71 AND IN IN HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IS, IS SUCCESS TODAY.
AND LET'S JUST ALL PRAY THAT NOBODY TRIES TO AMEND THAT BILL TO A BILL THAT'S GERMANE REGARDING T C E Q.
UM, FORTUNATELY, IT'S REPRESENTATIVE BELL WHO IS CARRYING THE T C E Q, OMNIBUS SUNSET BILL.
SO I AM HOPING BY HIS VOTE TODAY, HE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT TO BE AMENDED.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS I WANNA THANK CHAIR BAAN AND DR.
LOCKMAN FOR BEING THERE LAST WEEK.
UM, THE, UH, CATHERINE AND I BOTH, UH, TESTIFIED IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OVER, UH, THERE'S ABOUT OH 10 OR 11 AGGREGATE BILLS HEARD AND A BILL BY REPRESENTATIVE, AN SHIA REGARDING, UM, CUMULATIVE IMPACTS AND NEW SOURCE REVIEW ON AIR PERMITS.
UN UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR BILLS TO BE HOUSE BILLS AND HJR, THOSE ARE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS WAS, UM, MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 8TH, ALL OF THEM WENT OVER THE CLIFF EXCEPT ONE BILL BY SENATOR MILES THAT GOT VOTED THROUGH TODAY, UM, SB EIGHT 13.
BUT AGAIN, I WANNA BACK UP, UH, THE CHAIR ON WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT HOUSE BILL 2127.
UM, I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW BAD THIS BILL WOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS IT AFFECTS THE AGRICULTURE CODE, THE FINANCE CODE, INSURANCE CODE, LABOR CODE, NATURAL RESOURCES, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ENVIRONMENTAL, THE OCCUPATION CODE, THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE PROPERTY CODE.
IT COULD AFFECT EVERYTHING FROM FAIR HIRING PRACTICES TO HIGH, HOW YOU HIRE POLICE TO PUPPY MILLS AT PET SHOPS, TO OUR CONCRETE BATCH PLANT ORDINANCE, THE LAW AND ORDINANCE, YOU NAME IT, A TAXPAYER COULD SUE OVER IT.
SO I AM GLAD THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS PLANNING ON SENDING SOMEONE TOMORROW TO HELP RALLY SENATORS NOT TO VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN CITIES AND COUNTIES.
UM, I WILL ALSO MENTION, ACTUALLY, HB 49 30 BY CRADDICK WAS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR YESTERDAY.
HE POSTPONED IT FOR A FLOOR VOTE TOMORROW BECAUSE HE'S WAITING FOR HUGHES 1860 TO COME OVER.
I WANT TO THANK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, CYRUS REED, WHO'S THE SENIOR LOBBYIST FOR SIERRA CLUB WHO WENT TO HUGHES AND TALKED HIM INTO, UH, REVISING THE BILL.
SO IT ONLY APPLIES TO CITIES OFFERING A CHARTER ON CLIMATE PLANS, WHICH WOULD MEAN DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND AUSTIN WOULD BE SPARED.
SO, UH, LET'S HOPE THAT BILL STAYS INTACT
UM, AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHO'S DOING A CHARTER, IT WAS EL PASO AND THAT CLIMATE CHARTER WENT DOWN IN FLAMES ALMOST TO THE TUNE OF 80%.
UM, ANOTHER BILL I WANNA MENTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT IN THE HOUSE IS HB 2211.
THIS GIVES THE STATE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER REGULATING GREENHOUSE D GASES.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WORDING SAYS DIRECTLY AND NOTHING THIS, UH, GROUP DOES IS DIRECT ON EMISSIONS ONLY TCE, E Q AND E P A, UM, DO THOSE THINGS DIRECTLY.
LET'S JUST HOPE THAT REPRESENTATIVE LANDGRAF DOESN'T LEARN THAT BEFORE.
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UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.IT WOULD DISALLOW ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
SO THAT INCLUDES CITIES, COUNTIES, ET CETERA, FROM CREATING AN ORDINANCE THAT RESTRICTS THE USE OF A FUEL SOURCE OR AN ENGINE BASED ON ITS FUEL SOURCE.
THIS TAKES DIRECT AIM AT THE LAWN AND ORDINANCE.
IT ALSO WOULD AFFECT ELECTRIC DRILLING RIGS IN ARLINGTON.
IT ALSO COULD AFFECT SAN ANTONIO'S ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR GASOLINE, UH, STATIONS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT THOSE FOUR OR FIVE.
AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE CALL.
UH, THANK GOODNESS THERE'S ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THE SESSION, AND I AM PREDICTING WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT SPECIAL AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OVER THE ELECTRIC GRID.
YES, THANK YOU RITA, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
YOUR HOMEWORK THEN TONIGHT IS TO EMAIL YOUR SENATORS BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 11:00 AM AND ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON HOUSE, ON, UM, ON, UH, HOUSE BILL 2127.
UM, THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE WE WILL SEND OUT, UH, VIA MS DEAL.
I CAN GET THAT TO ERIN, OUR LOCAL DFW SENATORS.
SO IT'S, UH, MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE ARE BIRDWELL HALL, HANCOCK JOHNSON, NATHAN JOHNSON, UH, KING NICHOLS, PARKER, PAXTON, AND WEST.
SO, UM, I HATE TO CORRECT YOU, CATHERINE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TOMORROW, NOT COMING OUTTA COMMITTEE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHOEVER YOUR LOCAL SENATOR IS THAT WOULD, OR THE WHOLE CONTINGENT OF SENATORS FOR DF W EMAIL OR CALL THEM.
I, I'LL SEND SOMETHING TO ERIN.
CAN YOU SEND THAT OUT TONIGHT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
UM, AND YOU'LL NOTE IN THE AGENDA THIS EVENING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSION ITEMS TWICE.
UH, SO WE'RE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
LA ON 2127, ISN'T 2127 A VIOLATION OF WHAT YOU ADMIT? UM, I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
I HAVE A 19 PAGE MEMO FROM THE SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY OF HOUSTON, WHO IS PHENOMENAL.
AND SHE THINKS THE BILL IS WRITTEN SO VAGUELY AND SO BROAD AND SO AMBIGUOUS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UP FOR A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT.
MADAM CHAIR, MR. MARCUS CONVERSATIONS WITH, I'VE HAD THE LOBBYISTS AND CITY ATTORNEYS AROUND THE STATE, THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT LOT OF THESE BILLS WERE PURPOSELY WRITTEN TO BE VAGUE, AND THAT THEY'RE GONNA INVITE LAWSUITS AND A LOT OF LAWSUITS, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SUITS FILED ABOUT MULTIPLE BILLS, ESPECIALLY 2127.
SUCH A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SPEND OUR MONEY IS SUING OURSELVES.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS THIS EVENING, FRIENDS.
OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM IS, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, VAPING POLICY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UM, CHAIR THOMPSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON MS. EFFORT.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR ESTEEMED, UH, GROUP, UH, WITH, UH, CHAIR, UH, THE VICE CHAIR, UM, ROBERTSON, AND WITH, UH, DR.
UM, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF, OF THIS TEAM AND WORKING TOGETHER.
WE HAD ACTUALLY HAD TWO RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT THIS FIRST ONE IS THE VAPING POLICY.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE TAKEN SOME TIME TO, YOU KNOW, AND BROKE UP INTO TEAMS TO ADDRESS IT.
UM, AS YOU SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE THING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE, THE MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO IT.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND THE, UM, THE SMOKING ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE, UM, THE PUBLIC, UH, AND THE, UH, HEALTH IMPACTS THAT, UM, VAPING HAS ON, UM, ON ONE'S LUNGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE AGAIN, REVIEWED, UH, WE ARE A GROUP THAT, THAT REVIEWED SOME STUDIES,
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS EXPOSURE, UM, CAUSES, UH, ASTHMA, UH, EXACERBATIONS, LUNG INJURY AND POOR FETAL GROWTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THE CITY OF DALLAS CURRENTLY RESTRICTS, UH, AND PROHIBITS VAPING ON THE CITY OF DALLAS PROPERTY TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AND USING RESIDENCE, AND WE'RE WILLING TO, UM, CARRY IT FORWARD.
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DR.LACKMAN? UH, JUST TO COMMENT, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT, UH, WHEN, AND IF WE ADD VAPING TO SMOKING ORDINANCES, ALL OF THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS, FIVE OTHER CITIES, ALL HAVE ADDED VAPING TO SMOKING ORDINANCES.
AND WE MADE ON THE BAD SIDE, THE TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE NOTED THAT WE WERE THE ONLY CITY THAT DID NOT HAVE THE ORDINANCE.
DOES ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE FOR THIS WORK.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM, THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL DIRECTOR EVANS OR MS. ALVAREZ.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES CURRENTLY IN OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
UH, ONE IS IN THE ZERO WASTE AREA AND ONE IS IN THE ECOSYSTEMS AND GREEN SPACE AREA.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, THE PROCEDURE LAID OUT IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, WE, UH, WITH THE HELP OF CHAIR BAAN, UH, PUT OUT A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER, UH, TO SERVE.
UM, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED, UH, THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES, UM, AND HAVE BROUGHT THEM FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER STORE TECHNICAL PANEL? NO.
LET ME CHECK TO SEE IF ANYBODY ONLINE.
I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT WE DID, DID INTERVIEW SURE.
ALL OF THE CANDIDATES LISTED HEREIN AND REVIEWED THE MATERIALS THAT THEY SUBMITTED WITH THEIR REQUEST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE TECHNICAL PANEL.
HER MOTA, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO APPOINT ONE PERSON FOR EACH OF THE KEPT GOALS, LIKE WE HAVE THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? YES.
MR. MARTIN, UM, SINCE I KNOW THAT YOU MAKE THE SELECTION, CATHERINE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU IN THAT PROCESS?
HOW MANY APPLICANTS WERE THERE? WE HAVE THREE.
I NOTE THAT THE, UM, I GUESS THE PORTAL FOR APPLYING IS OPEN UNTIL THIS FRIDAY.
UM, SO WE'VE PROVIDED ALL, ALL THREE, WERE QUALIFIED.
UM, ALL THREE I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS, UH, TO ANY OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THUS FAR.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CAN, CAN WE SEE, I CAN'T SEE THE SECOND PAGE OF THE NUMBER ONE SCREEN.
ERIN, WOULD YOU SCROLL DOWN? THANK YOU.
IT'S ALSO IN YOUR, UM, AGENDA PACKET, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, DISCUSSION ITEM C IS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM CHAIR.
HERMO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO BRING US UP TO SPEED ON THIS RECOMMENDATION.
IN, IN WORKING WITH, UH, O E Q S AND THE MANY DEPARTMENT LEADERS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COORDINATION BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, WHERE WE PRESENTED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS, AND THEN THERE WERE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS THAT O E Q S HAD TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ARE NOT WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND FOR THE BOND PACKAGE, BUT RATHER, ONCE SOMEONE ELSE DECIDES WHICH PROJECTS ARE WORTHY OF BOND FUNDING, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM PERFORMANCE CRITERIA THAT ALIGNS AND HOLDS THOSE PROJECTS ACCOUNTABLE TO MEETING AND, AND HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR CCAP GOALS? EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, SO AGAIN, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
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THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WAS THAT THEY SHOULD BE EASY TO EXPLAIN, ACHIEVABLE AND ASPIRATIONAL.WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
THERE ARE, UM, FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR SORRY, THE RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES FIVE REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION, UH, FOR BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE AT LEAD GOLD LEVEL, WHICH IS A PRECEDENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE BOND PACKAGE IN THE CITY, UH, PORTFOLIO FOR QUITE A WHILE.
FOR PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE ARE TWO NEW CERTIFICATIONS.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ASKING THESE PROJECTS TO DO A CERTIFICATION, IT'S AT THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF JUST CERTIFICATION.
UH, AND THEN, UM, EXCUSE ME, ALSO TO, UM, INCLUDE IN THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS THAT, UM, ALL EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS SHOULD BE THE TOP 20% OF ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED.
UM, TECHNOLOGIES GIVES US A LOT OF RANGE IN TERMS OF, UM, DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES, COST, BUDGET, DIFFERENT FEATURES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BUT STILL HELPING US MEET OUR ENERGY GOALS.
UH, THE THIRD ONE HERE IS TO REGISTER THE PROJECT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S GREEN BUTTON PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS AKIN TO, UM, OPTING IN TO SHARE AND DISCLOSE YOUR DATA ON YOUR SMART THERMOSTAT AT, AT YOUR HOME.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA, UM, NATIONWIDE AND IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE REAL IMPACTS.
UH, AND SO THIS WILL, WILL HELP US DO THAT.
AND IT'LL ALSO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE THAT THEY CAN USE FOR INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
UH, EMBODIED CARBON OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE TO BUILD, UH, IS ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
WE'VE ASKED, UM, WE'VE NOT SET A PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, UH, BUT RATHER ASKED PEOPLE TO, UH, SUBMIT AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION AT THE TIME OF PROCUREMENT SO THAT THE ACTUAL EMBODIED CARBON AMOUNT CAN BE EVALUATED ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER SELECTION CRITERIA, INCLUDING COST AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA OF THE FIVE MAJOR, UH, SORRY, THE FOUR MAJOR, UH, MATERIALS THAT HAVE THE LARGEST EMBODIED CARBON, UH, FOOTPRINT.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ALL OF THAT IS PRETTY STANDARD, UH, AND KIND OF MAINTAINING, UH, THE TRAJECTORY.
SO WE'D LIKE EACH OF THE PROJECT TEAMS TO, UH, SELECT AND IMPLEMENT AT LEAST ONE STRETCH GOAL OF THAT PROJECT TEAM'S CHOOSING.
BUT THAT ALSO GIVES, UM, THE PROJECTS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, BUT IT'S ALSO THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF AN EXEMPLAR PROJECT DO THEY WANNA BE.
HOW CAN WE HOLD UP THESE AS EXAMPLES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, INNOVATION AND HOW PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE PUSHING THE NEEDLE, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, CCAP GOAL IMPLEMENTATION.
REALLY TREMENDOUS WORK BY YOUR COMMITTEE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, MR. HOFFMAN? I JUST WANNA MAKE, IT'S SOMETHING, ONE OF THE POLICIES, UH, SUE, WITH REGARD TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
I WANTED TO, UH, A UNDERSTAND THE BASIS OF THAT CALL, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY STRETCH A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, MOVING, MOVING THE NEEDLE OFF TANK, EXISTING BUILDING THE BUILT, UH, EXISTING BUILDING ENVIRONMENT.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE COULD LOOK AT THAT? THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TECHNIQUES THAT WE CAN DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER DERT? YEAH, I AGREE.
JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THIS WORK, AND EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, GIVES A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ACHIEVABLE AND ASPIRATIONAL GOALS FOR THE BOND PACKAGE.
ON THE ASPIRATIONAL FRONT, I JUST WANNA GET A BETTER SENSE FROM STAFF THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE, CONSIDERED PILOT PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEAD ZERO CARBON.
UM, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LAND ON THAT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A PILOT PROJECT THAT'S ACHIEVABLE IN THE BOND FOR, FOR THAT, OR EVEN NOT EVEN ZERO CARBON NET ZERO ENERGY? YES, I DO.
UM, ACTUALLY CARLOS AND I ARE TOURING THREE DIFFERENT LEAD LIBRARIES, UH, THE FIRST TOMORROW WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ON PAPER AS LEAD, UM, GOLD.
UM, BUT WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT THEY HAD DONE, IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE ARCHITECTURE 2030
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GOLD, WHICH INCLUDES NET ZERO CARBON.UM, THEY ARE GENERATING SOLAR ON THE ROOF.
AND, UM, ACTUALLY THE SINGING HILLS, UH, REC CENTER IS ALSO IN THAT SAME CATEGORY.
ON PAPER, IT'S LEAD GOLD, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL FACILITY DESIGN, THEY'VE EXCEEDED THAT.
AND SO IN OUR MIND, IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE BOTH WORKING FOR THE CITY AND, AND WORKING AS PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE CITY ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO STRETCH 'EM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSIDERED FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
AND THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ ASKED US TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON, IS, ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS OR ARE YOU DOING THIS ROUTINELY FOR ALL? AND WE'RE, WE'RE DIGGING IN TO, TO GET THAT ANSWER.
UM, BUT I, WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS HAPPENING IS THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY COMMITTED DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AT THE CITY THAT ARE PUSHING JUST AS FAR AS THEY CAN, AND THEY'LL TELL ME, NO, SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL GET A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEBODY RAVING ABOUT WHAT A SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IT IS.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS SCROUNGE AROUND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WANNA BRING FOR THIS FORWARD NOW AS WE'RE DEVELOPING PROJECT BUDGETS FOR PROJECTS TO BE ON THE BOND PROGRAM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FUNDED ADEQUATELY FROM THE GET-GO, UM, TO INCLUDE THESE MEASURES AS PART OF THE REGULAR DESIGN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S JUST SUCH A, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HIGH DEMAND, BUT HIGH OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER PILOT PROJECT TO EDUCATE THE STAFF, THE COMMUNITY, BE AN EXAMPLE THAT'S FOR THE CONCEPT, LIKE THE COUPLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, AND SO IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR IT FEEL POSITIVELY AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR ONE OR TWO BIG PILOT PROJECTS THAT STAND OUT AS A WAY TO BUILD MOMENTUM MONTHLY.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP, IT WOULD HELP OUR STAFF THAT ARE QUIETLY WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO DO IT RIGHT.
I THINK IT WOULD HELP IT IF, IF IT, UM, HAD THAT LEVEL OF VISIBILITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GONNA BRING US TO OUR VOTING ITEM THIS EVENING.
CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 2024 VAUN PROGRAM.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, UH, AN AMENDMENT OR A MODIFICATION TO THE MEMO TO REFERENCE THE ACTUAL MINUTES FROM THE PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BUILDINGS, UH, CALL THAT WE HAD, UH, WITH CITY DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, UH, TO RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO AMEND THE, THE MEMO ITSELF, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PUT IT TO A VOTE.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOUR COMMITTEE FOR WORK.
WE'RE JUMPING BACK INTO OUR, UH, DISCUSSION AGENDA.
ON THE SECOND, UH, WRONG NUMBER NINE ON OUR AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS. THIS IS OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES, AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO OUR NEXT, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT, THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE, UH, THIS BODY WILL BE, UH, REGARDING, UM, OH, THE LORD, UH, ZOS BATCH PLAN BUFFER ZONE.
I, I DREW BLANK FOR A MOMENT THERE, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM WORKING ON THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PREPARED, UH, BY THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE.
WE MET ON 4 25 BACK IN APRIL TO
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DISCUSS COLLABORATION WITH PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.UM, GIVING OUR EXPERT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE AND LEAD FORWARD DALLAS.
IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, WE ALSO DISCUSSED BRINGING IT HOME FOR REAL FRIENDS.
I COULD HAVE YOUR EAR FOR A MINUTE.
CHRISTIAN CAMACHO EARTH DAY, WENT AROUND TO CODE AND SUBSEQUENTLY EVERYONE AT CITY OF DALLAS IN OUR LITTLE SPACE AND FOUND NONE OF THE FOLKS WORKING THE TABLES WERE FAMILIAR WITH OUR CCAP GOALS.
WHAT IS IT? DOES IT EXIST? HOW DOES IT AFFECT MY DEPARTMENT? CHRISTIAN AND I HAVE PERSONALLY VOWED THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT COMES TO GIVE US A BRIEFING, WE WILL ASK THIS QUESTION TO THEM, HOW THEY'RE FILTERING DOWN THE INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE.
THEY ARE ON BOARD, RIGHT? DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE ON BOARD.
THEY HEAR IT FROM CARLOS AND SUSAN ALL DAY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS FILTERING DOWN THE CHAIN.
ALRIGHT, FRIENDS, ANYTIME THIS ALL STARTED WITH CHRISTIAN AND I GETTING A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF HIGH WEEDS, AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT MAKES US FEEL.
HE HAD THE, UH, QUICK WITTEDNESS TO ENGAGE THIS INSPECTOR AND ASK QUESTIONS AND SAY, HEY, MY LINE IS FULFILLING CCAP GOALS.
I WASN'T THAT FAST ON THE UPTAKE, BUT HE FOUND THAT THIS INSPECTOR HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT IS UP TO US FRIENDS, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ONE CODE INSPECTOR AT A TIME, ONE PARKS AND REC WORKER, WHILE YOU ARE CHILLING WITH YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOU SEE SOMEONE WITH A CITY OF DALLAS TRUCK, CHAT THEM UP, ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS,
OKAY, THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR THIS MEETING, BUT WE'RE GONNA BRING FORTH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE OPEN FORCE MASTER PLAN NEXT MONTH FOR BRINGING IT IN JUNE.
ON OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD QUITE AN EARTH MONTH.
FRIENDS, UH, THANKS TO COMMISSIONERS, DAU, VIELLE, MURRAY, AND LACKMAN FOR DOING ENGAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AT JOBY EARTH DAY, UH, TO COMMISSIONERS, ROBERTSON DAU, VIELLE DAY WALLACE FOR JOINING US FOR OAK CLIFF EARTH DAY AND REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION.
AND FINALLY TO COMMISSIONERS ROBERTON, VIELLE THOMPSON, WOOTEN WALLACE FOR HELPING US DO OUTREACH AT EARTHX AND TO COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, ALPHA LOBBY, LOCKMAN, AND MURRAY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON FRIDAY, WHICH WERE, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, AND TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE ARE MOTO, SIEGEL, CAMACHO, BEK, MARQUIS, AND MARTIN, UM, FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE EARTHX WEEKEND.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK,
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP IN JUNE AND JULY, WHICH WE WILL KEEP THE COMMISSION, UH, INFORMED ON SO THAT YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I SAID A LOT OF THE SAME NAMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL NOTICED A LOT OF THE SAME COMMISSIONERS DOING A LOT OF THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THERE ARE 25 OF US WHO REALLY NEED EACH OF YOU TO BE PRESENT AND, AND BE HELPING US TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON THE CCAP GOALS, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING ON, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOU THAT TOOK THE TIME OUT THIS PAST MONTH TO, TO SHOW UP AND TO ENGAGE.
UH, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR EVERY COMMISSIONER TO HOLD A MEETING IN THEIR DISTRICT.
SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE IT, SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE THAT.
SO IF YOU NEED SUPPORT, IF YOU NEED LOGISTICAL HELP, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR TO ERIN, AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO SET YOU UP.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BOOK THE SPACE AND FOLD THE MEETINGS AND LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW.
UM, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION.
I ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL LIVING FUTURE INSTITUTE, UH, CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON D D LAST WEEK.
UH, THE CEO OF I LFI, LINDSEY BAKER WAS ONE OF THE EXPERTS THAT MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, BUILDINGS FOR THE, THE, UM, BOND PACK PERFORMANCE, UM, SPECIFICATIONS.
UH, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE IN A PANEL DISCUSSION CALLED ADVOCACY AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS, ALONG WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER JULIE ANN POLANCO, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUILDING ENERGY EXCHANGE IN NEW YORK CITY, RICHARD DANCY, AND THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY DIRECTOR AT THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, KARA KENSY TINI.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN DALLAS ABOUT
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THE CCAP, AND ITS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE NATURE AND HOW IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.UH, AND THE MOST RECENT WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNER AND INNOVATION, UH, COMMITTEE ON, UH, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOND PACKAGE, UH, WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE WERE REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT THE, WHAT AMAZING WORK WE'RE DOING HERE IN TEXAS, UH, AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.
MY MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE FOLKS IS THAT, UM, YOU HAVE A VOICE TO STAND UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE AND HOW HARD IT MIGHT SEEM.
AND WE'RE, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, CITIZENS DOING THAT.
UH, SO I WAS REALLY PROUD TO KIND OF BRAG ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE COLLECTIVELY DOING HERE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM B, MONTHLY UPDATES, UH, FROM OUR DISTRICTS, FROM COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH DISTRICT TWO.
UM, DON'T HAVE MUCH TO UPDATE ON OTHER THAN, UH, ESTHER AND I HAD A REALLY GREAT MEETING WITH THE BACHMAN PARK GROUP, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE YESTERDAY WITH JOE CARRYON.
AND, UM, JUST HAD A GOOD PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD GET MORE INVOLVED OVER THERE AND JUST KINDA WORK TOGETHER TO BE INVOLVED OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER TONIGHT.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, ATTENDED, UM, EARTHX AT THE STATE FAIR, UM, BUT ALSO ATTENDED, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING IN DISTRICT FOUR CONCERNING, UM, THE, UH, CADILLAC HEIGHTS AREA AND WHAT IS TO COME OF IT.
AND, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A PARK THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED THERE, UM, BUT IN THAT CONVERSATION, SO THANK YOU, UH, SUE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED WITH ME.
UM, SO WE CAN ADDRESS ANY KIND OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE IN THAT AREA BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, CREATING A PARK, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, MAYOR PROTE, UM, ARNOLD, UH, TO, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, OUR NEED FOR TREES IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE A GOOD EVENING FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM, UM, NEXT MONDAY MORNING, WHICH WILL BE FUN.
AND THEN, UM, AND WHICH WE'LL BE COMING AROUND IN MAIL, IN THE MAIL.
AND I'VE SHARED WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE.
UM, SO FORWARD DALLAS HAS SEVERAL MEETINGS, UH, HERE IN THE MONTH OF MAY, ALL UNTIL THE 25TH.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS FORWARD DALLAS.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, YOU KNOW, UM, GO, CAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE FUTURE, UH, LAND USE, UH, BUT AND PLACE TYPES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THIS IS RELEVANT TO ALL OF OUR CONVERSATION AND WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
DISTRICT FIVE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
ON APRIL 17TH, I ATTENDED A WEST ELLI ONE MEETING HELD WITH LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST ELLIS ON ZONING AND G A F ISSUES.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES PUT OUT BY WEST ELLIS.
NEXT ONE WILL BE ON MONDAY, MAY 15TH.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE BOND FOLKS, THE DARK FOLKS, AND DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING A STREAM TEAM, SYNERGY TEAM.
UM, YES, ON FIVE EIGHT, I ATTENDED THE BUCKMAN LIGHT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
FROM THAT, WE ARE ORGANIZING A CLEANUP OF A LOCAL WATERWAY CALLED JOE'S CREEK IN NORTHWEST DALLAS.
UM, ON 4 21, WE WORKED WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO DO A SECONDARY CLEANUP AT THE POHO WETLANDS.
I BROUGHT MY CLASS AND YOU GUYS, IT WAS SO CLEAN FROM WHEN WE WENT OUT IN LATE FEBRUARY, IT WAS MAINTAINED.
I I'M SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT.
UM, WE'RE DOING IT ONE PIECE OF TRASH, LITTER PICKUP AT A TIME.
YES, MENTION THE EJ SUBCOMMITTEE.
IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, PLEASE SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING OR SEND ME AN EMAIL.
I HAVE INFORMATION AND AN INVITATION FOR YOU.
STATE SENATOR JOHNSON STATE REP, AN SHIA STATE REP.
JONES US REP, MARK BC, US REP, JASMINE CROCKETT, AND STATE SENATOR.
YES, IF THOSE ARE YOUR FOLKS, GET WITH ME.
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EIGHT, WHAT IF, OH, I'M SORRY.WE HAVE, I SKIPPED DISTRICT SEVEN.
WHAT IF WE HAVE, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANY OF THOSE? WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, CHAIR, UH, CATHERINE FOR, UH, RECOGNIZING ALL THE WORK THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE DID IN THE, UH, MONTH OF APRIL FOR EARTH MONTH.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING IT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP IN DISTRICT SEVEN, DOING CLEANUPS IN, UH, DIXON CIRCLE AND IN JK.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION TO, UH, THIS COMMISSION.
UH, SO, UH, DISTRICT, UH, SEVEN, UH, EVERYONE ATTENDED, UH, APRIL 1ST, UH, KICKOFF EARTH DAY IN JOCKEY.
I ATTENDED O CLIFF EARTH, UM, BAY IN, UH, THE JOCKEY COMMUNITY HAS SUBMITTED TO T C E Q TO, UH, REQUEST A PUBLIC MEETING FOR A AIR QUALITY, UH, FOR A AIR QUALITY PERMIT WITH A, UH, BATCH PLANT COMPANY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED OVER 25, UH, SUBMIT A REQUEST TO DECLINE, UH, THIS PERMIT.
AND SO NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING ON THE RESPOND FROM T C Q.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO UPDATE RIGHT NOW.
AND BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER DURE DID COORDINATE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON TO REQUEST THAT A LEGISLATOR, UM, REQUEST A, A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE COMMUNITY'S BEHALF.
WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT DATE WITH COMMISSIONER SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THESE TWO COMMISSION DISTRICTS WITH THIS ISSUE.
SO WE JUST, UH, WAITING, LET'S SEE.
I'M WORKING WITH NORTH TEXAS LEGAL AID, AND WE'RE, UH, JUST WAITING TO, UH, HEAR THE RESPONSE.
DISTRICT EIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, I SPENT MOST OF APRIL, I'M THE CHURCH NURSE, SO I SPENT A LOT OF APRIL FOR EASTER THINGS.
I SPENT A LOT OF APRIL, UH, EARTHX AND SEE, I'M PART OF SIERRA, SO A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT I'M DEALING WITH IS ST.
UM, WE HAVE ILLEGAL DUMPING AT MY CHURCH, AND I'M WORKING ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF CODE VIOLATIONS AND, UH, INTO THESE OPERATING WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND SO WHAT I DID WAS, UM, EARLIER I TALKED TO CARLOS AND ASKED IF IT'S POSSIBLE I PULLED EVERY, I WANTED TO PULL ALL, I'M TRYING TO STAY IN MY LANE.
SOME CODE VIOLATIONS ARE NOT ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, OUR ZONING COMMISSIONER, UH, MS. BLAIR ANTON HIMSELF, HAVE REQUESTED THE SAME THING.
SO I NEEDED TO, I NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE.
IT MAY TAKE ME THE END OF THE TERM, BUT, UH, I WANT EVERYTHING THAT'S OVER SIX MONTHS THAT'S BEEN OPEN.
WE HAVE THINGS OPEN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
THE ONE, ESPECIALLY ON ZONING ROAD, IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD.
AND WE'D LIKE TO, AND I LIKE TO TRY TO GET ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE AGENCIES WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE SOME THINGS.
SO I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CARLOS SHARE WITH ME THAT ON APRIL 18TH, P CQ IS REVISING SOME OF THEIR POLICIES, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, IMPROVE HOW WE DO THINGS AS FAR AS BATCH PLANTS.
HE SENT ME THE LINK, AND IT'S APRIL 18TH IN AUSTIN.
BUT YOU CAN DO IT BY IN PERSON IF YOU CAN DO IT, HUH? MAY, MAY, MAY I TELL YOU I'M FATIGUED.
MAY
AND I FINISHED THE ACTUAL BODY OF IT.
WE GOT, I GOTTA CIRCULA CIRCULATED AROUND THE GROUP, BUT WE NEED A LOT MORE REFERENCES HERE.
I HAVE TWO, AND YOU, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, ONE OF THEM THAT I PULL IS, UH, SULFUR DIOXIDE AND THE EFFECTS OF THAT SULFUR DIOXIDE.
UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT 400 FEET, ALL THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
THESE THINGS TRAVEL MILES WITHOUT THE WIND AND THEY SUSPEND IN THE AIR.
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UH, SULFUR DIOXIDE ESPECIALLY CAUSES LOTS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, ASTHMA, UH, ADULT AND CHILDREN ASTHMA.AND SO I'M WORKING ON FINDING OTHER ARTICLES TO SUPPORT THAT.
THE TWO THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY COME FROM THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, AND THE OTHER ONE IS FROM EPA.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT PARTICLES AND POLLUTION AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE IN A COMMUNITY AND THEY DEFINE A COMMUNITY AS CHURCH, SCHOOL, WHATEVER, NEXT TO THAT.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND, AND AGAIN, I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
WHENEVER I SAY CCAP
I DON'T, I DO NOT EXPECT IT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS ASKING AT EARTH TODAY.
AND THEY WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST, IT'S JUST NOT, LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S NOT TRICKLING DOWN.
AND I GUESS WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THE EDUCATION BECAUSE THINGS DO NOT, THINGS ARE NOT TRICKLING DOWN.
IF YOU'RE TRICKLING, YOU START AT THE TOP AND IT COMES DOWN.
SO I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, HARDWORKING PEOPLE, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT SEEK AT.
IN ADDITION TO O CLIFF BIRTHDAY AND EARTHX, UM, I WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN WITH MS. BEK.
UM, MET MY FRIEND BARRY LACKMAN DOWN THERE, UH,
HE DROPPED A CARD FOR OUR BILL.
UH, IN THE INTERIM SESSION, I WORKED WITH, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAPHAEL ANGIA TO WRITE AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BILL THAT WOULD INCORPORATE SOME CUMULATIVE IMPACT.
WE STAYED UNTIL 10 45, UH, PM TO HEAR THAT IN, IN, UM, HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REGS.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE BILL DIED IN COMMITTEE
UM, BUT IT'S BILLS LIKE THESE THAT, UH, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN DALLAS, UM, WHO WILL FILE THAT KIND OF LEGISLATION ON, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, I ATTENDED A CLEANUP, UM, CLEAN THE BLOCK INITIATIVE, INVITED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLEANUP.
UM, I MET COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, UH, FOR A FOOD JUSTICE, UH, EVENT, UH, FOOD JUSTICE SOLUTIONS DISCUSSION AT FOUR DOWN.
UM, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENT ZO OAC, THE ZONING ORDINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, MEETING AND GAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT.
UH, ZAC ULTIMATELY DID, UH, RECOMMEND TO FULLY IMPLEMENT A PHASE TWO OF THE ZONING CODE REVISION FOR CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NOW FOR 18 MONTHS.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING A FULL ORDINANCE BACK TO, UH, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION THIS SUMMER.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION COULD TIE IN, UH, NICELY WITH THAT, UH, THAT TIMING.
DISTRICT 10? UH, YES, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, EARTHX.
I THOUGHT I REALLY ENJOYED RUNNING INTO SOME PEOPLE THERE, THOUGH I WAS IN THE OTHER HALL AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT VERY, UH, COOPERATIVE.
UM, RECENTLY, I, I WANTED TO BRING EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, AN ISSUE I RAN INTO, UM, FOR MY BUSINESS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DEALING WITH SITUATIONS HERE WHERE BUSINESSES ARE DOING THE WRONG THING IN GAP, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AND THAT PENALIZES OR, UH, HURTS THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS.
I, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT.
I HAD A CLIENT ASK ME, UH, HELP THEM DISPOSE OF SOME AMMONIA THAT IS IN REFRIGERATE, UH, REFRIGERATION UNITS.
I'VE ONLY ABOUT AN OUNCE OF AMMONIA PER UNIT.
I'VE PROBABLY MADE 50 TO A HUNDRED PHONE CALLS, UH, CALLED THE EPA.
UH, I CALL, UM, AARON
I'VE REACHED OUT EVERYBODY I COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF, AND NO ONE CAN GIVE ME AN ANSWER OF HOW TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF IT.
I CALLED THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND GOT MORE RESPONSE OUT OF THEM THAN ANYBODY I COULD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO RAISE THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING IS HAVING A THOUGHT BETTER TERM HOTLINE FOR BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND WANT TO AVOID THESE LONG-TERM CATASTROPHE SORT OF INCIDENTS.
TOTAL HOLDS ABOUT FIVE GALLONS OF AMMONIA.
UM, I TALKED, I JUST WALKED UP TO TALK TO THE GENTLEMAN ABOUT THE STORMWATER.
I'M LIKE, YOU COULD POUR DOWN THE DRAIN AND IT WOULD DILUTE OUT, AND IT WOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL.
YOU CAN USE IT AS FERTILIZED, BUT THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO I AS A, YOU KNOW, SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW DO WE HELP BUSINESSES DO THE RIGHT THING VERSUS JUST FOCUSING ON THE ONES
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THAT ARE DOING THE WRONG THING.SO THE TCEQ HAS A SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE HOTLINE THAT COULD PROBABLY DIRECT YOU HOW TO LEGALLY DISPOSE OF THAT
I'LL GIVE IT, I'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER.
WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS WHICH, UH, OUR CHAIRPERSON HAS ALREADY REPORTED THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, TEMPLE SHAONE RECEIVED A $75,000 FEDERAL GRANT TO DOUBLE THEIR SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.
AND, UH, AND ALONG WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE NOW FORMALLY WORKING WITH, UH, KING GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH AND CHRISTIAN, UH, CHAPEL TEMPLE OF FAITH, UH, AS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS ON, UH, UH, A FOOD, UH, ENVI, UH, FOOD JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
UM, THE, UM, UH, UM, I'VE ALSO, UH, BEEN INVOLVED THROUGH DALLAS AREA INTERFAITH WITH, UH, FOLKS IN THE BACHMAN LAKE AREA AROUND QUESTIONS WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AS AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT CLOSES CASES IF THEY NEED THREE PHONE CALLS AND THEY, AND THE PERSON BEING COMPLAINED ABOUT DOES NOT RESPOND.
WE HAVE DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EVICTED FOR CALLING THREE 11.
AND, UH, IN CONTRAST, WHAT I HEARD THEY SAY, THE THREE 11 FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, UH, IS NOT AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.
THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, THE, UM, UH, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING THAT WE ASK THE PARKLAND CENTER FOR CLINICAL INNOVATION TO PRESENT THEIR COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY INDEX, WHICH INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.
IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST ADVANCED, UM, WAY OF LOOKING AT SOCIAL DETERMINANT, UH, SOCIAL ISSUES AND DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ISSUES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
AND, UH, WE HAVE USED IT, FOR INSTANCE, FOR PROMOTING, UH, FOR LOOKING AT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, THEY HAVE AN ASTHMA VULNERABILITY INDEX, WHICH THEY'VE NOW PUBLISHED, WHICH IS VERY HIGH SOPHISTICATED.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE THAT THEY WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO US FOR ANY, UH, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT IN THE TIME 100 CATHERINE COLEMAN FLOWERS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE FOR, UH, LOWES COUNTY, ALABAMA.
UM, AND, UH, SEWAGE WAS DEEMED TO THE TIME 100 OF MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
UH, I SPENT TIME IN LOWNDES COUNTY WHEN I WAS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.
AND THE ISSUES AROUND SEWAGE THAT, UH, COLEMAN FOLLOWS ARE WORKING ON ARE, UH, UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT STILL EXISTS AFTER 50 YEARS.
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THE U N T DALLAS PUBLIC LEADERSHIP, UH, AND THEIR PIE ALPHA ALPHA INDUCTION.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS INDUCTED WAS THE ENGAGEMENT, UM, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, UH, THERESA TURIA, WHO'S THE INVE, UH, UH, WHO'S THE, UM, UM, ENGAGEMENT OFFICER FOR FOUR DOWN.
UH, AND, UH, SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE HONORS.
UM, I'M SURE PROBABLY EVERYBODY'S ALREADY AWARE, BUT THE MAYOR APPOINT SOMEBODY, GARRETT BOONE TO BE THE GREENINGS ARE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, IT FITS MORE IN LINE WITH THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT EACH OF US SHOULD BE A PART OF WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, HE'S REVIEWING THE LIST THAT CAME UP WITH FROM THE CITY'S INPUT, UH, FOR THE LAST YEAR.
IT'S LIKE 350 PARCELS, I THINK, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO THAT CITY OWN PROPERTY THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO GREENER USES.
UM, SO, UM, JUST TALK WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT IT, TALK WITH YOUR PARK SUPPORT MEMBER ABOUT IT, AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE WEIGHING IN ON WHAT'S IN YOUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO I PARTICIPATED IN OAK CLIFF EARTH DAY, AND I, UH, ORGANIZED, UH, AT FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION FROM CODE COMPLIANCE.
I FOLLOWED UP WITH KEVIN MOODY AND ORGANIZED A TRASH PICKUP FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT WAS GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THE KEY, IF YOU'RE DOING THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IS PUBLICIZING THAT CODE WILL BE THERE BECAUSE
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PEOPLE ALWAYS WANNA TALK TO CODE.UM, SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE REASON MOST PEOPLE CAME OUT.
BUT I, I HAD LIFTED A, A FEW FLYERS FROM, UH, WHEN I WAS AT THE OAK CLIFF EARTH DAY THAT I HAD ON HAND, UH, PASSED OUT DONUTS, UH, ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, GOODWILL, GESTURES.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THING WAS FIND OUT WHEN THEY MIGHT BE DOING THE, UM, THE BIG TRASH OFF IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE CLOSEST TO YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY DO WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE E UH, RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING ONE IN MY AREA IN JULY, SO I'M GONNA KEEP, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS POSTED ON THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A, A SERVICE THAT THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND THAT JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH KEVIN.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUMMER, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO HELP CURATE AN EXHIBIT ON CCAP THAT AIA DALLAS WILL BE HOSTING.
UH, IT WILL BE DOWNTOWN AT THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN EXCHANGE ATS, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW PACIFIC PARK PLAZA.
UH, I WILL PROBABLY BE RELYING ON SOME OF YOU FOR SOME HELP WITH THAT.
UH, THERE WILL BE PANELS ABOUT CCAP IN GENERAL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND, UH, A PANEL DEDICATED TO EACH OF THE EIGHT GOALS OF CCAP.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT REALLY RELATABLE, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN EVERYDAY PEOPLE DO EVERY DAY TO LIVE AND INCORPORATE CCAP INTO, UH, INTO THEIR DAILY LIVES, UH, AND, AND MAKE IT REAL FOR THEM.
UH, SO IT'LL PROBABLY FOCUS ON CCAP IN YOUR HOME.
UH, I DID WANNA MENTION, UH, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER WOOTEN FOR REMINDING ME OF THIS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL AN OUTREACH FROM TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION.
UM, PLEASE GET BACK WITH THEM.
THEY ARE COORDINATING THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN DISCUSSING THE EQUITY TREE PLANTING.
UM, AND SO AS SOON AS YOU CAN GET A MEETING ON THE BOOKS, THE SOONER THEY CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT.
UH, DO ANY OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORS HAVE ANY UPDATES, MR. HOFFMAN AND THEN MR. MARQUES.
UM, TOMORROW IS THE KICKOFF FOR THE BOND, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND I'M GONNA BE SERVING ON THE CRITICAL FACILITY SUBCOMMITTEE, AND I'LL BE THERE CARRYING THE, THE, UH, FLAG PROCEED PACK THROUGH THE BOND, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
UH, FIRST I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THREE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THE ISSUE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS EXPEDITING WATER HOOKUPS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS.
WE WORK WITH URBAN AG WITH VW AND WITH, UM, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, GET THAT MEETING SET SO WE CAN BRING THAT ROOM AND MOVE THAT FORWARD.
SO THANK CHAIR ZA FOR ASKING TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
ALSO, BRAD
THERE ARE A LOT OF WATER INITIATIVES IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW, UM, IN SEVERAL GOOD ZOO PRESENTATIONS IN THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FREQUENTLY.
AND THOSE INCLUDE THINGS FROM SEVERAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD OF BACTERIA AND INFINITY TO THE WATERSHED, ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE WATERSHED AND HOW THEY AFFECT US WHILE COMING FROM DALLAS.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WATER ISSUES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED RECENTLY.
WE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE ON TOP OF THOSE.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER GITO, WHO, UM, IN, BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR HER IN NATIONAL LIVING COUNTRY INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, DC CALLED AND ASKED HER IF SHE USED HAVE SOME COPIES OF MY BOOK.
SO I GAVE HER 15 COPIES OF THE BOOK SIGNED, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PASS 'EM OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK HER FOR, UH, UH, PASSING US ON TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
SO THE, UM, COMMISSIONER BE REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH THE, UH, THE BOOK THAT WENT TO THAT, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND BY THE WAY, I'VE FINISHED THE NEXT BOOK, WHICH IS CALLED ORIGINAL GOODNESS, WHICH WILL BE UP NEXT JANUARY.
SO WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ADVANCED COPY.
SIGNED, SIGNED, SIGNED, SIGNED.
ANY OTHER TECHNICAL? GO AHEAD, MS. YES, SHE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M DOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE MOST OF THE TIME THESE DAYS.
UH, BUT BESIDES EARTHX, UH, I TESTIFIED, UM, TO THE EPA REGARDING THE ETHYLENE OXIDE, UH, PLANT RULE.
I MAY BE FLYING TO DC TO LOBBY CONGRESS ON THE ETHYLENE OXIDE RULE.
UM, EPA HAS ONE RULE OUT THERE NOW ABOUT THE ETHYLENE OXIDE PLANTS.
THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER RULE THAT'S ABOUT TO BE PUT OUT, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MEDICAL FOLKS WE HAVE ON THE DIAS,
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I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE FOR THIS ENTIRE COMMITTEE AND OR, OR OUR MEDICAL FOLKS SINCE THESE ETHYLENE OXIDE PLANTS ARE USED TO STERILIZE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO A PRESENTATION BY THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING TO THE POINT OF PARTS PER TRILLION.AND SO, UM, JUST WANNA MENTION THAT FOR EVERYONE.
YEAH, I JUST, UH, GLAD I'M AT THE END HERE CUZ I WOULD'VE OVERLOOKED THIS ON, UH, FRIDAY.
I PARTICIPATED IN THE SOLAR WORKSHOP THAT THE N T C T COG HAD FOR OUR LOCAL MUNICIPAL, UH, LEADERS ABOUT, UM, SOLAR.
AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY AND BUILDINGS AND, UM, BROADER, YOU KNOW, ENERGY CONCERNS, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE COG IS DOING SOME THINGS TO EDUCATE THE, THE BROADER, NOT CITY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BROADER NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY ON THE VALUE PROPOSITION AND HOW TO DO, UH, SOLAR.
SO THERE WERE SOME FOLKS IN FROM SOME, UH, NATIONAL GROUPS DOING MOST OF THE EDUCATION.
BUT ANYWAY, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE IN THE COG THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT AS ALLIES AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY AND MOVE FORWARD ON VARIOUS CCAP INITIATIVES.
THIS ONE HAPPENED TO BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, TO SOLAR, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY DO THESE THINGS IN ALL DIFFERENT TOPICAL AREAS ALL THE TIME.
SO ANYWAYS, GLAD TO SEE THAT AND GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, UH, HELP AT A REGIONAL LEVEL, UM, OUR PROGRESS ON, YOU KNOW, CCAP MEASURES.
DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? DR.
OLAI, I HAD A LOT OF FUN, UM, AT, UM, EARTHX.
AND I DID GO TO JOCKY EARTH DAY TOO.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY PICK UP ANYTHING.
UM, AND THEN I TESTIFIED IN THE EPA ON THE PM 2.5, UM, REGULATIONS.
I HAD TO DO THE MERCURY, BUT, UH, I GOT STUCK WORK.
UH, YES, I WANTED TO INFORM THAT, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE RECEIVED, UH, $96,000 OF A DONATION FROM THE PAROLE MUSEUM, UH, FOR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE EARLIER WE EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO SCIENCE, THE MORE THEY WILL PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY PROGRAM AND THEY GIVE A FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR EIGHT PEOPLE FOR A FULL YEAR.
YOU CAN GO EVERY WEEKEND IF YOU WANT.
YOU GET DISCOUNT FOR YOUR, UM, UH, PARKING.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT INCENTIVE, UM, THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS COULD HAVE FOR THE YOUTH.
IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S $320 VALUE AND, UM, AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, LOWER INCOME AREAS.
AND I THINK, UM, IT'S WORTH PURSUING.
IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, I COULD CONNECT YOU TO THE BOARD, UH, TO THE DIRECTOR, UM, OF ON THE BOARD THAT CONTACTED ME AND, UM, GAVE US THAT IN KIND, UH, DONATION.
DISCUSSION ITEM C IS OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, IS SET TO MEET ON TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH.
UH, 9:00 AM AND OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 5:30 PM I THINK WE'VE CONSIDERED ALL OF OUR BUSINESS.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY OPPOSED? NOT OPPOSED, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING.