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EVERYONE.[Environmental Commission on July 10, 2024.]
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 10TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:38 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN CATHERINE BAAN, AND I CALL THIS MEETING AT THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER.WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES, PLEASE CALL 4 6 9 9 3 4 7 3 8 2 2 DAYS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 14TH AT 5:30 PM WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.
I WANNA BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING OEQS DIRECTOR CARLOS EVANS ON HIS RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE WE EJAC ARE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND IT IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AND VENUE, UH, FOR US TO ELEVATE OUR EJ CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND WE KNOW HE WILL DO GREAT WORK.
ALL RIGHT, UH, SOME MEETING DATES COMING UP.
THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IS GOING TO CONDUCT SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ON JULY 15TH, 16TH AND 18TH TO SOLICIT INFORMAL COMMENTS ON THE CHANGES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY TCQ SUNSET BILL AND CHANGES COMMEND, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE SUNSET COMMISSION REPORT THAT ARE RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO THOSE STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE USED BY THE AGENCY TO DEVELOP A, A RULE PROPOSAL THAT WILL GO BACK OUT FOR COMMENTS.
SO THOSE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO OCCUR THE 15TH, 16TH, AND 18TH AT SIX TO 8:00 PM ALL THREE MEETINGS ARE HYBRID, MEANING BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL.
AND THE JULY 16TH MEETING WILL BE HELD AT ARLINGTON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON ABRAM STREET, AND THERE WILL BE SPANISH LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.
SAVE THE DATE AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 19TH IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT AIR SENSOR SUMMIT.
IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE TCC TRINITY RIVER CAMPUS.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL AGENDA AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION LATER IN AUGUST.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY, THERE IS A MANDATORY TRAINING OFFERED VIRTUALLY TWICE TOMORROW, JULY 11TH.
VOLUNTEERS CAN ATTEND THE VIRTUAL ONE HOUR TRAINING AT 10:30 AM OR 6:30 PM AND FOLLOWING THE TRAINING, THERE WILL BE A VOLUNTEER KNOWLEDGE CHECK, UH, THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED, AND THEN A WAIVER THAT NEEDS TO BE SIGNED.
AND THEN VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ASSIGNED ROUTES AND SHIFTS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING DATES FOR THE, UM, EJ SCREEN.
AND SO THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WE WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT AGAIN SOON.
ALRIGHT, LET'S CALL ROLL, UM, MEMBERS.
JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH DISTRICT TWO.
OUR BOARD COORDINATOR HAS STEPPED OUT.
TRACY WALLACE, DISTRICT SIX ES, SIR VI, DISTRICT SEVEN.
LACKMAN, IS HE ON HIS WAY? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? OH, OKAY.
CRAIG MICHELSON, COMMISSIONER DAY HOLIDAY, UH, AND DISTRICT 15 JULIE HIJO.
MOVING ON TO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
MS. BE, YEAH, SORRY, I WAS MUTED.
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RITA.MR. HOFFMAN? MR. MARQUIS? HERE.
MS. THOMPSON? I DON'T SEE MS. THOMPSON.
JACK, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, I SEE YOU.
UH, STEPHANIE, WILL YOU ALSO NOT NOTE THAT UH, DR.
MR. EY WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
MS. EVANS, MS. REAGAN WILL NOT BE, I APOLOGIZE.
MS. THOMAS WILL NOT BE PRESENT THIS EVENING.
MS. EK, ALL MS. GI AND MS. POSTON.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
I'LL RECITE OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME, UH, RULES OF PROPRIETY TO QUORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
EACH SPEAKER WE GIVE IN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, YOUR CAMERA MUST BE ON BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MR. GREGORY JACKSON.
MR. JACKSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
IF YOU'LL JUST PUSH THE BUTTON FOR THE MICROPHONE.
IT SHOULD TURN RED WHEN YOU PRESS IT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A ENVIRONMENTAL APPAREL THAT IS, I'M SOME VERY, VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
HELLO, CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
I'M HERE TO MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.
I AM REQUESTING THAT PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BE MADE IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS TO START THE PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF A VERY DEADLY AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO ON THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS COUNCIL.
ON TWO OCCASIONS, I HAVE SPOKEN ON THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THIS PAST MAY, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION IS AN ADVISOR ADVISORY PANEL.
THEREFORE, IT IS MY UTMOST REQUEST THAT THIS ADVISORY PANEL ADVISE THE CITY OF DALLAS COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ALSO ADVISE THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE TO SPONSOR MAKING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS.
SINCE I INTRODUCED THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS TO THIS COMMISSION, I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMISSION CHAIRWOMAN MS. CATHERINE BZA, ON ROUGHLY A DAILY BASIS.
I REQUESTED THAT THE CHAIRWOMAN TAKE NOTICE OF THE VARIOUS UNDENIABLE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IDENTIFY THE AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS.
THE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATION THAT IDENTIFY THE AIR INTOXICATION MAKES US ALL WITNESSES WITH OUR OWN SELF-EVIDENCE OF IT.
I KNOW THAT THE CHAIRWOMAN INDEED DID TAKE NOTICE OF THE STARK AND UNDENIABLE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IDENTIFY THE AIR INTOXICATION.
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SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS ARE SUFFERING FROM INSOMNIA AND SUFFERING FROM INCIDENTS WITH CHRONIC URINATION AND SUFFERING FROM AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF FEELING SLEEPY, FEELING DROWSY AND FEELING TIRED AND STRUGGLING TO STAY AWAKE, AND ALSO SUFFERING FROM PERFUSE, SWEATING DURING SLEEP.THESE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IDENTIFY THE AIR INTOXICATION HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED, AND MANY NEWS REPORTS, INCLUDING A CBS 60 MINUTES INVESTIGATIVE NEWS REPORT, THE AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS IS BEING REFERRED TO AS THE HAVANA SYNDROME, AND IT IS BEING SCAPEGOATED AS ATTACKED BY AGENTS OF RIVAL NATION GOVERNMENTS AND ENEMY NATION GOVERNMENTS.
I HAVE TITLED IT THE PHANTOM EVIL TERRORISM.
THE AIR INTOXICATION IS OCCURRING IN MORE SO THE URBAN AREAS OF ALL 50 UNITED STATES AND THE ENTIRE WORLD COMMUNITY FOR THE FACT THAT EXCUSES ARE BEING ABUSED TO SCAPEGOAT.
THE AIR INTOXICATION AND EXCUSES ARE BEING ABUSED TO REFUSE TO INVESTIGATE THE AIR INTOXICATION AND EXCUSES ARE BEING ABUSED TO REFUSE TO RESOLVE IT.
THIS BETRAYAL OF THE PUBLIC TRUST TO PROVOKING PEOPLE TO RESORT TO VIOLENT VIGILANTE ACTIVISM IS ALSO KNOWN AS TERRORISM EVERYWHERE TO PRO TO PROTEST IT AND FORCE THE AGENDA FOR THE RESOLUTION OF IT.
SO IF YOU'LL JUST CONCLUDE YOUR STATEMENT NOW.
WELL, UM, I'VE MADE THIS STATEMENT PRETTY MUCH BEFORE.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT MORE PEOPLE HERE.
AND THIS HERE, UM, ISSUE, I'M, I'M REQUESTING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND I KNOW AS I SAID, THIS IS AN ADVISORY, UH, PANEL.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING, I GUESS MY CONTACT WITH MS. BEON TO HAVE MS. KAREN MENDELSON, WHO I GUESS IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE, THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND MS. KATHY STEWART, WHO IS THE, I GUESS CHAIR WOMAN OF THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE.
AND IT IS MY REQUEST THAT, UM, UH, FORMAL PROPOSAL BECAUSE I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ANYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL OR THIS COMMISSION ADVISE US, THEY WILL PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
AND ALL MY, UM, CORRESPONDENCE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THESE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS HAS BEEN FOR THE PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN ON THE BASIS OF THOSE, UH, SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS.
AND ALSO FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN REPORTED IN THE NEWS AND ALSO FOR THE FACT THIS IS WAY TOO FAR SERIOUS TO BE IGNORED.
IT'S BEEN IGNORED FOR A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE WILL BE SHOCKED THAT IT GOES BACK.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY MANY OF YOU ARE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCURRENT REPORT.
IT WAS A LOT OF URBAN RIOTS IN THE SIXTIES WHEN LBJ JOHNSON WAS THE PRESIDENT, HE COMMISSIONED WHAT'S CAUSING THESE RIOTS.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THAT IT WAS THE ENVIRONMENT, IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND JUST LIKE PRETTY MUCH THE WARREN COMMISSION COVERUP, I KNOW THE WARREN COMMISSION WAS THE LONG GOVERNMENT THEORY OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
I DID WANNA RESPOND AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE, THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OCCURRING AT THE STATE JAIL IN HUTCHINS, TEXAS, THAT THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE RESPONDED IN MY EMAILS AND PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TO THE STATE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THERE WON'T BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO NOW, BUT YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR BOARD COORDINATOR IF YOU'D LIKE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.
AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES.
WE HAVE A LIST OF MINUTES TO APPROVE THIS EVENING.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR MARCH 6TH MINUTES.
HOPE EVERYBODY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
I AM GOING TO BEGIN WITH A MOTION TO AMEND THE MARCH MINUTES.
UM, THE MOTION IS ON PAGE ONE, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ABSENT FROM THREE TO TWO ON PAGE TWO, ITEM B IF WE CAN CORRECT MR. MARQUIS'S TITLE TO TECHNICAL ADVISOR AND THE SPELLING OF OUR PRESENTER, MR. MONDY.
AND ON PAGE THREE, NUMBER 10, THIS IS AARON DEAL, FORMERLY WITH OEQS.
SO IF WE COULD CORRECT THIS NAME FOR POSTERITY.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE MARCH MINUTES? SAY AYE.
IT'S BEEN, UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
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MOVED.AND SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR APRIL 10TH MEETING MINUTES.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO AMEND THE APRIL MEETING MINUTES TO UPDATE THE CORRECT TITLES FOR MEMBERS THROUGHOUT SPECIFICALLY DELINEATING BETWEEN APPOINTED COMMISSION TECHNICAL PANELISTS AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE APRIL MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL MINUTES AS AMENDED? IT'S BEEN MOVED.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR MAY MEETING MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A SIMILAR MOTION TO AMEND THE MAY MEETING MINUTES.
ON PAGE ONE, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THE TOTAL MEMBERS PRESENT FROM TIME TO 12, AND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ABSENT FROM THREE TO TWO, AND TO UPDATE THE CORRECTED TITLES THROUGHOUT FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS DELINEATING BETWEEN APPOINTED COMMISSION, TECHNICAL PANEL MEMBERS AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IS THERE A SECOND? YES, I SET THEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE MAY MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 8TH MINUTES AS AMENDED? I MOVE.
ALL OF OUR MINUTES ARE NOW APPROVED.
LET'S GET ONTO OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS AN URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
AND WITH US THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. JOHNSON, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM? I'M BRETT JOHNSON.
I'M THE CONSERVATION MANAGER WITH THE DALLAS PARKS DEPARTMENT DISTRICT.
MY NAME, MY NAME
AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE, UH, BRIEFING ON THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT.
DURING THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE DOING AN OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATE ON THE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN ITSELF WILL GO OVER EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE EMERALD DASHBOARD AND THE NEXT STEPS.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF DALLAS OWNS APPROXIMATELY 35,000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE IN MAY OF, OF 2020.
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CA PLAN, AND IN JUNE OF 22, UH, 21, THEY ADOPTED THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN.
THE CITY PROVIDES OVERSIGHT, REGULATORY, UH, UH, OR REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC URBAN FOREST CANOPIES.
WE USE A COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH NONPROFIT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO PROVIDE REGULATORY EFFORTS WITH DEVELOPMENT SITES.
NEXT, MOVING INTO THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN ITSELF ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE TREE INVENTORY OF RIGHT OF WAY AND PARK TREES.
WE CURRENTLY SIT AT APPROXIMATELY, UH, 10%.
THIS 10%, UH, IS LOOKING AT, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOING A INVENTORY OF SPECIFICALLY IN OUR MAINTAINED AREAS, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ASH TREES, DWU, GOING THROUGH, UH, FOREST, UH, OR FLOODWAY MANAGEMENT AREAS AND CREEKS, TAGGING ASH TREES IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND STREETS, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, INVENTORYING INTO TREE KEEPER.
UH, CURRENTLY ON THE ASH TREES, WE'RE SENDING ABOUT, UH, 2,500 TREES THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO THE TREE KEEPER.
OUR MAIN ITEM OF NOTE ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A THIRD PARTY CONTRACT TO INVENTORY ALL TREES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO IS THE CENTRALIZATION OF CITY OF DALLAS, UH, URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY RATING, UH, AT ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT.
OF NOTE ON THAT, THE FORMALIZED ACTIONS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS FORESTRY TASK FORCE INCLUDE THE DALLAS, UH, WATER UTILITIES AND THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, TAKING THE LEAD WITH OVERSIGHT FROM THE MANAGER'S, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
ADDITIONAL, UH, SIT DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATE, UH, IN OUR URBAN FOREST, UH, PLANNING ARE AVIATION DALLAS
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FIRE AND RESCUE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS.UH, COORDINATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE BROUGHT IN DEPENDING, UH, ON THE PARTICULAR TASK AT HAND.
NEXT SLIDE, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS DEVELOPMENT OF A STORM RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN.
WE CURRENTLY SIT AT ABOUT, UH, 50% ON THAT.
THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE THEIR STORM RESPONSE PLANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, AND THE FORESTRY TASK FORCE IS WORKING THROUGH THOSE SO WE CAN LOOK AT BETTER COORDINATED EFFORTS.
AND, UH, MEETINGS HAVE BEEN INITIATED TO DEVELOP LOGISTICS, DRAFT PROCESSES, AND LOOK AT NEEDS AND ADDRESS QUESTIONS.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS IS AN ONGOING, UH, RECOMMENDATION IN THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN.
UH, CURRENT ITEMS OF NOTE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ONGOING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WHICH ARE HELD QUARTERLY, UH, PARTNERSHIP TRAININGS, UH, LIKE, UH, THE EXAMPLE ON THE SIDE, WHICH IS THE CITY WORKED WITH ARBOR JET, UH, ON THE, UH, EAB TREATMENT, UH, WORKSHOP PARTNER, UH, MARKETING WITH MULTIPLE CIVIC GROUPS AND NONPROFITS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ROTARY AND MASTER NATIONALIST.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE, UH, WORKING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN FOREST SMASH PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A CITYWIDE TREE.
INVENTORY IS COMPLETE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE GET THAT, UH, COMPLETE TREE INVENTORY IN PLACE.
UH, SO MUCH OF THE REST OF THE PLAN HINGES ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE ANNUAL, UM, UH, ANNUAL PLANTING PLAN IN PLACE.
UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON FIGURING OUT OUR TREE PLANTING, UH, FOR EACH SEASON.
CURRENTLY WE ARE LOOKING, UH, FOUR YEARS OUT ON OUR TREE PLANTING.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX IS TO ENSURE, UH, DALLAS REGULATIONS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND GUIDELINES ARE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT TREE CANOPY GROWTH, PROTECTION, AND PRESERVATION.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONGOING, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL ALWAYS BE, UM, ONGOING.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE REVIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE AND TREE MANUALS.
UH, THOSE, UH, ANY CHANGES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED YET.
BUT THAT REVIEW HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.
UH, HOWEVER THE CODE HAS BEEN, UH, UPDATED, UH, TO ALLOW THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UH, EAB AND, UH, RELATED ISSUES, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REMOVAL OF ASH TREES AS NEEDED.
UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, WORKED ON THE REVIEW OF THE SOPS AND ARTICLE 10, UM, REVIEWS.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALWAYS ONGOING.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SEVEN IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENT OF A STRATEGY TO MA MAXIMIZE, UH, INVESTMENT AND RESOURCES TO MEET THE DALLAS'S DESIRED LEVEL OF SERVICE ON URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT.
UH, WE MAIN ITEMS OF NOTE ARE THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENTAL RESOURCE GROWTH AS FAR AS STAFF AND PROGRAMMING THAT HAS OCCURRED, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAB ACTION PLAN AND THE MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT HAS GONE ALONG WITH THAT.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER EIGHT IS TO CREATE A PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN AND CARE FOR TREES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TREE CANOPY ACROSS, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AGAIN, WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT.
UM, THE MAIN ITEM OF NOTE ON THAT IS THE PLANTING PLAN DEVELOPED ANNUALLY, UH, ALL PLANTING, UH, PARTNERS WITH VOLUNTEER CIVIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
IN THE LAST, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LAST YEAR, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PLANTED OVER, UH, 1500 TREES THROUGH, UH, 24 ASSORTED TREE PLANTINGS.
WHETHER IT'S BRANCHING OUT, UH, OR THE CBC, UH, CBG, UH, UH, PLANTINGS THROUGH THE BRANCH OUT PROGRAM WITH DWU.
UH, WE ARE, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UH, OVER 3000, UH, TREES THAT WERE GIVEN OUT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS.
AND THAT WAS THE SIX SEPARATE SITES LAST YEAR, WHICH WILL BE EXPANDING TO SEVEN ISSUE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO EDUARDO.
THANK, MOVING ON THE PRESENTATION, RECOMMENDATION ON TRIAL
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WHICH COMPLETEAND APPROXIMATELY SINCE
WE HAVE THAT THOUGHT FROM, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, EDUARDO, BUT I THINK THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU ONLINE.
WILL YOU DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOUR MICROPHONE? ME? YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? SLIDE NINE.
OKAY, UH, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE.
MOVING ON WITH THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WHICH IS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO MONITOR AND ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO DALLAS URBAN FOREST.
IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND ONGOING.
UH, STARTING UP WITH THE EAB ACTION PLAN, WHICH CONSISTS OF EAB TRAPPING ASH TREE INVENTORY AND TREATMENTS SINCE APRIL OF 2024.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE INSTALLED 16 TRAPS ACROSS DALLAS WITHIN PARKS IN FORESTLAND.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE DOING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRAINING AND PRESENTATIONS.
UM, THIS IS ACROSS DALLAS AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AND
SO AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, UH, FERAL HAWK TRAPPING AS WELL.
WE HAVE TRAPS INSTALLED THROUGH THE CITY WITHIN PARKLAND, WETLANDS, LEVIES, UH, GOLF COURSES, UH, PUBLIC PARKS TO PROTECT URBAN FOREST PROVEN AND UNDERSTORY INVASIVE REMOVAL, AS WELL AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY CONTRACT IN PROGRESS FOR ALTERNATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL, UH, GHOST CONTRACT.
WE HAD A PRETTY COOL, UH, PILOT, UH, PROJECT THAT LAST SUMMER.
WE HAD, UH, TWO LOCATIONS, UH, THAT WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE FRAZIER DAM WAS THE 10 ACRES FLOODPLAIN, UH, LAND.
AND THEN APPLE VALLEY WAS A COMMUNITY SITE WITH ABOUT THREE ACRES.
SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
AND WE ARE, UH, PURSUING THE THIRD PARTY CONTRACT FOR ALTERNATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.
RECOMMENDATION 10, UH, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN.
IT IS, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND ONGOING AS WELL.
UH, THE FORESTRY MARKETING PROGRAMS, UH, INITIATED HEAVILY IN 2023 AND IS STILL GROWING AS PART OF THE CITY'S OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UH, THE FORESTRY WEBPAGE WAS UPDATED AND RELEASED LAST WEEK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION HAS BEEN RENOVATED, AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL FOR, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC EB AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNI COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED FLYERS, UH, IN, IN THE PROCESS OF RELEASING BUMPER STICKERS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BILLBOARD AROUND THE CITY.
WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, SO WE'RE INCREASING OUR LIBRARY OF ALL THESE VERY, UH, IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
UM, COMMUNITY AND PRI AND, AND PRIVATE EAB PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 50 EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, PER YEAR.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN VISIT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE PUBLIC EDUCATED ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM.
RECOMMENDATION 11, UH, WHICH IS TO FORMULATE STRATEGY TO MANAGE WOOD WASTE AND IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR WOOD FROM TREES REMOVED BY THE CITY.
IT IS, UH, RATED AT 25% COMPLETE.
UH, WOOD WASTE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED BY PARKS AND, AND STAFF IS COORDINATING STAFFING RESOURCES TO EXECUTE THIS PROGRAM.
UH, IT IS MANAGED AT A VERY SMALL SCALE AND VERY CONTROLLED WITHIN THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
NEXT, RECOMMENDATION 12, TO STRENGTHEN WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE UTILITIES ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTRACTORS WHOSE ACTIVITIES IMPACT TREES BY INSTITUTING REGULAR DIALOGUE AND PROJECT COORDINATION, IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND ONGOING.
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LED OUTREACH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE MOVING FORWARD.UH, WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING QUARTERLY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND WHO PROVIDE AWARENESS AND, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS ACTIVITIES.
AND WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE CITY.
RECOMMENDATION 13, TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE PLANTING AND CARE OF DALLAS URBAN FOREST.
IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND ONGOING.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THROUGH EXISTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY FORESTERS, BRANCHING OUT, BRANCH OUT DALLAS, UH, MOMENTUM AGREEMENTS, AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THESE GROUPS AND PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
UH, WE HAND, WE HANDED OUT APPROXIMATELY 3000 TREES, UH, LAST YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO 3003, UH, TREES PER YEAR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A VERY POSITIVE EVENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, GROUPS AND AGENCIES SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT, UH, FOR, UH, INCREASING TREE CANOPIES.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, APPROXIMATELY CLOSE TO 1900 TREES WERE PLANTED ON CITY PROPERTY AS WELL.
NEXT, RECOMMENDATION 14 TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE GRADE 20 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE MAIN GOAL TO ADVANCE IN THIS TASK IS TO COMPLETE THE TREE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS IN PROGRESS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, DOING PRELIMINARY WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING LAND ACQUISITION.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE CITY DOES NOT OWN ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE FOREST, SO WE'RE DOING SOME PRELIMINARY WORK TO, TO ADVANCE IN THAT EFFORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE COMPLETION OF THE DALLAS FLOODWAY LEVIES SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE KA HEIGHTS AND LAMAR LEVIES THAT ARE IN DESIGN WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AS WELL.
AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL CONTINUE PROVIDING UPDATES SO THAT WE INFORM ON ANY PROGRESS IN THIS PARTICULAR TASK.
UH, YOU KNOW, EAB CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN TO HEALTHY ASH TREE POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE US.
UM, 2024, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE INSTALLED 16 UH, TRAPS, UH, AT 16 LOCATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEETLE, UH, BELE HAS BEEN FOUND AT SIX LOCATIONS AND WE FOUND TO IN MAY, UM, CITY STAFF ARE TAGGING ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ASH TREES FOR TREATMENT THROUGH 2024 GROWING SEASON.
AND SO FAR WE'VE DONE ABOUT 200 TREES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED SO FAR.
UH, WE CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS FULL PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN TASKS AND WE'RE PUSHING, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM TO GET ADVANCE IN THAT TASK.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE EAB MONITORING AND TREATING SIGNIFICANT ASTERISK AND CONTINUE EXPANSION OF ALL THE PROGRAMS AS WE ADVANCE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS YEAR WE CONTINUE, UH, YOU KNOW, GROWING OUR TEAMS AND OUR EFFORTS AND WE CONTINUE ADDING TO OUR TOOLBOX.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT AND CONTINUE MARKETING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC AND CITY TRAINING AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT, WE CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, CHAIR WALLACE.
I AM LOOKING AT THE MEMO FROM SEPTEMBER, 2023, AND, UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU THERE.
I, I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND, UM, WE HAD GONE OVER THIS AND MET WITH PHIL.
AND, UM, SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH.
UM, ON RECOMMENDATION ONE, YOU, YOU SAID THE COMPLETE, UH, I MEAN THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE TREE INVENTORY IS 15, UH, IS 10% COMPLETE, AND LAST YEAR YOU REPORTED IT AS 15% COMPLETE.
CAN YOU TELL ME, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE? YEAH, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF, UH, IF THERE'S A TYPO MAYBE ON THE PERCENTAGE, THE 10%.
UM, WELL, WE HAVE REPORTED INCLUDES SELECTED PARKS AND STREET MEETINGS THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE CITY.
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THE PERCENTAGE IS, IS OPINION OF OUR, UH, FORESTRY TECHNICAL TEAM.UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE WITHIN OUR CITY FORCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE MEMO IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT THE 10, 50%, IT'S ROUGHLY KIND OF WHERE WE SIT.
BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A ROUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY SAY WE'VE DONE MORE WORK SINCE THERE ACTUALLY, SO.
AND, UM, AND THEN JUST MOVING ON DOWN THE, THE NUMBERS.
SO, UH, NUMBER FOUR HAS GONE FROM LAST YEAR REPORTED AT, UM, STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORTING EXISTING RELATIONS PARTNERSHIPS FROM 75% TO ONGOING.
SO IS THAT JUST, UM, THAT, THAT YOU REACHED A HUNDRED PERCENT EVENTUALLY LAST YEAR AND NOW YOU'RE JUST RE ON, LIKE, ON THAT PARTICULAR YEAH.
TURN YOUR RECORD ON ON THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST A SIMPLE MATTER.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE TRULY AT 100%.
THAT'S GONNA BE ALWAYS ONGOING AND WORKING WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
AND THEN, UM, ON FIVE, WE, WE HAD A QUESTION, UM, LAST YEAR.
AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, I AM, SO WE WERE CONFUSED, LIKE, IS WHAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE THE WORK MANAGEMENT PLAN OR THE ANNUAL PLANTING PLAN? OR IS THAT BASICALLY THE SAME THING? THOSE THAT'S, UH, THE PLANTING PLAN AND THE INVENTORY ARE, ARE, UH, TWO OBJECTIVES THAT KIND OF GET LISTED IN THE SAME RECOMMENDATION.
THE WORK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE ANNUAL PLANTING PLAN.
AND, AND IF I CAN ADD, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND ONGOING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UH, GOALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT THE, UH, THAT THE TASK IS ESTABLISHED TO, TO BE RUNNING.
AND IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND WE WE'RE STOPPING IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT WE GET IT MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT.
UM, WE RATE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S UP AND RUNNING AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE TASKS AND WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING IT TO, YOU KNOW, ADVANCE AND MAKE IT BETTER.
AND THEN CAN YOU SHOW RECOMMENDATIONS? SLIDE SIX AGAIN.
UM, SO OH, OH, ONGOING THIS YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS AT, UM, 50%.
AND I THINK, UM, IF MEMORY SERVES ABOUT MY NOTE HERE, THAT ARTICLE 10, LIKE HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN, BECAUSE OUR, OUR CURRENT TREE ORDINANCE FOR DEVELOPERS REALLY HAS NO TEETH, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALL KNOW WHY, HOW IS THAT, I GUESS, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN ARTICLE 10? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK, UH, PHIL ERWIN.
OH, CHIEF HARBOR IS TO STEVE PHIL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMIND ME.
I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT, YOU KNOW, FROM 50% LAST YEAR TO I GUESS A HUNDRED PERCENT IF IT'S ONGOING WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO ARTICLE 10.
YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK APOLOGIES.
PHIL, IF YOU'LL USE YOUR MICROPHONE PLEASE.
PARDON ME? WILL YOU USE YOUR MICROPHONE? IT WAS ON, PARDON ME? THERE, YOU'RE, I'LL BRING IT CLOSER.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION EXACTLY.
THE, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ARTICLE 10, ANYTIME WE COME UP IN A SITUATION WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING NOT FULLY REPRESENTED IN THE CODE THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO AS FAR AS, UH, ADDRESSING HOW TO PUT TEETH INTO THE ORDINANCE, UH, THERE, I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANY UPDATES AS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING, UH, DIVISION TO LOOK AT THE, UM, THE, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, UH,
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ORDINANCE FOR THAT, AND ALSO IN RELATION TO THE PARKING.SO THERE ARE PLACES WHERE ARTICLE 10 WOULD BE AMENDED IF THINGS WERE, WERE TO BE APPLIED THROUGH OTHER ORDINANCES AS WELL.
SO IN ARTICLE TEN'S ALWAYS OPEN TO POTENTIAL.
UM, AND THEN, SORRY, I JUST HAVE TWO MORE.
AND I THINK WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANTED THE, THE WHOLE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THIS.
SO ON RECOMMENDATION 10, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR FORMER SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ASKED, HAS THIS BEEN LOOKED AT IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT 10 TO 20 YEARS? HENCE, UM, HAS, HAS THIS BEEN, UM, THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO ME RELATED TO TIM.
MAYBE IT WAS A NOTE ABOUT THIS, UH, THE REPORT IN GENERAL, SO IT, CAN Y'ALL, CAN ONE OF Y'ALL SPEAK TO THAT, LIKE THE, THE PLANNING THAT'S GOING ON TO PROTECT OUR, YOU KNOW, URBAN FORESTS, HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED AT IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THINGS WILL BE IN 10 TO 20 YEARS? WELL, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR STUDIES THAT THE CITY IS TAKING ON, AT LEAST IN MY DEPARTMENT, TO LOOK AT, UM, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, CLIMATE ACTION.
BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, IT SHOULD BE BEING LOOKED AT THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT I, I DON'T HAVE ANY ONGOING ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH ARTICLE 10.
ARTICLE 10, OUR TREE CANOPY, OUR URBAN FORESTS IN GENERAL, UH, ABOUT PROTECTION, UM, COVERAGE, UH, BUT MOSTLY PROTECTION THAT WE CAN DO NOW IN LIGHT OF INCREASING TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ON BOTH ENDS.
UM, INCREASINGLY STRONG WEATHER EVENTS ALSO.
WELL, CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE HEAT ISLAND STUDIES THAT ARE ONGOING THAT WE WANT, WE WERE REFERRED TO, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE PRE EQUITY AND ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL, THAT BEING LOOKED AT THROUGH EITHER CITY DEPARTMENT OR AMERICAN FOREST.
UH, SO THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING FOR, TO MAKE, TO FOLLOW ALONG, BUT WHERE PART OF OUR GOAL, AGAIN, IS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN URBAN FOREST CANOPY.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT ALL THIS IS KIND OF DESIGNED FOR.
THE DIFFICULTY WITH THAT IS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THAT CANOPY WHILE WE ALSO LOSE CANOPY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, DO WE KNOW HOW ANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION MAY BE ADDRESSING THAT? I WOULD ASSUME THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE IN THAT, BASICALLY WE'RE ADDRESSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF CITIES TRYING TO PRIME FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO WHILE MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITH OUR URBAN FOREST.
IF, IF I CAN, IF I CAN ADD YOUR STATEMENT FROM A STORMWATER PROTECTION OR FLOOD PROTECTION STANDPOINT.
UH, INCREASING TREE CANOPY, THAT'S A BENEFIT FROM, UH, WATER RUNOFF, ABSOR ABSORPTION, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, REDUCTION OF, UH, HEAT ISLAND AND BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE ESPECIALLY LIKE TRI FOREST AND HAVING A HEALTHIER, UM, UH, WILDLIFE AND ABSORPTION, AB ABSORPTION OF, UH, WATER RUNOFF.
AND FROM A FLOOD PROTECTION STANDPOINT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S POSITIVE.
I GUESS, AND, AND I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAMSTRUNG BY THE STATE, UM, BUT I DO, I GUESS I DO WISH THERE WERE, UM, SOME PROACTIVE, UM, EDUCATION DONE FOR DEVELOPERS TO KNOW, UM, THE RISKS THEY'RE TAKING NOW AND HOW IT'LL AFFECT US IN 10 OR 20 YEARS.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO MR. UH, COMMISSIONER COOK, AND THEN TO MR. MARQUIS.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ON THE, THE PART WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TREATING SIGNIFICANT ASH TREES, HOW ARE THOSE BEING TREATED? WHAT'S THE TREATMENT
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INVOLVED? CHRIS? UH, MC MASTER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, TAKING THAT ONE SINCE I KNOW YOU CAN PRONOUNCE IT.SO THE PRODUCT IS CALLED IIN BENZOATE.
IT IS, UM, IT, IT'S INJECTED INTO THE BARK IN A CLOSED SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S NOTHING LEAVING THE TREE, THERE'S NOTHING BEING SPRAYED ON THE TREE.
UM, ORGANISMS THAT FEED ON THAT TREE WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CHEMICAL IS, WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION? THAT WAS IT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE TREATMENT INVOLVED WAS.
SO THAT USUALLY COVERS, UM, ABOUT A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO ONE INJECTION FOR TWO YEARS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE TREATED EVERY, EVERY TWO YEARS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE IF WE TREAT ENOUGH OF THE TREATIES, WE'LL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE EMERAL DASHBOARD INVASION? NO, I MEAN, IT'LL HAVE TO BE TREATED EVERY TWO YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE ASSESSED AGAIN PRIOR TO ANOTHER TREATMENT 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TREAT TREES IN POOR CONDITION.
UM, THE IDEA HERE IS YOU'RE KIND OF SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF EAB AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO YOU'LL HAVE EAB FEEDING ON THESE TREES AND DYING.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S UNTREATED TREES, RIGHT? SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE.
THIS IS JUST GONNA KIND OF SLOW THAT, THAT PROCESS DOWN AND REDUCE THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEING DONE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF.
WE HAVE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THIS ON THIS ISSUE, AND I APPRECIATE, UH,
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ARTICLE 10 DISCUSSIONS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND THEN, UH, THREE DISCUSSIONS AND SITTING.
SO I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT OUR ONGOING PROGRESS AND SOME ONGOING ISSUES.
NUMBER ONE, WE NEEDED THE INVENTORY FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT'S STILL ONGOING.
SO DO WE HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY GET A COMPLETE INVENTORY? THIS HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO DO WE HAVE A, AN IDEA OF WHEN WE THINK AN ACCURATE COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY WILL ACTUALLY BE DONE? UH, WHAT KAREN WOULD WAS STATING IS, UH, FROM THE TIME WE GET THE CONTRACT WITH THE, THE THIRD PARTY, UH, OR GET THIRD PARTY CONTRACT IN PLACE, STATE WILL PROBABLY TAKE APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS TO GET THAT.
AND WHEN WILL THAT BEGIN? OR HAS THAT BEEN ON THE CON THE PRO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN BEING WORKED ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND WE'RE, WE, WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO SOMETIME BETWEEN THAT END OF THE YEAR, WE THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT NOTE BE INITIATED.
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE FACT THAT ON YOUR SLIDES, YOU SHOWED ME THE PLANS OR IN PROCESS FOR BEING COMPLETED.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? WEAVING ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE, THE FUNDING IS GONNA BE MADE, UH, AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO CARRY THROUGH ALL THESE PROJECTS.
BECAUSE THE GOAL IS ALLOTABLE, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE THE STAFF AND THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS, THEN THIS PROGRESS WILL SLOW.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED, GET THE FUNDING YOU NEED, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY ARBORISTS AND DEVELOPMENT OR PARKS WITH DW.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS GETS THE FUNDING YOU NEED SO THAT YOU CAN CARRY THROUGH WITH THESE PLANS? WE APPRECIATE THE PLANS, BUT LET'S CARRY THROUGH.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING? DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL.
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS FUNDING, WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL PARTICIPATING AND, AND, UH, MOVING AS BEST WE CAN BASED ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
UH, LIKE A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE, UH, THE TREE INVENTORY.
IT IS PROJECTED TO BE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, WE NEVER DONE A COMPLETE TREE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? SO BEING DALLAS SO
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LARGE, UM, IT'S UNKNOWN EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET IT DONE FULLY COMPLETE, RIGHT? SO THE PROJECTION IS FIVE YEARS, AND AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, UH, CHANCES ARE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE AMENDING THE CONTRACT AND THOSE EFFORTS, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'VE DONE A, A GRANT THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO, TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, WORK ROLLING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT DOING THE SAME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING FUNDING AS BECOMES AVAILABLE, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND I DON'T WANT COMMISSIONERS AND THE FOLKS THAT APPOINTED TO ALL OF US AND THE FOLKS THAT YOU WORK WITH TO BE AWARE THAT WE WANNA SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.OKAY? AND TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING.
AND WE'RE IN BUDGET CYCLE ALREADY.
SO COMMISSIONERS MEMBER OF THE STAFF ARE, YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM THAN
WE'VE WATCHED THIS GO ON FOR YEARS.
IT'S TIME TO GET THIS FUNDING, GET THIS INVENTORY DONE, AND CONTINUE THIS PROJECT.
NOW, HOW MUCH OF OUR CANOPY ARE WE LOSING ANNUALLY TO DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING CANOPY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S A GOOD THING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF TOWN WHERE WE'RE LOSING CANOPY.
SO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW MANY TREES WE NEED TO BE PLANTING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO HAVE A NET INCREASE IN CANOPY EVERY YEAR.
HOW MANY TREES DO WE NEED TO PLANT ANNUALLY? SO WE HAVE A NET INCREASE EVERY YEAR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TREATABLE, LOSING TO DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS DISEASE AND STORM AND OTHER LOSS.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT FOR US TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THIS WAY ON THESE ISSUES, WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFFING, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE LOSING, WHAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE ANNUALLY TO HAVE A NET INCREASE IN CANOPY EVERY YEAR.
YOU, PHIL, IN YOUR RESPONSE, UH, I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE QUESTION I WANTED.
WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO HOW DO WE DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A NET INCREASE ON A YEARLY BASIS IN OUR TREE CANOPY? WELL, FIRST OFF, WE'D HAVE TO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A, A KNOWN ACREAGE ON THAT TREE CANOPY.
YOU KNOW, UH, IF THAT IS JUST A SIMPLE BASIS ON A SIMPLE FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING A REMOTE INVENTORY OF THE CANOPY JUST TO MEASURE OUT THE SHEER ACREAGE AND KNOW WHERE WE'RE STARTING.
AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT SITTING ON THAT INFORMATION.
UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THEN WE HAVE TO, UH, LOOK IN THERE AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT TOTAL INVENTORY.
WE, WE DO MAY BE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, FORECASTING THAT THAT ACREAGE THAT WE ARE GONNA LOSE, AND WHERE, WHERE DO WE RECOVER IT ON THE BACKSIDE OR WHERE CAN WE, UH, MITIGATE FOR IT? UM, I HONESTLY WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER, BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.
BUT REALLY, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER.
AND BRETT, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
WHAT Y ALL OF YOU APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I WANNA MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR AND, AND STATE THIS VERY CLEAR, 20 YEARS AGO ON L ONE, WE WE'RE ALL GONNA WALK OUT OF L ONE TONIGHT AND GO BACK TO OUR CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE'RE GONNA WALK PAST THE ROOM WHERE WE SAT 20 YEARS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT THESE VARIOUS ISSUES 20 YEARS AGO.
WE SAT DOWN IN THE ROOM ON L ONE AND TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
LET'S FIND A WAY TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS IN THIS REGARD TO INCREASE OUR TREE CANOPY EVERY YEAR IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR 20 YEARS.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ALL BE HERE TONIGHT.
I ALL YOU WORK VERY HARD ON THIS.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU, WE'LL SUPPORT YOU.
AND SO ALL OF US WORK TO SUPPORT THIS.
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MONEY WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR TREE CANOPY IN DALLAS, TEXAS EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO MR. HOFFMAN AND DR.
LACKMAN AND THEN, UH, VICE SHARE.
UH, MY QUESTIONS ARE, THANK YOU.
UH, MY QUESTIONS ARE ALONG THE LINE, WHAT, UH, MR. MARCUS WAS DISCUSSING.
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TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE GONNA GO, WE KNOW, NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.AND SO ESTABLISHING THE BASELINE OF WHAT WE HAVE, UM, IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND WE'VE GOT, THAT'S GOTTA BE OUR PRIORITY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO UNLESS WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
AND THE TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT HAS, IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN PLAN TO DEAL WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, I KNOW THE CITY OF DALLAS IS NOT GONNA TELL PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO MOVE HERE TO GO AWAY.
UH, WE WANT TO CREATE A HOSPITABLE, LIVABLE CITY.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IN LINE WAS WITH REGARD TO, IN INCREASING WITH THE DENSITY AND REQUESTS THAT WE'RE SEEING POTENTIALLY COMING FROM FORWARD DALLAS, THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MEDICATE THE DENSITY.
AND TO THAT END, WHAT KIND OF IMPERVIOUS SOLUTION, WHAT KIND OF IMPERVIOUS, UH, SOLUTIONS ARE BEING DISCUSSED? UH, ARE THERE ANY REAL WORLD EXAMPLES THAT ARE FUNCTIONAL, AVAILABLE, DELIVERABLE IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY AS FUNCTIONAL AND USABLE TO CREATE IMPERVIOUS SERVICES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DRIVEN ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PRESERVE THE TREE CANOPY OF EXISTING BUILDS AS WELL AS ALSO FOR NEW BUILDS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE IMPERVIOUS, UH, AREAS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE MEANINGFUL, UH, ABSORPTION FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF ON EACH LOT SO THAT THAT STORMWATER RUNOFF CAN, UH, SUPPORT THE, THE LIFE OF A ROOT BALL FOR A TREE.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF PLANTING NEW TREES, IS ACCESS TO WATER.
SO IS THERE ANY ASSESSMENT, MY, MY QUESTION'S GONNA BE TWOFOLD.
WHAT KIND OF MEASURES ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED FOR THAT TYPE OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE? AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, DO YOU HAVE, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CODES AND THE DENSITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE COMING FROM FORWARD DALLAS? I THINK I CAN START ON THAT, THE ANSWER AND PARTLY, AND I, I THINK I'VE TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY EARLIER, THAT, UH, PLANNING IS, UH, THROUGH SARAH MAY AND LORI LEVY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPERVIOUS, UH, COVERAGE ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING OUT OF ZAC, GOING TO THE CITY PLANT COMMISSION PROBABLY THIS FALL.
THEY'VE BEEN TOUCHING ON THIS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS HOW TO DEAL WITH, UH, UH, SOIL COMPACTION, THE IMPERVIOUS SERVICES, TRYING TO IMPROVE PLANTING CONDITIONS, PRIMARILY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, IMPERVIOUS SERVICES IN THE CITY.
UH, SO THIS IS ONGOING AND IT'S PROBABLY FALLING ALONG BEHIND ANY, UH, REGULATIONS FOR PARKING AS WELL.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE FIRST PART.
SO I THINKING ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL PROVISION WE COULD TALK ABOUT ARTICLE 10 MIGHT FOLLOW ALONG IN THE, IN THAT PROCESS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT PERMEABLES? I, I WANT A BAD PERMEABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERMEABLE PAVING PERMEABLE OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPERIOUS LIMITING IMPERIOUS SERVICES.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TECHNIQUES CAN YOU RE, YOU KNOW, POINT TO AND SAY THESE ARE SUCCESSFUL WAYS OF PRESERVING MOISTURE ABSORPTION IN THE SOIL TO PRESERVE THE TREE CANOPY? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS PARTICULAR STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE HAS MORE, UM, PROVISIONS FOR PERMEABLE SURFACES.
UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS OF TRYING TO PROVIDE PERMEABLE SURFACES, UH, BUT AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, AREAS FOR TREES TO GROW IN BENEATH THE HEART SURFACES, UH, THAT WERE MORE SUSTAINABLE, INCLUDING SOIL CELLS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPERS TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THOSE TYPES OF PROCESSES, UH, WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE IMPERVIOUS AREAS, BUT CAN ALSO WANT TO HAVE THE TREES GROWING IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
I, I WANNA BE A LITTLE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO RIDE ON IT TOO LONG, BUT IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE KNOW THAT WE, THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A SOLUTION THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF GOING AHEAD AND INSTITUTING LEGISLATION THAT IS UNWORKABLE.
UH, WHY DON'T WE PRESENT SOME OPTIONS? HEY, THIS WORKS, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WILL
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WORK.LET'S BRING IT INTO THE DISCUSSION SO THAT, THAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ENACT IS ACTUALLY FUNCTIONAL AND USABLE.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA, UH, UM, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY WE NEED TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S GROWTH HAPPENING IN THE CITY, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRESERVE THE CANOPY.
AND A OPTION, A REASONABLE S SOLUTION THAT WORKS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSIONS IN CREATING THAT, THAT ORDINANCE.
IF I CAN ADD, UM, TO THAT STATEMENT, AS FAR AS STORMWATER OPERATIONS ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, UH, WE HAVE CHALLENGED OUR CONSULTING COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT, UM, UH, AS PART OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS, WE ARE WORKING HAND ON HAND WITH THEM AND AS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK TO FIND THE GREEN SOLUTIONS GREENSTONE WATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN GENERAL.
SO THAT GOES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INVESTIGATION RESEARCH AND IDENTIFYING WHAT PRODUCTS AND WHAT CONCEPTS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE, UM, TO STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE IN DESIGN AND THEN IN CONSTRUCTION.
SO OUR CONSULTANTS ARE KEEPING THOSE CONCEPTS IN MIND AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, PRESENTING, UH, OPTIONS TO, UH, TO THE CITY AND FOR US TO EXECUTE THOSE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE CAN.
THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TECHNIQUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE, IN THE, I I KNOW OF A CITY, TUCSON, ARIZONA.
WE'RE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT THAT'S BEEN DOING PLANTINGS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE CURBS.
HE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN CUTTING CURBS AND PUTTING PLANTING TREES BELOW THE STREET LEVEL.
SO WITH THE, WHEN THE STORMWATER HITS HIS, HIS BOULEVARD IS RECEIVING THE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE FLOW.
SO, UM, THERE ARE REALLY SIMPLE TECHNIQUES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT DON'T COST A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK THROUGH ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE SO THAT THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA PLAN AN ORDINANCE.
LET'S PRESENT OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WORK SO THAT WE CAN, AND, AND, AND YOU ARE THE BEST FOLKS TO TELL US AND TELL THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, HEY, THIS IS GONNA WORK.
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WILL WORK.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON IT, SO LET'S GIVE SOME INPUT.
WE WANNA PRESERVE THE ROOT BALLS AND ENHANCE THE TREE CANOPY, PLANT TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
AND ANOTHER, OH, ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE TREE SPECIES, SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE MASTER PLANT.
ARE WE OBSERVING FROM THE EXISTING, WE'VE HAD A HORRIFIC WIND EVENT HERE IN EAST DALLAS.
WE LOST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MANY TREES AS A RESULT OF THE, OF THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT HAPPENED.
SO AT, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO, WE, WE NEED TO PLANT A VARIETY OF SPECIES.
WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST RESILIENT? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE WIND EVENTS, THEY'RE COMING.
IT'S NOT GONNA STOP TO ADDRESS, UH, WHAT SPECIES WOULD BE BEST FOR DEALING WITH, UH, WIND ADVANCE AND LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY ON THAT.
UH, KAREN, WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE BACK ON ON, SO, UM, THAT WE NORMALLY PLANNED BY MILK
LEMME MAKE SURE THAT MICROPHONE'S ON.
IS IT, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S, I HIT IT TWICE.
SO, UM, THE SPECIES THAT WE LOST IN THE LAST SEVERAL EVENTS, ICE STORM, DROUGHT, ICE STORM DROUGHT, NOW WIND AGAIN, UM, ARE ALREADY WEAKENED AND THEY ARE THE WEAKER SPECIES.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, THE ONES THAT WE PLANT AND GIVE AWAY TO HOMEOWNERS ARE THE STRONGEST.
THE BUR OAKS, THE AMERICAN ELMS, UM, CHICA PIN, OAK, UH, SCHU, MAR OAK, UM, EVEN SYCAMORES UNTIL THEY'RE VERY AGED, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT WEAKER, BUT THOSE ARE THE STRONGEST ONES.
BUT MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TWO OLDER, ALREADY STRESSED TREES.
SO THIS WASN'T LIKE A RAIN EVENT WHERE YOU SAW A LOT OF TREES FALL OVER AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHY? BECAUSE THEY WERE BIG AND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE MOST PART? YEAH.
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THINK ENCOURAGING THE STRONGER TREES ARE, ARE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.I MEAN, I'M, I'M SPEAKING THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I JUST HAD A 10 FOOT BRANCH FALL OFF OF A HACKBERRY OFF OF MY NEIGHBOR'S TREE, UNDER MY ROOF.
ONE OF THE WEAKEST TREES THERE IS, IS A HACKBERRY.
YES, HACKBERRIES HAVE HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE IN NATURE.
THEY ARE A HOST TO OVER A HUNDRED BENEFICIAL INSECTS, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF THE WEAKEST TREES THERE IS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE CLOSE TO BUILDINGS.
BUT I HAVE NO BUILDINGS, PEOPLE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WELL, I'M LIVING FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON THAT, SO, ALL RIGHT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THE INPUT THAT YOU GIVE THAT CAN GO INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
AND IF THEY AREN'T LOOKING SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WILL WORK TO PRESERVE THE ROOT BALL, I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING.
AND ALSO TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE TRY TO ADDRESS, WHETHER IT'S IN PARKS, WHETHER IT'S DW, IS THAT WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE RIGHT TREE BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE SPEND ABOUT 15 MORE MINUTES ON THIS TOPIC.
LACKMAN, VICE TRIVIA REAL, AND THEN DR.
UH, YES, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR A, UM, UH, THE REPORT AND, UH, LOTS OF USEFUL INFORMATION.
UM, LOOKING AT IT AND TRYING TO LOOK AT IT IN SOME OF WHAT YOU PRESENT IN TERMS OF THE DATA, UM, FOR THESE ITEMS WHERE YOUR PERCENT COMPLETED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME TARGETED COMPLETION DATES SO THAT WE CAN JUDGE WHETHER WE'RE MOVING ALONG AT AN ADEQUATE PACE.
A PERCENTAGE DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCH IF YOU DON'T SEE KIND OF WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
UM, FOR THOSE ITEMS WHERE YOU, YOU'VE LISTED ONGOING, AND YOU DID THIS IN SOME PLACES IN THE REPORT, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF WE COULD SEE SOME METRICS OF WHAT ONGOING MEANS.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, LIKE 50 PRESENTATIONS.
THAT'S A VALUABLE STATISTIC THAT TELLS US, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONE A WEEK.
UH, AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UM, UH, IN THE, UM, UH, IN THE AREA OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TARGETING PARTNERSHIPS, UH, I WONDERED IF YOU'VE THOUGHT AT ALL ABOUT, UM, TARGETING FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS.
BECAUSE OFTEN THEY HAVE PARKING LOTS WITH CONCRETE AND PLACES YOU CAN PLANT.
I KNOW THAT WE, UM, WE HAD, UM, TEMPLE SHALOM GOT SOME TREES THROUGH THE, UH, TREE PROJECT THANKS TO INTERVENTIONS FROM, UH, THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
IT'S, UM, UM, I, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT WE COULD PURSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A FAIR NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED JUST AS A SUGGESTION.
STILL KNOW THAT ANY OF THAT NEEDS RESPONSE, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE ABOUT CRITIQUING WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
ALONG THE LINE OF THAT, HAVE YOU INCREASED THE ANNUAL TREE PLANTINGS? YOU SAID 3000 AND 1900 TREES ON PARK PROPERTY.
IT WAS ABOUT 1500 TREES ON, UH, PARK PROPERTY.
IS THAT AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR? YES.
BY HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE? CHRIS, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A, I'M WRONG.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID JUST OVER A THOUSAND.
WHAT IS THE PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY PLANT AND CARE FOR MORE TREES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TREE CANOPY ACROSS EL RECOMMENDATION SIX? ARE WE JUST INCREASING, EXPANDING THE TREE PLANTINGS FROM SIX TO SEVEN? WAS THAT THE NUMBER YOU QUOTED? UH, WHEN I MENTIONED GOING FROM SIX OR SEVEN, THAT'S, THAT'S THROUGH DWS, UH, BRANCH OUT PROGRAM.
THEY'VE GOTTA THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE GIVING OUT ENOUGH TREES ON ONE PARTICULAR SITE THAT THEY NEED TO EXPAND TO, UH, ANOTHER ONE.
AND SO, UH, AS FAR AS DEALING WITH THE EQUITY SIDE OF IT, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF METRICS TO AMERICAN FOREST THROUGH TEXAS TREES.
AND UH, CHRIS HAS, UH, A DATABASE THAT HE'S NOW ESTABLISHED ALSO TO WHERE WE DO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF INDICES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO I KNOW I'M, I'M SPEAKING FOR THE PARK TO PARK 'CAUSE THAT'S PART I KNOW AND I'LL LET MM-HMM.
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IT.UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO USE THAT DATA TO DRIVE WHERE WE ARE, UM, PLANTING THE TREE, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S THE DATA THAT'S EASY YES.
AND THEN WE GO IN AND WE LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT PARKS DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THOSE AREAS? AND, UM, IS THERE ADEQUATE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THOSE AREAS? 'CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE USES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH THESE PARKS WHEN WE DO THE TREES.
AND SO, BUT IF THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, UM, TRY TO UH, UH, REALLY GET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THOSE AREAS AND FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UH, WE CAN PARTNER WITH THERE.
AND AGAIN, WE EXPANDED FROM SIX TO SEVEN EVENTS.
THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S DW TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, LOCATIONS.
BUT WE SPREAD IT LIKE, UH, BRANCH OUT DALLAS.
WE ARE ACROSS DALLAS AT DIFFERENT, UH, LOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING SO THAT WE CAN REACH MORE, UH, RESIDENTS AND INCREASE OUR THREE GIVEAWAY PROGRAM.
AND A LOT OF THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO HOW IT'S ALSO INSTALLED.
AND THEN, MR. VALERIO, WHAT ARE GREEN STORMWATER OPPORTUNITIES? DID YOU, DID YOU SAY THAT? YES.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN, UM, AN OUTREACH PROCESS WITH OUR CONSULTING COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN SENDING OUR ENGINEERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS TO, UH, CONFERENCES AND ALONG WITH THE CONSULTING COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE IT ON, UH, GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
DIFFERENT, UM, MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, ADD WITHIN OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, SO WE CAN TAKE OPPORTUNITIES ON THOSE.
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS JUST MAINLY REPLACE THE ASSET, BUT NOT THINKING ABOUT, UH, HOW WE CAN, HOW CAN WE, UH, MAKE IT GREENER.
NOW THE CONCEPT IS MORE PRESENT AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW WE ARE MAKING PART OF THE SCOPE OF WAR FOR CONSULTANTS TO, TO LOOK INTO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND PRESENT WHAT IS AVAILABLE, OR DEPENDING ON WHAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, IF IT'S A EROSION CONTROL PROJECT WITH THEIR BUILDING GABON TO STABILIZE CREEK BANKS.
UH, RATHER THAN GOING WITH JUST PLAIN STONE AND, AND GABON SYSTEM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY? AND ISN'T THAT WHERE THEY PUT THE CHAIN LINK FENCE OVER LOOSE ROCKS TO STABILIZE? YEAH, IT'S KINDA LIKE, UH, CHAINLINK BOXES FILLED WITH STONES AND THEY, THEY STACK IN.
SO WE ARE CONSIDERING, UH, MR. HOFFMAN'S FRIEND IN TUCSON PLANTING FRUIT TREES UNDER STREET LEVEL.
LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF INNOVATIVE GREEN OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND AS WE RECEIVE THOSE, WE NEED TO DETERMINE IF THOSE ARE FEASIBLE FROM A MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS STANDPOINT AS WELL.
UH, MM-HMM,
IF Y'ALL NEED TO COME BACK LATER AND GIVE US A CCAP SPECIFIC WHERE YOUR GOALS REFLECT THE C CAPS GOALS, THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT THING.
OTHERWISE, NEXT TIME Y'ALL COME BACK WITH YOUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT REFLECT OUR GOAL OF 33, 37 AND 40% MORE CANOPY COVER CITYWIDE BY 20, 30, 40, AND 50.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOUR DATA AND YOUR PLAN, AND YOUR PERCENTAGES TOWARDS COMPLETION RELATE TO OUR CEC GOALS HERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE OUR MARCHING ORDERS FROM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM Y'ALL.
IS MY MICROPHONE WORKING? IT IS.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CONGRATULATE, UH, THE FOLKS ON THE PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE MENTION OF COORDINATING WITH PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AND CONSIDERING OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE URBAN FOREST IN ADDITION TO OUR CANOPY, BUT ALSO THE RICH FOREST COMPONENTS THAT MAYBE OTHER NATURALIZED AREAS, INCLUDING INNOVATIONS LIKE GREEN STORMWATER IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR THOSE SPOKEN ABOUT TOGETHER AND REALLY COORDINATING ON SOME SOLUTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE A HEALTHY URBAN FOREST ALONG WITH, UM, HEALTHY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
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UM, AND I GUESS I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ABOUT, UM, MANAGEMENT.YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE URBAN FOREST, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HEALTHY URBAN CANOPY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTION, PLANTING, PLANTING FOR MITIGATION, AS WELL AS PLANTING FOR NEW GROWTH.
AND THEN, UM, OUR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE COMPONENT.
AND THEN I, I GUESS WHAT I HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED, I PROBABLY MISSED A SLIDE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT THAT WAS FEATURED WAS ABOUT EAB, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT THREAT.
BUT ALSO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE QUANTITY OF PLANTINGS AND INCLUDING TREE EQUITY GOALS, THE CONCERN IS, UM, PAIRING ALL OF THOSE PAN THOSE PLANTINGS WITH EDUCATION AND RESOURCES FOR MAINTENANCE MOVING FORWARD.
SO I'M HOPING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE, UH, THE INITIAL PART FOR WHERE WE DEAL WITH OUR, UH, PARKS BRANCHING OUT PROGRAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE DO OUR PLANTING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE DO HAVE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, EITHER IRRIGATION OR A PLANT IN PLACE FOR WATERING AFTERWARDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE INITIAL TWO YEARS AFTER THE, UH, PLANTING GOES ON.
UM, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT WE'RE ADDING A MINIMUM OF 12 SITES A YEAR, AND THAT VERY EASILY COULD EXPAND TO AN ADDITIONAL FIF 15 TO 18 SITES A YEAR, UH, AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT FOR, UH, AT LEAST FIVE YEARS NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LOT OF SITES THAT WE DO HAVE TO GO BACK AND, UH, UH, WATCH THE MAINTENANCE ON, WATCH OUT, WHAT'S, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THOSE TREES.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, CHRIS HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, EXTENSIVELY ON TRYING TO GET HIS STAFF UP, UH, TO WHERE THEY CAN, UH, WORK ON THE MAINTENANCE OF, TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE TREES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ON THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE OF THE TREE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROTECTING OUR CANOPIES, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OUR CANOPIES IS PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MANAGING THE, THE, THE CURRENT CANOPY.
HOW ARE WE MAINTAINING THOSE MATURE TREES? YOU KNOW, THE MORE PROACTIVE WE CAN BE ABOUT THAT, THE BETTER.
FROM THE STORMWATER STANDPOINT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 700 MILES OF CREEK AND CHANNELS AND ABOUT 39, 30 9,000 ACRES OF, UH, FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AREAS.
SO OUR FOCUS IS MAINLY FROM A FLOOD PROTECTION STANDPOINT AND ALSO WITHIN THE TRINITY CORRIDOR AS WELL, UH, PART OF OUR WETLAND SYSTEM.
SO WE DO A VERY, UH, DETAILED MAINTENANCE AND, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, UH, ONGOING WITH OUR CREWS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS FROM MY WATER DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT.
JACK, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THIS IS FOR A FUTURE WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THE CCA DISCUSSION, UM, THAT, UM, VICE CHAIR BROUGHT UP, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS WITH MAINTENANCE AND RESOURCES, UM, AS WE EXPAND TREE CANOPY RESOURCES INTO, UM, AND MORE OF OUR TREE EQUITY OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A COMMENT AND THEN A COUPLE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, ON RECOMMENDATION ONE, LIKE CHAIR WALLACE, UH, UH, REALIZED THE, UH, REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY A CM SIMPSON IN SEPTEMBER SAID 15% COMPLETE.
NOW WE'RE SAYING 10% COMPLETE.
IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WAS JUST A LESS SUBJECTIVE WAY FOR US TO MEASURE HOW WE'RE DOING.
IF THERE ARE DEFINED TASKS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE WE'RE COMPLETING, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT INDICATION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, ONCE COMPLETED, ONCE THE TREE, THE COMPLETE TREE INVENTORY IS COMPLETE, HOW OFTEN WILL IT BE UPDATED? I WANT, UH, JUST TO, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE AN ON WITH US CONTINUING BECAUSE WHAT WAS IT, FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS OLD? BE GOING BACK TO
EVERYTHING WILL, EVERYTHING WILL BE IN THE SYSTEM.
SO IT'LL BE A CONTINUOUS UPDATE WHEN CHRIS HAS A CREW OUT OF THE PARK, THEY WILL UPDATE THE INVENTORY AS THEY'RE WORKING IN THAT PARK.
WHEN I'M IN THE TRINITY FOREST, I'LL BE DOING THE, OR CREEK OR ANYTHING.
IT'S A CONTINUOUS, THESE ARE LIVING THINGS, YOU KNOW, ALL
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IT TAKES IS ONE STORM TO CHANGE SOMETHING.SO WE'LL BE CONSTANTLY PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE STREETS FROM DAY ONE WHEN THEY START ENTERING, BECAUSE WE USE THE SYSTEM THAT THEY'LL ENTER IN TREE KEEPER.
SO FROM DAY ONE, WHEN THEY START, THE CONTRACTOR STARTS INVENTORYING, WE'LL BE IN THERE ON TOP OF IT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, THANK YOU.
UM, ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, I THINK YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE STORM, BUT ALSO ALL IT TAKES IS ONE DEVELOPER, RIGHT? SO IF THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED, DO WE CURRENTLY MEASURE HOW MANY TREES ARE BEING REMOVED? THE VARIETY AND CALIBER? UH, WE DON'T KEEP A STANDARD MEASUREMENT ON, ON THOSE PLAN REVIEWS AS TO HOW MANY ARE BEING TAKEN OUT IN PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECORDED ON THE PLANS, BUT WE DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
CAN I RECOMMEND THAT WE MAYBE START? YEAH.
I, I THINK IF, IF WE'RE HAVING DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE AREA, THE REGION, THE CITY IS GROWING AND WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING NEW DEVELOPMENTS BUILT ALL THE TIME, UM, AND TREES ARE BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT IS HAVING ON OUR CITY FIRST.
AND THEN SECOND, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO REPLENISH WHAT WE HAVE LOST IN MATURE TREE CANOPY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CAN'T BE REPLACED BY A SLING.
UM, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT ON RECOMMENDATION THREE IN A CM SINCE SINCE SEPTEMBER REPORT, WE WERE ALSO AT 50%.
THIS IS DEVELOPING A STORM RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN.
WE'RE EXPERIENCING MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE STORMS BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, AND SO WHILE THE URBAN CANOPY IS OUR BEST ASSET AND TOOL AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PLANS TO, UM, EXPEDITE THESE RESPONSE PLANS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN, IN DRAFT PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT THOSE RECOVERY PLANS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, WE WERE AT 50% POST COVID, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS GOT TOGETHER IN A ROOM MADE LISTS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE, WHAT DO WE NEED, AND HOW CAN WE COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO RESPOND, WHETHER IT'S A NATURAL DISASTER OR WILDFIRE.
UM, A STORM THROUGH THE STREETS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS ABOUT THE SUM SAME TIME THAT EAB HIT AND THE WILDFIRES IN THE WEST.
SO IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ALL THOSE GROUPS.
EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE DEPLOYED.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IS A COORDINATED EFFORT FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COORDINATED EFFORT TO BETTER RESPOND.
SO WE DO HAVE A SOLID DRAFT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT STARTED AND GETTING IT GOING AGAIN.
I THINK OF OUR NEXT UPDATE, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, THE RESPONSE RECOVERY.
UM, AND THEN ON RECOMMENDATION EIGHT, UH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE TREE CANOPY ACROSS DALLAS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMING URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY.
IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR US TO GET THOSE RESULTS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE HOW Y'ALL ARE INCORPORATING, UH, THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY RESULTS.
AND I THINK IT'S AMERICA IS AN AMERICAN FOREST THAT HAS THE EQUITY MAP, SO THAT INTO THIS RECOMMENDATION EIGHT THAT YOU SHOW IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE ARE ER USING THAT DATA IN OUR, UH, PLANTING PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY ON NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE ONE ABOUT WOOD WASTE, UH, THIS IS 25% COMPLETE.
WE FULLY SUPPORT DIVERTING AND KEEPING THAT ORGANIC MATERIAL OUT OF THE LANDFILL.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS ADVANCE BEYOND 25 UM, PERCENT.
UM, I RE I READ RECENTLY THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A NUISANCE CONDITION THAT WAS CREATED BY SOME MULCHING FROM THE, THE RECENT STORM DEBRIS.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE CAN MAYBE ANTICIPATE ADVANCING THIS IN A WAY THAT'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANY OTHER ISSUES, LIKE A SOLID PLAN TO, TO DIVERT THIS, THIS WOOD WASTE AND BULK WASTE.
BECAUSE I CAN START ON THIS IF, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 25%
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COMPLAINT.HOWEVER, UH, FROM MY, MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S BEING KEPT AT VERY SMALL SCALE AND, UH, STRICT CONTROL BECAUSE OF EAB.
SO WE ARE UNDER QUARANTINE AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE AND, UM, THAT'S WHY WE ARE KEEPING IT KIND OF LOW SCALE AT THIS MOMENT.
UH, BUT THAT WILL BE, I'M ASSUMING DISCUSSIONS THAT LATER ON WE COULD DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED OR NOT.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT THE IMPACT OF, OF EAB MUL TREE THAT'S INFECTED WITH EAP GETS INTO THE MULCH PILE AND THEN POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATES ALL OF THE MULCH AND THEN WE, WE MAYBE GIVE THAT MULCH OUT TO RESIDENTS AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, GROUND ZERO FOR YEAH, YEAH.
SO FIRST I'LL START WITH THE QUARANTINE BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE QUARANTINE FOR EAB.
THEY ARE VERY STRICT REGULATIONS AND RULES FOR DISTRIBU DISTRIBUTION OF TREES AND MULCH.
AND WHAT WE CREATE ISN'T ACTUALLY MULCH, RIGHT? IT'S WOOD CHIPS.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE THE DISPARITY IS BECAUSE THERE REGULATIONS STATE ONE INCH MAXIMUM ON TWO SIDES.
AND OUR WOOD CHIPS ARE LIKE THIS.
UM, GOOD THING IS THERE'S ONGOING RESEARCH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, NOT SANITIZE, BUT KEEP IT DOWN.
WE HAVEN'T GONE THERE BECAUSE IF WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A BIG OPERATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE REGULATIONS AND THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE FOR US TO OPERATE, THEY MONITOR US.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THEM TO DO IT.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW AND MINIMIZE THE MOVEMENT FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT SEPARATING OUT ASH TREES THAT FELL DOWN OR GOT CUT FROM ALL THE OTHER TREES.
WOOD WASTE THAT'S PICKED UP ON THE STREET.
NOBODY'S GONNA KNOW IF IT'S AN ASH TREE OR NOT.
AND THE LARVAE, NOT THE BEETLES THEMSELVES, BUT THE LARVAE IRON IN THE TREE MAY STILL BE ALIVE AND THEY CAN'T SURVIVE THE CHIPPING.
WE DO, WE DON'T BE MULCHING, WE DO CHIPPING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPREAD THAT AROUND.
IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO DO THAT.
THE DEPARTMENTS AT THIS TIME, UM, EXCEPT WHEN CHRIS IS TRYING TO DO SMALL LOTS OF THE MULCH BECAUSE IT BECOMES MULCH AS IT COMPOST.
RIGHT IN THAT ONE SECTION THAT YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE, WE'RE CHIPPING IN PLACE.
SO WE HAVE A TREE, UM, GO DOWN IN A CREEK FOR TRINITY FOR US.
AND IF WE CAN, INSTEAD OF LOADING IT WHOLE LIKE WE WOULD DO WITH OAK WILT AND TAKING IT TO THE LANDFILL WOULD BE BURIED.
WE'RE TRYING TO CHIP IN PLACE SO AT LEAST WE'RE NOT SPREADING THEM FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
DOES THAT HELP? YEAH, THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE.
ALRIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND WE'VE KEPT YOU LONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED THIS EVENING, BUT WE REALLY SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR INFORMATION.
THE UPDATE ON THIS PLAN AS MR. MARQUIS, UH, SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECADES AND THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED THREE YEARS AGO.
WE ARE ALL VERY EAGER TO SEE THE PLAN MOVE FORWARD AND TO PRESERVE THE TREE CANOPY.
AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY DAY YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT WORK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING WITH US.
LET US MOVE ON TO BRIEFING ITEM B.
IT IS A BRIEFING ON THE DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE FREDDY ORTIZ WITH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND MARITZA
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GOOD EVENING CHAIR BAAN AND MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.MY NAME IS FREDDY ORTIZ AND I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR THREE IN THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, WITH ME IS MARIZA FING, UH, CLIMATE COORDINATOR TWO.
AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AN UPDATE ON THE DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR P CARE.
UH, IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL GO OVER THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF DECAMP SENSOR DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM OUTREACH SENSOR SUMMITS, THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE FACED, AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM.
UH, DAMP HELPS US MEET GOAL EIGHT, ACTION TWO OF CCA.
AND WE HAVE UTILIZED BOTH EPA EJ SCREEN TOOL AND DALLAS' OWN EJ SCREENING TOOL DEVELOPED BY D-B-I-O-O-E-Q-S WHEN CONSIDERING POD LOCATION DEPLOYMENT.
OUR NETWORK HAS GROWN FROM FIVE SENSOR PODS IN THE FIELD, UH, IN FEBRUARY, 2023 TO 24 PODS DEPLOYED ACROSS DALLAS, UH, BY THE SPRING OF 2024 WITH AT LEAST ONE POD LOCATED IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UH, SENSOR PODS WE HAVE PURCHASED ARE MANUFACTURED BY AQ MESH BEFORE WE INSTALL AN AIR SENSOR POD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
EACH POD GOES THROUGH A CO-LOCATION CALIBRATION PROCESS.
EACH POD SPENDS TWO WEEKS TAKING AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE TCEQ CONTINUOUS AIR MONITORING SITES ON HIT STREET.
AFTER THE COORDINATION, THE CO-LOCATION PROCESS IS DONE.
EQ MESH COMPARES THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS MEASURED BY THE TCEQ AIR MONITORS TO THE DATA COLLECTED BY OUR AQ MESH SENSOR PODS.
THEN A SPECIFIC CORRECTION FACTORS CALCULATED FOR EACH POLLUTANT, MEASURED FOR EACH POD TO BRING UP OR DOWN THE PODS DATA TO BE CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE TCEQ MEASURED DATA.
ONCE A POD IS INSTALLED AND THE COMMUNITY, IT TRANSMITS AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS VIA THE INTERNET TO AQ MESH.
THE DATA IS RUN THROUGH A FORMULA TO ADD THE CORRECTION FACTOR TO EACH AIR POLLUTANT.
THEN THE DATA IS POSTED ON A SECURE WEBSITE WHERE MARISSA AND I, UH, CAN GRAB IT.
THE AIR QUALITY DATA WE COLLECT CAN BE USED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND LOCAL AIR QUALITY, USED FOR LAND USE PLANNING, ZONING CASES, AIR QUALITY INVESTIGATIONS, ASTHMA EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
SO ON THIS SLIDE OH, OH, GO BACK ONE PLEASE.
UH, ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, PODS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN FEBRUARY, 2023.
UM, OF NOTE, UH, FOR, UH, FISH TRAP, SORRY.
FISH TRAP, LIKE, UH, PARK, WE REPLACED THAT POD WITH A A SENSOR POD THAT HAS AN A O2 SENSOR, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
UH, ACTUALLY THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, UH, ARE THE SENSOR POS THAT WE INSTALLED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 2023.
UM, SOME INCLUDE THE MOUNTAIN CREEK LIBRARY, MYERS PROSPERITY PARK, UH, WEST HAVEN PARK.
ALSO FLAGPOLE HILL PARK, UH, THE DALLAS ZOO AND, UH, TWO SENSOR PODS IN THE FLORAL FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ONE ON SIMPSON STEWART ROAD AND THE NEXT, AND THE OTHER ONE ON, UH, AT, UH, 95 27 SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
UH, THE PODS THAT WE INSTALLED IN 2024, UH, INCLUDE ONE AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK, UH, SAMUEL GARLAND PARK, UH, FRITZ RECREATION CENTER, AND PY MAMA'S FARM.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR SENSOR PODS BROKEN OUT INTO THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UH, GROUP A PODS HAVE NO TWO OZONE, UH, PM 2.5 AND PM 10 SENSORS.
GROUP B PODS HAVE NITROGEN DIOXIDE OZONE PM 2.5 AND PM 10 SENSORS PLUS A SULFUR DIOXIDE SENSOR.
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UH, GROUP C PODS HAVE NITROGEN DIOXIDE OZONE PM 2.5 AND PM 10 SENSORS PLUS A TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSOR IN A CARBON MONOXIDE SENSOR SENSOR.ALRIGHT, TALK ABOUT THE EPA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS IN WEST DALLAS.
UH, WE'RE IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THIS PROJECT TO MEASURE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL AIR QUALITY IN WEST DALLAS.
THIS PROJECT IS PAID FOR BY AN EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS GRANT.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS A AND M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE AND INSTALLED SENSOR PODS BUILT BY AL, UH, AT EMMA CARTER PARK, JC Z OSA RECREATION CENTER, ARCADIA PARK RECREATION CENTER, AND MARTIN WEISS PARK.
ALL THE SENSORS MEASURE OZONE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, BM 2.5 AND PM 10.
UH, DATA FROM THESE MONITORS ARE DISPLAYED ON OUR DECAMP DASHBOARD.
THE EPA GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT FOREST GRANT DISTRICT.
THE CITY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS GRANT AWARD IN THE FALL OF 2023.
OEQS IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE EPA TO COMPLETE PAPERWORK TO OFFICIALLY RECEIVE, UH, THE GRANT AWARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MEASURE HOW VEGETATION IMPROVES AIR QUALITY.
NEXT SLIDE, POLLUTANTS, UH, LEVELS DETECTED OF NOTE.
SO DURING THE SPRING OF 20 23, 5 SENSORS IN, IN OPERATION DETECTED HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE.
THIS MATCH IS UP TO THE INCREASED FORMATION OF OZONE THAT OCCURS IN THE SUMMER AND THE 50 OZONE EXCEEDS DAYS THAT OCCUR LAST SUMMER.
WE ALSO OBSERVED HIGH NO TWO LEVELS AND THE SUMMER.
WE CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS AN ERROR DUE TO OUR REGION'S HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY IMPACTING THE NO TWO ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR.
LAST YEAR IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE OBSERVED HIGH SPIKES OF NO TWO AT THE MILL CREEK BATCH PLANT.
WORKING WITH DWU, WE CONCLUDED THAT DIESEL POWERED HEAVY EQUIPMENT WERE LIKELY IDLING WHILE PARKED.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR RESOLVED THIS ISSUE AND AS A RESULT, LEVELS OF NO TWO WENT DOWN.
SO WE ARE INFORMING THE COMMUNITY OF OUR AIR QUALITY DATA.
UH, WE ARE COLLECTING AS WELL AS OUR PROGRAM THROUGH OUR DECAMP DASHBOARD.
POSTED DATA, UH, REPORT SUMMARIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SENSOR SUMMITS.
UH, OEQS COLLABORATES WITH DBI TO DISPLAY AIR POLLUTANT DATA FROM EACH SENSOR POD ON THE DECAMP DASHBOARD.
WE ARE ON OUR SECOND VERSION OF THE DASHBOARD, WHICH HAS A BETTER USER INTERFACE AND USER EXPERIENCE THAN THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS.
UH, PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE DASHBOARD FROM LINKS ON GREENHOUSE.NET, UH, DALLAS CLIMATE ACTION.COM AND SCANNING A QR CODE LIKE THE ONE ON THE SLIDE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD SEE FOR A SPECIFIC SENSOR POD.
IN THIS CASE, THE SENSOR POD FOR LOCATED AT CHOPPY MAMA'S FARM.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE A COLLECTION OF GAUGES THAT INDICATE THE 24 8 AND ONE HOUR ROLLING AVERAGE OF A POLLUTANT MEASURED BY THE POD.
THE DIFFERENT BLUE SHADES INDICATE THE LOW, MEDIUM, OR HIGH CONCENTRATION LEVELS OF A POLLUTANT.
UH, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE IS A MAP OF THE DECAMP SENSOR POD LOCATIONS.
UH, THE WHITE RECTANGLE, UH, TOWARDS THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE PAGE IS WHERE YOU CAN SELECT, UH, A DIFFERENT POD TO LOOK AT.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HOMEPAGE OF THE, THE DASHBOARD.
THEN, UH, NUMBERS ACROSS THE TOP, UH, SHOW THE AVERAGE OF EACH POLLUTANT MEASURED ACROSS THE CENTER POD NETWORK FROM THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS.
ALSO ON THE PAGE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREE SENSOR POD GROUPS, UH, POD LOCATION MAP, AND AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE ON THE DAGS REPRESENT.
TO LOOK AT A SPECIFIC, UH, SENSOR POD ON THE DASHBOARD, UH, ONE WOULD CLICK THE DAILY AND HOURLY TREND, UH, BAR ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE, UH, DROP DOWN MENU WILL APPEAR AND YOU CAN SELECT THE POD GROUP THAT THE POD YOU'RE INTERESTED IS IN.
WE HELD, UH, THE FIRST SENSOR SUMMIT HERE AT CITY HALL LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, 2023.
UTD HOSTED THE SUMMIT IN MARCH OF 2024.
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AND THE NEXT SUMMIT WILL BE AT TARRANT COUNTY COUNTY'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS IN SEPTEMBER, 2024.UH, OUR SENSOR SUMMITS BRING TOGETHER ENTITIES USING NON-REGULATORY SENSORS, MEMBERS OF THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY, THOSE INTERESTED IN USING NON-REGULATORY AIR SENSORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND LEARN ABOUT A VARIETY OF AIR QUALITY TOPICS.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DISCOVERED THAT, UH, NO TWO READINGS IN THE SUMMER HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO SKEW HIGH DUE TO OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY, UH, POD SECURITY.
UH, WE HAVE HAD ONE POD STOLEN, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IT WAS A SENSOR POD AT HOLCOMB PARK.
UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE SECURE TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES TO USE WHEN INSTALLING THE SENSOR PODS GOING FORWARD.
UH, POWER AT TIMES, BATTERIES IN THE SOLAR PANELS MAY STRUGGLE TO HAVE ENOUGH CHARGE TO POWER THE SENSOR THROUGH THE NIGHT.
UH, WE'VE HAD THE, UH, PARTICULATE MATTER PUMP FAILURES.
WE'VE HAD SOME SOFTWARE GLITCHES AND, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME RECALL UPDATES, UH, ON THE SENSOR POD THAT WE WERE TAKING CARE OF.
AND OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO STAFF MEMBERS BALANCING OUR TIME, UM, FOR D FOR DECAMP VERSUS ALL THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
DATA ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION.
SO WE ARE PROCURING SERVICES TO ANALYZE THE AIR SENSOR DATA SO WE CAN POST THE REPORTS ONLINE IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER.
UH, TTI WILL BE ANALYZING AND SUMMARIZING THE DATA FROM THE WEST DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT PROJECT.
UH, WORK ON THE FOREST DISTRICT GRANT FUNDED PROJECT.
AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING SPARE SENSOR PARTS AND COMPONENTS.
UH, THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS IN THE PODS LAST ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, SO THESE SENSORS ARE, ARE COMING TO THE END OF LIFE IN THE FIRST FIVE SENSOR PODS THAT WE'VE INSTALLED.
SO, MARI AND I WILL BE TAKING OUT THESE PODS, REBUILDING THEM, RUNNING THEM THROUGH OUR CO-LOCATION PROCESS, UH, IN THE NEW YEAR.
UH, WE'LL ALSO EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO BRING AWARENESS OF OUR AT DEC CAMP AND BRIEF THE PTE LATER, UH, IN THE YEAR AT QUESTIONS.
UH, FREDDY, UH, WE'LL GO WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER OT AND THEN, UH, CHAIR ROBERTSON.
MS. STEPHANIE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO COME GET A, A TUTORIAL ON IT, ON HOW TO USE IT, BUT, UH, IT'S A LITTLE NAVIGATE.
I ASKED MISS STEPHANIE THE OTHER DAY THAT, UH, SEND ME THE DASHBOARD LINK.
AND SO I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF US, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I SCANNED IT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
SO WE MIGHT NEED TO KIND OF MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE OUTSIDERS LIKE TO GO ON THERE AND UNDERSTAND IT.
SO IT'S MORE DIFFICULT ON THE MOBILE DEVICES OH.
SO I MIGHT NEED TO TRY IT ON MY LAPTOP AND I MIGHT GET IT A LITTLE BETTER.
BACK, UM, A LITTLE FARTHER, FARTHER.
SO A LITTLE FARTHER, A LITTLE FARTHER, FARTHER, THE SLIDE WHERE HE SHOWED, UH, THE DROPPY MAMA FORM, UH, SENSOR PIE.
UH, UH, THE ONE BEFORE, I THINK IT'S THE DROPPY RIGHT HERE.
MAMA, CAN YOU, UH, BREAK THIS DOWN TO ME? IS THIS GOOD OR BAD? UH, SURE.
SO, UM, UH, FOR THE GAUGES OF THE, I BELIEVE THE TOP LEFT IS PM TWO POINT PM 10.
IT'S RESOLUTION IS NOT THAT GREAT ON THE SCREENSHOT, BUT YES.
SO, UH, WHAT ONE WOULD SEE IS ON THE TOP LEFT, UH, IT'S PROBABLY PM 10 MM-HMM.
AND IT'S SHOWING WHAT IS CALLED THE ROLLING 24 AVERAGE.
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TALKING ABOUT, IT'S SHOWING YOU THE AVERAGE FROM WHATEVER, SAY FROM 10, SAY IT WAS 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING MM-HMM.SO THE 10 O'CLOCK IN THAT MORNING TO TO, TO 10 O'CLOCK THE DAY BEFORE.
SO THE AVERAGE OF, SO 13 POINT OF ALL THOSE MEASUREMENTS FROM EACH HOUR.
SO ON THEIR, THE LIGHT BLUE MM-HMM.
SO, WELL ACTUALLY LET'S GO TO, TO THE HIGH.
SO THE, THE 20, THE DARK BLUE, THE DARK BLUE SECTIONS.
SO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF WHERE IT STARTS IS THE, THE STANDARD, THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE AIR QUALITY FOR PM, MT.
AND THEN WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS, UM, CUTTING KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING IN, IN HALF.
UM, SO, SO THE, THE MEDIUM SIZED BLUE IS MEASUREMENTS, SO SORT OF FROM THE STANDARD LEVEL ALL THE WAY TO LIKE, MIDWAY TO LIKE ZERO MM-HMM.
AND THEN THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE MIDWAY POINT TO TO ZERO.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, IF THE LIGHT BLUE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL FINE.
BL THE MEDIUMS SIZE BLUE, YOU, THE, THE GAUGES IN THE MEDIUM BLUE ADDS GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE LEVELS ARE GETTING HIGHER.
AND THEN ONCE IT GETS INTO THE BLUE, IT'S OVER THE, UH, THE STANDARD.
LIKE FREDDY SAID, THE DARK BLUE INDICATES AN EXCEEDANCE BASED ON THE EPAS NEXT STANDARDS.
SO THE DATA IS LIKE THE MET STANDARDS, THE NUMBERS THAT I'M LOOKING IS THE EPA STANDARDS NUMBER AND NOT THE NUMBERS FROM THE MONITOR OR IT IT IS THE, IT IS THE, THE NUMBERS.
THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE, WHAT THE GAUGES IS.
AS IT GOES HIGHER, YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE, THE NEXT STANDARD.
AND ANYTHING IN THE DARK BLUES EXCEEDANCE, AND EACH POLLUTANT HAS A DIFFERENT STANDARD.
SO THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE NOT HIGH.
THIS MONITOR IS NOT DETECTED HIGH PM WHERE THE LOCATION AT, THAT'S JUST SURPRISING TO ME.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S DUSTY OVER THERE.
SO THAT'S SURPRISING THAT I SEE LOW NUMBERS.
I'M JUST SAYING I'M ON THE FENCE.
WELL, YEAH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE, THE AVERAGE.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE TREND LINE DATA THAT'S UP THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOUR PER HOUR, UM, CONCENTRATIONS.
SO THERE, SO THERE COULD BE HIGHER, UH, CONCENTRATIONS OF CERTAIN HOURS.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THE AVERAGE OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY BE LOW OR PRETTY CLOSE TO ZERO.
UH, BUT ONCE YOU TAKE THE AVERAGE OF EVERYTHING, IT'S GONNA SHOW UP LOWER.
THAT'S JUST WHAT THE, THE GATE SHOWS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, WHICH ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE HOURLY DATA, YOU CAN FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HOURS.
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, SOMETHING LOWER.
BUT THIS IS NOT, THE DASHBOARD IS NOT GONNA BE HOURLY DATA.
IT'S, IT IS GOING TO BE THE STANDARD.
IT IT'S GONNA BE THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST 24, 5, 4 HOURS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, REAL TIME.
SO ON THE DASHBOARD, CAN I GO, UH, UH, A LOOK AT THE EVERY HOUR, UH, DATA ON THE YES.
UM, SO IF, UH, ON THERE, KIND OF ON THE TOP, TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE'S, UH, A TREND LINE.
SO ON THE WEBSITE I SEE TREND LINE, I SEE TREND LINE, UHHUH,
AND THEN FOR, UH, IF YOU CLICK THAT LITTLE DOWN ARROW, A MENU POP UP.
AND FOR TOY MAMA FARM, IT'S, THEY'RE IN GROUP B AND YOU WOULD CLICK THAT AND IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST, UH, SENSOR THAT SHOWS UP.
I'LL CHECK IT WHEN I GET HOME, BECAUSE THE, UH, INTERNET.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING HOW TO GO CHECK IT.
OH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING A DASHBOARD AND UPDATING IT.
AND I'LL TRY TO DO LIKE COUNCILMAN LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER DERO IS SAYING, AND GO THROUGH AND SEE THE, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO DO IT FIRST BECAUSE WHEN I GET IT TO THE COMMUNITY, IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
NOW ARE ALL THE, ALL THE MONITORS ONLINE, OR WOULD YOU HAVE A WAY OF EVEN KNOWING THAT EVERY, ALL OF
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'EM ARE WORKING PRETTY MUCH? WELL, UH, I WOULD SAY WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE OFFLINE.ESPECIALLY WITH THE WIND AND THINGS WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
SOME OF THE PM PUMPS ARE, ARE ALSO, WE'RE ORDERING THOSE.
UM, BUT ALL OF THE SENSOR POS THAT WE HAD DEPLOYED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP THERE NOW.
LIKE HOLCOMB PARK ARE NO LONGER THERE.
UM, BUT THE PREVIOUS DATA THAT IT DID COLLECT ONCE WE INSTALLED IT TO WHEN IT GOT STOLEN, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT HISTORICALLY.
AND WHEN THEY'RE PLACED, HOW HIGH ARE THEY PLACED? I THINK YOU STILL
UM, HAS KIND OF A, A GUIDEBOOK ON, UH, INSTALLING A NON-REGULATORY AIR, AIR MONITOR, AIR MONITOR SENSORS.
UM, AND THEY RECOMMEND LIKE SIX TO EIGHT FEET
IN THE GROUND THE NEXT, THAT'S IT.
MY NEXT QUESTION, YOU CAN'T ANSWER.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA WONDER WHAT WOULD ONE DO WITH A POD ONCE YOU STILL LISTEN?
I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HOPE WHOEVER HAS IT AND REALIZE THAT IT DOESN'T WORK, MAYBE THEY PUT IT IT SOMEWHERE AND HOOK IT UP AND IT TURNS ON.
AND THAT WAY IF THE CELLULAR SIGNAL TURNS ON AND WE CAN FIND IT AND JUST PICK IT UP.
UM, ALL THE DOTS ARE DIFFERENT COLORS.
SO IF THEY'RE GRAYED OUT, THAT MEANS THE SENSOR IS OFFLINE, MAYBE IT'S NOT WORKING OR NEEDS ANOTHER PART.
AND THEN, LIKE, GROUP A IS ONE COLOR, GROUP B IS ANOTHER COLOR, AND GROUP C IS ANOTHER COLOR.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WHICH IS WHICH RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF THEY'RE GRAYED OUT, THAT MEANS IT'S CURRENTLY OFFLINE FOR WHICHEVER REASON.
AND THEN APOLOGIES, STEPHANIE, IF YOU'LL MINIMIZE, OR DO YOU NEED THE PRESENTATION? NO, I'M, I'M ASKING DR.
LACKMAN, DO YOU NEED THE PRESENTATION? DO I NEED THE, DO YOU NEED THE REFERENCE, THE PRESENTATION? NO, I DO NOT.
OH, YOU TAKE IT DOWN, STEPHANIE, SO I CAN SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON VERY IMPRESSIVE PROGRESS, UH, COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS.
UH, UH, SECONDLY, UM, UH, HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, ON THE PM 2.5, I BELIEVE THAT YOUR NUMBERS REFLECT THE OLD EPA STANDARD AND NOT THE NEW EPA STANDARD, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SIX.
SO, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CHECK, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE EPA JUST RECENTLY CAME OUT WITH THOSE WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, SO IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING.
UM, THE, UM, UH, AND THEN THE, THE FINAL THING AS A CAUTION IS THAT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING HERE AT OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY, WHICH WE KNOW, UH, ONE OTHER POINT AFTER THIS, WHICH I KNOW HAS AN EFFECT.
BUT I ALSO WANNA STRESS THE ROLE OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY, PARTICULARLY, UH, PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE IN MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
WE RECENTLY DID A WALKING TOUR IN THE BACHMAN LAKE AREA THAT DR.
AFA LOBBY AND, UH, UH, CHAIR PERSON ROBERSON WERE ALSO ON LOOKING AT OR, UM, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON LOOKING AT, UH, APARTMENT UNITS IN THE KENDALL VILLAS HOUSING PROJECT.
AND WE MEASURED BOTH THE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT IN THE APARTMENTS, THE AIR QUALITY, UH, THE PARTICULATE MATTER, UH, IN THE, UM, THE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AMBIENT AIR WAS ABOVE THE DALLAS LEVELS.
UH, BUT THE INDOOR LEVEL WAS TWO TO 15 TIMES THE LEVEL FOUND IN THE OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY, UH, POSING SIGNIFICANT RISKS, UH, TO THE TENANTS IN THOSE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
AND WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE, UH, IN EVERY APARTMENT, THERE WERE CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AND PEOPLE WITH COPD.
SO WE REALLY HAVE A, A PROBLEM HERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS.
UM, I, I HAVE REQUESTED TO PRESENT THAT DATA, BY THE WAY, THE CONDITIONS WE WITNESSED IN THE APARTMENTS WERE HORRIFIC.
I CAN SHOW YOU THE STAINS OF THE SEWAGE ON THE, ON, ON THE SINKS THAT'S COME UP THROUGH THE SINKS, THE COLLAPSING CEILINGS, THE PAINTED OVER MOLD ON THE WALLS.
ANYWAY, ENOUGH SAID, UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, I THANK YOU HUY, YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, UM,
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REMARKABLE.AND THEN ONE OTHER POINT IS THAT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE SENSORS TO SEE HOW IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH DATA FROM PEOPLE LIKE PARKLAND CENTER FOR CLINICAL INNOVATION.
UH, CHAIRPERS, UH, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON CAN REPORT ON THE GRADUATE STUDENT STUDY WE HAD DONE THAT SHOWED THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN PROXIMITY TO THE POLLUTING PLANTS AND HEART DISEASE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIABETES, UH, UH, RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
BUT THE, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THOSE PLANTS, THE HIGHER YOUR HEALTH WAS.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE CHANGE IN THE EPA STANDARD.
SO THAT WAS A CHANGE ON THE ANNUAL STANDARD, AND WE DISPLAY A 24 HOUR STANDARD, SO THAT ONE DID NOT CHANGE.
LACKMAN, I HAVE NOW RECEIVED YOUR PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT WORK AND FOR SENDING THAT.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS GETTING IN ON A BRIEFING AGENDA, UM, HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.
AND, UM, THANK ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON AND DR.
AL, UH, AND DR. DAVID LARRY FROM UTD FOR, FOR JOINING US, UH, AT, UH, BACH LAKE.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE HAD A TREMENDOUSLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING YESTERDAY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, UH, AGAIN, THEIR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS IS COMMENDABLE.
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT TO GET THEM BETTER TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO COMBAT THE ISSUES WE'RE FACING.
THIS IS AMAZING, AND I LOVE THIS WORK, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I'M SO SORRY.
WE THIS, LIKE, THIS DASHBOARD IS MORE OF A SCIENTIFIC DASHBOARD, AND I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM, UH, I LIKE THE, THE BIG, UM, WHEEL DISPLAYS THAT YOU HAVE THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT HARD TO, TO UNDERSTAND WITH EXPLANATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, BUT I DO WONDER IF, UM, UH, IF THERE'S A WAY TO CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK ONE, PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THEIR PHONES AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS ON THEIR MOBILE APPS.
SO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE OUR WEATHER APPS MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, AND TO, UM, UH, SOMETHING WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLICK ON SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE WEBSITE WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I ALSO HAVE TO SAY, I THINK WE HAVE TO, WE, I, I'M INCLUDING MYSELF IN THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I THINK WE GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUTREACH, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL DON'T TRUST THE DATA.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THEY SAY THAT THIS DATA, IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW BAD DAYS WHEN IT ACTUALLY DOES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT TREND LINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, IT'S SHOWING THAT THERE'S DAYS WHERE IT'S MEDIUM TOUCHING ON HIGH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, AT THE MOMENT IN TIME THAT THEY'RE WATCHING IT, THEY DON'T SEE BAD DAYS.
SO I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, LIKE, THIS IS REAL AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND MAYBE SOME ALERTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL TOO.
'CAUSE I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST NON-REGULATORY DATA THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND YES, WE NEED MORE AND WE NEED MORE IN PROXIMITY TO THESE AREAS.
BUT, UM, TH THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND IMPORTANT WORK.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY.
UM, I, I HONESTLY, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME BRILLIANT PEOPLE, UM, ON THIS, UM, COMMISSION WHO KNOW ABOUT GRAPHICS AND DISPLAYS AND MAKING THINGS EASIER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, AND OR CAN, OR WHO CAN REFER YOU TO THAT.
BUT I, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A, A BIG, UM, ISSUE.
THIS, THIS REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S FOR THE, LIKE THE, NOT THE PROFESSIONAL, BUT SOMEONE WHO, WHO DOES THIS ON, ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS AND NOT THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO ACCESS IT, UM, KIND OF DAILY TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT'S GOING ON OR INTERMITTENTLY.
UH, YEAH, DEFINITELY ANY, MOR AND I, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING THE DASHBOARD, SO PLEASE SEND 'EM OUR WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK, DR.
CHAIR BEZO, UM, FOR MY FAN, JACKIE.
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DR.RO, COULD YOU PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE?
SO FIRST, UH, MY QUESTION THAT I HAD HAD WAS ANSWERED ALREADY.
I'M JUST WANTING TO SAY I'M LIKE OVER THE MOON WITH WHERE THIS PROJECT IS.
I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE WORK.
UM, I WORKED FOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND IT WAS A PART MANY, MANY YEARS IN A COLLABORATION CALLED PREVIOUS DALLAS THAT WAS LIKE PHASE ONE.
AND THIS IS JUST SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY NOT ANSWERED, WHAT, WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, I THINK IS INCREDIBLE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST LOOP BACK ON TWO POINTS.
ALA'S POINT ABOUT, UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY.
THE POINT OF THIS IS TO MAKE IT USEFUL TO PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GOTTA BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS, NOT JUST THE DASHBOARD, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRICKY.
LIKE, INTERPRETING A DASHBOARD IS TRICKY.
SO I DO THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE, I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS AT THE CITY, BUT COMING UP WITH WAYS TO INCLUDE IN AN OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, REGULAR UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE BASED IN THE SCIENCE, LIKE A SUMMARY OF THE TRENDS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
INTERPRETING THE DATA AND, AND PUBLICLY EXPLAINING THE RESULTS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.
BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS NOT JUST THE DASHBOARD, BUT WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY SEEING ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, THE HEALTH DATA.
UM, THERE IS DATA THAT WAS USED, UH, IN THE FIRST PHASE OF BREATHE EASY DALLAS.
AND IT WAS, UH, TO THE CENSUS TRACT LEVEL.
IT WAS FROM THE DFW HOSPITAL COUNCIL, AND IT WAS ABOUT CHILDHOOD ASTHMA HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AND IT, IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO LOOK BACK, BUT IT'S PAST DATA, SO IT WOULDN'T MATCH UP ON THE TIMESCALE WITH THE CURRENT DATA.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT COMBINED WITH THE PCCI DATA THAT MAY BE MORE CURRENT, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO OVERLAP THAT MAP AND, AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
UH, SO, UM, I THINK JUST PIGGYBACKING, AND NOT TO TO BELABOR THIS POINT, BUT, UM, YES, WHAT IS THE CONSUMER, WHAT IS THE PERSON WHO'S LOOKING AT THIS? WHAT IS IT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE FROM IT AND HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO USE IT? BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER, UM, A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY AND AS TO WHO YOU'RE GETTING THIS DATA FROM AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO GET THIS.
BECAUSE IF THEY, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT AS DR.
TALKING SAID, THAT ARE IN HOMES THAT ARE DILAPIDATED, AND, YOU KNOW, THEN A CALL TO ACTION, OF COURSE, IT JUST SEEMS SO SIMPLE, BUT MAYBE ANOTHER WAY TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ONTO THE APP AND, AND HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE IT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT.
AND THEN GOING ON INTO THE APP, YOU SAID THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME ON THE PHONE AS IT DOES ON THE, ON THE LAPTOP, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I CAN'T SCAN IT ON MY LAPTOP, SO I HAD TO PUT IT IN, WHICH JUST AS, YOU KNOW, ANY OBSTACLE TO GETTING TO THE WEBSITE IS, IS WAS ONE TOO MANY, RIGHT? SO JUST THAT, BUT WHEN I DID GO ONTO IT FROM THE LAPTOP, FROM MY PHONE, UM, IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED MAYBE, I THINK TO MENTION HAVING IT LOOK LIKE MAYBE THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR IT'S SORT OF LIKE UPDATE NOW, I THINK MIGHT BE JUST SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, MAKES IT SO THAT IT'S MORE READABLE, WHICH MAKES THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE, YOU KNOW, WHICH MAKES IT SUCCESSFUL AND, AND GETTING THAT DATA OUT.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA OFFER THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GREAT WORK ON THIS.
SO, YEAH, AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH A VENDOR TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOU ALL TALK ABOUT THIS FROM A, YOU KNOW, NON-SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE, UH, BECAUSE IT JUST OPENS UP AS FAR AS THE WAY THAT WE VIEW THAT SITE.
SO, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE MET WITH A, UH, VENDOR TODAY ABOUT THE DATA, UM, AND THE NEW REPORTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISTRIBUTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN MAKE, WE'RE ASKING THAT VENDOR TO HELP US MAKE THOSE REPORTS MORE USER OR NON-TECHNICAL FRIENDLY.
SO, UM, MY CONTRIBUTION TO THIS DISCUSSION IS, IS PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE.
IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO HAVE AS A CITY.
IT'S A, IT'S THE, IT'S THE FIRST STEP, RIGHT? UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR LIMITED RESOURCES WITHIN OQS AND THE LIMITED STAFF RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
UM, HOWEVER, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT YOU HAD INSTALLED A SENSOR IN MY DISTRICT,
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AND THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'M, I'M HEARING ABOUT IT.I WOULD'VE LOVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE A COMMUNITY MEETING TO TALK WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR AIR QUALITY CONCERNS ARE.
AND THEN IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE FOLLOW-UP COMMUNITY MEETING AND TALK TO THEM.
THIS IS WHAT THE AIR QUALITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE IN DISTRICT NINE.
DISTRICT NINE HAS THE BENEFIT OF NOT BEING VERY INDUSTRIAL, BUT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT ARE HEAVILY INDUSTRY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OF ALL OF THE PODS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SINCE 20 2003, WHICH I THINK I HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FEBRUARY 20, 23 INSTALLATIONS THAT OCCURRED.
UM, AND THEN AFTER OCTOBER, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT I WAS NOTIFIED.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH, UH, SENSORS HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THEN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM ENGAGEMENT ON HOW TO USE THE AIR QUALITY DATA THAT'S BEING COLLECTED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND MAYBE EVEN A QUICK TUTORIAL, UH, VIDEO THAT MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH THE VENDOR AND JUST PULL UP THE SCREEN AND DO A SCREEN BY, YOU KNOW, STEP BY STEP, HEY, TO ACCESS THE SENSOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS.
THESE ARE THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.
YOU LOSE PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACRONYMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT USES.
UM, AND SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE ARE EXCEEDANCES OF THE MAX AND WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCING VARIANCES WITHIN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THAT IS TRULY VALUABLE DATA, BUT ONLY YOU HAVE IT.
SO THAT'S NOT VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
LET'S MAKE IT VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS, UM, WERE THERE ANY EXCEEDANCES OF THE NEXTS THAT ARE NOT CONTRIBUTED TO, LIKE REGIONAL OZONE OR SEASONAL OZONE OR, OR ERROR? CAN WE RUN THAT REPORT AND THEN I, WHAT I WOULD REALLY IDEALLY LIKE IS THAT IF WE'RE SEEING EXCEEDANCES ON THE SAME MONITOR AND THEY CAN'T BE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OTHER, THAT WE NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE SEEING SOME AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HAVING AN AIR QUALITY MEETING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND JUST NOTIFYING THE NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT INFORMATION BECOMES VERY POWERFUL FOR THEM, BUT NOT UNLESS THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO, TO KNOW, WE HAD A BIG FIRE AT A RECYCLING FACILITY IN WEST DALLAS, UH, OVER BY THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
DID OUR WEST DALLAS MONITORS DO THEIR THING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD SPIKES AT THE ARCADIA PARK, UH, SENSOR.
THE MARTIN, WE SENSOR HAD SHOWED SPIKES IN BOTH PM 2.5 AND PM 10, AS WELL AS THE, UH, FISH ATE.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT SHOWS THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT? YOU, YOU, WELL, I MEAN, AIR QUALITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SO INTANGIBLE YOU CAN'T SEE UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HAYS OR THE OZONE OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S NOT TANGIBLE TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT WHEN THEY CAN SEE SMOKE IN THE AIR, THEY DEFINITELY SEE LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
SO I THINK THAT JUST KIND OF LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THE, THE THINGS THAT THESE MONITORS ARE PICKING UP, THAT'S A GREAT REASSURANCE FOR THEM.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEE THAT SPIKE.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA MAYBE OF A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
I'M NOT SURE AGAIN HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.
BUT IF WE ARE, AGAIN, SEEING SOME EXCEEDANCES AND POOR AIR QUALITY WITHIN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A PARTICULAR CONTAMINANT THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT OUR DATA.
WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO KEEP IT, IT, IT'S THE COMMUNITIES DATA.
IT'S THE DALLAS, IS IT THE COMMUNITY OR SORT MM-HMM.
LET'S GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES THEN.
AND LIKE I SAID, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS KNOW WHEN A SENSOR'S BEING DEPLOYED, EVEN IF IT'S A REFERENCE SENSOR.
UM, I, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE'S A SENSOR IN MY, MY COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN START TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW TO INTERPRET IT.
AND LET US BE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR RESOURCE, RIGHT? WE'RE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE VERY EAGER TO GET OUT AND HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HAVE A REASON TO BE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND WE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU IF YOU LET US.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MY, UH, CONTRIBUTION.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING ON THIS PROJECT IS TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HYPERLOCAL AIR QUALITY DATA LIKE THIS, SO THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.
UH, SHARON BEAN, I HAVE A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION THAT I GLEANED FROM SOME OF THE, UH, SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE AT ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE USED ACTIVELY IN THE ASTHMA WEAR AREA TO GET PARENTS TO KNOW WHEN THEIR CHILDREN'S ARE HAVING ISSUES IS A RED LIGHT, YELLOW
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LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT APPROACH.AND, UH, I COULD SEE THAT AS BEING OF UTILITY TO KNOW THAT YEAH, THERE'S A RISK HERE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR BRIEFING MEMOR MEMORANDUM A, IT IS A BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA UPDATE, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE NATALIE ON THE LINE WITH US THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.
SO, UH, CHAIR HERMO, DO YOU WANNA TEE THIS UP FOR US AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON, UH, WHY WE'RE HEARING THIS UPDATE AND WHERE WE ARE? OKAY.
MAYBE LET'S LET NATALIE GO FIRST AND THEN I CAN FILL IN THE GAPS.
NATALIE, ARE YOU ON? AND CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? UH, THIS, THIS IS CARLOS EVANS, UH, DIRECTOR.
HOW ARE YOU? UH, I'M ON, I'M ON AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, IS NATALIE ON? I THINK I, HER, UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN HER COME ON CAMERA, SO FEEL FREE TO TO RUN WITH IT.
UH, SO AS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS ADOPTED THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, UH, THANKS TO, UH, YOUR BODY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WE HAD A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO ADOPT A NUMBER OF TOOLS TO ADVANCE, UH, THE C CCAP THROUGH THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
THOSE TOOLS ARE TOOLS LIKE, UH, ADVANCING LEAGUE GOLD, UH, ENVISION SITES, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS, UH, USING, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY, AND THE LIKE.
SO, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN BRIEFING, WE BRIEFED THE PARKS TRAILS OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, UH, A FEW TIMES ON, ON THIS, ON THIS TOPIC OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
UH, THE CHAIR OF THE PTE COMMITTEE CHAIR STEWART ASKED IN FEBRUARY, ASKED FOR A RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED BY, UH, COUNCIL IN JUNE.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BRIEF COUNSEL AND, UH, THEN ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THAT SAME MONTH LATER, LATER IN JUNE, THAT BRIEFING AND THAT ADOPTION OR THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM GOT PUSHED.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE RESOLUTION RE BRIEFED TO THE FULL, WELL BRIEFED TO THE FULL COUNCIL IN AUGUST.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEE, UH, WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE OF COUNCIL IN AUGUST, UH, GIVEN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS BUDGET SEASON AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, LIKE THE PENSION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET, UH, THE RESOLUTION BRIEFED TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND, AND GET IT, UH, AS A AGENDA ITEM FOR ADOPTION.
HOPEFULLY IN AUGUST, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
UM, THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS STILL REMAIN ON BOARD WITH IMPLEMENTING THE, THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND, AND READY TO EXPLORE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE RUNNING, RUNNING INTO SOME REAL, UH, UM, PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
I THINK WE, WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
UH, OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH LEAD, DON'T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH ENVISION, AND HAVE REALLY NO EXPERIENCE WITH SITES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TIME TO TRAIN STAFF, UH, TO, WELL, NUMBER ONE, TO DEVELOP TRAINING FOR STAFF AND THEN TO ACTUALLY TRAIN STAFF.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ANXIOUS, UH, UH, STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXCITED, BUT, UH, ANXIOUS THAT WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED THE TRAINING MATERIALS FOR THEM.
AND I SHOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, WELL, THANK YOU TO, UH, COMMISSIONER HI MOTO FOR, UH, UH, DEVELOPING THE INITIAL SET OF TRAININGS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR STAFF.
UH, NOW WE JUST NEED TO DELVE IN DEEPER INTO TO MAKING SURE THAT STAFF KNOW HOW TO, TO USE THESE TOOLS, UH, IN A PRACTICAL WAY.
UM, WE ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THESE TOOLS IMPACT SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
ONE OF, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT CONTINUES TO POP UP IS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WANNA ADVANCE THESE TOOLS, BUT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT AN EQUITABLE WAY, UH, CONSISTENT WITH OUR, UH, OUR EQUITY PRIORITIES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THAT TOPIC.
SO AGAIN, ANY EXPERTISE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US.
AND, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS AND EMBODIED CARBON, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE REAL TOOLS THAT, UH, WE ARE ADVANCING OR SUGGESTING? I THINK THERE ARE
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A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES DO WE WANT TO, UH, ADOPT AS A CITY, UH, AND WHAT ARE OUR REALISTIC REQUIREMENTS? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIAL THAT WE WANT TO ADVANCE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ARE THERE SPECIFIC, UH, UH, PRODUCTS THAT WE, THAT WE WANNA START WITH AS A BASELINE? FOR EXAMPLE, ONE DEPARTMENT WAS SAYING, WELL, WHAT IF WE JUST START WHEN IT COMES TO GLASS? WHAT IF WE START WITH JUST DOORS AND WINDOWS AND GO FROM THERE? BECAUSE WE, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THIS YET, BUT WHAT IF WE START WITH SOME SORT OF BASELINE LIKE THAT? SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING, UH, WITH DEPARTMENTS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED AND ON BOARD.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE P PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON, ON HOW TO DO, HOW TO GET THIS DONE.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL BE QUIET AND GET A, LET NATALIE SPEAK OR, OR YOU PLEASURE.
UM, YEAH, DIRECTOR EVANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
I THINK, UM, WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UM, GET FORMALIZED IN A RESOLUTION.
I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE SHARE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION WITH THE COUNCIL SO THEY COULD SEE IT.
I WAS, UH, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE VERSION OF THE DRAFT THAT I SAW.
'CAUSE IT WENT THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ALL THE TIMES THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO AND INVESTED IN GREEN BUILDING PERFORMANCE METRICS AS A PART OF THE BOND, AS A PART OF DELIVERING, YOU KNOW, CITY PROJECTS AND CITY OWNED AND CITY CONTROLLED PROPERTIES IN REAL ESTATE.
UM, SO JUST DEMONSTRATING THE LONG HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THESE COMMITMENTS AND HOW WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STOP NOW AND WE CAN'T GO BACKWARDS.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR FROM THE DRAFT MEMO.
UM, IT ALSO OUTLINES THE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS BODY MADE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED AND BRIEFED THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF PARKS, TRAILS, AND ENVIRONMENT, UH, AND ALL OF THE OTHER GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND WE, WE APOLOGIZE, WE, WE MEANT TO ATTACH THE, UH, MOST RECENT VERSION, UH, TO THE MEMO.
SO WE, WE HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A, A, A DRAFT TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AFTER THIS, AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED US TO DO TO HELP PREPARE FOR THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT OR WHATEVER ELSE, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW.
WE, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE, HAVE CALLED YOU AND WE'LL CALL YOU AGAIN AND OTHERS AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS, IS THAT THAT, AND, AND OTHER FOLKS ON THIS BODY, UH, ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AS WELL, IS THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS JUST, UH, READY TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
SO WE, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND THE DIRECTION OF, UH, OF THIS BODY AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE A LEADER, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS FIELD.
WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY GET THIS IMPLEMENTED.
I KNOW NEW THINGS ARE HARD, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE EVERY DAY.
AND SO WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INTERNAL ADVOCACY AS WELL.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COMMENT IF YOU WANNA COME ON CAMERA WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
MR. HOFFMAN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? NO.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NATALIE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO CONNECT, BUT WE APPRECIATE HER BEING WITH US THIS EVENING AS WELL.
NATALIE, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL OUT YOUR COMMENTS, UM, TO THE COMMISSION AFTER THE MEETING.
WERE THERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? NO, GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER A MEETING FOR THE JPE COMMUNITY TO, UH, DISCUSS THE DASHBOARD.
IF YOU GUYS COULD SEND ME SOME AVAILABLE DATES WHERE I CAN WORK WITH THE OTHER GROUPS IN JPE, LIKE JUSTICE FOR IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CIVIC LEAD FOR, WE CAN ALL HAVE ONE MEETING TO, UH, DO THIS MEETING.
SO SEND ME SOME AVAILABLE DATES.
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AHEAD.AND, UM, SO THE HOLCOMB PARK ONE THAT GOT STOLEN IS IN MY DISTRICT D FIVE.
IF YOU CAN LET ME KNOW, LIKE WHEN THAT ONE'S GOING IN NEXT, WHEN THERE'S A PLAN REPLACEMENT OF THAT.
I'M SO GLAD THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T LEAVE
ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU CHAIR HARIMOTO FOR, UM, YOUR WORK ON THIS AND FOR BRINGING US BACK THIS UPDATE.
LET'S GO INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES AND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CHAIR.
ROBERSON, GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP THESE IN ORDER BECAUSE I, NOW, I REMEMBER WE DID A MEETING IN JUNE, SO THINGS I DID IN MAY YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND IN ORDER MAY 17TH, I HAD A MEETING WITH DR. WONG, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT LEAD TESTING AND TESTING OF ANY TOXINS FROM A, UM, CONTAMINATION SITE.
AND I TOLD 'EM I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES, BUT WHAT I SUGGESTED, NOT EVERYBODY TESTED WHAT I SUGGESTED, AND I TALKED TO EPA ABOUT IT.
WHAT I SUGGESTED WAS A FORM LETTER.
SO THAT PERSON WHO IS IN PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THESE SITES AND TAKE IT TO THEIR PCP OR TAKE IT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT COULD HAVE A BARCODE ON IT OR WHATEVER, TO MAKE IT VALID TO SAY THEY HAD BEEN, UM, THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED.
'CAUSE I KNOW OF TWO PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE ER BECAUSE OF WORRIED ABOUT LANE PLATING AND THEY SENT 'EM BACK.
THEY WOULDN'T SEE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AS WE HAVE MORE CONTAMINATION SITES.
SO WE NEED SOME KIND OF, UM, COLLABORATION FROM EPA TO HELP WITH, UM, VALIDATING THAT THESE THINGS REALLY HAPPENED.
WAGMAN IS TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE, THE POWERPOINT WAS HORRIBLE.
JUST, I, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
AND THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PAY RENT AND STILL LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THE, THE ONE THAT GOT ME THE MOST WERE TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE BEDROOM
THE WHOLE CEILING HAD FALLEN IN AND ALL IT WAS WAS JUST THE WOOD FRAMEWORK AND THESE PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THERE.
UH, THE, AND THE OTHER ISSUE WAS, UH, ONE OF THE LADIES SHOWED ME A LETTER FROM HER BABY'S PEDIATRICIAN, BRONCHIOLITIS IS INFECTION OF BRONCHIALS.
AND THE LETTER SAID THAT HE WAS BEING EXPOSED TO THESE, UH, AIR CONTAMINANTS AND THAT AS LONG AS THAT WAS GOING ON, THE BABY WAS GONNA BE SICK.
SO SHE HAD A LETTER PROVEN THAT.
SO I'LL MOVE ON 'CAUSE I'LL WAIT FOR THE, THE VIDEO THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE BECAUSE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, YOU PROBABLY MEET AUGUST.
DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON VAPING ON WHAT THEY DECIDED WHAT PHASE WE'RE IN? YOU HAVEN'T TALKED.
UM, JUNE 22ND, UH, SAND BRANCH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO SAND BRANCH HELD A, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND COUNCILMAN ATKINS WENT.
LOTS OF LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE WERE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY, UTA HAS IDENTIFIED CONTAMINATION IN 13 OF THEIR WELLS.
AND ONE OF THE BUS DRIVERS TOLD, I DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, LAN MCGILL, THE, I TALKED TO HIM BEFORE I GOT HERE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OKAY TO QUOTE HIM.
AND HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE BUS DRIVERS TOLD HIM THE CHILDREN IN SAND BRANCH BRUSH THEIR TEETH AT SCHOOL 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE WATER.
SO, AND THEN HE FURTHER WENT TO SAY THEY HAD DONE SOME, HE HAD DONE SOME LOOK TALKING TO SOME, A COUPLE OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT ON THE HIGH END, THAT MILLIONS WE HEARD ABOUT, THAT'S THE HIGH END ON THE LOW END TO GET A WATER LINE JUST SO THEY CAN FILL WATER BOTTLES WITHOUT CHURCHES COMING OUT.
AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.
ALL THESE MILLIONAIRES WE HAVE HERE IN DALLAS, BALL PLAYERS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOWARD GETTING GRANTS FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR THEM.
'CAUSE LIKE I CAME IN LATE, BUT I CAUGHT THE END OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
SO WE NEED TO TRY TO, UH, DO SOMETHING.
I DID ATTEND A WEST DALLAS LEAD TESTING EVENT.
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AND I LET DR. WONG KNOW ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY GO AROUND AND THEY WERE DOING LEAD TESTING.UM, LET'S SEE, JUNE, THE REASON I COULDN'T GO TO THE EVENT IN SAND BRANCH, 'CAUSE JUNE 29TH, THE NEXT WEEK WE WERE PREPARING THE CHURCH.
UM, AL LEE CAME TO OUR CHURCH.
UM, AND THEN YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EVENT, COVID IS RISING.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT, BUT COVID IS RISING AND WITH IT, UM, A LOT OF THAT FREE STUFF IS OVER WITH.
I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYBODY WITH PRETEST KIDS.
AND THEN THE VACCINE ITSELF WITHOUT INSURANCE IS ABOUT $70.
SO, UM, I DID SOME DIGGING AND I TALKED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL GIVE THE VACCINE FREE.
UH, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GIVE THE VACCINE FREE, BUT IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, THERE ARE LOTS OF KIND OF RESTRAINTS ON IT FROM WHAT I SAW.
I LIKE TO TEST THINGS OUT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR OF ANYTHING, THEY GOT A GRANT, I THINK, TO DO THAT.
AND I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO DO TESTING OF ANY KIND.
THE TESTING IS WHAT'S EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REFERENCE LAB.
AND SO IF YOU TEST SOMEBODY, YOU CAUGHT THE BIRD, WHERE DO YOU PUT THE BIRD, THEN THERE'S NOWHERE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, SEND YOUR YOUR LAB SPECIMENS TO ESTABLISH VALIDITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
BUT A LOT OF AGENCIES SHY AWAY FROM THE TESTING.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ONE CLINIC.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOLD ME IN FAR AS LB 97, 80 LBJ, IT IS A WATERMARK CLINIC AND THEY ARE DOING TESTING FREE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I FOUND.
AND THAT'S MILES AWAY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE FROM PEOPLE.
UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I DID NOT TAKE, I'VE KNOWN ABOUT SAND BRANCH A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, IT IS TIME THAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY'RE ABLE OR CHECK WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE MILLIONAIRES THAT WE HAVE TO SEE WHO'S WILLING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE PEOPLE.
SO, AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE NOT ANNEXED.
BUT EVEN AT THAT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST EMBARRASSING AND INHUMANE TO ME.
DID YOU MENTION THE, UM, THE LEAD TESTING EVENT THAT, UH, UH, FOREMOST FAMILY OUTFIT? YES.
THAT WAS THE ONE IN WEST DALLAS THAT I WENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR FOR THAT REPORT AND FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, LET'S GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
UM, CHAIRWOMAN BAAN WAS ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER THE SAND BRANCH COMMUNITY ACTORS AND THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND OAQS.
WE HAD A REALLY PRODUCTIVE PHONE CALL.
THINGS ARE MOVING, I BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME.
SAND BRANCH WILL HAVE WATER AT THE END OF 2025.
UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS AVAILED OURSELVES TO FILL THEIR, UH, VOLUNTEER SHIFT ON SATURDAY WHERE THEY'RE STILL BRINGING, WE STILL UNFORTUNATELY NEED THE BANDAID OF WATER BOTTLES TO SAND BRANCH ON SATURDAYS.
UH, THERESA IS IN CONTACT AND WE'LL COORDINATE.
UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE TRYING TO FILL THE VOLUNTEER NEEDS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE MIGHT BE REACHING OUT TO YOU.
WE HAVE ALREADY CLAIMED A COUPLE DATES FOR THE EBC TO COME SERVE.
UM, WE DOES THE, DOES THE COMMUNITY, DOES SAND BRANCH KNOW YOU'RE DOING THAT? MM-HMM.
UH, WE, UH, HELD OUR LAST MEETING ON JUNE 24TH.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JULY 29TH AT SIX 30.
WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR OUR FOOD ACCESS RESOURCE FAIR TO BE HELD IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
AND AGAIN, OUR PLAN IS TO HOLD A FOOD ACCESS RESOURCE FAIR FOR EACH COMMUNITY IN DALLAS.
WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE, THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY, SOUTH DALLAS, AND, UM, EAST DALLAS.
SO MANY AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY.
UM, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THOSE DETAILS.
CHAIR WALLACE ON IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 5TH,
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AND OUR MAIN GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO, UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS, UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION IN 2021.
IT'S RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 9 0 8.
AND IN THERE, UH, IT WAS, UH, PASSED ON MAY 26TH, 2021.
THERE ARE REFERENCES, UH, WITHIN TO, UM, A WORKING GROUP.
AND, UM, SO, BUT THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, SO IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS RESOLUTION.
AND THEN, UH, WHEN IN, YOU KNOW, 2020 ISH, UH, 2021 OEQS WAS LOOKING INTO, THERE WAS SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSION, UM, TO FIND CERTIFICATIONS, UH, THAT MAY EXIST IN OTHER CITIES, UM, OTHER GUIDELINES THAT COULD BE FOLLOWED.
AND, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE WORKING GROUP NEVER FORMED.
AND, UM, THERE ARE NO ACTUAL GUIDELINES.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION, THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, WE HAVE OUR SUBCOMMITTEE HAS SPECIFIC IDEAS OF WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE IN, UM, AN EFFECTIVE POLICY, UM, TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE AT MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THESE GUIDELINES AS MANDATES TO EACH DEPARTMENT.
UM, EVEN MAYBE POSTING, UH, VENDORS THAT ARE AT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME CITY WEBSITE FOR, UH, THEM TO KNOW WHERE TO GET BAMBOO UTENSILS INSTEAD OF, AND REQUIRE THIS OF THE VENDORS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, WE'RE JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER, OVER THREE YEARS HAVE PASSED AND THERE WAS NEVER A WORKING GROUP.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, UM, ONE, LET ME SEE, I'M SORRY.
I'M READING THE REPORT THAT I SENT TO CHAIR BISON, UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL HAD A MEETING WITH KATHY STEWART, UH, UH, ON THE ASPECTS OF THE 2024 BOND PACKAGE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, YEAH, SO I THINK, I THINK TO WRAP IT UP IS THAT THERE IS A RESOLUTION, THERE'S NO WORKING GROUP AND, UM, OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND FOR YOUR COMMITTEE'S, UH, COMMITMENT TO GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
UH, I THINK IT WAS FORECASTED THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY.
NOW WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF THE FORECAST FOR THE TIME BEING.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WANNA BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE REFORMATION OF THAT WORKING GROUP AND OR PERHAPS, UH, THE ACCEPTANCE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBC COMMITTEE ON THE TOPIC.
UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT WORK.
SO THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UM, MET IN EARLY JUNE WITH MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD SUPPORT, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE CITY'S, UH, BIKE PLAN, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S PART OF THE CCAP AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR BICYCLE ROUTES THAT ARE SAFE, UM, AND, UH, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION VIA BICYCLE.
SO WE ARE, UH, WORKING ON THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME MEMBERS ON VACATION WELCOME BACK, AND NOW MEMBERS ON VACATION STILL.
SO WE WILL MEET AGAIN BEFORE OUR AUGUST MEETING.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION CHAIR.
UH, WE'VE CANCELED OUR LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
UH, DIRECTOR EVANS, I SEE YOU'RE STILL ON.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO GET STARTED ON THE WORK AROUND THE CCAP ACTION B 13, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW WHO OUR CITY STAFF PARTNERS SHOULD BE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF YOU, AND WE KNOW WE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, SO WE ARE STANDING BY, THAT'S THE THE ONE THING WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR AND HELP KIND OF PROPEL.
AND SINCE THERE IS NO DEFINITION CURRENTLY FOR URBAN GREENING FACTOR,
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UH, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR, UH, THE CITY TO REPORT ANNUALLY ON THEIR CA PROGRESS ON THAT.UM, LET US GO TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND, UM, STARTING WITH DISTRICT TWO.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY TO UPDATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BRIEFING ROOM'S CLEARED OUT, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH FREDDY AND MARIZA ABOUT THE, UH, THE DESIGN OF THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING.
I, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M SOMEWHAT TECH SAVVY AND THAT COMPLICATES THE HECK OUTTA ME, SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE FROM THEM AND MAYBE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THAT.
WILL YOU TURN THE VOLUME UP ON THE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WENT TO A MEETING ABOUT, I, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT A PLAN TO DEVELOP A SITE ON CAMP WISDOM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
THERE'S AN AQUIFER FED CREEK, WHICH APPARENTLY IS UNCOMMON IN OUR AREA, AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT WAS MOSTLY JUST AN INFORMATION MEETING FROM THE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS.
AND SO IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY A, A, A COUNCIL RELATED MEETING.
IT WAS JUST A A, AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING, AND I CAN SEND INFORMATION ON THAT OUT TO ANYBODY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT.
I'VE GOT A MEETING, UM, COMING UP WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ IN AUGUST.
SO, UM, BUT ANY, UH, NOTHING PASSED TO, UM, UM, REPORT ON.
DISTRICT SIX ON MAY 19TH, MS. REGAN AND I CO-HOSTED A GARDEN WORKDAY EVENT AT THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT HOUSE.
AND I WAS ABLE TO GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE EBC.
UM, WE HAD THE LEAD TESTING, WEST DALLAS EVENT I ATTENDED WITH COMMISSIONER ROBERSON AT JC OSA.
THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE 20 RESIDENTS PRE-REGISTER FOR A LEAD BLOOD TEST.
AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF ALL OF THOSE FOLKS SHOWED UP.
UM, ALL OF THIS IS HIPAA, SO I DON'T KNOW ANY RESULTS OF ANYTHING.
BUT THAT WAS THE DEMAND AND, AND THE NEED FOR THAT.
I ATTENDED THE EJ SCREEN TOOL PREVIEW MEETING LAST NIGHT AT THE WEST DALLAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
UM, I ATTENDED THE EAGLE FORD LEDBETTER COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENT WITH AGRILIFE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR RAIN GARDENS, AND WAS ABLE TO SHARE THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION WITH THE FOLKS THERE.
WE ATTENDED THE DALLAS, UH, INNER GROWERS INNER CITY GROWERS COLLABORATION FARM TOUR ON JUNE 26TH OUT TO MARS HILL FARM IN FERRIS.
AND I GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSION WITH ALL THE ATTENDEES THERE.
DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, COMMISSIONER DERO HAS BEEN ENJOYING THE SUMMER, SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INPUT.
BUT I DO WANNA THANK, UH, THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR PARTNERING WITH JO MAMA FARM WITH US THIS YEAR AND SPONSORING THE JUNE 10TH EVENT.
THANK YOU OCQ FOR DOING THAT FOR US, AND WE HOPE NEXT YEAR THAT Y'ALL BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH US AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, I GOT OVERBOARD WHEN I WAS DOING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, THING, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL YOU.
NEW
THAT WAS ACTUALLY EVERYTHING I HAD DONE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, I ATTENDED ONE OF THE FORWARD AT DALLAS, UH, BRIEFING UPDATES.
UH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DICHOTOMY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUPPORTIVE AND IN OPPOSITION OF FORWARD DALLAS, AND FOR THE REASONS THAT THEY, UH, HOLD THOSE BELIEFS.
UM, I THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FORWARD DALLAS UPDATE.
IF YOU'RE AT THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT ASPECT OF IT IN SUPPORT OF STAFF, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THOSE, UH, INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCIES THAT ARE AND HAVE HISTORICALLY PLAGUED US, UM, AS A CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I DID WANNA MENTION THAT I LOOKED AT THE UPCOMING, UM, KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL DATES.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS WEBSITE.SO IF YOU GO AND YOU WANNA JOIN JUST TO KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL CLEANUP EVENT, THOSE ARE THERE.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY FIRST LOOK SERIES ON THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE WILL BE TUESDAY, JULY 23RD AT SINGING HILLS, UH, RECREATION CENTER AT 6:00 PM SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T THE EJ TOOL, THE NEW EJ TOOL.
THOSE ARE
UH, DISTRICT 10, I DIDN'T SEE ON WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, WELL, I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT, UH, I TALKED ABOUT THE WORK IN ACHMAN LAKE, SO TO BE CONTINUED, UH, CONTINUE TO DO, UH, PRESENTATIONS, UH, UH, ONE CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS TALKING ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, BEEFED UP THE, THAT, UH, THAT DATA AS WELL.
AND, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN, UH, URBAN AGRICULTURE.
UH, I WAS AT RESTORATIVE FARMS THIS MORNING DELIVERING BASIL TO THEM AND PICKING UP IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR DRIP IRRIGATION FOR OUR, UH, UH, UNIT AT, UH, TEMPLE SHALOM.
UH, AND BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, SOME PEOPLE, UH, ON A EPA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANT.
UM, DISTRICT 13, NO UPDATE FROM ME.
DISTRICT 14, UH, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK PLUG FOR THE MONTHLY CLIMATE REALITY MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN ON ZOOM.
UM, JANIE CISNEROS FROM, UH, WEST DALLAS, UH, WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HER EFFORTS AROUND GAS GOTTA GO.
AND ALSO SHE'LL BE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE, UH, VERTERE, UH, ENSEMBLE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE COLLABORATION FOR THE PRODUCTION THAT SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT AND INTENDED MISLED.
SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING, UH, KIND OF PANEL.
UM, AND IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN JOINING, UM, AND WANTS A LINK, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU.
YEAH, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO STEPHANIE, OUR BOARD COORDINATOR, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE GLOBAL COVENANT OF MAYORS FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGIES BIANNUAL MEETING.
UM, IT'S CALLED THE INNOVATE FOR CITIES CONFERENCE.
IT'LL BE HOSTED IN MONTREAL IN, UH, SEPTEMBER THIS FALL.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND BRAIN HEALTH, WHICH I THINK I'VE SHARED THAT LARGER CONCEPT WITH THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, AND THE INTERSECTIONS WITH CLIMATE AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THE DALLAS CCAP.
SO I PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT THE LEADERSHIP OF ZA CLIMATE POLICY.
UM, DIRECTOR EVANS, IF YOU'RE STILL ON THE LINE, I MAYBE YOU'RE STILL THERE.
UM, I NOTICED THAT, UM, THE SPI RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED THAT WE DID YESTERDAY OF LAST YEAR RELATED TO THE BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, WHICH EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE BOND ARE REALLY GREAT KIND OF, UM, INSIGHTS ON HOW, UH, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS CAN HELP PROPEL CLIMATE GOALS.
UM, THEY'RE, THE LINKS ARE NO LONGER CLICKABLE ON OUR CLIMATE ACTION WEBSITE.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT, UM, TO HAVE THOSE LINKS LIVE AGAIN SO THAT I CAN POINT PEOPLE TO THAT AND SAY, LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN DALLAS.
THESE ARE PRECEDENTS THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND JUST RINSE AND REPEAT, FOLLOW THE DALLAS MODEL.
UM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLATFORM FOR US TO KIND OF ELEVATE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND GET YOUR TEAM OF THE RECOGNITION AND KUDOS THAT, UM, THAT, UH, THEY DESERVE.
AND ACTUALLY, SO THAT'S IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY GREAT IF WE COULD GET IT UP AND BACK RUNNING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST SO THAT CITIZENS CAN ALSO SEE ALL THE, UM, DETAILS BEHIND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT POINT.
ALRIGHT, THOSE ARE OUR COMMISSIONERS.
ANYBODY FROM THE TECHNICAL PANEL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YES, MS. DOM, GO AHEAD.
UM, RIGHT, SO JUNETEENTH, UH, MAMAS WHERE, UH, DIRECTOR EVAN ALSO SPOKE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO, UM, SPEAK AT DR.
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KENIKA FROM THE ZERO WASTE MISSION AND OR, AND WE SPOKE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WHAT THE INITIATIVES WERE AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ZA PLAN AND, UM, WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE UP TO THIS POINT.SO THERE ARE TWO EVENTS THAT, TWO ZERO WASTE BLOCK PARTIES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
UH, ONE IS AN ANNUAL ONE AND ONE IS A NEW ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO DO.
AND, UM, CAMIKA WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH BOTH OF THOSE.
ONE IS IN AUGUST AND THE OTHER ONE IS OCTOBER 26TH.
AND THEN JUMPING BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE DID, I DID ATTEND THE, THE SAND BRANCH TOWN MEETING.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
UM, BUT WE ARE JUMPING IN AS, UM, COACHES SAID THAT WE ARE JUMPING IN ON THAT TO GET THE WATER TO THEM.
THE VOLUNTEERS NEED IT TO, UM, PUSH THAT OUT AS WELL.
THEY ALSO ARE DOING A WATER DISTRIBUTION ON TUESDAY, SO WE'RE HELPING TO COORDINATE THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST ON THE ONE PASTOR WHO'S DOING THAT.
SO, SO WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THAT HEAVILY.
YEAH, SUNNYVILLE, WE HAD THEIR CLEANUP WITH YES, YES, WE HAD, SO SUNNYVILLE HAD THE CLEANUP, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, CLEANUP THERE, AND THAT WAS THE ZERO WASTE KIND OF OPENING OF, YOU KNOW, ZERO WASTE BEING THERE, BUT ALSO, UM, IT WAS OAK CLIFF VEGGIE PROJECTS.
UM, THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY HAD NOW ARE LANDOWNERS FOR THAT.
SO YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD INITIATIVE.
UH, AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
IT IS A HABITUAL DUMPING GROUND.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE HAVE A, AN ACTIVE AND ENGAGED ZERO WASTE COMMISSIONER NOW, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE'S BEEN BUSY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF THIS COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THIS POSITION THAT IS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WE'RE, I'M JUST SO EXCITED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UM, ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE FROM OUR TECHNICAL PANEL? OH, MR. MARQUIS.
MADAM CHAIR FIRST, COMMERS, ROBERTON, AND
YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT SAYING EVEN LATER, I CAN MAKE A CALL THAT I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL THERE.
YOU'VE HEARD ME EXPRESS FRUSTRATION ABOUT WORKING ON THESE ISSUES FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR REMARKABLE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND THE THINGS WE'VE DONE ON THE SCREEN PATH FORWARD THAT BROUGHT THIS CITY, UM, FORWARD BY LIGHT YEARS TO THE POINT NOW WE'RE GETTING NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS THANKS TO PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE AND STAFF AND OTHERS WHO ARE PART OF THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS.
SO DESPITE SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS I EXPRESSED, WE'VE MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TONIGHT FOR BEING PART OF THAT.
IT'S BEEN A 20 YEARS OF A GREEN PATH FORWARD.
SO THAT'S ALSO, UM, I'LL ALSO BE IN CANADA LATER THIS YEAR, UM, TALKING ABOUT THAT THE BIG INTERNATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION NETWORK WE CONFERENCE AND ALSO IN SAN ANTONIO IN AUGUST, TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND PUTTING FUNDING TOGETHER TO WORK ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
THEN THE FINAL THING I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT MY NEW BOOK, THE RIVER OF GOODNESS, IS, UM, HITTING THE STORIES JUST IN A FEW DAYS.
SO IF YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN THE REVIEW OF THE PAPER A WEEK AGO, SUNDAY, GREAT REVIEW FROM DALLAS MORNING NEWS, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE ME AS THE POET LAUREATE OF THE DALLAS LANDSCAPE.
AND, UH, SO, UH, WE WILL BE DOING A NUMBER OF READINGS AND PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU GET INVITED TO EACH OF THOSE SO YOU CAN HAVE CHANCE TO COME AND BE PART OF THE READING.
ALSO WANT TO, UM, UH, THANK CHAIR BZA BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ENDORSE THE BOOK AND WROTE A BEAUTIFUL ENDORSEMENT, WHICH IS ON THE BACK OF THE BOOK, UH, RIGHT NOW.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND, UH, UM, THE RIVER OF GOODNESS IS, UM, WELL THE RIVER ALWAYS WINS WAS VERY MUCH A CALLING FORTH EVOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THE RIVER.
UM, RIVER OF GOODNESS IN MANY WAYS IS A HOW TO MANUAL, HOW TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK OF BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.
HAS SOME BITS OF MEMOIR FROM MY TRIPS TO SOUTH AFRICA AND FOR ELECTION, URBAN EL SALVADOR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, ON RIVER OF GOODNESS, I THINK IS A SOLID MIDDLE PIECE OF THE TRILOGY.
AND NOW I'M STARTING TO WORK ON THE RIVER OF BLESSING FOR BEING THIRD PIECE OF THE TRILOGY.
BUT, UM, WE WILL BE INVITING YOU TO A NUMBER OF EVENTS AND I WANNA THANK CATHERINE FOR THE WONDERFUL ENDORSEMENT.
AND, UM, IT'LL BE AN INTER BANK AND WHOSE BOOKS AND ON THE AMAZON COURSE AND DEVELOPMENT, IT'S, UM, IT'S OUT.
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THANK YOU.I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR YOU AND I'M SO, UM, HAPPY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND.
UH, MY, UH, ENDORSEMENT WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
ALRIGHT, MR. HOFFMAN, YOU MAY STILL BE MUTED.
I WANNA EXPRESS MY CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID ON THE BOOK AND I'M SO EXCITED TO READ IT.
AND ALSO, I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON HIS COMMENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, AN OLDER, UH, WARHORSE IN THE GREEN MOVEMENT HERE IN DALLAS,
SO, UH, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATIONS TODAY, BUT SOMETIMES MY LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION COMES THROUGH AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT IT KEEPS ME MOVING FORWARD.
I AM HEARING BRING IT MORE AND
DOES, DO ANY OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO BACK, UH, MS. REAGAN? YES.
UM, NUMBER ONE, I WAS INVITED TO A MIND-BODY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE EXCURSION.
UM, THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
I'M GOING TO START WORKING MORE WITH THEM.
UM, THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS REALM.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SPARKS YOUR INTEREST, SPEAKS TO YOU IN ANY WAY, PLEASE CAN TALK TO ME.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS USEFUL CO IS THE FIRST FILLERY IN DFW.
BISHOP ARTS DEFINITELY GO OUT, SUPPORT THEM.
A FILLERY IS WHERE YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN JARS OR YOUR EMPTY SHAMPOO BOTTLES AND FILL THEM UP.
IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE, IT'S MORE FRIENDLY.
UM, DEFINITELY GREAT ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, I, UH, UH, HELP PUT TOGETHER, UM, AN ASTHMA SUMMIT, UH, AT THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
AND SO IT WAS ALL THE LOCAL ASTHMA LIKE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE TALKED A LOT.
LOCKMAN TALKED AND HE TALKED ABOUT INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY TOO.
AND THAT WAS A BIG THEME, UM, AS FAR AS IMPACTS IN ASTHMA AND HEALTH.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, UM, HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME WORKING GROUPS ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UM, SOME WE'RE, I'M PROBABLY GONNA LEAN HEAVILY ON SOME OF YOUR EXPERTISE.
UM, SO GET READY FOR RANDOM EMAILS FROM SHADAY@LOBBYATGMAIL.COM AND THEN
UM, THE OTHER THING IS I WENT, UM, AND SAW THE, UM, THE TEXAS A AND M WORK.
UM, THE TEXAS, UH, THE AT, AT, UM, THE WEST DALLAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, TEXAS A AND M, UM, DID A HEALTH SURVEY LOOKING AT, UM, OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND PROXIMITY TO GAF.
AND THEY, UM, DID, UM, A SURVEY AS WELL, A HEALTH SURVEY.
AND IT, IT ACTUALLY, UM, WAS PRETTY COMPELLING AND LOOKED AT THE RATES OF, UM, SELF-REPORTED ASTHMA WITHIN THE AREA, WHICH WERE PRETTY, PRETTY HIGH.
UM, AND, UM, I I THINK IT FITS SOME DATE.
UH, NO, IT FITS DATA THAT, UM, IS OLD THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I, I REALLY THINK KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH GETTING THIS HEALTH INFORMATION WITH THE AIR QUALITY DATA IS GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL.
I I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THIS STUFF MEANS IS GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY VITAL.
UM, AND, AND, UM, UH, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT IN A, IN A ACCESSIBLE WAY.
UM, UH, SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA SAY.
OUR AIR QUALITY TEAM IS STILL HERE AND, AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THUMBS UP.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTENING.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
DID SOMEONE INTERRUPT? NO APOLOGIES.
WE'VE GOT THE PARKS TRAIL AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH AT 9:00 AM UH, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING THIS MONTH.
WE ORIGINALLY DID NOT HAVE A JULY MEETING PLANNED.
IT WAS ADOPTED AS A REGULAR MEETING ON OUR INITIAL, UM, CALENDAR.
WE HAD A LITTLE SNAFU WITH THE AGENDA.
UM, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING ALL THE INFORMATION PUBLIC, UH, AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE AS THE COMMISSION GET THE PACKET, WE DECIDED TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING TO TODAY.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT 5:30 PM
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WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, CONSIDERED ALL BUSINESS BEFORE US.AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE HEREBY ADJOURNED.