[Environmental Commission on March 8, 2024. ]
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TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:37 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN CATHERINE BAAN, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER.
SO, CATHERINE, WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS, IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CALL 2 1 4 6 7 1 8 5 2 2 2 DAYS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING.
AND THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 10TH AT 5:30 PM WE'RE GONNA, UM, BEGIN WITH SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, INCLUDING ONE THAT I JUST RECEIVED.
UM, SO I WANNA GIVE DIRECTOR EVANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS.
UH, CARL EVANS, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF ENVIRON QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, UH, I'M SAD TO SAY, BUT HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME THAT, UH, ERIN DEAL HAS A, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO AUSTIN, UM, WHERE SHE'S FROM AND, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HER FUTURE JOURNEY.
UM, SAD TO SEE HER, SEE HER LEAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I WENT TO AN EVENT LAST NIGHT AND IT JUST REMINDED ME TO REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENCE AROUND YOU.
AND, UH, ERIN IS EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY.
I MEAN, YOU SEE HER AT EVERY EVENT, AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK SHE HAS TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FUNCTIONS, THAT THE PARKS TRAILS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SHE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENTS COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, BUT SHE'S MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS COME TO THE PTE, UH, IN A SIMILAR WAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, SAD TO SEE HER LEAVE, BUT HAPPY FOR HER JOURNEY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT JUST WANTED, MAKE SURE THAT WE APPRECIATE ERIN, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DOES.
AND I'M NOT SURE OTHER FOLKS HAVE COMMENTS.
ERIN, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, WERE IT NOT FOR ERIN, UM, WE WOULD'VE HAD SO MUCH OF A HARDER TIME GETTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OFF, OFF THE, THE RUNWAY, AND SHE HAS BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING ME ON TRACK.
UM, AND I'M GONNA PROCESS THIS INFORMATION AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO SOMETHING SOON TO CELEBRATE ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND OUR WORK TOGETHER.
MR. MARQUIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WHAT IF WE JUST DON'T LET HER LEAVE ANYBODY IN? I SAY WE VOTE NOW.
ERIN, WE WROTE, WE REALLY WILL MISS YOU.
YOUR ABSENCE WILL BE TREMENDOUS AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UM, THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, LET'S GO ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES.
IF THERE ARE, UH, NO CHANGES, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS EVENING.
IF YOU REVIEWED THE AGENDA, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT WE'VE GOT SOME VOTING ITEMS. UH, WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THAT FIRST VOTING ITEM, UH, VOTE VOTING ITEM.
A, UH, IS A VOTE TO PASS A SPECIAL RECOGNITION HONORING THE LIFE, THE WORK, AND THE LEGACY OF RAUL REYES JR.
IF I CH REEL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
I SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANNA, I LOVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER DERO ONLINE.
I JUST WANNA, UH, GIVE MY RESPECT TO, UH, BROTHER, UH, ROYAL AND ALL THE HARD THINGS WORK THAT HE HAS IMPLEMENTED IN
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WEST DALLAS, AND HE'S GONNA BE MISSED AND ALL DEPARTMENT IN WEST DALLAS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CARE COMMISSION AND A LOT OF LIVES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.SO I JUST WANNA GET HIM HIS FLOWER, UH, ON RECORD.
AND IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR CAMERA ON SO WE CAN SEE YOU AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY THAT, UM, RO RAUL WAS A POWERHOUSE AND HE WAS JUST SO ON FIRE FOR HIS COMMUNITY, AND YOU COULD TELL THAT AND EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, BUT HE WAS ALSO ON FIRE FOR OTHER FOLKS, AND WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO LIKE, BRING UP OTHER FOLKS AND HELP OTHER FOLKS.
AND HE WOULD GIMME A CALL AND SAY, DR.
ALABI, I GOT SOMEBODY FOR YOU TO MEET.
COME ON, YOU GOTTA COME ON OVER.
UM, AND, UH, AND, AND I, AND HE, HE, HE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FELT LIKE FAMILY.
AND SO, UM, HE'S A GREAT, UM, INSPIRATION.
HE'S DEFINITELY SOMEBODY WHO, UM, I WANNA EMULATE AND IN THE WAY THAT HE ENVELOPED PEOPLE, AND HE BROUGHT HE, AND HE, AND HE BROUGHT PEOPLE UP AND, AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM VERY LONG AT ALL, BUT HE MADE SUCH AN AMAZING IMPRESSION.
UM, AND SO HE WILL TRULY, TRULY BE MISSED.
UH, IT WAS AN HONOR TO KNOW RAUL AND WORK WITH HIM REALLY CLOSELY THE LAST THREE YEARS.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET IN WEST DALLAS.
UH, I COUNTED HIM AS A MENTOR.
HE WAS A LEADER, UNLIKE ONE I'D EVER MET BEFORE.
HE WAS INTO RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AS MUCH AS I WAS, AND ALWAYS INVITED ME TO A TABLE.
I WOULD LOOK AROUND AND SAY, WHAT AM I DOING IN THIS MEETING? BUT IT WAS RAUL COALITION BUILDING AND SAYING, ESTHER, YOU NEED TO MEET THESE PEOPLE, AND THESE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW YOU, AND THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND HE CONNECTED AS A PASSION OF HIS.
HE WAS SO BRILLIANT AND WAS ALWAYS ABOUT EDUCATING HIMSELF AND FINDING ANSWERS AND LEARNING MORE.
AND THAT IS, I THINK, THE PIECE THAT I WILL TAKE MOST FROM HIS LIFE IS HIS EXAMPLE.
ALWAYS FURTHERING HIS EDUCATION, ALWAYS ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION.
SPOKE ON HOUSING ELOQUENTLY, UM, FOOD ACCESS, QUALITY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES TOO.
HE WAS ALWAYS, UM, ON MY SIDE.
HE WAS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
I SAW HIS NAME, OUR ATTENDEES LIST, AND HE WOULD TEXT GATHER TONIGHT,
UM, WELL, MS. EMIT WEST DOES, THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU, UM, WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW RA REYES.
UM, YOU KNEW THAT HE WAS A LEADER, UNLIKE ANY OTHER LEADER THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.
HIS ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND SEE THEM FOR THEIR RAW TALENTS AND CONNECT THEM TO THE PLACES AND THE ISSUES THAT HE SAW IN HIS COMMUNITY WAS UNPARALLELED.
AND HE HAD AN ENTIRE COLLECTION OF PEOPLE THAT HE JUST SAW THE GOOD IN, AND THAT HE SAW SOMETHING SPECIAL IN AND KNEW THAT THEIR TALENTS WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HIS COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HE COULD COUNT ON, THEN HE COUNTED YOU AS FAMILY.
AND HE, HE, HIS, HIS NICKNAME FOR MANY OF US WAS FAM.
AND WHEN HE MESSAGED ME EVERY DAY, IT WAS A DONUT EMOJI AND A COFFEE EMOJI.
AND THAT'S HOW I KNEW HE WAS SAYING, GOOD MORNING, LET'S GET TO WORK.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING ON SOMETHING IN WEST DALLAS.
AND I HEARD IT SAID LAST NIGHT, AND I FEEL THAT IT IS SO TRUE THAT MAN LOVED WEST DALLAS MORE THAN HE LOVED HIMSELF.
HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY THE THREE CHILDREN THAT HE LEAVES BEHIND.
RAUL, REAGAN AND DALIA, HIS PARENTS, HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE TRULY DEVASTATED BY HIS PASSING, AS ARE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND ADVOCACY.
AND IF YOU KNEW RAUL, HE WAS ALWAYS AT A COMMUNITY MEETING.
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THE NIGHT THAT HE PASSED.SO HE, THE LAST THING THAT HE DID WAS CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO HIS COMMUNITY.
HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION AND HOUSING EQUITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND YES, HE WAS VERY PLUGGED IN AND HE WAS ALWAYS VERY INVESTED IN WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WAS DOING.
AND IF WE WEREN'T DOING WHAT HE EXPECTED OF US TO BE DOING, BELIEVE ME, WE HEARD ABOUT IT,
AND HE WOULD SIT HERE DURING THE MEETINGS AND TEXT US AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? OR HE WOULD SAY THAT COMMISSIONER MADE A GREAT POINT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS? HIS INVESTMENT OF HIS TIME WAS WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF PAYMENT OR TO BE RECIPROCATED IN ANY WAY, EXCEPT THAT IT GO TO HIS COMMUNITY.
AND I FEEL LIKE NOW I'M BEING LONG-WINDED.
BUT WE ALWAYS JOKED WITH HIM ABOUT HOW LONG-WINDED HE WAS
AND YOU, YOU JUST HAD TO SIT BACK AND BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LOOK, 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES MINIMUM, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE.
BUT I ALSO HEARD IT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, RAUL PASSED, HE WAS JUST 50 YEARS OLD, AND MAYBE IT WAS THAT HE HAD SO MUCH TO SHARE, BUT HE KNEW THAT HIS TIME TO SHARE IT WAS LIMITED.
THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, MY FRIENDS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT IMPACTS SO MANY PEOPLE ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL.
AND THE WHOLE THAT OUR WEST DALLAS FAMILY FEELS RIGHT NOW IS TREMENDOUS.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER RAUL REYES WAITING IN THE WINGS TO JUMP IN AND, AND TAKE HIS PLACE.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY BIG SHOES TO FILL.
BUT MAY WE SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES TRYING THAT MAN DID IN 50 YEARS, WHAT SOME OF US WOULD NOT DO WITH TWICE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MS. BEVIN.
WELL, I TOO GOT TO KNOW RAUL AND SOME OF HIS WORK IN WEST DALLAS AND HAVING BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR MANY YEARS, NOT EVERYONE WHO IS AN ADVOCATE DOES IT WITH STYLE AND GRACE, MUCH LESS COURAGE AND THAT MUCH COMMITMENT.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT FOOTNOTE RIGHT BEHIND YOU, CATHERINE.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
WE'RE GONNA PAUSE ON OUR VOTING ITEMS REALLY QUICK AND TAKE ROLL, WHICH I FORGOT TO DO.
SO LET'S GO DOWN THE DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, MARK WOOTEN, DISTRICT 4, 3, 4, 5.
TRACY ONE, IF YOU'RE HEARSAY HERE.
I'M DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10, 11.
AND DISTRICT 15 WILL BE ABSENT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, MS. BEVY, WE HEARD FROM HER HERE.
ALABI SAW YOU, MS. BAYER? LET PATTY DO MS. THOMPSON PRESENT.
I'LL BE ON CAMERA IN A MINUTE.
I JUST GOTTA GET TO THE HOUSE.
UM, MS. REAGAN, MS. THOMAS, DR. STEWART, MR. VE PRESENT.
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MR. WILKINS.MS. POSTON? DID I MISS ANYBODY? ALL APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
FRIENDS, LET'S GO BACK TO OUR VOTING ITEMS. ITEM B IS RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL ADOPT A PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING LIGHTS OUT.
UM, A NOTE ON THIS LAST WEEK, THE MAYOR, UH, ISSUED PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING LIGHTS OUT.
DFW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UM, IS THAT THE CITY PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD COVER LIGHTS OUT FOR BOTH THE SPRING AND THE FALL MIGRATIONS IN SUCH AN ANNUAL MANNER THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THE CITY, UM, EVERY JANUARY TO ASK THAT THIS BE ISSUED.
SO I BELIEVE THAT SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA AS THIS, I'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
UM, SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR, UH, VOTING ITEM B? SO MOVED.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE SUPPORTING LIGHTS OUT DFW ANNUALLY FOR BOTH THE SPRING AND THE FALL MIGRATION.
AND THE SPRING MIGRATION IS MARCH 1ST THROUGH JUNE 15TH.
AND THE FALL MIGRATION IS, I HAVE IT, HOLD ON.
I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH HER.
AUGUST 15TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION AND THEN VOTE ON THE MOTION OR, UH, AMENDMENT AND THEN VOTE ON THE, THE AS IT IS AMENDED.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDED, UM, MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED AGAIN ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED, UM, TO SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE OR, OR RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS LIGHTS OUT FOR BOTH THE SPRING AND THE FALL ANNUALLY? IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED.
THANK YOU TO HEATHER FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, UM, AND FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR US.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE.
VOTING ITEM THREE IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF OUR JANUARY 27TH, 2024 STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP REPORT.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT REPORT.
IF THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS, THEN I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I MOVE THAT THE REPORT, UH, BE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN.
LET'S GET ONTO OUR BRIEFING ITEMS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE KEVIN MONDY, THE MANAGER OF, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THE KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL UPDATE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE GOODIES FOR US THIS EVENING, SO WITH YOUR BRIEFING, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU HAVE.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU TO THIS COMMISSION.
I'M GLAD TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THESE UPDATES.
I WAS HERE LAST YEAR BRIEFING, UH, THE COMMISSION ON KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'M PROUDLY TO SERVE AS, UH, MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THESE OUTSTANDING UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.
SO, THE PURPOSE AGAIN, IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL KEY UPDATES, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM AND CLEANUPS.
UH, ALSO, UH, SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM OPERATIONS.
UH, ALSO TO SHARE SOME UPDATES WITH YOU FROM LAST YEAR'S NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE AND TO CHALLENGE THE COMMISSION, UH, ONCE AGAIN TO PARTICIPATE.
THEN AT THE END, I'LL TAKE, UH, QUESTIONS FROM HERE IN PERSON AND, UH, VIRTUALLY IF, IF NEED BE.
SO, UH, TODAY, UH, LAST YEAR I WAS HERE THIS TIME JUST ANNOUNCING OUR KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATION.
AND, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME PROVIDE SOME UPDATES WHERE WE WERE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS POINT.
UH, SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HELP US AMPLIFY THE, UH, OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS AND THE MISSION OF KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO HELP OUR PROGRAM AND TO GROW AND EXPAND WITH ALL CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, AGAIN, LAST YEAR, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
I TALKED ABOUT OUR AFFILIATION ACCEPTANCE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL IN 2020.
UH, WE HAD ALREADY BEGAN TO START TO LAY SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK AND FOUNDATION, UH, FOR THE
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PROGRAM, AND STARTED SOME SMALL PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UM, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCING THE PROGRAM, DOING SOME OF THE KEY CORE OBJECTIVES OF KEEP, UH, DALLAS BEAUTIFUL THROUGH KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL, AND KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.SO I WANNA SHOW YOU HOW WE'VE GROWN, UH, FROM THIS POINT LAST YEAR TO NOW.
SO, AND FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2022, WE RECEIVED SILVER STAR STATUS WITH KEITH TEXAS.
SO WE JUST, WE WENT FROM IN ONE YEAR FROM JUST AN AFFILIATE MEMBER TO A SILVER MEMBER.
AND PRIOR TO ME COMING HERE TODAY, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION FOR GOLD STAR RECOGNITION, STATUS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2023, WHICH WE JUST WRAPPED UP.
SO I EXPECT NOTHING BUT GREAT NEWS TO HEAR BACK FROM, UH, KEITH TEXAS.
BEAUTIFUL, OUR AFFILIATE, UH, MANAGER, HOW WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOME MAJOR MILESTONES WITHIN ANOTHER IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, UH, BY GETTING PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS UP AND RUNNING, BUT ALSO GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK AND MEASURES FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, AND ACTUALLY SHOWING AND DEMONSTRATING THE NEED FOR THE PROGRAM HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, ALSO LAST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED, UH, OUR WASTE IN PLACE CURRICULUM, WHICH IS A CURRICULUM THAT WE OFFER TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND GRADES.
WE WORKED WITH 17 DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.
DALLAS, ISD DID A NEWS STORY ON US.
WE ALSO HAD A CHANNEL FIVE NEWS STORY DONE ON OUR WASTE IN PLACE, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THIS CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO TEACH STU TEACH STUDENTS A GOOD STEWARDSHIP ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, HOW TO POLICE THEIR SCHOOLS AND SURROUNDINGS WITH LITTER, BUT ALSO, UM, BE BETTER LEADERS INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
UH, ALSO THIS PAST YEAR, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN VOLUNTEERISM WITH OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUPS, UH, ABOUT 52%.
AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY, UH, WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM THAT FUNDED, UH, THREE, UM, POSITIONS, UH, FOR THE, UM, THREE POSITIONS FOR THE PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, WE FILL TWO OF THE THREE POSITIONS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDED SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MARKETING SUPPORT.
UH, WE LAUNCHED A WEBSITE, UH, KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THIS COMMISSION ASKED US TO DO.
SO THAT WEBSITE LAUNCHED THIS MONTH.
ALSO ON MARCH 18TH, WE HAVE A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, UH, BEGINNING WITH DART, AS WELL AS A PRESS RELEASE THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT THE KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.
SO, JUST AS I SPOKE ABOUT OUR INCREASE IN VOLUNTEERISM, UH, WHEN I CAME, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN 2022.
WE'VE SHOWN AN INCREASE OF COMMUNITY CLEANUPS, EITHER LED BY US INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY BY, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
UH, WE WENT FROM ONE YEAR TO 46 TO 70.
UH, AND NOW AT YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT 36 CLEANUPS.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS IS YOU SEE A VALUE OF SERVICE.
THAT VALUE OF SERVICE JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY SAVES BY US GETTING OUT HERE ON THE GROUND AND GETTING VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED WITH CLEANING UP OUR CITY.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR WE ALMOST DOUB THE AMOUNT OF 300, A LITTLE OVER $300,000, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ON PACE THIS YEAR TO ALSO TOP THAT NUMBER AS A VALUE OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ONE OF OUR, UH, MOST VALUABLE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IS OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN TRASH OFF PROGRAM.
AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS WE HOST COMMUNITY CLEAN UP TRASH OFF EVENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION, AND ALSO OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS, UH, COME ALONG WITH US WHERE WE HAVE OUR, UH, BULK TRASH DISPOSAL, OUR BOPA, WHICH IS CALLED BATTERIES OIL AND PAINT ANTIFREEZE, WHERE, UH, RESIDENTS CAN COME OFFLOAD THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS OFFERING DOCUMENT SHREDDING, UH, FOR THOSE WHO NEED, UH, DOCUMENT SHREDDING.
LAST YEAR, UH, WE HOSTED, UH, 17 EVENTS SO FAR.
TODAY WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN EVENTS.
WE HAVE AN EVENT PLANNED FOR THIS SATURDAY THAT WILL BE IN THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AT THE WEST DALLAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EVENT PLAN ON MARCH 23RD.
UH, WE'LL BE HELD AT THE, UH, AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH PARTNERING WITH DALLAS IIS, DALLAS ISD, UTILIZING THEIR FACILITIES, UH, TO HOST, UH, MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY CLEANUP TRASH OFF EVENTS, UH, FOR CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE AND THE URL FOR OUR WEBSITE, UH, WWW.KDBCCS.ORG.
I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO SHARE THIS WEBSITE, UH, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, YOUR COMMUNITY GROUPS.
UH, IT HAS AN INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ON THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE HOSTING, UH, UPCOMING EVENTS, AS WELL AS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS THAT
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MAY BE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE NOW SENDING US THIS INFORMATION TO POST ON OUR WEBSITE TO GET ASSISTANCE FOR VOLUNTEERISM OR JUST GENERAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE LAUNCHED, IT'S CALLED ADOPT A SPOT.
UH, THIS PROGRAM IS JUST A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG RESIDENTS ES CLUBS, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO HELP US WITH KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN.
SO WE ASK, WE IDENTIFY AREAS AND, AND NEIGHBORHOODS, KIND OF MORE INFILL, BUT ALSO KIND OF OUT LAYERING AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE WE'RE ASKING ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO ADOPT, UH, FOR A, UH, ONE YEAR PERIOD.
UH, THE ADOPTION OF AN AREA GIVES THEM A SIGN WITH AN ADOPTION, THEM NAME A PLATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN.
AND WE ONLY ASK THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS, UH, PERFORM SIX COMMUNITY CLEANUPS AT OR AROUND OR NEAR THE AREA THAT THEY'VE ADOPTED FOR A YEAR.
ONE OF OUR PROGRAM OPERATIONS THAT WE BOUGHT IS CALLED LOVE YOUR BLOCK.
UH, THIS IS A CITYWIDE VOLUNTEER CLEANUP INITIATIVE.
UH, BY SCANNING THE QR CODES, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION OF WHERE THE NEXT CLEANUP IS.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH DALLAS PARKS AND REC, UM, WITH THIS PROGRAM.
SO THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PARKS, UH, THAT THEY CLEAN UP, UM, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO WHILE THEY'RE CLEANING UP THE PARKS, WE ALSO TAKE VOLUNTEERS AND CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE PARKS, UH, AS A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, AND YOU'LL HEAR, I'M KIND OF GIVE YOU A TEASER HERE, SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 DAYS, YOU'LL HEAR A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING, UM, TO THE CITY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AS A GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR.
SO THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE WAS ON A WEBINAR WITH THE ORGANIZATION WHO'S, WHO'S ACTUALLY FUNDING US YESTERDAY, AND THEY HAD A DISCLAIMER AT THE BOTTOM.
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO WHO AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU A TEASER ABOUT IT.
SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT COMING OUT ABOUT LOVE YOUR BLOCK.
AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME CONTINUED PROGRAM OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY HAND TOOL PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS A FREE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, UH, WHERE YOU CAN BORROW COMMUNITY HAND TOOLS AND SUPPLIES TO PERFORM YOUR COMMUNITY CLEANUPS.
UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP ON THE GO TRAILER IS STILL ACTIVE.
UH, SO WE'RE ABLE TO, IF THERE'S A HUGE CLEANUP SOMEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THE GROUP DOESN'T HAVE MEANS TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES AND TOOLS, WE HAVE A TRAILER THAT'S CALLED COMMUNITY CLEANUP ON THE GO.
AND WE CAN TRANSPORT TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP SITE, UH, AND IF STAFF IS AVAILABLE, CAN REMAIN ON SITE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR PROGRAM OPERATION THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.
IT'S OUR BEAUTIFICATION, UH, PROJECT.
UH, SO THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UH, TWO, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.
ONE IS THE CLARA TRESTLE AREA.
THIS IS, UH, ON CLARATON AND THE HISTORICAL 10TH STREET, JUST RIGHT BELOW THE HISTORICAL 10TH STREET DISTRICT, WHERE WE, UH, REIMAGINED SOME OLD ABANDONED TRAIN TRESTLES AND A MEDIAN.
UM, THIS AREA BECAME A SITE TO US THROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.
SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS GRAFFITI ON THESE TRAIN TRESTLES AND A HIGH INSTANCE OF LITTER THROUGHOUT THE MEDIAN.
UH, SO WE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND THE CULTURE TO IDENTIFY AN ARTIST.
UH, SO THEY'RE OUR COLLABORATIVE, UH, PARTNER IN WHAT WE CALL BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES PROJECT TO REIMAGINE, UH, THE, THE TRESTLES, WHICH ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE HISTORY OF THAT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS REIMAGINE WHAT THE MEDIAN, UH, COULD BE AS KIND OF A SERENITY SPACE, UH, FOR RESIDENTS, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HASN'T ADOPTED THAT AREA TO PERFORM THE SIX COMMUNITY CLEANUPS PER YEAR AS A PART OF OUR ADOPT SPOT INITIATIVE.
UH, THIS MIDDLE INITIATIVES, IT WAS RECENTLY OUT IN JUBILEE PARK, UH, WHERE WE WORKED WITH, UH, JUBILEE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY GROUP.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY A SMALL CORNER LOT THAT THEY HAD THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF SPACE.
SO WE REIMAGINE THAT SPACE, UH, WITH A LOCAL ARTIST, AND WE CALL IT, UH, THE CONGO PROJECT, IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH CONGO STREET, THAT GOES THROUGH JUBILEE PARK.
SO THIS IS RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF CONGO.
AGAIN, IT KIND OF GIVES THE HISTORY OF THE STREET WE PUT IN, UM, SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME CRUSH, GRANITE PASS, BECAUSE IT WAS A CUT THROUGH.
YOU CAN TELL WHERE NEIGHBORS HAD ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF TRAIL THAT PATH, JUST CUTTING THROUGH.
SO NOW WE, WE CREATED IT WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AT THE CORNER OF THAT SPACE AND JUST ENJOY THE SPACE.
UM, THE ART, DECORATIVE ART CONTAINERS IS KIND OF OUR MURALS ON THE MOVE PROJECT, WHERE WE TAKE OUR, UH, UH, LARGE TRASH CONTAINERS AND WE ACTUALLY MAKE 'EM OUT OF
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DECORATIVE ART PIECES.AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE LATEST ONES THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
AND IT HAS OUR MISSION ON THE SIDE.
SO IT BECOMES AN ATTRACTION WHEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, CLEAN TRASH SHOP EVENTS, AND THEY SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL MURALS ON, ON THE SIDE OF OUR TRASH CONTAINERS.
SO, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WAS MADE IS SAY, HEY, WE GOTTA GET INVOLVED IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE.
SO I WENT BACK AND I GOT US ENROLLED, AND WE, WE SET OUT A STRATEGY THAT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE VERY WELL EQUIPPED TO WIN THE CHALLENGE.
IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME, UH, BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHALLENGE AS A DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS IS JUST THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED BACK, AND THEY CALL IT A LEADERBOARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, DALLAS, WE RANKED THIRD IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE, BUT WE HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EVENTS BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND MAY 31ST.
WE COLLECTED THE MOST BAGS OF LIT, AND YOU SEE WHAT OUR SCORE IS TO GIVE US A THIRD PLACE FINISH.
I KNOW MY FACE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME.
I MEAN, WE TRIED, WE FIGURED IT OUT.
WE, WE CONTACTED THE COMMISSION.
WE WAS LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THE REASON THEY GAVE US, UM, THEY TOLD US IS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE MULTIPLIED AT A HIGHER NUMBER THAN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE OF OUR POPULATION.
SO IT'S NOT A BIG CITY, LITTLE CITY COMPETITION, IT'S JUST WHERE WE RANK AS A CITY IN TERMS OF POPULATION SIZE.
THEY FELT LIKE WE COULD DO A LITTLE MORE.
AND SO, SO WE'RE MULTIPLIED AT A HIGHER NUMBER.
HOWEVER, I AM NOT AT, AT ALL UPSET AT THE EFFORT WE MADE AND THE EFFORT WE PUT FORTH IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS CHALLENGE.
UM, AND LAYING OUT A STRATEGY.
OUR STAFF WORKED EXCEPTIONALLY HARD.
WE'RE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS, UH, RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND GROUPS, GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN THE CHALLENGE, FINDING WAYS WE CAN GET PEOPLE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEANING UP.
UH, SO WE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING YOU ONCE AGAIN TO JOIN US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LITTER FROM MARCH 1ST, UH, THROUGH MAY 31ST, UH, WE, WE HAVE SIGNED UP AGAIN FOR THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE.
WE KICKED OFF LAST SATURDAY WITH A BANG.
UH, WE, WE WORKED WITH PARKS AND THE RIVER SHINE ROUNDUP.
UH, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE LAST WEEK.
UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO EVENTS, WE PROBABLY ENGAGED WITH, I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY 300 VOLUNTEERS.
UH, SO WE COLLECTED TONS OF LITTER, ESPECIALLY AT RIVER SHINE AND THE LONG FERGUSON ROAD.
SO WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START AGAIN.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
UH, SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US AMPLIFY THIS MESSAGE.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THE CHALLENGE.
AND BY WAY, WE GAVE YOU SOME CHALLENGE KITS, UH, BEHIND YOU, SO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LITTER GRABBER IN YOUR BAG.
YOU ALSO HAVE THIS CLEAN AND COOL.
KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL BEST HERE.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH US IN THE CHALLENGE.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS COMMISSION, WE HAD SEVERAL, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO CALL US TO, TO PERFORM AND TO HELP THEM PLAN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT.
PLEASE JOIN US, UH, GET ON BOARD WITH US AGAIN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE.
OUR GOAL IS TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE MULTIPLE, BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR EFFORTS HERE ON THE GROUND AND AMPLIFYING THE MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, AND OUR GOAL HERE IS WE WANNA SEE A LITTER FREE CITY.
UH, SO, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US, UH, PARTICIPATING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US MEET THAT GOAL.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE.
LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DR.
UM, YOU, HAVE YOU DONE ANY WORK? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS, THIS IS A FABULOUS EFFORT.
AND, UM, HAVE YOU DONE ANY WORK TO GEO MAP OR LOCATE PLACES THAT YOU'VE DONE CLEANUPS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, GEOGRAPHIC HOLES? SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, OUR BUSINESS AND DATA ANALYTICS TEAM RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S GONNA BE A FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR NEW WEBSITE.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO GEO MAP WHERE, UH, WE ASK THEM TO GEOMAP ADOPT THE SPOT LOCATIONS.
SO WE WANNA START THERE WITH TRACKING, BECAUSE WE KNOW AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ADOPTED, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHALLENGE SPOTS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE GONNA ASK PEOPLE TO ADOPT THAT MAY NOT GET AS MUCH LOVE AS AN INTENTION AS OTHER AREAS.
SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT AS A MEASURE, UM, BY US GOING BACK TO TRACK AFTER CLEANUP, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICED WHEN THERE'S ACTIVITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER RESIDENTS, PEOPLE SEE, SEE PEOPLE OUT CLEANING UP.
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THAT, MAN, THERE'S AN INTEREST HERE.AND WE GO BACK TO SOME AREAS AND THERE'S LESS LITTER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
WE ALSO SEE THAT WITH GRAFFITI.
SO SOME OF THE, OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, UH, WHERE THERE'S GRAFFITI BEFORE.
SO NONE OF OUR PAST OR CURRENT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN GRAFFITI ON BECAUSE WHILE WE'VE KIND OF REMOVED THE BLIGHT AND PLACED IT WITH SOMETHING BRIGHT, AND WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY INTEREST WITH STRONG COMMUNITY BUY-IN.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, YES, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THAT POINT TO KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ADOPTERS IN THESE AREAS, IS IT, YOU KNOW, LESS LITTER OR MORE LITTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE SEE? UH, BUT WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE POINTS IDENTIFIED ON A KIND OF AN INTERACTIVE MAP AND A GOOD REPORTING SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE CAN REPORT WHEN THEY SEE A HIGH INCREASE OF LITTER IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AS YOU SPEAK.
UH, SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, UH, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK WITH FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS? BECAUSE FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS, THAT'S PART OF THEIR, THE THEOLOGY AND SPIRIT, UH, SPIRITUALITY.
SO ONE OF OUR FIRST ADOPTERS WAS A FAITH-BASED INSTITUTION.
UH, SO THEY WERE OUR FIRST ADOPT A SIGN THAT WE PUT UP.
UH, AND IT WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF LITTER ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY REASON THERE'S NO TRASH CANS ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE, SO PEOPLE JUST DRIVE BY AND THROW THEIR TRASH OUT.
SO, UH, THAT AREA HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY A FAITH-BASED INSTITUTION.
THEY WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE SAID, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU, UH, TO ADOPT AN AREA, BUT ALSO TAKE PRIDE IN THE AREA BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS ON THAT SIDE AND IT'S JUST ADJACENT TO YOUR INSTITUTION.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THAT, THAT, THAT SITE.
SO FAR IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY WELL GOOD.
WE DON'T EXPECT IT, I MEAN, TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT LIT FREE BECAUSE IT'S A EIGHT LANE, UH, THOROUGHFARE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN THAT THOROUGHFARE.
UH, BUT JUST BY DOING SPOT CHECKS AND FOLLOWING UP, IT APPEARS TO BE THAT IT'S GOING WELL FOR THEM.
UM, UH, ON BEHALF OF, AS A REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 12, I'D LOVE TO, UH, MEET WITH, UH, FOLKS INVOLVED WITH THIS AND NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN DISTRICT 12.
I THINK, UH, OUR DIRECTOR, MR. CHRIS CHRISTIAN, UH, SPOKE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THIS WEEK AND WE'VE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION.
SO, UH, SHE, I WILL TELL, WE WILL COMMUNICATE BACK THAT, UH, DR. BARRY SAID HE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED.
SO YOU MAY BE GETTING A CALL, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE WE SPOKE THIS WEEK.
OH, I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH MY COUNCIL PERSON ON FRIDAY, SO, ALRIGHT.
SO, SO, SO TELL HER ABOUT ADOPT A SPOT AND SHE'LL SAY, YEAH, I SPOKE WITH THE PEOPLE AT CODE, SO WE'RE READY.
UH, MY, MY LAST COMMENT IS SORT OF A PREEMPTIVE STRATEGY.
UM, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO I CHANGED GYMS. I QUIT 24 HOUR FITNESS BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T PUT A RECYCLING, THEY WOULDN'T PUT A BLUE RECYCLING, UH, UH, UH, CONTAINER IN THE GYM.
I CHANGED GYMS AND TOLD THEM WHY I WAS CHANGING.
BUT THAT BRINGS UP THIS WHOLE QUESTION ABOUT PREEMPTIVE STRATEGIES OF LOOKING AT PLACES THAT HAVE HIGH USE OF PLASTICS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND WHETHER THAT MIGHT BE PART OF A STRATEGY.
IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
UH, SO ALL THE, FROM THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL.
UH, THE STRATEGIES ARE LITTER, LITTER ABATEMENT, AND LITTER CONTROL, UH, RECYCLING AND BEAUTIFICATION.
UH, SO THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS, UM, THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS WEEK THAT WE WILL LOOK, LOOK STRONGLY INTO COCA-COLA HAS A STRONGLY, UH, STRONG RECYCLING PROGRAM.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S BEST SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM SINCE THEY HAVE A FOOTPRINT HERE IN A DFW AREA TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER CLOSE WITH THEM.
THEY PARTNER NATIONALLY WITH KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR RELATIONSHIP CONTACTS WITHIN THE AFFILIATION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO CHAIR WALLACE AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER DERE.
AND THEN MR. MARTIN, IF YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, ARE ANY OF YOUR LENDING MOWERS OR BLOWERS AND, UM, ANY ON THE GO MOWERS AND BLOWERS ELECTRIC? YES.
SO OUR TRAILER, OUR COMMUNITY TOOLS ON THE GO IS FULLY EQUIPPED WITH, WITH ELECTRIC MOWERS, CHAINSAWS, UH, WEED EATERS AND BLOWERS.
I THINK WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS, UH, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE TRAILER, WE RECEIVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH, UH, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ON A VOLUNTEER PROJECT.
AND THEY ASKED WHAT ONE OF THE NEEDS
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WAS, AND WE SAID, WE NEED OUR TRAILER TO BE EQUIPPED WITH, UH, ELECTRIC TOOLS.SO IT'S, IT'S OUTFITTED WITH ALL ELECTRIC TOOLS.
COMMISSIONER RE, COMMISSIONER RE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER RE, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME NOW? YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR.
BUT I'M THE COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND IN CHOPPY, WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT ON APRIL THE 13TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CAN WE GET THE, UH, THE ART CONTAINER, UH, FOR THAT DAY.
AND SO I WILL GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM ERIN AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU.
WE HAVING A CLEAN UP THAT DAY, SO, UH, AND I WANNA ADOPT THE BLOCK FOR JOCK.
UH, COMMISSIONER RO, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE.
UH, I THINK WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT IT INTERNALLY IN OUR OFFICE OFFICE.
UM, SO WE AL I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE YOU ON THE CALENDAR AND THE RADAR FOR APRIL 13TH.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR VERY POSITIVE ENERGY IN HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US REAL BOOSTS AND WE APPRECIATE IT,
ONE, I ALWAYS WANNA BE ON THE POSITIVE, UH, PATH, BUT WE DO HAVE LAWS IN THIS CITY AGAINST LITTERING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE THAT THERE'S EVER BEEN ANY REAL EFFORT TO ENFORCE THOSE LAWS? THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, GENERAL QUESTION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ASK BECAUSE IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, DUMPING IN THE GREAT TRINITY FOREST HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR DECADES.
SO I'M JUST ASKING DO WE HAVE ANY EFFORT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION? I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE AS OPPOSED TO YOUR PROGRAM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, I'D LOVE YOUR, YEAH, SO I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HERE, WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT THERE IS A LAW ON THE BOOK, UM, ABOUT LITTERING THAT'S ENFORCEABLE BY, UH, DALLAS, DPD, UH, NOW HOW IT'S BEING ENFORCED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A QUESTION OR HOW SHOULD IT BE ENFORCED? SO I, I DO KNOW, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR FOR, YES, THERE IS A LAW, UH, ON THE BOOKS ABOUT LITTERING.
UM, AND NOW AS FAR AS ILLEGAL DUMPING, UH, WE DO HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND A ILLEGAL DUMPING PROTEIN, UH, WHERE IF SOMEONE CALLS AND REPORTS, UM, AND WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL DUMPING HOTLINE, UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, OUR PRO TEAM HAS THE ABILITY TO SET UP CAMERAS IN AREAS THAT HAS HAD A HIGH INSTANCE OR OCCURRENCES OF ILLEGAL DUMPING ALONG WITH SIGNS.
SO IF THAT IS AN AREA OF CONCERN AND, AND IT'S IN, UM, AN AREA WHERE WE CAN GET TO AND IT'S SAFE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MAY NOT FALL UNDER OUR PURVIEW, BUT MAYBE SOME OF OUR, UH, INTERNAL SISTER AND BROTHER DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM TO, TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE REDUCE ILLEGAL DUMPING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I WONDER, DO WE HAVE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WITH THE COUNTY REGARDING GREAT TRINITY FOREST, WHILE THAT'S AN INCORPORATED LAND WITHIN THE COUNTY? IT MIGHT NOT BE CITY PROPERTY, BUT YEAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY PROGRAMS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN THIS REGARD? SO WE WORK WITH THE, THE MARSHALS, UH, MARSHALS, UH, UH, CITY OF DALLAS ON ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO, UH, WHENEVER WE CAN FIND TRACEABLE EVIDENCE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, ILLEGAL DUMPING, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION IS TRANSFERRED FOR OVER TO OUR MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR, FOR PROSECUTION IF THEY CAN FIND, UH, TRACEABLE EVIDENCE OF WHO ILLEGALLY DUMPED, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT'S REPORTED BY A CITIZEN LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT OUR CAMERAS CAN CATCH FRONT CAMERA, REAR CAMERA, UH, UH, IN ACTION.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS TURNED OVER TO THE MARSHALS.
ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT IS THAT I THINK MANY OF US REMEMBER THAT DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS AND TELL THE RING CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WITH OTHER AGENCIES, UH, AND ENTITIES TO STOP LITTER BEFORE PEOPLE THROW OUT THE CAR WINDOW? ARE WE DOING EDUCATION ON A BROAD BASIS TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP LITERALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE? YEAH, SO WE'RE WORKING HARD AND THAT WAS OUR WASTE IN PLACE.
UH, PRO WASTE IN PLACE CURRICULUM I WAS TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
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DALLAS, ISD.UH, SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE CEILING, BUT WE'VE STARTED, UH, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH MORE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE STARTED WITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAKE, UH, THE MOST IMPACT.
WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL THAT TWICE A MONTH, UH, THEY GO OUT AND RECEIVE, WE'RE ABLE TO AWARD THEM WITH, UH, SERVICE LEARNING HOURS.
UH, WE GO TO THE CAMPUS, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED, AND THEY GO OUT AND, UH, COLLECT LITTER, UM, THROUGHOUT AND AROUND THEIR SCHOOL AS A PART OF A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
UH, ALSO WE ARE GETTING READY TO WORK WITH, UH, BISHOP DONN, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE TWO HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS INTERESTED IN DOING THE SAME THING.
SO I THINK WE GOT SOME TRACTION AND SOME MOMENTUM BUILDING.
UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MARKET AND, AND PUSH THOSE PROGRAMS FORWARD.
UH, DALLAS ID AGAIN, HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET A WASTE IN PLACE PROGRAM ON EVERY CAMPUS.
UH, WE HAVE 17 RIGHT NOW, SO WE GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT WE STARTED AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS CATCHING MOMENTUM AND, AND WE'LL EXPAND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
MR. MONDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST THE ENERGY YOU BRING AS WELL.
I MEAN, BLENDING ART AND BLENDING COMMUNITY AND BLENDING EDUCATION AND BRINGING US FLASHY, FUN SHIRTS,
SO I, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WE WORK ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM AND WE HAD AN IDEA OF HIGHLIGHTING SOME HOTSPOTS FOR LITTERING.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A LIST ON THE WEBSITE OR ANYWHERE SPECIFICALLY THAT WE COULD TARGET? SO THE FIRST IS NO, UH, BUT WE, WE OF HOTSPOTS, WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WHERE, UM, WE TRACK THROUGH, UH, 3 1 1 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ABATE AND THAT ARE FROM, SO WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE HOTSPOT.
SO LET ME RE ASKS, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU.
UH, WE ACTUALLY BEGINNING IN APRIL, WE HAVE KIND OF A SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO SHOW THAT, HEY, IF THEY'RE OUT CLEANING UP THE CHALLENGE, OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO GET OUT AND DO THE SAME THING.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR THING IS, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM, WE KNOW IF THERE ARE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T GET A LOT OF LOVE AND ATTENTION, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR ADOPTERS FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO IF WE CAN HELP MARRY THE TWO, I THINK IT HELPS US BOTH TO COMPLETE OUR, OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND AGAIN, WE LOVE TO PARTNER, UH, PARTNER WITH YOU IN HELPING WITH THAT.
CHALLENGING TO, I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MONDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEBSITE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT.
OH, I'M SORRY, RENEE, GO AHEAD.
UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRAM AND I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MY COUNCILMAN YET, BUT, UH, THE WAY THE STRATEGY SOUNDS IS IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, IF ONE OF THEM WANTS TO DO A CLEANUP, WE GET IN TOUCH WITH CHRIS CHRISTIAN.
IS THAT THE WAY IT WOULD WORK? CHRISTIAN'S, OUR DIRECTOR, BUT YOU CAN DIRECT TO ME.
YOU, UH, SO WE WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE DISTRICT EIGHT OFFICE ON SEVERAL LEVELS.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEAN TRASH OFF COMING UP ON MARCH 23RD.
WHICH WOULD BE AT THE KATHLEEN GEORGE GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
AND IT WILL BE FROM 7:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ALSO, UH, UNT DALLAS HAS ADOPTED TWO SPOTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NEAR OR AROUND THEIR CAMPUS.
UH, ONE IS GONNA BE ON UNIVERSITY HILLS DRIVE, THAT AREA, THAT STRETCH OF THOROUGHFARE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS GONNA BE ON CAMP WISDOM, THAT STRETCH OF THOROUGHFARE.
SO THERE'S TWO SCHOOL GROUPS THAT WILL TAKE ON, UH, ADOPT SPOTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
SO YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE SCHOOLS FROM DISTRICT EIGHT THAT ARE GONNA BE, THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING? OR DO I NEED TO GIVE YOU NAMES? A COUPLE OF THEM.
SO THE COLLEGE CAMPUS STUDENT, CAMPUS STUDENT GROUPS WHO ATTEND SCHOOL AT UNT DALLAS WILL BE ADOPTING TWO SPOTS.
ONE ON, UH, UNIVERSITY HILLS DRIVE AND THE OTHER ONE ALONG CAMP WISDOM.
AND WHAT ABOUT ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOLS? SO RIGHT NOW, UM, I WOULD'VE TO CHECK OUR LIST OF SCHOOLS FOR OUR, UH, WASTE IN PLACE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE DOING, UH, I MIGHT NOT KNOW 'EM ALL BY NAME AND, AND LOCATION.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR EARTH DAY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WERE COMING TO EARTH DAY OR CLIFF, WE, WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME REQUESTS.
COME DO SOME PRESENTATIONS AT, UH, FOR EARTH OR EARTH WEEK AS WE CALL IT.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'RE OPEN TO, TO THOSE SUGGESTIONS
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IF YOU WOULD, UH, JUST LET US KNOW.ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, MR. MONDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW WEBSITE.
JACK AND I DID SCHEDULE A CLEANUP WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER.
IT WAS A QUICK 15 MINUTE, VERY PAINLESS PHONE CALL.
SO YOU GUYS NEED HELP TO GET A CLEANUP SCHEDULE.
GLAD TO, UM, HELP YOU PROMOTE IT AND HELP YOU GET THE WORD OUT AND ALSO HELP YOU COORDINATE IN ANY WAY.
SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE DOING IS ABOUT BEHAVIOR CHANGE, CHANGING THE BEHAVIOR OF LITTERING, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT IT AT A MORE HOLISTIC LEVEL AND CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF BUYING PLASTIC AND STYROFOAM.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID COCA-COLA, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ONLY 10% OF ALL PLASTIC, UH, IS EVER RECYCLED.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES THAT ARE COMING OUT NOW THAT ARE, UM, A LITTLE CONCERNING ABOUT CONSUMING MICRO MICROPLASTICS WITHIN PLASTIC, UM, DRINKABLES.
AND SO JUST WITH THAT IN CONSIDERATION, I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE AN OUTREACH POINT.
UM, SO LET'S JUST ALL KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT'S THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE NEED TO AIM TO CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US AND FOR THE VESTS, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
IF YOU NEED US, PLEASE CALL US AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN, APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO BRIEFING ITEM, UH, B THAT IS THE DROP OF THE 20 24 5 YEAR WATER CONSERVATION WORK PLAN AND OUR 2024 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
UM, DIRECTOR EVANS, WE HAVE A TEAM COMING.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS, HAS, UH, HAD A, HAD A SUCCESSFUL WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR YEARS.
UM, AND TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS AND TO MEET STATE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, WE NEED TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO ADOPT, UH, OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
AND TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE DRAFTED A WATER CONSERVATION WORK PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DELGADO AND, UH, PROJECT MANAGER ALICIA LEE, I'M FORGETTING YOUR EXACT RIGHT, BUT I'LL SAY PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO TONIGHT, ALICIA LEE, SHE'S THE, UH, MANAGER OVER THE WATER CONSERVATION GROUP AND SHE WILL BE PROVIDING BACKGROUND ON THE WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND, UM, FOR SURE WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THESE TWO PLANS ABOUT AND THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE STATE.
UM, SO WE WANNA SEEK YOUR SUPPORT, UM, BECAUSE WE WANNA TAKE THIS TO THE COUNCIL, UH, NEXT MONTH, UM, FOR THEIR APPROVAL SO THAT IT CAN BE SENT TO TCQ.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
ALICIA LEE, WATER CONSERVATION MANAGER IN THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, TODAY MY OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE THE NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, INCLUDING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE UPCOMING WATER CONSERVATION PLANS, INCLUDING PROJECTED WATER SAVINGS AND THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, RECOMMENDED ENHANCEMENTS, BRIEF SUMMARY AND TIMELINE, AND NEXT STEPS.
SO THE NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION, WHILE DALLAS' SERVICE AREA SERVES 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE, UH, 1.6 MILLION OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THE OTHER 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE 27 WHOLESALE CUSTOMER CITIES THAT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES SERVES.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE DRIVERS OF WATER USE INCLUDE POPULATION GROWTH.
MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE WATER FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, HOW WE USE WATER INSIDE OF OUR HOMES, HOW WE USE WATER OUTSIDE OF OUR HOMES SUCH AS LANDSCAPING, WATER LOSSES THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND WEATHER PATTERNS.
SO THE ANNUAL WATER PRODUCTION FOR ALL OF THE, FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO INCLUDING THE CUSTOMER CITIES,
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IS A PRODUCTION OF 140 BILLION GALLONS.AND THAT'S THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TREATED WATER PRODUCTION FROM FISCAL YEAR 2015 TO 2022, WHICH IS THE SCOPE OF OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, OUR FOCUSING ON ANALYZING THOSE YEARS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 45% OF OUR TOTAL PER PRODUCTION OF WATER IS FOR WITHIN CITY OF DALLAS RETAIL SALES AND WHOLESALE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 40.66%.
SO THEY'RE ALMOST EVEN AS FAR AS USAGE WITHIN THE CITY.
AND OUTSIDE OF, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS, OUR AVERAGE RETAIL TREATED WATER SALES IS ABOUT 67 BILLION GALLONS.
AND THAT'S AN AVERAGE FROM THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
UH, ABOUT 36% OF THAT WATER USE GOES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND IF YOU COMBINE COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL, I'M SORRY, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MULTIFAMILY, IT'S OVER 60% OF THE USE.
SO REALLY FOCUSING ON TARGETING THOSE AREAS TO, TO QUANTIFY THE BEST SAVINGS.
SO OUR EFFORTS SO FAR IN THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR WATER CONSERVATION.
WHILE WATER CONSERVATION IS SERVED AS A DEMAND MANAGEMENT TOOL, IT EXTENDS THE LIFE OF OUR EXISTING RESOURCES WHILE ALSO DELAYING THE NEED TO FIND FUTURE WATER SOURCES.
IT ALSO HAPPENS TO PUT DALLAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE'S CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS.
DALLAS HAS BEEN DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING BEFORE THERE WAS A STATE REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO IT'S A BONUS THAT THAT HELPS GO THROUGH THAT COMPLIANCE EFFORT.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE EFFECTIVE.
OVER 387 BILLION GALLONS HAVE BEEN SAVED SINCE 2001.
SO THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL LAKE GRAY HUBBARD TWICE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF THAT WATER SUPPLY.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF THE PUBLIC ARE CHANGING BASED ON THAT, UH, REDUCTION IN GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY OF 32% SINCE 2001 WHEN THE WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION WAS OFFICIALLY BORN.
AND SO THE 2024 WATER CONSERVATION WORK PLAN WILL KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.
SO TO BRIEFLY LOOK AT OUR PROGRAM CHRONOLOGY AND TRENDS AND THE 1980S GENERAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WAS THE NORM.
AND IN 2001, THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICIAL WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION WAS FOUNDED, INCLUDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED TO PROHIBIT LANDSCAPE WATER WASTE, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE FIXED, YOU HAVE GOT A WORKING RAIN FREE SENSOR, THAT KIND OF THING.
IN 2005, WE FORMALLY ADOPTED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH UPDATES IN 2010 AND 2016 AND THE UPCOMING 2024 WORK PLAN.
UM, A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME INCLUDE TIME OF DAY WATERING RESTRICTIONS DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR.
YOU CAN ONLY WATER, YOU KNOW, AFTER 6:00 PM AND BEFORE 10:00 AM AND ALSO LIMITING A PERMANENT LIMITATION OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU CAN IRRIGATE YOUR LANDSCAPE UP TO TWICE A WEEK MAXIMUM.
AND THAT'S DESIGNATED DAYS PER ADDRESS.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE, THE LONG-TERM TRENDS HERE BASED ON CAL GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY, WHICH IS HOW MUCH WATER DOES A SINGLE PERSON USE EACH DAY.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LINES STARTED TO GO DOWN ONCE WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THOSE RESTRICTIONS, THOSE ORDINANCES, YOU CAN SEE A STEEP DECLINE.
UM, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE DASHED LINES, THAT'S OUR FUTURE PROJECTION OF THOSE GPCD AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THEM KIND OF FLATTEN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE SAVED SO MUCH WATER, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR BEHAVIORS.
UM, SO THERE'S LESS WASTE STARTING OUT.
UM, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT COLORED LINES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE.
ONE INCLUDES OUR INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS, ONE OF THEM INCLUDES, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL, THE ONE THAT SAYS WITHOUT INDUSTRIAL INCLUDES THOSE MULTIFAMILY HOMES AND THOSE COMMERCIAL USERS.
AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES THAT ARE THE LOWEST LINE GETTING CLOSER TO 50 GALLONS PER DAY.
AND SO JUST TO LIST A COUPLE SLIDES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, JUST TO GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, THE NEW ONE FOR YOUR HOME PROGRAM, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO THESE NUMBERS ARE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT OUR RUNNING TOTALS ARE THROUGH 2022.
SO THE NUMBER OF TOILETS DISTRIBUTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY IS, UH, 50, OVER 54,000 TOILETS, WHICH HAS GIVEN US A WATER SAVINGS OF 266 MILLION GALLONS FOR MULTIFAMILY.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND UM, WE'VE SEEN BECAUSE OF WE'VE DISTRIBUTED MORE TOILETS THERE OVER 68,000 TOILETS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A CUMULATIVE WATER SAVINGS
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OF 312 MILLION GALLONS.THE MINOR PLUMBING REPAIR PROGRAM HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 14,000 FIXTURES AND WHICH GIVES US A CUMULATIVE WATER SAVINGS OF NEARLY 41 MILLION GALLONS.
AND OF COURSE, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE HAS REACHED, UH, OVER 200, ALMOST 128,000 STUDENTS WITHIN 309 SCHOOLS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER RUNNING TOTALS THERE.
SO THERE HAS BEEN THREE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS SINCE 2001.
THAT INCLUDES THE TIME OF DAY WATER AND RESTRICTIONS, THE MAXIMUM TWICE WEEKLY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND A REVISION TO, UM, ARTICLE 10 FOR LANDSCAPE AND TREE PRESERVATION.
THE, UH, IN ORDER TO HELP ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCES, THE WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION PROVIDES FUNDING EACH YEAR TO CODE COMPLIANCE UP TO, FOR AN EQUIVALENT OF TWO FTES TO HELP US ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCES, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE REALLY HOT MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER.
AND OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM EVALUATION INCLUDE 9,700 AUDITS FOR RUNNING THROUGH SOMEONE'S IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND GIVING THEM FEEDBACK ON, UH, ADJUSTMENTS FOR HIGHER EFFICIENCY.
AND WITH THAT, WE GET A POTENTIAL WATER SAVINGS OF 543 MILLION GALLONS, THOSE IN INSTITUTIONAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WATER USERS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITY SURVEYS AND REBATE PROGRAM WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THEIR, UM, ESTABLISHMENT, GIVE THEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE HIGHER EFFICIENCY, UM, RESPONSES.
AND THEN OUR REBATES FOR THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR WATER SAVINGS OF 121 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR.
UH, OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE OUR SAFE WATER.
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
AND THE REGIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WATER IS AWESOME, WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT AND RECENTLY IN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE OF THE LARGEST WATER PROVIDERS WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT MESSAGING FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A CITY LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT GRANT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING $200,000 FOR THEIR WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT.
SO WE CAN REALLY HELP THE CITY, UM, PROGRESS IN THAT WAY AS WELL.
AND THEN MONITORING THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER CITIES, ANYTIME THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER CITIES ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT RESTRICTS LANDSCAPE WATER USE, IT USUALLY COMES DOWN TO WA OUTDOOR WATER USE THAT REALLY HELPS LOWER THE DEMAND ON THE DALLAS SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S LESS WATER THAT WE HAVE TO PRODUCE AND TREAT TO GIVE THOSE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER CITIES.
SO WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THESE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THEIR ADOPTION OF THESE PRACTICES.
UM, FOR OUTDOOR WATERING SCHEDULE TIME OF DAY AND WATER CONSERVATION PRICING.
SO YOU USE MORE WATER, YOU'RE GONNA PAY A HIGHER RATE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR THE WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, THE WATER LOSS REDUCTION IS A PROACTIVE LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH SAVES 5.5 BILLION GALLONS SINCE 2005.
DISTRIBUTION MAIN, UM, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MAIN REPLACEMENT HAS HELPED THE SYSTEMS AGE DROP FROM 48% TO 41%, AND WE'RE SEEING LESS MAIN BREAKS PER MILE WITH THIS PRO LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR.
UM, METER READING, WHICH IS AN APPARENT LOSS REDUCTION.
THERE IS A ONGOING PROCESS TO REPLACE METERS TO GO TO AUTOMATIC NETWORK SYSTEMS, A MI, BUT IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
AND SO THOSE ARE STILL PILOT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED RIGHT NOW AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP HELP US OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ORDINANCES TOO.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DATA.
UM, OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE WATER CONSERVATION PLANS WE'RE DISCUSSING INCLUDE OUR FIVE-YEAR WATER CONSERVATION WORK PLAN.
LIKE I MENTIONED IN THE CHRONOLOGY SLIDE, IT SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR THE COMPLIANCE TO STATE MANDATES AND IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY STRATEGIES.
SO WHEN WE LOOK OUT TO 2080, HOW ARE WE GOING? WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET OUR WATER? HOW ARE WE GONNA USE IT? AND WATER CONSERVATION IS A BIG STRATEGY COMBINED IN THAT, RIGHT? UM, THE STATE REQUIRED WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS MANDATED BY TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SEEN THERE, AND THERE IS A SUBMISSION THAT'S REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND 2024 IS OUR NEXT SUBMISSION FOR MAY 1ST.
SO HOW DID WE DEVELOP THESE PLANS? UM, THE WORK PLAN HELPS INFORM OUR STATE PLAN BECAUSE THE WORK PLAN IS VERY IN DEPTH.
UM, SO THE WORK PLAN EXAMINED PROGRAMS AND WATER USE AND TARGETED STRATEGIES,
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UH, AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING WITH THE CONTINUED CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, THOSE WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, AND REVIEWING OUR ORDINANCES TO SEE WHERE WE FIT IN, UM, WITH THE NATION AND ENFORCING THOSE WATER RULES.
THE SELECTED STRATEGIES I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, ARE PROJECTED TO SAVE 0.94% PER CAPITA PER YEAR FROM, UM, THE NEXT FOUR, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THE PROPOSED MEASURES WE HAVE HERE ON THE SLIDE ARE ORGANIZED BY USER, GROUP, SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, ICI, AND THEN DWU AND WHETHER THOSE ACTIONS ARE ONGOING ENHANCED OR NEW.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE MANY STRATEGIES THAT ARE ONGOING.
AND THEN A FEW NEW AND ENHANCED STRATEGIES, WHICH ARE WHAT I'M GONNA COVER IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
PROJECT WATER SAVINGS FOR THE MEASURES THAT I LISTED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.
GIVE US A FIVE YEAR GPCD GOAL FOR 2029 AT 1 68.
OUR ROLLING AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS 1 75, SO GETTING DOWN TO 1 68 IN FIVE YEARS IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.
AND OUR 10 YEAR GOAL FOR YEAR 2034 IS ONE 60.
AND THESE FIVE AND 10 YEAR GOALS ARE, ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LISTED HERE.
AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE FROM THIS STACKED BAR CHART THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR WATER SAVINGS DO COME FROM THOSE PROACTIVE LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR AND MAINTAINING THAT WATER SYSTEM.
SO LEAKS DON'T, YOU KNOW, SILENTLY WASTE WATER.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT KIND OF QUANTIFIABLE WATER USE REDUCTION HERE ON THAT CHART.
SO WHAT ARE THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE DRAFT FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN? WELL, ONE OF THEM IS A PARTNERSHIP TO OUR IRRIGATION AUDITS, PROVIDING A REBATE TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO CONVERT TO DRIP IRRIGATION SPRAY HEADS WITH MORE EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND ZONE CONVERSIONS.
SO ALL THOSE POTENTIAL WATER SAVINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THOSE WATER, THOSE IRRIGATION AUDITS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTED WATER SAVINGS, UM, WITH THE REBATE PROGRAM TO REALLY INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO MAKE THOSE UPGRADES.
AND WITH THAT AS A PROJECTED WATER SAVINGS OF 5 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WATER USERS.
THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDE A WATER EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
SO FOR THESE ICI FACILITY MANAGERS AND LEADERS THAT REPRESENT THOSE HIGH WATER USE INDUSTRIES, WE REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT, WHAT CAN HAPPEN FROM WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, RIGHT? SO WE CAN COUPLE THAT WITH A TRAINING PROGRAM AND HELP THEM FOCUS ON THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WATER SENSE PROGRAMS AND REALLY HOPE TO BRIDGE THE GAP THERE.
AND THEN AN ICI QUALIFYING NON-PROFIT RETROFIT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE AUTHORIZED PLUMBING, PLUMBING RETROFITS FOR QUALIFYING NON-PROFIT FACILITIES.
THESE RETROFITS WOULD INCLUDE HIGH EFFICIENCY TOILETS, HIGH EFFICIENCY FAUCETS, AERATORS, AND HIGH EFFICIENCY SHOWER HEADS.
AND WHAT WE GET FROM FROM THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE GREATER, UH, PARTICIPATION AND INCREASED OUTREACH TO SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES, AND A PROJECTED AVERAGE WATER SAVINGS OF 46 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR.
FEW OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO MENTION HERE INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
UM, WE ARE REALLY HOPING TO BROADEN OUR DIGITAL OUTREACH AND REACH THOSE AUDIENCES WITH A PERMANENT STAFF MEMBER VERSUS A TEMPORARY STAFF MEMBER TO HELP US ADVANCE OUR, OUR WATER CONSERVATION MAN MESSAGING, MANAGE THE WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, CREATE THOSE CUSTOM DIGITAL CONTENTS, AND REALLY ENGAGE WITH THOSE DIGITAL AUDIENCES IN DALLAS.
ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT AND WOULD INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE REVIEW REPORT, REVIEWING THE ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO LANDSCAPE.
AND WHAT WE GET IS THAT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, TRUST AND PARTICIPATION, INCREASED AWARENESS OF OUTDOOR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND REDUCED OUTDOOR WATER USE.
MY FINAL ENHANCEMENT SLIDE INCLUDE THE REAL LOSS REDUCTION, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EXPANDING THAT LEAK DETECTION PROGRAM WITH ADDITIONAL TECHNICIANS AND STAFF.
AND WHAT WE'LL GET IS LOWER UTILITY COSTS, REDUCED CUSTOMER DISRUPTIONS, AND A PROJECTED AVERAGE WATER SAVINGS OF 346 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN SERVES AS A ROADMAP TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S WATER CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS, AND DALLAS HAS MADE REALLY GREAT STRIDES IN REDUCING THAT PER
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CAPITA WATER DEMAND USING THE THE CONSERVATION INEFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. WE'RE SEEING A 32% DECREASE IN GPCD SINCE 2001, GIVING US AN ONGOING SAVINGS OF 387 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER.THE PROPOSED 2024 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE PER CAPITA WATER USE BY AN AVERAGE OF 0.94% PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BY IMPLEMENTING THOSE MEASURES WITH HIGH WATER SAVINGS, EARLY, AND ALIGNING STRATEGIES THAT HAVE SIMILARITIES AND SYNERGIES.
SO OUR TIMELINE FOR ADOPTION, UM, IN THE FALL OF 2023, WE SENT OUT A FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK ON OUR CURRENT PROGRAM.
AND, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING OUR PLANS TO BE FINALIZED AND POSTED TO THE SAVE DALLAS WATER WEBSITE THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE TAKING THESE ITEMS TO COUNCIL, ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION AND ADOPTION.
2024 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED TO TCEQ MAY 1ST.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS TRULY JUST TO SEEK YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PLANS.
AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND, AND A QUICK, UH, PROCESS POINT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE TYPICALLY BRIEF YOU ALL BEFORE WE BRIEF THE PTE COMMITTEE, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVC MEETING LAST MONTH.
WE, UH, WE PROVIDED A MEMO ON THIS, ON THIS TOPIC, BUT, UH, AND WE BRIEFED THE PTE ON MONDAY AND THEY SUPPORTED THE PLAN AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UH, FOR OUR COUNCIL VOTE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BRIEFED YOU IN FULL, UM, SO THAT YOU GOT TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PLAN CONSISTS OF.
MS. LEE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING YOU, UH, PRESENT AT COMMISSION AND THAT WAS A REALLY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UM, WELL PUT TOGETHER PRESENTATION.
AS A TECHNICAL ADVISOR OF WATER ISSUES, I JUST JUMP IN.
WE BEGAN WORKING ON THE WATER CONSERVATION IN THE CITY SOME YEARS AGO.
AND THE DROUGHT OF 2011, THE DROUGHT OF RECORD REALLY BROUGHT IT TO ATTENTION, BROUGHT THE CITY TO ATTENTION.
'CAUSE THROUGHOUT THE REGION WE WERE RUNNING LOW ON WATER.
UM, NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW OR LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.
IN FACT, THE LAKE LABON, WHICH IS NOT A LAKE THAT WATER THAT DALLAS WAS DRAW FROM, BUT NORTHERN SUBURBS DO, THEY CAME TO A POINT WHERE THEY REALLY WERE RUNNING LOW WATER.
SO THERE WERE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT REALLY HAD TO GO INTO SERIOUS WATER RESTRICTIONS DURING THE DROUGHT OF 2011.
AND THEY GOT OUR INTENTION AND ATTENTION OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATES IN THE STATEWIDE DROUGHT.
NOW, LITTLE MORE HISTORY, LET'S REMEMBER THE DROUGHT OF THE 1950S IS THE REGION THAT DALLAS BEGAN TO BUILD RESERVOIRS IN LARGE NUMBERS.
THE PARTS OF TEXAS WENT, WENT WITHOUT WATER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND NORTH TEXAS, ONE OF THOSE REGIONS.
SO AS A RESULT, CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR, LAKE HUBBARD, UM, LOUISVILLE, ALL THESE RESERVOIRS WERE BUILT IN LARGE, UH, RESPONSE TO, UM, THE DROUGHT OF THE FIFTIES.
SO AT THAT TIME, DALLAS HAD LOTS OF WATER ONCE THE RESERVOIRS WERE BUILT, AND THE POPULATION WASN'T THAT GREAT AT THAT TIME.
SO SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT AFFECTS US TO THIS DAY, AND THAT IS THE CONTINUED USE OF LIVE EXPANDED USE OF ST.
ST AUGUSTINE GRASS DOESN'T BELONG IN NORTH TEXAS.
WE HAVE 17 KINDS OF, OF NATIVE GRASS IN NORTH TEXAS.
AUGUSTINE IS A SWAMP GRASS FROM WEST AFRICA.
IT REQUIRES TWICE AS MUCH WATER AS WE GET AN ANNUAL YEAR, YOU KNOW, A GOOD YEAR.
AUGUSTINE TO BE REALLY GREEN, TAKES 70 INCHES A YEAR.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, AS NORTH DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE, BUILT OUT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD IN 19 50 19 70 BUILDERS TO BUILD A HOME, HAVE A TRUCK ROLL UP WITH ROLL THE SAND AND GRASS, ROLL IT OUT ON THE LAWN, SPRINKLE A LITTLE BIT, DRIVE OFF AND FELL OFF.
SO WE HAD THE WATER FLOOR, IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF POPULATION IN THOSE DAYS, AND AS A RESULT, WE GOT INTO REALLY BAD HABIT.
SO WHEN JODY PUCKETT WAS AT DW BEFORE, UH, TERRY LAUER AND THEN MAYOR SARAH STAN, JODI AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING A REGIONAL EFFORT WITH THE WATER UTILITIES GENERAL REGIONAL DW NORTH TEXAS OR TRINITY, TO REALLY GET PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE WAY WE USE WATER ON OUR LAWNS.
'CAUSE WITHOUT QUESTION, THE BIGGEST WASTE OF WATER IN NORTH TEXAS IS OUR LAWNS KNOW THAT QUESTION.
IN FACT, THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE SOME YEARS AGO THAT RED OAK TREES WERE DYING BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING TOO MUCH WATER.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE OVER WATERING THEIR LAWNS.
SO IT'S A REALLY BROAD PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT REPORT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IT'S, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF FROM 2010 WHEN I WORKED WITH JODY AND TERRY AND ALL THE FOLKS THEN AND
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DENNIS AND THE WHOLE CROWD AT W TO MOVE US FORWARD IN THIS WAY.SO WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
WE NEED TO LOOK ON A REGIONAL LEVEL NOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON HOW WE WATER OUR LAWNS AND WHAT IS IN OUR LAWNS.
AND THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE SOME THINGS ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND A REALLY BROAD REGIONAL EFFORT.
SO WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
IT'S A GREAT REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THERE ARE WATER EFFORTS REGARDING CONSERVATION OR MULTIFACETED.
CODE COMPLIANCE IS INVOLVED IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, DW IS INVOLVED.
AND AGAIN, DW SUPPLIES, WELL, NO, THE BALANCE WHICH THE CITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO THIS IS A BIG COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM FOR WE CAN DO, IS ENCOURAGED THE COUNCIL TO PASS THIS PLAN AND THEN TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
BUT IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE AMOUNT OF WATER, SOME ESTIMATES ARE 40 OR 45% OF OUR WATER GOES THROUGH OUR LAWNS.
WE ARE EXPECTING 20 MILLION NEW TEXANS BY 2050.
ONCE YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT, WE'RE EXPECTING 20 MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BY 2050, AND NONE OF THEM ARE GONNA BRING MORE WATER WITH THEM.
ALL THE LAND IN TEXAS IS WEST OF FORT WORTH.
ALL THE WATER IN TEXAS, LEAST OF FOR THESE CAN BE VERY SEVERE ISSUES.
AND DALLAS IS GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO PASS THIS PLAN AND THEN TO KEEP PLANNING ON A ONGOING BASIS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.
THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES AND SERIOUS PROBLEMS. AND HERE'S THE OTHER NEWS THERE, THERE ARE NO MORE GOOD PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BUILD RESERVOIRS.
ALL THE GOOD PLACES TO BUILD RESERVOIRS ARE LONG GONE.
ALL THE RESERVOIRS LEFT ON THE MAP PROPOSED ARE A LONG WAY FROM CITIES ARE, WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND RAISED MORAL QUESTIONS LIKE ARE WE WILLING TO TAKE LAND AWAY FROM THEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WATER OUR NORTH LAWN IN DALLAS? SO ALICIA, GREAT REPORT.
WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE CONTINUE TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION.
SHEILA, YOU KNOW THIS, EVERYBODY DW KNOWS THIS AND THINK OEQS DOES TOO.
WE NEED TO GO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES.
AND THAT INCLUDES HOW WE LANDSCAPE OUR YARDS, HOW WE WATER OUR YARDS, HOW WE WORK WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES AND WORK REGIONALLY TO CONTINUE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT MR. MARQUIS.
JACK AND THEN CHAIR WALLACE AND THEN MR. MARTIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ANNE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR A GREAT REPORT, GREAT PRESENTATION IN ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION BUILDING OFF OF MR. MARQUIS, WHICH IS, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU ALL ARE WORKING WITH THE LOCAL LANDSCAPING COMMUNITY, BOTH ON THE EFFICIENT IRRIGATION AND ALSO THE LANDSCAPING JUST TO ENCOURAGE MORE EFFICIENT LOW WATER USE, NATIVE AND ADAPTIVE LANDSCAPING.
YES, WE WORK EXTENSIVELY ON OUTDOOR WATERING BECAUSE WE ALSO ARE AWARE OF THE WASTE THAT'S PRESENT THERE.
UM, SO WE PARTNER WITH ROOTED IN TO DO MONTHLY WATERWISE SEMINARS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO OUR WATERWISE LANDSCAPE TOUR THAT WE DO EVERY FALL TO REALLY SHOWCASE HOW BEAUTIFUL YOUR LAWN CAN BE WITH NATIVES.
AND, UM, WE HAVE THE WEEKLY WATERING ADVICE, WHICH IS A REGIONAL WATERING TOOL THAT WE PARTNER WITH HERE AT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT.
UM, SO EVERY WEEK YOU CAN GET AN EMAIL OR A TEXT THAT TELLS YOU WATER ZERO INCHES.
'CAUSE THAT'S USUALLY THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT IF IT DOES GET REALLY HOT, IT'LL IT'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO WATER.
UM, AND I'M SURE I'M MISSING SOMETHING ELSE.
IS THAT MOSTLY EVERYTHING? YEAH, THE WEEKLY WATERING ADVICE, WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING WATER IS AWESOME AND EACH YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
LAST YEAR WE DID THREE MINUTE VIDEOS ON HOW TO CONVERT YOUR LANDSCAPE, UM, INTO NATIVES FROM NON-NATIVE PLANTS AND JUST REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT MESSAGING.
OUR, OF COURSE, OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM AUDITS ALSO ENCOURAGED THAT THAT EFFICIENT WATER USE AND, UM, AND OF COURSE THE, THE REBATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE HOPE TO GET MORE BUY-IN FROM PEOPLE THAT THAT AFFORDABILITY MIGHT BE JUST OUT OF THEIR REACH.
UM, AND THAT COULD HELP INCENTIVIZE THEM TO CONVERT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADD, UM, ON ONE OF THE PROPOSALS, UH, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS TO GET WITH THE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CUSTOMERS.
UM, SO BRINGING FROM THOSE INDUSTRIES, BRINGING, UH, THE PROJECT MA THE PRO THE PROPERTY MANAGERS
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FROM THOSE INDUSTRIES.AND, UH, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AT ONE POINT THE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE COMPANIES.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT BRINGING THEM INTO THE, INTO THE FOLD, RIGHT, UH, WITH A MORE STRUCTURED, UH, PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THEM, UH, BEST PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS TO WHAT THEY NEED.
DO THEY NEED MORE TRAINING OR HOW THEY CAN USE THE, THE EPA WATER SENSE TOOLS ALSO TO IMPROVE IN THEIR BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR WALLACE.
UM, I HAVE, UM, THREE QUESTIONS.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 11, I'VE GOT A QUESTION THERE.
AND THEN MEANWHILE, I'M, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MUST BE INCLUDED, BUT, UM, DO WE HAVE CODE REQUIREMENTS ON ALL WATER FIXTURES THAT WILL GO INTO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND, UM, I MEAN EVERY, EVERY NEW BUILD COMMERCIAL, EVERYTHING AS FAR AS THE MOST EFFICIENT WATER FIXTURES, ARE THERE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT? UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE ARE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR OUTDOOR WATERING USES, INDOOR WATERING FIXTURES, NOT SO SURE THAT, I THINK THAT'S A TOSS UP.
I KNOW THAT OUTDOOR ABSOLUTELY, BUT INDOOR, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WHAT I'M AWARE OF, UH, THIS IS SHEILA, WHAT I'M AWARE OF IS, UH, LIKE ON THE TOILETS, LIKE THEY ARE ALREADY, THAT'S ALL ALREADY CONVERTED TO, UH, LESS THAN 1.6 GALLONS PER FLUSH.
THERE ARE SOME NOW SOMETIMES TOILETS NOW THAT ARE DOWN TO 1.2 AND TWO LESS THAN ONE ACTUALLY.
SO, BUT THAT'S PART, THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION CODE FOR SURE.
AND UM, AND THEN I WONDERED, UH, AND I'M NOT SEEING SLIDE 11 LOADED, IS THAT ON MY END OR, UM, WHILE THAT'S LOADING, UH, MY LAST QUESTION IS ON RAINWATER CATCHMENT.
UM, WOULD WE CONSIDER REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO, UM, DO RAINWATER CATCHMENT TO USE ON THEIR OWN LANDSCAPE, UM, SIMILAR SETUP TO WHAT TOYOTA HAS AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS? WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT WHENEVER WE DO OUR ORDINANCE REVIEW.
UM, SINCE THE ORDINANCE REVIEW IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO FOR OUR NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE ASKING IF BUILDINGS ICI BUILDINGS CAN BE REQUIRED, NEED TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE RAINWATER CATCHMENT, CORRECT.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO WHENEVER WE'RE DOING OUR ORDINANCE REVIEW.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE MOVING THAT DIRECTION ALREADY JUST FROM THEIR OWN, UM, STANDARDS AND THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE CHANGING.
AND SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A CODE REQUIREMENT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, EASIER TO CAPTURE DATA FOR, UM, COMPARE LIKE JUST NEW BUILDS.
WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING INTO THOSE.
UM, ON THE MINOR RE PLUMBING REPAIR, MY QUESTION WAS ON, WHEN IT SAYS CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF NPR FIXTURES DISTRIBUTED MM-HMM.
SO THAT COULD BE FAUCET AERATOR, THAT COULD BE KITCHEN FAUCETS, LAVATORY FAUCETS, TOILETS, UM, SHOWER HEADS, AND THEN THEY DO SOME OTHER MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS SUCH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HELP, HELP OUT WHEREVER THERE ARE LEAKS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE FIXTURES THAT WE COUNT, THAT WE KNOW ARE WATER SAVINGS FROM THOSE TOILETS, SHOWER HEADS, FAUCETS.
AND THEN LAST COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS, UM, WHEN YOU GET THESE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPERS TOGETHER, MM-HMM,
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BLOWERS.WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE SPEAK WITH THEM.
UM, HI ALICIA, A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SLIDE 23, YOU DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT IT, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE COMMERCIAL INDUS INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIAL FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
UM, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES HERE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION IS THINKING ABOUT AND WORKING ON SOME IDEAS RIGHT NOW ABOUT INCENTIVES.
SO THAT WAS THE KEY WORD THAT GOT ME.
SO CAN YOU COMMENT BRIEFLY, AND MAYBE THIS IS A FOLLOW UP, WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR A BUSINESS? I SEE FOR THE NONPROFITS, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THEY'D BE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, RETROFITS AND ALL THAT, BUT FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THOSE INCENTIVES THAT WILL MOTIVATE THEM AND, AND HAVE THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE'D LIKE IN TERMS OF WATER EFFICIENCY IN THEIR BUSINESSES? YES.
SO THE ICI FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, SO FOR ICI CUSTOMERS, OUR CURRENT PROGRAM INCLUDE A WATER EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITY SURVEY THAT GO, SOMEONE GOES THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY AND GIVES THEM A CURATED REPORT ON WHAT DO THEY HAVE PRESENT AT THAT FACILITY AND WHAT UPDATES COULD GIVE THEM GREATER EFFICIENCY, WHETHER THAT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY.
AND THEN IF THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY FOLLOW THROUGH THE CITY'S SPECIFIC PROCESS, THEY CAN GET A FINANCIAL REBATE TO COVER A PORTION OF EITHER THE LABOR IT COSTS TO INSTALL THEM OR THE WATER SAVINGS, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
SO, UM, NOT TO BELABOR IT NOW, BUT THAT'S GREAT FOR US TO KNOW.
I, I IMAGINE OUR COMMITTEE WILL WANNA FOLLOW UP Y'ALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THAT AND HOW WE CAN APPLY IT TO OTHER MEASURES AND, AND AREAS WHERE BUSINESSES CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP US WITH CCAP OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN MR. MARK WAS, YEAH, UM, UH, I TOOK ADVANTAGE IN MY HOUSE OF THE, UH, NEUTRON FOR YOUR HOME PROGRAM AND, UH, IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR ACH.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, AS I'VE TOLD OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ABOUT IT, I THINK WE HAVE SOME WAY TO GO IN GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO STRATEGIZING AROUND THAT MAY HELP YOU MEET YOUR GOALS.
THANK YOU FOR USING THE PROGRAM
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE IT ADVERTISED, UM, IN THE WEB WEBSITE, SAY DALLAS WATER.COM.
UM, WE ALSO, ONCE A YEAR OR MAYBE TWICE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR, WE SEND IT OUT IN THE WATER BILL INSERTS.
UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES, SOME EVENT GOING ON, WE DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION TOO.
UM, I HAVE A A, A FEW QUESTIONS.
ONE IS IN THE PAST, UH, DALLAS, WELL, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES HAS LOTS OF CUSTOMER CITIES.
AND IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN WE WERE FACING A DROUGHT, THOSE CUSTOMER CITIES WERE NEVER REQUIRED BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AS PART OF THEIR CONTRACTS TO GO UNDER WATER, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? AND IF IT IS, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE THOSE CONTRACTS? HMM.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S STILL THE CASE.
THAT, THAT THE UTILITY DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE THAT, UM, IN A CHANGE FOR SELLING THE WATER.
UM, HOWEVER, IF WE NEED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT, THEN WE WILL NEED TO GET ANSWERS FROM THE UTILITY.
UH, AND THE REASON I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT, AS I USED TO WORK FOR A GROUP CALLED CLEAN WATER ACTION, AND FOR INSTANCE, IN SUMMER WHEN WE'VE BEEN IN DROUGHTS BEFORE, I'VE HAD NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS I KNOW IN FARMER'S BRANCH WATER THEIR LAWNS EVERY DAY AT NOON.
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AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO BUILD INTO THOSE CONTRACTS, UH, SOME KIND OF STIPULATION THAT THOSE CITIES, UH, SHOULD ALSO HAVE TO, UH, TAKE MEASURES THAT ARE BEYOND VOLUNTARY.IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE WOULD SAVE DURING A DROUGHT, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE DOZENS OF CUSTOMER CITIES FOR THE CITY, FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, FOR CITIES OVER A CERTAIN SIZE, UH, HAS RECOMMENDED AT LEAST 1%, UH, WATER SAVINGS OR WATER, UH, REDUCTION IN WATER USAGE.
IS DALLAS STILL USING THE GOAL OF 1% OR HAVE THEY INCREASED THAT IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE CCAP? HAVE THEY GONE BEYOND THE 1% GOAL OF THE RE RECOMMENDED WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD? ON AVERAGE, THE, THE CITY HAS SAVED ABOUT 1.5% ON AVERAGE OVER THE PER YEAR OVER THE PERIOD.
UM, THE GOAL AT ONE POINT STARTED AS 1%, THEN IT WENT TO 1.5, THEN IT WENT BACK DOWN TO ONE FOR SOME YEARS NOW.
AND WHAT THIS PLAN IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR IS AT LEAST 0.94%, BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE FLATTENING, PARTICULARLY IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, UH, GRAPH ON PAGE FIVE, SLIDE FIVE, NINE, I'M SORRY, NINE, UM, YOU SEE HOW IT'S FLATTENING? MM-HMM.
SO, UH, THE, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE IS GONNA HAPPEN AT, AT THE HIGHER, UH, PARTICULARLY LIKE WE SHOW IT ANOTHER PAGE AT THE, UM, WATER SYSTEM PER SE, ON PAGE OTHER PAGE, PAGE 20, SLIDE 20.
YOU SEE THE, THE COLOR YELLOW AND THE BURGUNDY IS WHAT'S GONNA GIVE US THE MOST.
I THINK ONE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, ELISE I'M FINDING IS THAT THE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW THRONE FOR YOUR HOME PROGRAM HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR YEARS, AND THE MARKET IS SATURATED WITH ALL THESE EFFICIENT TOILETS.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S, THERE'S LITTLE LOW HANGING FRUIT ANYMORE.
WE HAVE THE CODE REQUIREMENTS IN, IN OUR CODE.
WE HAVE CODE OFFICERS, UH, REGULATING OUR STREETS WITH TWO, TWO OFFICERS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THAT IF, IF WE CAN BUDGET FOR IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE LOW HANGING.
THERE'S LITTLE LOW HANGING FRUIT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS, THIS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, EVALUATION OF REGULATORY CODE AMENDMENTS MOVING FORWARD WILL BE SO IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S TO COME FOR, FOR NOW.
IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE BUILD IN THESE INCENTIVES FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS, UM, GIVEN, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE SATURATION OF THE MARKET THAT HAS, UH, OCCURRED OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF DECADES.
WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I ALSO WANNA JUST BRING UP, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR COMMERCIAL PROGRAM IS, BUT WHEN I MET WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN, MUST HAVE BEEN 2014 OR 2015 WHEN I WAS DOING WORK WITH CLEAN WATER ACTION, UM, THE CITY OF FORT WORTH WOULD GIVE MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL USERS AS MANY AS 25 FREE TOILETS AT A TIME FOR, UH, FOR REDUCTIONS IN WATER USAGE.
UM, ARE WE AT THAT KIND OF SCALE? UH, YES, MA'AM.
WE, OUR, OUR PROGRAM, UH, ON THERON FOR YOUR HOME INCLUDES MULTIFAMILY.
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AND ACTUALLY, WE HAVE GIVEN MULTIFAMILY MORE THAN RESIDENTIAL ON PAGE 11.BUT MY QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE, HOW MANY, DO WE HAVE A MAXIMUM NUMBER FOR INSTANCE, THAT, OR A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT WE ALLOW THOSE MULTIFAMILIES TO HAVE? I GUESS I MISSED THAT IN THE PROCESS.
NO, UM, I DIDN'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT EACH PROGRAM, BUT THE, IT'S HOWEVER MANY UNITS THEY HAVE, HOWEVER MANY TOILETS THEY NEED, IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE 68 TOILETS THAT THEY NEED.
I'M JUST THROWING THAT RANDOM MEMO OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO THEM.
BECAUSE I, I HAVEN'T, UM, BEEN UPDATED ON THAT, SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
AND I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR MY QUESTIONS.
I HAD A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, ONE WAS EARLIER WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING AGAIN HERE ABOUT THE ST.
AUGUSTINE, HAVE WE MOVED TO SOMEWHAT RESTRICT THAT SELECTION? BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES IN DALLAS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY, UH, AUGUSTINE IS PREVALENT.
IT'S REALLY AVAILABLE AND IT'S SILLY.
UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT, AND, AND, AND ONE OF THE BETTER, UH, UH, GRASSES IS SOCIA AND EVEN BERMUDA, THOSE ARE MUCH MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT.
THEY'RE BETTER FOR OUR CLIMATE.
AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE LETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, AUGUSTINE STILL BE OUT THERE.
IS IT SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION ON AT, AT, AT THE COMMISSION? SO MY OTHER POINT IS, AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU INCENTIVIZE THAT, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S MORE A CODIFICATION ISSUE.
SO THE, THE REALITY WITH REGARD TO RAINWATER, UH, IT'S FREE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DISCONNECT WITH REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, DWS, YOU SELL WATER
SO THE REALITY IS, IF WE, IF THERE'S A WAY SINCE THE BIGGEST CULPRIT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS LANDSCAPING, UH, RAINWATER CAPTURE IS NOT EXPENSIVE AND REALLY, REALLY NOT EXPENSIVE.
UH, UH, WE'RE DOING ONE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE DOING A COMMUNITY RAINWATER SYSTEM FOR THE HOA 20,000 GALLONS.
HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CARRY US OVER A 30 DAY DROUGHT, DROUGHT FOR THE EIGHT HOME COMMUNITY.
THE REALITY IS THAT'S NOT EXPENSIVE TO DO IT AT THE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS REALLY, AND WE'RE WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE, IS TO INCENTIVIZE RAINWATER CAPTURE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT COLORADO.
THEY NEED THE WATER DOWNSTREAM.
UH, PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE GET ONE OF OUR TYPICAL RAINS, IT'S FIVE TO 10 INCHES
THEY'VE BEEN VERY INTENSE LATELY, UH, IN A, IN A MATTER OF DAYS, IT'S GONNA BE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS, TO ME, THAT'S A HUGE WASTE OF A RESOURCE.
AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE FOR US TO INCENTIVIZE RAINWATER, AND YOU MIGHT TALK TO THE FOLKS IN SEWER, IS THAT IF WE CAN REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF, THAT'S A WIN TOO.
SO WE GET FREE WATER AND WE REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF AND WE'RE REDUCING OUR CONSUMPTION.
IS THAT TWO OR THREE? I DON'T KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW IF DW DO IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO A RAINWATER CAPTURE IS A BIG, BIG DEAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR BRINGING THAT, THAT TOPIC.
UM, DEFINITELY WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, REVISED REVIEWING OUR ORDINANCES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT WILL BE A TOPIC WE WILL LOOK INTO, UM, THE GRASSES THAT WE PLANNED, THAT WILL BE A TOPIC WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO.
'CAUSE UM, WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE ARE OTHER GRASSES BEING EVEN DEVELOPED, UH, MORE RECENTLY THAT ARE GONNA, THAT ARE DROP TOLERANCE.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN PROJECTS ON REUSE, LIKE AT THE ZOO AND SOME, UM, UH, GULF COURSE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BODY, LET DEFINITELY PROVIDE THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH,
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AS, AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRETTY POWERFUL BODY.SO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE LISTENED TO AND, AND NATIVE, NOT, NOT JUST GRASSES, IT'S NATIVE LANDSCAPE.
I MEAN, WE ARE IN DALLAS, WE DON'T NEED NECESSARILY ENOUGH, AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT AN ENGLISH GARDEN IN THEIR YARD, IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
I KNOW ONE GROWING IN THE, IN THE ROCKIES, SO IT'S OKAY.
CARLOS, YOU TALK ABOUT LOW HANGING FRUIT.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE, UM, MOVED IT FORWARD ON CONSERVATION.
BUT WE FROM, FROM THE HOME PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER PLACES WHERE WE GET SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO PLAN THE LANDSCAPES FOR ONLY HOMES, BUT ALSO ALSO BUSINESSES.
AND THE CITY'S DEVELOPING A FAST RATE RIGHT NOW.
LOT OF LAND IS, IS GOING TO, UH, TO DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS A RESULT, WE DO NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR STORMWATER.
SO IT'S NOT ALL TURNING INTO STORMWATER RUNOFF.
TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, AND I TALK TO BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THIS REGARD THAT ARE, REMIND THEM WHEN WE ADD A ROOFTOP, WELL, WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING OUR WATER TO HOUSTON, GONNA HIT THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
TO THE TRINITY AND ALL WAY HOUSTON.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THAT REGARD, THAT WE WANT KEEP OUR WATER FOR OURSELVES, IF SO, WE NEED THE WATER TO SOAK IN.
THIS NEEDS MORE RAIN GARDENS, MORE BIOSWELLS, MORE NATIVE PLANTS TO ABSORB WATER.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS ON SOME PRETTY MACRO LEVELS.
'CAUSE AS WE LOOK ON THE MICRO LEVEL OF THE TOILET AT TIME HOUSE AT THE TIME, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT NOW WHERE TO GET REAL SAVINGS, YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK ON SOME REALLY BROAD LEVELS.
ONE OF THOSE IS AMERICAN SOCIETY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
OUR COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING, OUR HOME LANDSCAPING.
IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH OUR COMMERCIAL CREWS.
YOU CAN LOOK ALL OVER TOWN AND THESE GUYS DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE JUST TOLD TO GO OUT AND MOW IT AND BLOW IT AND LEAVE THE SPRINKLER ON WHEN THEY DRIVE AWAY.
WHAT'S REALLY ASTONISHING TO ME IS THE BUSINESS.
THEY WOULDN'T WASTE MONEY ON OTHER THINGS.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWING SOMEONE TO MOW AND BLOW THEIR PROPERTY AND LEAVE THEIR SPRINKLER ON, IF THEY DRIVE AWAY IN THE SUMMERTIME, 90% OF THAT WATER CAN GET EVAPORATED FROM IT HITS THE GROUND.
THEY'RE LITERALLY WASTING MONEY AS WELL AS WASTING WATER.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PLACES WE CAN GET TO LARGE SAVINGS THROUGH SPECIFIC EFFORTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME THERE IN TOWN WHERE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPANIES, WE PLANNING A LOT OF CYPRESS TREES, WHICH DO NOT BELONG IN NORTH TEXAS.
IF YOU WALK DOWN IN FRONT OF MORTON, MYERSON SYMPHONY HALL, THERE'S A STRING OF PLACES WHERE ALL THE TREES DIED.
THEY BELONG IN LOUISIANA OR SOUTH TEXAS ALONG THE COAST.
SO WE'VE GOTTA WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE INPUT WITH THIS, WHETHER THERE ARE COMMERCIAL BUILDERS, LANDSCAPE PROTECTION, OTHERS, LANDSCAPING CREWS THAT HAVE, CAN HAVE REAL IMPACT HERE ON A BROAD SCALE AND DO IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO DO IN HOUSE TO CHANGE ORDINANCES.
THEY'RE NOW IN A SUBDIVISION FROM HERE TO THE RED RIVER.
IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE THAT WAS HERE, THERE'S 1% OF A LEFT IN NORTH TEXAS.
THERE'S 1% OF THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE LEFT.
SO AS A RESULT, WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ISSUES ON A BIG LEVEL.
AND DALLAS LOVES TO BE THE LEADER.
WHEN WE BEGAN TO BRING OUR GREEN BILL BILLING ORDINANCES FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL BACK IN LA, THEY VOTED FOR THEM IN MANY CASES BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION.
SO IF WE CAN TAKE THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION AND SAY, FOR LET TO BE LEADERS, HERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO.
THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK IF WE BRING SOME OTHER ORDINANCES FORWARD AND SAY, FOR DALLAS TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER, HERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
AND WATER AND WATER CONSERVATION IS A HUGE PART OF, OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT REGARD.
AND I THINK WE KNOW SPECIFIC THINGS WE CAN DO.
WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS NOW TO HAVE MORE SUCCESS.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
LEMME MENTION ONE OTHER THING ABOUT INCENTIVES.
UH, BACK IN THE DROUGHT OF 2011, THERE WAS A BIG MEETING ONE DAY HELD BY THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AND BUSINESSES WERE ENCOURAGED TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. AND CORPORATIONS IN NORTH TEXAS LINED UP AROUND THE BLOCK TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THEY WERE DOING IN WATER CONSERVATION.
IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO TELL US ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS THEY WERE DOING.
ALL OUR GREEN BUILDING ORDINANCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CENTERED ON THE INCENTIVES.
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DALLAS RESPONSIBILITY TO INCENTIVES.SO WHAT NEW INCENTIVES CAN WE COME UP WITH FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS? HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE THEM TO TAKE ON THIS NEXT BIG CHALLENGE? IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO, INCENTIVES CARE INSTEAD OF STICK, WE NEED TO PUT OUR MINDS TO THAT AND FIGURE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY WE NOW CAN INCENTIVIZE THIS NEXT LEVEL OF CHANGES, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS AND GET, AND GET REAL SECONDS.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA WRAP THIS TOPIC 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT LIKE SIX MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
WE'RE I JUST ON SEVEN 30? ONE MORE POINT? YEP.
UM, SO, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU THE LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT TRANSITION PLAN.
AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRANSITION TO BATTERY AND ELECTRIC POWERED LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT, UM, AND WE'RE STARTING, WE'LL BE, AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'RE START, WE'RE STARTING WITH THE, A RESIDENTIAL REBATE PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND THAT OUT TO COMMERCIAL.
RIGHT? AND SO, UH, AND WE'LL BE WORKING, THE, THE GOAL IS TO BE WORKING WITH THE NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATIONS, THE, AND THE THE BUSINESSES TO EXPAND THAT EFFORT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.
AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WRAP THIS CONVERSATION INTO THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE THE GREEN BUSINESS, UH, PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, I THINK WE'RE 20 PLUS BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE GREEN CERTIFIED.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND, UH, THEY GET TO HANG THE, THE, THE LITTLE SEAL ON THEIR WALL AS PEOPLE WALK IN.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ADVERTISE THAT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER INCENTIVE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT.
NOT A LOT OF BUSINESSES KNOW ABOUT IT YET, BUT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
HOW CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THESE INCENTIVES, ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IN, IN, IN, UH, IN AN EFFICIENT WAY, RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE TWO POINTS.
UM, I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT WHAT MS. BEVIN MENTIONED.
UM, SO ON SLIDE FIVE, IT SAYS 1.3 MILLION CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND 1.3 MILLION OF OUR 27 WHOLESALE CUSTOMER CITIES.
AND IF WE COULD GET THEM ON BOARD WITH WATERING, UH, TIME AND DAY RESTRICTIONS, I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT AND I WOULD ALMOST RATHER PURSUE THAT BEFORE WE PURSUE GRASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST, UH, WE WANNA MOVE ON FROM THIS TOPIC.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD FOLLOW UP AFTER IS JUST, UM, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES THE SIZE OF DALLAS DOING ANNUALLY FOR CONSERVATION? IS IT 1%? IS IT MORE, UM, A CITY THAT EXPERIENCES THE SAME CLIMATE AS DALLAS? AND THEN I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT CITIES IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR CONSERVATION, THEIR ANNUAL CONSERVATION RATE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
THANKS, UM, MR. SIEGEL, AND IF YOU'LL JUST EMAIL, UM, OKAY.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, UM, SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US.
I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, BUT THIS NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS YOURS AS WELL,
UM, SO LET ME JUST ASK IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, UH, LOOKING AT OUR BRIEFING MEMORANDUMS, ITEM A IS A REGIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, AND THERE'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, THERE'S A MEMO THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS? ANTHONY, COME TO YOU.
JUST GO AHEAD AND REACH DIRECTLY OUT, UM, TO OUR STAFF.
UM, AND WE WILL THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO BRIEFING ME MEMORANDUM B, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY SOLAR SIDING STUDY.
THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT ROSA BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MEMO? HI, THIS IS MIKE.
I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS, MR. MARTIN.
UM, LET ME JUST SKIP TO MY NOTE HERE ON MY DESKTOP.
UM, SO LISTEN, UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY, UM, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
I WENT TO THE MEETING ON THE 15TH AND, UH, AMERESCO AND TARA LUIN DID, DID A GREAT JOB.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT BASELINE FOR US, FOR THE CITY TO MOVE AHEAD.
UM, MY QUESTION IS JUST KIND OF, MAYBE THIS IS FOR OEQS, MORE ABOUT HOW ARE WE GONNA MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS, TAKE THIS DATA, OPTIMIZE WHAT IT HA WHERE IT STARTS US SO THAT WE MOVE AHEAD WITH THESE 10 BUILDINGS IN THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE
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WAY POSSIBLE, UM, ET CETERA.SO, I DON'T, I, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH WHAT'S BEEN DELIVERED TO US BY AMCO? YEAH, SO, SO ROSA'S ON THE LINE AND SHE CAN, UH, SUPPLEMENT WHATEVER I HAVE TO SAY, BUT, MM-HMM,
UM, SO WE HAVE THESE OPTIONS, UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH BUILDING SERVICES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE, CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF THESE, OF THESE FACILITIES, RIGHT? UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, SOME MONEY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OEQS, WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION TO INVEST IN SOLAR PROJECTS.
UH, SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE, WHERE AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, DO WE INVEST IN ONE FACILITY? DO WE INVEST IN MULTIPLE FACILITIES? UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO, WITH BUILDING SERVICES TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF WE CHOOSE ANY PARTICULAR FACILITY, UM, WOULD THERE BE UPGRADES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED? UM, AND, AND, AND IF SO, HOW MUCH, HOW EXPENSIVE WOULD THAT BE? UH, SO, SO THE GOAL IS TO, AND, AND BUILD, I SHOULD SAY BUILDING SERVICES ALREADY HAS A LIST OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SOLAR, UH, THEMSELVES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PULLING ALL OF THE OPTIONS FROM BUILDING SERVICES, THEIR LIST, OUR LIST, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE STATE OF THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES, UH, AND THAT SUPPLEMENTS THIS INFORMATION.
AND THE, THE, THE INTENT IS TO USE, UH, OUR FUNDS, BUILDING SERVICES, FUNDS, UM, TO, TO GET SOLAR INSTALLED.
OF COURSE, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, UNDERWAY AT BACHMAN REC CENTER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOLAR AND SOLAR, UH, SOLAR AND SOLAR BATTERIES.
UM, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE DO AFTER THAT? SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE, THE, THE NEXT OPTIONS AFTER, UH, BACHMAN REC CENTER.
AND ROSA, UH, CORRECT ME IF I SAID ANYTHING INCORRECTLY.
I WILL ADD THAT, UM, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WILL ADD RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROCURE, UM, THESE INSTALLATIONS.
SO THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO COORDINATE ANY FUNDING AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INSTALLATIONS.
WELL, AND AGAIN, UM, DON'T NEED TO FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME IN IT, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAIL BEHIND THE SUMMARY THAT WAS DELIVERED TO US.
AGAIN, GREAT STUFF, BUT I, I THINK IT'S SMART FOR US TO LOOK AT IT TO, UH, OPTIMIZE EVERYTHING FINANCIALLY, NOT JUST WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, CARLOS AND ROSA FRIENDS, BUT ALSO THEN, UM, THE COST THAT WE BELIEVE, UH, ANY ROOFTOP SOLAR MAY COST.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO GET INTO, REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY IMPROVE AND OPTIMIZE AS WE CAN.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, CITY MONEY, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO THAT, UM, THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
I THINK THE 10 SITES ARE PROBABLY ALL REALLY GOOD.
UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, SPENDING OUR MONEY AS BEST WE CAN AND, UH, AT THE BEST PRICE THAT WE GET THESE ON THESE CITY SITES.
I WANT TO, AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP HOWEVER I CAN.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS.
WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY SET SOME MEETINGS UP WITH, UH, WITH BUILDING SERVICES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MARTIN.
UM, AND THEN THANK YOU ALSO, MR. ROS AND, UM, MS. KRIEGER AND MS. ELLIS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR SPENDING YOUR EVENING WITH US TO HELP US UNDERSTAND.
ALL RIGHT, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO BRIEFING MEMORANDUM C, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE TECHNICAL PANEL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME TURNOVER IN OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR POSITIONS, MR. CAMACHO, WHO WAS OUR, UH, FLUID ACCESS, UM, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISOR, UH, LEFT TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.
WE'VE ADVERTISED THAT POSITION.
WE GOT THREE REALLY EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN NEEDING A FOOD, UM, I'M SORRY, A ZERO WASTE, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, UM, THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
UM, AFTER, UH, SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, THE OPPOSITE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UM, BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES, UM, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, WHITNEY STRAUSS JOIN US FOR THE FOOD ACCESS POSITION.
AND, UH, THERESA NIA, UM, FOR THE ZERO WASTE POSITION.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET BOTH OF THOSE TECHNICAL ADVISORS ON BOARD.
UM, THAT IS A PROCESS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, GOES THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL JUST SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, UH, THESE DECISIONS ARE DIFFICULT.
UH, THE FOLKS WHO WANNA SIT IN YOUR SEATS ARE HIGHLY SKILLED AND HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE, AND IT'S, IT, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, THESE DECISIONS.
SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, UH, WHO SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS.
UH, AND, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN FIND A SPOT, UH, TO, TO, TO SUPPORT THIS BODY.
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AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO STAFF FOR DOING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE VETTING.'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED A LOT OF INTEREST, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND WE ARE, UM, REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN OUR, OUR BODY AND GET TO WORK.
SO, ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, I WANNA, UH, WELCOME, UH, UH, THERESA, AND, UH, HAVING WORKED WITH HER IN THE PAST, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER BEING INVOLVED WITH THE COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. IT'S SEVEN 30 FRIENDS, SO LET'S PLAN TO SPEND ABOUT 15 MINUTES ON OUR MONTHLY COMMITTEE UPDATES AND 15 MINUTES ON OUR, UM, MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH? OH, WE HAVE A LOT.
WE ATTENDED THE AIR QUALITY SUMMIT, AND IT, IT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO GOALS, INDOOR, THREE GOALS, INDOOR QUA, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND LOOKING AT, UH, MATERNAL.
THE THIRD ONE WAS LOOKING AT, UH, INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY.
WHAT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, I'M KIND OF DOING ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE HAD, DR.
LAMAN WAS A SPEAKER AT THE AIR QUALITY SUMMIT, AND SO WAS DR.
I CAN SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AS LONG AS I GIVE CREDIT TO THE PRESENTERS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, IT, IT WAS, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM.
SO, UM, I ALSO, I'M WORKING ON AN AIR QUALITY REPORT, GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW THERE, HOW, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WHERE THE MONITORS ARE.
AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ABOUT 30 DAYS OF, UH, ON ALL THE MONITORS THAT ARE PRESENT.
IS THAT CORRECT, CARLOS? I'M SORRY, 30 DAYS? DO WE HAVE 30 DAY REPORT? DO WE HAVE A THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE A MONTH.
OH, UH, KIND OF, IT VARIES, BUT YEAH.
BUT THE MONITORS ARE IN PLACE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT'S AN ONGOING THING.
WE'VE MET AND A LOT OF, UH, INTERESTING PEOPLE AND COLLABORATORS WHO CAN HELP THE COUNCIL HELP US WITH THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
LACKMAN FOR REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION SO WELL DURING THAT, UM, RECENT AIR QUALITY SUMMIT.
ANY REPORT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? UM, I, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE MADE FOX FOUR NEWS, EXCEPT WHEN IT, WHEN IT SHOWED PICTURE OF ME PRESENTING, I WAS IDENTIFIED AS CARLOS EVANS
UM, HE'S BRINGING CHARGES AGAINST ME FOR IDENTITY THEFT, THAT THAT'S THE SMARTEST I'VE EVER SOUNDED.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MET LAST THURSDAY WITH URBAN AGRICULTURE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BOTH MOVE FORWARD THE CCAP FOOD ACCESS GOALS.
I'M DEBRIEFING WITH MY SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVE CALLS SCHEDULED TO OCC AND OEI TO ALSO DISCUSS FUTURE COLLABORATION TOWARD OUR GOALS.
ALL RIGHT, ANY UPDATE FROM IMPLEMENTATION? UM, JUST THANK YOU TO, UM, CARLOS AND OEQS FOR SETTING UP A MEETING, UH, WITH ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE SOLAR APP, UH, ADOPTION.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS.
ON OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING THIS UPCOMING MONTH.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR CONTENTS CALENDAR.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A, UH, SURVEY FOR EACH OF YOU ABOUT ENGAGEMENT WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER SUPPORT YOU ON HOSTING, ON OUR GOAL OF HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENT IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
UM, IF I CHAIR, UH, MARIE, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO WHEN SPI MET IN JANUARY, UM, WE DECIDED TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON B 13 OF THE CCAP.
SO BY YEAR END, SPI WILL WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH INCENTIVES DEEMED MOST AFFECTED BY STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF CA ACTION B 13, WHICH ESTABLISHED, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS, ESTABLISH URBAN BREEDING FACTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO STORM WATER RUNOFF AND URBAN BEYOND IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT TASK AND THE PROCESS IS BROKEN INTO SUBGROUPS AND QUARTERS WITH SEPARATE GOALS
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SET FOR EACH GROUP IN EACH QUARTER OF 2024.AND WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO OTHER SUB-COMMITTEES OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT ONE.
ANY UPDATE? I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, CHAD WEST, OUR COUNCIL PERSON, AND, UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THE AIR MONITORS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE BEING, SOME ARE BEING REPLACED, BUT SOME ARE BEING UPDATED BECAUSE THEY MISSED SOME DATES OF UPKEEP.
AND THEN I HAVE AN INVITATION TO WALK THROUGH A CREEK DOWN IN ELMWOOD, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS WE TO SEE THE CREEK AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR CLEANUP.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT PLAYING UP.
DISTRICT TWO, NOTHING TO REPORT.
DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FIVE, NOTHING TO REPORT.
DISTRICT SIX, I PARTICIPATED IN TWO INTERVIEWS, ONE WITH THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY VISION PLAN AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PASSIONATE NEIGHBOR PERSON, COMMISSIONER, UM, AND THE OTHER WITH THE EGREE CORAL ENSEMBLE FOR THEIR NEW PROGRAM, MISLED, WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STORY OF WEST DALLAS OVER THE DECADES EXPERIENCING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RACIAL INJUSTICES.
APRIL FOUR AND FIVE AT THE CLETA HUMPHREYS THEATER ON TURTLE CREEK.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE EPAS CUMULATIVE IMPACT STUDY WHERE THEY CAUGHT THE FISH, FISH TRAP LAKE.
THANK GOODNESS, ONE LONE FISHERMAN FROM THE COMMUNITY CAUGHT THE ONLY FISH THEY'LL BE TESTING.
UH, AND THEY ALSO WERE IN DISTRICT SEVEN LATER THAT DAY.
SO I'LL LET COMMISSIONER RE DISCUSS HER FISH ACTIVITY.
HELLO, UH, UH, THIS MONTH, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, AS CHAIR, UH, VICE CHAIR RELL SAID I HAD, UH, THEY TESTED JJ LEMON LAKE WITH THE EPA, UH, DIRECTOR, DR.
NANCY, AND WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST ALL THE WAY FROM WASHINGTON DC.
JANET MCKAY, SHE'S THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR FROM WASHINGTON.
UH, THEY CAUGHT A CATFISH AND THEY CAUGHT A BASS, UH, FISH.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE RESULTS BACK, BUT WE DID RECEIVE THE RESULTS FROM THE WATER THEY HAD ON SITE TESTING, F JJ LEMON WATER, UH, EVALUATION.
UH, THEY SAID THE WATER, THE LAKE WATER IS GOOD FOR YOU.
LIKE, JUST SAY, IF YOU FALL INTO THE WATER, IT'S OKAY.
IT WON'T DAMAGE YOUR SKIN, BUT IF YOU FALL INTO THE WATER WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN, IT CAN HARM YOU BECAUSE THEY FOUND SOME E COLI, UH, IN THE WATER.
BUT AS THEY EXPLAINED THAT DAY ON SITE THAT THE, UH, IT WAS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF E COLI.
SO FOR YOU TO JUST, LIKE, YOU'LL HAVE TO JUST BE SITTING OUT THERE DRINKING THAT WATER ALL DAY, JUST LIKE LOOK GOOD FOR IT TO AFFECT YOUR BODY.
AND WHAT ELSE? I DID, UH, I A ADMIT, I, UH, I WAS ON A PANEL WITH DR.
UH, UH, WITH UT SOUTHWEST WITH, UH, UH, TALKING ABOUT AIR QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE, UH, DISTRICT OF SEVEN AND, UH, JO COMMUNITY.
UH, I HAVE, I WILL HAVE SOME UPDATES ON, UH, EVENT THAT'S COMING UP IN APRIL IN JO AT JO MAMA FORM.
UH, YEAH, A FLYER AND INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT A, A QUALITY MONITOR AT THE FARM.
SO I, AS WE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WITH CITY ATTORNEYS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THAT, BUT AFTER WE GET ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE, UH, I'LL LET ALL THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL CAN COME ATTEND THE EVENT.
DISTRICT EIGHT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT.
JUST BEEN WORKING ON THE AIR QUALITY SUMMIT AND OUR, OUR GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND MOST OF WHAT I HAVE TO REPORT WILL COME UP FOR APRIL.
IT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN MARCH, BUT A LOT OF, MOST OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, LOOKING
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AT STUDIES, AIR QUALITY ARTICLES, AND IN CASE YOU ALL DON'T KNOW, UM, FRIENDSHIP WEST WAS THE MEGACHURCH THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT THE, UH, WAREHOUSE, AND THEY WON THE BATTLE SO FAR.AT LEAST THEY AGREED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA PROCEED.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE FLORAL FARMS COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY HAVE AN AUTHORIZED HEARING THAT'S GONNA GO TO, UH, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE TOMORROW.
UM, LEMME DOUBLE CHECK FROM THE DATE.
UM, THEY'RE SEEKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SEEKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME FROM INDUSTRIAL, UM, TO AN AGRICULTURAL USE, WHICH WOULD LIMIT THEIR PROXIMITY TO INCOMPATIBLE, UH, ADJACENT LAND USES TO THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMMUNITY.
UM, SO IF THERE'S INTEREST, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE FLORAL FARMS COMMUNITY AT THE SEA PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE TOMORROW.
YOU CAN ALSO WRITE TO YOUR CITY PLAN COMMISSIONER, UM, IN SUPPORT.
UH, ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'LL BE, UH, SPEAKING THIS MONTH, UM, ON MONDAY TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS.
UM, THEIR GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING WILL BE FOCUSED ON, UH, THE DALLAS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND SO WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION AND, UH, ROBERT KENT.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN PLANTING SOME TREES IN NORTH DALLAS, SO THERE WAS A PLANTING EVENT THAT TEMPLE SHALOM, WHERE THE PARKING LOT WAS PLANTED.
PAGEWOOD PARK WAS PARTICULARLY HARD HIT DURING THE TORNADO SEVEN YEARS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT'S BEEN WELL PLANTED.
AND THEN THERE WAS A VERY LARGE PLANTING ON THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO ABOUT A HUNDRED EXTRA TREES IN NORTH DALLAS.
WONDERFUL DISTRICT 12, 12, 13.
SO NUMBER OF THINGS, UH, AS USUAL, UM, I'M ACTIVELY, UH, I'M MEETING WITH, UH, UH, MY COUNCIL PERSON KAREN MENDELSON ON FRIDAY.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT DISTRACTED WITH THE, UH, UNFORTUNATE, UH, EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT HER HOME AND, UH, BY THE LOSS OF A, A FAMILY MEMBER.
BUT WE WILL BE MEETING ON FRIDAY.
THE, UM, UH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, AIR QUALITY SUMMIT.
UH, ALSO A NUMBER OF US WERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THAT, UH, ON, UH, THE VAPING ORDINANCE.
AVI DID A FABULOUS JOB WITH, AS DID THE OTHERS.
UH, UPCOMING, UM, UH, TEMPLE SHALOM.
UH, THE, UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MARY FOR HELPING US GET THE TREES FOR, UH, THAT EVENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANTED AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, WE, UM, UH, COMING UP, UH, ON, UH, APRIL THE SECOND, UH, I WILL BE PRESENTING TEMPLE SHALOM, UH, ON, UH, JUDAISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON APRIL.
ON APRIL THE SECOND, ON APRIL THE 16TH, UH, SOUTHWEST JEWISH CONGRESS IS HOSTING A CLEAN, UH, AIR QUALITY FORUM.
IT WILL BE AT THE PRISM CENTER.
AFA LOBBY, UH, SUSAN ALVAREZ AND DR.
LARRY AND I WILL BE THE MODERATOR OF THAT PANEL.
AND, UM, I AM ALSO PRESENTING, UH, ON, UH, ON, UM, UH, IN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH DISPARITIES IN LAS VEGAS AT A CONFERENCE LATER THIS MONTH.
UH, AND I'VE BEEN INVITED TO PRESENT IN PARIS AND BARCELONA, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN AFFORD THAT
BUT IT'S, UH, UH, IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
SO A NUMBER OF THINGS COMING UP HERE.
INTERESTING THAT, UH, THE MENTION WAS MADE OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING TO VISIT US AT TEMPLE SHALOM TO SEE OUR NEW GARDEN.
AND WE HAVE THE FIRST CROPS, LETTUCE AND ONIONS COMING OUT NOW.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DISCOVERED ABOUT, UH, MY WIFE AND I, VIRTUALLY EVERY SUNDAY
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MORNING ARE AT SHALOM.IT'S ONE OF THE FOOD PLACES YOU CAN SLING DIRT, AND IT'S A GOOD THING.
ANY UPDATES? DISTRICT 15 IS, UM, ABSENT THIS EVENING.
ANY OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORS, ANYTHING TO UPDATE US ON? UM, I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THE DEADLINE IS COMING PAST ON THE BUMP UP OF THE DFW REGION FROM SIRIUS TO SEVERE FOR THE 2008 NAC STANDARDS AIR STANDARDS.
THE DEADLINE IS COMING PAST FOR THE BUMP UP FROM MODERATE, UM, TO SERIOUS FOR THE 2015 NET STANDARDS.
NEW METHANE RULES ARE COMING OUT, UM, AND THIS PAST MONTH, UM, THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT TO EPA ON NEW METHANE FEES.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE'S AT LEAST 400 FRACKED WELLS IN ARLINGTON.
AND YOU MAY SAY, WHAT IS THAT GOTTA DO WITH US? AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY CAPTURE SOME OF THE DRIFT OF THAT METHANE OVER TO OUR REGION.
AND ALSO, FOLKS MAY JUST WANNA PUT ON THEIR RADAR THAT APRIL 1ST IS THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR COG WORKING ON THIS REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS AN AQUIP, THE AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO, UM, I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH COG ON WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE COMING WITH THAT.
SO JUST WANNA GIVE THOSE DEADLINES OUT THERE SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT ON METHANE FROM EPA ON FRIDAY.
NUMBER ONE, EARTH DAY, APRIL 22ND AND MONDAY AT THE HOTEL.
UM, THE, THE ENTIRE DAY OF PANELS DEVOTED TO NORTH TEXAS GREEN ISSUES.
AND WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO MONDAY EARTH DAY, THE 22ND AT THE HOTEL NUMBER TWO, UM, THIS LAST SUNDAY IN DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THE ENTIRE FRONT PAGE OF THE ART SECTION WAS DEVOTED TO THE DALLAS WATER COMMONS OF PROJECT FOR I'VE WORKED ON FOR A LONG TIME.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE PAPER, BE SURE FIND THAT ONLINE.
UM, ARTICLE BY ARCHITECTURE CRITICAL THE MORNING NEWS, MARK LAMBSTER.
AND, UM, SO, UH, BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT IN THE MORNING NEWS LAST SUNDAY.
AND NUMBER THREE, ESTHER V IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
YOU WANT TO GO SEE MISLED AT THE THEATER CENTER AT KHALID HUMPHREYS, UH, IN APRIL.
THEY'RE TREMENDOUS CORAL IN ON ENSEMBLE.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE THE WORK.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO MOVING.
BUT BE SURE TO GO SEE MISLED THE RECENT PERFORMANCES OF A DUST BOWL, UM, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHERE OUT WAS STANDING.
AND MISS LED'S GONNA BE GREAT ALSO.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HOFFMAN.
I DO HAVE ONE THING, MR. MARCUS FOR, QUITE REMINDED ME OF IT.
I AM GONNA BE MODERATED A PANEL ON SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT, UH, THE EARTHX CONFERENCE IN THE COMING IN.
IF YOU'LL SHARE THOSE DETAILS WITH US, WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE THOSE OUT TO THE NEWSLETTER.
UM, BRIEFLY, I JUST WANNA PUT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR.
WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED IN THIS FORUM.
UM, APRIL TWO THROUGH FOUR IS THE INAUGURAL SOUTH CENTRAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE FORUM BEING HOSTED HERE IN DALLAS.
SO FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE REGION WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT CLIMATE MITIGATION, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE EQUITY ISSUES, AND ON THE THIRD DAY, APRIL 4TH FROM ONE TO FIVE IS THE CITY HOSTED NORTH TEXAS CLIMATE CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM.
SO HOW DO FOLKS REGISTER FOR JUST THAT DAY? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
MARIZA, MARITZA, UH, MARIZA HAS THAT.
YEAH, SHE, I WANTED TO GIVE A PLUG, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PLUG IT.
AND, AND THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE FREE ON THE THIRD DAY.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THAT ONE.
AND WE'RE SHARING THAT OUT TO THE NEWSLETTER.
UM, SO THAT'LL GO IN THE NEWSLETTER AS WELL.
ANY OF OUR SET? OH, YES, PLEASE.
I THINK THE, UH, THE EPAI SENT, I THINK I SENT THE FLYERS OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT I'LL SEND IT AGAIN.
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THE TRAINER, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO, UH, JUST LEAD EDUCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.THEY WANT COLLABORATION, UH, FOR, UH, LEAD TESTING.
AND I, I NEED THAT FOR BOTH THE SITES THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN IT'S IN, ONE OF THEM IS IN SPANISH, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SO I'LL SEND THE FLYERS TO ERIN AND SHE CAN SEND THEM OUT.
BECCA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE? YEAH, JUST A QUICK NOTE.
UM, THE DALLAS ARBORETUM CHILDREN'S GARDEN IS LOOKING FOR MORE PART-TIME GALLERY FACILITATORS.
YOU'RE IN A GARDEN AND I TAKE MY SHOES OFF ON BREAK AND I GET TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S A BLEND OF BEAUTIFUL HUMANS.
UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, UM, SEND THEM TO THE DALLAS ARBORETUM WEBSITE, AND THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AS WE WRAP UP THIS EVENING? YEAH, WE, WE DO LOVE YOU, ERIN.
UH, THE NEXT OWEN, CAN I, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? I'M SO SORRY.
I KNOW YOU'RE READY TO S YEAH, I KNOW.
EVERYBODY'S READY TO GO,
I'M GONNA GIVE A SHAMELESS PLUG, AND I'M SO SORRY.
I HAVE THIS LITTLE GROUP CALLED THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF DOCTORS WHO WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN TALKING, JUST EMAIL ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLUGGING THAT.
EVERYBODY GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
UPCOMING MEETINGS, THE PARKS TRAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL MEET MONDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2024 AT 9:00 AM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE ON APRIL 10TH AT 5:30 PM THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS.
AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION SPEND MOVED AND SECONDED.