* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. ALL [Environmental Commission on February 12, 2025.] RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:40 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN CATHERINE GURA, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER. RA, WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CALL 4 6 9, UH, SEVEN FOUR SEVEN TWO FOUR SIX FIVE THREE EIGHT, AT LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY, MARCH 12TH, EXCUSE ME, AT 5:30 PM ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UH, THIS MONTH. WE, WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TO THE PROTECTION, UH, OF OUR PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN LED BY BLACK ADVOCATES. UM, DESPITE RECENT EFFORTS TO ERASE THAT HISTORY OR TO GO BACKWARDS, WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS. UM, AND SO I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THAT WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND INSIST ON EQUITY, AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO LIFT UP AND ADVANCE THAT WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OURS TOGETHER. UH, IT'S ALSO THAT TIME THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS BACK IN SESSION, AND AMONG THE GOVERNOR'S STATED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, OUR INVESTMENTS IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THIS OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE BILL ALERTS AND TRACK THEM THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS AS THEY PROGRESS. SO, WE WILL BE, AND AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE, SENDING OUT SOME NOTIFICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON BILLS THAT WE NEED EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR. UM, AND WE EXPECT A BUSY LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE ALERTS, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH INTEREST. WE CAN DO LIKE A QUICK TUTORIAL ON, UM, HOW TO DO BILL TRACKING. UH, TOMORROW FROM 11, UH, AM TO 12:00 PM YOU CAN JOIN REZA TORRE ESPOSA OF THE CITY OF DALLAS URBAN AGRICULTURE CLIMATE COORDINATOR, UH, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON FOR AN URBAN AG AND COMMUNITY HEALTH EXPLORER DEMO. IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IN THE HAMMOND ROOM. SO YOU CAN EITHER GET THE LINK@DALLASCITYHALL.COM SLASH CALENDAR OR JOIN HER IN PERSON THERE. UH, FINALLY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WISHING OUR VERY OWN, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISOR, MR. DAVID MARQUIS, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS A GIFT, UH, AND YOUR ADVOCACY IS A GIFT TO ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING YOUR TIME AND, AND, AND SPENDING THAT, UM, TIME WITH US. WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. ALRIGHT, LET'S CALL ROLL. WHEN I SAY YOUR DISTRICT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME IF YOU ARE PRESENT. DISTRICT ONE. DEAR CATHERINE HOLMAN. MM-HMM . DISTRICT TWO. NOT YET. ALL DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR, VACANT YOU'ALL. REMEMBER THAT IF YOU KNOW ANY ADVOCATES IN THOSE, UH, COMMUNITIES TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THOSE VACANCIES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT FIVE. NO, WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU ON THE VIRTUAL SIDE. GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND. ARE THEY MUTED? ALL RIGHT, WELL, SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S VIRTUAL, GIVE US AN AUDIO CHECK, PLEASE. HELLO? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE DID HEAR THAT. TRACY. IT MAY JUST BE YOURS. SORRY. . WE'LL NOTE YOU HERE. UM, ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT SIX IS ON HER WAY. DISTRICT SEVEN, LIKE I DISTRICT EIGHT. [00:05:03] ALL RIGHT. PRESENT. AND THEN I'M DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10. HELLO, ANDREW. IT'S THERE. I'M HERE. ANDREW SIEGEL. SORRY. HI. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT 10 11. APOLOGIES. DISTRICT EIGHT, PRESENT. DISTRICT 12 HERE. GREAT. UH, DISTRICT 13? YEP. HERE. REBECCA HOSTON. DISTRICT 14. HOLIDAY DISTRICT 15. JULIE HIROTO. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR TECHNICAL PANEL, MS ING. I'M HERE. HI THERE, DR. BORO. SO LET'S SEE. DR. RO, MS. STR, I'M HERE. MS. TAMIA. PRESENT. MR. HOFFMAN. MR. MARQUIS PRESENT. AND DR. JACK PRESENT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR HEALTH PANEL. DR. ALBI. MS. FA, MS. THOMPSON. OKAY. UM, DR. STEWART? AYE. MS. SO PRESENT. MS. EVANS. MS. REAGAN PRESENT. MS. THOMAS, MS. EK PRESENT. HI THERE, MS. GI. ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. LET'S GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER. I'M GONNA RECITE OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES, UM, . AND IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND APPROACH, YOU CAN, UH, TURN THE MICROPHONE ON THERE. ALL RIGHT. THE SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY CORPSMAN, GOOD CONDUCT, APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION. ANY SPEAKER MAY MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOUR TIME IS IN, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS. FOR THOSE, UH, PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY THAT'S NOT APPLICABLE, PRESS US THIS EVENING. UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER GOMEZ, AND IF YOU'LL NOTE IN YOUR, UH, SEAT HERE, WE HAVE A HANDOUT THAT MR. GOMEZ HAS PROVIDED TO US. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. OKAY. WONDERFUL. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? AWESOME. GREAT. UH, FIRST TIME HERE. UH, LONG TIME RESIDENT IN DALLAS. UM, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I GIVE YOU A LITTLE HANDOUT. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER GOMEZ. I AM THE RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR FOR A NONPROFIT BASED HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS CLIMATE JOBS PROJECT. AND I JUST WANNA LET FOLKS, UH, BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT'S COMING INTO THE DFW AREA, THE TEXAS CONSTRUCTION CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM. IT'S A FREE, UH, THREE WEEK, UH, APPRENTICESHIP READINESS. OH, GOTTA MAKE SURE PRESSING ON THAT. UM, THAT'S DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE UNION, UH, BUILDING, UH, AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES HERE IN THE DFW AREA. UH, WE'VE HELD TWO COHORTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING, UM, IN TRAVIS COUNTY. AND FOR THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL, WE'LL BE BRINGING, UH, TWO COHORTS, UH, TOTALING 50 FOLKS, 25, UH, FOR EACH MONTH HERE TO THE DFW AREA. UM, IT IS A FREE PROGRAM, LIKE I SAID, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY STIPENDS FOR FOLKS. UH, $80 FOR THEIR, UH, CELL PHONE USE. $300 FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH CAN BE EITHER A GAS CARD OR, UH, METRO CARD, $700 FOR CHILDCARE. UH, WE RECRUIT A DIVERSE RANGE OF FOLKS, AND A LOT OF SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS DEFINITELY RELY ON THAT CHILDCARE STIPEND TO HAVE SOMEONE BE ABLE TO WATCH THE CHILDREN'S WHILE THEY'RE OUT TRAINING. UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM WE ALSO PROVIDE LUNCH, UH, FOR FOLKS DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM. WE ALSO PROVIDE A $1,500 PROGRAM, UM, COMPLETION STIPEND THAT THEY RECEIVE ON THE GRADUATION DAY AS WELL. UM, ON THAT FLYER THAT YOU HAVE, SOME OF, UH, FOLKS HAVE A TWO-SIDED ONE. ONE IS ONE SIDE. IT'S ALL THE SAME INFORMATION JUST PRINTED OUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. UH, FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE THE TWO-SIDED ONE, UH, YOU'LL SEE OUR HOUSTON COHORT CLASS THAT'S THERE. UM, EVERYONE WITH A CERTIFICATE IS A PERSON WHO'S WENT THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. UM, WE, ON GRADUATION DAY, HAVE THEM BRING OUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME SUPPORT THEM, UM, IN A BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION THAT [00:10:01] THEY'RE MAKING INTO, UH, THE UNION WORKFORCE. UM, A GREEN AND JUST ECONOMY IS JUST ON THE HORIZON FOR, UH, US IN THE UNITED STATES. AND AS WE KNOW, TEXAS IS A LEADER IN ENERGY. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT GREEN, CLEAN ENERGY, UH, NEEDS TO BE BUILT OUT. PROJECTS NEED TO BE BUILT, MAINTAINED STORE ALL THAT ENERGY THAT'S, UH, GONNA BE COMING, UH, DOWN THE PIPELINE OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL DECADES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT A UNION CONSTRUCTION FORCE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING OUT, UM, THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE GENERAL OVERVIEW. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE. ALL RIGHT. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTARY, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. YOU CAN ALSO HANG OUT IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, OR FEEL FREE TO HAVE US JUST STEP OUTSIDE RIGHT THERE AND HAVE A LITTLE SIDEBAR CONVERSATION IF YOU'D LIKE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET RIGHT INTO THE APPROVAL OF OUR, UM, MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 8TH COMMISSION MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO AMEND? OH, OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION SECTION. UH, JUST TO ADD AT THE VERY BOTTOM THAT WE HAD REQUESTED A BRIEFING ON THE UPDATED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA PROGRESS. ALL RIGHT. UH, LET'S, UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO AMEND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE MINUTES AS PROPOSED. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS AMENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. ITEM A IS AN EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT GOAL. THREE CCAP UPDATE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE FLEET OF APPLICATION, THE PROGRESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE MADE. SO I'M GONNA GIVE IT OVER TO PAUL. DIRECTOR WHITE, GO AHEAD. UM, FIRST, GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIR BZA AND A BC COMMISSIONERS. UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ME, I'M PAUL WHITE. I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR HERE AT OEQS. UM, SO OUR PLAN TODAY IS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS UNDER EACH CCAP GOAL. AND WHEN I SAY OUR PLAN FOR THE DAY, OUR PLAN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS TO DO THAT, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS UNDER EACH CCAP GOAL. UH, SO TODAY WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING GOAL NUMBER THREE, SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION. IN PARTICULAR, OUR FLEET ELECTRIC ELECTRIFICATION PROGRESS. UM, CONDUCTING A PRESENTATION IS FLEET INTERIM DIRECTOR VINCENT OLSON, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MATTHEW AMEN. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE KORAN RY PRESENT TODAY. HE'S THE INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. KORAN, YOU WANT INTRODUCE YOURSELF? NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. ALRIGHT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU GUYS TONIGHT, AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SUCCINCT AND RIGHT TO THE POINT. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FIRST IS ON THE FIRST SLIDE IS WE'RE GONNA KIND OF RECAP WHAT THE A WAS ABOUT. THAT WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HELP KEEP US FOCUSED. THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY TWO CRITICAL TIME TIMELINES AND SOME CRITICAL ASSETS THAT ARE PART OF THE CCAP, THE 2030, WHICH IS TELLING US THAT BY THAT THE CITY, UH, THE DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DART SHALL BEGIN TO, UH, PURCHASE TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION STYLE VEHICLES THAT ARE FULLY ELECTRIC. AND THEN THE LIGHT DUTY FLEET TO BE FULLY ELECTRIFIED BY 2040. UM, AND THEN, SO, SO THIS, THAT, THAT WAS IN 2020. AND THEN IN, UH, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY TO KIND OF PUT A BLUEPRINT TOGETHER FOR HOW WE WOULD ACHIEVE THIS. THE, THERE WAS A LOT OF MEAT IN THAT STUDY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT WERE, HEY, YOU GUYS HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, UH, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS PROGRAM. YOU'RE WELL INVESTED IN BIO DEALS. YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING A VERY GOOD AND DIVERSE FLEET. UH, SO LET'S, LET'S CONTINUE THAT IN THE SHORT TERM. POINT NUMBER TWO TALKS ABOUT INSTALLING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH SO FAR HAS PROVED TO BE, UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES. IT'S NOT JUST GETTING THE COMPONENTS, PIECES AND PARTS. IT'S THE PERMITS. IT'S THE UNDERGROUND, IT'S THE RELOCATION. IT'S UPDATING OLDER FACILITIES. SO IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE TASK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING IT. AND THEN LAST, UH, EVALUATE YOUR, UH, BE CAUTIOUS AND CAREFUL OF WHERE YOU DO YOUR ELECTRIFICATION. THERE IS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT [00:15:01] YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR CUSTOMER'S USE. YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THESE DEPARTMENTS ONE-ON-ONE. AND THEN IN A, IN, IN A LOT OF WAYS, WE HAVE TO BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR HELPING THEM GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SO, LAST YEAR, UH, DON ZEL GIBSON, UH, WAS THE DIRECTOR, AND HE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU GUYS, I WAS WATCHING, UH, FROM THE OFFICE. BUT THE TOP SLIDE, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT LEVEL THREE FISCAL YEAR 2024. THIS WAS ACTUALLY FROM THAT PRESENTATION. AND, UH, LEVEL THREE CHARGING IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS SLIDE. THAT IS REALLY, THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU GO TO THE GAS STATION AND YOU'RE PUTTING FUEL IN YOUR CAR, THAT TIME OF TIMEFRAME, THAT REFERENCE WHEN YOU DRIVE PAST THE TESLA CHARGING STATION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE UPDATED STATUS ON LEVEL THREE CHARGING. SO IN 2024, UH, WE HAD DESIGNS THAT WERE COMPLETED. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT NORTHWEST SERVICE CENTER IS NOT UP THERE. UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT CAMPUS IS, IS PRETTY WELL TAXED IN TERMS OF ITS ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO, UH, WE FOCUSED ON CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER IN SOUTHEAST, WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, FOUR, UH, LEVEL THREE CHARGERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UP AND FUNCTIONING AND CAPABLE OF CHARGING. UH, THESE ARE ASSIGNED PRIMARILY FOR CITY OWNED ASSETS. SO EACH CHARGING STATION HAS TWO UH, LINES ON IT FOR CHARGING. SO THAT'S BAYLOR STREET, RIGHT BEHIND THE CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER. AND THEN THE SOUTHEAST SERVICE CENTER. IT'S KIND OF BACK IN A PARKING LOT BEHIND THE FUEL ISLANDS. UH, THAT'S WHERE THOSE CHARGER ARE CURRENTLY AT. AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY UP AND RUNNING. WE'RE WAITING ON TRANSFORMERS FOR SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. AND THEN CITY HALL WAS NOT ON OUR AGENDA FOR LEVEL THREE CHARGING. THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT LEVEL TWO CHARGING, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH IN YOUR HOME APPLICATION OR KIND OF AN OVERNIGHT CHARGING CAPACITY. SO, UH, IN 24, WE HAD, UH, DESIGN COMPLETIONS AT SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, NORTHEAST, AND CITY HALL. CITY HALL WAS MORE ON THE L TWO AREA. IT'S WHERE OUR, UH, MOTOR POOL EXISTS, AND IT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR EVERYDAY USABLE FLEET'S AT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. UM, SO WE, WE, WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED NOT JUST UPDATING ALL THE BLINK CHARGERS, WE'RE THERE REPLACING THEM WITH OUR, UH, AGREEMENT WITH FORD. WE ACTUALLY ADDED SEVERAL CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL. THERE'S A COUPLE NEAT FEATURES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE STRUCTURE THE MOTOR POOL AND SOME REALLY GOOD TECHNOLOGY. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A FANTASTIC TIME TO BE IN THE FLEET BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING OUT AND THE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING. YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE IN THIS INDUSTRY ABOUT 38 YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN VARIOUS ITERATIONS OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICITY, YOU NAME IT. AND, UH, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING IT THESE DAYS. UH, SO YOU, BACK TO THE SLIDE, THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING 23 STATIONS UP THERE. THAT PICTURES THE TRENCH WHERE THE ELECTRIC WAS RUN. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ACTUAL TRENCH WE HAD TO FILL BACK IN AND MOVE IT. WE RAN INTO SOME PIPING AND UNDERGROUND THAT WE DIDN'T EXIST. SO WE'VE RELOCATED THIS KIND OF JUST UP THE HILL INTO THE, UH, AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT THAT WILL STILL BE THERE TO SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS AND CHARGE OUR CITY VEHICLES. UH, THE DOWNSTAIRS LOCATION HAS 12 CHARGERS IN IT RIGHT NOW. UH, WE HAVE FIVE, SIX MOTOR POOL ASSETS IN THERE THAT WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE ALL ELECTRIC, INCLUDING A 12, A 14 PASSENGER BUS WITH WHEELCHAIR CAPABIL, IN FACT, TWO WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY VEHICLE. UH, AND, UM, AND WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THAT IN A MINUTE, SOUTHEAST. I'M SORRY. UH, YEAH, SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST. SOUTHEAST HAS ITS, UH, TRANSFORMER, WHICH IS WHEN WE ORDER THESE TRANSFORMERS, ESSENTIALLY WAS, IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO GET 'EM SOMEWHERE AROUND 45 WEEKS TO GET THESE THINGS THROUGH ENCORE. SO PART OF THAT COORDINATION IS, IS REALLY ENTANGLED IN AND IT'S TIME CONSUMING. SOUTHWEST IS STILL WAITING FOR US TRANSFORMER. WE'VE GOT SOME TRENCH AND SOME, UH, TREE CLEARING THAT'S HAPPENING WHERE THIS, THIS EQUIPMENT'S GONNA GO ALTOGETHER. WE'RE HOPING TO PUT ABOUT 75 CHARGING STATIONS UP EACH OF THEM, CAPABLE OF TWO, UH, CHARGING TWO VEHICLES. SO HOPEFULLY OUR CAPACITOR WILL BE UPWARD, SOMEWHERE AROUND 200, UH, EVS HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A, ALSO AN UPDATED STATUS FROM, UH, FROM LAST YEAR'S POWER, UH, POWERPOINT. AND SO THE FIRST GRID SAYS, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES UNDER CONSIDERATION. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 19, AND THIS YEAR WE STATE THAT THERE'S 20. BUT KEEP IN MIND, EVERY TIME WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION WITH DEPARTMENTS ABOUT VEHICLES AND DONEL COIN LA [00:20:01] PHRASE CALLED A NOVI, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST CONSIDERATION IS WHAT CAN WE REMOVE FROM THE VEHICLE OR FROM THE FLEET? WHAT ARE YOU UTILIZING? WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE EVALUATE IT? YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT UTILIZATION. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BRINGING REALLY ONLY 20 UNDER CONSIDERATION, THIS REALLY IS A MOVING NUMBER. 'CAUSE WHEN WE TAKE THESE FLEETS APART VEHICLE BY VEHICLE AND EXAMINE WHAT THEY'RE USING AND HOW WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THIS, UH, IT'S, WE GENERALLY BUY CONSIDERABLY MORE. AND WE HAVE DONE SO THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. SO, 2025, WE WERE AT A TOTAL OF, OR 2024, WE WERE AT A TOTAL OF 112. WE'RE AT A TOTAL OF 124 THIS YEAR. AND SOME OF THOSE WILL REFLECT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MOTOR POOL, UM, VEHICLES THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT VENDORS HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WE ARE, WE ARE PENDING. WE HAVE ABOUT 60 THAT WE'RE WAITING TO RECEIVE THIS TIME. LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 58. SO THESE THINGS TAKE TIME TO GET THROUGH THE PIPELINE AND TAKE TIME TO BUILD AND GET THEM UPFITTED AND, AND PUT INTO THE FLEET. UM, ON HOLD. AT HENSLEY, WE HAVE ABOUT 38 UNITS AND APARTMENTS ASSIGNED. WE HAVE ABOUT 26 OUT THERE, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, 27. WE HAD 27. AND 2024. WE DID HAVE ONE VEHICLE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AN EV. AND, UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN INTERESTING LEARNING CURVE BECAUSE IT DID TOTAL THE VEHICLE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACCIDENT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN IT, IT WASN'T CITY MEMBERS' FAULT. THE VEHICLE STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND IT CAVED IN SOME OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. AND BECAUSE IT BREACHED THE BA THE BATTERY CAVITY, THE VEHICLE WAS TOLL. SO, YOU KNOW, THE, SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON, HOW DO WE HANDLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF FIRE AND SAFETY WITH THESE VEHICLES? ALL THESE THINGS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAFFIC. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO INJURIES. AND, UH, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS WAS, UH, THE, THE, UH, SO FAR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025, THIS WAS A, THIS WAS A PICTURE OF THE ELECTRIC VAN THAT YOU WOULD SEE DOWN ON L TWO TONIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE OF THESE VANS AS WELL. AND WE'VE BEEN SHOPPING IT TO SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS. THE PARKS AND RECREATION HAS INDICATED AN INTEREST IN IT. UH, MARSHALL'S OFFICE HAS IN INDICATED AN INTEREST IN IT. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE FULLY ELECTRIC VANS, AIR CONDITIONED, HEATED WHEELCHAIR CAPABILITIES, AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING INTO THIS. AND GPS LOCATION, WHICH IS, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A VERY NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE GOT THAT ARE AFFECTING US, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING OUTTA THESE VEHICLES IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. AND THERE'S A LOT MORE OF IT COMING AT A LOT FASTER PACE. AND THEN WE WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH HOW DO WE GET IT INTO ONE PLATFORM? EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO VERTICALLY INTEGRATE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEY WANT YOU TO BUY THIS, AND THEY WANT YOU TO BUY THIS SPECIFICALLY. AND SO WE REALLY KINDA HAD TO BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A WATCHDOG BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LARGE CITY WITH A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, AND WE CAN GET PICKED APART IN SOME WAYS BY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS, SELLING IT. AND, AND AS THE VEHICLE UPFITTERS AND THE REPAIR AGENT AND THE STEWARDS OF THEM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING 'EM APART AND, YOU KNOW, BOGGING 'EM DOWN WITH ALL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE CROSS, UH, COMMUNICATING. UH, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS VAN RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS REALLY PART OF OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW ACQUISITION. THESE WERE SOME LEFTOVER VANS FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST, UH, PARTS. NOT PARTS SUPPLIERS, BUT, UH, DISTRIBUTORS ON THE INTERNET. AND WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL AS A HUB AND SPOKE SYSTEM IN OUR, UH, PARTS DEPARTMENT. ONE LARGE CENTRAL WAREHOUSE THAT FEEDS THESE FIVE SMALLER LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. UH, THE INVENTORIES RUN, AND BY THE TIME STAFF COMES IN THE MORNING, THEY'RE BUILDING PALLETS OF GOODS TO DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS ELECTRIC VAN, UH, HAS SOME PRETTY NEAT FEATURES, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE DOOR IN THE BACK THAT LETS SMALLER PALLETS BE ENTERED THROUGH THERE. THE WALKWAY DOWN THE MIDDLE, THE LIGHTING ON IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T ACTIVATE UNTIL YOU WALK DOWN THE VAN. SO WE'RE NOT CONSUMING ENERGY. UH, THE LANE DEPARTURE, UH, THE HEATED WINDSHIELD SURROUND VIEW CAMERAS, UM, AND SOME OF THE CRASH AVOIDANCE FEATURES ARE IF YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BACKING UP AND YOU'RE UNDER A CERTAIN, IT'LL JUST BREAK AUTOMATICALLY AND STOP THE VEHICLE ENTIRELY. SO THESE ARE SOME VEHICLES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO VENDORS AND KIND OF PUT IN THE POOL AS WELL. UM, AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE PLANNED? WELL, WE'VE KIND OF RATED ALL THESE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA START RATING THE FACILITIES THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE AND [00:25:01] FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF ELECTRICAL CAPACITY WE HAVE TO START INSTALLING MORE CHARGING STATIONS. UM, WE HAD OUR OWN STATIONS LOOKED AT WHERE CAN WE PUT MORE VEHICLES FOR CUSTOMERS SO THAT WE CAN CHARGE 'EM WHEN THEY'RE IN FOR SERVICE OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR OWN FLEETS. HOW DO WE BE AN EXAMPLE FOR SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AND THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT WE DRIVE AND THAT WE USE. SO WE HAD ALL FIVE SERVICE CENTERS EVALUATED. WE HAD HENSLEY FIELD EVALUATED TOO. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE VERY ANXIOUS AND EXCITED TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME OF THIS STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, BUT THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES START. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT MOVE FORWARD ON, UH, OUR, UH, CHARGING SYSTEMS AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. AND SO HOW DO WE GET THIS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CENTRAL FLEET SOFTWARE? UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. IT'S OUR SYSTEM OF RECORD. WE'VE HAD IT FOR YEARS. IT'S A VERY RELIABLE AND ROBUST SYSTEM. SO GETTING SOME OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET GOOD REPORTS TO BRING BACK ON OUR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS. UH, LAST SLIDE. I KNOW I'M RUNNING A LITTLE LONG HERE, SO LAST SLIDE PLEASE. SO, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BRING FORWARD SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES, SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES, DISCOUNTED PRICING. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN VERY RECENT WEEKS SINCE THINGS HAVE CHANGED, AND SOME OF THE MANDATES HAVE EASED, UH, VENDORS HAVE REALIZED THEIR INVENTORY AND ARE BRINGING FUNDS FORWARD, SOME DISCOUNTED PRICES. SOME ARE HOLDING BACK INVENTORY TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THIS. BUT WE TALK WITH OUR VENDORS, WE TALK WITH THEM CONSTANTLY, UH, PICK A NAME AND WE TALK, UH, WITH THEM. SO IT DID BRING SOME UNITS AVAILABLE FOR US. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY WON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PURCHASING CONTRACT, AND THAT CONTRACT GIVES US THAT FREEDOM TO MOVE INTO SOME OF THESE POSITIONS. CHARGING STATIONS, AVAILABILITY, PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM ON THE MARKETPLACE RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, OFFERING DISCOUNTS, IF YOU WILL, WHICH BRINGS THE NEXT ONE COMPETITION. UH, AND THEN THE END GAME IS THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND THE FUEL USE REDUCTION, WHICH IS ALWAYS A, A PLUS FOR US. HOWEVER, ON THE CHALLENGE SIDE, UH, VENDOR SUSTAINABILITY, WE'VE SEEN SOME BIG NAMES EITHER EXIT THE MARKET ALTOGETHER AND WE'VE SEEN SOME CLOSE THEIR DOORS ALTOGETHER. SO FOR US, THAT'S A SCARY PROSPECT BECAUSE WE NEED THE PRODUCT SUPPORT, WE NEED PARTS AVAILABILITY, WE NEED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, RECALLS AND WARRANTY. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE RESALE OF THESE ASSETS? CAN THEY BE RESOLD? THEY BECOME A NET LOSS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF 'EM AND HAVE THEM TAKEN APART. REPAIR INFORMATION, SPECIALTY TOOLS, TECHNICIAN TRAINING, FUNDING AND REBATES. AND LAST WAS THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND SO THAT WE CAN GET MEANINGFUL INFORMATION AND, UH, THAT PRESENTS OUR FINDINGS TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE CITY AT LARGE. SO GUYS, THAT WAS A LOT OF TALKING. I APOLOGIZE. SO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MATT, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I BET, I BET WE DO. LET ME GO TO . LET ME GO ONTO CHAIR WALLACE. LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN UNMUTE TRACY. NO, CAN'T HEAR YOU STILL. YOU WANNA TRY CALLING IN? STAY ON CAMERA AND THEN AND, AND CALL IN. SEE IF THAT'LL DO IT. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, MR. HOFFMAN, GO AHEAD. UM, I KNOW THAT THE, THE ELECTRICAL, THE ELECTRIC FLEET IS RELATIVELY NEW, BUT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SERVICE AND OPERATIONAL COSTS IN COMPARISON TO YOUR ICE FLEET VEHICLES? UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME REALLY, SOME OLD INFORMATION OFF A SET OF, UH, NISSAN LEAVES THAT WE HAD BACK IN 2012. AND THOSE WERE FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE TO RUN, BUT PEOPLE DID THE, THE MILEAGE, THEY JUST REALLY DID NOT GET USED. THE TECHNOLOGY BACK THEN WAS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT VERY RELIABLE. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, THE HEAT, YOU KNOW, THE LIFECYCLE AND THE BATTERIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY LASTED A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, THE CONVENIENCES WEREN'T THERE FOR STAFF. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UH, SO ALTHOUGH WE DO WATCH COST PER METER, GETTING THE IDEA OF KILOWATTS AND HOW DO WE GET KILOWATTS INTO OUR MAIN, UH, SHOP SOFTWARE IS PART OF ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE FUELS OF ALL KINDS. IT EVEN HAS AN OPTION FOR KILOWATTS, BUT KILOWATTS USED INTO THAT. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT MY SUSPICIONS ARE JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH THE OLDER THAT THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO NOTHING IN THE, IN THE LONG ONE, THEY WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS. BUT I COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME. [00:30:01] MY OTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WHERE, UM, AND ON THE CHARGING STATIONS FOR, TO GET TO LEVEL THREE CHARGING, AND THIS IS KIND OF A SPECIFIC QUESTION, DO YOU NEED PHASE THREE POWER TO OPERATE ONE OF THOSE 300 OR ONE OF THOSE LEVEL THREE CHARGERS? IS THAT THE ISSUE? GETTING THAT LEVEL OF LIKE A, YOU CAN JOIN THE MEETING. I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PHASING. YEAH, BUT, UH, I DON'T, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THE, THE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THESE TRANSFORMERS, THE UNIQUE COUPLERS THAT ARE PART OF IT. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S BEEN SOME OF THE DELAY ON, ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT I DON'T, I COULD GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THE PHASING. WELL, IT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU GET A THREE, THREE, I, I, I'M, I'M IN RESIDENTIAL, YOU, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ELECTRICITY YOU'RE GONNA DELIVER TO A BUILDING. AND I KNOW YOU CAN GET UP TO FOUR 40 DELIVERED TO A BUILDING. AND IF THAT, IF THAT'S THE STOP FOR SOME OF THE LEVEL PRE CHARGING, I JUST WAS CURIOUS Y YEAH. THAT, UH, THAT VOLTAGE LEVEL SOUNDS FAMILIAR. IT'S, UH, YES. SO I KNOW THAT'S THE VOL LEVEL OF VOLTAGE FOUR 40. CORRECT. OKAY. UH, CHAIR ROBERSON, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE. ARE THERE, ARE THOSE CHALLENGES VERY SIMILAR TO ALL CITIES, UH, TRYING TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING? IS THERE ANYBODY LIKE US AND HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT HOW THEY'RE SOLVING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES SO THAT WE CAN HELP YOU ? YEAH. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND WE DO, WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE NAFA, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND VARIOUS FLEET ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE DO DIG INTO SOME OF THESE. AND THERE ARE, THERE'S GENERALLY PARTS OF THE PUZZLE THAT COULD FIT INTO OURS, BUT THEN THE SOLUTION IS NOT ENTIRELY THERE. AND SO THERE'LL BE SOME UNIQUE OFFSHOOTS TO IT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO YES, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED WITH SOMEBODY FROM NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY. HE SAID, WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, ALL WE DO IS WE GET THESE ONE 10 CHARGERS, PLUG 'EM INTO THE WALL, AND WE LET THE, THE VE AND WE DO THAT. AND IT'S REALLY EASY. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, BUT HOW MANY VEHICLES DO YOU HAVE? AND, WELL, WE HAVE 65 VEHICLES INCLUDING OUR, AND I GO, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM LEVELS OF SECURITY TO, YOU KNOW, THE PARTS AND PIECES IN THESE HAVE VALUE. SO SOMETIMES THINGS AND CABLES GET STOLEN IF THEY'RE FULL OF COPPER. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SECURE THIS STUFF? AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SO TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE EXAMPLES. THE BIGGEST THING THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS SOLVED AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS THE, THE, ALL THE DATA AND WHO'S HOLDING IT AND WHO WANTS IT. EVERYBODY WANTS THE DATA. YOU KNOW, THERE'S REAL VALUE IN THAT. AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF FIGHTING OVER IT. IT'S GETTING IN THE WAY OF SOME OF THE STUFF. , WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS CLOSEST TO US? OR ARE WE UNIQUELY JUST US ? UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A, A, A, A A GOOD ANSWER. WE'VE TALKED WITH AUSTIN A FAIR BIT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHALLENGES AS WELL. UM, I, ONE THING THAT I GUESS I WOULD SAY SOME CITIES OR SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS THAT I'VE TALKED TO WERE REALLY PUSHED HARD INTO IT, AND THEY'LL HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE SITTING IN THEIR MAKE READY LOTS, NOT, THAT CAN'T BE ISSUED, OR IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. UM, SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE PACE THAT WE GOT INTO THE WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD. IT'S A VERY GOOD SUSTAINABLE KIND OF, UH, UH, PUSH AND PULL. IT'S VEHICLES, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S VEHICLES, AND FINDING THE RIGHT LOCATIONS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE IN HINDSIGHT, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE IT AT ALL. UM, AND SO I HAVEN'T, UH, IF YOU'RE ASKING, COULD WE GO FASTER, IS THERE WAYS TO DO THINGS FASTER? I, I CERTAINLY, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY THAT'S, UH, SO FAR AHEAD OF US. NO, I, I DIDN'T IN ANY WAY MEAN FASTER NO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES FASTER MAKES YOU FAIL. YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR TIME, GET IT DONE. RIGHT. I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHENEVER I DO RESEARCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT, IT IS NOT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CITIES LIKE US I MIGHT FIND. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF UNIQUE. I GUESS CLOSEST MIGHT BE HOUSTON, BUT THEN THEY'RE GULF, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE MORE DESERTS THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU FOUND ANOTHER CITY WITH POPULATIONS LIKE THAT, BUT NO. FAST AND FURIOUS AND FAILING. NO. , I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. . I MEAN, THE APPROACH. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. YOU [00:35:01] MENTIONED Y'ALL WOULD HAVE 75 EV CHARTER STATIONS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WOULD THE CITY, UH, RESIDENTS OF DALLAS BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE 75, UH, EV CHARGERS? THE, THESE WERE STRICTLY, UH, INWARD FACING FOR OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE OVER 6,000 ASSETS JUST IN OUR GENERAL FLEET APPLICATION. MM-HMM . OR I SHOULD SAY 5,800. SO CLOSER NUMBER. SO WE, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN AS THE FLEET DEPARTMENT, STRICTLY ON INTERNAL ASSETS, YOU KNOW, SO, YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. LET'S COME BACK TO CHAIR WALLACE AND SEE, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOUR PHONE? LEMME SEE IF THAT, JUST ONE MOMENT. LEMME SEE IF WE CAN UNMUTE IT. SO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. 'CAUSE WE DID HEAR, WE DID HEAR YOU DIALING IN WHEN YOUR MIC WAS OPEN, SO LET'S SEE IF THAT'LL WORK. UNMUTE YOUR CAMERA OR YOUR, YOUR COMPUTER. SORRY. OH, OKAY. ANY LOUDER. HI, WE HEAR YOU. AND YOU CAN HANG UP THE PHONE NOW THAT, THAT'S, YOU'RE GOOD. . OKAY. UM, SO A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, UM, SO I'VE BEEN AN EV DRIVER FOR SIX YEARS, AND ONE, I, I'VE GOT A SERIES OF QUESTIONS HERE. UM, CURIOUS ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. UM, LET ME START WITH SOMETHING I WANNA SAY. UH, FIRST OF ALL IS THAT I AM SO GLAD CITY STAFF, SOME CITY STAFF IS LISTENING TO NRL, SUCH GREAT INFORMATION THAT'S NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW. AND, UM, AND I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, UH, OEQS HAS LISTENED TO NRL, UM, AND CHAIR ROBERSON. I WOULD SAY THAT CHICAGO IS SIMILAR AND ONE AREA THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF US IS THEY ARE USING ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCKS AND THE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY, UM, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLES MORE IN THE COLD OF THE NORTH THAN IT DOES HERE. WE COULD DO IT. AND, UM, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE UNDER THE, UH, NOTION THAT WE CAN'T, CHICAGO'S BEEN USING 'EM FOR TWO YEARS. UM, AND THEN MY, MY CURIOSITY IS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A NEW EV DRIVER, THERE'S REALLY A LEARNING CURVE BECAUSE IN SO MANY WAYS ICE VEHICLES OPERATE DIFFERENTLY THAN EVS. UM, I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH EDUCATION IS PROVIDED FOR STAFF. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE WINTER WHEN IT IS COLD, THE HEATER IS GONNA DRAIN YOUR BATTERY, BUT IN THE SUMMER, AIR CONDITIONING REALLY DOESN'T DO THAT. SO, UM, IT'S ALSO QUITE DIFFERENT IN THAT CITY DRIVING IS GOOD FOR YOUR RANGE AS OPPOSED TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. SO, UM, CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, THE EDUCATION THAT'S GIVEN TO STAFF THAT WILL BE DRIVING ANY OF THESE VEHICLES AND, AND, UM, COMMISSIONER DERE AND OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED? UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CHARGING STATIONS. ELECTRIFY AMERICA HAS SOME, UH, IF YOU HAVE TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAY. UM, GOOD RELIABLE ONES, UH, LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGERS, AND, UM, THEY'RE AT PLACES IF YOU CHECK, THEY'RE AT PLACES LIKE, UM, A VARIETY OF, OF PLACES BUCKY'S HAS. UM, UM, AND, UM, CRACKER BARREL HAS SOME, I MEAN, THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT PLACES ALL AROUND. MOST PEOPLE WHO OWN AN EV THOUGH WILL CHARGE AT HOME OVERNIGHT, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO APARTMENT DWELLERS. I, I, UH, RIGHT. I MEAN, THERE WERE GARBAGE TRUCK, UH, TOUCHING ON THE GARBAGE TRUCK ISSUE. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL GARBAGE TRUCKS, UH, WITHIN OUR AREA. AND WE ALSO KIND OF CATCHING UP ON SOME VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS. SO TO YOUR POINT, ON THE GARBAGE TRUCKS, UH, AND I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE ON A GRANT ORDER OR SOMETHING COMING IN, I'D HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I COULD CERTAINLY ASK, UH, SANITATION, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE COME THROUGH A GRANT PROCESS. I'M NOT QUITE SURE. BUT, UH, WE HAVE DEMOED SEVERAL TRASH TRUCKS, SOME OF THE VE, SOME OF THE BUILDERS MAYBE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING UP IN CHICAGO AREA. THAT'S THE AREA THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH TOO. [00:40:01] UHM MAY HAVE PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, WERE, WERE BETTER SET UP TO DEVELOP IT. SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE SEEN DOWN HERE, THE BODY SYSTEMS WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDERSIZED. SANITATION'S KIND OF GOT A PRESCRIP ROUTE AND TRUCK SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF HOMES. BUT TO YOUR POINT, I KNOW IT IS ON OUR RADAR AND DISCUSSIONS WITH SANITATION REGULARLY. AND, UH, A PWA CONFERENCE WILL BE IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR, SO I'LL MAKE IT A POINT TO GET UP THERE AND SEE THEIR TRUCKS. UH, SO, UM, THE TRAINING CONCEPT, YOU KNOW, TRAINING OUR DRIVERS AND THE STAFF, TO YOUR POINT IS, IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE THEIR EXPECTATIONS CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR VE THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES, ALL THAT STUFF. SO IT IS CONSTANTLY A LEARNING CURVE, AND THAT'S WHY THE APPLICATION WAS REALLY SO IMPORTANT, FINDING DRIVERS THAT HAVE A DISCIPLINE TO KEEP A VEHICLE CLEAN, TO KEEP IT, UH, TAKEN CARE OF, LOOKING AT THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TIRES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OTHERWISE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT. WELL, WE KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A DIVERSE GROUP OF DRIVERS, SO TO YOUR POINT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRAINING THEM IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO, I'M NOT SAYING WE DO A BAD JOB, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES ON THE HORIZON SO FAR, OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE THAT WASN'T IN, IN AN ACCIDENT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES FOR SERVICE. AND IF THEY HAVE COME IN FOR SERVICE, THEY'VE GONE BACK TO THE DEALERS. SO YEAH. NOT REALLY FOR SERVICE NECESSARILY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE MAINTENANCE ON THESE IS EXTREMELY LOW. YEP. UM, AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR, THESE DON'T REQUIRE OIL CHANGES, NOTHING. THE MAINTENANCE IS VERY LOW ON THINGS. THAT'S WHY THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES SO FAST. UM, BUT MY QUESTION REALLY WAS ON HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, WE, WE REALLY HAVEN'T SPENT TIME WITH THE DRIVERS IN THE DEPARTMENTS IN THAT REGARD. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO BETTER AND MAKE A NOTE OF AND, AND TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT WITH SOME OF THE GPS TECHNOLOGIES, THE DRIVER SAFETY AND CRASH AVOIDANCE FEATURES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FLEET CENTRIC DATA, BUT IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, SO IT'S REALLY GOOD POINTS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO MS. POSTON. AND THEN MS. BETTY, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AS A LONGTIME EV DRIVER, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE LIFECYCLE. HMM. SO WHEN THE VEHICLES END THEIR LIFECYCLE, RIGHT THERE IS THE QUESTION OF WHAT YOU DO WITH THE BATTERIES, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN TO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE BATTERIES? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ME THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE USING EVS, BUT IF WE CAN SET A GOOD STANDARD FOR HOW WE RECYCLE OR DISPOSE, ET CETERA OF THE BATTERIES AFTERWARDS, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, THERE AS WELL. I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. WELL, UH, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO THIS POINT IN TIME, OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE THAT WAS JUST IN AN ACCIDENT, ALL THE REST OF THESE VEHICLES ARE STILL IN SERVICE, THANK GOODNESS, SO . YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE BEEN BACK FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT REALLY GOING BACK TO THE 2012, UH, NISSANS ARE STILL GOING, BUT, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A FIRM THAT'S RECENTLY COME ABOUT THAT CAN DO THE COMPLETE RECYCLING THE VEHICLES. I'VE GOTTA VERIFY THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. BUT, UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING, I THINK I MENTIONED IT IN THE LAST SLIDE AS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES. HOW DO WE VALIDATE THAT THERE'S AN END OF LIFE DESTINATION OR CAN IT GET INTO, OR DOES IT HAVE A, A, A SECOND CHANCE WHEN WE RESELL 'EM? SO, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD STRATEGY FOR THAT. YEAH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN, UM, WHEN WE DO GO TO CONFERENCES OR SOMETHING OTHER CITIES DISCUSS, THEY'RE ALL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE OFTEN THE VEHICLE ITSELF'S USEFUL LIFE WILL OUTLAST THE BATTERY. SO WHAT DO YOU DO AT THAT POINT? WELL, THE MARKET MOVE TO WHERE YOU ALMOST LEASE THE BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE SEPARATELY, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS WE'RE WEIGHING THERE, UM, AS WE LOOK AT REGIONAL BATTERY RECYCLERS THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. MS. BETTY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, I JUST WANNA BRING THIS UP IN CASE, UH, EVERYONE ON THE IN THE MEETING DOESN'T KNOW. I, I HAPPEN TO KNOW, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I FOLLOW THE BUDGET REALLY CLOSELY EVERY YEAR, AND I KNOW TWO [00:45:01] BUDGET CYCLES A AGO, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF AT THE TIME WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN AN ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK. UM, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS, UH, ABOUT AN ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK WITH THE FIRE CHIEF? OR HAS THAT GONE ANYWHERE? UH, THERE, I DO BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE, UH, UH, WE DON'T, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT I DO TALK TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I COULD GET YOU A RESPONSE, BUT I DO THINK THEY HAVE AN ELECTRIC FIRE ENGINE ON ORDER. SO I THINK THERE'S EITHER ONE ON ORDER IF IT HASN'T BEEN RECEIVED YET. BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT SAID SO GOOD. I, AND, AND THEN I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. AS WE KNOW, UH, THINGS ARE RAPIDLY, RAPIDLY CHANGING IN THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION. IF THERE'S MONEY TO BE HAD AT COG TO HELP UNDERWRITE ANY NEW FLEET VEHICLES, I HOPE WE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE IT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. YES. AND I JUST, COMMISSIONER OR BEVY? YES, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, WITH COG. SO , WE'RE GONNA KEEP ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS AND I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA WORK SOMETHING OUT. THANK YOU. THAT IS VERY GOOD TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO DIRECTOR WHITE. UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING FOR STAYING AFTER AND FOR BRINGING US THIS GOOD INFORMATION. AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, TRULY. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANKS. ALRIGHT, STEPHANIE, WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE A NOTE THAT VICE CHAIR AL AND COMMISSIONER WOOTEN ARE PRESENT? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO RIGHT INTO OUR BRIEFING MEMORANDUMS. THE FIRST IS CITY OF DALLAS WATER CONSERVATION MINOR PLUMBING REPAIR PROGRAM. UM, YOU'VE RECEIVED A MEMO. THIS IS AN ONGOING, UH, PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ITEM IS, UH, RENEWAL OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION. UM, THIS PROGRAM ASSISTS LOW INCOME DOLLARS, LETTER UTILITIES CUSTOMERS, AND, UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM DWU SHEILA, MS. SALGADO, IF YOU WANNA GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM. UM, YES, GOOD EVENING. I'M SHEILA DELGADO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN OS AND WITH ME IS THE MANAGER OVER THE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM. A, UH, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, BUT AS YOU SAID, UM, WE ARE RENEWING BASICALLY, UH, A CONTRACT FOR OUR, UM, MINOR PLUMBING REPAIR PROGRAM AND IS ESTIMATED AT $4.2 MILLION. UH, WE HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE IT ON THE APRIL AGENDA, I AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL. AND THIS PROGRAM BASICALLY STARTED BACK IN 2005, IS TO ASSIST LOW INCOME VW CUSTOMERS WITH MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS. UM, IT'S BEING A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. IT REPLACES UP TO TWO TOILETS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEWEST ONES THAT USE WAY LESS WATER. UH, BUT BASICALLY TO PARTICIPATE THE, THE, THE HOUSE, UH, THE HOUSE, THE, THE HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO APPLY. AND, UH, WE SEND AN INSPECTOR, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING, THEY LOOK AT ALL THE FTS AND ALL THE WATER FIXTURES. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT GOES AND MAKE THE REPAIRS AND THEN WE GO BACK AND IT AGAIN WITH THEM. UM, IT'S, IT'S A POPULAR PROGRAM. UH, LOTS OF FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN HA ABLE TO HELP. ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, COMMISSIONER, DO, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THIS. I DID RECEIVE THE BROCHURE IN MY WATER BILL. I JUST WANTED, LET Y'ALL KNOW, UH, ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND HAD IT. HE OPENED THE BILL, PAID THE BILL, AND HE HAD THE BROCHURE ON THERE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PLUMBING, UH, ISSUES. BUT WHEN I READ IT, IT DON'T APPLY TO MY HOUSEHOLD. IT ONLY APPLY, APPLY TO HOUSES IN 19, WHAT IS IT, 50 SOMETHING? OH, YOU PROBABLY SAW THE ONE RELATED TO THE TOILETS. OKAY. REPLACEMENT. OKAY, FINE. THANK YOU. YES. SO WE ALSO HAVE THE TOILET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS FOR, UH, RESIDENCES THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO 1994. 94. YES. YES. LIKE, BECAUSE, UH, AFTER NINE, UH, 94 [00:50:01] AND, AND CORRIN MM-HMM . UM, THOSE BUILDERS ARE USING EFFICIENT TOILETS. OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHY. BUT PRIOR TO 1994, THEY WERE NOT AS EFFICIENT AS THEY ARE TODAY. OKAY. SO, UM, FOR THAT ONE, IF, IF THE PERSON HAS NOT REPLACED THE TOILETS, THEY CAN GIVE US A CALL OR LOOK ONLINE, APPLY, AND WE CAN E EITHER GIVE THE CUSTOMER A VOUCHER WHERE THEY GO AND PICK UP THE TOILET, UH, THROUGH OUR VENDOR OR, UM, THEY CAN GO AND BUY IT AND EXCHANGE IT, AND THEN, UM, THEY CAN SEND US THE INVOICE FOR THAT TOILET AND WE RING, UH, WE REBATE THE CUSTOMER UP TO $90 PER TOILET. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SO THIS, THIS, UH, PLUMBING AND MINOR PLUMBING IS FOR EVERYBODY HOUSE, RIGHT? THE, THE TOILET PROGRAM IS FOR ANY HOUSEHOLD FOR 1994, BUT THIS PROGRAM, BUT THE MINOR PLUMBING REPAIR PROGRAM IS FOR LOW INCOME THAT ARE EXPERIENCING IT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THE TOILET, IT COULD BE FAUCETS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE WE, WE DO YES, THE WATER HOSE THING ON THE HOSE FROM THE OUTSIDE. YEAH. UM, SO IF THE OUTSIDE PLUMBING IS, YOU KNOW, LEAKING, WE CAN REPAIR THAT. ANY OTHER FAUCETS THAT IS SLEEPING INSIDE THE HOME, WE CAN PREPARE THAT. YEAH. UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE DON'T DO IS LIKE GOING UNDER THE HOUSE, GIVING SOME TEARS OR, YOU KNOW, OR HAVING TO BREAK AND GO BEHIND THE WALL. WE DON'T GET THERE, BUT , YEAH. YEAH. SOME GOOD MARKETING. ALL RIGHT, MS. TAMIA. AND THEN, UH, HELLO. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND THIS INTO, UM, COVERING LEAKS OR ANY, UH, TYPE OF PROACTIVE PREVENTION FOR, UM, WEATHERIZATION OF LIKE, ANY OF THE PLUMBING, ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE BUILDING IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND CAN THIS BE USED FOR NONPROFIT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET ON A NONPROFIT, UM, PIECE OF LAND OR PART OF A NONPROFIT PROGRAM? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY FIRST THAT THE, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS PROGRAMS FOR, UM, WEATHERIZATION AND LEAKS. WE ALSO HAD THE GREEN WARRIORS PROGRAM LAST YEAR, IN WHICH, UM, THERE WERE CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED, UH, IN WHICH WE PROVIDED WEATHERIZATION, UM, SERVICES FOR THEM AS WELL. SO, AS THE, THE OTHER QUESTION YOU HAD, UM, MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER THAT OUT OF WATER. MM-HMM . THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS FOR WATER CUSTOMERS RESIDENCES. OKAY. NOT FOR BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE COMMERCIAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO IF IT'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S PART OF A, A NONPROFIT INSTITUTION, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE BASED IN GENERAL. YEAH. UHHUH, , IT'S FOR RESIDENCES. OKAY. RESIDENTIAL. MM-HMM . CHAIR. MODA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS MEMO AND THE UPDATES. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND I'M SURE IT MORE THAN PAYS FOR ITSELF IN TERMS OF THE WATER, UH, SAVINGS THEMSELVES ON THE UTILITY BILLS, BUT ALSO THE LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, WHICH ARE MENTIONED HERE, WHICH I THINK ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY ONE COMPANY. SO DOES THAT SLOW DOWN OR LIMIT THE ACCESS, UH, FOR CUSTOMERS? DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME, UH, TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES? AND THEN HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE ESTIMATED NUMBER HERE? IS IT JUST EVERY TIME THEY DO IT, THEY SEND YOU AN HOURLY BILL? OR DO YOU MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE'RE GONNA, I'M MAKING UP NUMBERS HERE, INSTALL 100 TOILETS AND TIGHTEN, YOU KNOW, 500 HOSE BIBS AND FIX 20 LEAKS. YEAH. UH, NO. THE, UM, SO, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, THESE MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS ARE NOT EMERGENCY REPAIRS, FIRST OF ALL. UM, AND THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS IS WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS US OR THEY APPLY, RIGHT? UH, WE SEND AN INSPECTOR FIRST, AND THE INSPECTOR DOES, GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE, LOOKS AT EVERYTHING, MAKES NOTATIONS OF EVERYTHING, THEN WE GET WITH THE, AND THAT'S A CITY INSPECTOR, OR FROM THE CONTRACTOR? YES. OKAY. THE CITY, UM, HE WORKING FOR, UH, OUR TEAM AND FROM THAT INSPECTION IS WHEN WE TELL THE CONTRACTOR, THIS IS WHAT WE OBSERVE, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO THEY ARE NOT GONNA GO IN AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT IS BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENT. AND THEN, UM, [00:55:01] AFTER THEY GO IN, THEN WE DO, UH, FOLLOW UP INSPECTION. AND SO BASED ON THAT, THAT'S HOW THEY GET PAID. YEAH. MM-HMM. AND, AND IT'S JUST THE ONE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER? YES. BECAUSE THEY, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THIS WENT THROUGH THE FULL R-F-C-S-P PROCESS AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WON THE CONTRACT. MM-HMM . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH, UH, US THIS EVENING. THIS LEADS, SO GALLO, UM, THIS IS, UM, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT BEFORE AND THAT, UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT CUSTOMERS REALLY BENEFIT FROM. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND BRIEFING MEMO, WHICH IS UPDATED EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, INCLUDING THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INDICATORS. UH, THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE I SAW MS. RAINEY WITH US. HI, GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. EVENING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO, LISA RAINEY, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, UM, OH, I'M SO SORRY. IF YOU'LL GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND. STEPHANIE, WILL YOU MIND TURNING IT UP, PLEASE? THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO, AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR, UM, HAVING US ALWAYS EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, THE EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, RIGHT? THE MORE WE SHARE THE WORK, THE MORE THAT THIS TOOL, UM, CAN BE USED. SO THE EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, IT IS A COLLABORATION, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND EVERY TEXAN. UM, IT'S INTENDED TO BE SERVED TO BE USED AS A COMPREHENSIVE TOOL TO HELP DALLAS UNDERSTAND MEASURE AND TRACK PROGRESS TOWARD EQUITY ACROSS, UM, OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND, RIGHT? I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE THE MEMO AND ALSO DEFINITELY WANNA SAVE LOTS OF, UM, TIME FOR QUESTIONS. BUT SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE INAUGURAL REPORT IN 2019 WHERE IT HAD THE FIVE THINGS, THEMES OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD AND INFRASTRUCTURE, JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT, UM, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. AND BECAUSE OF YOUR CHAIR AND SO MANY OTHER RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL GROUNDSWELL OF, UM, PARTICIPATION. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WAS ADDED TO THE REPORT, UM, THIS YEAR ALONG WITH THE FOUR INDICATORS, UM, THAT WE'VE OUTLINED IN THE MEMO. SO THE INDICATORS REPORTED IT COMPARES OUTCOMES, UM, FOR EACH INDICATOR BETWEEN, UM, TWO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS. AND THOSE GROUPS CAN BE EITHER RACIALLY OR ETHNIC, UM, GROUPS OR SOCIOECONOMIC GROUP. UM, THERE IS A SCORE THAT'S ASSIGNED BASED ON THE D DISPARITY FROM ONE TO 100, UM, WITH 100 REPRESENTING, UM, NO DISPARITY. AND SO THOSE FOUR EJ INDICATORS PER THE MEMO, UM, THEY ARE, UM, THE EJ SCREENING TOOL, TREE CANOPY, UM, SOLAR PERMIT AND ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. AND SO I'LL STOP THERE AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MS. RAINEY, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE CITY'S, UM, MAPPING TOOL. AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR PAUL. I KNOW YOU JUST SAT DOWN, PAUL, I'M SO SORRY. . YOU FEEL GOOD? . UM, I KNOW THAT WE WERE UTILIZING SOME PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA TO CREATE AN EJ SCREEN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, EJ SCREEN TOOL HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE EPAS WEBSITE. UM, AND SO I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OURS REMAINS INTACT, THAT WE STILL HAVE THE DATA, THAT WE'RE STILL MAPPING THIS DATA SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, UM, EQUITY INDICATOR. YES, WE STILL HAVE THE DATA. WE STILL PLAN ON, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING ABOUT OUR TOOL. WE'RE JUST UPGRADING THE DATA BECAUSE WE WERE READY TO PUT THE TOOL OUT AT ONE POINT, BUT THEN EPA UPGRADED THEIR DATA, THEY UPDATED THEIR DATA, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND UPDATE AUGUST. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, UH, THE MEMO AND SEE THE INDICATOR FINDINGS. UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE, THE FOOD ACCESS, UH, FRESH THE DISTANCE TO HELP HEALTHY FRESH FOODS, UM, [01:00:02] IS REALLY GLARING. AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE, UM, TOWARDS, UH, IMPROVING THAT. AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, INITIATIVE. SO IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, UM, LET US KNOW. THAT IS THE FOCUS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THIS YEAR IS FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD EQUITY. AND SO, UH, VICE TRIVIA REAL, UM, CAN REACH OUT TO YOU WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON THAT, UH, EFFORT SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY SEE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN THAT SCORE GOING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? UM, GO AHEAD, . THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I DO HAVE QUESTION, BUT I ALSO WANNA LET MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOOL REMOVED FROM THE WEBSITE, THE COUNTIES IN TEXAS, UH, WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN AWARDED EPA SOLAR FOR ALL, INCLUDING DALLAS COUNTY, THAT FUNDING IS FROZEN. AND, UM, THE COUNTY ALSO, UM, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAS HAD WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS RUN THROUGH THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THOSE FUNDS ARE FROZEN. UM, SO MY QUESTION, UM, FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IN, IN LIGHT OF OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS, UM, WHAT OTHER AVENUES COULD WE PURSUE TO CONTINUE OFFERING, UM, THINGS LIKE THE GREEN WARRIORS PROGRAM, WHERE IT'S NOT A FULL WAP, UH, WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT'S ATTIC INSULATION, WEATHER STRIPPING, UH, CAULKING DOORS, AND ADDING LED LIGHTING, WHICH DOES TWO THINGS. IT REALLY REDUCES ELECTRICITY BILLS AND IT REDUCES, UM, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DOES THREE THINGS, AND RESIDENTS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE DURING THESE WEATHER EXTREMES. UM, EVEN, EVEN THOSE TYPES OF RETROFITS CAN BE LIFESAVING. IT CAN CAUSE THE INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE TO REMAIN CONSTANT LONGER. SO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER AVENUES WHERE, UH, WE COULD PICK UP AND DO SOME OF THESE THINGS WHILE FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE FROZEN? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE AND ONE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, NOT ONLY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE, BUT JUST IN OTHER SPACES, RIGHT? THAT AS WE SEE AND REALIZE THE REALITY OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE IN. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH, I WOULD SAY, AND REALLY ASK FOR YOU ALL'S HELP AND SUPPORT THAT AS WE MAYBE LOOK AT MORE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS THESE DAYS AND WHAT, UM, PRIVATE FUNDING, UM, CAN DO TO HELP IN THIS SPACE, THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. UM, AND WHEREAS IN THE PAST, RIGHT, WE HAVE HAD THAT ACCESS TO, UM, THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, IT IS NOW, IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO DO MORE OF THAT WORK, WHAT OUR PHILANTHROPIC AND, UM, YEAH, PRIVATE, UM, PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. AND SO AS YOU COME, YOU KNOW, A, A ACROSS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY OPEN TO HEARING AND WORKING WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH THEM BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE WHERE WE ARE. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. UM, MS. RAINEY, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I HAVE A VERY INTIMATE FAMILY. INTERNAL QUESTION. HOW ARE CITY DEPARTMENTS UTILIZING YOUR DATA FROM THE, THE TOOL AND THE INDICATORS THAT SHOW INEQUITIES AND DISPARITIES? HOW ARE THEY TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER? HOW ARE THEY, UH, LETTING THIS DATA AFFECT AND INFLUENCE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE ACTIVE IN THE CITY? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. AND I WOULD SAY, RIGHT, WITH THE INAUGURAL REPORT, AND WHILE THIS, UH, NEWER, UPDATED REPORT, HA IS RECENTLY OUT, BUT THAT INAUGURAL REPORT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PROMISES THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A REPORT THAT SAT ON A SHELF AND IT DIDN'T. SO WE USED THIS REPORT, UH, DEFINITELY AS WE, UH, DEVELOPED THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN. IT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF DATA, UM, THAT DEPARTMENTS PULLED FROM WHEN THEY WERE CRAFTING AND DEVELOPING THEIR PROGRESS MEASURES. UM, WE'VE USED IT INTERNALLY, UM, AROUND BUDGETING, [01:05:01] UM, FOR EQUITY YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS WHERE WE ENCOURAGE DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT, TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW THEY ARE, UM, MAKING FUNDING DECISION DECISIONS. UM, AND THEN SO WHAT'S THE DATA THAT THEY'RE USING, UM, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO I WOULD SAY THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, OF EMBRACING EQUITY. AND WHILE I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS 40 39, I THINK I HEARD RECENTLY, RIGHT? THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL ON A CONTINUUM OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH EQUITY. UM, THERE IS DEFINITELY, UM, THE EMBRACING OF IT AND WHAT THIS WORK COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, MOVING FORWARD. AND SO, COMMISSIONER, TO YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD SAY THAT THE REPORT WAS EMBRACED AND USED, AND I CAN SEE THE SAME FOR THIS UPDATED REPORT, UPDATED, YOU KNOW, WONDER HOW OUR, OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, UM, HOW THAT LOOKS WITH OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, THE INAUGURAL REPORT WAS ABSOLUTELY USED. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ROBERTSON. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE INDICATORS. THE ONE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN IS THE ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH FOOD DESERTS. I KNOW, UH, POPULATION WISE, UH, SOUTH POPULATIONS IN SOME AREAS IS NOT AS DENSE AND EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THE NUMBERS. AND, AND I ALWAYS HEAR THE NUMBERS DO NOT SUPPORT PUTTING THIS HERE, PUTTING THAT THERE. BUT THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPEATED ADMISSIONS. THOSE NUMBERS ARE CHRONIC DISEASES FROM, YOU KNOW, LACK OF, UH, DECENT, YOU KNOW, FOOD, NO VEGETABLES, INUNDATED WITH FAST FOOD AND NOT ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, UH, GROCERY STORES, MAIN CHAIN GROCERY STORES. SO I WAS WONDERING IN YOUR INDICATORS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COVERS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A AREA TO SEE IF IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE INDICATORS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE TOOL THAT HELPS YOU, UH, SEE THAT PART OF IT? AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU CONSIDER ADDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THAT QUESTION. UM, I WOULD SAY THAT FOURTH INDICATOR, UM, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IT, IT, UH, COMPARES THE DISTANCE TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOODS. AND WE USE A LOT OF THE DATA FROM THE OEQS OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, UM, UM, WITH THIS INDICATOR. AND SO, YES, DEFINITELY IT IS THERE. AND AS THE CHAIR SAID EARLIER, UM, THE, THE NUMBERS ARE GLARING. UM, I ALSO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON, UM, A FOOD EQUITY, UM, WORKING GROUP. AND SO, UM, AND I HEAR BRIEFINGS, UM, AND I'VE HEARD SOME OF, UH, THE SAME THINGS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DENSITY, RIGHT? THAT, THAT SOUTH OF DALLAS. AND SO WHAT CAN AND WHAT CANNOT HAPPEN, UM, THE DATA IS THERE THAT, THAT IS SHOWING AND IS BEARING OUT WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO HEALTHY FOODS, THEN YES, THAT THAT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. UM, AND SO IT'S JUST ON ALL OF US TO CONTINUE, UM, TO PUSH, UM, AND TO ADVOCATE, UM, FOR MORE, UH, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IN THAT SOUTHERN SECTOR. AND THE DATA IS THERE. MR. HOFFMAN, GO AHEAD. UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO THAT QUESTION, UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY WORK WITH DART WITH REGARD TO THE EXAMINATION OF BUS ROUTES? SO TO ALLOW FOR, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WHERE THERE'S A CONVENIENT OR AT EASE OF GETTING FRESH FRUITS OR ACCESS TO OUR GROCERY STORE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY LOOK AT BUS ROUTES FOR PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO ACCESSING, UH, UM, TRANSPORTATION TO, UH, SHOPPING CENTER OR LOCATIONS WHERE THERE IS FRESH FOODS INVESTIBLE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THAT QUESTION. UM, I CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER OR RESPONSE TO THAT. LIKE THE ROLE, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAYING IS WHAT'S THE ROLE OF DART, UM, TO INCREASING THAT ACCESS, UM, TO, TO FRESH AND HEALTHY FOOD. DEFINITELY SOMETHING I COULD LOOK INTO, UM, AND GET BACK WITH YOU. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? [01:10:05] UH, DIRECTOR WHITE, I DID WANNA FOLLOW UP AND FIND OUT IS THE, UM, SCREENING TOOL, IS THE EITHER SCREEN TOOL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN MAKING PLANS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN, NOW THAT IT'S UPDATED, IS IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT? IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE AT THIS POINT, BUT I CAN CHECK WITH DBI TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE ON UPLOADING THE NEW DATA AND SEE KIND OF WHEN WE ARE GONNA ROLL THAT OUT. OKAY. I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. UM, ALRIGHT, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 2025 EQUITY INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT THAT MS. RAINEY AND HER TEAM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, UM, PUT ON, AND IT IS, UH, RECORDED ON THE CITY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL. UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY INTERESTING PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND DIALOGUES THAT WERE HAD. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, AN UPDATED REPORT AND ANOTHER, UH, EQUITY SYMPOSIUM SO WE CAN CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, MS. RAINEY, WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR FOR INVITING ME HERE. BUT THANK YOU ALSO JUST FOR THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING, UH, NOT ONLY AT THE EQUITY INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM, BUT THE WONDERFUL FIRESIDE CHAT AND JUST THAT ENGAGING, UH, DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD THERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. YOU TOO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES, AND WE ARE COMING TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CHAIR. ROBERTSON, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE. YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING, MAJOR THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE WAS, UH, PASSING THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE, UH, VAPING. AND OVER THE WEEKEND I WENT TO A, A CONFERENCE THAT WAS, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, WORKERS. SHE'S MANAGER ACTUALLY FROM JUANITA CRAFT. SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER A POWERPOINT THAT TEACHES PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VAPE. SO I WAS GONNA SEE IF MAYBE SHE COULD COME AND PRESENT JUST ONE OF THE MODULES. IT'S IN LIKE FOUR MODULES AND SHE'S GOING TO REC CENTERS AND SCHOOLS SHOWING IT. UM, YOU ALL NEED TO BE AWARE ABOUT EARTH. DALE CLIFF, THAT'S COMING UP SOON. I'VE FORGOTTEN THE ACTUAL DATE, BUT WE GOT TIME . UH, AND LET ME THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE A LOT. I'M STILL, I JUST RECOVERED, SO I'M OKAY NOW. BUT, UH, I HADN'T DONE AS MUCH AS I USUALLY DO, BUT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS. AND I WANT TO GET BACK ON THE, UH, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE HAS NOT MET YET, AND I WANT TO GET BACK ON THE HORSE SO THAT WE CAN MEET AND PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA. I HAVE AN AGENDA TOGETHER, BUT I NEED TO CONSULT THE COMMITTEE BY EMAIL AND IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. SO WE'LL HAVE IT. YES, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. I'M GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. ALRIGHT. AND VERMA JUSTICE, OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO LISTEN TO AN INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN THE FOOD WASTE LANDFILL DIVERSION ARENA. GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND FEASIBILITY, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT FOR THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL. UM, GOOD DISCUSSIONS, GREAT QUESTIONS. UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL HEAR FROM NONPROFIT IN DALLAS THAT FOCUSES ON LANDFILL DIVERSION AND REDUCING FOOD WASTE. HOPING TO TAKE SOME STRIDES TOWARDS THAT OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS. GREAT WORK AS USUAL, ART IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU, CHAIR BAZAN. UM, WE HAVE NOT MET THIS MONTH, UH, BUT WE DID LEARN THAT THE PERSON IN PROCUREMENT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MEET WITH, UM, THERE'S BEEN A STAFF CHANGE, SO WE WILL TRY WITH A NEW STAFF MEMBER. AND I ALSO, UH, MET WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BLACKMAN AND STEWART ABOUT SOME WAY TO CONTINUE THE GREEN WARRIORS WORK. UM, SO FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW WE GOT A PRESENTATION ON A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BUT THAT THOSE HOMES WERE CHOSEN IN TWO SPECIFIC ZIP CODES. I DESIGNED IT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THEY, IT WAS CHOSEN FOR 7 5 2 1 0 AND 7 5 2 1 5, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE LOWEST INCOME ZIP CODES. SO, JUST LIKE WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, HONESTLY, ANYTHING, IF WE DO THIS IN THE LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WILL LEARN THE MOST BECAUSE THE BARRIERS ARE HIGHEST. AND IF WE SOLVE IT THERE, IT CAN BE SOLVED [01:15:01] ANYWHERE. SO THEY WE'RE GOING TO CHECK AND SEE IF THERE COULD BE SOME REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR MINOR HOME REPAIR TO WAP, BUT NOW WAP IS FROZEN AND, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK ON THAT. BUT, UM, WE'VE, UM, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO, UM, CONTINUE THAT, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, ALL RIGHT, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, AND WE WILL TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH A NEW STAFF MEMBER AT PROCUREMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT HAS, UH, BEEN WORKING IN AN IMPROMPTU SESSION ON THE ANNUAL BOARD REPORT. UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO GO BACK AND, UM, RECALL ALL OF OUR OUTREACH EVENTS. UH, WE USED TO HAVE A CENTRALIZED LOCATION FULL OF THAT INFORMATION, AND, AND WE DON'T UTILIZE THE CALENDAR AS MUCH ANYMORE. SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF LEGWORK FOR US THAT, UH, EXPECT THAT. ON OUR NEXT COMMISSION AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR NEXT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON, UM, TUESDAY THE 18TH. AND SO WE'LL HAVE MORE TO REPORT AFTER THAT. ALRIGHT. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION CHAIR. HERMO. THANK YOU. CHAIR BAZAN. UM, ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE FIFTH, UH, NATALIE AND KORAN GAVE US AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S PROGRESS ON HOSTING, BEGINNING TO HOST THOSE INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THE BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. UM, WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, THE NEED TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE AND REACTIVATE ALL THOSE LINKS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE. AND SO THEY HAVE THOSE NOW AND THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA RUN WITH THAT. ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM, UH, COMMISSIONERS. I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON TIME THIS EVENING. UM, SO LET'S GO AROUND AND IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE, GO AHEAD AND FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT WITH US. AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, DISTRICT ONE. THERE WAS A TOXIC SPILL INTO THE C**N CREEK. UM, AND THANKS TO OUR CHAIR, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE INVOLVED. IT WAS 50, UH, GALLONS OF, UM, AN INSECTICIDE THAT THE GOLF COURSES USED THAT SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE CREEK. AND IT WAS QUITE, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS FOR A WHILE. UM, BUT AT THE TIME, IT WAS WHEN I WAS JUST HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, IT HAD JUST HAPPENED. AND, UM, IT WAS, I'M A NEWBIE AND I'M LEARNING, UH, HOW EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER. UM, CATHERINE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, INVOLVED THE WHOLE TRINITY WATERSHED, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GET, UH, THE HEAD SARAH STANDER INVOLVED. AND, UM, THERE WERE TRUCKS. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE, UM, ATTENTION AND CORRECTION. SO THANKS AGAIN. WELL, GREAT JOB BRINGING THAT, UM, TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AND FOR BEING, UH, VERY DILIGENT ON THAT. SO, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, DISTRICT TWO, I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT FIVE, NOTHING TO REPORT. THANK YOU. DISTRICT SIX, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A WEST DALLAS ONE MEETING. UH, GLAD TO BE BACK WITH MY FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DISCUSSED. UM, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE ON AN EXCITING GRANT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH UT SOUTHWESTERN, THROUGH DR. ALABI AND HER, UH, PERSISTENT WORK IN WEST DALLAS TO STUDY INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION. UM, HAVE JOINED THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THAT, WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING WITH A FEW MEMBERS, UH, FROM MY COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF AIR MONITORS IN 50 HOMES IN WEST DALLAS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO KEEP AN EYE FOR THAT INFORMATION AND DATA. I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND A POETRY JAM SLAM, UH, PUT ON BY CANDACE THOMPSON, UH, WITH A FEW OTHER COMMISSIONERS BACK A FEW WEEKS AGO. UH, A LOVELY TIME. THE STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO WRITE POETRY AS IT REGARDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. IT'S VERY AN INSPIRING DAY. UM, I ATTENDED A FEW ZONING AND PLANNING MEETINGS IN WEST DALLAS, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE GREEN [01:20:01] SPACES, RESERVATION OF TREE CANOPY, AND URGING DEVELOPERS DIRECTLY TO CONSIDER, I ALWAYS GET THIS WRONG, PERMEABLE SURFACES, PERMEABLE PARKING SURFACES, AND KIND OF GETTING RID OF ASPHALT AND CONCRETE ACRES AND ACRES OF THAT IN WEST AWE TO REDUCE, UM, OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. AND FINALLY, WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DAY AND SPEAK WITH THE HONORARY CONSULATE OF SWEDEN. HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DALLAS, AND THEN THAT EVENING WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR EVENT AT AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM. YOU GUYS, THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WHO DISCUSSED CCAP WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. IT WAS THRILLING. I THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO KNEW ABOUT CCAP. NOT TRUE AT ALL. MY EYES WERE OPENED, UH, HATS OFF TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM, OUR FRIENDS AT THE SWEDISH CONSULATE. UM, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY UPLIFTING NIGHT TO HAVE THEM GIVE THE PRESENTATION WE ARE USED TO GIVING. OKAY. SO SHE GAVE THE CCA PRESENTATION TO A ROOM FULL OF DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTURES, BUILDERS. IT WAS GREAT. SO THAT'S IT. DISTRICT SEVEN. I ATTENDED THAT EVENT WITH, UH, CHAIR OF MORALE. IT WAS A NICE EVENT. UH, WE LEARNED A LOT OF THEIR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TOO. SO IT WAS REAL NICE. THEY WELCOME US IN. IT WAS NICE CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE. IT WAS REAL NICE. UH, SO, UH, I'M, I'M BRINGING THIS TO ATTENTION SB TO, UH, TWO 12. SENATOR ROY WEST HAS A BILL ON THE FLOOR. SENATOR BILL. THE BILL IS, UH, RELATED TO CERTAIN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, UH, CONCERNING PERMITS ISSUED BY TCEQ. SO THE BILL NUMBER IS TWO 12, SENATE BILL TWO 12, AND HE'S REQUESTING THIS BILL TO BE PASSED. HE WANTS THIS BILL TO PROTECT PUBLIC MEETING HEARINGS FOR PERMITS MUST BE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE FACILITY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE, AND MUST BE PAID BY THE APPLICANT. SO I'M ASKING ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, WRITE A LETTER TO SENATOR WEST, SUPPORTING HIS BILL, ASKING HIM HOW CAN WE HELP GET THIS BILL BECAUSE HE, UM, I'M PART OF THIS COHORT CALLED TRIM. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME. THEY WORK IN, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY UNDER HILL COUNTY. IT'S AN ORGANIZATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION. AND I WAS INTRODUCED BY A CHAIR, AND I'M PART OF THE COHORT NOW GOING ON TWO YEARS. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON LEGISLATION. SO, UH, THIS BILL IS CAME FROM WHEN WE WAS GOING AGAINST TEXAS READY STAR. THAT'S WHY SENATOR WEST HAS THIS BILL ON THE FLOOR. SO I'M JUST ASKING ANYBODY TO REACH OUT TO SENATOR WEST AND SEND HIM A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO 12. AND HE'S FOCUSED ON EDUCATION RIGHT NOW. I THINK ALL OF 'EM DOWN THERE IS FOCUSING ON THAT RIGHT NOW DOWN THERE. JUST MY, UH, 2 CENTS. BUT THIS IS A GOOD BILL. AND, AND HE'S NOT GONNA, HE WANTS IT TO PASS, BUT I THINK HE'S GONNA PUT ALL HIS ENERGY BEHIND THE SCHOOL VOUCHER BILL SO WE CAN KIND OF LIKE, SAY SENATOR WEST. I AM GONNA REACH OUT TO HIM AND SAY, DO I NEED TO DRIVE DOWN THERE OR WHATEVER? I COME TO GET THIS BILL PASSED. OKAY. AND I DID DRIVE TO AUSTIN LAST MONDAY, UH, TO UT AUSTIN, UH, COLLEGE. I VISIT THE H THE HYDRANT, UH, PUMPING SITE. IT IS CALLED H TWO SCALE PROJECT SITE WHERE I SEEN TWO, UH, CARS THAT TOYOTA DONATED TO THE COLLEGE. THEY ARE RUNNING OFF OF NATURAL GAS, HYDRANT GAS. IT WAS A NICE TOUR AND EDUCATION MOMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING. I POWER THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THIS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARS. UH, I, I DROVE THERE. I WENT TO THE EQUITY INDICATOR. UM, I WENT TO A BROWNSFIELD WORKSHOP, UH, ABOUT, UM, CLEANING UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF SITES. IT WAS A GOOD WORKSHOP TOO. I LEARNED A LOT. I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY. UH, STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW. UM, TAMCO ROOFING, I HAVE APPLIED FOR A CONTEST TURN FROM TAMCO ROOFING AS OF LAST WEEK. MM-HMM . THEIR AIR QUALITY [01:25:01] PERMIT IS UP. AND Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, IT'S A BILL ON THE FLOOR TO STOP CONTEST HEARINGS. I, NO, AIN'T THAT SOMETHING DUE TO BATCH COMPANIES. SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT TAMIKA DERO IS WORKING ON. UH, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR EARTH DAY COMING UP IN APRIL THE 19TH AND JOCKY. WOO. YES. I'M ALMOST DONE. LOOK, BUT I WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY. BUT THAT BILL, IF YOU COULD JUST HELP ME OUT AND REACH OUT TO SENATOR RUSSELL AS I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. UH, DISTRICT EIGHT. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, THAT, THAT DRIVE IS , IF SHE HAS, IF WE HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN THERE, IS WORTH THE DRIVE. JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS DO NOT REMEMBER THAT BLUE STAR, THE HEARING WAS HERE DOWNTOWN, AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SOUTHEAST OAK CLIFF, IT, THE BATCH PLAN'S ACTUALLY OFF THREE 10. AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT AT A COMMUNITY MEETING, THEY MADE IT SO INCONVENIENT THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T GET THERE. AND SO MOST OF THE BUSES TO GET ANYWHERE IN WHEN YOU'RE SOUTH IS AN HOUR AND A HALF. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO BE ON THE BUS AT THREE TO GET HERE BY, YOU KNOW, SIX . SO IT, IT WAS JUST, I'M, I'M GLAD A BILL LIKE THAT EXISTS, AND I'LL WRITE IN MY SUPPORT. AND RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GATHERING DATA ON SOME THINGS THAT I AM WORKING ON. UM, THERE'S SOME BLACK HISTORY THINGS GOING ON, AND I WILL SEND THAT TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION. UH, ON THE 22ND. THERE'S A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM AT SINGING HILLS, UH, REC. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SINGING HILLS REC, YOU ALL NEED TO SWING BY THERE. IT'S VERY NICE. IT'S BEHIND THE POLICE STATION ON SOUTH CENTRAL. IT'S THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE CITY. . UM, I CAN'T REALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, MR. I WAS WORKING ON 'EM. JUST LIKE I SAID, GATHERING DATA. OH, SORRY. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR, USE YOUR, OH, THANK YOU. OH, LAYTON CLEANING YOU. OH, LANE PLATING. YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA BREAK OR SOMETHING? UH, YEAH, LANE PLA SHE'S THE EXPERT FOR LANE PLATING, BUT IT'S IN MY DISTRICT RIGHT BEHIND MY CHURCH. SO THERE'S A MEETING TOMORROW FOR LANE PLATING. SO THERE'S A MEETING TOMORROW, IF ANY, EVERY ANYBODY CAN COME. SO GUYS MM-HMM . WE THE EPA SENT OUT. SO WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOW THAT. SO WE SCHEDULED THE MEETING FOR TOMORROW. WE SENT OUT ALL NOTIFICATIONS. WE DID OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, STRATEGY MEETING LAST WEEK AND ALL, EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SO WE GOT A LITTLE UPDATE A LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW. SO DUE TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, OKAY. THE MEETING'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE WAS TOLD. BUT DUE TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, OKAY, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING THAT DUE TO THEM IN SOME FUNDING, THE MEETING MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW. SO WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE EPA ABOUT THE MEETING AND TOOK THE LOGISTICS BEHIND IT, THIS IS WHAT EPA TOLD CHAIR ALLEN, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND A LETTER OUT, A NOTIFICATION TO COUNCIL THE MEETING. THEY STILL GONNA ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TOMORROW. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THE MEETING GONNA GO THROUGH TOMORROW OR NOT. SO THEY JUST RIDING THE, RIDING THE FENCE WITH THE COMMUNITY TOO. SO WE ALL WANNA KNOW IF THE MEETING IS GONNA BE EXECUTED TOMORROW AT SIX O'CLOCK UNTIL WE GET THERE. OH, WOW. AND THAT'S THE EPA INFORMATION. AND CATHERINE, I ALSO ATTENDED THE SWEDISH, THE CONSULATE. MM-HMM . I DIDN'T GO FOR THE EVENING, BUT THE MORNING WAS NICE. AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE'S A BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. MM-HMM . THEY WERE ALL IN ON EVERYTHING. AND SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MIGHT BE A HELPFUL TEMPLATE FOR US TO MEET, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WA IF YOU HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE WATER, YOU HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE WATER . BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE IF THEY'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER AND HOW TO DO THAT AS A TEMPLATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR, UM, THOSE UPDATES. UM, AS IT WAS MENTIONED, I ATTENDED THE, UH, EQUITY INDI INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM. UH, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HOSTING, UM, THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, DR. UH, NEWSOM WHITE. UM, [01:30:01] SO, UH, THAT WAS A, A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD, UH, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND. I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THAT CONVERSATION, AND SOMETHING THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH Y'ALL, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT ME A LOT OF, OF HOPE CONSIDERING ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND, UM, SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, UH, WAS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WAS NOT STARTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. AND IT HAS ALWAYS BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE. AND THEY CANNOT STOP ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFORTS AND MOVEMENTS. AND, UH, WE HAVE THE POWER TO KEEP THEM GOING, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO CONTINUE WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THAT GOOD WORD, PLEASE. UM, THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE. AND SO Y'ALL JUST CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK AND, AND KNOW THAT, UM, IT IS IMPACTFUL TO A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. UM, SO NOT TO SAY THAT IT WON'T BE CHALLENGING , UM, BUT, BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THROUGH IT AND WE WILL. UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT YOU MAY RECALL LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UH, IT WORKED WITH, UM, REPRESENTATIVE RAPHAEL CIA, UH, ON A, A BILL TO DENY AIR PERMIT APPLICATIONS OR, OR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS, UM, THAT ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE, THE CLEAN AIR ACT ON THE BASIS OF ADVERSE IMPACTS. UM, THAT BILL HAS BEEN REFILED. IT IS HOUSE BILL 27 22. WE'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWING THAT AND SUPPORTING IT, UM, AS IT GOES TO, UH, COMMITTEES. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU, UM, SOME INPUT OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT AND, AND START TRACKING SOME OF THESE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT BILLS, UM, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WHO, WHO LIVE, UH, IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE THESE ISSUES. UM, SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND FIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10, UH, NO REAL UPDATES, BUT I DO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HA IN THIS GROUP HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT THEY SUPPORT. UM, I HAVE A TON OF GARDEN TOOLS, SO IF YOU NEED ANY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY GARDEN, PLEASE CALL ME. THAT'S IT. HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UM, CANDACE THOMPSON YET? I HAVE NOT. OKAY. I'LL PUT YOU IN. I'LL PUT YOU IN TOUCH. GREAT. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT 11, OH, I THINK SHE HAD TO DROP OFF. SORRY. UH, DISTRICT 12. UH, SO, UM, UH, A NUMBER OF THINGS. UH, ON THE 26TH OF, UH, LAST MONTH, UH, I WAS, UH, GIVEN THE SHALOM AWARD BY TEMPLE SHALOM. UH, AND THAT IS IN PART RECOGNITION OF, UH, THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE WITH THIS COMMISSION. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF IT. UM, WE HAD A, UH, SELLOUT CROWD, UH, OF PEOPLE AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, IT WAS VERY GRATIFYING. UH, WOULD PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK DR. FRED . VERY, VERY KIND LETTER THAT HE WROTE OF SUPPORT FROM PARKLAND, UM, PRESENTED ON AI AND HEALTHCARE, UH, FOR SOUTHWEST JEWISH CONGRESS. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THAT, MORE EXTENSIVE ONE COMING UP. UM, THE, UM, UH, UH, DALLAS AREA. INTERFAITH HAD THEIR, UH, ANNUAL ASSEMBLY AT GOLDEN GATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE 30TH. WE HAD A THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THAT, UH, AND IN, UH, ENDORSED, UH, AND BEGAN WORK ON THREE ISSUES. UH, ONE OF THEM IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THE GREAT WORK THAT DAI HAS DONE IN CONFRONTING SLUMLORDS. BUT NOW LOOKING EVEN MORE BROADLY AT THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, VOLUNTEERS WHO WANNA WORK ON THE TASK FORCES. AND I CAN SEND PEOPLE THE MEMO SO THEY CAN SIGN UP TO WORK WITH D-I-D-A-I ON THIS ISSUE. UM, THE, UH, UM, UH, AS I SAID, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND THEN FINALLY, TEMPLE SHALOM DEDICATED, UH, A NEW ORCHARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR JUSTICE GARDEN LAST WEEKEND. I, UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE I WAS RECUPERATING FROM MY HOSPITALIZATION. [01:35:02] SO THAT'S MY REPORT. WELL, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AND THAT YOU'RE BACKWARD. BEST ENOUGH. I'M SORRY. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AND THAT YOU'RE, I'M GLAD. I'M FEELING BETTER TOO. IT WAS PRETTY ROCKY . ALRIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT 13. UH, YES. OKAY. SO ON JANUARY 29TH, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR DISTRICT 11 AND 13. UM, AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND A HUGE THANKS TO COMMISSIONER COLLEEN MURRAY FROM DISTRICT 11 WHO PULLED MOER MORE THAN HER LION, SHE OF THE WORK. SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND THANK YOU AS WELL TO LINDSAY THOMAS FOR ALL OF HER SUPPORT. UM, COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS ABOUT THAT MEETING. UM, THE FIRST WAS THAT WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM SONG DOG WATCH AND FROM THE DALLAS RECYCLING CENTER. THEY CAME, UH, THEY WERE REALLY APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HAVING EITHER OR BOTH OF THEM ATTEND. UM, THREE QUICK TOPICS THAT CAME UP THAT I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO BRING UP. FIRST WAS THE TOPIC OF RODENTICIDES. SO THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT, UM, WE FOLLOW THE PATH OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS, STATES, CITIES, AND HAS SOME KIND OF ORDINANCES, UM, WITH PREVENTION, PREVENTION OF USING CERTAIN TYPES OF ROSE RODENTICIDES. UM, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON LIKE, HOW THAT WOULD FIT UNDER CAP OR HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD WORK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, PARTICULAR DRIVE AND OF COURSE THAT CAME FROM THE SONG DOG WATCH, AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF COYOTES. AND THE SECOND TOPIC THAT I WANNA BRING UP, PEOPLE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. I MEAN, THAT JUST WAS, IT RESONATED WITH THEM. UM, AND SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UM, WORK ON THOSE TOPICS. I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC IS READY FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN THE THIRD TOPIC CAME FROM MY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, GAY WILLIS. UM, THIS IS A PROJECT SHE'D REALLY LIKE TO PUT ON AND I WANNA SUPPORT HER. SO I WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT IT. AND IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS FOR THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND WE WOULD OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVE EVERYBODY. SHE CALLS IT AN ELECTRIC PETTING ZOO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HER CUTE WAY OF SAYING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TOUCH ELECTRIC TOOLS AND VEHICLES. RIGHT? I KNOW, RIGHT? SO, YEAH. SO THAT, THAT IS HER TERM. AND SO THAT IS THE TERM I WILL KEEP USING. UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA FIND SOME WAY, SOME LOCATION AND JUST GET, YOU KNOW, EITHER HOME DEPOT COMING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC TOOLS AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CAR PEOPLE WITH EXAMPLES AND HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT. SO ANYONE HAS IDEAS, SUPPORT, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TRY TO SUPPORT YOUR OFFICE IN DOING THAT. UM, AND THEN JUST FINALLY, I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND, UM, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU. UM, AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT EACH OF YOU DO. SO DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS UP THERE, WE WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON HOLDING THE FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR 2025. WE APPRECIATE BOTH YOU AND COMMISSIONER MURRAY ON THAT. THERE IS A SPRING FLEET ELECTRIFICATION DFW EVENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES COME OUT AND, AND SEE ALL OF THEM AND GET IN THEM AND SEE HOW THEY WORK AND DISCUSS, UM, THAT WITH EXPERTS. IT'S HOSTED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. AND I WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. MAYBE THERE CAN BE SOMETHING. I THINK AT ONE POINT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HOSTED IT HERE AT CITY HALL, SO I THINK THEY TRAVEL AROUND A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT YOU IN TOUCH. ALL RIGHT. UH, AND THEN DISTRICT 14. YES. I'M WORKING WITH, UH, OEQS STAFF TO BRING, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE, UH, DFW CHAPTER OF CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT, UM, THE MARCH MEETING, UH, CCAP UPDATE. SO, UH, EXCITED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND ANOTHER, UH, WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE GREAT PLAN INTO THE COMMITTEE. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN DISTRICT 15. THANK YOU. UH, ON JANUARY 21ST, UH, DANIELLE AK AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE DALLAS CLIMATE LEADERSHIP FORUM HUB, UM, THAT IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF FOLKS WORKING ON OPERATIONAL AND EMBODIED CARBON. UH, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN CCAP IN GENERAL, AND WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, TO THEM THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AROUND THE BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. UH, TOMORROW, UH, I'M ALSO PRESENTING AT THE DALLAS CONSTRUCTION SPECIFIER INSTITUTE, CSI, UM, THEY REACHED OUT TO ARCHITECTURE 2030, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL THINK TANK AND POLICY ADVISORY GROUP THAT MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT ENDED UP IN OUR, UM, BOND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. AND THEY SENT THEM BACK TO ME, , KEEPING IT LOCAL. UH, SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT ARCHITECTURE 2030 [01:40:01] IS DOING ON A GLOBAL ADVOCACY SCALE, BUT THEN TIE THAT BACK TO THE GRASSROOTS LOCAL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND EMBODIED CARBON, WHICH THOSE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFIERS HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER IN TERMS OF, UM, ESTABLISHING THE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR BUILDING PROJECTS. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, DO YOU NEED THE MEMBERS OF OUR TECHNICAL PANEL HAVE ANY UPDATES TO SHARE? MS. TAMIA, GO AHEAD. AND THEN MR. HOFFMAN. UH, SO I WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO WHITNEY STRAUSS. YOUR CONNECTION MAGIC HAS WORKED. AGAIN, I CAN NOW PUT A PERIOD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE OF SAND BRANCH IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE. UM, BUT THANK YOU. SO NOW THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THEIR RECYCLABLE AND TRASH ISSUE AT THE LARGEST STATION THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DUMPING AT, WHICH IS THE WAYSIDE CHURCH. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CHECK. SAMMY WILL BE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THAT. AND IT'S TIME. I KNOW RENEE HAS BEEN DOWN THERE WORKING AND BEING IN A BIT. SO TO RENEE, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY I WILL BE HAVING BOTH PASTORS WORKING TOGETHER. YES, IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO WHEN THEY SAY THE ENVIRONMENTS WITH MISSION HAS NO LEGS, WE DEFINITELY DO. WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING ON THAT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. AND YES, WE ARE NOW KEEPING OVER WELL OVER A THOUSAND POUNDS OF TRASH AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS FROM GOING INTO LANDFILL BEING RECYCLED. EXCELLENT WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MR. HOFFMAN, GO AHEAD. JUST WANNA SHARE A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE INDUSTRY, THE HOUSING INDUSTRY. AND I SPOKE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER EARLIER, UH, TODAY. UH, OUR BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED THE PARKING REQUESTS WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE MODIFICATION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND ONE, ONE REAL HOPEFUL, UH, ASPECT OF OUR INDUSTRY IS THAT, UH, TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ROLLBACKS ON A LOT OF, UH, STANDARDS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE CODES AND WE HAVE CODES THAT ARE, UH, UH, INCULCATED IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR INDUSTRY. AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT I'M, I'M IN HARDENED BY IS I DO SEE, UH, CONSIDERABLE MORAL ALIGNMENT WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF OUR INDUSTRY AS, AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT FACTOR. AND THEN, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE POWER THAT WE DO HAVE A VOICE, OUR HOUSING INDUSTRY IN TEXAS, UH, UH, OPERATES UNDER THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS. TUESDAY, WE HAD OUR RALLY DAY, AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE EVERY, UM, MEMBERSHIP OR ASSOCIATION, BUILDERS ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP ON BUSES AND THEY TALK TO EVERY SENATOR AND EVERY REPRESENTATIVE AT THE HOUSE. AND SO THIS IS ABOUT MAINTAINING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, KICKING BACK, STUPID IDEAS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND HOPEFULLY MOVING SOME THAT ARE, ARE, ARE GOOD FOR OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UH, THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL VOICE WHEN THEY ALL SHOW UP IN MASS, UH, THEY HEAR US. SO JUST UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE A VOICE AND WE ALL NEED TO, UH, IT'S A GREAT APP RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN GET CALL FIVE CALLS, UH, CALL, MAKE YOUR CALLS , JUST LOOK IT UP. SO, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORKS. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO MS. BEVIN AND THEN MS. STR, UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN THE LEGISLATURE, I HAVE LEGISLATIVE CALLS EVERY WEEK. OVER AROUND 4,000 BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED. THE HOUSE CHAIRS ARE GONNA BE ANNOUNCED PROBABLY FRIDAY. BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AIR, LAND, WATER, AGGREGATE, CONCRETE, UM, OIL AND GAS ENERGY, UM, I'M FOLLOWING THOSE. AND WE HAVE CALLS EVERY WEEK AND SOON THE ONCE COMMITTEE CHAIRS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, THERE'LL BE HEARINGS THAT WILL FOLLOW. UM, PUBLIC CITIZEN HAS AN ACTION LIST IF YOU WANNA JOIN THAT TOO. UM, THERE'S PROBABLY, I KNOW CONCRETE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOW CONCRETE ON THIS COMMITTEE. THERE'S AT LEAST A DOZEN BILLS FILED JUST ON CONCRETE AND PROBABLY ABOUT 10 BILLS FILED ON PERMITS. SO CONTACT ME IF YOU WANNA BE ON THOSE CALLS. THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THE EARTH WINDED FIRE CONFERENCE MARCH 1ST HAS BEEN SOLD OUT FOR TWO WEEKS AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY 14 GROUPS. AND A BUNCH OF YOU ARE COMING AND GLAD YOU ARE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MS. BENG IS THE REAL DEAL. SO IF THERE'S INTEREST IN [01:45:01] ANY OF THOSE LEGISLATIVE CALLS, THEY'RE VERY INFORMATIVE. UM, I THINK SHE ALSO SENDS OUT A WEEKLY EMAIL, SORT OF A RECAP, UPDATE ON BILLS THAT NEED SUPPORT. SO IF YOU ARE PART OF LARGER ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO THOSE MEMBERS ABOUT THESE URGENT CALLS FOR ACTION, WHETHER IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF A BILL, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, UM, MS. BEVIN AND GET ADDED AT LEAST TO THE EMAIL LIST. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, THEY'RE, IT'S ALL VERY INFORMATIVE. UM, ALRIGHT, MS. JOSH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A, A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT A GATHERING THAT TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY, UH, AMONGST KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO TALK ABOUT LAUNCHING A CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY FOOD PLAN. SO IF YOU ALL ARE NOT AWARE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE US AND A MOST RECENTLY AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY THAT HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR FOOD PLANS. IT'S A APPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR FOOD SYSTEM, INFLATION, FOOD INSECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, LAND SCARCITY AND URBANIZATION. SO IT'S MORE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES ARE TAKING THIS EFFORT. AND, UH, WITH THE ADVOCACY OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ, UM, AND SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS WE MET IN JANUARY AND TO DISCUSS AN INTEREST IN LAUNCHING A DALLAS AND DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY FOOD PLAN, UM, COUNTY JUDGE JENKINS WAS ALSO PRESENT AMONGST OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND INTEREST IN DOING THIS. SO NOW IT IS COMPILING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, INCLUDING THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, UNITED WAY, UT SOUTHWESTERN, UH, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, THE HOSPITAL COUNCIL, UM, ALL OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FOOD SYSTEM TO MOVE AHEAD WITH STARTING TO PLAN, UM, HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE EQUITABLE FOOD PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY. SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS SHARED AT THAT MEETING, I'M GLAD TO SHARE THE POWERPOINT AND NOTES. WE'RE MEETING AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 27TH JUST TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED ALREADY FROM JUST TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE'S DOING AND FINDING WHERE THE GAPS ARE IN COLLABORATING. SO YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 27TH, SO PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT MEETING. AND ALSO JUST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOOD PLAN EFFORTS TO DATE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I THINK VICE CHAIR REEL IS GONNA REACH OUT. UM, WE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU. ALRIGHT, MR. MARQUIS, PLEASE. FIRST OF ALL, I THANK CHAIR BISON FOR KIND COMMENTS EARLIER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, TOMORROW I TURNED 74 AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING OUT AND SPEAKING UP SINCE I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. SO THE ECHO AND TO REINFORCE COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER KNIGHT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THESE ARE LONG STRUGGLES BUT THEY DO NOT END. AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IN MANY WAYS THE RIVER DOES ALWAYS WIN. I WANNA HOLD UP TO YOU. NOW, THIS BOOK, WHICH I GOT TODAY, ONE OF MY AUTHORS COPIES OF MY BOOK TRANSLATED INTO VIETNAMESE. SO THIS WORK GOES ON INTERNATIONALLY. ALL BELOW PEOPLE ARE DOING WORK AS WE'RE DOING HERE. WE HAVE MANY REASONS TO BE HELPFUL. NOW, DESPITE DIFFICULT TIMES, UM, IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS I'VE SPOKEN TO IRVING IN LEWISVILLE AND SEVILLE AND LED DISCUSSIONS WITH FELLOW ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND NATURALISTS PEOPLE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE PLANET. SO WHAT GOES ALONG INTERNATIONALLY GOES ON IN TEXAS THAT GOES ON WITH ON THE SOON. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT TONIGHT AS WE ALL FACE DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT REMIND ALL OF US, THIS IS WORK WE ARE ABOUT DOING IN ISOLATION, IT'S GOING ON EVERYWHERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO, I GUARANTEE OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS OF MY LIFE, 59 YEARS OF MY LIFE, THIS WORK HAS CONTINUE. I HAVE HOPE, UH, AS I AGE THAT NEW YOUNGER FOLKS, UM, PROVIDE ME WITH INSPIRATION OR YOU GIVE ME REASON TO BE HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF MY OWN GRANDCHILDREN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU SINCERE. ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ON MARCH 3RD I'LL BE DOWN IN AUSTIN TO TEXAS WATER DAY TO BE WORKING ON WATER ISSUES THERE AND BE REPRESENTING US ON UH, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND CLEAN WATER FOR THE FUTURE. BUT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL FOLKS [01:50:01] AND CIVIC VOLUNTEERS AND ACTIVISTS EVERYWHERE DURING THIS WORK. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AND DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE LONG STRUGGLES. UH, ALAN HAW AND I TALKED EARLIER AND YOU KNOW, I GO BACK TO THE VIETNAM WAR PROTEST DAYS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND, UH, HAVE SEEN THESE STRUGGLES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE DO NOT EVER STOP WORKING NOW MANAGE ALL THIS RIVERS DON'T RUN THE STRAIGHT LINES, THE SWITCHBACKS IN PLACES WHERE THEY RUN DRY, SOMETIMES PLACES WHERE PLUMMET OVER A CLIFF, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE GREATER WATER. ALWAYS DO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ALL ONCE ALL. AND THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. REEDING. YOU'RE STILL ONE OF MY HEROES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS LEGISLATURE'S IN TOWN IN AUSTIN, OF COURSE. AND THE WORK THAT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DO, UM, GIVES ME OVER THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S A GREAT GIFT, UM, THAT I'LL CELEBRATE TOMORROW. MY BIRTHDAY IS A CHANCE TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MARLOSS. YEAH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER UPDATES? NO. ALL RIGHT. OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, THE PARKS, TRAILS, AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL MEET MONDAY, MARCH 3RD AT 9:00 AM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH AT FIVE, UH, 30 PM THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS. SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FRIENDS. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. GOODNIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.