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[Environmental Commission on January 10, 2024.]
IS JANUARY 10TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:36 PM I'M 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 IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CALL 2 1 4 6 7 1 8 5 2 2 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 5:30 PM LET'S BEGIN WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 11TH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO TAKE COMMENTS ON THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REVISION OR THE SIP REVISION.
UM, UH, OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, MS. BENG, HAS SOME COMMENTS PREPARED IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE 7:30 PM AT, UH, ARLINGTON CITY HALL.
SO WE'LL SHARE THOSE DETAILS AGAIN.
UM, WHICH AARON HAS ALREADY SENT OUT IN, UH, AN EMAIL TO THE COMMISSION ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
JANUARY 12TH, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS HOSTING ITS FIFTH ANNUAL EQUITY INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM, 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE.
LET'S GO STRAIGHT INTO OUR ROLL CALL.
WHEN I CALL YOUR DISTRICT, PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR NAME.
DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, MARK WOOTEN.
TRACY WALLACE, DISTRICT SEVEN.
MR. RE, I, DISTRICT SEVEN EK DERE, DISTRICT EIGHT.
LET'S GO BACK TO DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO, ARE YOU THERE? I DID SEE HER EARLIER.
LET ME LET SEE IF WE CAN GET HER BACK ONLINE.
WE'LL GO TO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
AND BY THE WAY, THE MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN TOMORROW NIGHT AT ARLINGTON CITY HALL.
UH, MR. MARQUIS, PRESENT? MR. HOFFMAN? NO.
MS. GILL PRESENT AND MS. PRESENT? ALL.
WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
I'M GONNA RECITE SOME SPEAKER GUIDELINES, AND YOU CAN COME UP AND APPROACH THE
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PODIUM.SO SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY CORPSMAN, GOOD CONDUCT, APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, ANY SPEAKER MAKING PER PERSONAL, PERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED.
EACH SPEAKER, WE'RE GIVING THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, MS. EBONY BROCK.
AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS.
MY ADDRESS IS 54 44 GASTON AVENUE.
MY NAME IS EBONY BROCK, A PROUD JUNIORS HEIGHT RESIDENT, AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR THE CONSTELLATION OF LIVING MEMORIALS.
OUR CONSTELLATION PROJECT IS REACHING OUT FOR STAKEHOLDERS AND COLLABORATORS IN ITS TWO YEAR PILOT PROGRAM, RESTORING EIGHT HISTORIC DALLAS CEMETERIES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
OUR MISSION IS MULTIFACETED AND WILL SERVE TO RECONNECT THESE RESIDENTS TO AN AUTHENTIC SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH THEIR NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.
A PRIMARY PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE RICH ECOSYSTEMS ALONG WITH INCREASING GREEN SPACES WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
TO REVITALIZE THESE AREAS, WE NEED TO REMOVE INVASIVE AND EXOTIC PLANTS AND ESTABLISH MORE NATIVES.
WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN TALKING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND AT DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION.
THEY'VE ADVISED US TO REACH OUT TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE GOALS.
SUSAN ALVAREZ HAS INDICATED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT OF ESTABLISHING CONSERVATION AREAS ACROSS THE METROPLEX, PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY AROUND REWILDING FOR HISTORIC CEMETERIES, AND SETTING UP A NETWORK OF GREEN SPACES ACROSS THE METROPLEX.
TO START AS A RELATED EFFORT, I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ADVISING THE CITY TO REDUCE MOWING IN THE ELM FORK LEVEE AREA NEAR THE SIMMONS FREEWAY.
TO ALLOW NATURAL SEATING PROCESS POST BLOOM, TEXAS DOT HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOWING ALONG THE STEMMONS FREEWAY CORRIDOR.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRENT MOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE SET FORWARD BY THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS PART OF THE OVERALL O AND M PROGRAM NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN FUNCTIONAL LEVEE INTEGRITY AS A CRITICAL PART OF THE FLOOD MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA, AND THAT THE LEVEES THEMSELVES FORM A CRITICAL FUNCTION OF REDUCING FLOOD RISK.
RECENTLY, GARRETT BOONE SENT US AN EMAIL ON THIS VERY MATTER.
HE SAYS, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE LOSING WAS IN THE ELM FORK LEVEE AREA, AS STEMS FREEWAY LAST YEAR, SOMETIME AROUND APRIL, I WAS WALKING IN THE FRAZIER AREA ON THE BACKSIDE ALONG BACHMAN CREEK.
WHEN I LOOKED ACROSS THE LEVEE AND THE WHOLE SECTION WAS COVERED IN SPECTACULAR YELLOW CONE FLOWERS, IT ALMOST KNOCKED ME OVER.
SADLY, A WEEK LATER, THEY WERE MOWED MUCH TOO EARLY, SO THE SEEDS WERE LOST.
WE ASKED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE ON PREVENTING THE LOSS OF NATIVE SEEDS IN THIS AREA OF THE LEVEE BY DELAYING MOWING DURING WILDFLOWER SEASON.
WHILE THIS CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY LEVEE INTEGRITY, THIS WILL HELP US TO INCREASE POLLINATOR POPULATIONS OF BUTTERFLIES AND BEES, AND TO, TO SERVE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND INDEX IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, GARRETT BOONE, SUSAN ALVAREZ, CHRIS MORRIS CONSTELLATION CO-CREATOR JULIE FINEMAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE A ROUND TABLE MEETING WITH THE INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM THE CITY REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR EDUCATION.
WE ARE HOPING YOU HELP US DO THIS BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
AS SPRING WILL BE HERE SOON, WE'D LOVE YOUR ADVICE ON WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO GET US ALL TO THE TABLE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IN AN EFFECTIVE TIMEFRAME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING OUR MEETING THIS EVENING, AND TO, UH, THE GUESTS THAT YOU BROUGHT.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTICIPATING.
SO WE WILL, UH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY ON HOW TO COORDINATE, AND WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR DECEMBER 13TH COMMISSION MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
LET'S GO RIGHT INTO BRIEFING ITEM A.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE AND MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROGRAM WITH LORI OLSSON FROM THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
GO AHEAD, LORI, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
SO I JUST, UH, BRIEFLY JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, LORI OLSSON, OUR SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR.
UM, I'M SO GLAD THAT LORI AND HER TEAM ARE HERE TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY DO TODAY.
UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRITICAL ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS THERE,
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IT, UH, WE COULDN'T BUY OUR PROPERTIES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAN WITHOUT THEM.SO, UM, SO, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
UH, WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO LORI.
ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TO, UM, EXPLAIN MY PROGRAM AND GET THE OVERVIEW ON ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE AND MSD.
SO HERE, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE OVERVIEW, THE PURPOSE OF OUR PROGRAM, THE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN MY GROUP, UH, THE SUPPORT SERVICES WE PROVIDE, UM, SOME OF OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS.
I JUST PUT IN A FEW, UM, AND THEN SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT I HAVE GOING FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANNA START WITH JUST KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE GROUP, OR BACK IN 2006, IT WAS JUST A PERSON.
I WAS ACTUALLY, I WAS HIRED TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAD MORE, UM, CONSISTENCY AND THAT WE WERE, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.
UH, AT THE TIME, BACK IN 2006, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE BEING DONE WAS DONE BY A DEPART INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
SO, IF A DEPARTMENT WAS BUYING A PIECE OF PROPERTY B2B TO BE A PARK, THEY WOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT, DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE, AND THERE WAS NOBODY GIVING THE OVERSIGHT TO REALLY CHECK THE BOXES, REVIEW IT, MAKE SURE IT WAS COMPLIANT WITH REGULATIONS INCLUDED EVERYTHING, DOES THE CITY AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS? THERE WASN'T AN EXPERT LOOKING AT THAT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT STARTED BACK IN 2006.
AND WE THEN ARE ULTIMATELY LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL, LIKE AN INTERNAL CONSULTANT TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY.
UM, HERE, I NOTED, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS AT THAT TIME, JUST EARLY ON, UH, WERE JUMPING INTO HENSLEY FIELD AND MANAGEMENT WITH THE NAVY BEING THE FORMER TENANT AND HAVING ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS AND THE CITY, THEN HAVING OUR OWN CONSULTANT THAT WOULD REVIEW THE REPORTS THAT THE NAVY HAD.
AND THEN ALSO IN OEQ, UM, WE WERE REVIEWING THOSE REPORTS ALSO, AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND A LOT OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.
OKAY, SO WE THREW THIS IN HERE.
JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OVERALL DIVERSE EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR TEAM.
UM, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 17 YEARS.
I'M A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST, UM, DID CONSULTING BEFORE AND, AND THEN IN OEQ IN THIS POSITION.
AND WE HAVE THREE STAFF THAT SUPPORT US.
I THINK WE COULD EVEN HAVE MORE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, VARIED SKILL.
AND YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I KNOW I HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE NEXT.
UH, MAIN PURPOSE, WE MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY ACQUIRING NEW PROPERTIES, REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, AND, UH, REALLY MANAGING THE RISK AT OUR EXISTING PROPERTIES TOO.
UM, WE CAN DO THIS FOR PLANNED FUTURE USE OF HEALTH PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH NEW PARKS, NEW TRAILS, UH, OUR LEVIES IN ANY PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING FOR THE LEVIES, IT COULD BE PROPERTIES BEING ACQUIRED FOR A FIRE STATION, A LIBRARY, A SERVICE CENTER, ANY OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS, UM, OEQS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS WITH THE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
SO, UM, WHO DO WE SUPPORT? IT'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
UM, INTERNAL COULD BE THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS.
IT COULD BE CITY MANAGEMENT, IT COULD BE, UH, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, AND THEN EXTERNAL THAT COULD BE, UH, ANY, COULD BE A RESIDENT THAT HAS QUESTIONS AND WE'RE GIVING THEM GUIDANCE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE OR CONSULTANTS.
UM, AND, UH, WITH OUR MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROGRAM, THAT COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, DEVELOPERS, PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO HOW DO WE DO ALL OF THIS? WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS.
UM, AND WE ARE SUPPORTED IN DOING THAT.
WE HIRE QUALIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND DO THE WORK.
AND THEN OEQS, WE'RE THE ONES DOING THE REVIEWS, GIVING FEEDBACK, UM, ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK MEETS, UH, THE CITY'S NEEDS BASED ON OUR SENSITIVITIES, BECAUSE WE ARE DEVELOPING PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC USE.
SO WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN FULLY ASSESSED AND ARE PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT PLANNED FUTURE USE.
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARK AND BRING PEOPLE TO THAT PARK, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THAT SITE HAS BEEN FULLY ASSESSED AND ANY, UM, CONDITIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED OR ADDRESSED, CLEANED UP, UM, TCQ SUPPORT ON THAT AND FINAL CONCURRENCE BY TCQ ON THOSE THINGS.ALRIGHT, OUR PROGRAMS. SO HERE I'M JUST TOUCHING ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE PROGRAM OVERALL IS THE BIGGEST BULK OF IT.
THAT COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE RELATED TO PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, SOIL AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT.
UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE, WE RELATED TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING WITH PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS BY THE CITY, BUT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY'RE DOING REDEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GUIDING THEM ON THE DUE DILIGENCE THEY NEED TO DO PRIOR TO STARTING ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
MAKING SURE THAT THAT AREA THEY'RE WORKING ON HAS BEEN FULLY ASSESSED SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MAY ENCOUNTER WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR SUBSURFACE WORK.
THE MORE THAT, UH, WORK IS DONE UPFRONT IN THAT ASSESSMENT, THEN THE BETTER WE CAN MANAGE OUR RISK AND REDUCE DELAYS THAT COULD HAPPEN LATER WITH A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
THAT'S OUR REGULATORY CLEANUP PROGRAM THAT WE, UM, ENTER IF WE DO FIND THAT THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, UH, EXCEEDING THOSE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS.
AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROGRAM, WHICH, UM, I WILL EXPAND UPON FURTHER, BUT THAT'S TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT AS A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT REDEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, THAT THERE IS REVITALIZATION, BUT IT'S DONE IN A MANNER THAT'S BEING PROTECTIVE.
SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MSD PROGRAM.
SO, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WORDY, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH HERE THAT IT COVERS PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH WE CALL PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INVASIVE, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING SAMPLES, SOIL SAMPLES, GROUNDWATER SAMPLES, THAT'S DONE AFTER THAT.
UH, PHASE ONES, I'LL JUST BACK UP, IS NON-INVASIVE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT RECORDS, UM, AND IT'LL BE THE CONSULTANT THAT WE HIRE DOES THAT INITIALLY, AND THEN WE'RE REVIEWING IT.
SO IT'S A RECORDS REVIEW, IT'S A SITE VISIT, IT'S, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE REVIEW.
UM, AND ALL OF THAT PULLED TOGETHER TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF CONTAMINANTS FROM HISTORICAL USES, EITHER ON SITE OR OFFSITE THAT COULD AFFECT THAT PROPERTY.
UM, IF IN THAT PHASE ONE IT'S DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE WHAT THEY CALL RECOGNIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, THEN THE SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE TO SEE IF THERE'S TRULY IMPACT TO THE PROPERTY OR NOT.
UM, SOIL AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT NOTED HERE IS, UM, RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, UH, ASSESSMENT AND ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS.
WE ACTUALLY HELP WITH THAT TOO.
UM, JUST AS IT RELATES TO NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, UM, OR SOME OF THE PARKS, UH, PROPERTIES.
UH, WE HAVE AN AD, UH, THAT WAS MORE RECENTLY PUT INTO PLACE THAT GIVES GUIDANCE TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND IT REQUIRES DEPARTMENTS TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE.
PRIOR TO ACQUISITION, THIS WAS ALWAYS A CITY POLICY, BUT IT WAS MORE RECENTLY THAT WE PUT THAT INTO PLACE AT AN AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE FOLLOWING THIS AND THAT THEN THEY GO THROUGH OEQ FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AGAIN, GETTING THAT CONSISTENCY AND, UM, THAT WE CAN THEN GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON IF THERE'S NEXT STEPS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE.
UM, HERE I'VE NOTED THE PRIMARY INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
THEY BUY A LOT OF PROPERTIES AS IT RELATES TO LEVIES OR OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, PARKS AND RECREATION, A LOT OF LEVIES, UM, SORRY, NOT LEVIES, BUT THE TRAILS.
UM, THE RECREATION CENTERS, HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THEM TOO.
WE HELPED THEM WITH ALL OF THE, UM, ASBESTOS AND LEAD-BASED PAINT SURVEYS OUT AT FAIR PARK.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF BUILDINGS AT SCIENCE PLACE, UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS THERE.
UM, BONDED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AS THEY'RE BUYING.
AND, UM, THEIR ARCHITECTS ARE DESIGNING.
UM, THAT WOULD BE NEW FIRE STATIONS OR LIBRARIES.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT HAZARD IS BUILDING MATERIALS.
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BECAUSE THE OTHER PIECE OF OUR SUPPORT IS WE'RE SUPPORTING HOUSING WHEN THEY'RE DOING HUD GRANT REVIEWS.SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UM, HOUSING, UM, IS SHOWING THAT THEIR REPORTS ARE BEING REVIEWED BY THE EXPERTS IS THEY, THEY GIVE IT TO US WHEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PHASE ONE, AND WE REVIEW IT, AND WE GIVE THEM A, A MEMO, A FORMAL MEMO THAT SAYS IF THAT PHASE ONE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS OR IF CERTAIN THINGS NEED TO BE DONE, AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO THAT DEVELOPER.
AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET A FINAL MEMO THAT SAYS IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THEIR HUD GRANT.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 330 PHASE ONE ESAS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED SINCE WE STARTED.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF PHASE ONES, AND I WILL TELL YOU THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S A VERY LITTLE FRACTION THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO GO INTO A CLEANUP PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, GREAT NEWS TOO.
SO, UH, HERE I TOUCHED ON THE LEVIES, DOWNTOWN PARKS AND THE HUD GRANT REVIEWS.
NEXT SLIDE HERE, I JUST THREW IN A PICTURE.
UM, SO ON THE LEFT IS THE CADILLAC HEIGHTS LEVEE, AND ON THE RIGHT IS IS THE LAMAR LEVEE.
THESE ARE FUTURE LEVEES THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTING GSS WATER UTILITIES WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT ARE HAVING TO BE ACQUIRED FOR THOSE LEVIES.
AND SO IT STARTS WITH THAT PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PART WHERE WE'RE EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF THE PHASE TWOS, DETERMINING WHAT SITES NEED TO GO INTO A CLEANUP PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL SUPPORT DW WITH THE REMOVAL OF ANY IMPACTED SOIL SO THAT THEN THE, UM, CORE OF ENGINEERS CAN GO IN AND CONSTRUCT THESE LEVIES.
ALL RIGHT, THIS ONE'S JUST TOUCHING ON, AGAIN, PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE IS THE HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO WE, UM, SUPPORT WITH SURVEYS.
THIS WILL BE LEAD, UH, ASBESTOS AND BOLD.
UM, THIS WILL BE AT EITHER, UM, CITY OWNED BUILDINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN, OR EVEN BUILDINGS THAT ARE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING.
SO WE WANNA HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN ACQUISITION.
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT THAT COST MAY BE FOR CLEANUP.
AND CLEANUP INCLUDES IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING ON THAT, UH, PROPERTY, WHAT THAT ABATEMENT COST MAY BE.
SO THOSE ARE WAYS WE DO THE SURVEY, AND THEN WE CAN KNOW THOSE ABATEMENT COSTS AND, UH, BE FULLY TRANSPARENT.
SO HERE AGAIN, PRIMARY CUSTOMERS ARE NOTED.
PARK DEPARTMENT, UM, BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
I HAVE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS HERE.
THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, MORE RECENTLY THEY'VE ACQUIRED SOME PROPERTIES.
AND SO WE'VE, UM, HELPED TO THEM WITH THE SURVEYS AND WITH ABATEMENT AS NEEDED, OR GUIDING THEM ON ABATEMENT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, THE PARKS, UH, DEPARTMENT ONES HERE, WE HAVE, UM, ALL AGAIN, FAIR PARK BUILDINGS, FOREST ELIA, THEY HAVE A NEW PARK OVER THERE.
PARK, WE RECENTLY DID, UH, THE SURVEYS AND THE ABATEMENT, UM, AT THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING WAS, UH, DEMOLISHED.
UM, THEY'LL BE RENOVATING THE REST.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RUBBER HON TO PARK AND THEN A MOLD ABATEMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS TOUCHING ON THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
SO WHEN DO WE ENTER THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM? THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'VE COMPLETED THE PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT THAT'S AT SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION.
AND WE'VE DETERMINED THAT, UM, THERE ARE CHEMICALS OF CONCERN.
MAYBE IT WAS A FORMER DRY CLEANER, AND THERE'S CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE GROUND THAT EXCEED THOSE, UM, RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS.
THOSE ARE THESE, THE DEFAULT, MOST STRICT STANDARDS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, THEN THE CORRECT THING TO DO IS ENTER THAT PROGRAM BEFORE WE BECOME A RESPONSIBLE PRO PARTY.
SO WE WANT TO ENTER THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM BEFORE WE ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY.
BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL FOR ACQUISITION, WE'LL ENTER IT INTO THE CLEANUP PROGRAM, AND THEN GENERALLY WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TO PERFORM.
UM, IT'S, WE EVALUATE, DO WE NEED REMEDIATION, DO WE NOT? SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, DOING THE REPORTING AND WHAT I CALL MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSURE, JUST TO PRESENT EVERYTHING TO TCQ SO THEY CAN REVIEW IT AND THEN WE CAN CLOSE IT OUT FORMALLY THROUGH THEM WITH GETTING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS.
THIS NOTED HERE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE FOLLOW THE TEXAS RISK
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REDUCTION PROGRAM.UM, WE'VE HAD 23 SITES ENTERED INTO THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
FIVE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN CLOSED, AND 18 ARE STILL IN PROCESS.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 330 WITH THE PHASE ONES, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS, WE'RE IN A MATURE CITY.
THIS IS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE YEARS, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD TO THINK THAT WE'VE ONLY GOT 23 AND WE REALLY, WE'RE ABOUT TO CLOSE SEVERAL MORE NOW AS THE CITY'S, UM, BUYING NEW PROPERTIES.
WE'LL, WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN PROCESS IN VARIOUS STAGES.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CLOSE THOSE SITES AND GET TCEQ CONCURRENCE THAT ALL ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE.
ANY CLEANUP THAT IS NEEDED HAS BEEN DONE, AND THEN THEY GIVE US THAT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OVERALL SEE WOULD BE LIKE OLD DRY CLEANERS, FLUORINATED, SOLVENTS AND GROUNDWATER.
SO THAT'S, THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE, UM, PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS THAT WERE CLOSED.
SO IT'S USUALLY THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
OR IT COULD BE INDUSTRY WHERE THEY USED SOME OF THOSE FLUORINATED SOLVENTS.
FLUORINATED SOLVENTS LIKE TO STICK AROUND A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ALL MANAGEABLE.
UM, I'VE SAID THAT ALL ALONG, AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING OUR FULL ASSESSMENTS AND REMEDIATING, WE'RE FOCUSING ON ENSURING THAT IT'S PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
OKAY, I WANNA THROW IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE, UM, SUPPORT THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE GONE TO THE NEWER, THE HARWOOD PARK, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
AND WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE FOR THAT ONE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT HAS STRUCTURES.
SO THERE WAS ASBESTOS AND LEAD-BASED PAINT SURVEYS, UH, ABATEMENT THAT HAD TO OCCUR.
THOSE ARE, THEY'RE A PORTION OF THESE BUILDINGS IS THEY'RE HISTORIC.
AND SO THE RESTORATION AND THE ABATEMENT, JUST BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT AND WORKING WITH, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO A LOT OF TIMES.
THAT'S THAT CONSTRUCTION PIECE.
SO, PRIOR TO GETTING TO THAT, WE WERE THE PHASE ONES, THE PHASE TWOS ENTERING THE CLEANUP PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THIS SITE ALSO HAD, UH, A SMALL AREA OF SOIL THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED.
THAT AREA EXCEEDED THOSE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS.
SO WE HAD A SMALL EXCAVATION, GOT THAT OUT OF THERE, COORDINATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM SO THAT THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS SITE, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED EVERYTHING TO, UH, TCEQ.
UM, THEY'VE CONCURRED THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT FINAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION LETTER.
UH, THIS IS ALSO ONE THAT WE, UM, STARTED WORK ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED BACK IN, UM, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 20.
UH, 2020 TO 2021 AND, UM, REMEDIATION COMPLETED IN 2023.
SO IN THIS AREA, UM, THAT RIGHT THERE IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE PLANNED PARK.
CADILLAC HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MUCH LARGER AREA.
THIS PARK IS JUST ON THE WESTERN SIDE.
IT'S THE PORTION THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODWAY.
AND SO THERE WAS, WE DID SOME ASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS SOME HISTORIC ASSESSMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THOSE GRAY AREAS.
THERE WAS A HISTORIC VCP SITE, UM, A DECADE AGO, AND THE SITES THAT ARE GRAY WERE ALREADY ASSESSED AS PART OF THAT, UM, VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM SITE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC LEAD SMELTERS IN THE AREA.
THEN WHEN WE CAME IN, A LOT OF THESE, UH, PROPERTIES WERE ACQUIRED DUE TO THE FLOODING.
UM, AND THEN WE CAME IN AND SAW WHERE DO WE HAVE GAPS? AND THOSE LITTLE CIRCLES ARE WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THE TESTING THAT WAS DONE.
THE GREEN RECTANGLES ULTIMATELY ARE THE THREE PROPERTIES THAT HAD LEAD, UH, IN SOIL THAT EXCEEDED THOSE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS.
SO WE COMPLETED EXCAVATION IN THOSE THREE LOCATIONS.
WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO TTCQ.
TCQ HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THEY CONCURRED AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT FINAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROGRAM.
UH, AGAIN, BALANCED, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, THIS WAS INITIALLY, THIS PROGRAM WAS A, IS
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A STATE PROGRAM, UH, ESTABLISHED IN THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, UM, BACK IN 2003.AND THEN BACK IN 2005, THE CITY OF DALLAS DECIDED TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM AND PUT OUR OWN ORDINANCE INTO PLACE.
I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE FOLLOWED THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES, UM, TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM HELPING TO REVITALIZE.
SO HOW THAT, HOW THAT HELPS IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S, UM, A CLEANUP OF A SITE, GROUNDWATER IS ONE OF THOSE.
IF THERE'S, UM, LET'S SAY A DEVELOPER DOES AN ASSESSMENT AND FINDS THAT THERE'S A GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, SOMETIMES THEY'LL WALK AWAY FROM THAT PROPERTY AND THEN THESE PROPERTIES SIT AND THEY'RE ALIGHT TO THE CITY AND THEY JUST SIT THERE BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO DEAL WITH THE UNKNOWN COSTS.
GROUNDWATER CLEANUP COULD OFTEN BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO WHEN THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED, THIS WAS A WAY TO PUT A KIND OF A FINITE COST AND FINITE TIMELINE THAT REALLY HELPED ENCOURAGE THAT REDEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S RESTRICTING THAT USE OF GROUNDWATER.
WE DON'T USE THAT WATER AS DRINKING WATER.
SO IF WE COULD PUT THAT FORMAL RESTRICTION ON IT, THEN TCQ USES THAT SAYS, OKAY, IT'S RESTRICTED.
NO ONE'S DRINKING THE SHALLOW GROUNDWATER.
AND THEN THAT RISK IS REMOVED, THAT RISK IS OFF THE TABLE.
AND THAT, THAT REDUCES CLEANUP A LOT.
NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENSURE IS WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST APPLICATION THAT HAS TO BE PROVIDED.
THIS, UH, APPLICATION FOR OUR MSD PROGRAM COULD BE DONE BY, UH, A DEVELOPER, AN OWNER THAT'S GOT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THEY WANNA USE THAT TO HELP THEM CLOSE OUT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
IT'S NOT A STANDALONE THING, IT'S JUST, IT'S USED AS A TOOL TO HELP CLOSE OUT SITES THAT ARE ALREADY IN A CLEANUP PROGRAM.
SO THIS TAKES AWAY JUST THAT BROWN WATER USE POTENTIAL OFF THE TABLE.
UM, WE REQUIRE THAT THE SITES ARE IN, UM, A REGULATORY CLEANUP PROGRAM SO THAT WE KNOW THAT TCQ IS EVALUATING THESE SITES TO ENSURE THEY ARE FULLY PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT THE SOIL, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA TOUCH IT, IS PROTECTIVE.
IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TOUCH THE GROUNDWATER, IS THAT PROTECTIVE? DOES IT MEET THE STANDARDS? SO WE REQUIRE THAT TCQ EVALUATE ALL OF THOSE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE HAD 157 MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S A TOTAL OF 8,160 ACRES ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE HAVE UTILIZED IT OURSELF, UM, FOR SOME BIG PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE USED IT ON, UM, OUR LOVE FIELD, UH, THE DALLAS FLOODWAY UPPER CHAIN OF WETLANDS.
UH, WE HAD A CITY SPONSORED MSD, THE SINGLETON BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, WHERE AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THAT, UM, REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAD THIS GREAT NEW BRIDGE AND WE WANNA REVITALIZE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENCOURAGE THAT DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT WAS WHERE, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT.
MSD UM, SO WE HAVE 12 MSD APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT INTERACTIVE GIS MAP THAT'S NOTED ON HERE THAT IDENTIFIES THE MSDS.
IT'S UTILIZED BY A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS EXTERNALLY.
AND IT'S UTILIZED INTERNALLY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE WE HAVE KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IMPACTS IN GROUNDWATER SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT FOR ANY KIND OF, LET'S SAY IT'S EVEN ENGINEERING REVIEWS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THAT KNOWN INFORMATION THAT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO US TO KNOW WHERE WE HAVE, UH, GROUNDWATER IMPACT.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MSDS THAT WE HAVE A BEFORE AND AN AFTER.
UH, THE MSD IS, UH, ON THE BEFORE IS THAT GREEN GRASS AREA.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A FORMER LANDFILL.
AND, UM, THAT SITE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE PUT THERE AFTER THE MSD WAS IN PLACE AND THEY GOT THERE, UM, THEY WERE IN THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY REMOVED ALL OF THAT LANDFILL.
THEY EXCAVATED IT ALL SO THAT THERE WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE A, UM, MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE PIECE.
THEY HAVE THE MSD THAT HELPS 'EM WITH THE GROUNDWATER PIECE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, REMOVED ALL OF THAT, UH, LANDFILL.
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I JUST THREW IN THIS PROGRAM PROFILE.SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE BIGGEST BULK IS OUR PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS THAT COME IN FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, THEN WE HAVE OUR PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
UM, YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF VCP SITES THERE AND, UH, MSD AND THEN OTHER, I WILL SAY THE PHASE ONES AND THE PHASE TWOS.
UM, A BIG BULK OF THAT ON THIS ONE, 'CAUSE I WAS, WE WERE LOOKING BACK AT 2023 ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEVEES.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING ACQUIRED FOR, FOR THE LEVEE PROJECT.
BUT, UM, SOME OF THE MISCELLANEOUS COULD INCLUDE, UH, SOIL AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLANS.
AND WE ALSO DO, UH, SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS THEY'RE WORKING ON LINEAR PROJECTS.
WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR, UH, NEPA RELATED REVIEWS.
SO, UM, FOCUSING ON IT ON PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND, UM, WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
UM, WE ALSO DO MANAGE TANK REMOVALS AND EVEN AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION AS NEEDED.
I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON SUPPORT SERVICES.
I'M PROBABLY GOING WAY PAST MY TIME.
UM, SO OTHER SERVICES I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED ARE HUD RELATED, UM, GRANTS, HOW WE DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL VIEW REVIEW SERVICES.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY, UM, FOR THE PIECE IF THEY, IF THEIR HUD GRANTS REQUIRE A PHASE ONE OR A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT.
WE MAY ALSO REVIEW ANYTHING RELATED TO HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS.
UM, AND WE DO THAT FOR THE GRANTS GROUP, UM, IN BUDGET AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UM, PROVIDE GENERAL TECHNICAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO THAT COULD BE ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, JUST EXPLAINING WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
UM, AND THEN GIVING THEM GUIDANCE.
UH, WE DO A LOT WITH FACILITATING MULTI-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION.
SO WE JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS A LOT OF TIMES.
AND SO WE JUST ARE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE IS BEING CONSIDERED WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE THAT THAT'S DONE EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND DOESN'T GET LEFT OUT AND ALL THE PIECES ARE COMPLETED.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DO, UH, THIS IS WITH THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
IT'S GASB 49, POLLUTION, REMEDIATION LIABILITIES ACCOUNTING.
SO THIS IS IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, THERE IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE SITES THAT WE HAVE WHERE, UM, THEY DO HAVE A MINIMUM THRESHOLD OF 50,000.
SO IF IT'S A PROJECT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ONLY RELATED TO WHAT THEY CALL POLLUTION REMEDIATION LIABILITIES, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE DO, PHASE ONES, PHASE TWOS, THOSE SURVEYS, THE ABATEMENT, THE CLEANUP, THEN, UM, THAT GETS REPORTED.
SO WE ASSIST THEM, SINCE WE'RE MANAGING MOST OF THESE FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ANYWAY, WE HAVE MOST OF THESE RECORDS.
SO THEN WE WORK WITH THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SPREADSHEETS ARE ACCURATE, THEIR NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE, AND WE'VE PROVIDED THEM ALL OF THEIR BACKUP DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO THAT COULD BE, UM, PROPOSALS, CONTRACTS, INVOICES AND DOCUMENTATION OF THOSE CONSULTANTS BEING PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES.
ALRIGHT, A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS.
SO SOME OF MY CALL 'EM SPECIAL PROJECTS IS PROJECTS THAT TAKE UP A LOT OF EXTRA TIME THAT ARE MY, I CONSIDER THEM THE KIND OF FUN BIG PROJECTS.
UM, SO FORMER NAVAL, FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION, UM, WHICH IS HENSLEY FIELD.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT I MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
BUT AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, WE'VE HAD A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OUT THERE THAT WE WORKED MANY YEARS TO GET TO THAT.
SO I SUPPORT, UH, PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
UM, WE ARE THE TECHNICAL EXPERT FOR THIS SITE.
SO AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT, JUST HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT CURRENTLY STILL EXISTS OUT THERE, HOW IT NEEDS TO BE MANAGED.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE NAVY, UH, WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND WITH THE TCQ AND EPA WHEN IT COMES TO HENSLEY FIELD.
AND THEN WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING, UM, THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO, UM, BASED ON THEIR GUIDANCE.
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SITE.SO, UH, I KNOW YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST TOSSED THAT ONE IN THERE TOO.
UM, WE MANAGE FROM THE START WITH THE SHINGLE REMOVAL AND MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE WITH THE, UM, AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ENSURING THAT THE SHINGLES WERE DISPOSED OF APPROPRIATELY, UH, GETTING THAT DASHBOARD PUT INTO PLACE, WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND, UM, AND KEEPING IT, UM, UP TO DATE DURING ACTIVITIES.
SO THE SAME KIND OF THING HAPPENED DURING, UH, THE REMEDIATION.
UM, THIS ALSO NOTES, WE DID THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.
IT GOT, IT WAS PLACED IN THE TCQ REMEDIATION PROGRAM.
WE'VE DONE THE REMEDIATION, WE'VE DONE THE REPORTING TO TCQ.
WE'RE ACTUALLY AWAITING ON THAT, UM, EVALUATION OF THAT REPORT BY THE TCQ, UH, VOLUNTARY CLEANUP MANAGER.
AND, UM, SOON AFTER, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR APPROVAL LETTER.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING, UM, THE CITY, CITY MANAGEMENT REALLY ON.
UH, SO THIS IS ONE WHERE, UH, FUNDING WAS SET ASIDE THROUGH THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, 500,000.
WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT I CONSIDER KIND OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GROUND.
IT'S EVALUATING SOIL, SHALLOW SOIL FOR ANY METALS, UM, GROUNDWATER, UH, FOR, THERE'S A HISTORIC CHLORINATED SOLVENT PLUME.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT SOIL VAPOR TO EVALUATE IF THERE'S ANY, UM, POTENTIAL INDOOR AIR QUALITY CONCERNS, UM, FOR FUTURE RESIDENCES.
UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THERE'S A, AN AIR QUALITY, UH, MONITORING STUDY WAS COMPLETED.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT DRAFT REPORT THAT'S IN REVIEW.
UM, WE WILL BE, UH, FINALIZING THAT AND UPDATING, UM, THE COMMUNITY ON THE FINDINGS.
WE'RE STILL IN PROCESS WITH THE GROUND ASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS OVER 50 PRIVATE OWNERS, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THE GOAL IS TO, UM, SUPPORT THOSE OWNERS BY GIVING THEM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S A PERCEPTION OF CONTAMINATION EVEN IN THE SHALLOW SOIL.
AND SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO DO ASSESSMENT ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, DO SHALLOW SOIL TESTING TO THEN HELP THOSE OWNERS KNOW IF THEY TRULY HAVE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON THE PROPERTY OR THEY DON'T.
SO THE MORE PARTICIPATION WE CAN GET, THE BETTER BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WILL HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.
SO WE ARE STILL, UM, WE'RE NOT STOPPING YET BECAUSE I WANNA TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE, UM, ON BOARD.
ALL RIGHT, ACTION ITEMS. SO, UH, WE USED TO DO TRAINING FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WE HADN'T DONE THAT.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY PRE COVID THAT WE DID MORE OF THAT.
SO I WANNA GET THAT PUT BACK IN PLACE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, CHANGE IN STAFF, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, WE WANT TO DO OUR PART TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE.
AND THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM WITH TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE.
UM, IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO THE MSDS.
SO THAT IS JUST HELPING THE COMMUNITY BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT MSDS DO.
UM, WE'RE, WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR, WE'RE SEEKING SOME HELP FROM HER TOO, JUST TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO, UM, BETTER INFORM, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
MORE RECENTLY, WE'VE JUST HAD CONCERNS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING MSD AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT PIECE.
WE'VE JUST BEEN FOLLOWING KIND OF THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.
SO I'LL BE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AND MAKING THAT, UH, EVEN MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.
AND THEN THAT LAST PIECE WITH THE MSD PUBLIC NOTICE LANGUAGE, THAT IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS LET US KNOW THAT IT'S TOO TECHNICAL AND CONFUSING.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH THE PUBLIC NOTICE ALSO TO TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN BETTER WHAT MSD IS AND, UM, HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS TO THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IT.
NOW WE CAN OPEN IT TO QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR QUESTIONS, ERIN, IF YOU'LL NOTE THAT,
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UM, COMMISSIONER ALDO AND MR. HOFFMAN AND MR. WILKINS HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING.UM, SO BECAUSE YOU ENDED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCLUDE THE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE, UM, OUTREACH, UH, AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT, UM, ARE EAGER TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP, UH, THE CITY TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP YOU FOSTER THAT TRUST.
UM, UH, VICE CHAIR RIO, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION REGARDING ONE OF YOUR SLIDES ON JEFFREY MEYERS.
YOU MENTIONED ASKING FOR MORE PARTICIPATION FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WAS THAT JUST IN THE JEFFREY MEYERS? YES.
'CAUSE I KNOW A TON OF NEIGHBORS IN WEST DALLAS THAT OUR CONCERN ABOUT SHALLOW SOIL CONTAMINATION OF LEAD.
SO IT IS JUST JEFFERIES MYERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FUNDING IS FOCUSED.
SO JUST FOR THIS PIECE, UM, I DID ATTEND, I BELIEVE YOUR MEETING IN WEST DALLAS DESCRIBING MSC MM-HMM.
AND THEN I DID ATTEND A DEVELOPER'S MEETING ON A ZONING CHANGE THAT WAS AN MSD, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE.
THE DEVELOPER VERY SIMPLY ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS, MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, LET US KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PARTICIPATE GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. LAURIE.
UH, SO I'M THE COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO JEFFREY MYERS, I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT SITE.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANNA, UH, GET MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO YOU CAN TEST.
WELL, IT'LL BE NICE IF YOU REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MR. SMITH THAT'S VERY INVOLVED INTO THAT SITE AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT'D BE NICE IF YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, TRY TO GET THOSE PROPERTIES TESTS.
'CAUSE I DID DO IT THIS SUMMER WITH THE EPA, LAST SUMMER.
GOT, UH, OVER THERE BY THE SUPERFUND SITE.
I ACTUALLY PUT MY TENNIS SHOES ON AND WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD, KNOCKED ON THE DOORS MYSELF.
SO IF YOU WANT THAT KINDA, UH, PARTNERSHIP, JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN WORK WITH YOU TO GET THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW JEFFREY MORRIS HAS A BIG OLD HOMELESS PROBLEM AROUND IT, SO WE NEED TO KIND OF GET, UH, GET A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THAT AREA.
A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION.
UM, SOME YEARS AGO IN SOUTHWEST OAKCLIFF CORNER OF ILLINOIS AND WESTMORE, THERE WAS AN OLD MANUFACTURING PLANT, I THINK OF TON KOBAL THAT CLOSED DOWN AND WORKED FOR SALE FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAD HOPE YOU HAVE SOME BETTER QUALITY HOUSING BUILT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT TIME.
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A PRIVATE DE RESTRICTION THAT CAME WITH THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE DEVELOPERS WHO BOUGHT IT COULD ONLY BUILD RETAIL, AND WE CERTAINLY NEEDED A BETTER RETAIL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT WE WANTED SOME BETTER QUALITY HOUSING.
WE COULDN'T GET THAT BECAUSE THE SELLER DIDN'T WANT, NOT WANT THE LIABILITY OF HAVING SOMETHING SOLD THAT COULD COME BACK TO THEM LATER.
THEY DON'T WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL AND WALK AWAY.
SO I WANTED TO ASK, ARE YOU AWARE OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THAT STATUS? ARE PEOPLE STILL DOING THAT? PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTIES FOR SALE THAT WILL NOT ALLOW CERTAIN KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR ABUSED, IF THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS RESTRICT WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE, THAT MEANS WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OR BETTER QUALITY HOUSING.
SO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM OF HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN OTHER WAYS.
'CAUSE I NOTICED A LOT OF WORK YOU DO IS REAL ESTATE ORIENTED, BUT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO BRING PROPERTIES UP AND INTO A HIGHER, HIGHER LEVELS OF STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO ESPECIALLY REGARDING HOUSING, BUT THAT WAS A SPECIFIC HISTORIC EXAMPLE TO DRIVE TO WESTMORE LITTLE LOWER.
NOW YOU'LL SEE THIS WONDERFUL SHOPPING CENTER COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER QUALITY HOUSING.
SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, ALSO, WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES, UH, UH, HERE, AND WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS ON A GREEN PATH FORWARD ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE PERSON ON THE MOWER, THE PERSON ACTUALLY DOING THE MOWING, ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK IN THE FIELD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE MADE PROGRESS AS A CITY? BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS THE OFFICE OF OEQ AND S CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THAT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WERE PAINTING BUILDINGS WERE POURING THEIR PAINT DOWN THE DRAINS WHEN WE FINISH THE JOB.
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THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE AROUND THIS TABLE RIGHT NOW.IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS OEQS CAME ABOUT.
SO WE DISCOVERED PEOPLE WERE DOING IT.
HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO MAKING SURE THAT CITY EMPLOYEES, 13,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE CITY, THAT WE'VE REACHED ALL THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DRY AND ACCOMPLISHED AND THAT THEIR PRACTICES ON A DAILY BASIS, WHETHER IT'S PAINT OR MOWING OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OR IN LINE WITH THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SET AND THE MANAGER HAS SET.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THAT LEVEL UNTIL IT REACHES THAT LEVEL.
WE'RE NOT FULLY, UM, REACHING THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UH, YEAH, THAT'S, THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TEAM FOCUSES ON THAT.
UH, THEY FOCUS ON TRAINING STAFF, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR S FOUR PERMIT PERMIT AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
I WILL SAY THAT, UH, AS AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO WE'RE, UH, THAT THE CONSENT DECREE HAS BEEN TERMINATED, UH, FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, UH, TERMINATED THE CONSENT DECREE.
UH, BUT WE WILL STILL CONTINUE OUR, UH, MS FOUR, OUR MS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TEAM, OR WE, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR MS FOUR PERMIT STILL REQUIRED UNDER OUR MS FOUR PERMIT.
SO THOSE TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL OR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO OUR OWN STAFF WILL STILL OCCUR.
UM, COULD WE IMPROVE? YEAH, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T IMPROVE.
UM, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON DOING THAT, UH, THIS THIS YEAR, IN FACT.
YEAH, THE MS FOUR TEAM DEFINITELY FOCUSES ON TRYING TO DO THAT OUTREACH AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT BETTER, LET US KNOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.
UM, ARE WE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION OVER THAT? I KNOW WE'RE AT ONE POINT WE'RE IN LITIGATION.
ARE WE IN LITIGATION STILL TO THIS DATE AND CONT CONTINUING ON THAT? YES.
AND THEN THE FINAL POINT, IT'S JANUARY, BUT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS WE'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THE BUDGET CYCLE.
SO AS WE CONSIDER THESE THINGS WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, LET'S ASK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN BUDGET CYCLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STAFF, THE EMPLOYEES, THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THESE VARIOUS ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANNA GET AHEAD OF THAT RIGHT NOW,
SO AS WE LOOK A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, LET'S BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES.
AND I'LL SAY NOT JUST THE EMPLOYEES, BUT CITY CONTRACTORS AS WELL.
AND CHAIR ROBERTSON, GO AHEAD.
OH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
I HAVE TWO CONTAMINATION SITES.
UH, ONE IS LANE PLATTING AND THE OTHER IS, UH, THE SHINGLE MOUNTAIN SITE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, TCQ AND GETTING YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM COMPLETION AND EVERYTHING, IF SOMETHING COMES UP AFTERWARDS, IT ARE YOU JUST DONE? IS THAT IT? UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THEN THIS IS KIND OF A TWO POINT THING.
HAS ANYBODY HAVE LOOKED AT A PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THOSE LEVEES WHEN THEY BREAK AS THEY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA CONSTRUCT LEVEES, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE LEVEE BREAKS? SO I'LL START WITH THAT ONE FIRST.
JUST THAT, UM, I DON'T DOUBT THAT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES LOOK AT THAT, BUT MAINLY ALSO IS THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE ONES THAT CONSTRUCT IT.
UM, I'M NOT INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THEIR MEETINGS, BUT ABOUT A DECADE AGO I WAS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAMAR, CADILLAC HEIGHTS LEVY, AND I KNOW THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD THEM TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTIVE DURING CERTAIN LEVEL OF STORM AND RAIN EVENTS.
AND, UH, ALL OF THAT IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED.
THAT WOULD BE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND THE CORE THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THAT, I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER OTHER THAN THAT.
AND THEN WITH, UM, NOW LANE PLATTING BEING A SUPERFUND SITE, UM, WITH EPA, UM, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, THE REMEDIATION THAT HAS BEEN DONE HAS REMOVED EVERYTHING OFF THAT PROPERTY.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE ANYMORE.
SO WE HAVE REMOVED EVERYTHING DOWN TO NATIVE SOIL AND WE HAVE OUR, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT CO COLLECTED TESTING ACROSS THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY IN THE NATIVE SOIL TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS NO LONGER ANY TYPE OF CONTAMINATION, ALL THAT FILL THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNERS FILLING THE SITE SO IT COULD BE DEVELOPABLE AND SOMEBODY COULD OPERATE ON IT.
UM, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, SO THERE WERE OVER 40,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL REMOVED FROM THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SO WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE GET THE CERTIFICATE, IT IS DONE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT, WHICH IS GREAT.
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I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THE CITY SET ASIDE FUNDING SO THAT WE COULD DO THAT, AND THAT IT COULD BE FULLY CLEANED UP TO UNRESTRICTED REUSE.ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OF OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS? I HAVE JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOU WORK, UH, HAND IN HAND WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
DO THEY NOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEVIES, DO THEY NOT BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO, UM, CONDUCT ANY OF THOSE ASSESSMENT? OR IS IT A CITY OWNED AT THE END OF THE DAY AND THAT'S WHY IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT THOSE ASSESSMENTS? YES, THE CITY IS THE ONE ACQUIRING THE PROPERTIES.
WE'RE PURCHASING THE PROPERTIES.
SO IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE DO THE ASSESSMENT.
AND BASED ON THE, UM, ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UM, THE CITY ALSO DOES ALL OF THE REMEDIATION.
MY NEXT QUESTION REFERS, UH, OR PERTAINS TO THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION.
AFTER A PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED, HOW THEN, IS IT FURTHER MONITORED TO ENSURE THAT ANY ESTABLISHED GROUNDWATER OR SOIL CONTAMINATION DOESN'T LEAVE THE SITE? IS THERE ANY ONGOING MONITORING OR IS IT, IT JUST, HEY, THIS IS NOT SAFE TO DRINK AND THEREFORE DON'T DRINK IT
SO, UM, MSD IS THAT STEP TO HELP GET THE CLOSURE, BUT ONCE TCQ CLOSES IT, THEN THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MONITORING.
SO JUST, UM, UH, I WILL SAY WHEN IT COMES TO GROUNDWATER, LET'S SAY THERE WAS HIGHER LEVELS THAT EXCEEDED, UM, WHAT WE'D CALL THAT NON INGESTION STANDARD, THAT THAT HUMAN HEALTH EXPOSURE, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE, THEY'D HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF REMEDIATION.
UM, TCQ WOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL PROTECTIVE FOR A LOT OF OTHER AREAS.
BUT THERE, SO YES, THERE COULD STILL BE THEN THIS CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, THIS IMPACTED GROUNDWATER THAT'S LEFT BENEATH THE SURFACE.
BUT THE EXPECTATION AT THAT POINT, AGAIN, THAT GOES WITH THAT RISK-BASED CLEANUP PROGRAM, IS THAT THERE'S NOT EXPOSURE RISKS THAT GROUNDWATER IS DEEP, UM, AND NO ONE WOULD BE DRINKING IT.
SO THERE'S NOT THAT RISK FOR THE DRINKING WATER RISK.
AND A AND A, A MIGRATION ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED DURING THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT TO FIGURE OUT IF, IF, IF, IF THERE IS A, UM, POTENTIAL PATHWAY, POTENTIAL PATHWAY FOR HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS.
AND YEAH, AND PART OF OUR, UM, MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION APPLICATION, WE ASK IF THE PLUME IS STABLE, IS IT EXPANDING? IS IT DECREASING? THAT'S A PIECE OF OURS.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN IN TURN, TCQ HAS THAT UNDERSTANDING.
UM, BUT IF, IF GROUNDWATER IS NOT GOING TO BE USED AS A DRINKING WATER SOURCE, THEN TCQ VIEWS THAT, THAT CERTAIN LEVELS OF CONTAMINANTS, IF THEY EXCEED THAT DRINKING WATER STANDARD, CAN STAY THERE.
BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO EVALUATE IT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S PROTECTIVE FOR HUMAN HEALTH DIRECT EXPOSURE IF IT, IF IT'S NOT LESS THAN THOSE STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO DO A CLEANUP.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CLIMATE IN A MOMENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE CLIMATE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE IN THE FUTURE.
AND ARMY CORPS WILL TELL YOU THAT THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE HAD 2050 OR 100 YEAR RAIN EVENTS, FAR EXCEEDING WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN TERMS OF THE SEVERITY OF RAIN.
AND WE GET THAT MUCH RAIN IN THAT SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU HAVE 11 OR 12 INCHES IN A DAY THAT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER, BUT THEY CAN WASH THAT GROUNDWATER OUT OF THAT SITE ONTO OTHER SITES.
SO ARE WE TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT THE EXTREMES OF CLIMATE AND WHAT THAT COULD DO TO GROUNDWATER? BECAUSE IF GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED WITH STAGE IN ONE PLACE, AND THIS IS NOT OUR DRINKING WATER, THAT'S CORRECT.
HOWEVER, IF EXTREME WEATHER MOVES THAT WATER AND CHANGES THE FLOW OF THAT LAND OR LAY LAND AND MOVE THAT WATER, THAT DOES BECOME A PROBLEM.
SO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CLIMATE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE FACTORS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, NOT THAT WE HAVE NOT FACED IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE FACING NOW.
I I WILL ADD THAT, UM, THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR SOIL IS IT'S PRIMARILY CLAYEY AND IT REALLY CAN'T, EVEN WITH A LARGE RAIN, IT GETS RESTRICTED FROM HOW FAR IT CAN GO.
SO I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE WAS A BIG RAIN EVENT, THAT IT WOULD JUST LEAVE THAT SITE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IT ACTUALLY REALLY IS, UM, CONTAINED BY THAT SOIL AND DOES NOT MOVE VERY MUCH.
THAT IS TRUE IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE CLAY SOIL YEAH.
WHICH IS MOSTLY IN EAST DALLAS.
YOU GET SOUTH OF THE RIVER AND WE'RE GOT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SOIL.
SO AS A RESULT IN SOME PARTS OF THE CLIFF AND, UH, AND AREAS
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IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS THAT CLAY SOIL GIVES AWAY TO VERY ROCKY SOIL.SO THERE ARE PLACES IN DALLAS WHERE THAT WILL NOT HOLD TRUE.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE CLAY SOIL, BUT THAT'S NOT THE, THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF SOIL, OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY GENERALLY, TCQ WOULD REQUIRE, UH, SEASONAL MONITORING TO ENSURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING SEASONALLY WHEN IT'S MORE RAIN OR LESS RAIN TO, TO SEE WHAT THAT IS.
UM, BUT, UH, JULIE NOTED, OKAY, WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK.
UM, YEAH, THIS, THIS JUST CAME UP THE MIGRATION PART, UH, DISCUSSION.
THIS CAME BACK, OR THIS CAME UP FOR ONE OF, UH, COUNCILMAN MORENO'S MM-HMM.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A CONSTANT ISSUE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE GROUNDWATER IS GONNA MIGRATE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER A RIVER'S CLOSE BY, YOU KNOW, IF IS THE GROUNDWATER GONNA REACH, UH, YOU KNOW, A RIVER AND END UP IN SURFACE WATER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, AND THAT PIECE DEFINITELY GETS EVALUATED.
IS THE SURFACE WATER NEARBY, IS THERE A PLACE THAT THAT COULD MOVE TO? MM-HMM,
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT GETS EVALUATED DURING THE OKAY.
MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION PROCESS AND THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM PROCESS.
MM-HMM,
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS, UH, VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.
AND, UH, I JUST HAD A TECHNICAL QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE PURCHASE OF THESE LANDS FROM THE, FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
UH, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TESTING AND, UH, ALL OF THE WORK, UH, TOWARD MITIGATION IS HAPPENING PRIOR TO ACQUISITION.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE CITY DOESN'T WANNA ACQUIRE IT IN A, IN A AND A ACQUIRE A POTENTIALLY UNCLEAN SITE AND BEAR THE BURDEN OF THE FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE SITE? IS THAT THE REASON? UH, AND JUST WITH OUR PROCESS, WE WANT TO ENTER A CLEANUP PROGRAM PRIOR TO BECOMING AN OWNER CORRECT.
THAT HELPS TO RELEASE US FROM SOME OF THOSE OF THOSE LIABILITIES AS A, UH, RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
BUT DEFINITELY WE WANNA HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, RISKS BEFORE WE BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE GONNA BE.
AND THE CLEANUP IS GOING TO BE KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY THEM NO MATTER WHAT THE LEVY HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
AND ALSO, UH, TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. MARQUIS WAS ASKING WITH REGARD TO MIGRATION, I'M SURE IN SOME OF THESE TRACKS THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING WITH THE POTENTIAL MIGRATION, ARE, ARE ANY ADJACENT TRACKS BEING TESTED AS WELL PRIOR TO THE ACQUISITION TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, DEALING WITH A POTENTIAL LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE CONTAMINATED BY THAT PREVIOUS SITE? ARE YOU ASKING BASED ON THAT, ANOTHER PROPERTY IMPACTING US? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MORE ABOUT, BUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING IMPACTING A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, UM, YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A POTENTIAL RISK, A LIABILITY RISK FOR THE CITY AS WELL, AND ALSO A POTENTIAL CLEANUP REQUIREMENT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE MIGRATION CONCERNS THAT, UH, UH, MR. MARCUS WAS RAISING.
WELL, IF IT IS, UH, IF WE'VE ASSESSED IT AND THERE IS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF CONTAMINATION ON THAT PROPERTY, THEN THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED IN A CLEANUP PROGRAM, AND TCQ WOULD EVALUATE THAT TO ENSURE WE'VE DONE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT WE, UM, IF SOMETHING LIKE A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION IS USED, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE A RESTRICTION ON THAT SHALLOW USE OF THE WATER.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE ANY WATER EVEN LEAVING THAT SITE.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT IT, OF IT BEING JUST ABOVE THE DRINKING WATER STANDARD, BUT NOT ABOVE A STANDARD THAT REQUIRES SOME TYPE OF CLEANUP AS IN A HUMAN HEALTH DIRECT EXPOSURE CONCERN, THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED.
JUST THE, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT IN A BUBBLE, AND THESE TRACKS ARE NOT IN A BUBBLE.
THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, AS THE SCOPE OF THE ANALYSIS THAT'S BEING TAKING PLACE ON THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING ACQUIRED.
IS IT CONSIDERING, OR IS ANY OF THE, ARE ANY ADJACENT PROPERTIES HAVE ANY, ANY SURFACE TESTING OR, UH, ANALYSIS WHEN, UH, ONE OF THESE ACQUISITIONS THAT'S TAKING PLACE? BECAUSE IF WE, WE CAN CLEAN UP THE PARCEL, BUT IF EVERYTHING AROUND IT'S DIRTY, WE NEED TO PROBABLY KNOW THAT TOO.
SO WE FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL SITE THAT WE'RE, UH,
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ACQUIRING JUST, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT LEVY.I KNOW I'M, I'M, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT.
BUT THEN WE DO GET INFORMATION RELATED TO, UM, THE SITE ITSELF, BUT WE'RE GENERALLY NOT TESTING OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT JUST AS A, UH, A, A THOUGHT, UH, EXPLORATION TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE, IF WE'VE GOT A REALLY DIRTY SITE THAT'S BEING MITIGATED, THAT, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ADJACENCY BECAUSE THERE IS, IF, IF THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS THE SITE THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING THAT WE'VE GOT, WE'RE PROBABLY INCURRING CONTINGENT LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE MOISTURE ISSUE THAT, UH, MR. MARCUS RAISED.
AND THEN I THINK AT THAT POINT, THERE WOULD BE LEGAL REMEDIES FOR THE CITY TO PURSUE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A CURIOSITY.
WHEN YOU REMOVE 40,000 YARDS FROM A SITE, WHERE DOES IT GO,
SO FOR THIS ONE, IT WAS, IT WAS A CLASS TWO WASTE, SO IT WENT TO MCCOMB'S BLUFF LANDFILL.
SO IT HAS TO MEET THAT LANDFILL'S PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO A LOT OF TESTING IS DONE TO VERIFY THAT IT MEETS THEIR REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY ACCEPT IT.
BUT IT ALL WENT TO MCCOMB'S BLUFF.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
SO THANK YOU MS. OLSON, AGAIN FOR SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US, UM, AND FOR EDUCATING US ON THESE PROGRAMS. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT 'CAUSE WE WILL GLADLY ASSIST YOU IN YOUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS OF THOSE IMPACTED RESIDENTS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO BRIEFING ITEM B, WHICH IS OUR UPDATED CCAP CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE BROUGHT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, UM, FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO LET'S HEAR WHAT UPDATED, UH, INFORMATION DIRECTOR EVANS AND MS. EZ HAS THIS EVENING.
UH, AGAIN, CARLOS EVANS, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, I HAVE, UH, NATALIE EZ, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR, WHO'S ALSO OUR, UH, BOND POINT OF CONTACT AND FUTURE BOND EXPERT.
UH, WE'RE BOTH LEARNING THIS PROCESS.
SO THE, THE, THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE CITY'S, UH, INTEGRATION OF THE CCAP AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
SO, FIRST, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, UH, ADVANCE THE CCAP AND, AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS PRIMARILY.
HI MOTO, WHO'S OUR GO-TO PERSON ON THIS, UH, TOPIC.
UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, JENNY, NICE WINDER, NICE WONDERER, OUR DIRECTOR OF BOND.
SHE IS THE PERSON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WANTS TO TALK TO ON A DAILY BASIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE LIVES, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SHE'S WORKING 24 7
BUT, UH, AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH OEQS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THEIR PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'VE ALREADY INTEGRATED THE CCA INTO THEIR, UH, PROCESSES AND BEING OPEN TO NEW, UH, IDEAS TO MEET OUR CCAP GOALS.
AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, SHANTE JOHNSON, WHO, AND, UH, ROSA CISNEROS, WHO'S, UH, WHO HAVE HELPED US DEVELOP THIS, THIS BRIEFING.
SO I'LL QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UH, NATALIE WILL SUMMARIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP.
AND THEN NATALIE WILL THEN START, UH, THE 2024 BOND DISCUSSION BY DISCUSSING OQ S'S ENGAGEMENT IN THE BOND PROCESS.
I'LL THEN DISCUSS HOW DEPARTMENTS ARE INTEGRATING THE CCAP AND EBC RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC, UH, PROPS OR FOCUS AREAS.
THEN NATALIE WILL, UH, FINISH WITH DISCUSSING NEXT STEPS.
SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS, UH, HAS ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH BOND PROGRAM THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAMS SINCE AT LEAST 2003, UH, WHEN THE CITY BEGAN ADVANCING LEAD SILVER FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE 10,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE, UH, IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO STICK WITH THE STATUS QUO, RIGHT? WE WANNA BE AGGRESSIVE, WE WANT TO BE ASPIRATIONAL, YET ACHIEVABLE.
UH, WE WANNA MEET, UH, ASPIRATIONAL YET ACHIEVABLE, UH, PERFORMANCE CRITERIA JUST LIKE YOU.
SO, DOING SO IS THE ONLY WAY WE'LL MEET OUR CCA GOALS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE FOURTH E, FOURTH YEAR OF CA IMPLEMENTATION.
WE'RE ONLY SIX YEARS FROM NEEDING TO MEET OUR 20 30, 20 30
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GOALS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES ENSURING THAT 100% OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IS NET ZERO CARBON AND MEETING OUR ENERGY EFFICIENT GOALS, EFFICIENCY GOALS.AGAIN, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE CITY HAS ADVANCED LEAD SILVER THROUGH THE GREEN BUILDING POLICY SINCE 2003 AND LEAD GOLD SINCE 2006.
WE HAVE OVER 40 LEAD FACILITIES RANGING FROM LEAD PLATINUM TO LEAD CERTIFIED.
THE EARLIEST PROJECT RECEIVED CERTIFICATION IN 2005, AND THAT WAS HENSLEY FIELD OPERATION CENTER.
THE MOST RECENT PROJECT RECEIVED CERTIFICATION IN 2022.
THAT'S THE PARK BRANCH LIBRARY, AND THAT'S LEE GOLD.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LEAD PLATINUM, UH, BUILDINGS, THAT'S THE DALLAS CITY PERFORMANCE HALL THAT WAS, UH, THAT RECEIVED CERTIFICATION IN 2014 AND THE PRAIRIE CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY THAT RECEIVED CERTIFICATION IN 20 12 20 12.
THE CITY HAS ALSO INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ITS CONSTRUCTION CODES, MEANING THAT ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION MUST MEET CERTAIN SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2008, COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT THE GREEN BUILDING POLICY APPLY TO ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.
IN 2013, WE STARTED MAKING NEW PROJECT PROJECTS PROVIDE A LEAD CHECKLIST WITH THE, WITH THE GOAL OF LEAD CERTIFICATION, AND REQUIRED A 20% WATER USE REDUCTION.
IN 2016, WE MADE AMENDMENTS TO PREVENT NEW CONSTRUCTION ON CERTAIN CERTAIN GREEN FIELDS, RECYCLE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, USE MORE RECYCLED MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
COUNCIL HAS CONTINUED TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S ADOPTION OF THE 2023, UH, ICC STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDE EV READINESS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ADOPTED, UH, THE 2020 CCAP.
THIS IS JUST A MORE IN-DEPTH, IN-DEPTH TIMELINE OF WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
UH, TO NOTE HERE WE HAVE THE 2016 COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WHICH IS THE BE, WHICH IS A BEST PRACTICE DESIGN MANUAL THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ADVANCES MORE LIVABLE, WALKABLE, BIKEABLE, AND TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENT STREETS AND ADVANCES, INTEGRATED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES.
WE HAVE OUR FAVORITE, UH, 2018 TREE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED AD NAUSEUM, I THINK
WE HAVE THE 2019 DRAINAGE CRITERIA UPDATES, WHICH IS A DESIGN MANUAL THAT ESTABLISHES STANDARD PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL DALLAS DEPARTMENTS CON CONSULTANTS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY AND ENGINEERS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A KEY, UH, KEY.
AND OF COURSE, I'LL POINT OUT THE 2022 RACIAL EQUITY PLAN THAT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, COUNCIL ADOPTED OUR SUSTAINABILITY POLICY IN 2021.
UH, WE RAISED THIS POLICY BECAUSE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WILL BE CENTRAL TO BOND IMPLEMENTATION.
THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S, UH, DISCUSSION WILL BE ON HOW CITY DEPARTMENTS PLAN TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE TOOLS AND STANDARDS INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.
UM, SO THIS IS A GENERAL OVERVIEW THAT EXPLAINS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BASELINE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STRETCH GOALS FOR BOTH BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, FOR BUILDINGS, THE EMPHASIS IS ON LEAD GOLD AND THE FOLLOWING STRETCH GOALS TO THE SIDE THERE.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY BE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH LEADS, BUT JUST IN CASE NOT LEAD STANDS FOR LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
THIS ISN'T AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES CERTIFICATION BASED ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH RELATED CONCEPTS.
ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, WE HAVE A FOCUS ON SITES AND ENVISION SITES IS SHORTENED FOR THE SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE, WHICH ADVANCES SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT COUPLES WELL WITH OTHER PROJECTS, UM, SUCH AS PLAZAS OR STREETS SCAPES.
WHEREAS ENVISION ADVANCES LARGE NON BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, SUCH AS COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS, THOROUGHFARE EXPANSION PROJECTS, AS WELL AS DRAINAGE.
UM, AT THE BOTTOM THERE, THE BASELINE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE TOOLS SUCH AS GREEN BUTTON EMBODIED CARBON DISCLOSURE, OR ALSO KNOWN AS ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS AND SMART EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.
TO CLARIFY FOR SMART, EFFICIENT BUILDINGS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TOP 20% ENERGY STAR RATE FOR ALL APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT,
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AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING ENERGY USE INTENSITY BASED ON NATIONAL EPAG STAR OR EQUIVALENT BENCHMARKS.UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE STRETCH GOALS AND BASELINE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THESE BASELINE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDE WAYS FOR BUILDINGS TO BENCHMARK VARIOUS UTILITIES, INCORPORATE WAYS TO REDUCE POLLUTION, WASTE, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
TRANSITIONING FROM LEED SILVER TO GOLD HAS PROVEN TO BE ACHIEVABLE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS APPROXIMATELY 18 LEAD GOLD CERTIFIED BUILDINGS ALREADY.
IN ADDITION, THE ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGERS A WAY TO SECURELY TRACK ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PROVIDES A SCORING MECHANISM COMPARED TO SIMILAR BUILDINGS WITH FACTORS SUCH AS WEATHER AND OPERATING FEATURES TO PROVIDE SOME COMPATIBILITY.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME ENERGY STAR STICKER THAT YOU SEE ON APPLIANCES.
THIS RATING CERTIFIES ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, AND ALSO PROVIDES, UH, POSSIBILITIES FOR TAX CREDITS AND REBATES FOR ADDITIONAL SAVINGS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALSO WANNA CONSIDER.
UM, NEXT, WE ALSO HAVE EMBODIED CARBON DISCLOSURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS.
EPDS IDENTIFY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURING OF BUILDING MATERIALS SUCH AS CEMENT, IRON, STEEL, AND ALUMINUM.
UM, AN IMPORTANT FACT ON THAT IS THAT THOSE ACCOUNT FOR ACTUALLY 7.3 OF GLOBAL GHD EMISSIONS.
UM, THIS ALSO HELPS PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND GUIDANCE TO THE POLICY AND ACHIEVING THE CITY'S CARBON NEUTRALITY ROLE.
UM, THESE ARE SIMPLY DATA TOOLS THAT PROVIDE A NO COST WAY TO SIGNAL MARKET DEMAND AND INTEREST IN LOW EMBODIED CARBON DESIGN.
IT'S EXPECTED THAT THESE WILL SOON BECOME THE NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD, SIMILAR TO LIKE THE PRODUCTS WE SEE WITH RECYCLING.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE TRIANGLE WITH THE NUMBERS.
UM, THIS WILL BECOME, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, STANDARDIZED.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY START TO CAPITALIZE EARLY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS GREEN BUTTON, WHICH IS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TOOL.
THIS BASICALLY PROVIDES A BENCHMARK FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ALREADY IN USE BY THESE CITIES.
UM, SO NEXT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRETCH GOALS FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
STRETCH GOALS ARE INTENDED AS ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO MEET OUR CCAP GOALS.
THEY ARE SELECTED BY STAFF AND COORDINATED WITH THE CONSULTANTS FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UH, MANY OF THE, OF THE GOALS ARE FORMATTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ALSO ALL ASSIST WITH REDUCING EMBODIED CARBON AND LOWERING THE IMPACT OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
UM, THESE ARE ALL ALSO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND INCORPORATED TO CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE.
SO THEY HAVE CLEARLY BEEN WELL USED BEFORE, AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE LEAD ZERO CARBON.
UM, THIS FIRST EXAMPLE HERE RECOGNIZES NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION THROUGH CARBON EMISSIONS THAT ARE AVOIDED OR OFFSET FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS.
THIS IS A PILOT PROJECT THAT IS EMPHASIZED BECAUSE IT CAN BE, EXCUSE ME, IT CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE 2050 CARBON NEUTRALITY PROJECT.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS IS JUST ONE OUT OF FOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE NET ZERO GOALS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS FROM LEED.
OTHER GOALS COULD BE THROUGH ENERGY, WATER, OR WASTE, WHICH HAVE, UH, SIMILAR GOALS OF HAVING A BALANCE OF ZERO NET NEUTRALITY OVER A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS.
UM, JUST TO EXPLAIN ARCHITECTURE 2030, THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO REDUCE CARBON AND ACHIEVE ZERO REDUCTION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS.
UM, LASTLY, WE HAVE THE ILFI, WHICH ALSO CERTIFIES BUILDING PROJECTS THROUGH SEVEN CRITERIA TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE AND HOLISTIC APPROACH.
UM, THIS IS SIMILAR TO LEADS, BUT IT DOES TACK ON ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE THE, UH, BASELINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING'S, UH, SET REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.
UM, SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE ENERGY BENCHMARKING, UM, BUT FOR ENVISION INSIGHTS, THEY HAVE A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON RESILIENCY.
UM, THIS RESILIENCY, UH, YOU KNOW, IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD THING WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER SEVERITY.
UM, THIS GOAL ALSO FOR THESE STRETCH GOALS, UM, ARE ALL INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND INCORPORATED, AGAIN THROUGH MANY CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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JUST TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THESE, PATHFINDER USES ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND DESIGN TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND PROMOTES DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.MORE SPECIFICALLY AT FOCUS ON REDUCING THE CARBON IMPACT USING ANALYTICS AND METHODS TAILORED TO YOUR PROJECT AND ITS GOAL.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, OUR GOAL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS WOULD BE SET FOR 2030, AND THAT WOULD BE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS BY 25% FROM OUR 2015 ESTIMATES, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO CCAP.
UM, FOR SMART SURFACES, THIS EMPHASIZES SURFACES THAT REDUCES THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND FLOOD RISK, UM, WHICH OF COURSE ALSO HELPS SAVE MONEY AND MAKES COMMUNITIES MORE LIVABLE.
EXAMPLES OF THESE SERVICES INCLUDE REFLECTIVE PAYMENTS, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HELPS REDUCE THE OVERALL HEAT EFFECT.
UM, ALSO COOL ROOFS, EXCUSE ME, COOL ROOFS,
OTHER, UM, IDEAS INCLUDE HAVING BIO RETENTION PONDS, WHICH HELP REDUCE RUNOFF IN OVERFLOW.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ALSO HAVE PARKS MARCH, WHICH, UM, EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABLE GARAGES.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO SIMILAR TO LEADS.
YOU HAVE CERTIFICATIONS BASED ON RANK.
UM, SOME OF THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE I PROJECTS LIKE HAVING INFLATION STATIONS, UM, NOT JUST FOR VEHICLES, BUT INCORPORATING THINGS FOR LIKE BIKES OR SCOOTERS FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHO REALLY WANT TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES HAVING VEGETATIVE DRAINAGE DITCHES OR BIOSWELLS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHER IDEAS THAT IS SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE GARAGES, UM, MORE NATURALLY SUSTAINABLE AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF GOING OVER OUR CCAP GOALS AND BENEFITS.
THIS WAS UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED IN 2020.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THE QUOTE FROM MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON, WE HAVE ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ECONOMICS, HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION AS ALL POTENTIAL BENEFITS FROM THE C CAP PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, JUST AS A REFRESHER, THESE ARE THE EIGHT C CAP GOALS.
HOPEFULLY MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE ALREADY.
UM, BUT OF COURSE IT RANGES FROM EVERYTHING FROM AIR TO ZERO WASTE.
UM, THESE ARE THE KEY TARGETS AND GOALS THAT WE FOCUSED ON FOR THE PROPOSED STACK.
UM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE ARE SEVEN OUT OF THE EIGHT GOALS FROM THE 2024, UH, BOND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, FOOD ACCESS WAS THE ONLY GOAL THAT DID NOT APPLY TO ANY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS, UM, AND THEREFORE, OF COURSE, WAS NOT LISTED AS AN EVALUATION CRITERIA.
UM, SO AS Y'ALL LOOK OVER THE GOALS, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF STRESS WHAT THESE MEAN IN OUR CURRENT STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHY IT'S CRITICAL TO THINK ABOUT THESE.
UM, SO RECENTLY WE WERE, UM, PLANNING, OR EXCUSE ME, THIS WAS ALL PLANNED DURING THE WAKE OF COP 28, UM, WHICH CONCLUDED THAT THE PLANET IS NOT TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS ALSO INTRODUCED THE BUILDING'S BREAKTHROUGH CAMPAIGN, EXCUSE ME, WHICH AIMS TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO DECARBONIZE THE BUILDING SECTOR, MAKE CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, THE MOST AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND ATTRACTIVE OPTION IN ALL REGIONS.
BY 2030, THE AIM IS TO MAKE NEW YEAR ZERO EMISSIONS IN CLIMATE RESILIENT BUILDINGS, THE NEW NORMAL BY 2030.
THIS HAS ALSO BEEN ADOPTED BY THE US ALONG WITH 28 OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE GOOD NEWS, HOWEVER, IS THAT WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADOPTION GOALS.
WHILE IT WILL REQUIRE GREAT STRIDES, THOSE STRIDES CAN BE MADE BY MAKING BOLD DECISIONS.
TODAY, WE ARE AHEAD OF MANY CITIES AND COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CCAP, BUT COP 28 REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THESE GOALS ARE ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE OUR BOND CCAP IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS TIMELINE.
UM, THIS TIMELINE SHOWS HOW OEQS HAS COORDINATED WITH DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE HOW CCAP GOALS WERE BEING MET FOR THE 2024 BOND, SINCE THE MEMO WAS RELEASED IN FEBRUARY, 2023 AT THE BEGINNING THERE, UM, TO INTEGRATE CCA GOALS, UM, AND ACTIONS INTO THE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, OEQS HAS ASSISTED DEPARTMENTS WITH INTEGRATING CCA INTO THE PROJECT SCORING CRITERIA.
WE ALSO PROVIDED PROJECT SUPPORT AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
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AND THEN LASTLY, WE ALSO HELPED DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.UM, AND OF COURSE, THIS WAS ALL DONE WHILE DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMITTEES WERE FINALIZING THE BOND PROJECT LIST.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS, UH, PRESENTATION WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE PTE BOND BRIEFING WAS CHANGED FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY.
SO JUST IGNORE THAT LITTLE DISCREPANCY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, AS Y'ALL CAN KIND OF SEE OUR EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR THAT WE, HAVEVE BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT IN TRYING TO HELP DEPARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFY AND MEET THESE GOALS INTO THE NEW PROJECTS.
ALRIGHT, SO HERE WE HAVE THE BOND SCORING CRITERIA.
THIS JUST KIND OF ADDS ON FROM THIS PREVIOUS SLIDE.
UM, AND AGAIN, HOW WE WORKED WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAD EXPLICITLY WRITTEN SPEC, EXCUSE ME, EXPLICITLY WRITTEN SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR CA, THAT WAS DIFFICULT.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE PROJECTS ALREADY INHERENTLY ADVANCE THE CCAP GOALS.
UM, THESE WOULD INCLUDE THE FLOOD AND EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS, UM, WHICH OF COURSE HELP ACHIEVE CCAP THROUGH WATER QUALITY AND STORM WATER CONTROL GOALS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, HELPS OUR COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE.
WHEREAS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS MAJOR MODIFICATIONS, IT MADE SENSE FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND INTEGRATE THOSE SPECIFIC POINTS, UM, INTO THE CCAP, OR EXCUSE ME, THOSE SPECIFIC, UM, GOALS FOR CCAP AND INTO THEIR BOND SPECIFICATIONS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY CONSENSUS WAS THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS WOULD ADVANCE THE CCAP DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REGARDLESS OF THE PROJECT TYPE.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO EMPHASIZE, UM, ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS USING PLANS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE THE CCAP.
FURTHERMORE, OES WILL BE HELPING TO MODIFY THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO HELP CONTINUE TO ADVANCE CA AND EVC RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT MORE WILL PR BE PROVIDED ON THAT LATER.
SO BEFORE WE, THE PROJECT, WE HAVE THE STAFF, WE HAVE TWO
SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, THANKS.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, REMEMBER WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT UNIVERSES OF PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE FOCUSED ON, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE APPROVED BY OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, PRIORITIZED.
FIRST THE STREET AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THEN PARK AND PRO PARK PROJECTS, THEN CRITICAL FACILITIES SUCH AS, SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, CULTURAL ARTS, LIBRARIES, AND CITY FACILITIES.
THEN FLOOD PROTECTION AND EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS.
SO, AND AGAIN, DEPARTMENTS ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING THE CCAP AND EVC RECOMMENDATIONS DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UH, REGARDING THE EVC RECOMMENDATIONS, I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT, UH, THE EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENTS HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE EXPERIENCED AS WE KNOW WITH LEAD, SO, UH, THEY HAVE THE FRAMEWORK TO DO THAT OR, UH, IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SOME DEPARTMENTS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND DALLAS WATER UTILITIES HAVE EXPERIENCE INTEGRATING ENVISION INTO, INTO PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT THAT TRACKS ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
OUR, UH, BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALREADY TRACKS ENERGY EFFICIENCY USING EPAS ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER.
UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH ADVANCING SITES OR ENVIRONMENTAL CARBON DISCLOSURE, AKA ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS.
SO, AS YOU WILL SEE, DEPARTMENTS WANT TO ADVANCE THOSE TOOLS, BUT OEQS AND, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO CLARIFY WHEN AND HOW TO USE THOSE, THOSE TOOLS.
SO, LET'S START, LET'S START WITH THE BIG BIGGEST BUCKET, THE STREET AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
UH, THESE ARE, THESE ENCOMPASS A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS ANYWHERE FROM SMALL LOCAL RESURFACING PROJECTS TO LARGER COMPLETE STREETS AND THOROUGHFARE EXPANSION PROJECTS.
AS A GENERAL MATTER, THE CITY HAS ALREADY REVISED DESIGN MANUALS AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS TO ENCOMPASS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS CRUCIAL TO FORMULATING SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
SUCH PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS STANDARDS INCLUDE, UH,
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THE COGS ICE SWIM PROGRAM, WHICH ADVANCES WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, STRAIN PROTECTION, AND FLOOD MITIGATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ADVANCE THE USE OF TREES AND OTHER GREEN SPACE.PUBLIC WORKS ALSO ARE ALREADY, INCLUDES A GREEN CEMENT, GREEN CEMENT PREFERENCE IN THEIR BID PROCESS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
THESE REQUIREMENTS RESULT IN A 10 TO 35% REDUCTION IN NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS.
DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF CEMENT USED.
THE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE, UH, THE COMPLETE STREET PO UH, POLICY, WHICH ENSURES MORE WALKABLE, BIKEABLE GREEN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.
UH, MOVING TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, TRANSITION TO LED STREETLIGHTS AND BETTER COORDINATE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE IDLING.
GOING BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE, UH, THEY ARE PLANNING TO CERTIFY SEVERAL PROJECT MANAGERS IN ENVISION WITH THE GOAL OF EMPOWERING DECISION MAKERS AND, AND PROJECT TEAMS IN IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND, AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO EVALUATING INCORPORATING ENVISION CERTIFICATION AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR HIGH PROFILE STREET PROJECTS THROUGH THE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS OR SOQ PROCESS.
PUBLIC WORKS ACKNOWLEDGES, SORRY.
PUBLIC WORKS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ENVISION CERTIFICATION WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES.
PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO EVALUATING HOW AND WHEN TO GATHER EMBODY CARBON DATA AND WHETHER THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THEIR VENDORS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, UH, THAT THEY ALREADY INCLUDE A PREFERENCE FOR GREEN CEMENT.
UH, SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT THAT'S HELPFUL IN ANY WAY IN COLLECTING CARBON DATA.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PLANS TO MEET, OR EX PLANS TO MEET OR EXCEED THE EBC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOND FOR EXISTING FACILITIES.
PARKS HAS IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES, MOST OF WHICH WILL REDUCE COST, THE COST OF UTILITY SUFFICIENT, I'M SORRY, MOST OF WHICH WILL REDUCE COST OF UTILITIES SUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IN A FEW YEARS, AND CAN BE FUNDED BY CCO.
LONE STAR EXAMPLES INCLUDE LED LIGHTING, EXCUSE ME, LIGHT, UH, LIGHTING CONTROLS, HVAC UPGRADES, WHICH INCLUDE NEW HIGH EFFICIENCY SYSTEMS AT RECOMMENDED EFFICIENCY RATINGS, HVAC, WATER TO WATER HEAT PUMPS FOR HEATING POOLS, WHICH ACT AS SIMILAR, UH, WHICH ACT SIMILAR TO BOILERS.
SO, UH, THEY PLAN TO USE, UH, THIS TOOL AT BACHMAN, THE BACHMAN REC CENTER, UH, HVAC VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW, OR VRF SYSTEMS, WHICH HAVE HIGH EFFICIENCY RATINGS, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, UH, LIKE UPDATING SWITCHGEAR TO SUPPORT NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEMS, POWER FACTOR CORRECTION, EQUIPMENT, ENERGY MANAGEMENT, COMMISSIONING, AND BIFACIAL SOLAR PANELS, WHICH WILL INVOLVE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT CALCULATION FOR NEW BO EXCUSE FOR NEW BOND FINANCE FACILITIES, PARKS PLAN PARKS PLANS TO UPGRADE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO REQUIRE ASSESSMENTS THAT AT LEAST MEET LEAD GOLD AND VISION AND OR SITE CERTIFICATION AS APPROPRIATE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR UH, BUILDINGS, UH, THE BUILDINGS WILL AT LEAST MEET THE LEAD GOLD REQUIREMENT SET FORTH BY CITY PR, CITY PRACTICE, IF APPROPRIATE.
NEW FACILITIES WILL AT LEAST REQUIRE AN ENVISION CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT FOR NEW BUILDING CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF APPROPRIATE, NEW FACILITIES WILL AT LEAST REQUIRE A, UH, SITES CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT FOR LANDSCAPING AND I, I'LL, I SHOULD SAY THAT PARKS HAS EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THES HILLS REC CENTER.
PARKS PLANS TO INTEGRATE, EMBODY CARBON DISCLOSURE AS APPROPRIATE AND BENCHMARK ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH EPAS ENERGY STAR, ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER, WHICH THE CITY IS ALREADY USING.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS RELATED TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING A NEW POLICE ACADEMY FACILITY AND, AND PO POLICE FACILITY RENOVATIONS, REPLACING FIRE STATIONS 11 AND 43 HVAC UPGRADES AND OTHER FIRE STATION RENOVATIONS, REPLACING THE PRESTON ROYAL BRANCH LIBRARY.
AND 88 UPGRADES TO NINE BRANCH LIBRARIES, RENOVATIONS AND EFFICIENCY UPGRADES TO NUMEROUS CULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES, REPLACING 30-YEAR-OLD SINGLE WALLED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
AND, UH, WORK AT CITY HALL, REPLACING GENERATORS AND OTHER
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EQUIPMENT.BOND AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS PLAN TO AT LEAST ADVANCE LEAD GOLD CONSISTENT WITH CITY PRACTICES, INVEST ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT, INVEST IN ENERGY EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEMS, INTEGRATE CARBON DISCLOSURE AS APPROPRIATE AND INVEST IN SMART SURFACES.
AND I'LL NOTE THAT, UH, LIBRARIES OR THE LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT PLANS TO REPLACE THE NORTH OAK CLIFF BRANCH LIBRARY.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY LED BY THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND NOT THE BOND OFFICE, BUT LIBRARY THE, BUT LIBRARIES PLANS TO AT LEAST ADVANCE LEAD GOLD, EVALUATE, EVALUATE THE USE OF SOLAR AND ADVANCE SITES AS APPROPRIATE, SO LONG AS IT'S NOT DUPLICATIVE TO THE LEAD PROGRAM.
SO, LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, DW IMPLEMENTS THE CITY'S CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, ORDINANCES, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ALREADY INCLUDES SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANNING.
AGAIN, SUCH PROGRAMS AND ORDINANCES INCLUDE THE COGS, ICE SWIM PROGRAM, THE CITY'S TREE AND LANDSCAPE TREE AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, AND THE CEMENT CERTIFICATION, WHICH AGAIN, ADVANCES GREEN CEMENT, UH, AND SUSTAINABLE AIR QUALITY DW WILL INCLUDE AS PART OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK A REQUIREMENT TO EVALUATE, TRAIN, UH, EVALUATE NATURAL GREEN OR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THEIR 2024 BOND PROGRAM, INCLUDING A VISION DURING, DURING THE PRELIM, DURING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE, AND PROCEED WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ARE FEASIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVE.
SOME GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED ON PREVIOUS AND CURRENT PROJECTS, AND WILL BE EV EVALUATED FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
DW WILL, UH, BE CONDUCTING ENVISION INVIS ENVISION TRAINING FOR ALL CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAFF, AND SEEKING ENVISION CERTIFICATION FOR STAFF TO ADVANCE THE USE OF ENVISION, LIKE SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS DDW PLANS TO EVALUATE HOW AND WHEN TO GATHER EMBODY CARBON DATA AND WHETHER THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THEIR VENDORS.
SO, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SOLUTION AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE UNIQUE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY FUND PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOND.
STAFF HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR, FOR THESE OFFICES, BUT, BUT RATHER REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS.
SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE STRATEGIES AND CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATIONS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PLANS TO TAKE TO ADVANCE THE CCAP.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS ARE CRITICAL IF THE CITY IS GOING TO, TO MEET ITS CCA GOALS.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CCAP STRATEGIES BENEFIT HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, UH, SINCE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT GUIDES CONSTRUCTION RELATED, UH, CONSTRUCTION RELATED MATTERS TO HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
AND OF COURSE, HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTION PROJECTS OFTEN SERVE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
SO, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PLANS TO INTEGRATE CCAP STRATEGIES INTO THEIR NOFA PROCESS BY, FOR EXAMPLE, FAVORING LEAD GOLD WHEN SCORING PROJECTS, INTEGRATING EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS DURING CON CONTRACT BIDDING, EXPLORING INCENTIVES LIKE PARK PRODUCTIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, AND REQUIRING NEWLY ADOPTED 2021 CONSTRUCTION CODE REQUIREMENTS LIKE THOSE RELATED TO EV READINESS FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES AND HOUSING IS ALSO EVALUATING, UH, EMBODIED CARBON DISCLOSURE.
LET'S GIVE CARLOS A WILL DESERVE BRICK, AND MOVED ON TO THE NEXT STEPS.
ALRIGHT, SO THESE INCLUDE BRIEFING THE PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
UM, AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OEQS PLANS ON CHANGING ASPECTS OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS BY ADDING MODEL LANGUAGE FOR THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING AND NOTICE OF FUNDS AVAILABILITY.
THIS MODEL LANGUAGE WILL INCLUDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR INCORPORATING EMBODIED CARBON DISCLOSURE, AGAIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS DECLARATIONS OR SELECT MATERIALS AT THE TIME OF PROCUREMENT.
THE IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY OFFER INCENTIVES FOR THOSE WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION SUCH AS CONTRACTORS OR OTHER BIDDERS.
UM, THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED ON THAT BOT, AND WE WILL PROVIDE MORE ON THAT LATER ON, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO INFORM Y'ALL THAT THIS WAS A CONTINUING NEXT STEP.
UM, THEN OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE, UM, OR WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT AS APPROPRIATE DURING PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WILL TRACK PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
UM, SO IN CONCLUSION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CAP HAVE PROVIDED A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE VISION OF ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
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OUR UPDATE SHOWS THAT OVERALL DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR INCORPORATING CCA INTO THEIR 2024 BOND PROJECTS, AND ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADVANCEMENTS AS WE GET CLOSER TO BOND IMPLEMENTATION.OEQS WILL CONTINUE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCING OUR EFFORTS AND ENSURE THAT CCAP GOALS ARE BEING MET.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME.
AND NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CARLOS AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
UM, I WANNA START BY ACKNOWLEDGING JUST THE HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT THIS HAS BEEN AND INCORPORATING THIS RECOMMENDATION INTO AN ACTIONABLE PLAN.
UM, I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER, HER MOTO CHAIR HERMO OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE, AS WE WELL AS OUR EXPERT PANEL MEMBERS THAT GRACIOUSLY GAVE US THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE, UM, TO ARRIVE AT THIS POINT.
AND SO, UM, I'LL DEFER TO YOU CHAIR WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, WELL GO AHEAD ONE, CARLOS, I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTION, WELL, YES.
I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB TRANSLATING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND DESIGN INTO LANGUAGE THAT NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS CAN UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING DO THAT FOR US.
SO,
UM, CARLOS, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY IN YOUR INTRODUCTION THAT THE CITY'S ENERGY PROVIDER ALREADY USES GREEN BUTTON, AND SO WHETHER OR NOT THE PROJECTS ACTUALLY SIGN ON TO THAT, WE WOULD GET THAT DATA SOMEHOW.
UH, EPAS, UH, ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER, UHHUH
SO, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE SHOULD HAVE.
UH, BSD BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO MANAGES OUR ENERGY USE, UM, THEY SAY THAT THAT'S COMPARABLE TO GREEN BUTTON, UH, AND WE'RE ALREADY USING THAT.
AND, UH, REALLY IT'D BE DUPLICATIVE IF WE PICK UP GREEN BUTTON.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND AT THAT POINT.
AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS, SO I THINK MAYBE WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE LOOP BACK IN VIVIAN LNI, WHO'S THE TENURED, UH, FACULTY MEMBER AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY AND ENDOWED, UH, DEPARTMENT CHAIR, WHO ALSO SERVES ON THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DECARBONIZATION COMMITTEE, AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO SHE'D BE BETTER SUITED TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S BENEFIT IN CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATIVE OR IF THAT DATA FROM PORTFOLIO MANAGER IS TRANSLATABLE INTO GREEN BUTTON AND OTHER TOOLS.
UH, VERY COMPREHENSIVE, IMPRESSIVE, UH, REPORT.
UM, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, WHETHER, UH, THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED THAT LOOKS AT HOW THE BOND ISSUE INTERFACES WITH THE EQUITY PLAN.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING, UM, IN LOOKING, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT, A NUMBER OF REFERENCES WHICH ARE REALLY NEEDED TO AIR QUALITY.
UM, I ASSUME WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY.
IS THAT VALID? I, I KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION DIRECTED TO OUR PANELISTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TYPE IN HERE.
UH, I WAS ON THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR THE CRITICAL FACILITIES, AND, UH, EQUITY WAS A, UH, A KEY COMPONENT OF THE SCORING OF ALL PROJECTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE, FOR THE BOND FUNDING.
AND I REALIZED MY MIC WAS NOT UP ON AGAIN.
SO IT WAS A KEY COMPONENT AND, UH, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION HAS DONE A WEALTH OF ANALYSIS ALONG WITH, UH, JENNY, NICE WONDER ON THAT.
UM, SO, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE AVAILABLE.
SO, UH, SORRY, GO AHEAD, NATALIE.
SHE REMINDED ME THAT YES, WE DO FOCUS ON INDOOR, YES.
SO NOT QUITE HONESTLY AS MUCH AS THE OUTDOOR COMPONENT, BUT AT LEAST FOR MANY OF THEIR CRITICAL FACILITIES, THEY DO HAVE UPGRADES FOR HVAC SYSTEMS AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS LIKE A DA COMPLIANCE.
UM, SO WHILE IT'S NOT, AGAIN SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED, THAT IS SOME COMPONENTS THAT BUILDINGS ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE, SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
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QUESTION.I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION TOO, DR.
LOCKMAN, THROUGH JUST THE PROCESS OF CERTIFYING UNDER LEAD GOLD THAT HAS A SECTION ABOUT INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
AND THERE ARE MINIMUM PREREQUISITES THAT REQUIRE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE STANDARD JUST TO EVEN GET CERTIFIED.
THANK YOU MR. HOFFMAN AND HIR MOTO FOR, UH, RESPONDING TO THAT QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, ONE MORE AHEAD ONE TIME, MR. HOFFMAN.
QUICKLY, UH, ONE MORE COMMENT QUICKLY.
ENERGY STAR, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY, UH, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF EVALUATION, DOES HAVE THE, UH, UH, INDOOR AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AS WELL, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE NET ZERO PROGRAM.
OH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL INFORMATION, AND YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND I WAS THINKING IT WAS BROKEN DOWN, SO, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DID
I SAW STORM WATER, I SAW FLOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS ANY OF THAT, DOES ANY OF THAT COVER THE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE SEPTIC TANKS? I DON'T THINK THERE'S SEPTIC TANK.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY SEPTIC TANK PROJECTS.
I MEAN, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE PROPER FOCUS AREA ON, UM, UH, STORM WATER, UH, UH, FLOOD CONTROLS AND ERO CONTROLS, AND THAT'S WHAT DW DW IS FOCUSED ON.
BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE, I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE ANY SEPTIC TANKS UNLESS YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
SO, UM, PRI UH, THE WAY THE SEPTIC TANK, UM, ISSUE WOULD BE HANDLED IS PRIMARILY THROUGH, WE HAVE A, A CATEGORY WITHIN OUR STREETS PROPOSITION FOR UNIMPROVED STREETS.
AND IN THAT CATEGORY, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, PUTTING IN WATER AND SEWER, UM, INTO, INTO THE STREETS TO GET FOLKS OFF THAT.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE STREETS CATEGORY.
YES, BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON ASKED ABOUT FLOODING IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE, UH, SPOKE ON IT, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER, UH, MEETINGS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR.
SO IS THE FLOOD, IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE RIGHT OFF OF HATCHER STREET? IS, THAT'S HATCHER
IT FLOODS REAL BAD OVER THERE.
IS THERE ANY OF THIS, UH, INCORPORATED WITH THAT AREA? WE OKAY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO, I CAN, I CAN RUN ACROSS TO GET MY CARD.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY GONNA DEPEND ON WHAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, COUNCIL ULTIMATELY APPROVES, BUT, UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS AND SEE IF THEY'RE ON EITHER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GO FROM THERE.
BECAUSE IT FLOODS LIKE REAL BAD AROUND THERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE BRUNG IT UP, IT'S IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE, UH, OVER THERE BY THOSE, UH, FRAZIER COURT APARTMENTS.
I MEAN, IT FLOODS WHERE THE STORES BE UNDERWATER, RIGHT THERE.
AND SO, I JUST WANNA KNOW, WAS THAT INCLUDED INTO THE, YOU KNOW, BUN AND PLAN? AND I THINK THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE MILL CREEK DRAINAGE TUNNEL PROJECT THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ALSO SAY THAT, UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL GETS TO APPROVE WHICH PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG, UH, JANUARY 30TH MEETING TO HELP IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE STAFF LIST AND WE CAN GET THAT STAFF TO YOU AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
OF COURSE, THERE'S THE COMMITTEE LIST THAT HAS A SEPARATE LIST OF PROJECTS, UM, BUT HOPEFULLY ON JANUARY 30TH WE CAN GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON WHAT PROJECTS WILL ACTUALLY LAND IN, IN THE PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF JENNY HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
I GET WITH COMMISSIONER L WALLACE AND WE'LL CONTACT OUR COMM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET THAT IN.
UH, WE OUGHT, KEEP IN MIND THAT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES ALSO HAS THE CAPACITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BOMBS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS STORM WATER SIMPLY THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND BOND ELECTIONS.
WE CAN DO THAT NOW THROUGH, UM, THROUGH REVENUE BONDS.
SO IT CAN BE MORE OF AN ONGOING PROCESS RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A BOND ISSUE EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO KNOW THERE IS A, AN ECONOMIC WAY
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NOW OR A MORE ECONOMICAL WAY TO ADDRESS THAT AND A MORE ON A MORE ONGOING BASIS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, MR. WILKINS? HI EVERYONE.
APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT THERE IN PERSON TONIGHT.
UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS SO MUCH, UH, CARLOS AND NATALIE.
UH, THIS IS A INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION AND SOMETHING I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
I TEACH A CLASS ON ENVISION AND SITES, UH, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
UH, SO THIS IS GONNA BE SOME GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH THE STUDENTS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS.
SO I SAW THAT, UM, ON SLIDE SIX, WE TALK ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2021.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED, AND I THINK BREAST OF MISSION MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF THAT.
UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY AND WHAT IT ENTAILS.
WE CAN WORK TO MAYBE, UM, GET THAT ON THE FORECAST.
AND THEN, UH, JUST A MINOR NOTE, UM, I THINK ANYTIME WE SEE THIS, I THINK SOMEBODY'S GONNA BRING IT UP.
SO I'LL BE THE ONE, UH, THIS MONTH.
WE TALKED ABOUT TANK REPLACEMENTS ON SLIDE 20.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF A DOUBLE WALL UST UNDER GROUND STORAGE TANK, I WOULD HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY WE WOULD BE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM THE FOSSIL FUELS AND STORAGE UNDERGROUND, UH, WHERE POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, UM, AND FOR YOUR FIRST BRIEFING TO OUR COMMISSION.
WE HAVE ONE VOTING ITEM THIS EVENING.
OUR VOTING ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH YOU WERE PROVIDED.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD, OH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN NEEDS TO BE SECONDED.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT.
GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND THEN TELL US WHICH AMENDMENT IS OKAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ADD IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENT SECTION, THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, UH, RELATED TO THE EFFORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION, UH, INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CAP THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
UH, INVITED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO ADVISE EVC AND THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THE 2024 BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND CONVENE CONVERSATIONS TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS AND PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, VOTE ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE REPORT? AYE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, UM, TAKE A VOTE TO ADOPT THE REPORT AS AMENDED.
THAT PASSES WITH THE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
LET'S MOVE INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS THIS EVENING.
AND WE ARE BACK TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND, UM, MR. UH, COOK, I HOPE THAT YOU HAD A MOMENT TO, UH, MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AND DECIDE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOME INFORMATION.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF A BUSY THING AT WORK, SO I AM WILLING TO TAKE A SUGGESTION OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU PARTICULARLY THINK NEEDS HELP, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE NO, ANY BACKGROUND IN ANY OF THAT.
LET, LET'S, UH, CONNECT YOU WITH MS. UH, REEL, VICE CHAIR REEL'S, THE CHAIR OF THE EJ COMMITTEE AND SEE IF THAT MIGHT BE A FIT FOR YOU.
ITEM B IS MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CHAIR, ROBERSON.
ALA'S ON THE CALL, I THINK STILL, UH, SHE HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE GONNA GET, BUT WE GOT PUSHED FOR DECISION TO FEBRUARY 5TH, I BELIEVE.
SO WE HAVE NOT, THERE'S NOT A DECISION MADE, BUT IT, UM, IT GAVE US, IT GIVES US SOME TIME TO GET THE THINGS THEY WANTED.
THEY WANTED MORE ARTICLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE OF US THAT ARE ON PUBLIC HEALTH NEED TO HELP GET THOSE ARTICLES AND THE OTHER THINGS THEY REQUIRE AND MAYBE HAVE A MEETING BEFORE, IF WE CAN SQUEEZE IT IN BEFORE, UH, FEBRUARY 5TH, SO THAT I'LL BE, I'LL BE WITH HER AGAIN WHEN SHE PRESENTS.
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AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO, THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO BE THERE TO HELP SUPPORT.UM, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DID, WE DID NOT MEET AND THEN THEY PUSHED IT OFF UNTIL FEBRUARY.
SO, AND, AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CONSIDERATION IS WHEN, UM, WE GET PUSHED LIKE THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A PLACE TO AIR, BUT YOU HAVE TO REARRANGE YOUR WHOLE CLINIC AROUND.
AND WHEN WE HAVE, IT MAY NOT, CAN BE, IT MAY CAN BE AVOIDED, MAYBE NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY MAY NOT REALIZE THE CRUCIALNESS OF WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE.
SO WE WERE THERE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T SQUEEZE THE SAME.
SO, AND I, UM, JUST VOICED THAT DR.
UM, I HAVE VOICED THAT CONCERN.
AND THE CONCERN IS ESSENTIALLY THAT, UH, NOW WITH THE PARKS, UM, SPLITTING THE TIME, SPLITTING THE AGENDA WITH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, THAT WE HAVE INVITED PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE REARRANGED THEIR SCHEDULES TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING THAT THEY DO NOT ULTIMATELY, UH, GET THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO THIS IS VOLUNTEER AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE FOR TWO HOURS, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PRESENT.
SO I'VE ASKED POTENTIALLY IF WE COULD COORDINATE WITH PTES, UM, COORDINATOR, UH, TO INVITE THOSE GUESTS DURING AN AGENDA IN WHICH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS, UM, PRIORITY WHAT, AND I ALSO SAY THIS, THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED WITH, UH, CHAIR, UH, CATHERINE STEWART.
UM, AND, UH, SHE'S AGREED THAT FOR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE COMING TO PRESENT BEFORE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THAT THEY SPEAK FIRST, THAT THEY BRIEF FIRST.
SO, UM, BECAUSE
THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE UNFORTUNATE YOU WAITED FOR TWO, TWO HOURS AND WASN'T ABLE TO BRIEF AND WE LOST QUORUM.
YEAH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S NOT UNTIL MARCH.
SO I DID REARRANGE MY SCHEDULE AND I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN, AND THAT IS OKAY.
UM, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT UNTIL MARCH 5TH, BUT I DO AGREE WE, WE ALL NEED TO MEET AGAIN PRIOR TO THIS.
AND WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UM, THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
ERIN'S CONFIRMING THAT IT'S MARCH.
AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, YOU VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME, DR.
MOVING ON TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SORRY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHAIR, RIO, GO AHEAD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD STRATEGICALLY, UM, AFTER WE DISCUSS OUR GOALS FOR 2024.
CHAIR WALLACE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE UPDATES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MEETING IN FEBRUARY AFTER THESE, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING.
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, MINOR UPDATE.
UM, OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO HELP ME TAKE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO, UM, HAVING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY ENGAGED AND INTERESTED IN TAKING ON SORT OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS, UH, UH, SUCH A HELP.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SHE'S ALREADY MADE SOME CHANGES AND, UH, JUMPED RIGHT INTO HELPING ME MANAGE THAT, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO, UH, THAT IS IT FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION CHAIR HERE.
CHAIR BAZAN, UH, DIRECTOR EVANS JUST SHARED WITH ME RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED THE MEETING TODAY THAT HE'S PLANNING TO CONVENE A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND VERY SPECIFIC PRIORITY AREAS RELATED TO, UM, A COUPLE OF OUR CCAP GOALS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION BECAUSE WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNED, AND HOW TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND LEARN FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT'S ALREADY HAVING SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT OR UNDERSTANDING FROM THEIR PLANS.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION LATER THIS MONTH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AROUND FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM C, MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
HI, SORRY, COMMISSIONER DUGAL, YOU'RE MUTED.
SO, UH, THE ONLY UPDATE, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
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DO WITH ENVIRONMENT, IS THAT IN DISTRICT ONE, WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE CHILDCARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS IN DISTRICT ONE.WE ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS.
I PERSONALLY LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I DON'T CARE TO HAVE A BUSINESS NEXT DOOR TO ME.
SO AT THE MOMENT, OUR BIG FOCUS HAS BEEN THAT PROBLEM.
UH, WE'RE TO BE MEETING, UM, FEBRUARY 14TH AT CITY HALL TO, UM, VOICE OUR CONCERNS TO THE COUNCIL AND THERE TO VOTE ON THAT EVENING.
NOW, IT MAY CHANGE AGAIN BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, DATES ALWAYS CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT IN OUR AREA.
SO I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON ANYTHING GREEN AT THE MOMENT.
BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT MEETING I WILL.
JUST SPECIFIC TO ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, RELATED ISSUES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND YOUR POSITION HERE.
DISTRICT THREE, NOTHING TO REPORT.
DISTRICT SIX, COMMISSIONER DERE AND I GOT TO ATTEND A RIVETING CHAPTER MEETING FOR THE NORTH TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST ON JANUARY 3RD.
I WENT THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION ON THE C CCAP AS OF DECEMBER, 2023.
POST'S CONNECTIONS THERE, UH, WAS MET WITH A TON OF ENTHUSIASM, SPOKE TO A VERY FULL ROOM AND LISTENERS ONLINE.
TONS OF PEOPLE, UM, REACHED OUT ABOUT HOW ENCOURAGED THEY WERE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING SO MUCH.
UM, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SHARE THE BROAD PICTURE OF THE CCAP WITH FOLKS WHO HAD NO IDEA.
UM, IT JUST LIT A FIRE UNDER ME HOW MUCH MORE MARKETING AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS WORK IS ABOUT, WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUDGET, ET CETERA.
LIKE THAT WAS SUCH, UM, A BEVY AND A WEALTH OF INTERESTED EXPERIENCE.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF GREEN PEOPLE WE WANT IN OUR BACK POCKET.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE WANT TO BE, UH, MINGLING WITH THERE.
AND THEN WE GOT THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH KIM HYATT AT JO MAMA'S FARM THAT SATURDAY JANUARY 6TH, WHERE WE MET A TON OF VOLUNTEERS.
I THOUGHT MAYBE SIX FOLKS WOULD COME.
I THINK WE LIKE 20 PEOPLE SHOW UP.
WE INSTALLED A POLLINATOR GARDEN.
UM, COMMISSIONER MURRAY AND I ARE GONNA WORK TOGETHER ON GETTING PLANTS, NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS DONATED TO THIS SPACE TO BRING POLLINATING INSECTS AND ANIMALS AND BIRDS TO MS. HIGH'S FARM TO HELP WITH GERMINATION AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN HER AMAZING WORK THERE.
IT WAS FANTASTIC TO BRING PEOPLE FROM NORTH TEXAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE MASTER NATURALISTS LIVE IN NORTH DALLAS, DOWN TO SOUTH DALLAS TO EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS AND TASTE THE SUCCESS OF WHAT KIM'S DOING.
SO THANK YOU TO BOTH COMMISSIONER DARRELL AND REBECCA POSTON.
DISTRICT SEVEN WILL, WELL, VICE CHAIR ALREADY TOLD PRETTY MUCH WHAT COMMISSIONER DERO BEEN DOING SINCE JANUARY 1ST.
UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU MS. POSTON FOR, UH, INVITING ME TO, UH, YOUR EVENT AND ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SO EVERYONE, I DID A, A PRESENTATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
I PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
AND I, LIKE SHE SAID, I HAVE GOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE RESOURCES, NETWORK, WANNA COME TO JPE AND EVERYTHING.
SO LIKE, UH, TREVOR RELL SAID, WE DO NEED TO GO INTO THESE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE, UH, THEY WAS VERY AMAZED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
WE COULD TELL THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT WE WAS DOING TONIGHT WAS VERY VALUABLE.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, TOMORROW I'M GOING TO SPEAK AT THE, UH, AIR, UH, THING AT TC CURIE IN ARLINGTON.
ANYBODY WANNA JOIN ME? I'M A DRIVE.
I'M A DRIVE OUT THERE AND DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR AIR QUALITY BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY FACES AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
SO I THINK I NEED TO, IT'S IN ARLINGTON.
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IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY AND MY DISTRICT.'CAUSE MY DISTRICT FACE A LOT OF AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
SO ANYTHING I CAN COME, GO AND BE A PART OF, TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE, ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH AIR QUALITY.
AND THEN I KNOW, UH, MS. UH, AVAREZ NI IS DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
SO ANYBODY WANNA COME AND BE A PART? UH, LET'S BE APART AND SHOW UP TOMORROW IF YOU HAVE TIME.
THAT'S ALL WE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND LET ME, LET ME CORRECT MYSELF 'CAUSE IT WAS MY ERROR THAT, THAT I SAID SEVEN 30.
IT'S ACTUALLY AT 7:00 PM OH SEVEN, OKAY.
AND WE WILL, UH, ERIN, COULD WE POTENTIALLY SEND OUT JUST THAT REMINDER AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION? OKAY.
I DIDN'T DO A LOT OVER THE HOLIDAY, BUT THE HOLIDAY
AND THEN Y UM, MONDAY I WENT TO THE WAIT FOR EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, AND I WAS ABLE TO SIGN MY NAME, MY CHURCH'S NAME THAT I REPRESENTED US TO.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET TO, UH, I HAD TO GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT.
THE FBI WOULDN'T LET US LEAVE BECAUSE I THOUGHT BIDEN WAS ALREADY THERE, BUT HE WASN'T THERE YET.
SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE MOTORCADE, HIT IT COME THROUGH.
AND SO A AFTER THAT I LEFT, BUT I DID SIGN THE GUEST BOOK REPRESENTING ALL OF US, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW.
I AM DISTRICT NINE AND THE ONLY UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS THAT, UM, WE HOSTED A, UH, CLEANUP ON DECEMBER 16TH AT WHITE ROCK LAKE ON THE SOUTH SHORE.
AND WE HAD A GOOD 20 VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SHOW UP AND, UM, LOADED AN ENTIRE, UH, BED OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT TRUCK, UH, WITH WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RECOVER FOR DISPOSAL.
UM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A DALLAS BICYCLE PLAN MEETING IN DISTRICT NINE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, UM, FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM IT IS A VIRTUAL MEETING, AND, UH, WE CAN SHARE THOSE DETAILS OUT.
I'M SURE THAT EACH OF THE DISTRICTS WILL BEGIN TO, UH, SOLICIT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE CITY'S BICYCLE PLAN, UM, WHICH WE KNOW IS, UH, A REALLY BIG COMPONENT AND TRANSPORTATION'S A BIG COMPONENT OF THE CCAP.
SO, UH, SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE.
WANNA THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER VALE AL FOR, UH, UH, COMING TO TEMPLE, MY TEMPLE SHALOM GROUP AT MY HOUSE, AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN.
AFI AND I HAVE SUBMITTED TO PRESENT, WE HOPE THAT THE TEXAS PEDIATRICS SOCIETY ON AIR QUALITY USING SOME OF OUR DATA IN THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
UH, ALSO, UH, WE, UH, THE TEMPLE SHALOM GARDEN WAS, UH, REDEDICATED THE NEW EXPANDED GARDEN, 58 BEDS INSTEAD OF 12, 13,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE A YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON PLANTING TREES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S HAPPENING WITH COMMISSIONER WALLACE AS WELL IN TERMS OF, UH, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, UH, UPDATING SOME OF THE TREES.
UM, ALSO, UM, UH, UH, MR. MARCOS AND, UH, PRESENTED, UH, IN THE PAST AT A, UH, SOUTHWEST JEWISH CONGRESS ON WATER.
AND THEY'VE AGREED FOR EARTH MONTH TO DO A, UM, IN APRIL, THEY'RE GOING TO DO, UM, A PROGRAM ON, UM, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROGRAM ON AIR QUALITY.
AND I, I NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH ME ON THAT.
I'VE BEEN INVITED TO GIVE A PRESENT, UH, WENT, DID A PRESENTATION, UH, FOR A MEETING THAT WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND GOT A BEST SPEAKER AWARD SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, UH, UM, UH, HEALTH EQUITY AND, UH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I'VE BEEN INVITED TO GIVE A TALK IN PARIS
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AND ON THE SUBJECT IN, UH, UH, IN, UH, SEPTEMBER.SO, UH, UH, WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET, UH, THE WORD OUT AT SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UM, SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OF ALL.
UH, REVEREND PETER JOHNSON AND I ARE GOING WITH DAN JONES FROM CNN, AND WE ARE GOING, WE'RE DOING, UM, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 60 YEARS LATER.
UM, WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHAT HASN'T CHANGED? TWO OF THE PLACES THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING ARE WHERE REVEREND JOHNSON GREW UP IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN LOUISIANA, WHICH IS CANCER ALLEY.
AND OUR FOCUS THERE WILL BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.
AND THE SECOND PLACE IS GOING TO BE LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA, WHERE I SPENT TIME IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.
AND PETER ORGANIZED LOWNDES IS THE COUNTY BETWEEN SELMA MONTGOMERY.
SO THE MARCH PASSED THROUGH THERE.
AND, UM, THERE THE ISSUE IS SEPTIC TANKS AND THEY'RE ALL ONLINE.
DISTRICT 14, NOTHING TO REPORT.
RIGHT, MS. BEV, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON ME.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'M GONNA REITERATE BEHIND OUR CHAIR THAT TOMORROW NIGHT TCQ IS HOLDING THE MEETING AT ARLINGTON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS REGARDING THE BUMP UP OF DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA ON THE 2008 NACAC STANDARDS FROM SERIOUS TWO SEVERE.
SO IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO TELL TCQ WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE DONE TO CLEAN UP THE AIR IN OUR REGION.
WE HAVE BEEN OUTTA COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT SINCE 1991.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION, AND I WENT TO THIS ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE FIRST MEETING COG HELD ON THE REGIONAL CLIMATE AIR PLAN AND GETTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THAT PLAN UP FOR GRABS EVERYONE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE REGION IS UP TO $500 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO TO CLEAN OUT REGIONAL, UH, GHG EMISSIONS WITH THAT.
AND, UH, IN TALKING TO COG, THERE WAS TO ACTUALLY BE A MEETING TONIGHT, UH, VIRTUAL FOUR COG REGARDING THE REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN, BUT WE, THEY HAVE SCHEDULED A, ANOTHER MEETING FOR THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH.
SO YOU CAN BE ON THE CALL ON A VIRTUAL MEETING GIVING YOUR INPUT ON THE REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN ON FEBRUARY 15TH OUT AT UTA.
THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, MAGARY, UH, WHO WORKS ON CLIMATE OUT AT UTA, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME IN-DEPTH ROUND TABLES REGARDING IDEAS ABOUT THIS REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE TIME ON THE 15TH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS, UH, THE DEADLINES FOR SOME OF THIS, THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS ON THE TCE QS BUMP UP TO SEVERE AND ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE IS JANUARY 16TH.
UM, AND AS CATHERINE MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAVE ABOUT FIVE PAGES OF IDEAS REGARDING THAT.
UH, BUMP UP, UH, EVERYTHING FROM PERMITS TO STATIONARY SOURCES, ET CETERA.
THE OTHER DEADLINE I WANT TO MENTION IS ON THIS REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN THAT COG IS WORKING ON, THEY ARE SCRAMBLING FOR A MARCH 1ST DEADLINE WITH A MORE IN-DEPTH, UH, DEADLINE OF MEASURES ON APRIL 1ST.
AND THE AWARD FOR THE REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN WILL BE, UH, DECEMBER OF 2024.
ANYONE CAN CONTACT ME ABOUT EITHER MEETING.
UH, I'M GONNA STAY VERY CLOSELY TIED TO BOTH OF 'EM.
AND JUST TO REITERATE HOW VERY EASY IT IS TO SUBMIT THOSE COMMENTS, MS. BEV HAS PREPARED
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SOME GENERAL COMMENTS THAT YOU CAN PERSONALIZE AND YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE ONLINE UP UNTIL JANUARY 16TH.UM, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAS MAYBE TWO TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, I THINK IT'S WORTH YOUR TIME AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO HER IF YOU WANNA GET A LOOK AT SOME OF HER IDEAS FOR, UH, THOSE POTENTIAL COMMENTS.
UM, MR. MARQUIS, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT TOWARD THE END OF THIS MONTH, COUNCIL MEMBERS GONNA BE OVERWHELMED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE BE EMAILING THEM AND CALLING THEM REGARDING THE BOND.
SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE IMPACT, YOU NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW 'CAUSE THERE'LL BE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT IN THE END, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT GOES ON TO THE BOND AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS EXPENDED FOR EACH OF THOSE PARTICULAR INITIATIVES.
SO MAXIMUM POSSIBLE IMPACT IS TO START.
NOW, IF YOU WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MONTH, YOUR EMAIL OR YOUR CALL MIGHT GET LOST, AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS GOING INTO COUNCIL TILL THE MONTH WHEN THEY BE MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
THESE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE THEN, BECAUSE BY STATE LAW, THE COUNCIL HAS TO SUBMIT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS THE BOND ISSUE.
SO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CAN REVIEW IT AND DETERMINE IF IT MEETS STATE STANDARDS FOR AN ELECTION.
IT HAS TO BE 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF ELECTION.
SO IF ELECTIONS GONNA BE IN MAY, THEN THE COUNCIL HAS TO SUBMIT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO MAXIMUM IMPACT IS TO BEGIN NOW TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO KEEP IN MIND GREEN INITIATIVES, OPEN SPACE, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO, DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO YOUR VOICE ISN'T LOST TOWARD VAN LAMONT.
THE OTHER LAST, SIMPLY WANNA MENTION THAT IT WAS AN HONOR YESTERDAY TO BE AT EDDIE BRITISH JOHNSON'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.
I HAD A GREAT HONOR OF, UH, GETTING TO KNOW HER OVER THE MANY YEARS.
SHE WAS IN THE LEGEND IN CONGRESS AND WORKED WITH HER ON SOME DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
LET'S REMEMBER A COUPLE THINGS IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SHE WAS A NURSE, SO SHE HAD A REAL COMMITMENT TO HEALTH ISSUES IN HER, IN HER DISTRICT, AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE END OF HER CAREER, SHE WAS IN CONGRESS 30 YEARS AND IN HER EIGHTIES WAS CHAIR OF THE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPACE COMMITTEE.
AND REALLY HAD A DEVOTION TO THOSE ISSUES AND DID A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ON THOSE ISSUES.
WE KNOW JASMINE CROCKETT, HER, UM, REPLACEMENT, WHO WAS NOW ELECTED IN, IN, UH, UH, AND THAT DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE A CHAMPION OF THOSE AREAS.
BUT WE ALL NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE THANKS FOR THE LIFE OF EDDIE JOHNSON.
THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT FLEW HERE FOR HERB WAKIN FOR A SERVICE.
OVER A HUNDRED ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WERE THERE.
IT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE TO SEE THE TURNOUT, UH, FOR HER SERVICE AND, UH, THE ENORMOUS GOOD SHE DID FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE NATION AS A WHOLE.
ALL HER MANY YEARS IN CONGRESS, SHE SERVED THANKS FOR LEGISLATION ALMOST 20 YEARS AND ANOTHER 30 YEARS IN CONGRESS.
AND, UH, SPENT 50 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE, 50 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
SHE WAS A, YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, SHE WAS.
I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HER SON.
WELL, AND, AND SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
FACT, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE CHAIR OF THE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
UM, SHE WAS A REAL TRAILBLAZER AND A CHAMPION FOR SO MANY GOOD CAUSES.
SO AND SO, TAKE A MOMENT, BE DEAD, MS. JOHNSON, BECAUSE SHE LOVES SOMEBODY SPECIAL AND IT'S A HUGE LOSS TO US TO FALSE.
SO KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS AND HER FAMILY IN PARTICULAR AS THEY GRIEVE HER.
BORO, MR. HOFFMAN, UM, NOTHING, I'M SORRY.
DO ANY OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT MS. POSTON, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE? YES.
I KNOW EVERYONE'S READY TO GO, BUT I HAVE A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THE FIRST IS, I THINK AS SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW, UM, I'M THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS.
AND ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO BETTER SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE MASTER NATURALISTS HAVE AND NEED TO HAVE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TOWN.
AND THIS IS BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR, OUR CITY URBAN BIOLOGIST, BRETT JOHNSON AND CHRISTOPHER MORROW, AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE NEED TO REFRESH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND OUR SUPPORT.
SO, UM, ACTUALLY GONNA BE HAVING A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH THEM TOMORROW TO FIGURE OUT OUR PRIORITIES.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE TWO REQUESTS FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND THE FIRST IS IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, FEEDBACK, IDEAS, THOUGHTS ON THE MASTER NATURALISTS AND THE WAY THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD BE WORKING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST PLEASE REACH OUT TO
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ME.AND THE SECOND IS, IF YOU HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, ANY PROJECTS, ANY EVENTS, AND YOU THINK THERE MAY BE A ROLE FOR MASTER NATURALISTS, PLEASE AGAIN, REACH OUT TO ME.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG, VIBRANT RELATIONSHIPS ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SEE NEXT IS, WELL, IT'S A SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONERS VILLAREAL AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DERE.
I SEE, I SEE A LITTLE SNAPPING GOING ON THERE.
I'VE GOTTEN WONDERFUL FEEDBACK.
UM, AND AS THEY MENTIONED, A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK BEING DONE BY THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I AM ALSO TRYING TO DO IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UM, MORE, I GUESS A MORE BROAD APPRECIATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY AMONGST THIS VERY ACTIVE AND COMMITTED GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO AS PART OF THAT, UM, THANK YOU FIRST TO, UM, DAVID MARQUIS.
HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION IN MARCH ON THE TOPIC OF THE DALLAS WATER COMMONS.
UM, ALSO A GREAT THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER LOCKMAN, WHO IS GONNA BE SPEAKING TO OUR COMMITTEE, UH, TO OUR, UM, CHAPTER IN MAY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
UM, AND FINALLY, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO AN EVENT THAT, UM, MICHAEL MARTIN AND I HAVE ORGANIZED.
IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT THAT ALL OF YOU ARE IN WARMLY INVITED.
IT'S GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY 1ST AT 5:30 PM AND WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE DETAILS.
IT'S AT THE BUSH INSTITUTE AND IT'S WITH COLLUM CLARK.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW MR. CLARK, HE IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUSH INSTITUTE IN THE SMU ECONOMIC GROWTH INITIATIVE.
HE'S A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT SMU.
HIS AREA OF SPECIALIZATION FOCUSES ON STUDYING WHAT MAKES ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT CITIES.
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS AND I CAN ATTEST THAT HE IS A REAL GEM.
HE'S BRILLIANT, A THOUGHTFUL ECONOMIST.
HE HAS A PASSION FOR CONSERVATION AND HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF, UH, CITY LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.
AND WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM IN THE FALL, HE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE HIS RESEARCH BOWL OF YOU.
UM, BUT ALSO HE CAN USE ALL OF OUR HARD QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR HIS RESEARCH.
I THINK, UM, THERE'S A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR RESOURCES.
SO ANYWAY, MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
SORRY, I'M NOT GOOD AT A MUTING.
UM, I DID AN OP-ED WITH THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AND WE WERE, UM, URGING THE EPA TO STRENGTHEN THEIR OZONE RULES.
AND YOU CAN, UM, ACTUALLY GO ONTO THE ALA'S WEBSITE AND SIGN THEIR POSITION, THEIR PETITION TO, UM, TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE EPA TO RECONSIDER THEIR, UM, OZONE RULES.
ANY OF OUR OTHER TECHNICAL MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? THREE MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, ITEM D, UPCOMING MEETINGS, PARK TRAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR JANUARY.
WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, UM, AT 9:00 AM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT 5:30 PM HAVING CONSIDERED ALL BUSINESS BEFORE US.
UM, I'LL TAKE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR, MAY I, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL OF THIS EVENING FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.