* 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. [Environmental Commission on August 13, 2025.] [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE HAVE OUR QUORUM. UH, APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY. UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR QUORUM OF OUR APPOINTED MEMBERS TO JOIN OUR MEETING, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTED, UH, MEMBER VACANCIES AND SOME FOLKS OUT FOR ILLNESS. AND SO IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL. SO LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT IN. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:53 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN RA, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER. WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES, PLEASE CALL 4 6 9 7 2 4 6 5 3 8 2 DAYS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING IN OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING. WE'LL, ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 5:30 PM CAN YOU ADMIT COMMISSIONER AU? STEPHANIE HAVE RENEE, UH, ROBERSON ON AS WELL. RIGHT? CAN YOU PUT IT IN? YEAH. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. RENEE, CAN YOU PUT IT INTO THE VIEW WHERE I CAN SEE EVERYONE THAT'S PARTICIPATING WITHOUT ANYBODY PINNED? I DON'T NEED ANYBODY PINNED RIGHT THERE. JUST GIMME THE, THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUORUM BY A THREAD THIS EVENING. FRIENDS, IF YOU ARE AN APPOINTED COMMISSIONER, I NEED YOU TO REMAIN ON CAMERA FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE MEETING, FOLKS IN THE ROOM, IF YOU ARE APPOINTED AND YOU NEED A UH, BREAK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE WILL CALL A RECESS, BUT DO NOT LEAVE THE ROOM. WE WILL LOSE OUR FORUM . ALRIGHT, LET'S BEGIN WITH SOME QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING. UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS PROPOSED FY UH, 20 25, 20 26. BUDGET IS LIVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REVIEWING THAT BUDGET, ESPECIALLY THE PORTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE CCAP AND THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF, UH, BUDGET TOWN HALLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY IN EVERY DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY. AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE AND ASK, UH, YOUR COUNCIL PERSON, UH, TO PRIORITIZE THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, FUNDS IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY RECEIVING IT. THE OFFICE OF CODE ENFORCE OR CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, STARTED PUTTING OUT A FREELY, TREMENDOUS NEWSLETTER, AND IT IS A RESOURCE FOR BOTH US AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP THEM FACILITATE CLEANUPS, UM, COLLECTION EVENTS AND, UH, THE LIKE THAT OUR FRIENDS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DO. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THAT NEWSLETTER AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FORWARD YOU OVER A COPY OR SEND OVER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO YOU CAN START RECEIVING IT, UH, REGULARLY. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF APPOINTED, UH, VACANCIES. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IN DISTRICTS 3, 4, 6, OR 11, UH, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY AND, UH, WE CAN CHAT MORE ABOUT HOW THEY CAN APPLY THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ALRIGHT, LET US CALL ROLE AGAIN. AS A REMINDER, PLEASE REMAIN ON CAMERA. IF YOU ARE AN APPOINTED MEMBER, UH, TO MAIN TO OUR QUORUM. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER HOMAN IN DISTRICT ONE IS NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING. COMMISSIONER WOOTEN, I SEE YOU THERE. COMMISSIONER WALLACE IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING IN DISTRICT FIVE. COMMISSIONER RE I SEE YOU THERE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. COMMISSIONER ROBERSON, IF YOU CAN COME ON CAMERA, PLEASE. OKAY. YOU DON'T WANNA SEE WHERE I AM, BUT I'LL DO IT. GOTTA HAVE YOU ON CAMERA TONIGHT. BRENDA, I'M SORRY, I'M OUTSIDE. UH, OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I'M DISTRICT, DO I NEED TO STAY ON CAMERA THE WHOLE TIME? THE WHOLE TIME MY FRIEND? I APOLOGIZE. OH, MY GOODNESS. SEE, THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS COME IN PERSON, BUT I JUST COULDN'T, I HAD TO PICK UP SOMEBODY FROM SCHOOL. WE GOT WIRES CROSSED AND IT IS, NEVERMIND. NO, NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES, FRIEND. UM, YOU LOOK LOVELY. YOU LOOK LOVELY AS ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT 12 OVER. THANK YOU, DR. LACKMAN. I SEE YOU HERE. I'M HERE. THANK YOU, MS. POSTON. I [00:05:01] SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU. UM, IN DISTRICT 13, COMMISSIONER DAY IS PRESENT HERE, UH, WITH US IN PERSON, COMMISSIONER TOMOTO ALSO, UM, MS. BE IS NOT GOING TO BE PRESENT UNTIL A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING. DR. BORO, I SEE YOU THERE. MS. STRAUS WILL NOT JOIN US. MS. NIA WILL NOT JOIN US. MR. HOFFMAN, MR. MARCOS, YOUR PRESENCE IS NOTED AND DR. JACK, I SEE YOU ONLINE AS WELL. ALRIGHT. UM, I SEE A FEW MEMBERS OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, INCLUDING MS. THOMAS AND DR AT LOBBY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IT'S NOT NOTED ON OUR AGENDA. WE'LL FIX THAT FOR NEXT TIME. BUT WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER THIS EVENING. AND THEN WE'LL RECITE OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES. JUST REAL QUICKLY. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PRO PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS SUBMISSION AND ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT BOTH, OR SANDRA, TO MR. MAXWELL, WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS. OUR, UH, ONLY SPEAKER THAT EVENING IS MR. . PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN THE, YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEN THE MICROPHONE BUTTON IS JUST RIGHT THERE ON THE WITNESS. YES. MICROPHONE IS NOT COMING THROUGH TO THE FOLKS ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. JACK. TRY IT AGAIN. JUST PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM OF THE I'VE GOT IT. YOU GOT IT. GREAT. THERE. WE'RE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN NORMAL PEOPLE ARE STILL IN BED, YOU CAN FIND ME WANDERING THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS AT 6:00 AM IN THE MORNING WITH A BACKPACK FULL OF DEAD BIRDS. BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT JUST FOR FUN. I'M WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE ON A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF MIGRATORY BIRD WINDOW COLLISIONS IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S THE SECOND BIGGEST DIRECT KILLER OF BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA. IT TAKES OVER A BILLION LIVES EVERY YEAR FOR A POPULATION THAT'S ALREADY IN A TERRIFYING DECLINE, AND IT'S PREVENTABLE. OUR SURVEY IS TO FIND OUT WHAT BIRDS ARE HITTING WHERE AND WHY SOME PLACES KILL MORE BIRDS THAN OTHERS. WE FOUND THAT IN THE OVER 100 ADDRESSES THAT WE MONITOR, THE BUILDING THAT STANDS FAR ABOVE THE REST IS GOING TO BE THE CONVENTION CENTER ACROSS THE STREET. THAT'S WHERE NEARLY A THIRD OF THE COLLISIONS WE FOUND HAVE BEEN. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS GETTING REMODELED, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE WHAT COULD BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS LIKE THE RAINBOW COLORED PAINTED BUNTING, OR THE GOOFY, BUT LOVABLE AMERICAN WOODCOCK, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOT UNUSUAL TO FIND DEAD THERE IN THE MORNINGS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS, THERE'S ALSO PRESIDENT FOR FIXING THIS CONVENTION CENTERS IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO HAVE ALSO BEEN BIG TIME BIRD KILLERS, BUT THEY TOOK ACTION TO MAKE THE WINDOWS BIRD FRIENDLY. AND THEY HAVE SEEN STRIKES GO DOWN BY AS MUCH AS 90%. IF WE CAN FIX THIS ISSUE HERE, THEN ALL OF THE SOMBER EARLY MORNINGS WILL HAVE BEEN WORTH IT, AND WE CAN MAKE A BIG LASTING IMPACT ON WILDLIFE THAT DEPENDS ON DALLAS. SO I'M IMPLORING Y'ALL TO HELP, AND MY ASK IS REALLY EASY. UH, AFTERWARDS, I'VE GOT A FLYER FOR A WEBINAR, AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO IT, WE'RE GONNA DIVE MORE INTO OUR DATA ON THE ISSUE AS WELL AS INTO THE BEST AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MAY YOU WANNA HAND THOSE, UM, FLYERS OVER TO US AND WE'LL GET THEM SHARED OUT. FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE ONLINE, I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL, UH, CATHERINE, MR. ROBERSON? YES, BEFORE HE WALKS OFF, UH, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT WEBEX. MY EX PASTOR IS A BIRD WATCHER, AND IF HE KNEW WHAT HE JUST SAID, IT'S A CRIME TO FIND A PAINTED BUNNING DEAD. THAT'S, THAT JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. WE'LL SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. LET US MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 11TH COMMISSION MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE? APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THOSE, THOSE MINUTES OF PASSED. ALRIGHT, LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR BRIEFING ITEM. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT LEADERSHIP DESIGNATION, BUT THIS, THIS EVENING IS ONG OUR SENIOR CLIMATE COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO, [00:10:16] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO SHARE, UH, ABOUT THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT REVIEW, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS, HOW DOES THAT PERTAIN TO OUR CITY OPERATIONS, AND WHAT DO WE DO AND USE THIS INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, JUST A BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION WILL LOOK LIKE TODAY. I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT THE THEMES ARE CAPTURED, THE PROCESS THAT IT TAKES, UM, AND THEN HOW THE CITY HAS PERFORMED AGAINST THOSE METRICS. MOST RECENTLY, THIS PAST DISCLOSURE PERIOD OF THE, UH, THE PAST 12 MONTHS. AND THEN THE DATA INFORMATION, WHAT DO WE RECEIVE? AND THEN HOW DO WE USE IT AS WE PERFORM OUR CITY OPERATIONS FOR OUR CCAP AND OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT, CDP FOR SHORT, WHICH I'LL USE MOVING FORWARD. UM, IT'S A GLOBAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS THE WORLD'S, UH, LARGEST IN ONE OF THE OLDEST ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE SYSTEMS. THIS SYSTEM, UM, IS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCLUDES CAPITAL MARKETS, COMPANIES, CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS TO ASSESS THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLANS, THEIR APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY, AND TO ASSESS THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, BOTH AT THIS LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVEL. UH, CDP HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS, AND THIS SYSTEM HAS, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF UNPARALLELED ENGAGEMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE AND IMPACTFUL WORLDWIDE. UM, CDP IS STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO TRANSPARENCY, UM, FOR DATA PERTAINING TO, UH, CARBON EMISSIONS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO DRIVE CHANGE IN THEIR GIVEN LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS. UM, THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH ENTERPRISES, UH, SCIENCE POLICY AND CAPITAL TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS US, UM, AS A USER AND AS A SOCIETAL PLAYER MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSPARENCY IN DATA SURROUNDING NOT ONLY OUR CARBON, BUT SUSTAINABILITY OVERALL. UM, JUST A FEW, UH, STATISTICS. THERE ARE OVER 25,000 DISCLOSING COMPANIES THAT PARTICIPATE WITHIN CDP. UM, THERE'S ROUGHLY 1000, UH, MUNICIPALITIES. THESE ARE CITIES, STATES, AND REGIONS. AND WITH ALL OF THOSE CONTRIBUTING PARTIES, THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ASSETS AND CAPITAL MARKET GAIN, UM, THAT PARTICIPATE WITHIN THIS DISCLOSURE STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THE DISCLOSURE PROCESS, UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS. IT GOES AROUND, UM, AROUND THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, BUT THE OFFICIAL DISCLOSURE PROCESS IN THE PERIOD OF IT IS ONLY FOR FOUR MONTHS. IT'S FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER, UH, IT HAPPENS YEAR ROUND. UM, IN THE OFF SEASON, IN THE STEP ONE, UH, CITIES ARE, ARE CHARGED WITH COLLECTING DATA AND CREATING A SYSTEM TO COLLECT ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED DATA AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DISCLOSURE INFORMATION AND METRICS AND INFORMATION NEEDED, UH, FOR THIS PERIOD. STEP TWO IS THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD ITSELF. SO CDP OPENS FOR ALL PARTICIPATING ENTITIES TO SUBMIT DURING THAT JUNE TO SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME. UM, IN STEP THREE, ONCE, UM, ONCE THE WINDOW IS CLOSED, CDP DOES AN ANALYSIS OF THE DATA THAT IS PRESENTED BASED ON MANY DIFFERENT METRICS IN CATEGORIES, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN A, IN A MINUTE. UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR, FOR OUR SENSE, THE METRICS FOR MUNICIPALITIES, FOR GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, AND REGIONS IS MOST IMPORTANT. ONCE THAT IS ALL COMPLETED, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, THE DATA IS PUBLICLY RELEASED BOTH TO US AS, UH, RECIPIENT OF THAT DATA, BUT PUB PUBLIC, UH, EXCUSE ME, PUBLISH PUBLICLY ONLINE, UH, FOR ALL TO SEE. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF, UM, THAT PUBLICLY FACING DATA IS THAT PARTNERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE RANK AND RATER SYSTEMS ALSO RECEIVE THAT DATA THROUGH CDP, UM, IN A PARTNERSHIP FORM WHERE WE ARE THEN RANKED SECONDARILY ACROSS THE DIFFERENT METRICS AND DIFFERENT SYSTEMS LOCALLY, GLOBALLY, UH, BOTH VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY THROUGH, THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION WITH CDP. AND ONCE ALL THAT IS COMPLETED, WE GET GENERAL FEEDBACK, UM, AND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE DID AND WHAT WE COULD BE DOING MORE AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO US IN THIS NEW YEAR. AND WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, LOCAL OTHER GOVERNMENTS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH US PARTICIPATING AS A LARGE MUNICIPALITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [00:15:05] SO HERE, JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF, OF CDP, UH, GLOBALLY. UM, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD THAT ALL CITIES, AGAIN, REGIONS, UH, IN, IN STATES PARTICIPATE IN. UH, THE GLOBAL SPREAD IS, IS QUITE LARGE. UM, BUT ACCORDING TO CDP, ABOUT 70% OF ALL GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS ARE CONTRIBUTED, UH, FROM CITIES. AND ABOUT 55% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN URBAN AREAS. SO ABOUT 80% OF GLOBAL GS ALSO CONNECTED TO URBAN AREAS. SO CITIES ARE MAIN FOCAL POINT, UM, WHEN WORKING TO, UH, INCREASE DISCLOSURE, INCREASE INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY WITH EMISSIONS THAT ARE BEING TRACKED, UH, THROUGH THIS MECHANISM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, US CITY PARTICIPANTS. UM, LARGE NUMBER, UH, DIVERSITY SPREAD ACROSS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, THE TOP 45 LARGEST CITIES BY POPULATION ALL PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THIS DISCLOSURE PROCESS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE OUR PEERS ACROSS THE NATION AND HOW THEY'RE RATED AND HOW THEY'RE GRADED. UM, THE SEVEN THAT ARE IN TEXAS ARE THE LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS, AND A FEW SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES, UH, AND REGIONS THAT PARTICIPATE. AND LET'S SAY ABOUT 55% OF ALL THE CITIES THAT REPORTED IN 2023 HAVE CITYWIDE EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS. AND ABOUT 60% OF ALL CITIES, UH, THAT REPORTED HAVE A CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, GETTING INTO, UH, THE, THE, GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE DISCLOSURE PROCESS, UH, DISCLOSURES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO EIGHT GENERAL THEME AREAS. UH, THEY'RE LISTED HERE, UH, GOING THROUGH THEM, GOVERNANCE, CLIMATE RISKS, ADAPTATION GOALS AND ACTIONS, EMISSIONS, ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN PLANNING, FOOD AND GENERAL WASTE. UH, WE SCORE, OR WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION WHERE OUR CCAP PLAN, UH, DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE MAJOR THEMES THAT ARE BEING ASKED, UH, FROM US, UH, THROUGH CDP, WE DISCLOSE THESE INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS FOR RELATED TO CITY OPERATIONS. AND THE ENTIRE SCOPE THAT IS ASKED WITHIN OUR CCAP IS CAPTURED IN SOME CAPACITY. UM, IN, IN CDP IN THE DISCLOSURE PROCESS, UM, THE MAJOR TOPIC AREAS, GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE, GOVERNANCE, UH, OVERSIGHT OF CLIMATE ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, EQUITY AND COLLABORATION FROM A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT. UM, ANOTHER BIG, UH, SECTION IS ASSESSMENT, UH, RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS THAT MAINLY FOCUSES ON OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INVENTORY AND SECTOR SPECIFIC DATA, HOW IT'S BEING TRACKED, HOW IT'S BEING RATED, AND HOW THE REDUCTION PLAN IN THE FUTURE, UM, IS BEING CREATED. ANOTHER SECTION, ANOTHER MAJOR TOPIC AREA IS THE TARGETS. DO WE HAVE ADAPTATION TARGETS? DO WE HAVE EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS? ARE THERE SECTOR SPECIFIC? ARE THEY OPERATIONAL FOCUS? ARE THEY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY? UH, THE FOURTH MAJOR TOPIC AREA ARE PLANS, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. ARE WE ADJUSTING CLIMATE, CLIMATE RISK, A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY FACING AS WELL AS MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS? AND THE LAST ONE IS ACTIONS. DO WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ADDRESS MITIGATION, ADAPTATION, UH, AND CLIMATE ACTION? SO ACROSS THE BOARD, YES, WE DO. UM, THIS FRAMEWORK HERE, AGAIN, IS FOR ALL CITIES, BUT WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION AS CCAP, UH, IS STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT WE ARE REFERENCING ALL OF THESE MAJOR THEMES IN A VERY CONCRETE WAY AS A CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, AS THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE ARE RATED, WE RECEIVED A RATING OF A MINUS THIS PAST YEAR OF 2024. UH, WE ARE IN THE LEADERSHIP CATEGORY. UH, THE LEADERSHIP CATEGORY DEMONSTRATES BEST PRACTICES, UH, STANDARDS ACROSS ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION, AS WELL AS US SETTING AMBITIOUS GOALS IN MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS. UM, DALLAS IS IN THE LEADERSHIP BAND DUE TO ITS, UH, HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN, A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR CLIMATE RISK AND CLIMATE ACTION, AND HAVING AND HAVING PLANS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THESE ACTIONS TAKE PLACE TO REDUCE OUR CLIMATE IMPACT AND VULNERABILITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. AS AN ORGANIZATION TO BE AWARDED IN A OR IN A MINUS IN THAT LEADERSHIP BAND AS, AS ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER, UH, YOU MUST DEMONSTRATE BEST PRACTICES OF MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, UH, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LOOKING. YOU MUST ACTIVELY, UH, BE ACTIVELY TRACKING PROGRESS AGAINST, UH, A CLIMATE REDUCTION GOAL, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN OUR CTAP AS WELL. AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION IS [00:20:01] PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, UM, AND WE ENGAGE WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THE, WITH THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE ITSELF ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUTLINED OUR SCOPE ONE, TWO, AND THREE EMISSIONS AND OUR PREVIOUS INVENTORY THAT STILL COUNTS UNTIL WE DO A NEW ONE IN A FIVE YEAR SPAN. UM, AND THE DATA IS VALIDATED AGAINST THE SCIENCE BASED TARGET INITIATIVE. SO JUST A COMPARISON, OUR A MINUS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, WE'RE ALL ABOUT 1000 CITIES THAT PARTICIPATED GLOBALLY IS A B UH, SO WE ARE ABOVE THE CURVE IN TERMS OF OUR CDP RATING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WE ARE STRIVING TO GET THE A RATING, UH, THE A RATING, AGAIN, BEING THE HIGHEST IS THE MOST RARE AND MOST DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE. SO I WANTED TO JUST IN THIS TABLE, PROVIDE SOME METRICS OF WHAT DOES THAT TRULY LOOK LIKE. SO IN 2024, AGAIN, 973 CITIES, UH, REPORTED TO CDP. AND HERE'S JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT NUMBER. 15%, 112 RECEIVED AN A RATING. UM, IT'S UP QUITE A BIT FROM FROM LAST YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST THE REGIONAL BREAKDOWN, UH, OF THE A RATINGS, UH, FOR ALL OF THE GLOBAL CITIES. TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE NUMBER OF CITIES THAT REPORTED IN TEXAS. THERE WERE SEVEN CITIES AND ONLY TWO RECEIVED AN A. UH, THOSE WERE HOUSTON AND AUSTIN. UM, AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, FINDING OUT THEY RECEIVED THEIR A THEY HAVE A LONGER STANDING HISTORY OF REPORTING TO CDP, AND THEY HAVE FRAMED SOME OF THEIR CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY RELATED ACTIONS TO THE CDP, UH, DISCLOSURE METRIC. UH, SO THEY WERE BETTER ALIGNED TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, MORE IN DEPTH, UM, TO RECEIVE THAT HIGH RATING. NEXT SLIDE, LIZ. SO JUST WANTED, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLE OF THE QUESTIONS. THERE ARE ABOUT 470 QUESTIONS OVERALL, UH, THAT GO INTO THE DISCLOSURE. SOME ARE OPEN-ENDED, SOME ARE LIKERT, SOME ARE A, B, C, D, AND SOME ARE DATA-DRIVEN WHERE WE ATTACH, UH, DOCUMENTATION, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO. UM, BUT THE WAY IT WORKS ON, ON CDP, YOU GET A, YOU GET A SCORE, I WOULD SAY, FOR JUST OPENING AND SAYING THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE ACTION WITHIN YOUR MUNICIPALITY. UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, YOU STILL RECEIVE SOME SORT OF SCORE, UM, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. AND THEN FROM THERE, EVERY QUESTION THAT YOU ANSWER, THERE'S A DROPDOWN FOR MORE QUESTIONS TO MORE QUESTIONS TO ASK, UH, OF MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN WE PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO, SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNANCE AND THE CLIMATE RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. UM, ONE OF THE FIRST TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF IT. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, UH, ONLINE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE OUR OVERALL RESPONSE, UH, WITH YOU ALL POSTING ONLINE AND SHARING WITH CHANG WITH COMMISSIONERS, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING. NEXT SLIDE. SO, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, FROM DISCLOSING AND PARTICIPATING IN IN CDP? AGAIN, UH, WE GET TO UNDERSTAND OUR, OUR DATA GAPS, JUST THE EXERCISE OF GOING THROUGH THE DISCLOSURE. WE ARE ABLE TO SEE, UM, WHAT INFORMATION'S BEING ASKED AND WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NOT HAVE OR DO, WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR, DIRECT ANSWER TO. SO WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY, UH, OUR DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED TO, UH, TO UTILIZE TO DO SO. UM, FOR MEASURE AND MONITORING, WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK PROGRESS FOR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY RISK AND ACTIONS, UH, TO AN EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY. UM, THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, GOOD, WHAT IS NOT SO GREAT, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IN AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME. UH, LEADERSHIP IS A REALLY BIG ONE, UH, FOR, UH, FOR US, UH, SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT, UM, ON THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, UM, AND STRIVING FOR THAT, A LIST STATUS, UH, BECOMING AN A PUTS YOU, PUTS YOU AT THE TABLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REVISING, UH, THE METRICS AND REVISING THE SYSTEM AND EVALUATING THE SYSTEM OVERALL ON HOW THIS DISCLOSURE AND HOW CLIMATE ACTION IS HELPING IN THE PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. FOR CITIES, UH, THE CITIES THAT RECEIVE AN A RATING HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION. UM, INSIGHT, WE GET A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO DIFFERENT WEBINARS, RESOURCES, CALLS, GUIDANCE MATERIALS, JUST BY PARTICIPATING IN THE HIGHER SCORE THAT YOU GET. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT, THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES, UM, THROUGH PARTICIPATING AND THEN SHARING DATA FOR OTHER DISCLOSURE REPORTING. UH, JUST BY US REPORTING ONCE TO CDP, THE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE, UH, DISCLOSE IS SHARED [00:25:01] IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ILI AND C 40, UH, THE GLOBAL, UH, COVENANT OF MAYORS, THE RACE FOR ZERO. MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A SIMILAR SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS, UH, PULL DATA FROM CDP FOR THEIR OWN, UH, UH, RATE AND RANKER SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. SO JUST BY PARTICIPATING IN CDP, IT OPENS THE DOOR TO SO MANY OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE MAY, UM, THAT WE MAY RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE. A LOT OF RECOGNITION AND NOTORIETY AND CONNECTIONS ON HOW CONNECTIONS AND EVALUATION OF HOW WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE CAN BE BETTER AS WE MOVE TOWARDS OUR CLIMATE GOAL. SET IN CA NEXT SLIDE. AND JUST FOR THE LAST SLIDE FOR TODAY, OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS. UH, SO, UH, THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD FOR THE 2024 HAS CLOSED, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING OUR RESPONSES. UH, CDP DOES NOT GIVE DETAILED FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE DID RIGHT OR WHAT WE DID WRONG. UM, SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE IN THAT A MINUS, WE NEED TO GO IN AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE DATA AND INFORMATION ON, AND HOW DO WE CREATE A SYSTEM TO DO SO. UH, STEP TWO IS COMMUNICATING AND PROMOTING THE CITY'S GRADE. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SO GETTING THE AWARENESS OUT THAT THE CITY IS BEING RATED GLOBALLY SO HIGHLY IS IMPORTANT FOR US FOR AWARENESS AND, AND ACTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF CLIMATE ACTION WITHIN THE CITY. UM, THE THIRD THING IS REVIEWING THE SECONDARY DISCLOSURE OPPORTUNITIES. SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. UM, I WILL WANNA MENTION C 40 IS A REALLY BIG, UM, REALLY BIG ORGANIZATION ON OUR END. IT'S THE TOP 40 CITIES IN THE COUNTRY OR IN THE WORLD, UM, IN TERMS OF CLIMATE ACTION. AND THEY REALLY DRIVE THE DIRECTION OF, UH, CITY MUNICIPALITY CLIMATE ACTION GLOBALLY. SO STRIVING TO MAKE THAT MARK AND BE INVOLVED IN THAT ORGANIZATION REALLY HELPS US, UM, AS WE EVALUATE CAP, AND THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN HELPING US FROM A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STANDPOINT, EVALUATION, AND THEN ALSO UTILIZING THE TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE FROM CDP, RIGHT? US PARTICIPATING, A LOT OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COHORTS AND CALLS, UH, THAT LEAD TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO ILI, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS, UH, DIFFERENT COHORTS FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TO HELP DRIVE THE CONVERSATION, DRIVE SOME OF THE ACTIONS NATIONALLY, UH, SOLELY BASED ON HOW WE PERFORMED WITHIN THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD. AND THEN SMART SERVICES COALITION, UM, WAS A SPINOFF OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN, IN CDP YEARS AGO. AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG, BIG, UH, RESOURCE AND HELP TO US AS WE EVALUATE, UM, OUR CLIMATE ACTION WITHIN THE CITY. AND THEN LASTLY, PREPARING FOR THE 2025 DISCLOSURE CYCLE, UM, ALREADY STARTED IN THAT PROCESS WITH LEADING THE CHARGE AND COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION AND DATA. UH, WE HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS, ABOUT A MONTH LEFT BEFORE, UH, THIS YEAR'S CYCLE ENDS, AND WE START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. NEXT SLIDE. THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATION SHARED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE A MINUS RATING. UH, IN YEARS PAST, THE ACTUAL DISCLOSURE REPORT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION. WE CAN'T DO THAT THIS YEAR. AND THE, FOR THE 25 , YES, I CAN SHARE THAT, UM, WITH YOU ALL AFTERWARDS. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY VIRTUALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, DR. LACKMAN, GO AHEAD. IF YOU DO, RAISE YOUR HAND ON MINE. NO, I ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, UH, SEVERAL. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, IDEA OF, UH, YET OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO GO FROM AN A TO ME? SO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING IN INTO THAT. UM, I DO HAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THAT. THEY ASK REALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LIKE SECTOR BY SECTOR AND SOME OF THOSE SECTORS, WE DON'T EITHER HAVE REAL SITE LINES IN THAT DATA COLLECTION. UH, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LIVESTOCK THAT IS IN THE CITY FROM AN EMISSION STANDPOINT IS ASKED. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT ONE. SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BETTER ANSWER IT TO MAKE, TO, TO ADDRESS THAT DELTA BETWEEN AN A AND AN A. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, UH, DOES THIS, IT SOUNDS TO ME AS A CDP, BECAUSE OF THE, ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HAVE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, IN TERMS OF COPYING BEST PRACTICES [00:30:01] FROM OTHER, UH, CITIES. IS THAT SORT OF A ACTIVE PART OF YOUR PLANNING PROCESS? YES. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF, UM, THE COHORT COLLABORATION THAT THAT HAPPENS. UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS. 'CAUSE THEY ALL GET TOGETHER REGIONAL CITIES AND LARGER CITIES BASED ON DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION SIZE, LAND SIZE, UM, SO THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY IS FACILITATED BY THIS PROCESS. UM, AND THEN MY LAST POINT OR QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK WE FACE, FRANKLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IS A, IS A SHIFTING GROUND UNDER OUR FEET. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE INITIATIVES OR LACK THEREOF MAY AFFECT OUR ABILITY IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING LOOKING INTO, WITH THIS BEING A GLOBAL STANDARD. UM, THE, THE ACTIONS OF ANY GIVEN GOVERNMENT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT. WE ARE ABLE TO ANSWER ON HOW, UM, HOW THAT MAY BE IMPACTED, BUT IT DOESN'T ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE FUNDING OR, OR RELATIONS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS. UH, THOSE ARE EXCLUDED FROM THERE. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A BIG IMPACT IN OUR, ON OUR SCORE OR OUR, OR DATA SHARE. THANK YOU, MR. HOFFMAN. WELL, THIS IS, UM, GREAT. I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT, UH, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN LIGHT OF THE SHIFTING GROUNDS AROUND US. UM, AND ALSO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE, THE SHAREPOINT THAT, UH, ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, AND AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ITSELF MORE IRRELEVANT AND THE CLIMATE SPACE, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE CLEARLY MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR ACTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ONLINE? I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO JULIE'S QUESTION ON THE, THE BENEFITS OF DISCLOSURE, INCLUDING THOSE DATA GAPS AND, UH, THOSE INSIGHTS AND SHARED DATA. IS ALL OF THAT INCLUDED IN THE REPORT THAT WILL RECEIVE, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION WILL RECEIVE? I CAN INCLUDE MY OWN ASSESSMENT IN, IN THAT SUBMISSION TO YOU ALL? YES. YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, UH, FROM ANOTHER THIRD PARTY PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE MAY NOT BE SEEING, UH, GAPS IN THE CCAP, UM, AND OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ADVANCING IT. SO THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, OH, DR. BORO HAS MY QUESTION. YES, I HEARD THAT WE WERE COMPARED WITH OTHER TEXAS, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A BENCHMARK WITH OTHER CITIES NATIONWIDE, AND HOW ARE WE STANDING IN RELATION TO OTHER CITIES? ARE THERE ANY, UH, PEARLS OF WISDOM OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO BENCHMARK, UH, NATIONWIDE, THAT SCORE IS ABOUT IN, UM, LET'S SAY B PLUS TO, TO AN A. THEY DID NOT RELEASE THAT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO DO MY OWN MATH TO, TO GET THAT GRADE. UM, THERE, FOR YOUR SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION, THERE IS NOT REALLY, UH, ANY OTHER INFORMATION FROM CITIES THAT WE CAN GLEAN FROM THAT WE WOULD USE IN OUR, IN OUR PROCESS. UH, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SHARED IN THE SECONDARY REPORTINGS IN THE, IN THE COHORTS. UH, BUT THERE'S NOT ANYTHING I CAN GLEAN FROM THEIR SUBMISSION AND THEIR CDP LABELED REPORT ABOUT US, UM, A HIGH LEVEL OR HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAM FOR EACH CITY. ALRIGHT, MR. HOFFMAN, GO AHEAD. IS ANY OF THE DATA THAT IS GATHERED, UH, RELIANT ON SOME OF THE NASA SATELLITES THAT ARE, ARE NOT BEING THREATENED? NO, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. ALL THE DATA THAT WE SUBMIT TO HERE IS EITHER COLLECTED LOCALLY, GARNERED LOCALLY, OR IN CONTROL OF, OF THE CITY OF DALLAS JURISDICTION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE, THE RATING AND KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR PROGRESS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR BRIEFING MEMORANDUM. WE HAVE, UH, ONE MEMO. ITEM A IS A DALLAS SPRING BUSINESS [00:35:01] CERTIFICATION RELAUNCH WITH PAUL, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. GO AHEAD, PAUL. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UM, HAVE YOU ALL HAD A, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW, UH, THE MEMO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR GREEN BUSINESS RELAUNCH? OKAY, I SEE A HAND HERE. MARITA, GO AHEAD PAUL. I CAN SAY THAT I'VE READ IT, BUT SEEN AS HOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET MEETINGS. DO YOU HAVE, UH, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THIS LAUNCH, PEOPLE WISE, COMMUNICATION WISE, ET CETERA? YES, MA'AM. I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED, UM, TO DO THIS RELAUNCH TO GO OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND, UH, DO THE KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I WAS READING THE MEMO. UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED IN 2017. THIS IS LIKE A RELAUNCH MM-HMM . UM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING NOW AND DO YOU HAVE A BENCHMARK OR DO YOU HAVE LIKE A TARGET METRIC THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING PARTICIPATION? DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS. I WANT TO SAY THERE'S ABOUT 30, 25. OKAY. SO THERE'S ABOUT 25 BUSINESSES CURRENTLY CERTIFIED. UH, BUT THE PROCESS OF THE RELAUNCH, SOME OF THOSE BUSINESS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK IN WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AGAIN, PART OF THIS RELAUNCH AND PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO SET A TIME LIMIT IN A SENSE OF HOW LONG YOU CAN BE CERTIFIED BEFORE WE COME OUT AND CHECK AGAIN. AND AS FAR AS LIKE, UH, FOR A BENCHMARK FOR US, SINCE THIS IS A RELAUNCH, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, I WOULD SAY THE FIRST PHASE, WE'RE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE APPLICATION. SO WE'RE GONNA CHECK AGAIN AFTER WE GET ABOUT, I'D SAY 20 APPLICANTS OR SO, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE GOOD FOLLOW UP. UM, WHAT'S, HOW DO YOU TARGET, UH, BUSINESSES TO GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE? SURE. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UH, ENGAGEMENT UP TO THIS POINT. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, LET'S SEE, I KNOW WE'VE WORKING WITH VISIT DALLAS, THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION. UH, WE ALSO MEET WITH DALLAS 2030 ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND MOST RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FIFA QUITE A BIT. ALL RIGHT. DR. BORO, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND STILL UP? IS THAT FROM PREVIOUS QUESTION? SORRY. YES, IT'S FROM PREVIOUS SESSION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, UH, GO AHEAD. YEAH. OH, JUST BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, NATALIE EZ. UM, SHE IS OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE COORDINATOR, AND SHE'S WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ON THIS PROGRAM. AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HER FOR THAT. AND THANK, THANK HER ALSO FOR HER ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ALSO HELPED US WITH THIS PROCESS IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATION FORM. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NATALIE. UM, AND AS YOU, UH, GET, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA COLLATERALS AND OTHER, UH, GRAPHICS AND, AND WHATNOT TO SHARE OUT, UH, FEEL FREE TO HAVE STEPHANIE SEND THAT OVER TO THE PERMISSION. WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARE THAT. OKAY. WE'LL DO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET US MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEM. UH, ITEM A IS THE DISCUSSION ON EPAS RECONSIDERATION OF THE 2009 ENDANGERMENT FINDING FOR GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER SECTION 2 0 2 A OF THE CLINTON AIR ACT. UM, AND THERE WILL BE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM, I WANTED TO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO FIRST OF ALL MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY OR SEVERAL, UH, WHEN WE PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, THERE WERE TWO HEARINGS, ONE ON AUGUST 19TH AND 20TH. UM, AND THEN THERE HAVE, UH, NOW BEEN ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL HEARINGS ON THE 21ST AND 22ND. SO THOSE HEARINGS ARE, UM, BEGINNING AT 8:00 AM AND ENDING AT 8:00 PM ON THE 19TH, 10:00 AM AND 8:00 AM ON THE OTHER DAYS. SO, UH, I'LL SEND OUT A LINK FOR FOLKS TO REGISTER, BUT I WANNA JUST GET A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE EPAS GOAL IS HERE. SO EARLIER IN JUNE, UH, THE EPA PROPOSED TO RESCIND THE 2009 GREENHOUSE GAS ENDANGERMENT [00:40:01] FINDING. IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE UNDERPINNING OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT. UM, AND THE ENDANGERMENT FINDING IS, UH, RELATES TO REGULATING EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES. AND WITHOUT THIS, UH, REGULATION, THE EPA ASSERTS THAT IT LACKS THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY, UH, TO PRESCRIBE ANY STANDARDS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. AND SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO WHOLLY REMOVE, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATIONS FOR LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND HEAVY DUTY ON HIGHWAY VEHICLES. MM-HMM . OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S INCREDIBLY CONCERNING. AND A LARGE PORTION OF THE EMISSIONS, UH, THAT WE SEEK TO, UH, REDUCE OR ELIMINATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACHIEVING OUR CCAP GOALS ARE MOBILE. UM, AND SO THOSE TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT. AND WITHOUT THE ABILITY OF THE EPA TO, UH, QUANTIFY AND REGULATE THOSE EMISSIONS, UH, IT'S PRETTY CONCERNING, NOT ONLY FOR, UM, POLLUTION AND AIR QUALITY, BUT ALSO THE HEALTH OF FOLKS WHO ARE DEEPLY IMPACTED BY POOR AIR QUALITY AND LIVING IN AREAS THAT HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, LONG PERIODS OF TIME BEEN IN NON-ATTAINMENT, UH, FOR VOCS, NOX, OR OZONE. SO, UM, PLEASE PLAN TO COMMENT AND OR ATTEND THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AGAIN, I'LL SEND OUT THE LINK. UH, THERE'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE EPAS WEBSITE, AND ALL THAT DOES IS KICK YOU BACK TO A FORM. SO I'LL JUST SEND YOU THE LINK TO THE FORM AND YOU CAN REGISTER, UH, TO, TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THE DAY, UM, THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU. THE FACT THAT THERE ARE FOUR HEARING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IS, IS GREAT. SO ONE DAY DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU. PLEASE CHOOSE ANOTHER DAY. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UM, PUTTING COMMENTS OUT THERE. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ECHO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS OR GET INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS OR SPEAK TO THAT, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, YOU WORK WITH FREQUENTLY, PLEASE DO SO AHEAD OF THIS, UH, INPUT OPPORTUNITY. AND I SEE SOME HANDS RAISED. DID I SEE YOURS, RITA? GO AHEAD. LET ME JUST MENTION THAT IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO BE ON A NUMBER OF NATIONAL CALL COMMITTEES LIKE THE METHANE TABLE, UM, I HAVE A TOOLKIT WITH SOME BULLET POINTS THAT I CAN GET TO PEOPLE SHOULD THEY WANT A BULLET POINTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND THEN I'M READING ON THE WEBSITE, UM, THAT, THAT THE EP IS ACTUALLY ASKING FOR PRE-REGISTRATION IF YOU INTEND TO TESTIFY. UM, AND SO EVERYONE THAT'S, UH, REGISTERING TODAY OR AFTER IS CONSIDERED A LATE REQUEST. IF YOU TRULY INTEND TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK AT THIS HEARING, YOU'LL NEED TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALRIGHT. UH, DR. JACK, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR . UM, I AM WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT LEGAL, UM, COURSES THAT DIFFERENT, UM, MAYBE CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT PARTICULARLY AS THE CITY OF DALLAS LOOKING AT JOINING IN, UM, WITH ANY OTHER COHORT CITIES, UM, THAT MAY BE TAKING ACTION ON BEHALF OF THEIR CITIZENS. LET'S ASK DIRECTOR WHAT, YEAH, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. ALRIGHT. AND IF, IF YOU NEED COLLABORATION ON COMMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE SORT OF MOVING OKAY. ON THIS FOR, FOR AT LEAST FOR TEXAS. SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO DO THAT. SO, UH, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD MAY BE OPEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE, UH, VERBAL COMMENT PAGE. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL, BUT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. ALRIGHT. UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE, DOES THE EPA HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A GOAL AND OBJECTIVE ADMISSION STATEMENT. DO THEY HAVE A STAND, UH, ON POLLUTION OR ON THE ENVIRONMENT AT ALL? [00:45:01] I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE IF YOUR GOAL AS EPA IS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOU'RE NO LONGER DOING THAT, THEN IN A SENSE YOU SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT. BECAUSE WHAT DO WE NEED AN EPA FOR IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REGULATE ANYTHING AND WE'RE OUT HERE BY OURSELVES. YES. I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. UM, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ALL WONDERING THE SAME THING HERE. AND I, I, I SAY IT WITH A SMILE, BUT I DON'T SAY IT LIGHTLY. UH, THERE WILL BE MORE REGULATIONS, UH, THAT WILL BE CUT. AND THIS ADMINISTRATION, UH, HAS, UH, DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE WORST OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. AND IT IS MOST DEFINITELY AN UNFORTUNATE, UH, POSITION TO BE IN FOR, UM, FOLKS WHO LIKE TO BREATHE AIR. SO I'LL JUST, I'LL LEAVE IT THAT. ALRIGHT. RITA, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 15TH AT THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS ON THIS ITEM. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO INTO ITEM B. THESE ARE THE MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES. UM, LET'S START WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CHAIR. ROBERSON, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? I HAVE IS THAT THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET MONTHLY. IT MAY GO INTO QUARTERLY, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE EVERY THIRD THURSDAY AND SET UP GOALS, OBJECTIVES. AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WORK ON? BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS ARE, WE COULD EASILY BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. NOT, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING ONE THING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE VACCINES THAT ARE NOT MRNA. NOW THAT'S AN ISSUE. YOU COULD EASILY, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST BE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND NOT BE EFFECTIVE. SO ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, WE WOULD LIKE FOLLOW UP ON THE BATCH PLANTS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT GOING HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S A MOVING POINT, BUT WE NEED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONES OPERATING, 'CAUSE WE TURNED DOWN ONE AT THE LAST, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THEY ALL NEED TO BE HELD TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE HELD THAT ONE TO. AGREED. THANK YOU. CHAIR ROBERTSON. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, I THINK I HAVE AN UPDATE FROM CHAIR ROBERT, FROM CHAIR, UH, WALLACE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. GIMME JUST ONE MOMENT. CHAIR WALLACE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT SAYS THAT THEY, UH, ARE STRUGGLING TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE BOOK PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, AND SO, DIRECTOR WHITE, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP US FACILITATE A DISCUSSION WITH PROCUREMENT ON, UH, CHAIR WALLACE'S ATTEMPTS TO SEE ABOUT CREATING A SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY AND GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. UM, CHAIR WALLACE ALSO SAYS, NO MOVEMENT ON THE SOLAR APP PLUS INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF AS WELL. SO WE'LL GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS TO, IF WE CAN SET SOMETHING UP FOR TRACY TO CONNECT WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT DID NOT MEET THIS PAST MONTH. UH, HOWEVER, WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS TO ADVERTISE OUR OPEN POSITIONS. UH, WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DISTRICTS 3, 4, 6, AND 11. AND, UH, DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE A WHILE. IF YOU KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, AS I SAID EARLIER IN THE MEETING, LET THEM KNOW. AND, UH, WE WILL START PROMOTING THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU ALL IN AN EMAIL SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT OUT TO YOUR NETWORKS, UM, AS WELL. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT MONTH. ALRIGHT. AND THEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION. JULIE, DO YOU HAVE UPDATE? THANK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS. GO BACK TO SEE THIS PRESENT THIS EVENING. WE'RE GONNA START WITH DISTRICT TWO. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE THIS MONTH. MM-HMM . RIGHT? DISTRICT SEVEN. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? [00:50:07] DID YOU SAY DISTRICT SEVEN? HEY, FRIEND. YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES OH, FROM YOUR DISTRICT THIS MONTH? YES. HOW ARE YOU? HOW I'M GOING? I HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYS THEIR SUMMER OFF, BUT I'VE BEEN BUSY. UH, ONLY UPDATES. I HOPE HALEY LOST YOUR AUDIO. TAMIKA, THERE WE GO. THEY WENT IN, UH, THEIR PERMIT AGAIN, BUT THEY, THEY STILL CANNOT DUE TO SOME INJUNCTION. UH, SO I HAVE FILED A, UH, INJUNCTION ON THEM, VIOLATE, UH, OPERATING, UH, THE STOCKPILE. THEY DON'T SUPPOSED TO BE OPERATING. AND I CAUGHT 'EM ACTUALLY WITH THE TRUCK UNDER IT. SO I HAVE SUBMITTED A, A COMPLAINT, UH, AGAINST THAT. UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I JUST BEEN DOING A LOT OF, OF FOOD GIVEAWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY OF DROPPING. UM, EVERY WEEK I GIVE OUT FOOD EVERY WEEK IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE STILL BEEN WORKING IN THE, UH, I DID A BIKE RIDE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AS TO SUSTAIN THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BIKING. IT'S REAL GOOD IN DISTRICT SEVEN, IF YOU HAVE THE BIKE AROUND DISTRICT SEVEN SOUTH DALLAS PARK, IT'S VERY SUSTAINABLE. BUT I THOUGHT OF THAT. THAT IS MY UPDATE, UH, FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT EIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, WE HAVE AN EIGHT. WE HAVE A NEW, UH, COUNCILMAN ATKINS TERMED OUT. SO WE HAVE LORI BLAIR AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, UH, LAST NIGHT. AND WE, UH, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE BE AT THESE MEETINGS, UH, TOWN HALL BUDGET MEETINGS. SO I WILL COVER THE ONES IN EIGHT, AND I MAY COVER ONE IN DISTRICT FOUR DEPENDING ON MY SCHEDULE. UM, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'VE BEEN WORKING, I HAVE TO MEET WITH LORI TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHICH DIRECTION. I'M SURE SHE'S GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS SHE'S DOING. THEY HAD A WONDERFUL BACK SCHOOL FAIR, UM, IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THEY WERE GIVING AWAY NIKE TENNIS SHOES AND EVERY, BUT, AND IT WASN'T JUST THAT DISTRICT. IT'S EVERYWHERE. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE, THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO HELP EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WE HAVE TO DO. UH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. TAMIKA, YOU BLIPPED OUT A LITTLE BIT AND I DIDN'T HEAR, IS IT THE SAME, UH, YOUR PART ABOUT THE, THE BATCH PLANT AND THE PERMIT AND ALL THAT, THAT BLIPPED OUT ON MY END, SO I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. SO AT THE END OF MY STUFF, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT FOR ME? YES, IT IS. IT WAS TEXAS READY STAR. OKAY. THAT'S WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT I WASN'T SURE OF THE OTHER. I COULD FORWARD TO YOU THE EMAIL. YOU THE EMAIL. OKAY. THE OTHER THING THESE DISTRICTS WE HAVE THAT ARE WITHOUT COMMISSIONERS, CATHERINE, ARE THEY, HAVE THEY BEEN APPROACHED BY CITY COUNCIL? DO THEY KNOW THAT? I MEAN, I, IS IT MANDATORY THEY HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE, UH, LAUREN GRACIE, HE'S ENTERING HIS SECOND TERM WITHOUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HELP THEM. BUT DO THEY REALIZE THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE? SO IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND AS YOU RECALL, WE WERE WITHOUT THE DISTRICT BOARD COMMISSIONER, ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS ASSISTANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IT'S UH, BEEN OUR PRIORITY TO GET THESE SEATS, UH, BILLED AND GET FOLKS, UM, INTERESTED IN THESE POSITIONS AND TO ALSO TALK WITH THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING. AND SO, MR. MARQUIS HAS BEEN FACILITATING SOME CONVERSATIONS SINCE, SOME INTRODUCTIONS, UH, SO THAT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UH, AT LEAST A FEW FOLKS TO BEGIN SPEAKING WITH AS WE GET READY TO PUSH OUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, AN APPLICATION THAT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN EASILY USE TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN SERVING ON A BOARD OF MISSION. UM, AND LET FOLKS KNOW THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION ABSOLUTELY NEEDS REPRESENTATION IN ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS. SO, YEAH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BERNIE. ALRIGHT. UH, I'M DISTRICT NINE. SO I MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMAN TO DISCUSS PRIORITIES FOR DISTRICT AND TO COORDINATE ON THE SCHEDULING AND UPCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, SORT OF MEET AND GREET [00:55:01] MEETING IN THE DISTRICT. UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A DATE, UH, SET FOR THAT SOON. I ALSO, UM, MET RECENTLY WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CITY RA TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S PAUSE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR BOTH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, UH, THAT WE WORKED DILIGENTLY ON, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, UH, THE, THE AUTHORS OF THAT WOKE EQUITY IN, UH, TO THAT DOCUMENT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. AND SO, UH, WE DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH AND I WAS SENT OVER SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME UPCOMING PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFORDED TO RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT THESE, UH, PROGRAMS WILL LOOK LIKE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AND I'LL SHOW THAT OUT. SO THE COMMISSION, UM, WHEN I'M ABLE TO DO SO AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOW UP AND, UH, AND, AND CONTINUE TO EXPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AND, UH, HELP OUR LEADERS TO FIND A WAY FORWARD. UM, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS WITHHOLDING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL GRANTS IS WHAT THE CITY RISKS TO LOSE IF THEY DO NOT PAUSE THESE INITIATIVES. AND IT PUTS THE CITY IN A VERY UNTENABLE, UH, SITUATION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT IS NECESSARY TO MEET OUR CCAP GOALS. UH, BUT SOME CHANGES ARE, ARE DEFINITELY PENDING AND ARE GOING TO NEED. AND I WANT, UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE. UM, WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE, UH, I WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS FOR DISTRICT NINE. I'M GONNA ATTEND THE DISTRICT SIX BUDGET TOWN HALL BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PRESENTLY A DISTRICT SIX COMMISSIONER. UM, AND JUST CONTINUE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE EQF BUDGETS. UM, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE GREENHOUSE GAS STUDY THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE, UM, COMPLETED LATER THIS FALL IS FULLY FUNDED AND THAT OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. UM, AS ALWAYS, MS. BEVIN, UH, HAS A LIST OF PRIORITIES, UM, AND A LIST OF BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AND SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, PLEASE CONNECT WITH RITA AND LET HER KNOW, UH, THERE ARE VIRTUAL OPTIONS AND WE ARE AIMING TO GET, UH, ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE TO EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS. SO IF WE'RE AVAILABLE, CONNECT WITH RITA. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL GO. DISTRICT 10 IS NOT PRESENT, 11 IS VACANT. LET'S GO TO DR. LACKMAN IN DISTRICT. UM, YES, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO, UH, REPORT, UH, IN DISTRICT 12. UM, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, AN A COUPLE OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ON THE ISSUE OF, UM, UH, PEOPLE WHO, UH, LEAVE THEIR BULK TRASH OUT. THEY'LL HAVE IT OUT FOR 2, 3, 4 WEEKS INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OUT THE, THE DAY BEFORE. UH, THAT POSES SOME DEFINITE RISKS, UH, IN TERMS OF SAFETY. UM, ALSO, UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, ACTIVE IN WORKING IN THE, UH, THE TEMPLE SLOAN GARDEN ALMOST EVERY SUNDAY. HARVESTED 25 POUNDS OF OKRA ON SUNDAY. UH, AND, UM, WANT TO, UH, PUBLICLY THANK, UH, UH, UH, UH, COUNCILPERSON MENDELSOHN FOR HER HELP IN, UM, UPHOLDING THE, UH, THE ZONING BOARD DECISION, UH, ON BATCH PLANTS. UH, AS, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERSON SAID WE HAVE A WRONG WAY TO GO IN TERMS OF, UH, BRINGING THE EXISTING PLANTS, UH, INTO COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT PLANTS, WHICH COME ON BOARD MEET TO MEET SAFETY STANDARDS THAT DO NOT ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS. SO, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER POSTON, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? I DO TWO, I HAVE TWO QUICK THINGS. UM, THE FIRST IS REGARDING THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS. SO I'VE RECEIVED, UM, A NUMBER OF INQUIRIES FROM FOLKS WHO ARE HERE IN DISTRICT 13 AS WELL AS BROADLY FROM THE MASTER NATURALIST GROUP. UM, PEOPLE WANNA ATTEND THESE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TALKING POINTS, RIGHT? SO LIKE, WHAT OTHER SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS, SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING CUT OUTTA THE BUDGET AND NEEDS TO, AND HERE'S WHY. JUST, YOU KNOW, EASY THINGS TO FEED TO THEM. [01:00:01] DO WE HAVE, I KNOW, UM, RITA SENT SOME STUFF OVER TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MASTER NATURALIST WITH SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT, UM, SOLAR, I THINK YOU GAVE SOME SOLAR IDEAS. UM, DO WE HAVE TALKING POINTS THAT WE CAN GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR WHEN THEY ATTEND THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS? THIS MY FIRST QUESTION. OKAY. I'LL GO TO MY SECOND QUESTION THEN YOU CAN ANSWER. SO MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, I HEARD FROM A SOMEONE IN DISTRICT 13 WHO IS, UH, ADVOCATING FOR LIMITING THE USE OF, OF SPRAYING FOR, UM, MOSQUITOES, UM, BOTH ON PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS ON, UH, BASED ON THE EFFECT ON NATIVE, UM, INSECTS, ET CETERA. UM, THAT SHE WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ABOUT IT. AND I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON WHETHER THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, SO I CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, UM, FOR HER AND TO SUPPORT HER. YEAH, I THINK FOLKS HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CITY ABOUT LIMITING SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THEY CAN DO SO BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA. SO ONCE THE AGENDA POSTS, THEY CAN JUST CLICK THE, UM, THEY CAN CLICK THE LINK IN THE FORM IT SAYS IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, UM, REGISTER WITH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BY FILLING OUT THIS FORM OR CALLING, UM, THAT NUMBER IS S NUMBER SO THEY CAN JUST REGISTER THERE, UH, TO YOUR, UH, FIRST QUESTION, UH, I'M GONNA ATTEND A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING AND ASK QUESTIONS. I DON'T, UH, WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START, UM, ASKING FOR THINGS. I KNOW THAT THE OEQS BUDGET IS NOT BEING TREMENDOUSLY CUT. AND SO THAT IS, UH, A GREAT THING. UH, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD BE ADVOCATING FOR AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE ONCE I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY COUNCIL PERSON AND UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE WE, WHERE OUR ADVOCACY MIGHT BE MOST. THANK YOU. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND IF ANYONE ELSE ON THIS, UH, CALL HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOSQUITO STUFF, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 'CAUSE I WANNA SUPPORT MY, UM, THE PERSON WHO LIVES HERE IN MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT IT. RENEE, GO AHEAD. YEAH, MY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WANTED, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THERE'S ATTIC FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPRAY BECAUSE I'M ON THE EVEN, UH, A TEST POSITIVE. THEY SEND ME, YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF LIST. I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE GOING TO SPRAY SPORA, WHICHEVER ZIP CODE SEEMED TO HAVE, UM, POSITIVE TRAPS. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GONNA CONCERN THEIR TIME. BUT LOOKING AT THE ZIP CODE, THERE'S NOT A ZIP CODE THAT'S NOT AFFECTED. THEY ALL, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED TO SPRAY THE WHOLE CITY. MM-HMM . 7 5 2 1 6 HAS APPEARED ON THERE TWICE. ISLAND PARK IS ON THEIR TWICE. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS JUST ALL OVER. AND I THINK COVID AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GOING THROUGH HAS DOWNPLAYED WEST NILE, BUT WEST NILE IS STILL AROUND. SO MAYBE COMMISSIONER ROBERSON AND, AND COMMISSIONER POSTON, YOU'LL CONNECT, UH, OFFLINE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I'LL TRY TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE. UM, COMMISSIONER KRISTEN, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER , NO REPORTS. COMMISSIONER. HI. DO YOU HAVE UPDATE ONLY THAT I'LL BE ATTENDING NEXT MONTH, THE NEW YORK CITY CLIMATE WEEK. UH, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE, UM, UPDATES AND INSIGHTS FROM THAT WITH THIS GROUP. AND IF ANYONE HERE HAS A PARTICULAR EVENT OR, UM, TOPIC THAT YOU NEED TO EXPLORE, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU LET KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ON OUR TECHNICAL PANEL HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS, UPCOMING EVENTS? ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE? YEAH, MR. MARKS. AND THEN MS. FEATHER. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT, UH, CHAIR MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO. I'M WORKING ON THREE FOUR WEATHER CANDIDATE SPEECH IN ONE SECOND SEAT. SO I THINK WE'LL COME OUT GOOD APPOINTMENTS ON ALMOST THREE ON NEXT, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS. AND ALSO, UM, WANTED TO MENTION THAT I FINISHED THE RIVER TRILOGY. I TOLD YOU RECENTLY I WAS CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED AND I FINISHED IT. SO YEARS OF WORK ON THAT, I HAPPY REPORTS THAT WERE DOWN THERE TO DESIGN AND COPY EVERYTHING AND SOME THOSE IMPORTANT DETAIL. BUT THAT FINISH OUT ALL THE, ALL SUPPORT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND ANYBODY YEAR OR MORE, WE'LL HAVE A [01:05:01] ENTIRE BOX SET THAT SHOWS YOU BOOKS. SO THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. UH, MS. BE AND THEN, UH, DR. , UM, FOLLOWING UP TO REBECCA, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UM, THE TOWN HALLS, THERE'S 27 OF THEM. THERE'S THREE OF 'EM TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU CAN ATTEND. A LOT OF THEM ARE VIRTUAL AND REBECCA GET WITH ME AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING. PROBABLY TOMORROW IT'S BETTER, BUT, UH, TOMORROW SOMETIME. BUT I'LL SEND YOU SOMETHING. AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA MENTION, FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL SESSION, UH, WHICH IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ENDING ON FRIDAY EARLY, BE GLAD THAT, UH, THE LAST TIME, UH, WHEN SESSION WAS OVER, UH, I GAVE A REPORT ABOUT A REALLY BAD BILL THAT ALL OF US WERE FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING HB 43 13, WHICH WOULD'VE DENIED PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. WAS REFILED THIS SESSION UNDER HB 1 55 BY REPRESENTATIVE BILL BELL. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT CONDITION AT THE LEGISLATURE, IT DOES NOT HAVE A CHANCE IN PASSING. SO THEREFORE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REFILED. THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL MENTION THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND THOSE ON THIS CALL, UH, THIS MEETING, IS THAT NINE BILLS WERE FILED TO DENY CITIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, THE ABILITY TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR LOBBYING. UM, THAT IS VERY DISCONCERTING BECAUSE OUR COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO LIVE IT, THE LEGISLATURE SESSION TO LOBBY FOR AGAINST BILLS, BUT THOSE TWO WILL DIE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAD. MM-HMM . THANKS. . DR. A HI. UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT, UM, THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS HAVING THEIR, UM, THEIR AIR SENSOR SUMMIT, I THINK ON THE 23RD. DID EVERYBODY GET THAT EMAIL? YES, I GOT IT. AND THERE'S A 23RD S HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN ATTEND? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. SO, 23RD OF SEPTEMBER. YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE 2030 COUNTY JEWISH FULL DETAIL. OH, I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU DR. . ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO DISCUSSION ITEM D. THAT IS OUR UPCOMING MEETING. THE PROXY RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL MEET MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND AT 9:00 AM WELL, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S LABOR DAY, ISN'T IT? MONDAY NEW COUNCIL COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN APPOINTED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, THE WRONG, WRONG DATE THERE TUESDAY. IF IT HAPPENS, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 5:30 PM WE HAVE CONSIDERED ALL THIS NEWS BEFORE US THIS EVENING, AND SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE SECOND MEETING? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALL. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FRIENDS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. BYE. * 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.