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[Environmental Commission on January 8, 2025.]
I AM CHAIRWOMAN CATHERINE, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER.WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS, IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES, PLEASE CALL 4 6 9 7 2 4 6 5 3 8 AT LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 12TH AT 5:30 PM WE ARE GONNA BEGIN WITH SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.
UH, FIRST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS CALLING FOR ARTISTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY ART SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM.
AND THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE CCAP WITH SUSTAINABLE ART EXPERIENCES.
PLEASE SHARE THAT OUT WITH ANYBODY IN YOUR DISTRICTS WHO YOU FEEL MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO APPLY.
FOLKS CAN VISIT THE DALLAS CULTURE.ORG SITE.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT HEARD, UH, OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR CARLOS EVANS, UH, WILL BE LEAVING THE CITY FOR A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE JOIN ME, UH, IN APPRECIATING CARLOS FOR ALL OF HIS WORK, ESPECIALLY THE SPORT OF HIS COMMISSION AND OUR WORK, AND IN WISHING HIM AND HIS FAMILY, THE VERY BEST CARLOS WILL BE HERE AT HIS LAST DAY IS FRIDAY AND HE WAS HERE, BUT SINCE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY AND PLAY ANYMORE
SO, UM, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO, UH, MESSAGE HIM BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK, PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
I HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION TO SHARE.
WELL, LEMME SEE IF MY INBOX WANTS TO COOPERATE.
I WANTED TO, CR CLUB WANTED US TO SHARE THAT DALLAS CR CLUB WANTED US TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE HOSTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE, SO IS CALLED THE EARTH WIND AND FIRE CONFERENCE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS, AND WE WILL, UH, ASK MS BE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION, UH, VIA EMAIL FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO, TO SHARE SOME, UH, SAD NEWS ABOUT THE PASSING OF ENVIRONMENTALIST JEANIE BRITS.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNEW JEANIE, SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF NED FRITZ.
UM, SHE PASSED, UH, NED FRITZ PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 100 AND EARLY DECEMBER.
UM, THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL FOR JEANIE ON, UH, FEBRUARY THE 11TH.
AND DONATIONS IN HER HONOR CAN BE MADE TO THE TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE AND THE TEXAS, UM, LAND CONSERVANCY.
YOU CAN ALSO VOLUNTEER IN HER HONOR WITH THE NED AND JEANIE, FRITZ, TEXAS BUCKEYE TRAIL RESTORATION SYSTEM WITH THE TEXAS MASTER, OR WITH THE, THE NORTH TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST.
AND YOU CAN ASK A COMMISSIONER POSTIN FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
OKAY, LET'S ROLL CALL, UH, MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU WILL MUTE YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
AND LET'S START WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
AND IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME.
SAMANTHA DERE, DISTRICT EIGHT WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
DISTRICT 11 MARIE, DISTRICT 12.
PROPOSED DISTRICT 14, HOLIDAY DISTRICT 15.
ALL RIGHT, ONTO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
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BORO PRESENT.HELLO? MR. HOFFMAN? MR. MARCUS? PRESENT.
DR. STEWART, MS. OAI, MS. EVANS, EVAN, VERY NICE TO SEE YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
NO, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024 COMMISSION MEETING.
AND I MOVE, I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES, UH, TO REMOVE MR. COOK, WHO I NO LONGER YOU LOOKING
UM, MR. COOK IS NO LONGER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, SO IF WE CAN REMOVE HIM FROM THE PLACE.
THREE, HE WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN IF WE COULD COLLECT, UM, THE INSTANCES OF, UH, THE ABBREVIATION CCAP TO CCE CAP TO OUR CCAP COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I SECOND AS AMENDED TO AMEND THE MINUTES? I APOLOGIZE.
NOW, UM, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
OUR NOVEMBER 13TH MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS AMENDED.
AND STEPHANIE, CAN I GET THE MINUTES, THE AMENDED MINUTES, UH, FOR SIGNATURE? I DON'T THINK I SIGNED, I DON'T THINK I GOT THOSE FOR SIGNATURE.
UM, SO YOU COULD JUST SEND THOSE IN THESE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET INTO OUR BRIEFING ITEM.
BEFORE WE DO, I JUST WANNA, UM, LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE ARE EXPECTING SOME INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE SOME THINGS TO DO THIS EVENING IN, IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE RESPECTFUL OF STAFF'S TIME AND HELP THEM TO GET OUT OF HERE SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET HOME TO THE, ONTO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO PREPARE FOR THE WINTER WEATHER.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A, UM, OR WE'RE GONNA SEE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE OEQS BROWNFIELDS EXPLORER APPLICATION, UH, DIRECTOR, WHITE
OH,
UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M PAUL WHITE.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE MOMENT, UH, FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, THE BROWNFIELD TEAM AND THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, THE OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, UH, FOR THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN CREATING THIS APPLICATION.
UM, THE BROWNFORD APPLICATION IS A SIGNIFICANT TOOL THAT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY SITES, UH, WITH DOCUMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITATE SITE CLEANUPS.
UH, THE TOOL IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY, UH, TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BRING THE LIGHT, UH, AND RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE CITIES.
IT ALSO EMPOWERS THE COMMUNITY AND US TO MAKE, UH, BETTER KNOWLEDGEABLE, INFORMED DECISIONS.
SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL, BUT BEFORE WE DIVE IN, WE CAN DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS HERE.
UM, I THINK ONLINE WE HAVE ZI.
SHE IS, UH, MANAGING THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO HAVE ARMANI NEXT TO ME AND DAVID, LIKE, MY NAME IS DAVID DENIM.
I'M WITH THE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
I'M PART OF THE OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
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THANK YOU.HELLO, HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UH, TODAY IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE A NEW APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, THIS, UH, APPLICATION UNDERLIES, UH, UNDERLINES OUR CONTINUING CO, UH, CONTINUED COMMITMENT, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO THE CITIES WITH BROWNFIELD PROGRAM, AS WELL AS PROVIDE, UH, CITIZENS WITH RESIDENTS WITH A, UH, WAY OF EASILY ACCESSING BROWN BUILD DATA, ENVIRON VALUABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.
UH, WE WOULD THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS APPLICATION FOR YOU TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASIA MOOSE CASE, THE LEAD GS ANALYST ON THIS APPLICATION.
TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING THE DALLAS BROWNFIELD EXPLORER APPLICATION DEVELOPED FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE, UH, EXCUSE ME, YOU'LL SEE OPENED BY WELCOME BY A TOOLTIP, HIGHLIGHTING THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT, THE APPLICATION'S KEY FEATURES AND TOOLS.
THIS INCLUDES A DEDICATED RESOURCE PAGE OFFERING CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF DATA LAYERS AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SECTION TO SUPPORT USER NAVIGATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE LEAD HAND PANEL PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS A DYNAMIC LEGEND THAT ADJUSTS WITH THE MAP SCALE.
EACH LAYER IS PAIRED WITH CORRESPONDING DEFINITIONS CONVENIENTLY PRESENTED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
FOR QUICK REFERENCE, THE LEGEND SHOWCASES THE CITY OF DALLAS'S BROWNFIELD INVENTORY SITES ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP, UH, INVENTORY THAT IS UP TO UP-TO-DATE DATASET CURATED BY THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THIS INVENTORY IS UPDATED QUARTERLY TO REFLECT NEWLY IDENTIFIED SITES.
INFORMATION ON THE SITE CAN BE FOUND BY SELECTING AN ASSESSED LOCATION, VIEWING THE DESCRIPTION, OOPS, EXCUSE ME.
CAN WE MAKE IT ANY LARGER? UM, MAYBE STEPHANIE, OR, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, TRACY, IF YOU GO INTO YOUR SCREEN ON THE TOP, YOU CAN MAKE IT LARGER ON YOUR SCREEN.
UH, SO INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE CAN BE FOUND BY SELECTING THE ASSESSED LOCATION.
SORRY, I, I HAVE THE ANNOTATION UP.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE, UH, SEEING THE SCREEN, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE LINK IN THE ATTACHED AGENDA ITEM MEMO AND OPEN IT ON YOUR WEB BROWSER AND FOLLOW ALONG.
JUMPING RIGHT BACK IN, UH, SO THIS INVENTORY IS UPDATED QUARTERLY TO REFLECT NEWLY IDENTIFIED SITES.
HERE WE CAN SEE THE INFORMATION ON A SELECTED SITE.
WE CAN VIEW THE DESCRIPTION, THE REQUESTED ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PROPERTY.
SUPERFUND SITES, WHICH REQUIRE LONG-TERM CLEANUP SOLUTIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION, FOLLOWED A STRUCTURED PROCESS THAT INCLUDES INITIAL INVESTIGATION, REMEDIATION, AND POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF THE SUPERFUND SITES.
AN EXAMPLE WE CAN SEE HERE IS THE RSR SUPERFUND THAT CONVENIENTLY SHOWS UP IN DIRECTLY IN THE APPLICATION, PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EACH LOCATION.
HERE WE CAN VIEW MORE INFORMATION AND IT PROVIDES A FACILITY DETAILED REPORT, UH, WITHIN THOSE HYPERLINKS.
AND WE CAN SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INFORMATION TYPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST TYPE.
THE MP, EXCUSE ME, THE MPL AND IDENTIFIES HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LONG-TERM CLEANUP UNDER THE FEDERAL SUPERFUND PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ARE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AIMED AT
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CLEANING UP AND REDEVELOPING UNCONTROLLED OR ABANDONED AREAS WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTE MAY PRE MAY BE PRESENT.THESE INITIATIVES ADDRESS CONCERNS SUCH AS GROUNDWATER PROTECTION, HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATION, AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.
THESE PROGRAMS AIM TO CLEAN UP AND REPURPOSE ABANDONED OR CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES, ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE.
HERE WE CAN SEE THE PARKDALE STEAM STATION VIEWING MORE INFORMATION, WE CAN VIEW THE FACILITY, ANOTHER FACILITY DETAILED REPORT.
AND IN THIS REPORT PROVIDES, UH, ANOTHER HYPERLINK THAT, UH, PROVIDES THE DATA SOURCES, UH, DEFINITIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE FOR USERS, UH, THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIOUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THE ASSESSMENT, CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM IS AN ONLINE DATABASE THAT ALLOWS BROWNFIELD GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT DATA DIRECTLY TO THE ETA SITE.
ASSESSMENTS ARE WHERE EXPERTS CONDUCT DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINANTS AND ASSESS POTENTIAL RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
SCROLLING IN, WE CAN VIEW THAT LEGEND DYNAMICALLY CHANGE AS NEW LAYERS APPEAR.
HERE WE CAN FOCUS ON THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND THE GREEN.
THIS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS A BROWNFIELD AND SUPERFUND SITES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PROMOTING EQUITABLE REDEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THAT THESE AREAS RECEIVE FOCUSED ATTENTION.
WE HAVE INCLUDED A NEAR ME WIDGET, WHICH ALLOWS USERS TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLORE FEATURES WITHIN A SPECIFIED DISTANCE FROM THE SELECTED LOCATION.
WE CAN DO THIS BY EITHER PINPOINTING OR A POLYGON AND, AND THE DESIRED DISTANCE AND ANALYSIS WILL RUN, AND WE CAN VIEW THE NUMBER OF, WE CAN VIEW A SUMMARY OF THAT, OF THAT DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THOSE LAYERS.
FINALLY, WE HAVE A RESOURCE PAGE THAT FEATURES A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, LAYER DEFINITIONS AND RELEVANT SOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AS WELL AS OTHER TRUSTED SOURCES.
THESE MATERIAL, THESE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY AND OFFERING VALUABLE INFORMATION TO SUPPORT INFORMED DECISION-MAKING AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
IN CLOSING, THIS APPLICATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND EDUCATION AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DALLAS.
BY PROVIDING REAL-TIME DATA, USER-FRIENDLY TOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, IT EMPOWERS BOTH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE CONTINUE REFINING THIS TOOL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING US BUILD A CLEANER, SAFER, AND MORE EQUITABLE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THE TOOL DOWN AND LET'S SEE WHAT QUESTIONS WE HAVE FROM OUR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS? WE GAVE YOU ALL THE CONTROL OF THE MEETING, HUH?
ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO IN THE ROOM.
UH, NOT A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENDATION.
UH, AND I ACTUALLY WAS ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE BROWNFIELD SITES, AND NOW THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING IT, NOT ONLY PROVIDING IT, PROVIDING IT IN SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL WAY THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.
UH, CAN THE LANE PLATING, UH, SUPERFUND SITE APPLY FOR THIS? AS FOR APPLICATION, THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMUNITY, CAN SUPERFUND SITES APPLY FOR THE GRANT? YES, THEY CAN.
SO I, I'M ON THE LANE PLATE IN C MM-HMM
AND SO WE HAVE OUR MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I, UH, LET THEM KNOW HOW, HOW WE CAN TIE THIS INTO THE LANE PLATE IN SUPERFUND SITE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE ON THIS EVENING.
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CITIZENS CONNECT EITHER TO THE GRANT OR THE APPLICATION OR THE PROGRAM? UM, A COUPLE OF WAYS.FIRST, UM, WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING WHERE THERE ARE BROWNFIELD IN DALLAS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR CITIZENS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF BROWNFIELDS ARE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PARTICULAR TOUR.
UH, A MAP YOU CAN SEE LIKE LEAKING PETROLEUM SITES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMEONE'S PROPERTY IN THE PLUME OF THAT.
SO THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING OUR ASSESSMENT GRANT TO SEE IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, CONTAMINATED.
SO, UM, AS LONG AS PEOPLE CAN SEE LIKE A CONCENTRATION OF BROWNFIELD, THEY CAN HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF MAYBE WHETHER THEIR SPECIFIC SITE IS BROWNFIELD.
AND TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED THESE WERE ONLY ON A PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED LOCATIONS, SO QUESTIONABLE PLOTS THAT A NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, HEARD ABOUT 10, 15, 20 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS SOMETHING OPERATING THERE THAT WAS HAZARDOUS MM-HMM
THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE ON HERE.
AND IT IS UPDATED QUARTERLY, CORRECT? MM-HMM
AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS IN CHARGE OF THE UPDATES.
AND THIS DATA IS, GOES DIRECTLY TO EPA, SO CITIZENS CANNOT LOG IN AND FIND THEIR HOUSE AND ADD IT OR NO SIGN UP FOR, UH, FOLLOW UP FROM THE CITY.
NOT SEEING ANY, OH, MR. MARQUIS, PLEASE QUESTION ABOUT WATER.
DO THE ASSESSMENTS ON THESE SITES ALWAYS INCLUDE POTENTIAL GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION? THAT'S A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF? WHAT HAPPENS IN WITH GROUNDWATER GETS CONTAMINATED THEN SPREADS? I, I CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS OZZI.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT.
UM, IT, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, CONS CONCERNS FOR EACH SITE.
SO SOMETIMES IT MIGHT, SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT, BUT NOT ALWAYS.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY, DOES THE APPLICATION HAVE AN MSD LAYER? NOT YET.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
AND DO WE HAVE A, A SENSE OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SITES HAVE A GROUNDWATER OR A WATER ISSUE? YOU HAVE DATA THAT WOULD INDICATE TO US HOW MANY SITES AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL THE SITES INCLUDE WATER ISSUES? UM, I CAN GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE.
YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH ONE AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE FRS, WHICH SHOULD INDICATE THE TYPE OF CONTAMINATION.
BUT I HAVEN'T LIKE, DONE THE ACTUAL CALCULATION ON OKAY.
CAN WE GET THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE? YEAH, I COULD TRY AND GET THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER DURO HAD ASKED ABOUT THE SUPER FUND SITES LIKE LAND PLATING.
UM, THE SITES, ANY SITE THAT'S FUNDED AS A SUPERFUND SITE CANNOT BE FUNDED AS A BROWNFIELD SITE AT THE SAME TIME.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S SOMETHING CONCERNING THAT SITE THAT IS NOT ALREADY FUNDED UNDER THE SUPER FUND, IT CAN'T BE FUNDED.
I I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO IF WE HAVE A, A DIFFERENT CONCERN FOR THE SITE, IT MIGHT QUALIFY FOR THE EXPLORER APPLICATION.
IF IT'S, YEAH, IF EPA, IF IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE FUNDING, THE EPA ALREADY OFFERING, YEAH.
IF IT'S NOT FUNDED, UH, UNDER THE SUPERFUND SIDE, IT CAN BE COVERED.
BUT IF IT'S ALREADY FUNDED UNDER THE SUPERFUND SIDE, IT WOULDN'T BE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT JUST LEAD TESTING.
IT IS LEAD TESTING UNDER THE BROWNSVILLE, UH, SITE.
'CAUSE THE EPA DOESN'T, UH, FINANCE, UH, LEAD TESTING.
I WOULD STILL, BUT THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO SEE.
YEAH, I, I, I WOULD STILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, SEND US INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE AND WE CAN EVEN COME ON SITE AND CHECK IT OUT.
UM, THE, THE WHAT EPA IS REALLY TRYING TO DO IS NOT HAVE THE SITE FUNDED BY THE SUP SUPER FUND AND BROWNFIELDS AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT WE NEVER REJECT ANY SITE WITHOUT EVALUATION.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY LIKE TO FOLLOW IT UP AND, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN
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DO OR PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF THAT WORKS.'CAUSE WE WANNA CHECK THE PEOPLE.
WE NEED FUNDING FOR LEAD TESTING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THE LEAD WAS FOUND ON LANE PLATING.
BUT THE EPA HAS NO FINANCIAL OR REGULATIONS OF TESTING THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE WILL, THIS MIGHT HELP US.
SO I REACH OUT TO YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAM IS FOR ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP.
SO I, I'M ON BEEN WITH THE CG FROM DAY ONE, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO YEAH, THAT BROWNFIELD WOULDN'T APPLY TO THAT.
SO, BUT WOULD THIS APPLY SPECIFICALLY, CAN IT APPLY TO PATIENT CARE KIND OF ISSUES AS WELL FOR LEAD TESTING? I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU SUBMIT THE GRANT FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR LEAD TESTING? WOULD, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS? UM, USUALLY FOR THE BROWNFIELD, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE ASK, UH, IS, IS, IS THE SITE AT BROWNFIELD SITE, UM, IF THE SITE IS AT BROWNFIELD SITE, THEN WE LOOK INTO, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT CAN, UM, UH, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE SITE.
SO JUST TO, UH, LIKE THE GENERAL QUESTION, WOULD IT, WOULD, IT WILL, WILL, COULD WE USE IT TO JUST DO LEAD TESTING? PROBABLY NOT AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, HEALTH MONITORING IS PART OF, UH, BROWNFIELD FUNDING UNDER THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANT.
UM, HELP MONITORING, UM, CAN BE COVERED, BUT THAT'S USUALLY IF IT'S RELATED TO A SITE THAT IS ALREADY BEING EVALUATED AS A BROWNFIELD SITE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER POSTON AND THEN DR.
UM, HEY, JUST A SUPER SIMPLE QUESTION.
IF A CITIZEN HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, WHERE ON THE WEBSITE DOES IT SHOW, UM, WHO THEY CAN CONTACT? MAYBE I'M MISSING THAT.
UM, IT'S AT THE TOP OF OUR BROWNFIELDS WEBSITE WHERE THIS WILL, THIS LINK WILL BE POSTED.
I'M ON THAT, I'M ON THE WEBSITE 'CAUSE I'M ONLINE, SO I'M LOOKING ON THE WEBSITE.
SO MAYBE I'M MISSING IT ON HERE.
I USE THE LINK IN THE MEMORANDUM.
UM, IF YOU GO TO UH, BROWNFIELDS.GOV, THAT'S WHERE THIS WILL BE POSTED.
WE JUST SENT YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY THE LINK.
YEAH, YOU JUST GAVE US A QUICK, THAT'S IT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH STAFF FOR THE WORK YOU PUT INTO PREPARING THIS AND ALSO FOR SHARING THIS WITH US.
I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TOOL.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS, AND I DID NOT LOOK IN ADVANCE OF THE PRESENTATION, SO I THINK FOR BOTH OF MY QUESTIONS, I JUST DIDN'T SEE, UM, BUT THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, OH, MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, FOR THE BROWN FIELDS THAT ARE ENTERED, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A REALLY, LIKE A GRADIENT SCALE RATING OF WHERE THEY ARE ALONG THE PROGRESS OF REMEDIATION.
SO FROM LIKE, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM GREEN TO RED, RED TO GREEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S SHOWING WHERE IT IS REALLY EASILY, I THINK WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, ARE YOU OFFERING CITIZEN TRAINING ON HOW TO USE THE TOOL AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE TOOL? 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT I THINK, UM, IT COULD BE VALUABLE TO OFFER SOME SORT OF TRAINING FOR CITIZENS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY PLAN ON INCLUDING, UH, DEMONSTRATIONS AS PART OF OUR, UH, QUARTERLY ROUND FIELD WORKSHOPS THAT WE CURRENTLY, UH, SET UP.
SO WE DEFINITELY HOPE TO INCLUDE THAT AND BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO, WELL, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE OF COURSE, UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TAKE FEEDBACK TOO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GETTING BETTER AND IT'S MAKING SENSE.
SO YES, WE, WE, WE DO PLAN ON DOING THAT.
BRITA CHU, CHIEF DATA OFFICER DATA ANALYTICS, WE ALSO PLAN TO INCLUDE THIS IN OUR SERIES WHERE WE'RE TEACHING SORT OF DATA LITERACY AND SHOWING CITIZENS, UM, HOW TO USE THE, THE TOOL.
SO WE PLAN ON INCLUDING THIS AS WELL.
SO YES, IN TWO PLACES WE'LL BE TRYING TO, UH, TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE IT.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YEP.
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CHAIR.IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS STORIES REVOLVING AROUND BROWNFIELD, SUCH AS AMERICA AIRLINE CENTER, WHICH IS BUILT ON BROWNFIELD.
AND WE'VE HAD MAJOR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS TREK THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BROWNFIELD DALLAS, THRIVES ON SUCCESS STORIES.
WELL, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE GIVEN THE NEW DATA THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU BRING THAT FORWARD IN SUCH A WAY WE CAN ATTRACT NEW PARTNERS TO COME BE INVOLVED IN THIS.
SO WE CAN ACCESS PRIVATE FUNDS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY FUNDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE, AS WE LEARN THIS, WE HAVE PEOPLE WE CAN WORK WITH TO BRING NEIGHBORHOODS FORWARD, TO DO, UM, WORK ON IT, TO REMEDIATE AND TO, UH, DO FURTHER POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH THAT IN THE PAST TO ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO, TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT, UM, AND CREATE THIS SUCCESS STORY GIVEN THIS NEW SET OF DATA, WHICH I, I THINK IS WONDERFUL.
WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, HAD CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU'RE BRINGING UP A GOOD POINT.
AND, UM, SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT TREK.
SO WE DO MEET WITH THEM, BUT WE ALSO, THESE QUARTERLY, UM, BROWNFIELD, UH, MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAM AND SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTION.
UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.
THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, TO OUR, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THE STRONGER OF OUR COMMUNITIES CAN BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THIS COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, PROXIMITY TO CONTAMINATED SITES SUCH AS BROWNFIELDS AND SUPERFUND SITES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION AND EVALUATION OF THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY INDICATORS THAT INCLUDED IN THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MADE IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE COMMISSION'S VOTED POSITION ON THAT.
AND JUST, UM, DOING A BETTER JOB OF COMPREHENSIVELY CONSIDERING THE EXPERIENCES OF EACH OF THESE COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, SOIL CONTAMINATION, AIR CONTAMINATION, ET CETERA, UM, AS THEIR, THEIR TOTAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND AS AN EQUITY INDICATOR AS WELL.
SO JUST BRINGING THAT BACK UP TO THE FOREFRONT, UM, DOES REMIND ME THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN EQUITY INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM ON, UM, FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
SO PLEASE, UH, UM, WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TO BE, UH, RESCHEDULED.
UM, AND WILL YOU PLEASE REMIND ME AT THE END OF THIS MEETING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UM, EQUITY SUMMIT THAT'S COMING UP, THE EQUITY SYMPOSIUM THAT'S COMING UP.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT, UH, I DO WANNA EXPRESS OUR THANKS FOR Y'ALL JOINING US THIS EVENING FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS NEGO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, UM, ON THIS PROGRAM.
IT IS, UH, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITIES USING, UM, THESE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UH, AMANI AND MELISSA, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, UM, AND FOR WORKING ON THIS AND FOR BRINGING US THIS UPDATE THIS EVENING.
WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? IS THIS LIVE AND AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW? UHHUH
WE CAN SHARE THIS WITH COMMUNITIES.
LET'S KEEP IT UNDER WE'RE YEAH, YEAH, FOR NOW.
'CAUSE WE'RE KNOW, GONNA TAKE SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT 'EM.
LET US KNOW WHEN IT'S, WHEN WE CAN SHARE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP YOU SHARE THIS INFORMATION, SO THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ONE VOTING ITEM AND THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR 2025, UH, MEETING CALENDAR.
THE DATES FOR OUR PROPOSED MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, BARRING ANY HOLIDAY OR INCIDENT.
UM, AND IF YOU WANNA JOT THEM DOWN FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE UPCOMING MEETING DATES ARE FEBRUARY 12TH, MARCH 12TH,
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APRIL 9TH, MAY 14TH, JUNE 11TH, JULY 9TH, AUGUST 13TH, SEPTEMBER 10TH, OCTOBER 8TH, NOVEMBER 12TH, AND DECEMBER 10TH IF WE'RE FEELING FANCY.SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR.
THE MEETING CALENDAR IS APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, STEPHANIE, WILL YOU MAKE A NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS WOOTEN AND SIEGEL ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING? WELCOME TO YOU BOTH.
MS. REAGAN, MS. THOMPSON AND MS.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GET INTO, UH, OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AND AS A REMINDER AND A CONSIDERATION, AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF THAT ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING, WOULD LIKE TO DEPART SOON SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE WINTER STORM THAT'S APPROACHING AND HANDLE THE BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED AT HOME.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, MAKE OUR, UH, MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES IN OUR DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS BRIEF, IF YOU WILL.
I'D LIKE TO WRAP THIS MEETING UP BY SEVEN O'CLOCK AT SIX 15.
SO, ALRIGHT, LET US GET INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, THE FIRST IS APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES.
WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT JOINED SUBCOMMITTEES, NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS, UM, THAT WANNA SWITCH SUBCOMMITTEES, EXISTING MEMBERS THAT WANNA SWITCH SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, AND SO AFTER DISCUSSION, UH, MS. BEVIN IS GOING TO BE JOINING THE, UH, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE, MS. BEVIN, IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
YEAH, NO, UNFORTUNATELY OUR HEALTH COMMITTEE IS STRUCTURED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS.
SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAVE THAT THAT BENEFITS YOU.
MS. POSTON, UM, SPI STAND THAT THE COMMITTEE, IF THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
ANYONE ELSE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED A POTENTIAL TRANSITION TO A NEW COMMITTEE GOING ONCE 20 TWICE.
YOU MAY SERVE ON TWO COMMITTEES.
IF, IF YOUR TIME ALLOWS AND YOUR INTERESTS ALLOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION OF OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES, BEGINNING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
AVI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRIEF US? THE VAPING ORDINANCE WENT THROUGH Y'ALL.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY ADDED MARIJUANA IN PUBLIC SPACES AS WELL.
UM, MISS TEXAS SPOKE TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN NUMEROUS PEOPLE FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SPOKE AS WELL.
LOCKMAN'S COMMISSIONER GAVE HIM PLENTY OF GLOWING, UM, CREDIT.
UH, AND SO IT, UM, IT DOESN'T BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
LET'S GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE JUSTICE.
BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THAT, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, VOTED NOT TO APPROVE A BATCH, UH, SOME BATCH PLANS.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TWO SUCCESSES IN, IN, IN ONE MONTH.
AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE LATTER THING ON THE BATCH PLANS IN PARTICULATE.
SO REALLY, IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF ACTING ON THAT.
IS THAT CARPENTER? IS THAT CARPENTER? UHHUH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WE DID NOT MEET DUE TO HOLIDAYS.
WE ARE SET TO MEET ON JANUARY 27TH.
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IMPLEMENTATION.WE DON'T HAVE, UH, MEETING AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT HAS NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES.
UH, BEFORE DIRECTOR EVANS ANNOUNCED HIS DEPARTURE, WE HAD A LITTLE HUDDLE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AROUND THE EMBODIED CARBON, UM, CRITERIA INCLUDED IN THE BOND, UM, 2024 BOND PACKAGE.
UH, HE IS WORKING OR HE WAS WORKING TO SET UP AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO ESTABLISH THE RULEMAKING AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA ADMINISTER, UH, THAT CRITERIA.
UH, THAT WILL PROBABLY, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S GONNA PICK UP THE MANTLE THERE, BUT I ASSUME THAT WORK IS GOING FORWARD AND IT WILL TAKE THE CITY A COUPLE MEETINGS TO KIND OF GET ALIGNED.
SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO OUR PRIVATE SECTOR, INDUSTRY MARKET PREPAREDNESS KIND OF COALITION BUILDING EFFORT, WHICH, UH, COMMISSIONER POSTON, UH, HAS OFFERED TO LEAD WITH SUPPORT FROM DANIELLE.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO START THAT UNTIL LIKELY THE SECOND QUARTER.
UH, BUT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THAT IN 2025.
ALSO, HE SHARED WITH ME THAT THE WORK THAT WE DID IN 2024 AROUND THE URBAN GREENING FACTOR, UH, THAT CONCEPT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA.
UH, ORDINANCE UPDATES, UH, THROUGH THE CITY'S WORK WITH THE SMART CITIES COALITION AND, UH, ZONING AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.
UH, SO I BELIEVE HE HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A BRIEFING FOR THAT CHAIR BAAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON YOUR RADAR OR EVEN WHO TO ASK FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD GET THAT ON OUR AGENDA, THEN I THINK THE COMMITTEE COULD PICK UP THAT WORK AS WELL.
AND, UH, FINALLY, JUST WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER, RITA BEVIN.
UM, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU JOIN THE GROUP.
WE WILL BE SETTING UP OUR REGULAR BI-MONTHLY OR SEMI-MONTHLY, UH, CALENDAR INVITES FOR 2025 SHORTLY.
SO LET'S GET, UM, PRESENTLY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SOON TO BE INTERIM DIRECTOR PAUL WHITE, UP TO SPEED.
UM, AND SET UP A MEETING SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH HIM ON HOW TO MOVE THAT TASK FORCE FORWARD AND GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONER.
AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE DISTRICT ONE HAS AN UPDATE FOR US.
YOU DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR, NOPE.
I DO HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I'M BRINGING UP TO NOT WITH RESPECT TO THE ILLEGAL DUMPING INTO THE COMBS CREEK.
AND, UM, I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT CATHERINE AND THE STAFF ARE GOING TO HELP ME WITH SOME SORT OF, UH, GUIDANCE THAT I CAN TAKE TO COUNCILMAN WEST AND TO THE RESIDENT WHO HAS REPORTED IT AND NOT GOTTEN ANY HELP FROM THE CITY.
THEY JUST KEEP, UH, REFERRING IT TO, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THEN SAYING THAT THE CASE IS CLOSED.
SO I, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR TONIGHT THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SORT OF, UH, GET ON BOARD WITH THIS, UH, ISSUE AND HELP ME COME BACK WITH SOME HELP FOR THE COUNCILMAN AND THE RESIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT ISSUE TO OUR ATTENTION.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET STAFF PLUGGED IN AND GET THEM OUT THERE.
SO, UM, DISTRICT TWO, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? NOTHING TO REPORT.
DISTRICT FIVE, YOU CHAIR BISON.
UM, WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET A MEETING WITH PROCUREMENT, AND SO, UM, COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ OFFICE, UM, HAS MADE THE CONNECTION AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING WITH THEM, UH, THE THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BACK IN 2021.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT A MEETING BY NEXT MONTH.
UH, ON MONDAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING AN EVENT TO HONOR THE FORMER RAUL REYES, UH, MENTOR RESIDENT WEST DALLAS.
ONE PRESIDENT, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST FEBRUARY.
UM, THE COMMUNITY GATHERED, COUNCILMAN NVAS WAS THERE, ALONG WITH HIS WHOLE OFFICE AND MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PAY HOMAGE TO ALL OF RAUL'S LIFE, LEGACY AND WORK.
AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM HIS FAMILY AND BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT IN WEST HOUSE.
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UH, OVER THE BREAK.I, IN DECEMBER, I WAS HONORED TO PRESENT AT THE BARACK OBAMA BOYS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
I PRESENTED THE CCAP, WE TALKED ABOUT FLOOD PLAYING BEHIND THEIR SCHOOL, AND WE TALKED ABOUT LANE PLATING.
I SENT PICTURES IN, THEN I HAD THE HONOR.
ANTHONY CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND I PRESENTED THE CCAP TO THE PARENTS AT PARENT NIGHT.
IT WENT OFF WITH A BA I'M TELLING YOU, A LOT OF 'EM DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD A ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN.
BUT I, IN THE SCHOOLS, I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY KNOW I'M IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY THE BARACK OBAMA'S, UH, LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS, THERE ARE SIGNS IN BIOLOGY CLASS.
I THINK I'M SAYING IT RIGHT, BUT, UH, IT WAS THEIR CLASS.
ONE OF THE TEACHERS A YEAR OR SO AGO, ONE OF THE STUDENTS, HE'S A SENIOR, GOT A FULL RIDE TO EMORY, OKAY? AND, UH, HE WANTED ME TO COME AND PRESENT.
IT WAS THE STUDENTS WHO REQUESTED ME AND TOLD THEIR TEACHER ABOUT ME.
AND WHAT ELSE I DO IN DECEMBER, I DID A LOT OF ADVOCACY WORK IN MY COMMUNITY OF PY WORKING AT THE FARM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH TCEQ.
NOW I GOT A NEW FIGHT ON MY HAND.
TAMCO ROOFING, UH, UH, QUALITY PERMIT IS UP FOR RE PERMITTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER RELL.
DISTRICT EIGHT IS NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING.
I AM DISTRICT NINE, UM, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH.
IT'S 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM TO THE EQUITY INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM.
THIS, UH, YEAR'S THEME IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND AN ECONOMIC CASE FOR CLOSING DISPARITIES.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, VERY EXCITING GUEST SPEAKERS, INCLUDING DR.
JONE WHITE NEWSOM, WHO SERVES AS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AT THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
UM, SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THAT.
IT WILL BE AT THE BRISCO CENTER AT FAIR PARK, AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION AT DOW CITY SLASH 2025 EQUITY INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM.
AND WE WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT VIA EMAIL WITH A FLYER THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, DISTRICT 10, UH, HAD A FIRST MEETING WITH, UH, COUNCILPERSON, UH, STEWART TO DISCUSS HOSTING A BIG ONE OR TWO BIG COMMUNITY WIDE EVENTS TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE AND E-WASTE, UH, OUT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES AND APARTMENTS IN THE, UH, DISTRICT HEAD.
SO EXCITED TO LAUNCH THAT IN THE SPRING.
ALRIGHT, DISTRICT 11, UH, NO UPDATE.
OH, WILL YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON THERE? THANK YOU.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SILENCE ME IS TURN OFF MY MIC
SO, UH, THE, UM, UH, COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, TEMPLE SHALOM HAS HONORED ME AS THE, ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THEIR ANNUAL SHALOM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
UH, THAT DINNER WILL BE AT TEMPLE SHALOM ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 26TH, UH, AT THE TEMPLE.
AND, UH, I HAVE SENT INFORMATION OUT THERE, SOME PEOPLE, I'LL SEND IT OUT TO THE REST OF YOU AND HOPE YOU CAN, UH, JOIN ME AND ATTEND BECAUSE MUCH OF MY, I THINK THAT I, MUCH OF THE CREDIT GOES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE HELPED ME LEARN ABOUT AND BECOME ACTIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
UH, I ALSO GAVE A TALK ON HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT AT A CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM IN DECEMBER.
UH, A LOT OF MY DATA CAME FROM BOTH THE WORK THAT I HAD DONE WHILE I WAS AT PARKLAND AND, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE WORK THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE COLLECTIVELY.
AND, UM, UH, THERE WILL BE MORE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY ON, UH, I, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.
ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION SOMETHING ABOUT THE, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S A, UM, A PEDIATRIC ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION GROUP, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
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AND, UM, UH, AND, UM, THE OTHER ONE IS I WOULD REQUEST A SECOND, IS I REQUEST AN UPDATE ON WHERE, UH, WHAT SORT OF PROGRESS OR LACK THEREOF WE'VE MADE ON THE LAWN EQUIPMENT BY THAT.AND THEN, UH, FINALLY ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UM, MAYBE LIGHTER NOTE, UM, IF YOU, UM, LOOKED UP THE FIRES, WHICH ARE HAPPENING IN PACIFIC PALISADES, WHICH IS A TERRIBLE EVENT, YOU WILL FIND SOME THINGS CALLING THEM THE LACMAN PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS THAT THE CENTER EPICENTER OF THE, UM, OF THE FIRE IS, UH, THE LAMAN SUBDIVISION LAMAN LANE, PARTICULARLY, WHICH WAS A, A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1960S AND SEVENTIES BY A DISTANT COUSIN, EARL LAMAN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 2025 SHALOM AWARD.
I WANNA CLARIFY, YOU SAID SEPTEMBER, BUT IT'S IN JANUARY, HUH? JANUARY 26TH.
UM, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU ON OUR, ON OUR COMMISSION AND, UM, ARE EXCITED FOR THAT AWARD FOR YOU.
DISTRICT, WHAT DID WE LEAVE OFF? 13.
I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE HAVING THIS MONTH WITH, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER MURRAY OF DISTRICT 11, A JOINT DISTRICT 1113 COMMUNITY MEETING ON JANUARY 29TH.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUESTS JOINING US.
WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE, SOME BIG ISSUES THAT THE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY BE INTERESTED IN.
SO WE'VE GOT EXPERTS ON RECYCLING, WE HAVE EXPERTS ON, UM, COYOTES AND EXPERTS ON TREES WILL BE JOINING US.
AND I JUST HAVE ONE SPECIAL SUPER REQUEST, PRETTY PLEASED.
UM, WHO CAN I REACH OUT TO WHO'S BEST TO REACH OUT TO ON THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST PRESENTATION OR ANY KIND OF UPDATES THAT ARE CELEBRATING ALL THE FABULOUS STUFF THAT'S GONE ON.
UM, I'M MAKING IT MYSELF, BUT I WOULD LOVE, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT MISSING ANY PIECES OF THAT PART OF MY PRESENTATION.
YES, WE HAVE A BRIGHT, SHINY, AND NEW PRESENTATION THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME FLYERS THAT STEPHANIE MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE PDF OR DO YOU HAVE PRINTED FLYERS THAT MAYBE WE COULD SHARE FOR THIS MEETING FOR THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME SPECIALIZED FLYERS MADE WITH YOUR CONTACT AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY'S CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN, UM, PUT A GRAPHIC TOGETHER FOR A FLYER TO PROMOTE THE EVENT AND OR TO SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS.
UM, I THINK CERTAINLY, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL LOVELY AND UM, ANNOUNCEMENT FLYERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
UH, I GOT THE STUFF, UH, THE COMMISSION TABLE CLOTH BANNER AND EVERYTHING IN MY CAR AND WE DO HAVE A FLYER AND STUFF SO I CAN GO DOWN TO MY CAR AND GET IT AND BRING IT BACK UP THERE SO THEY CAN HAVE IT.
AT SOME POINT BEFORE YOUR MEETING, WILL YOU OR COMMISSIONER MURRAY COORDINATE WITH COMMISSIONER RE TO GET THE COMMISSION'S PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS? BE DELIGHTED.
I CAN JUST LEAVE THEM IN MY CAR OR I CAN LEAVE 'EM WITH STEPHANIE AND Y'ALL.
I PICK THEM UP FROM UP HERE, BUT EITHER WAY JUST LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN WHERE WOULD THEY BE AT A SPECIFIC PLACE FOR THOSE OF US DOING ENGAGEMENT ALL THE TIME? 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING ENGAGEMENT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVEN'T HAD, SO, UH, IT, IT'S UP IN THEIR, UH, MAIN OFFICE ON THE SEVENTH.
OH, IT WOULD BE WITH STEPHANIE.
UM, AND MS. TAMIA, DO YOU NEED IT BEFORE THE 29TH? NO, UH, MADAM CHAIR.
DISTRICT 14, UH, NO REPORT THIS EVENING.
UH, EARLIER DECEMBER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MEDICINES FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES.
THEY HOSTED A TWO DAY WORKSHOP, UH, ENTITLED, ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
TALKED A LOT ABOUT RESILIENCE, MENTIONED THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, HERE IN DALLAS WITH CCAP AND HOW THESE ARE SYSTEMS INTEGRATED CHALLENGES AND HOW
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WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE, UM, THE AUDIENCE MATTERS AND THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE, EITHER FROM AN ECONOMICS LENS ON A, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL LENS, FROM A SOCIAL LENS, FROM A HEALTH LENS, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE LENS THAT RESONATES DIFFERENTLY WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.I'LL SHARE THE EVENT WEBSITE WITH STEPHANIE AND CHAIR BISON THAT ALL THE, UM, VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE PRESENTATIONS, THE SLIDE, UH, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER RESOURCES IN THE AGENDA CAN BE FOUND THERE IF ANYONE'S CURIOUS AND WANTS TO LEARN MORE.
ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY FROM OUR TECHNICAL PANEL WANNA SHARE ANY UPDATES OR INFORMATION? MS. BING, WILL YOU PLEASE PLUG IN THE MISSING DETAILS FOR THAT CONFERENCE? THANK YOU.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.
SO I'M GOING TO GET STEPHANIE THE LINK FOR THE EARTH, WIND AND FIRE CONFERENCE SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST.
I AM THE COORDINATOR WORKING FOR SIERRA CLUB ON THIS.
AND I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU ALL A FEW OF THE TOPICS.
UH, ONE IS PFAS ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS IN OUR WATER SUPPLY.
YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE NEWS LATELY.
UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT MICROPLASTICS IN OUR WATERWAYS.
WE'VE GOT SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND REGIONAL CLIMATE PLAN.
UH, SOMEONE DISCUSSING OUR FUTURE WATER SUPPLY.
UH, A DISCUSSION ON URBAN FRACKING FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON ETHYLENE OXIDE, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT.
UH, WE HAVE TWO STERILIZER PLANTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT TOPICS.
AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS DOUG LEWIN, WHOM MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN ON TV THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
IT'S FILLING UP QUICKLY, BUT I'LL GET THE EMAIL OUT TO STEPHANIE.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, BUT I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
THANK YOU, MS. BE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE TECHNICAL PANEL, MR. MARCUS? OH, APOLOGIES.
WHO WAS THAT? I, I, WELL, THERESA WITH THE ZERO WASTE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THE SAND BRANCH HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT MOVEMENT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER.
NOW WE'RE UP TO 6,000 POUNDS OF TRASH THAT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM ONE LOCATION ON THAT.
BUT, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF HELP TO SECURE AN ACTUAL, UH, TRASH RECEPTACLE OR RECYCLING RECEPTACLE THAT NEEDS TO BE STATIONED THERE WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
UM, IT'S BECOMING COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING
SO, UM, I AM LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF HELP WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. TOO MINIA FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THAT.
LET'S BRAINSTORM, UM, ABOUT SOME OTHER POTENTIAL AVENUES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, MR. MARQUIS, GO AHEAD.
ONE IS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING YOU'LL BE GIVING YOU UPDATES AND I'M SURE, UH, R WILL ALSO ABOUT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS MR.
AND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL SEE WILL BE COMING THIS YEAR IS THE CREATION OF A PERMANENT WATER FUND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE HAVE A PERMANENT LAND FUND NOW, PERMANENT LAND CONSERVATION FUND AND WE EXPECT LEGISLATION, GUARDIAN PERMANENT WATER FUND.
SO WE'LL BE KEEPING INFORMED ON THAT AND WAYS TO SUPPORT THAT.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE DOING.
I SAID NOT FROM BOTH THE READING, BUT TO TELL YOU IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO JOHN BUTLER SAND WETLANDS, GO, IT'S ONE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CONSTRUCTIVE WETLANDS IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE NATURE BASED SOLUTION FILTERS WATER AND SEND BACK BONDS.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO JOHNS, FIND TIME TO GO.
ALRIGHT, MS. THOMPSON? UH, YES, THANK YOU.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, COMMISSIONER DE ROW FOR SPEAKING TO OUR YOUTH AT ST.
ANTHONY ACADEMY, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED IN SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS.
AND THAT WAS DONE ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF JUANITA KRAFT CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSE AND MUSEUM.
IN PREPARATION OF OUR, UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING, UM, POETRY JAM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING, WHICH WAS GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY.
HOWEVER, UH, WE HAVE HAD TO PUSH IT BACK TO THE
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25TH OF JANUARY.SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, UM, TO THE 25TH OF JANUARY.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, WHAT THEIR PARENTS ARE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE WEATHER.
UM, SO, BUT DO, UH, COMMISSIONER DERO FOR THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ARE ELEVATING THE VOICES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH.
UM, AND THE FOCUS IS ON ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND SO, UH, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME OUT.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
I PROMISED YOU THAT IT WOULD BE A QUICK MEETING THIS EVENING.
YOU DID IT SO I, YEAH, I THINK WE DID.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, THE PARKS, TRAILS, AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE THIRD AT 9:00 AM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 12TH.
UM, I SAID IT BEFORE, UH, IN MY LAST EMAIL TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANYONE WHO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPCOMING TRANSITION OF OUR DIRECTOR, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.
BUT OUR TASK AS A COMMISSION REMAINS THE SAME.
WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CCAP.
AND THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE TO THAT END.
AND WE ARE GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE BUILT, UM, AND, UH, WORK TOGETHER WITH, WITH NEW STAFF.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE IT EASY ON MR. WHITE
UH, WE HAVE BEEN, OH, APOLOGIES.
CAN YOU USE YOUR MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU ONLINE? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYONE ON THE, UH, CITY OF DALLAS EMAIL ADDRESSES.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU PROBABLY JUST NEED TO HAVE YOUR PASSWORD RESET.
AND IF YOU REACH OUT TO ME, I CAN SEND YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE YET, THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THEM SET UP.
THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT OR RELEASED THEM TO TELL ME TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, YOU USE YOUR NEW ONE, BUT IF YOU ALREADY HAD ONE, IT CAN BE JUST, JUST BE REACTIVATED WITH YOUR PASSWORD.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL IF I ALREADY DID IT? I THINK I DID ALREADY RESET YOURS.
I THINK, I THINK I DID IT LAST MONTH.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER GETTING SOMETHING TELLING ME I NEEDED TO REDO IT AND THAT THEY WERE SENDING, THEY WERE, THEY SENT, IF YOU ALREADY HAD ONE, THEY DID SEND IT OUT.
WELL, IF YOU DID RESET IT, YEAH, I THINK I, I DID ALREADY.
UM, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
CAN I GET A SECOND? THAT COUNT MOVED AND SECONDED.
PLEASE STAY SAFE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
FRIENDS, DON'T GO ANYWHERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UM, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR, YOUR PIPES AND YOUR PLANTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR PEOPLE.