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[Environmental Commission on November 12, 2025.]
ALL RIGHT.UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA CALL ROLL.
SO MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU WILL NEED YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
WHEN I CALL YOUR DISTRICT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, DISTRICT ONE, JORDAN CLARK.
WELCOME, COMMISSIONER CLARK, DISTRICT TWO, CLARK WOOTEN.
STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU MIND TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON THAT DISTRICT FIVE.
TRACY WALLACE, DISTRICT SEVEN, RO DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10.
DISTRICT 14, UH, REBECCA BOSTON, DISTRICT 14.
HOLIDAY DISTRICT 15 IS ON MY WAY AS WELL.
OUR TECHNICAL PANEL MEMBERS, MS. ING HERE, DO DR.
MR. HOFFMAN? I SEE YOU'RE MUTED.
BUT I SEE YOU AND MR. MARCOS WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND CHAIR HARIMOTO IS PRESENT NOW.
NOW LET'S GET TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
I AM GOING TO RECITE OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JANET GUFFMAN.
IF YOU'LL JUST PUSH THE BUTTON THERE ON THE MICROPHONE IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR HER ONLINE? THERE IT IS.
LACKMAN ONE THAT'S COMING? HE'LL BE HERE.
BUT OUR CHAIR, UH, MS. ROBERSON IS THERE.
YEAH, HE WAS, UM, GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS RELATING TO MY, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE SECOND SPEAKER AND YOU CAN COME BACK? I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A FEW MINUTES.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS VERONICA ARDO.
STEPHANIE, DO WE KNOW IF VERONICA WAS VIRTUAL? RIGHT.
SORRY, JANET, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS? OKAY.
WELL, THE MEETING'S BEING RECORDED SO HE CAN GO BACK AND, AND WATCH AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
HE HAD SOME THINGS, QUESTIONS THAT HE WANTED TO SAY TO THE OKAY, GOT IT.
SO, UM, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING LAST TIME.
AND I, UM, GOT TO MEET RENEE AND DR.
LACKMAN, UH, ON A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE A RESEARCH PROJECT TO TEST WHETHER THE PESTICIDES, UM, ARE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO HUMAN HEALTH, ET CETERA.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT AND SORT OF BACKED UP BY SOME OF THE DATA THAT, UM, I'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU IS, UM, WHETHER THE, UM, UM, UM, THIS PESTICIDES ARE HARMFUL TO, UH, HUMANS AND TO INSECTS AND ANIMALS.
UM, AND, UM, WE, UM, SO I GAVE HIM, ONE OF HIS THINGS WAS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TEST WHETHER ONE AREA DOES GET SPRAYING AND ANOTHER AREA DOESN'T GET SPRAYED, WE WANNA LOOK AT EXISTING DATA AND ANALYZE EXISTING DATA TO SORT OF ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT HE WAS GOING TO, TO ASK THE, THE GROUP FROM, FROM WHAT I WAS GONNA SPEAK ON.
BUT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE LINKS THAT I
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PROVIDED, UM, I THINK STEPHANIE WAS ALSO GONNA SEE THIS AS A DIGITAL THING, SO THEY COULD CLICK AND GO.AND AS A, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALSO GET TO THE LINKS HERE, BUT, UM, PESTICIDES USED IN AS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
DELTA MITRI, WHICH IS A OID, UH, PYTHIUM, UH, INSECTICIDE.
AND IT'S USED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, THE 2012 WESTERN NILE VIRUS OUTBREAK, WHERE THE CITY WAS THE EPICENTER.
UM, THIS, NOW I PASSED OUT TO ALL OF YOU, THESE MAPS.
UM, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE A COLOR ONE TO DR.
BLACKMAN, 'CAUSE HE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE ONE THAT USES THIS.
BUT YOU, THESE MAPS ARE FROM 2012 TO 2019.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER LINKS HERE TO SEE FROM 2020 TO THE CURRENT TIME.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE LINKS HERE IN 2012, MAJORITY OF CASES OCCURRED IN NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT'S LIKE MAYBE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE WANNA HAVE ANSWERED.
WHY IS NORTH DALLAS AND, AND NORTH DALLAS COUNTY GETTING SO MUCH OF WEST NILE VIRUS AND THE OTHER AREAS AREN'T? UH, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT UP, HE KNOWS, UM, THE RESEARCH DATA AND, UH, FORMULATE QUESTIONS TO HAVE ANSWERED.
HE'S MORE OF AN EXPERT AT THAT THAN I AM.
SO, UH, HE, HE'S GOING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, HE WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE TO INVITE THE, UH, THE SURVEILLANCE, UM, ABATEMENT, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, UM, SUPERVISORS THAT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO THEY COULD EXPLAIN TO US WHY THEY PUT MOSQUITO POOLS, WHERE THEY PUT IN FOR TESTING, HOW THAT ALL THAT PROCESS WORKS SO WE CAN KIND OF FORMULATE A RESEARCH PROJECT FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T WANNA GO OVER MY THREE MINUTES, UM, BUT THAT'S, UM, THE BASICS OF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE OF, OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST MONTH AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP AND CONNECTING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMING BACK AND PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM, TALK TO DR.
I'S SOMETHING'S HAPPENING IN TRAFFIC, UH, THIS EVENING? BUT HE SHOULD BE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE TIME TO STICK AROUND.
AND, AND I ALSO, WE MET WITH RENEE AND TALKED TO.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ONE QUESTION? SURE.
HAVE Y DID ANY, WHAT'S NOW TESTING IN THE SOUTH? 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT'S NO DOCS OR NOTHING.
DID Y'ALL DO ANY DATA STUFF? THIS IS ONE, THIS IS ONE REASON WE WANNA GET THE, THE SUPERVISORS IN HERE.
WHERE, HOW DO THEY CHOOSE WHERE TO PUT THESE TESTING THINGS? RIGHT.
SO THEY DOING MOST OF THE TESTING UP NORTH.
WELL, THEY'RE FINDING, I THINK THEY TEST DOWN SOUTH.
WHO SAID THAT? I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
UH, I'M ON THE EMAIL WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY SEND OUT PERIODICALLY EVERY WEEK DURING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SUMMER WAS REALLY HIGH.
THEY SEND OUT EVERY WEEK WHERE, WHERE, UH, TRAPS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
AND THERE, UH, THE ZIP CODE OF MY CHURCH, ONE SIX HAS BEEN ON THERE TWICE.
UH, WEST DALLAS HAS BEEN ON THERE, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE, NORTH ETTES BEEN ON THERE, BUT THEY ARE TESTING SOUTH.
BUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE IS, ARE YOU TESTING EQUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOUTH, WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS? ARE YOU JUST THROWING OUT RANDOMLY TRAPS OR, AND DO YOU HAVE A SCHEMATIC FOR IT? BECAUSE YOU COULD EASILY TEST MORE NORTH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED.
ACTUALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I USED TO LIVE IN NORTH, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES WHEN THEY FIRST SPRAYED WITH WEST NILE.
AND WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING ATTENTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS, CAN I ANSWER SOME THAT QUESTION TOO? IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS, 'CAUSE I FOLLOW THIS, I FOLLOWED IT FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
UM, AND THEY, THE CITY EACH WEEK STARTING MAYBE JUNE, JULY STARTS SAYING, WHICH ONE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA SPRAY? WHERE DID WE FIND IT? WHERE DID WE SPRAY? UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN CHECKING THESE MAPS, UM, JUST EVERY WEEK AND IT REALLY FALLS ALONG NORTH HAVEN.
UM, AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS, UH, AN ABATEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS LAST YEAR.
AND I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT IT.
HE NOTICED THE SAME PATTERN, SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, UH, WE COULD AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET OUR NUMBERS DOWN.
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THING ON THAT, UM, THAT MAP, UM, THE MAPS ON THE 2012, IT DOES SAY THEY'RE OVER IN THE RIGHT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS THE EPI, THE NORTH DALLAS WAS THE EPICENTER.
THAT'S OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NOT JUST OF DALLAS.
WE WERE THE EPICENTER IN THAT AREA FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
SO SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE AND IT'D BE GREAT TO FIGURE THAT OUT SO WE CAN REMEDY THIS AND STOP SPRAYING NATIVE POTENTIALLY.
NEXT ARE OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT OUR NEW DIRECTOR, WHO I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS STILL AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE THE MINUTES OR THE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TO LATER IN THE AGENDA WHEN, UH, ANGELA RETURNS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES.
COMMISSIONER HERTO, YOU MIGHT HAVE A MOTION.
YEAH, I WAS JUST NOTICING THAT, UM, THE MINUTES DON'T INCLUDE THE COMMITTEE UPDATES, SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THAT THERE WERE UPDATES FROM THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE.
I, I BELIEVE THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST MINE, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY, ANY UPDATES.
SO, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THE UPDATES PROVIDED FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE? YES.
AND THEN I NOTICED AS WELL THAT I THINK WE HAD SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT JOINED AND THEN LEFT.
AND, UH, SO LET'S NOTE THAT ON THE MINUTES, I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER WALLACE AND COMMISSIONER WOOTEN, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FRIENDS.
SO THEN THE, THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THE UPDATES FROM THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE AS PROVIDED BY CHAIR HARIMOTO DURING THE LAST MEETING.
AND TO ACCURATELY REFLECT, UH, THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONERS WOOTEN AND WALLACE.
THE MINUTES ARE AMENDED AND APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A BRIEFING PRESENTATION, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR CCAP FY 26 REPORT.
IN THOSE ATTACHMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND THEN ALSO THE 25 CCAP IMPLEMENTATION MEMO AND MILESTONE SUMMARY, AND THEN THE FY 26 IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN.
UM, AND SINCE DIRECTOR HODGES IS STILL AT, UH, COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PAUL AND OPA AND ROSA, WHENEVER Y'ALL ARE READY.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HERE WITH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M HERE WITH ONG HAIN, UH, SENIOR CLIMATE COORDINATOR AND ROSA MENDEZ, UH, CLIMATE COORDINATOR TO BRIEF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UH, THE OUTLINE FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AS FOLLOWS.
UM, I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR FY 25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE CCAP PERFORMANCE METRIC.
AND, UH, THEN ROSE WILL INTRODUCE THE FY 26 WORK PLAN, DISCUSS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND REVIEW THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT THE CLIMATE TEAM, UH, COMPLETED THIS PAST YEAR.
AND THEN OPA WILL DISCUSS FY 25 ACTIONS AND MILESTONES IN DETAIL AND IN FOCUS FOR FY 26.
SO THIS SLIDE HERE IS, UM, FY 24 25 SHOWS WHERE WE ACTIVATED 75% OF OUR 97 CA ACTIONS.
UM, ACTIONS INCLUDE PROGRESS ACROSS ALL EIGHT CCAP TARGET AREAS AND CITY OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 16 VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
SO, OEQS HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS CAP INTENT, AIM TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS BY REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES, UH, GAS EMISSIONS, ENHANCING RESILIENCE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, SOME OF OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FY 25 ARE, UH, FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ADVANCE THEIR SOLAR AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE PILOT PROJECT, UH, BY FINALIZING THE DESIGN FOR THE PILOT SOLAR AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT AT BNA
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RECREATION CENTER.AND IT'S NOW AWAITING PERMIT APPROVAL TO INITIATE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THAT WAS FOR GOLD NUMBER TWO, FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE, UM, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, UH, FOR GOAL NUMBER SEVEN.
UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OEQS, URBAN AGRICULTURE DIVISION LAUNCH AND GROWS EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS ACROSS VARIOUS PRODUCTION SITES IN THE CITY, INCLUDING CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, UM, AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY GARDENS.
ALRIGHT, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO ROSA.
SO, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, EACH YEAR OEQS TAKES THE LEAD ON DEVELOPING AN ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN OR IWP.
SO THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE 30 YEAR GAP PLAN.
THE WORK PLAN IDENTIFIES THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND MILESTONES THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL FOCUS ON THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, WE HAVE 73 ACTIONS ACTIVATED ALTOGETHER.
THESE ACTIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY 130 MILESTONES THAT WILL HELP US TRACK PROGRESS AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ALONG THE WAY.
AND THIS REALLY IS, UM, THE CITYWIDE EFFORTS.
WE HAVE 16 CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP US WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MILESTONE.
SO, WHEN THE CCAP WAS FIRST DEVELOPED, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMITTED TO REVIEWING THE PLAN ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE IT CONTINUES TO REFLECT, UH, THE CITY'S EVOLVING NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
SO OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, OEU HAS CONDUCTED WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CCAP IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN ASSESSMENT.
AS PART OF THAT ONGOING COMMITMENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE ASSESSMENT WAS TO EVALUATE HOW EFFECTIVELY WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN SO FAR.
SO BY LOOKING AT BOTH THE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF EACH MILESTONE, WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN INCLUDE THAT INTO OUR, OUR APPROACH MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE OVERALL GOAL, YOU CAN SAY, WAS TO ENHANCE HOW WE PLAN, TRACK, AND EXECUTE THE OUTLINE OF MILESTONES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROCESS BECOMES MORE METRIC DRIVEN, GOAL ORIENTED, AND IMPACTFUL IN THE FUTURE YEARS.
SO WHAT WE DID IS THE CA TEAM CONDUCTED ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH 15 OF THE 16 LEAD DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW THEIR MILESTONES AND GATHER RELATED BUDGET INFORMATION.
THESE MEETINGS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EACH DEPARTMENT'S PROGRESS, WHAT CHALLENGES THEY MAY HAVE, AND ANY UPCOMING PRIORITIES RELATED TO CCA IMPLEMENTATION.
DURING THE MEETINGS, WE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT EACH MILESTONE ALIGNED WITH SMART CRI SMART GOAL CRITER CRITERIA.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC, WE ASKED WHAT SPECIFIC CRITERIA OR ACTION WOULD HELP MOVE EACH MILESTONE FORWARD.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER THE, IF IT'S THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO PROCURE A VENDOR OR INITIATE, INITIATE A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR MEASURABLE, WE DISCUSSED HOW DEPARTMENTS ARE TRACKING THAT PROGRESS, SUCH AS ARE THERE CERTAIN MILESTONES IN CONTRACT, UM, ANY PROJECT DELIVERABLES OR ANY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
AS FAR AS ACHIEVABLE, WE CONSIDERED WHETHER EACH MILESTONE GOAL WAS REALISTIC WITHIN THE CURRENT SCOPE OF RESOURCES.
AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT ANY CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY MAY FACE, SUCH AS STAFFING CAPACITY FUNDING, OR JUST TIMING IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AS FAR AS WHETHER IT'S RELEVANT, WE CONFIRM THAT EACH MILESTONE DOES DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE C CAP ACTION THAT THEY'RE LISTED.
UNDER THE LAST ONE, TIME BOUND, WE ESTABLISHED EXP EXPECT, UM, THEY WERE PRI PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION.
KEY DATES, LIKE WHEN IS THE END TERM OF THE CONTRACT OR EXPECTED PROJECT CLOSEOUTS.
SO USING THIS FRAMEWORK, IT HELPED ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM AND REALLY ALLOWED US, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE INFORMATION NEEDED.
SO FROM A QUALITATIVE STANDPOINT, SEVERAL COMMON THEMES THAT WE SAW ACROSS THE ASSESSMENT WAS THAT FIRST
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PROGRESS ON FISCAL YEAR 25 25 MILESTONES IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.WHILE SOME MILESTONES CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH STAFF TIME AND EXISTING RESOURCES, THOSE THAT ARE MORE PROJECT SPECIFIC TYPICALLY REQUIRE, UM, DEDICATED ANNUAL FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE ALSO FOUND THAT SEVERAL MILESTONES APPEAR IN MULTIPLE CCAP IWS, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MORE, UM, PART OF THE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OPERATIONS.
SO THESE MILESTONES OFTEN REPRESENT ONGOING ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN NEW INITIATIVE THAT DIRECTLY ADVANCE SPECIFIC CCAP ACT ACTIONS.
SO I, IDENTIFYING THESE REALLY HELPED US DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ROUTINE WORK AND MORE TARGETED, UM, CLIMATE ACTION EFFORTS.
THE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES ALSO EXPRESSED STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE ASSESSMENT'S GOAL OF REVISING AND REFINING THE MILESTONES.
THERE WAS A BIT OF EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON MORE MEASURABLE ACTION ORIENTED OUTCOMES.
MANY, UM, REPRESENTATIVES ALSO RECOMMENDED REMOVING OR CONSOLIDATING MILESTONES THAT PRIMARILY REFLECTED ON REGULAR OPERATIONS.
ANOTHER KEY TAKEAWAY WAS INDEED TO CLARIFY DEPARTMENTAL OWNERSHIP FOR MILESTONES FOR THOSE THAT KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO DOING SO WILL HELP STREAMLINE REPORTING, ENHANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS PROGRESS IN THAT MILESTONE.
AND LASTLY, STAFFING TRANSITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES WAS ALSO A BIG CHALLENGE FOR MILESTONE IMPLEMENTATION.
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REASSIGNING PROJECT LEADS OR ADJUSTING TEAM STRUCTURES.
SO THAT WAS A, UM, LED TO TEMPORARILY A TEMPORARILY AFFECTED COORDINATION AND PROGRESS TRACK.
SO OVERALL, THE INSIGHTS THAT WE GATHERED WERE VERY VALUABLE AND, UM, DETERMINING HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING I WBS.
SO NOW SHIFTING OVER TO THE QUALITATIVE SIDE OF THINGS.
WE STARTED BY VISUALIZING HOW THE MILESTONES IN THE ASSESSMENT WERE DISTRIBUTED IN REGARDS TO FUNDING.
MOST CASES, UM, DEPARTMENTS HAD MILESTONES THAT ARE PRIMARILY SUPPORTED THROUGH STAFF TIME.
THESE WERE A BIT TRICKY TO PIN A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHICH MAKES SENSE IN, SO A LOT OF THE MILESTONES FALL WITHIN REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES.
NEXT, WITH ACTION ALIGNMENT, THE MAJORITY OF MILESTONES ARE WELL ALIGNED WITH THEIR RELATED ACTIONS.
FOR THE FEW THAT WERE NOT, WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK TO CONFIRM WHETHER THEY STILL MADE SENSE IN THEIR CURRENT ACTION, OR THEY SHOULD BE MOVED UNDER A DISCIPLINE FOR THE MILESTONE PRIMARY BENEFIT TO STAY CONSISTENT.
WE BASE THIS ON HOW EACH IS ASSOCIATED AND CATEGORIZED IN THE ACTUAL CCAP.
AND FINALLY, THE STATUS SUMMARY.
MOST MILESTONES ARE CONTINUING INTO FIFTH SCHOOL YEAR 26.
HOWEVER, QUITE A FEW WERE REMOVED EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE STANDARD OPERATIONS OR BECAUSE THEY WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHAT DID WE DO WITH ALL THIS FEEDBACK? YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF MILESTONES IS A BIT LOWER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE REMOVED MILESTONES THAT WERE ESSENTIALLY COVERING STANDARD OPERATIONS, THINGS THAT ARE ONGOING AND, AND CONSISTENT CONSISTENTLY REPORTING ON.
SO WE CAN FOCUS ON INITIATIVES THAT WERE REALLY MOVING THE NEED MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD.
IN ADDITION, SEVERAL MILESTONES WERE REVISED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE.
SO BY MAKING THESE ADJUSTMENTS SO ABLE TO TRACK PROGRESS AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE FULL FISCAL YEAR 26 I WB IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKET FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE KEPT THE SAME FORMAT AS BEFORE WHERE WE LIST OUT THE MILESTONES AND THE DEPARTMENT LEAD UNDER EACH GOAL AND ACTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO OPPON.
SO IF YOU CAN SHARE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO JUST WANNA START OFF WITH GOAL ONE AND WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE EIGHT, UH, PRIMARY AREAS OF CA.
SO DALLAS BUILDINGS ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT, CLIMATE RESILIENT.
UH, WE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THIS AREA, UH, FOCUSED ON
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AS WE DELINEATE OUT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS OR CITY OPERATIONS.UM, AND HOW DO WE ENFORCE BUILDING RESILIENCY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO? UNDERSTANDING THAT BUILDING OPERATIONS ARE A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
SO SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, UH, INCLUDE THE, THE PASSING OF THE BOND RESOLUTION, UH, FOR EVERY, FOR EVERY NEW CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
CITY OWNED OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE LEAD GOLD CERTIFICATION AS PART OF THE CAP BOND RESOLUTIONS, A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE AMOUNT OF RENOVATIONS OUTLINED IN CITY OPERATIONS, STRATEGIC PLANS ACROSS, UH, MAIN DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS FOR DOWS 2.0.
UM, ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE WITH BUILDING RESILIENCE FOCUSES ON THE K BILLY IN CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY, UH, WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT LEAD STANDARDS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN EVERY COMPONENT WITHIN, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS OTHER EXAMPLES, INCLUDING THE DALLAS, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION DUE TO BE COMPLETED MARCH, 2028.
UM, ONE KEY NOTE FOR EVERY, UM, EVERY BUILDING THAT DOES NOT MEET THAT BOND RESOLUTION STANDARD OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, DEEDS THAT ARE REVIEWED BY THIRD PARTY VENDORS AND THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE CCAP BOND WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR REVIEW.
SO WE HAVE CLEAR INFORMATION ON MATERIALS USED FOR PUBLIC AREAS SUCH AS CONCRETE, CONCRETE, STEEL, ALUMINUM, UM, AND ABOUT 10 OTHER MATERIAL AREAS.
SO FOR GOLD, TWO DALLAS GENERATES AND AND USES RENEWABLE, RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE ENERGY, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ENERGY PORTFOLIO AS THE CITY, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INCLUDE MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CITY, UH, OPERATIONS.
UM, WE PRIORITIZE SOLAR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS JUST DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE WE GET IN DALLAS OVER 230 DAYS.
AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IT INTO THE FOLD.
SO ONE OF OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS CONTINUING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS TO IMPLEMENT, UH, PILOT SOLAR AND BATTERY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, UH, AT BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER.
UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE SOLAR THAT WE FOCUSED ON, BUT THE ACCOMPANYING BATTERY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT IS NEEDED FOR US TO STORE IN, UTILIZE THAT ENERGY, UM, IN TIMES OF NEED FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT.
WE HAVE THE SWITCH TOGETHER PROGRAM.
IT'S A GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAM ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO SOURCE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOURCE THEIR, UH, ENERGY USAGE, UTILITY USAGE FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND GROUP IT TOGETHER WITH THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, FOR A GROUP PURCHASE RATE.
ONE PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR IS THE SOLAR INSTALLATION AT BECKLEY.
SANGER, UH, RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROCUREMENT HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
AND THAT IS ANOTHER OP THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION WITHIN THE CITY PORTFOLIO, UH, TO CONTINUE OUR MISSION FOR MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY WITHIN CITY OPERATIONS.
UH, CHECK ROTATION, UH, IS A BIG ONE.
IT IS, IT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE MOVEMENT OF PRODUCT AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE METROPLEX, UH, IS NEEDED AND IT IS A GROWING CHALLENGE.
UM, ONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND BULLET, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE IN SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
SO WE PRIORITIZE HOW TO ADDRESS THAT IN WAYS OF OUR CONTROL, UM, IN TERMS OF CITY, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES, CITY OPERATIONS, AND THEN AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, WITH CITY RESIDENTS.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT WE, UH, LAUNCHED FOR A BIGGER SCOPE, UH, THIS YEAR WAS TRI PARKING.
IT WE'RE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES ALIKE TO SIGN UP FOR TRI PARKING.
IT, IT IS A PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CHAMBER OF GOVERNMENTS OR COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, EXCUSE ME, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TRACK THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BASED ON THEIR COMMUTE, WHICHEVER TYPE OF COMMUTE THEY HAVE.
UH, FOR US, ONE, TO COLLECT MORE DATA ON, UH, COMMUTING WITHIN CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE REGION.
AND THEN TWO, HAVING, UH, RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY THEIR COMMUTE.
SO THIS AWARENESS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 20% OF CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES SIGNED UP, SO WE'RE GETTING GOOD METRICS, UH, FROM THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROPOSAL THAT WAS
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APPROVED BY THE, UH, AGAIN, BY COG.UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO INSTALL MORE, UH, SOLAR, OR EXCUSE ME, FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS WITH THROUGHOUT DALLAS CITY LIMITS.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE FINALIZING WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO DETERMINE THE BEST SITES TO INCLUDE IN THIS GRANT PROPOSAL.
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION, UH, BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, OF WHAT SITES WILL BE SELECTED IN PROCESS OR THE PROGRESS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
GOAL FOUR, DALLAS IS THE ZERO WASTE COMMUNITY, UM, UNDERSTANDING OUR ZERO WASTE, UH, OUR WASTE SYSTEM WITH OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE, 300, OVER 250 SQUARE MILES.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN THE EXTREME WEATHER AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON OUR WASTE STREAM AND HOW WE COLLECT AND DIVERT WASTE.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT TO GET MORE METRICS ON HOW CLIMATE IS IMPACTING, UH, WASTE PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO THE MAIN FOR JUST ZERO WASTE IN GENERAL, ONE OF THE MAIN INITIATIVES AND OUR MAIN FOCUS IS MORE AWARENESS, UH, ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE SERVICES FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY CLEANUPS, UH, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS RELATED, AGAIN TO WASTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TO SHARE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, UH, ACROSS THE ENTIRE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
CIVIL FIVE IS DALLAS PROTECTS ITS WATER RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES FROM DROUGHTS AND FLOODING.
UM, THIS IS FROM A PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION STANDPOINT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER, UM, EVEN THOUGH WATER IS A VERY SMALL COMPONENT OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DIRECTLY TIED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF WATER WILL BE, UH, CRITICALLY, UH, CHALLENGED OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS.
SO PREPARING WAYS FOR US TO ADDRESS THAT IN A SUSTAINABLE FASHION, UM, TO ENSURE LIVELIHOODS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, UH, BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF WATER WITHIN THE CITY.
DALLAS WATER UTILITY DOES A GREAT JOB OF ENGAGING, UM, AND EDUCATING AND AWARE RESIDENTS AND CONSUMERS ON WATER.
WATER USES WATER CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO OPTIMIZING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES THAT INCLUDE CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS.
UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE STUDY THAT WILL MAP OUT THE SOURCES OF TAP WATER QUALITY INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO SAVE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED WITH USED IN, UH, THE WATER TREATMENT PROCESS.
SO, GOAL SIX, DALLAS PROTECTS AND, AND ENHANCES ITS ECOSYSTEMS, TREES, GREEN SPACES IN TERMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, THIS IS A BIG ONE WHERE, UH, GREEN SPACE IS A PRIORITY AS WE PLAN OUT FOR OUR CITYWIDE, UH, FOR DALLAS 2.0.
UM, ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, THE TYPE OF GREEN SPACE, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF GREEN SPACE AND BROOKLYN SPACE WITHIN THE CITY IS A PRIORITY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO DELIVERING DIFFERENT WAYS OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR MANY DIFFERENT BENEFITS, UH, WHICH INCLUDE URBAN HEAT ISLAND SEQUESTERING CARBON, AND MANAGING FLOODS.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE COMPLETED LAST YEAR WAS THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY, WHICH WE BRIEFED THE COMMISSION ON BEFORE, AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, OUR HEAT MAPPING INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK.
SO, UH, THIS UPCOMING YEAR WE'LL HAVE A HEAT RESPONSE PLAN, A HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK OUTLINING THE EXTREME CAUSES OF, OF THE HEAT, UH, THE CHALLENGES FOR IT IN WAYS TO ADAPT AND MITIGATE IT FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT.
AND THEN ALSO FROM CITY OPERATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, PLAN, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TO HOST AN ANNUAL EVENT, UH, FOR ARBORISTS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS TREES, TREE COVER, TREE CANOPY OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES IN WAYS MOVING FORWARD TO DISCUSS HOW WE ARE USING THE GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE AND HOW TO INCREASE IT MOVING FORWARD.
SO GOAL SEVEN, ALL DALLAS COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD.
UM, WE, WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BEFORE ABOUT THE FOOD DESERTS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND FOOD ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH CCAP, WE ARE LOOKING INTO INCREASING PRODUCTION OF, OF FOOD PRODUCED WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
UH, AND THAT IS OUR PURVIEW FOR, UH, THE URBAN AGRICULTURE PLAN THAT HAS ITS OWN GUIDING DOCUMENT COUP, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOU'LL BE BRIEFED ON LATER.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MILESTONES THAT WE, YOU COMPLETED
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THIS PAST YEAR THAT ARE CONTINUING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS THE URBAN URBAN AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, WE ARE PROVIDING COMMUNITY FARM COMMUNITY FARMS ASSISTANCE, UH, TO INCREASE AND TO GROW PRODUCTION WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW CITY LIMITS.
UM, THESE HAVE BEEN, UH, FOCUSED IN DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OPEN TO ALL, AND THE GOAL BEHIND THIS IS TO INCREASE THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT IS FOCUSED ON URBAN AGRICULTURE, THE EXISTING GROUP EXPOSE, AND TO BRING IN MORE RESIDENTS INTO AGRICULTURE PRACTICES, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL SCALE WITHIN THEIR HOMES TO ULTIMATELY INCREASE PRODUCTION OF LOCALLY GROWN FOOD THAT WILL ENTER THE DALLAS FOOD SYSTEM, UM, EVERY GROWTH CYCLE.
UH, ONE BIG THING ABOUT THESE MILESTONES AS WELL, IT'S SUPPORTING EFFORTS FOR THE UPCOMING, UH, FIFA 2026 WORLD CUP, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, ACCESSIBILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY WHERE FOOD ACCESS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS A PRIORITY AREA FOR THE HOST ORGANIZERS.
ALL DOWS COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR.
UM, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE BEEN NON-ATTAINMENT FOR OZONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UM, LOOKING INTO HOW DO WE, UH, TRACK AND UNDERSTAND AIR QUALITY WITHIN THE CITY.
UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE FEDERAL, STATE MANDATES PROMOTING, UM, AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON THE LOCAL PROGRAMS AND LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AIR QUALITY AND HOW TO ADAPT TO, UH, TO TIMES OF NEED.
SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING, UH, REGULARLY WITH REGIONAL, UH, ENTITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS AROUND AIR QUALITY TO DO A LOT OF DATA MINING, DATA SHARING, UH, BEST PRACTICES FOR US TO DISCUSS AND, AND TO CREATE, UH, REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, APPROACHES TO ADDRESS AIR QUALITY WITHIN THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE OUR OWN, UH, COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS DECAMP THE 24 MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, PRIORITIZING ENGAGEMENT AROUND THESE MONITORS, THIS VERY TECHNICAL INFORMATION, HELPING RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS, HOW TO USE THE DASHBOARD, HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE INFORMATION, AND HOW TO ADAPT, UH, BEHAVIOR WHEN THERE'S TIMES OF, OF SPIKES OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS.
I THINK THERE'S 11 POLLUTANTS THAT WE, THAT WE TRACK OVERALL.
WE'RE ALSO BEEN, UH, SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL CLEAN AIR NORTH TEXAS, UH, CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE HOSTED BY THE COG.
UH, WE REGARDING, UH, AIR QUALITY, AGAIN, ENGAGEMENT AND, AND AWARENESS.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT THAT WE'VE SHARED SO FAR, UH, JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE 75% OF, OF OUR ACTIONS, UH, THAT ARE S THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE ACTIVATED, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S ASSOCIATED MILESTONES THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
THESE RESULTS ARE SHARED ONLINE, UH, THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS.
UH, THEY'RE MANAGED BY BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
UH, BUT ALSO THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND UPDATED REGULARLY ON DAS CLIMATE ACTION.COM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WHERE THESE MILESTONES ARE LISTED, UH, AND PROGRESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
I THINK THE IWP THAT YOU ALL JUST RECEIVED TODAY, OR THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, IS GONNA BE UPLOADED ONCE WE BRIEF, UH, COUNSEL ON OUR CCAP UH, ANNUAL REPORT.
SO, SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR, OUR IWT RELIES HEAVILY ON OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
THE FOUR KEY PRIMARY GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS FOR CAP IMPLEMENTATION IS FIRST THE PARKS, TRAILS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS NEXT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
SO YOU ALL ARE GREAT HELP AND ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE IN OUR CCAP EFFORTS.
THIS GROUP IS MADE UP OF DALLAS RESIDENTS.
WE SERVE AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON ANYTHING CCAP CCAP.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR RISE PARTNERS.
RISE STANDS FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
THIS IS A GROUP THAT'S MADE UP OF SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATORS OF, UM, CITIES IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, AND IT'S ALSO HELD AND SUPPORTED BY THE NCT TALK.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE THE LEE WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS MADE UP OF 16 CITY DEPARTMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET INCLUDES SEVERAL ALLOCATION TO SUPPORT CAP IMPLEMENTATION.
FIRST APPROXIMATELY, APPROXIMATELY $209 MILLION IN THE GENERAL BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE CITY'S VIBRANT FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE.
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ERROR ON THE SLIDE.NEXT, WE HAVE $1 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR CCAP IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH OEQS.
THIS INCLUDES, UM, CCAP IMPLEMENTATION MEDIA BUYS, AND ANOTHER ROUND OF THE URBAN AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE BRAND.
IN ADDITION, OEQS MANAGES $4.7 MILLION IN MULTI-YEAR FUNDS TO SUPPORT ONGOING EFFORTS.
SO THIS INCLUDES ARPA FUNDING, THE LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT TRANSITION, UM, FUNDING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL AIR MONITORS AND THE BROWNSFIELD FUND.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT BACK TO
SO ONE MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT WE JUST STARTED FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS THE GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GRIP FOR SHORT.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT CITY OPERATIONS AND WHICH ONES THAT ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO CCAP IN PRIORITIZING ACTIONS, UH, AGAINST IMPROVEMENT FOR, FOR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN TERMS OF COST, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND EFFICIENCY ACROSS, UH, SUSTAINABILITY RELATED WORK WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH, UH, HAVE A EXTERNAL, UH, PROCUREMENT TEAM, OR EXCUSE ME, CONSULTING TEAM.
UM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A FIVE YEAR PLAN AGAINST THE CCAP 20 30, 24 AND 2050 GOALS, UH, TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION AND OP AND OPERATIONS WITHIN, UH, WITHIN CCAP.
I DO WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT CA THE MAIN, UH, FOCUS IS RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND CITY OPERATIONS.
WE ARE REALLY STRATEGIC IN SELECTING CITY OPERATIONS, UNDERSTANDING OUR SCOPE AND CAPACITY AND UH, AND CONTROL OF WHAT WE AS OEQS AND AS A CITY NEED TO PRIORITIZE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING REAL TANGIBLE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
UM, UPCOMING, WE'RE THE FIRST STAGES OF THIS PLAN, UH, BUT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION INCLUDED TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC ON WHAT ARE THE BEST STEPS AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE BEST STEPS MOVING FORWARD, WHAT INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE NEED TO GATHER, AND THEN AGAIN, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE 97 ACTIONS AND THE 130 MILESTONES OF WHICH ONES ARE THE MOST PRESSING, UM, IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO MORE TO COME ON, ON GRIP, UH, IN THE FUTURE BRIEFING.
I THINK WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, UH, FOR TODAY AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, I SEE, UH, RITA AND KATHY ALREADY HAVE THEIR THUMBS RAISED, SO WE'LL MINIMIZE THIS PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.
WELL, UM, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? OKAY.
WELL THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION OF ON THE PROCESS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF MEAT FROM THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA THROW OUT SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, RITA.
WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU AS WELL IN THE ROOM, SO IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US A MINUTE.
I THINK WE HEAR YOU, BUT JUST SORT OF BARELY.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SPEAKING UP WHILE WE TROUBLESHOOT.
IS THAT BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME ANY BETTER? I HEAR ONLINE.
WE JUST CAN'T HEAR YOU VERY WELL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? OKAY.
UM, I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
UM, LIKE I SAID A MINUTE AGO, I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT PROCESS, BUT NOT A LOT OF MEAT.
IF YOU'RE MEETING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, CAN'T WE GET THE INFORMATION? 'CAUSE I'VE MET WITH FLEET, LIKE HOW MANY EV VEHICLES IS FLEET GETTING THIS YEAR? IS VINCENT GETTING THE
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ELECTRIC FIRETRUCK ENOUGH FIRETRUCK TRASH TRUCK THAT HE APPLIED FOR? I KNOW A BUNCH OF OUR SOLAR PANELS ARE WORKING ON THE BUILDINGS.WHEN ARE THEY GONNA BE FIXED? UM, WE SHOULD BE SEEING THOSE KIND OF, UH, MEASURES REPORTED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS PLANT.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVS AND THE SOLAR PANELS BEING BROKEN, OUR, OUR PROJECT ON COMMUNITY SOLAR HAS SORT OF DISAPPEARED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, AND LASTLY, IT'S CURIOUS TO ME THAT FRIES AND NICHOLS IS THE CONSULTANT FOR THIS.
I'VE KNOWN THEM ALWAYS AS A WATER CONSULTING FIRM.
WHY DIDN'T WE GO BACK TO AECOM? AND THAT'S CURIOUS TO ME AND WHY THIS GROUP DIDN'T WEIGH IN ON THE FUTURE PLAN.
COULD Y'ALL CATCH MOST OF THAT? YES, I, YES, YES.
I, I WANTED TO ANSWER THE PIECE ABOUT ACOM AND THE REASON WHY ACOM WAS NOT CHOSEN WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, MASTER AGREEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AND MASTER AGREEMENT.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, HIRE FREEZING NICHOLS THROUGH THAT MASTER AGREEMENT, UM, THROUGH WORKING WITH MODERN GEOSCIENCES.
AND CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, LIKE THE EV PURCHASES, SOLAR REPAIRS, ET CETERA? I CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER AS FAR AS FAR AS THE SOLAR REPAIRS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR, UM, FRM DID PROCURE A VENDOR THAT WILL NOW TAKE THE LEAD ON ALL THE MAINTENANCE OF OTHER SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.
AS FAR AS CONTRACT DETAILS, I'M NOT FULLY SURE, BUT THERE WILL BE A, A VENDOR THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE MAINTENANCE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE EV VEHICLES ANYONE CAN REPORT? AND DO WE NOT GATHER THIS FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE TO HELP CAP SPECIFICALLY IN QUANTIFIABLE TERMS? SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
SO YES, WE DO, IN TERMS OF THE, THE FLEET QUESTION IN, IN TALKING WITH VINCENT AND HIS DEPARTMENT, WE MEET WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS QUARTERLY AND THEY PROVIDE UPDATES FOR SOME OF THESE METRICS, UH, SHARED TO US, UH, WITH A NEW FISCAL YEAR.
WE UNDERSTAND THEIR PLAN COMING INTO THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL GET IN MORE INFORMATION AS TIME GOES ON ABOUT HOW MANY THEY HAVE ACQUIRED AGAINST THEIR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SHARED, UM, ONLINE AND WITH THIS COMMISSION AT A LATER DATE.
JACK, IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS SPEAKER ISSUE IN HERE.
CHAIR GDA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I, I FEEL LIKE I'M YELLING.
I HAVE I GUESS, TWO QUESTIONS AND A COMMENT.
UM, FIRST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
I WANTED TO JUST SHARE MY FIRST GENERAL HIGH LEVEL QUESTION WAS SIMILAR TO, UM, MS. BEVINS, WHICH WAS, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING AND MAYBE THIS IS IT, BUT I JUST, UM, WONDERED WHERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WAS WITHIN THE PROCESS OF SETTING, UM, OR REVIEWING OR GIVING INPUT TO NEXT YEAR'S MILESTONES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A PROCESS.
UM, SO I WANTED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, AND THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY OTHER TWO.
THE SECOND COMMENT WAS ABOUT, UM, THE ADJUSTMENT WITH MILESTONES TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM ONGOING OPERATIONS, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
HOWEVER, I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THINKING WITH GOAL SIX, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATURE AND NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESILIENCE.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ONGOINGLY, WHETHER IT'S TREE, UM, OUR URBAN CANOPY OR GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY BOILS DOWN TO MAINTENANCE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT SORT OF CONVERSATION CITY STAFF HAD ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS MOVING FORWARD IN PROGRESS WITH MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS JUST YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SUCH A, A STICKING POINT, UM, WHERE THAT FALLS IF YOU'RE ADJUSTING TO MILESTONES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF REGULAR OPERATIONS.
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UM, WAS REALLY JUST AN, IT WASN'T A QUESTION, IT'S A COMMENT.UM, JUST AN ENCOURAGEMENT, UH, THAT THE CITY SORT OF REPRESENT PROGRESS LAST YEAR AND GOALS AND MILESTONES MOVING FORWARD, HAVING TO DO WITH EXPANDED INVESTMENT IN GREEN SPACE AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE THE CITY'S REALLY DOING A LOT.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT REFLECTED HERE.
SO, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR, THE RESPONSE TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, IT, IT'S, YES, THE INTERNAL PROCESS OF HOW WE REVIEWED THE, THE MILESTONES, THOSE ARE SOLELY BASED ON CITY OPERATIONS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, THE MILESTONES ARE DIRECTLY IN THEIR PER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MILESTONES.
UH, SO, SO THAT'S WHY I, I WOULD SAY THE COMMISSION WAS NOT CONSULTED ON, ON THAT PART.
UH, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE GRIP THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO YOU ONE OF THE MAIN STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN TERMS OF THAT TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC.
'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S CITY OPERATIONS BASE, THESE OPERATIONS, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CITY RESIDENTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD THROUGH THIS GROUP, UM, IN THAT PROCESS.
SO THERE'LL BE MORE ENGAGEMENT ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN MOVING FORWARD THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
TO ANSWER YOUR, YOUR SECOND QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTION OF MILESTONES, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE NOTICED WHEN THE PLAN WAS CREATED OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, A LOT OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE REMOVED INITIATED, UH, STEPS OF RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION.
WE WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO URBAN HEAT ISLAND.
WE WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO TRUE CANOPY.
WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THOSE THROUGH SOME OF OUR, OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR PROJECTS.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP OF IMPLEMENTATION AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE LONG-TERM CONCERNS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, OF MAINTENANCE AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT OEQS, CITY OPERATIONS, UH, CITY SCOPE TO, UH, RESPOND TO, UH, RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS.
SO WE JUST REMOVED THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN MARK AS COMPLETED AS STEP ONE.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO STEP TWO OF SOME OF THE OTHER MILESTONES.
AND THEN SECOND TO THAT, UH, SOME OF THESE MILESTONES, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY WAS SHARED AMONGST DEPARTMENTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PARKS AND TRANSPORTATION, BOTH OWN LAND WITHIN THE CITY.
SO A TREE CANOPY AND A AND A TREE MAINTENANCE PLAN, UH, IS ONE THING SHARED BY MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY STRATEGIC OF MINIMIZING HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE LISTED AS PRIMARY OWNERS FOR SOME OF THESE MILESTONES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON OF THE REDUCTION THERE.
UM, I THINK IN THE IWP, IT WILL OUTLINE, UM, SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THE, THE REDUCTION AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NEW ONES THAT WERE INCLUDED, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UM, KATHY, JACK AND, AND RITA AND I SEE WHERE YOU ALL ARE COMING FROM, WHERE YOU WANNA SEE, YOU WANNA SEE MORE DATA, RIGHT? WITH EACH, WITH, WITH THE DIFFERENT GOALS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, NEXT YEAR'S PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH FLEET AND THESE VARIOUS GOALS.
SO WE WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
IF I CAN JUST BE AS BOLD TO SPEAK FOR DR.
JACK AND MS. BEVY AND MAYBE SOMES OTHERS ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, I THINK IF WE'RE LISTING THE COMMISSION AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE CCAP, BUT NO ONE ON THIS COMMISSION HAS SEEN THE 26 WORK PLAN OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S OUR FUNDAMENTAL ROLE.
AND IF WE AREN'T GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK AND YOU AREN'T OTHERWISE SOLICITING ANY OTHER FORM OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE CCAP, YOU ARE WHOLLY MOVING FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PLAN.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT? AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE US AS A RESOURCE.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY HERE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE WASTED THEIR TIME BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'VE INDIRECTLY SOLICITED OUR INPUT, BUT NEVER DIRECTLY SOLICITED OUR INPUT ON THE PLAN THAT WE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY TASKED WITH HELPING GUIDE THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU'RE HEARING.
AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE MEMBERS BEFORE NEXT YEAR.
SO IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, IF Y'ALL CAN MAYBE COME BACK.
AND I, I DON'T WANT, UM, THIS ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, TO TAKE AWAY FROM ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF MOVING THE PLAN FORWARD.
BUT AS COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAIN TO FOLKS HOW THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH THE CITY.
AND IF WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BE PRIVY TO THE INFORMATION THAT'S RELEVANT ABOUT THE PLAN AND, AND GIVE OUR INPUT BASED ON WHAT WE ARE HEARING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE
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BEEN ASKED TO DO.SO THAT'S, I THINK, SOME OF THE, THE, THE HEARTBURN THAT YOU'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW.
SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMENTS AND THEN WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF SPEAK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT OF THIS, LET'S DO THAT AGAIN HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO JUST GET THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE AND WE'LL REVISIT THIS PIECE OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONER DRAT LOOKS, I STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER HOMO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE.
AND I, I ECHO WHAT CHAIR KIRA JUST SHARED.
UM, I HAVE SOME MAYBE THREE OR FOUR, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THEM ONE BY ONE OR JUST RATTLE THEM ALL OFF ONE BY ONE IS FINE.
UM, SO ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT BACK UP, STEPHANIE, PLEASE.
UM, YOU NOTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPHS HERE THAT CERTAIN, UM, MILESTONES WERE LACKING FUNDING OR, UM, AND THAT OTHER MILESTONES WERE UNCERTAIN AS TO WHICH GOALS THEY WERE ATTACHED TO, WHICH I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE I THINK ALL THE, THE GOALS AND THE ACTIONS AND THE MILESTONES ROLL UP TOGETHER.
SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE WAS ON THE PIE CHART.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED ABOUT THE, AND ONG YOU ADDRESSED ABOUT THE MILESTONES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OR COMPLETED.
ARE THOSE NOTED IN THE IWP BECAUSE I HAVE NOT, I DIDN'T SEE THEM IN THE ACTUAL WORK PLAN.
TO BRIEFLY ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMPLETED AND ONGOING, THERE IS A MEMO THAT HAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND THE ATTACHMENT TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THAT PDF FILE.
IT, UH, HAS ALL THE MILESTONES SUMMARY, SO IT BREAKS IT DOWN FOR EACH ONE AND WHICH ONES WERE CONSIDERED COMPLETED.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THERE.
SO IT'S IN THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN OR THE IMPLEMENTATION MEMO, THE MEMO.
THE, THE, THE ATION MEMO SHOULD HAVE HAD THE SUMMARY WITH LIKE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BULLET POINTS, AND THEN THE FULL MILESTONE OUTLINE.
NO, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER TWO PIE CHARTS WHILE I TRY TO FIND THAT.
AND AS FAR THE
I, I THINK, YEAH, THE POINT BEING THAT IF WE CAN HELP OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT WE CAN'T IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MISSING LINK IS.
AND THE OTHER ONE ON SLIDE NINE, THE ONES THAT ARE LACKING FUNDING, WHICH ONES ARE THOSE? AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ONE IS THE LAUNCH OF RESILIENCE HUB.
SO WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IT'S JUST A LOT OF THE FUNDING WAS DEPENDING ON GRANTS MM-HMM
AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WHERE FUNDING IS REQUIRED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I THINK MAYBE TO COME WITH THESE PIE CHARTS, THE HELPFUL THING WOULD BE THE LIST OF WHAT'S MAKING UP THIS COUNT OF 43 NON-FUNDED PROJECTS, SEVEN UNCERTAIN MILESTONES OF ALIGNING WITH CORRESPONDING CAP ACTIONS.
AND, UM, AND WE HAVE THE 10 COMPLETED ONES, AND THEN WE CAN HELP YOU GO FIND FUNDING OR, UM, CLARIFY WHERE THE DOTS ARE NOT COLLECT CONNECTED.
UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS RELATED TO SLIDES 14 AND 15 WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY AND THE NEED FOR DALLAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE RESOURCE AND THE SOLAR ACCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM DIRECTOR LOU THAT VERY SHORTLY NOW, UH, SOLAR PERMITTING, UM, CHANGE OR IMPLEMENTATION WILL CO BE COMING THAT WILL DRASTICALLY SHORTEN THE, UH, APPROVAL TIMEFRAME FOR SOLAR PERMITTING APPLICATIONS, WHICH I KNOW IS A, A BIG PAIN POINT FOR OUR REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY AND ALSO OUR CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY AND OUR HOMEOWNERS.
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MR. HOFFMAN HAS SHARED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH HIS COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR A SOLAR PERMIT FOR EIGHT MONTHS.SO I WOULD COORDINATE YOU, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COORDINATE WITH DE DIRECTOR LOU AND ADD THAT INTO, UM, YOUR UPDATES, YOUR 26 PLAN.
AND ALSO I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE IT UNDER, UM, MILESTONE E TWO, WHICH IS BASED ON RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES.
AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, BATTERIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY GENERATION, ONSITE ENERGY GENERATION.
BUT IF IT'S AN APP OR A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S ENHANCING OUR PERMITTING PROCESS THAT IS NOW FULLY DIGITAL, I THINK IT, IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY.
UM, AND SO YOU GUYS SHOULD TAKE THE WIN FOR THAT.
I, I HEAR IT'S LIKE RIGHT ON THE FINISH LINE.
UM, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IN THE, UM, IWP PLAN THAT, UH, GOAL B 13 IS INCLUDING THE URBAN GREENING FACTOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT, UM, KATHY.
UM, BUT, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION FROM FEBRUARY, 2024 OUTLINED THE NEED TO KIND OF DEFINE THE URBAN GREENING FACTOR AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING PART, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON, UM, HOW WE COULD INCENTIVIZE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSON IN PLACE ON YOUR SIDE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH ON THAT TO KIND OF ADVANCE THAT WORK.
AND THE LAST, UM, POINT THAT I'LL ADD TONIGHT IS ON SLIDE 25, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE WORLD CUP IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE URBAN AGRICULTURAL GOAL.
AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS OR REQUIREMENTS OF THE WORLD CUP ORGANIZATION THAT TRANSCEND NOT ONLY JUST FOOD ACCESS, BUT ACROSS THE LARGER CCAP GOALS AND HOW WE MIGHT HELP EITHER DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THAT DIFFERENT APPROACHES, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT COULD HELP US ACHIEVE SOME OF THOSE.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WHEN THE F1 RACE WENT TO LAS VEGAS, F1 SET A GOAL AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT HERE, WE WANT A NET ZERO WATER EVENT.
AND THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE TO WASH THE TRACK BEFORE THE RACE.
AND THE CARS WERE RACING ON STREETS, I THINK IT WAS 200,000 GALLONS OF WATER THAT THEY NEEDED TO WASH THE TRACKS.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GET THAT IN LAS VEGAS? UH, AND THEY PARTNERED WITH A HOTEL COMPANY, MGM STUDIOS, WHO HAS A CENTRAL PLANT.
THEY ATTA UM, THEY INVENTED A TECHNOLOGY OR THEY ADAPTED A TECHNOLOGY FOR A, A WATER MAKER THAT BASICALLY PULLS AIR HUMIDITY OUT OF THE AIR AND THEN CONDENSES THAT INTO POTABLE WATER.
AND WHEN THE MANUFACTURERS SHIP THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IN USE MANY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, WHEN THEY SHIP THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO LAS VEGAS, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK IN THE DESERT, RIGHT? AND THEY WERE LIKE, YES, BUT WE'RE STICKING IT IN THE COOLING TOWER.
AND THEY PUT IT IN THE COOLING TOWER AND THEY, INSTEAD OF ALL THAT WATER JUST EVAPORATING IT, THEY COLLECTED AND THEY RESTORED IT AND THEY HAD A NET ZERO WATER EVENT.
THIS IS THE STORY AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DEVELOPING FOR DALLAS WHEN THE WORLD CUP IS HERE.
BUT IF WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO THE GOALS OR PARTS OF GROUPS THAT CAN ENGAGE IN THINKING ABOUT THESE SOLUTIONS, WE MIGHT MISS AN OPPORTUNITY.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER RE SORRY, THAT WAS, THAT LAST ONE WAS A QUESTION THOUGH.
UM, ARE, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE WORLD CUP GOALS AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE THINGS THAT ALIGN WITH CCA BEYOND THE URBAN AG GOAL THAT WE CAN HELP WITH? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I KNOW ONG IS ON THE, UH, WORLD CUP SUSTAINABILITY, UH, PLAN COMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, I WAS GONNA SAY I'VE ENGAGED, UH, UH, MAGNA THERE.
SHE IS THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, COORDINATOR OVER THE, THE WORLD CUP, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO US.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE WORK OUT THE MONTH, UH, TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE WORLD CUP SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN THIS MEETING.
SO JUST SPEAKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY WITH, WITHIN FIFA, SO THE, THE MECHANISM FOR THIS WORLD'S CUP IS EVERY HOST CITY HAS ITS OWN COMMITTEE AND OWN APPROACH FOR, FOR NORTH TEXAS.
SO MAGNETAR, THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR UNT ARLINGTON IS OUR, OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, FROM A CITY SIDE, UH, OUR CONTRIBUTION IS OUR CCAP PLAN.
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WHAT THAT, UH, WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTION IS, IT'S OUR DECAMP PROGRAM, SO AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND OUR URBAN HEAT EYELID, THOSE ARE DIRECT, UH, REQUESTS FROM FIFA, THE GOVERNING, UH, BODY, EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OF A GRASSROOTS APPROACH THAT IS DONE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL.UM, THERE ARE, UM, I THINK REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WE CAN FORWARD YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN.
UH, BUT THAT IS MANAGED BY ME TAR FROM UTA AND SHE WILL BE GIVING A BRIEFING IN THE COMING MONTHS OF WHAT THAT ASK IS AND WHAT THE REGIONAL PLAN, UM, WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, WITH THE BOARD.
MR. DURO, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DO YOU, DO YOU GUYS THINK, UH, DUE TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, AND UH, COMBINING, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEY TOOK A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS AND THEY COMBINED THEM AND, AND EVERYTHING.
DO Y'ALL THINK THOUGH THE DEPARTMENTS IS, HAS A, A CONNECTION TO WHY THE CPF GOALS, UH, ACTIVE ACTIONS AND MILESTONES ARE NOT INCREASING? DO Y'ALL THINK THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH THE BEGINNING YEAR, HOW THE CITY COMBINED A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS AND THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUT THE COMBIN COMBINING OF DEPARTMENTS, DO Y'ALL THINK THAT THAT AFFECTS THE CA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NEW, NEW DEPARTMENTS CONNECTING AND SO Y'ALL THINK THAT HAS AFFECT THE MILESTONES AND THE ACTIONS? I, I JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, I'M SAYING, I LIKE TO SAY THIS, Y'ALL GIVING US DATA AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK NOT JUST Y'ALL DEPARTMENT IS CAPABLE OF MAKING THIS PLAN WORK.
WE NEED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE TO MAKE THIS PLAN WORK.
SO I KNOW IT'S HARD WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND YOU AIN'T GOTTA TELL ME, I READ THROUGH 'EM, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW, DID THAT PLAY A PART IN THIS, UH, REPORT THIS YEAR? DID THAT PLAY A PART? YEAH.
WHENEVER WE CONDUCTED OUR CCA ASSESSMENT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD CONSIDERING.
SO QUITE A BIT OF THE DEPARTMENTS, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WERE BEING RESTRUCTURED.
SO THERE WAS A BIT OF A TEMPORARY PAUSE ON LIKE, WELL, WHO'S GONNA LEAD WHAT? AND THEN TRYING TO FIND THAT, UM, TEAM MEMBER THAT'S GONNA NOW LEAD THE, THE INITIATIVE.
I, I CAN SAY TO THAT COMMENT ABOUT THE WORLD CUP WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE SUBMITTED OUR, ALL OF OUR ACTIONS AND MILESTONES TO FIFA AS PART OF THE DALLAS PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
SO, PY MAMA'S FARM IS LISTED BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION FOR GOAL SEVEN ABOUT FOOD ACCESS AND GROWING.
UH, WHAT WILL MATERIALIZE FROM THAT STILL TO BE DETERMINED, STILL WORKING OUT.
UM, SO WHEN MAGNA COMES TO PRESENT, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL HAVE REAL SITES ON WHAT, UH, THE PRIORITIES ARE IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE WORLD CUP.
WE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW INTENTIONAL WE WANT TO BE TO MIRROR SOME OF OUR SUCCESS FOR, OR TIE SOME OF OUR SUCCESS FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR TO THE WORLD CUP.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS.
UM, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, TAMIKA, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I SAY WE ALL JUST WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME DOWN THERE AND THEY, SOCCER JERSEY TO POOL WE AND HARVEST FOOD.
WE REALLY WANT SOME, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THIS.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UM, MR. HOFFMAN AND THEN OVER TO, UH, SOME REFERENCE THIS WAY.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND, AND SHARING YOUR FINDINGS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE, UH, WHERE SOME MILESTONES ARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WOULD LIKE AND I WANT TO ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER
I'M A, I'M NOT A VOTING COMMISSIONER, TECHNICAL BUILDING ADVISOR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS HOPING TO
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SEE THIS YEAR WAS, UH, I KNOW WE ATTEMPTED TO GET THEM TO A MEETING WITH THE, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.AND SO WE COULD SEE HOW CAP WAS BEING FILTERED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING ANALYSIS.
UM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THERE THAT, THAT I'VE HAD BARRIERS TO, HAS BEEN SOME THINGS THAT ARE ON THE
A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT REALLY DISCUSSED AND EMPHASIZED, UM, OPENLY.
IN FACT, UH, SOME, I'M WORKING WITH AN ENGINEER ON ANOTHER PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO OVERCOME A PARTICULAR REVIEW OR PLAN, REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REVIEWERS, RESISTANCE, RAIN GARDENS, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY FOR, UM, MANAGING, UH, DETENTION, WHICH IS, THAT'S HERE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN BRING TO MAYBE SEEING SOME WINS JUST BY OPENING SOME MINES IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND, AND, AND EXPERIENCE OUT A DAILY
THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE OVERWHELMED.
THIS PAST YEAR WAS VERY HARD YEAR WITH THE TRANSITION TO THEIR NEW DIGITAL SYSTEM, BUT IT IS GETTING UNDER CONTROL THERE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR US TO
FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A COMMENTARY ABOUT SOLAR ARRAYS ON ONE OF THE LIBRARIES.
IT'S JUST THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE, THE POP PANELS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE DETERIORATING.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WELL, YOU KNOW, IF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS, IS, IS REQUIRED TO ISSUE A PERMIT ON ANY BUILDING IN, IN DALLAS, THEY CERTAINLY NEED TO SEE IT WORKING.
SO IF WE DON'T SEE THINGS WORKING ON, ON INSTALLATIONS WHERE GOOD MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN POINT TO AND SAY, WELL, A WASTE OF MONEY THAT THE TAXPAYERS DOUBT FUNDED IT, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BENEFIT OF, IF IT'S NOT EVEN CONNECTED, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE POWER GENERATED FROM THE SOLAR ARRAY.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THESE, UM, THING, UH, BUILDING FEATURES THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND REDUCE THE EMISSION AND GREENHOUSE GAS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAYBE DISCUSS IT WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO, I THINK WE NEED TO BRING IN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, UH, IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
IF THE, WHOEVER MANAGED, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHO MANAGES THE BUILDINGS, BUT IF WE'VE GOT A LIBRARY THAT THAT HAS A FULL SOLAR ARRAY THAT'S BEEN UNPLUGGED FOR 10 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN, R WILL KNOW
OH, AND MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS? THANK YOU.
UM, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO, I WOULD SAY BRING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CA, UH, GOALS AND HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, PRESENT, UH, AT EACH EVC MEETING.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU JUST, UH, MADE, WE DID MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
AND SO THAT GIVES US MORE IDEAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BRING, UH, YOU KNOW, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, BUILDING SERVICES.
I KNOW SONOVAS, UH, IN BUILDING SERVICES PRESENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A, A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO MAYBE AFTER THIS MEETING, WE CAN ENGAGE YOU AND THEN, UH, BY EMAIL OR PHONE AND WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON IT AND WE CAN EXPLORE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE UP HERE, UH, TO PRESENT THOSE ITEMS THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, CHAIR, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
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UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA, UM, APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY HERE FOR BEING LATE.IT TOOK ME AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS A ACCIDENT ON THE
SO, BUT I GOT, AND, UH, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM IN ORDER.
UM, ONE IS THAT, UM, WE ARE, UM, ACCOMPLISHING THROUGH CCA, WE HAVE, WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING SOME REALLY REMARKABLE THINGS AND REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC FACING, THOUGH, HAVE THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE SUCCESS WE'RE SEEING COULD USE SOME ATTENTION.
UM, IT'S, UM, AND, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT, AND, AND THAT DATA WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON.
IF I'M A LAY PERSON SITTING AT HOME, I, I LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE CITY'S DOING GOOD THINGS, BUT I ALSO WANNA KNOW HOW IT FACES WITH ME AND MY NEEDS.
SO EXAMPLE, UM, THE HEAT MAPS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN OTHER AREAS IN DALLAS, WE HAVE, UH, THE WORK THAT PARK AND CENTER FOR CLINICAL INNOVATION HAS DONE THAT ENABLES YOU TO GO IN AND SEE THE VULNERABILITY TO HELP VULNERABILITY OF YOUR ZIP CODE OR CENSUS TRACK, UH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE ON THE HEAT MAPS, A SEARCHABLE MAP THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO SEE WHERE THEY SIT, WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY COMMONLY MEANT WOULD MAKE THE DATA USABLE.
SO I THINK MY BOTTOM LINE ON THAT IS WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO WORK ON GETTING THE DATA OUT AND AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT'S USABLE TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.
UM, UH, A A SECOND COMMENT I HAVE IS ON THE URBAN AGRICULTURE.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH SOME REALLY INTERESTING EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING, UH, FORWARD, UH, ON, UH, THE NORTH TEXAS URBAN ASTHMA INITIATIVE AND THE, UH, DALLAS FOOD PLAN, WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
I THINK THAT THOSE NEED TO BE MENTIONED AND HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IT'S GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THOSE AREAS, UM, AND CLEAN AIR ACTION.
UM, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I DON'T SEE IS HOW WE PLAN TO GO AFTER THE POLLUTERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE AN IMPACT IN THE IMPACT OF OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
AND A PART OF THAT HAS TO BE NOT ONLY ENFORCEMENT, BUT WHAT WE DO TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE THE AIR SITUATION FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE INTERESTED AND WILLING, UH, AND IN AIR QUALITY.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT I SEE IS ABOUT OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORK THAT I DID WHEN I WAS AT PARKLAND, INDOOR AIR QUALITY IS DAMAGING OUR CHILDREN AND DAMAGING OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS IN OUR APARTMENTS.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN IMPROVED, IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND THAT NEEDS TO GET INTO OUR PLANNING.
WE NEED TO BE ADDRESSING INDOOR AIR QUALITY.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST COMMENT IS, UM, I HEAR THE CONCERN, I HEAR IT EVERYWHERE ABOUT WITH THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON.
HOW DO WE AFFORD TO DO ALL THIS GIVEN THE FUNDS GOING OTHER PLACES? AND SO I THINK WE NEED A STRATEGY TO COME UP WITH A, WHERE ARE ALTERNATIVE FUNDS? AND IMMEDIATELY, UM, I THINK OF FOUNDATIONS AND, AND INDUSTRY AS BEING POTENTIAL EXAMPLES.
WE HAVE A GROWING, UM, AWARENESS, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY.
AND SO THERE MAY BE PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS WHO ARE WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH DALLAS ON, ON AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY OR OTHER AREAS.
UM, UH, AS, UM, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, UM, UM, NO, I, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
JUST, THOSE ARE SOME, SOME COMMENTS THAT I HAVE THAT I HOPE WILL BE CONSTRUCTIVE.
AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND WE JUST NEED, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS MAKING THE PUBLIC AWARE OF HOW MUCH CHANGE THERE'S BEEN A POSITIVE.
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I, FROM THE, FOR THE, UH, FIRST PART YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, PUBLIC FACING.SHE SAID PUBLIC FACING INFORMATION, UM, COULD USE MORE ATTENTION.
AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE HEAT MAP AND, UM, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES TO THE REORGANIZATION IS OUR OUTREACH TEAM WAS CONDUCTING MORE OUTREACH FOR THOSE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE PART OF THE REORGANIZATION.
NOW THAT OUTREACH TEAM IS GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY WORKING TO, INSTEAD OF NECESSARILY OUTREACH TO MORE ENGAGEMENT, AND IT'S GONNA BE MORE CLIMATE, UH, FOCUSED ON THE CCAP, WHEREAS WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH ATTENTION ON IT BEFORE.
SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS REORGANIZATION, WE'RE GONNA REEVALUATE, UM, OUR ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING, AND WE'RE GONNA APPLY THOSE RESOURCES MORE, UM, TO CLIMATE ACTION, I WOULD SAY TO THE CCAP THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS WE HAD BEFORE, LIKE, UH, STORM WATER OR WATER CONSERVATION.
UM, SO YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, MORE ENGAGEMENT, UH, IN THAT AREA.
UM, MR. DAY, UM, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I'M WONDERING WHEN, UH, THE NEXT GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY IS DUE.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S A VERY BROAD SET OF DATA.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD TO SAY CA HAS HAD AN IMPACT HERE OR THERE, BUT WHEN THAT DOES COME OUT, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT LIKE, CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH C CCAP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO REDUCE THE OVERALL GREENHOUSE GASES BASED ON THAT? YEAH, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT MOSTLY THROUGH OUR CITY OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, RIGHT? UM, OUTSIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT GOES BACK TO THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE THAT DR.
SO IT'D BE INTERESTING, UH, ONCE WE RECEIVE, UH, THE FINAL REPORT AND WE GO THROUGH IT AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THE CCAP TO, BUT I WOULD THINK IT'S GONNA BE MOSTLY TOWARDS CITY OPERATIONS.
AND SO WHEN IS THAT? LET IT BE AVAILABLE.
I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO THE NEW DIRECTOR ABOUT IT TODAY, UM, TO SEE WHEN WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL GOING THROUGH, UM, THE DRAFT PROCESS, SO HOPEFULLY THE FINAL DRAFT WILL BE COMPLETED AND WE CAN PRESENT IT.
IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
I MEAN, NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR BY, BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'LL BE UP TO THE NEW DIRECTOR.
UM, SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
UM, WE, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE HAS ATTEMPTED, UH, NOW THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTORS AT, UM, PROCUREMENT TO TALK ABOUT AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE JUANITA ORTIZ IS THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT WE TALKED TO PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
IS SHE STILL IN THAT PER IN THAT POSITION WITH STAFFING CHANGES? DO WE KNOW? YES.
SHE'S STILL THE DIRECTOR FOR PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
UM, AND NEXT IS THE SOLAR AND THE MLK CENTER.
I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS REALLY TO GO FIRST, UM, AND THAT IT WAS INCLUDED IN 2024 BOND PACKAGE.
UM, CAN ONE OF Y'ALL SAY WHEN THAT IS SCHEDULED? I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE OF WHEN IT'S SCHEDULED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS GRANT FUNDED TO ANOTHER CATEGORY.
THE ONE FOR BECKY SIGNER IS THE ARPA FUND.
THE, UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL THE INSTALLATIONS FROM THE SOLAR SIDING STUDY THAT WAS DONE WERE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE 2024 BOND PACKAGE.
THAT WAS, YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO SPEAK WITH, UH, SERENA BOSS AND, UM, BUILDINGS MM-HMM
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE, WE GIVE YOU THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
AND REALLY FOR ANY OF THOSE FUNDING SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE LONE STAR PROGRAM, UM, THAT THE SAVINGS ON THE UTILITY BILLS FROM THESE TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS OF CLEAN ENERGY, UM, AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT HVAC, WHATEVER IT IS THOUGH, IT'S A, A WASH BETWEEN WHAT THE UTILITY IS AND WHAT THE SPENDING IS.
UM, SO, UM, FUNDING SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
BUT YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN I'M OKAY.
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SCHEDULED, UM, ON, UH, EV CHARGING STATIONS IS ELECTRIFY AMERICO ONE OF THE VENDORS.SO THE VENDORS ARE GONNA BE CUR PROCURED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.
SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WERE AWARDED THE RENT.
AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT, UM, MS. BEV SAID IS THERE'S LOTS OF NCT COG MONEY FOR EV PURCHASES.
UM, JUST BECAUSE A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR ANYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WANT THE LEARNING CURVE OF HOW TO DRIVE AN EV A PERSONAL CHOICE SHOULD NOT BE HOLDING UP OUR PURCHASES, UH, IN THOSE AREAS FOR CLEAN VEHICLES.
UM, I LOVE WHAT DALLAS INNER CITY GROWERS IS DOING AND ALL THE EFFORTS ON URBAN AG.
I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORS IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCE.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEAT.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THERE WAS $400,000 IN OQ S'S BUDGET FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BUT THERE WAS NOT A GOOD PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION.
I KNOW 50,000 OF THAT WENT TO THE GREEN WARRIORS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT.
UM, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING TEMPERATURES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT COMFORT, IT'S ABOUT SURVIVABILITY AS WELL.
EITHER AN EXTREME HEAT OR EXTREME COLD.
UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY DEVELOP A PLAN.
WE KNOW HOW LONG THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME THROUGH THE WEATHERIZATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM TO GET SERVICES.
WE KNOW FROM ENCORE THAT THROUGH THEIR, THEIR LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM, THE FUNDS ARE GONE BY THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE KNOW FROM ENCORE IS THAT FOR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS ON WEATHERIZATION, WHEN YOU GO AND TYPE YOUR ZIP CODE IN, IT'LL POP UP DIFFERENT, UM, CONTRACTORS.
AND DEPENDING ON INCOME MAY BE SUBSIDIZED AT SOME LEVEL THAT IT IS MIDDLE AND HIGHER INCOME.
PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS, OUR LOW INCOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I AM GOING TO SUSPECT IT'S THE SAME WITH WHOLE HOME DALLAS, THAT HAVING THE INFORMATION AT A WEBSITE IS WONDERFUL, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, UM, IT'S ZERO HELP.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER HAVING THEIR OWN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS EXTENSIVE AS WAP AS FAR AS THE UPGRADES GO, BUT, UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS FROM THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PILOT, BUT, UM, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THOSE HOMES HAD NO ATTIC INSULATION AND THAT'S MAKES AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN EXTREME HEAT PARTICULARLY.
UM, SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO DIG, BUT FOCUSED ON, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY? WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE FO YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO WOULD BE TO ENGAGE HOUSING, UH, JUST TO SEE WHAT EXISTING PROGRAMS THEY HAVE, HOW WE COULD COLLABORATE.
BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF A PROGRAM LIKE THAT WOULD BE LED THROUGH HOUSING.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY ENGAGE HOW, UM, I'M GONNA ADD SOMETHING.
YEAH, I THINK IN TERMS OF, UH, HAVING A CONVERSATION OR AN EVENT AROUND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THINKING OF THEMES FOR OUR CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM.
IT'S A REVOLVING THEME EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER ABOUT WHERE IT IS, UH, WHEN IT IS AND WHAT THE MAIN THEMES ARE.
WHO DO WE PARTNER WITH TO, UM, FOR THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM MM-HMM
AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, I'M SURE IT EXISTS, SOME ASSOCIATION FOR, UM, APARTMENT BUILDING OWNERS, THAT KIND OF THING? I WOULD SAY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, WITH THE SCOPE WITH APARTMENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING ALREADY EXISTING OR NOT THROUGH HOUSING MM-HMM
BECAUSE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADDRESSES ASPECTS OF CLEAN
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AIR FOR EVERY WAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GENERATE BECAUSE WE'VE SAVED NOT HAVING TO USE THAT ENERGY.UM, IF THAT'S FROM A NATURAL GAS PLANT OR LESS AND LESS NOW, BUT STILL FROM COLD FIRE PLANTS, THEN WE HAVE REDUCED, UH, PARTICULATE MATTER AND, UM, KNOCKS AND AIR.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST BACK TO THE PHYSICAL, UH, COMFORT SURVIVABILITY, BUT ALSO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST UM, PHYSICAL RESILIENCE, BUT FINANCIAL RESILIENCE.
OUR ELECTRICITY PRICES, I WAS JUST AT THE TEXAS ENERGY SUMMIT LAST WEEK.
OUR, UM, ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE SET TO GROW BY 5% A YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, IN TEXAS WHERE ELECTRICITY USED TO BE SUPER CHEAP.
UM, SO, AND THEN LASTLY, AND I'M SORRY.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ZERO WASTE, UM, I WANNA, I WANNA BRING UP THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON CENTER.
UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE ARCHITECTS ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE WAYS WITH BUILDING THE NEW BUILDING TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT, BUT THE WASTE FROM DEMOLITION.
ARE THERE PLANS FOR, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK TO YOU.
UM, BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC PLANS TO RECYCLE WASTE, CONCRETE, GLASS, STEEL, ALUMINUM? LIKE WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THAT? VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO I, I THINK OUR APPROACH, OUR SUSTAINABLE APPROACH FOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON RE RENOVATION IS TO REPURPOSE AS MUCH OF THAT MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL IN THE CONVERSATION STAGE OF WHAT CAN BE, UH, REMOVED FROM THAT FACILITY SAFELY AND WHAT CAN BE REPURPOSED INTO THE DESIGN.
UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN, UM, BRING BACK MM-HMM
TO THE MISSION AT A, AT A LATER DATE AND UPDATE ON THAT, THAT PROJECT.
'CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO IT.
UH, MANY DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT WE'RE ENGAGED WITH, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY MEETING THE LEAD STANDARD, BUT UH, THE GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
AND IF, SINCE YOU'RE IN THE PLANNING STAGES, I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SET, UM, UH, PROCESSES IN PLACE TO MEASURE SO YOU CAN REPORT AND NOT, I MEAN, NOT ONLY TO US, SO IT CAN BE A HUGE PUBLICITY WHEN THAT THIS MUCH GLASS WAS RECYCLED AND OR REUSED IN THIS CERTAIN WAY.
THIS MUCH STEEL WAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UM, THAT REALLY SHOW ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, STILL ON WASTE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHAT GOES INTO OUR AREA, OUR LOCAL AREA LANDFILLS IS COMMERCIAL WASTE FROM WHITE CONSTRUCTION, FROM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS COMMERCIAL WASTE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK, UH, THE, THE TRASH OFF DAYS ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT SO MUCH OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS SHOVED ONTO RES, ONTO INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT I'D REALLY, REALLY LOVE TO SEE.
UM, A FOCUS ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING OUR LANDFILLS.
UM, AND LET ME JUST CHECK ON THIS 'CAUSE I GOT LITTLE NOTES EVERYWHERE.
I JUST REALLY, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY SOMEHOW TO WHAT THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN URBAN AGRICULTURE FOR SOMEHOW SOMETHING SIMILAR TO BE DONE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THAT PARTICULARLY IN THE LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS ABOUT RESILIENCE.
UM, SO I'D REALLY, REALLY LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH ANY OF Y'ALL WHO WANT TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE ARE GONNA GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER BEVIN OR MS. BEVIN.
SO I WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO A QUESTION THAT I POSED EARLIER ON HOW, UH, THE CHOICE OF FREEZING NICHOLS WAS MADE FOR THIS EVALUATION.
WAS IT COMPETITIVELY BID? AND WHEN WAS THIS DECISION MADE
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AND BY WHO? THE, UM, THE CONTRACT WENT THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, MASTER AGREEMENT.WE HAVE CONTRACTORS LISTED ON THAT AGREEMENT.
AND THE FINAL DECISION WENT THROUGH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO WAS THERE ANY COMPETITIVE BIDDING INVOLVED? I MEAN, I, I'LL JUST BE HANDED AECOM SPENT A WHOLE YEAR HELPING THIS, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOP THE PLAN.
THEY HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE PLAN.
WERE THEY INVITED TO BID ON THIS OR NO, IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS.
IT WENT THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A LIST OF VENDORS ON THAT SERVICES AGREEMENT.
WELL, UM, I JUST WANNA CONCLUDE WITH SAYING THE GROUP THAT BROUGHT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN A GOOD GROUP TO LOOK AT THIS NEXT INVENTORY AND HELP US EVALUATE IT MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN A BRAND NEW GROUP WHO'S NEVER SEEN THIS CAP BEFORE.
UH, COMMISSIONER POST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO IT.
UM, BECAUSE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE DONE SUCH A NICE JOB OF EXPRESSING THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, I WON'T REPEAT THEM, BUT I DO HAVE THREE QUESTIONS THAT I HOPE WOULD BE PRETTY QUICK.
SO THE FIRST IS, UM, WAS VERY INTERESTED TO SEE THE MILESTONES THAT WERE REMOVED.
SO I PUT UP SIDE BY SIDE, LIKE ONE FROM THE MILESTONES FROM 20 23, 24, AND I COMPARED THEM TO THE ONES THAT WERE HANDED OUT TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE A WHOLE BUNCH THAT ARE MISSING OR MOVED.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ENTIRE SECTIONS WERE REMOVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, IMPLEMENTING A CITYWIDE BUILDING WEATHER WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM THAT IS GONE AS WAS, UM, ASSESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PUBLIC REALM TO REDUCE FLOODING RISK THAT WAS GONE.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER NOW WHY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC DECISIONS WERE MADE, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND JUST GIVE A LIST OF HERE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WERE MOVED AND WHY? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
SO BESIDES THE, UH, BRIEF SLIDES THAT WE HAD TODAY, WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER AN OFFICIAL CCA ASSESSMENT REPORT AND ABLE TO HAVE LIKE, COMMENT DATES LIKE THAT, BUT THEN ALSO ACT, UM, SPREADSHEETS WHERE IT, IT SUMMARIZES THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHY WAS IT REMOVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OKAY, SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, I WAS INTERESTED IN GOAL THREE.
UM, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS A MILESTONE IN 2026.
WAS THAT JUST LIKE LOWER ON THE PRIORITY LIST OR IS THAT BEEN DROPPED OFF AS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON OR ARE PROPOSING TO WORK ON? SO I, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
UH, JUST FEEDBACK FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FROM THOSE ACTIONS AND MILESTONES.
UH, GETTING BACK TO WHAT THEY CAN ACCURATELY ACCOUNT FOR, UM, AND WHAT THEY WERE WILLING TO INCLUDE IN THE PLAN THIS YEAR.
UH, SO IT'S JUST BASED ON DEPARTMENTAL FEEDBACK.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION, WE'VE TALKED A LOT, I THINK MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, OR STATED THE POSITION THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE ALTERNATE SOURCES OF FUNDING OR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, I'M SURE THAT'S US MENTIONING IT, HERE'S NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU THOUGHT OF THAT AS FUNDING HAS DISAPPEARED.
HOW HAVE YOU, UM, LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE PARTNER, INDUSTRY, PARTNER, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT PARTNER.
WHAT KIND OF WORK HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO TO TRY TO FIND, UM, REPLACEMENT FOR THE MISSING FUNDING? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE EXPLORED AS WE PROVIDED THE BRIEFING MEMO A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WAS WORKING WITH THE N CCP COG.
SO FOR THE AREA, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE AWARDED THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR E CHARGING OF THAT ET WE HAD APPLIED FOR IT OURSELVES AND WERE NOT AWARDED FOR THE ROUND TWO OF THAT GRANT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ROUND THREE, BUT THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
BUT JUST USING THE SOURCES LIKE THE COUNT NCP CALL THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN AWARDED, THE FUNDS ARE SAFE AND WORKING WITH THEM.
SO CLEARLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO FIND ALTERNATE SOURCES OF FUNDING.
UM, ON REGARDING GOAL FOUR ZERO WASTE COMMUNITY,
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UH, IT'S, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THIS 'CAUSE I, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, SOLID WASTE ISSUE.UM, ONE, ONE THING I WOULD JUST ASK IS IF WE COULD GET A, BEFORE WE GET TO 2026, AN UPDATE OF WHAT THE PLANS ARE.
THIS JUST HAS TWO BULLET POINTS HERE.
HOSTING MORE COORDINATED COMMUNITY TRACTION OFF DEFENSE.
WHO'S ORGANIZING THOSE? HOW ARE THEY ORGANIZED? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? UM, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, UH, THE STRATEGIC ILLEGAL DUMPING PLAN.
UM, I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE A LIST, UH, SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I SEE DUMPING, DUMPING IN EVERY COMMUNITY OR PART OF THE CITY THAT I DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, THE HIGH WIRES SEEM TO BE EACH TARGET FOR PEOPLE TO DUMP, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES PEOPLE DUMPING ILLEGALLY AT THE LANDFILLS AND THE, UH, UM, TRANSFER STATION, UH, CAN YOU PROVIDE YOUR NAME AGAIN? SO WE, UH, ANDREW SIEGEL.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CLARITY IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, US HELPING YOU AND YOU NEED HELP.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY TEAM RIGHT NOW? ONE, I'M JUST SAYING, AM I LOOKING AT IT OR
I, WE DO, WE ARE GONNA HIRE THOUGH.
WE DO, WE DID GET SOME FUNDING TO HIRE.
I KNOW I'M, I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT PERSON.
MAYBE SHOW 'EM AROUND LIKE GOAL EIGHT I BELIEVE IT IS.
IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, CLEAN AIR AND, UH, I MEAN ALL THOSE ARE VERY GOOD THE THINGS TO DO.
BUT WHAT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE IS A PARTNERING WITH A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS SOME POWER TO DO SOME ENFORCEMENT.
UH, PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT A PUBLIC HEARING IF WE GET IT.
UH, THERE, THERE'S A CEMENT CRUSHER, UH, PERMANENTLY TO REQUEST IS PERMANENT PERMANENTLY.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT A CEMENT PRESSURE IN BURG RILEY.
AND THAT'S ADJACENT TO UM, SOUTHEAST O CLIFF.
IT'S ADJACENT TO JOBY WHERE WE'RE ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH AIR QUALITY AND THERE'S NO, UH, GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET 'EM IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOBODY TO ENFORCE.
ARE YOU OPERATING WITH WHAT YOUR PERMIT SAYS? SO I DON'T SEE THAT PIECE IN THERE.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED HELP WITH THAT.
I MEAN, NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOME OF THAT ENFORCING, YOU'RE GONNA NEED HELP WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE TALKED ABOUT THE SCARCITY, THE FOOD, UH, DESERTS.
SOMETHING THAT THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM COULD DO IS MAYBE REACH OUT TO, UH, SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, STORES THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME HERE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO COME HERE.
UM, I GREW UP HERE IN DALLAS AND DO YOU KNOW THAT I GREW UP ON BOTH SIDES OF TOWN, BUT WHEN I WAS ON THE OAK CLIFF SIDE, I DID NOT GROW UP WITH A FOOD DESERT.
FOOD DESERTS ARE FROM LIKE THE NINETIES, MOST OF IT POLITICALLY DONE.
AND I DID NOT GROW UP WITH THE FOOD DESERT.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SOMETHING ATTRACTIVE TO HAVE THESE STORES COME BACK IN.
THE ONES THAT LEFT, WE HAD BUTCHER SHOPS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO HELP YOU OUT.
THE ENFORCEMENT WITH THE AIR QUALITY, THE UH, UH, EDUCATION.
'CAUSE WE JUST, WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND I THINK YOU WERE THERE WHEN I RAISED, I ASKED, DID ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE CCAP WAS? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND NOBODY RAISED THEIR HAND.
SO THAT'S 50% ON ME AND 50% ON POWERS THAT BE TO TRY TO EDUCATE THEM SO THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT TRYING TO EDUCATE ON THINGS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A PRIORITY.
THEIR PRIORITY IS HOW FAR I HAVE TO WALK.
JUST BASIC THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STRUGGLING TRYING TO GET BASIC THINGS.
HOW FAR DO I HAVE TO WALK TO GET A DECENT GALLON OF, YOU KNOW, GET A GALLON OF MILK, UH, WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, MY CHAIRS ARE COVERED WITH DUST.
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A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE AND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON IT SO THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US.UM, I MEANT TO BRING THIS UP, UM, ON THE ARRAYS THAT ARE NOT WORKING OR HAVE DAMAGE MODULES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, IS THERE ANYONE ON STAFF WHO FOLLOWS THE, THE SOFTWARE? SO, AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY HERE, I MEAN THERE, THERE IS SOFTWARE THAT IS REPORTING WHICH MODULES ARE WORKING AND WHICH ARE NOT.
IS THERE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT'S FOLLOWING THAT AND, AND WAS, UM, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR A PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT? I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
UM, SO IF THERE'RE CONNECTION ISSUES, I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION WHEN WE HAD, UM, SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATION, I CAN'T MAKE MYSELF REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, COME AND TALK AND I HAD RECOMMENDED INDEPENDENT INSPECTION OF THE INSTALLATION AFTERWARDS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WE GO FORWARD WITH NEW, UM, INSTALLS? UH, I JUST, I THINK, UH, TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SECOND ALAN'S CONCERN ABOUT WE, WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS AND REALLY GOOD, UH, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, WE NEED TO, UH, ENSURE IN THE PROCESS THAT SOMEBODY'S WATCHING, WHO IS IT? AND UM, DO WE NEED THIRD PARTY INSPECTION? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY WE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TOO, SO THERE'S, I KNOW WE WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THE BOND PACKAGE AND MLK, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO SOLAR.
UM, I SAID ONE OF YOUR REQUESTS WAS TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, MLK ON THE, THE BOND PACKAGE IN SOLAR.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, UH, FOR THIS QUESTION WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE SOLAR AND REVIEWING, UH, SOME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION SO WE FOLLOW UP CORRECTLY.
SO, UM, MR. HOFFMAN BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT THERE, OR, OR MAYBE IT WAS CHAIR, HI MOTO, THAT BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT THERE ARE SOME EXISTING, UH, ARRAYS ON LIBRARIES THAT ARE, OR A LIBRARY OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY WORKING.
AND I'M WONDERING WHO IN, IN THAT SOFTWARE THAT TRACKS THE INDIVIDUAL MODULES THAT ARE WORKING, THEY CAN TELL YOU LIKE, THIS ONE'S GENERATING THIS PERCENTAGE, THIS ONE, THIS ONE'S GOT A HOT SPOT AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
I MEAN, SO YOU KNOW WHO'S FOLLOWING THAT? FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, THEY DO, UH, LEAD THE WHOLE SOLAR INITIATIVES OF CITY FACILITIES.
SO I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
I CAN FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHO, HOW THEY MANAGE THAT.
AS FAR AS THE OPERATE OPERATION MAINTENANCE, THEY DO HAVE THE, A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THEY'VE BEEN PROCURED, I'M UNSURE ABOUT THE ACTUAL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY DO HAVE, ARE BRINGING SOMEBODY ON BOARD THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF, UM, ALL THE CURRENT INSTALLATIONS AND YOU ONES AS WELL.
YEAH, I'D REALLY LOVE TO KNOW.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE PUBLIC TRANSIT MILESTONES, WHICH DEPARTMENT REQUESTED THAT THOSE BE REMOVED? TRANSIT WAS PRIMARILY TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
IN REMOVING THOSE MILESTONES, ARE WE ALTERING THE COUNCIL APPROVED PLAN? SO WHAT WE REMOVED IT, IT WAS AT A MILESTONE LEVEL, NOT NECESSARILY AT THE ACTION LEVEL.
SO THE PLAN REMAINS UNCHANGED.
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THAT SAYS THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA HELP MEET THIS GOAL, OR WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS SPECIFIC MILESTONE TO MEET THE GOAL, AND NOW WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO FIND A DIFFERENT MILESTONE OR PRIORITIZE ANOTHER MILESTONE WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE GOAL.SO THE MILESTONE LEVEL, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY? CORRECT.
YES, BECAUSE THOSE CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, FORMULATED ON DEPARTMENTAL FEEDBACK, THE BANDWIDTH WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE BUDGET AVAILABLE FOR THE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THEN THE ACTIONS DON'T CHANGE.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WHILE I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND I COULD PROBABLY JUST AS EASILY PUT THEM INTO AN EMAIL AND, AND ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I WILL JUST WRAP THIS UP BY, UH, YOU KNOW, HITTING HOME THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF IT.
THERE WAS A MENTION THAT, UH, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FOCUS SPECIFICALLY FOR FIFA AROUND OUR DECAMP PROGRAM, UM, AND POTENTIALLY SHARING SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE DECAMP ROLLOUT? THAT IS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF OUR, OUR SUBMISSION.
SO THE DECAMP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK AIR QUALITY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL IS, IS ONE OF THE, I GUESS, MILESTONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SHARING WITH VIPA.
THE ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
THAT WASN'T EXPLICITLY STATED.
HOW MANY MONITORS DID WE PUT OUT UNDER THAT PROGRAM? THERE'S 24.
AND HOW MANY DID WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON? I AM NOT SURE AT THE MOMENT.
AND DO YOU PLAN TO DO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE DECAMP PROGRAM UNDER THE FIFA INITIATIVE? SO I WOULDN'T SAY UNDER THE FIFA INITIATIVE, UH, THE DECAMP PROGRAM.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE PHASE TWO, SO HOW DO WE MOVE THIS FORWARD IN THE NEXT ITERATION? UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS INCLUDING IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE NEXT PHASE, AND THEN ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE MONITOR AND THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
OF THE 2020 MONITORS THAT WERE DEPLOYED, HOW MANY ARE ACTIVELY FUNCTIONING TODAY? I DON'T HAVE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT AT THIS MOMENT.
I CAN GET THAT NUMBER, UH, TO YOU.
UM, YEAH, SO I WAS HOPING THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, DIRECTOR GOT, WOULD BE BACK.
UH, SHE'S STILL, UH, WRAPPED UP WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE STILL HAVING SPEAKERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DO JUST WANNA STATE AND REITERATE THAT IN PAST YEARS THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT ON THE UPCOMING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
I THOUGHT MAYBE I MISSED IT AND THEN I ASKED A COUPLE OF FOLKS AND, AND NO ONE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO, TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, WHERE DOES THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GO FROM HERE IT GOES TO PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT AND THEN IT'LL BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL? OR IS IT JUST, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING? YOU'LL INCORPORATE ANY FEEDBACK AND THEN IT'S OKAY.
WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO BRIEF PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT? SO THERE'S NOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US UNLESS WE PRETTY READILY VOICE ANY CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, UM, REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONS AND SUCH.
UM, BEFORE THAT MEETING, I KNOW THAT YOUR MATERIALS ARE DUE IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.
SO, UM, I I I'LL JUST VOICE MY FRUSTRATION.
I WILL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND I, UM, KNOW THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE CCAP.
UH, BUT, UM, OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO TAP IN TO THE VERY EXPANSIVE EXPERTISE OF THIS BODY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TASKED TO DO.
AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS YEAR WE ARE BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, UH, ON A REAL LEVEL.
AND IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
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ON THE WORK PLAN, I'LL STATE IT AGAIN, YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WORK PLAN WITHOUT THE PUBLICUM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING.
WHEN WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR FOUR YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN A BODY FOR FOUR YEARS, THIS IS OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION AND YES, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO ADVISE ON OTHER ISSUES AND OTHER PLANS AND OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS AND THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT OUR ORDINANCE ASKS US TO DO.
AND SO I JUST WANNA GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT THIS YEAR, THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE INPUT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
LARGELY AT LEAST NOT DIRECT INPUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT, UH, MONTH AFTER MONTH TO ALLOW US TO HAVE INPUT ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS.
BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, TO HAVE SEEN THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN SO THAT WE CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF A GOING TO PTE AND BEING ADOPTED.
UM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK STEPHANIE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE NOTE THESE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR FOLLOW-UP AND ADD A FOLLOW-UP ITEM TO OUR AGENDA TO BE BRIEFED IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE ON A SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT PLAN.
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OR, OR MANDATED THAT WE ADOPT A SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT PLAN THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN 2021.
UH, REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE MLK SOLAR, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY NOTED, UM, THE NUMBER, THE SANITATION, THE NUMBER FROM SANITATION ON COMMERCIAL WASTE, UH, THE LIST OF REMOVED MILESTONES AND WHY THEY WERE REMOVED, JUSTIFICATION OR RATIONALE FOR REMOVING THEM FOR COMMISSIONER POSTON.
UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT, UH, DUMPING.
AND ANDREW, IF YOU'LL GET WITH ME AND PUT THAT IN WRITING, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT.
AND THEN I WASN'T WRITING FAST ENOUGH, WE'RE GONNA ASK S SHRED OF, OR POSSIBLY ANOTHER DIVISION ABOUT THE SOLAR SOFTWARE MONITORING FOR ISSUES AND FAILURE FOR CHAIR WALLACE.
AND THEN IF I CAN GET THE NUMBER OF MONITORS THAT THE DECAMP MONITORS THAT WE DID, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON WHICH ONES WERE DEPLOYED IN WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND THE NUMBER OF PRESENTLY FUNCTIONING MONITORS, THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT.
UH, JUST TO AUGMENT, UM, COMMISSIONER BOON'S, UM, ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF MILESTONES.
I THINK THAT'S THE 10 COMPLETED MILESTONES THAT I WAS REFERENCING IN THE PIE CHART.
SO IF THEY'RE COMPLETED, IT WOULD BE A, A NICE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTION WAS THAT COMPLETED THEM, UM, OR IF THEY WERE INDEED REMOVED.
AND ONE MORE QUICK COMMENT, JUST SO THERE'S NO MIS MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT, UM, LET ME GO TO PT.
THE WORK PLAN DOESN'T GET ADOPTED, IT'S JUST WE PRESENT TO THEM AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THERE'S LIKE NO OFFICIAL ADOPTION.
YEAH, AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IF WE WERE GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TONIGHT AND WE WOULD'VE VOTED AND THEN WE WOULD'VE PRESENTED THAT RECOMMENDATION TO PT AT THEIR DECEMBER MEETING SO THAT THEY, THAT THEY THEN THEY COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF ON HOW TO BETTER IMPLEMENT IT.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE.
AND IF YOU DON'T, WHEN WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT PROCESS OCCURRED? IT WAS LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED THE, THE WORK PLAN.
WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO PROVIDE INPUT ON MILESTONES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, OR PRIORITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
I DON'T REALLY PARTICULARLY CARE FOR THAT PROCESS.
SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE ON A MORE MEANINGFUL TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT IS I THINK THE, UM, THE, THE TYPES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVE IN THAT SORT OF OPEN-ENDED SCENARIO THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST, UM, THAT YOU CAN HAVE TO TAP INTO THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU'VE HAD HERE.
SO MAYBE LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT SOLICITATION OF FEEDBACK FOR THE WORK PLAN A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED AND WE'RE GETTING SORT OF A BETTER PRODUCT AT THE END.
OKAY, FRIENDS, LET'S MOVE ON FROM THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UM, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO
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OUR BRIEFING MEMOS.THERE ARE TWO MEMOS THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST IS A 2024 BOND CCAP RESOLUTION ANNUAL STATUS UPDATE FOR 2025.
DIRECTOR GOT IS STILL OVER AT CITY COUNCIL.
SO HOW DO WE HAVE THIS EVENING? UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, RUM CADRE, OFFICE OF AROUND QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I'M HERE WITH, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
NATALIE KIN FROM OEQS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE NEXT TWO MEMOS.
UH, THE BRIEFING MEMO, FIRST ONE IS ON THE BOND C CAP RESOLUTION STATUS UPDATE, AND THE SECOND ONE IS ON THE VAPING ORDINANCE UPDATE AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, NATALIE, WE'LL PRESENT, UH, JUST A BRIEF O OVERVIEW OF THE MEMO, UH, THEN WE'LL A ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
UM, SO THIS MEMORANDUM PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE FORMATION OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP, ALSO KNOWN AS IWG.
JUST TO KEEP THINGS SUCCINCT, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE 2024 BOND COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN RESOLUTION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 2024 BOND CCAP RESOLUTION, UM, FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHICH IS 2024 TO 2025.
UM, SO AS A BACKGROUND, THE RESOLUTION CALLED FOR THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO BETTER INTEGRATE THE RESOLUTION'S, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS INTO BOND PROJECTS WITH OEQS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON MATTERS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THIS GETS REPORTED TO THE ARTS TRAILS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OR OTHER DESIGNATED COMMITTEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE MEMO, UM, WE TALK ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND, HOW THIS WAS STARTED, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT PROGRESS AND THE DEPARTMENTS WE'VE INCLUDING, UM, AND AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT WERE AS A RESULT OF THOSE INITIAL MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN ESSENTIALLY GOING THROUGH THOSE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE GOAL OF A SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE OBJECTIVES AND DELIVERABLES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
UM, AND IT'S A WAY FOR DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED METHOD, UM, TO COLLECT METRICS AND CONDUCT ANALYSIS ON HOW BOND PROJECTS ARE ADHERING TO SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT MAIN DELIVERABLE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ESSENTIALLY TO KIND OF QUICKLY WRAP THAT UP FOR EVERYBODY.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS MEMO? GO AHEAD.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THIS IS GETTING, UH, ACTIONED IN TERMS OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EIGHT STEPS.
UH, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST? IS THIS, UH, THINGS THAT PERFORMANCE TARGETS THAT THE PROJECTS HAVE TO MEET OR IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS GUIDE OF WHAT YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN OR, UH, THE VARIOUS REFERENCE STANDARDS THAT YOU NEED TO, UM, CONSULT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A MEANINGFUL STRETCH GOAL? LIKE WHAT, WHAT DID YOU MEAN? WHAT'S THE INTENTION BEHIND THAT? YEAH, SO THE INTENTION IS TO ESSENTIALLY TRACK AND MONITOR WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY APPLYING TO THEIR PROJECT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SET INTO THEIR RESOLUTION, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT CHECKLIST AND SEE ARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY BEING APPLIED IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE CCAP, UM, GOALS OR METRICS, UM, THAT COULD BE APPLIED AS WELL.
AND JUST USING THAT AS A FOREFRONT TOOL, NOT ONLY FOR DEPARTMENTS TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT THEY SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR, BUT ALSO IN ADDITION, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH METRICS AND SEEING THE PROGRESS.
AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION, SEE WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, SEE, YOU KNOW, AFTER, LIKE YOU SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SET, WHAT IS REALLY BEING DONE.
SO I'M INTERPRETING WHAT YOU SHARED AS THAT THE CHECKLIST COULD BE A VERY SIMPLE ACCOUNTABILITY
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AND COMPLIANCE, UH, VERIFICATION TOOL WHERE THE FIVE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO ARE JUST CHECK MARKS AND THEY SAY HOW THEY'RE DOING IT OR YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PROGRESS IS ON THAT.IS THAT WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND? YEAH, SO WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES OF DEVELOPING THE CHECKLIST.
HOW COMPREHENSIVE IT WILL BE, UH, REALLY WILL DEPEND ON THE INPUT FROM THE WORKING GROUP.
BUT, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OF WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, THEY TEND TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, LIKE WHAT IS THE INTENTION BEHIND IT? IF THE INTENTION IS A COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL, THEN THE SIMPLER IT IS SO THAT ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SEE OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE 10 PROPOSITIONS ON THE BOND, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS DONE THESE FIVE THINGS OR THEY'RE REPORTING THEIR PROGRESS ON THE FIVE THINGS THAT WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE RESOLUTION.
IF THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP GUIDE DESIGN TEAMS TOWARDS A PROCESS, THEN IT'S A PROCESS CHECKLIST.
IF IT'S A PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND UM, PERFORMANCE THRESHOLDS AND BEST PRACTICES, THEN IT'S GONNA START LOOKING LIKE LEAD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FIRST CRITERIA.
SO I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN HOW CAN YOU SAVE THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES OF THE STAFF TEAM TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN HOW YOU WANNA SPEND YOUR TIME? YOU DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO REINVENT A SUSTAINABILITY GOALS CHECKLIST BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THEY HAVE TO DO IF IT'S A BUILDING IS LEAD GOLD.
AND IF IT'S A PARK OR AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, BE CERTIFIED AT THE BASELINE LEVEL FOR SITES OR ENVISION.
SO ALL THOSE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ARE THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THREE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO PLUS THE STRETCH GOAL ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ORDINANCE.
YEAH, I THINK WE WANNA TRACK THE CCAP RESOLUTION AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE SORT OF IN BETWEEN THE, THE SPECTRUM THAT YOU OUTLINED MM-HMM
SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN I TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS MORE PROCESS.
OTHER PEOPLE TEND TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS KEEPING IT SIMPLE SO IT'S EASY TO COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT DIALOGUE IN THE WORKING GROUP TO SEE WHAT WILL WORK.
AND OUR INTENTION IS ONCE WE HAVE A DRAFT CHECKLIST, WE WILL PILOT THAT CHECKLIST WITH ONGOING PROJECTS AND GET FEEDBACK AND MAKE A NEW REVISION BECAUSE ONE, ONE OF THE INTENTIONS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE CHECKLIST AND UH, THEN THERE IS A FOLLOW UP AFTER THE POST-CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WOULD DO THE CHECKLIST AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THEY COMMITTED TO DOING OR CHECKED OFF IN THE BEGINNING HAPPENED OR DIDN'T HAPPEN AND WHY OR WHY NOT.
SO I MEAN, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM NATALIE.
WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT UM, YOU WANNA TRACK HOW EACH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE DELIVERING ON ALL THE CCAP GOALS AND ACTIONS.
AND SO THEN TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CROSSWALK BETWEEN LEAD AND CA AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHERE REDUNDANCIES ARE.
SO IF THEY MEET THESE FIVE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, 50 LEAD CRITERIA, THEN THEY'RE ALSO DELIVERING ON THE CCAP GOALS.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
UH, I DIDN'T, UH, THE CHECKLIST WILL NOT NECESSARILY HAVE, LET'S SAY CA GOALS.
WE WANT TO ALIGN IT WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I THINK IS VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MENTIONS THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHECK OFF ON THE PRE AND POST IS REALLY THAT IN THE PLANNING AND PRE-DESIGNED PHASE OR DESIGN PHASE, YOU WOULD COMPLETE THE CHECKLIST, WHATEVER IT IS, SIMPLE OR PROCESS ORIENTED.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT INFORMS YOUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU GO BACK TO THAT CHECKLIST TO CON TO VERIFY WHETHER YOU'VE MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO OR NOT.
MAYBE WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME OFFLINE DISCUSSING IT.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I'M STILL FOLLOWING YOU ON NUMBER FOUR.
UPDATING MODEL LANGUAGE FOR THE PROJECT REQUESTS AND QUOTES.
WHEN YOU SAY PROJECT REQUESTS, DO YOU MEAN PROJECT CRITERIA AND UM, PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES? LIKE, UH, THE BASIS OF DESIGN OR THE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA OF THE PROJECT OR DO YOU MEAN REQUESTS AND QUOTES LIKE BIDS LIKE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, RPS OR, UM, THAT'S THE LATTER SPECIFICATIONS.
RPS RQ SPECIFICATIONS TO HELP BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE BOND PROGRAM RIGHT NOW HAVE ALREADY PROCURED DESIGN CONSULTATION.
AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND BE LIKE, BY THE WAY, YOU NEED TO ADD THESE SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES INTO YOUR DESIGN CONTRACT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE FOR NEW AND FUTURE PROJECT THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR PROJECT MANAGERS THAT THEY CAN THEN UTILIZE THAT IN THEIR OUR PRQ PROCESS.
SO YOU'RE THINKING OF TEMPLATES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, RF, QS AND RFPS.
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ANYBODY ELSE? SHE, GO AHEAD.UM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE COULD BE GUIDELINES FOR SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT IN THESE AS WELL.
AM I, IS THAT RIGHT? AS A PART OF THE CHECKLIST? I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY CONSIDERED IT AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT IS LIKE, IT'S A BIG BEAST REALLY.
AND UH, SORT OF OUR SCOPE THREE SUPPLY CHAIN, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
AND I'M NOT SURE THE WORKING GROUP SCOPE REALLY WOULD, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IF WE WERE TO TAKE THAT ON.
IT'S NOT REALLY IN OUR SCOPE IN OUR SORT OF CHARTER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, TALK A LOT AND SEE IF IT'S WORTH INCLUDING THE CHECKLIST ITEM ON SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT.
WHAT, BUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT IS, UH, IS A BIGGER QUESTION.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE, BUT CAN THIS BODY SEE THE CHARTER? I MEAN, CAN WE SEE WHAT'S IN THE CHARTER? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED, RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN READ? YES.
YEAH, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS WOULD Y'ALL MAKE SPACE FOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON ANY OF THE DELIVERABLES SUCH AS THE, THE, THE WORK PLAN OR THE CHECKLIST OR, UM, THE GREEN BUILDING POLICY OR ANY OF IT? BY STAKEHOLDER YOU MEAN LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE? YES.
UH, I MEAN I THINK, I GUESS BASED ON TODAY'S FEEDBACK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A DRAFT CHECKLIST, MAYBE WE WILL SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK WHILE WE'RE PILOTING IT.
'CAUSE WE ARE UNDER, UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CONSTRAINT AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE MOMENTUM 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUTTA THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO WE WANT TO KIND OF KEEP A TIGHT TIMELINE.
UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY, TRIALING IT AND ALSO GETTING FEEDBACK AT THE SAME TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BRIEFING MEMO B IS THE VAPING ORDINANCE UPDATE FROM NOVEMBER OF 2025.
WHO IS PRESENTING THAT? ARE YOU NATALIE, YOU'RE PRESENTING THAT? OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS NATALIE KINES.
UM, SO THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE VAPING ORDINANCE, UM, FOR THIS MONTH.
UM, THIS IS OFFICIALLY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 2 9 3 3.
UM, SO LAST YEAR ON DECEMBER 11TH, UM, DALLAS CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AMENDING CHAPTER 41 TO ESSENTIALLY INCLUDE, UM, ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES, UM, TO THE SMOKING ORDINANCE.
UM, AND MODIFYING THOSE DEFINITIONS JUST TO BE UPDATED WITH THE CURRENT, UM, WE'LL SAY CLIMATE.
UM, NOT TO BE TOO CHEEKY THERE.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE SO FAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SLASH 3 1 1, UM, FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE IN INFORMED AS WELL AS PREPARED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE NEW CHANGES.
UM, PARTICULARLY SINCE IT INCLUDES SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, OEQS HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH ADVANCED NOTICE ON THE LATEST VAPING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING A BROAD AWAY, EXCUSE ME, ARRAY OF PUBLIC MESSAGING, UM, FROM VARIOUS MEDIA SUCH AS LOCAL MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, ONLINE STREAMING SERVICES, UM, SPANISH AND ENGLISH CHANNELS THROUGH RADIO DW UM, ALSO, EXCUSE ME, DW CUSTOMERS ALSO RECEIVED, UM, WATER BILL INSURANCE.
UH, DART WILL ALSO BE GETTING UPDATED BUSES TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW UPDATES.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, THERE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, BILLBOARD DISPLAYS ALSO, UM, PRESENTING THAT MESSAGE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ESSENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING ADDITIONAL NOTICES AND AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE OF THIS UPDATE AND THAT WE ARE ADVANCING TOWARDS, UM, CLEANER
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AIR.ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? DR.
OH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU MUTED DR.
THIS YOU FROM, UM, JENNIFER NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
WE'RE CATCHING ABOUT EVERY OTHER WORD.
SO IF YOU'LL MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE, I'M GONNA CALL YOU AND I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER WITH MY MICROPHONE AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT WORKS.
LET'S TRY TO, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT TONIGHT, FRIENDS.
HOPE THIS ISN'T GREAT FEEDBACK.
SEE YOU WANNA LEAVE THE MEETING AND THEN JOIN AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING.
OKAY, SO I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ALL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ALL ON DOING SUCH, UM, GREAT WORK WITH, UM, SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT THE HEALTH, THE SAFETY, AND THE WELLBEING OF, UM, OF THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
AND IT IS GOING TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND THERE IS, UM, MORE AND MORE DATA EVERY SINGLE DAY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF, YOU KNOW, SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE TO, UM, VAPING.
UM, AND IT, IT'S HARD TO GET FUNDING TO DO THAT WORK BECAUSE THERE'S A BIGGER JUGGERNAUT THAT'S FIGHTING AGAINST IT.
SO, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I REALLY, REALLY, UM, COMMEND EVERYONE FOR EVERY, ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY, THEY'VE DONE.
AND I HOPE THAT IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, UM, NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES, BUT THE HEALTH EXPOSURES ARE, UM, EMPHASIZED DURING THAT PROCESS.
AND IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO FIND FOLKS OR TO BE THAT PERSON FOR YOU.
AND WE WANNA THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL IN GETTING THIS UP TO COUNCIL.
UM, YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE UP THAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE CAN DEFINITELY ENGAGE MORE ON THAT LATER.
COMMISSIONER RELL, I JUST WANNA, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, DR.
UH, SADE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON.
'CAUSE I WAS WATCHING, UH, SPECTRUM NEWS THE OTHER NIGHT, AND THEY WAS LIKE, IN DECEMBER, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VAPE IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO END LIKE THE COMMISSION ON THAT, UH, WHAT I SEEN AND HOW I WAS TALKING TO THE TV Z CLOCKED THAT T LOOK, ALL OF THAT.
I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE THE WORK IS BEING SHOWN ON NATIONAL TV TO SAY NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, DR.
LACKMAN, PLEASE? WELL, UM, AS YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE, I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A INTERESTING PROGRESSION STARTING WITH AN ARTICLE IN THE TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE.
AND I, I REALLY THINK WE ALL ARE DR.
AVIA AT HAND FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT SHE DID TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND, AND TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY PULLED OUT THE DATA, WENT AND ADVOCATED IT, AND, AND HERE WE ARE.
AVI'S COMMENTS ABOUT BEING WILLING TO HELP IN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US, THERE WAS A LOT MORE KIND OF DETAIL
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ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS THAN IS IN THE MEMO.I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING, BUT GREAT WORK.
UH, MAY I ADD ONE MORE THING? MM-HMM
I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A FULL PAGE AD IN THE DALLAS OBSERVER THANKING THE CITY FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.
UM, STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU ADD FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE CHARTER AS FOLLOW THE FOLLOW UP ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH FOR CHAIR WALLACE, AND THEN THE, THE DATA FOR DR.
LACKMAN, PLEASE ON THIS VAPING ITEM.
LET'S GET INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, FOR THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE STILL MEETING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THEM ARE AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'VE EFFECTIVELY PUT A PAUSE ON OUR COMMITTEE WORK SO THAT WE CAN REVISIT AND REALIGN.
UM, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OF OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THAT WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE NOW, IS THAT, UM, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, WE ARE RELEASING THE THREE PUBLIC MEMBERS THAT WE HAD APPOINTED FOR SPI, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CYCLE.
ONE WAS ADOPTED AS A FULL VOTING COMMISSION MEMBER, AND THE OTHER TWO, UH, ONE OF THEM IS MOVING TO WASHINGTON, DC AND THE OTHER ONE, UM, HAS FAMILY ISSUES THAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND TO.
SO WHEN WE GET OUR NEXT CYCLE OF STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIORITIES, THEN WE WILL INVITE MORE PUBLIC MEMBERS TO JOIN SBI.
THAT IS THE CASE ON, ON MANY OF OUR COMMITTEES.
ANY OTHER MANY UPDATES? GOING ONCE.
LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO START BY WELCOMING OUR BRAND NEW DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER JORDAN CLARK.
WELCOME TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND ABOUT YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR, I GUESS, WELCOMING ME.
UM, MY, I'VE BEEN IN DALLAS FOR 10 YEARS NOW.
MY BACKGROUND IS IN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN.
UM, IN MY DAY JOB, I'M DIRECTOR OF DESIGN PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY AT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING FIRM.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, PARTICULAR AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE EVERYTHING WE'VE COVERED TONIGHT.
UH, YEAH, IN, IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, SAFETY, UM, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU NAME IT, IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND, AND ALSO IN KIND OF THE FOCUS OF ITS MISSION.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOUR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT ONE.
UH, DISTRICT TWO, I THINK LEFT TODD TO HOP OFF THE MEETING.
ANY UPDATE THIS MONTH? UM, JUST THAT I ATTENDED THE SOUTHERN DALLAS REGION INNOVATION SUMMIT AT UNT DALLAS, UH, ON OCTOBER 21ST.
UM, AND THE TEXAS ENERGY SUMMIT LAST WEEK.
SO, JUST AS A BY WAY OF QUICK UPDATE FOR EVERY ONE, UH, NOT JUST DISTRICT FIVE, IS THAT, UH, A VENDOR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CHOSEN.
WE'VE BEEN AWAITING AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, SOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY REBATES, UM, FOR OVER A YEAR.
AND, UM, THE VENDOR WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON, AND THERE WILL BE, UM, NEW REBATES THAT WE, WE SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WHEN WE VISIT OUR, OUR, UM, COMMUNITIES.
AND I JUST WANNA, WHILE THINKING ABOUT IT, TO YOUR POINT OF HAVING SOME SORT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUMMIT HERE, MAYBE TAKE AFTER THE MODEL OF THE TEXAS ENERGY SUMMIT AND SOME OF THAT INSIGHT THAT, UM, WAS SHARED THIS PAST LAST WEEK AT THAT EVENT.
SO POTENTIALLY, I KNOW THAT KATHY WITH
UM, 'CAUSE THAT EVENT WAS IN HOUSTON, AUSTIN.
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SIX IS VACANT DISTRICT, DISTRICT SEVEN.UH, SO, UH, DROPPING MAMA FARM, WE GAVE OUT, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH A TEXAS, UH, TREE FOUNDATION.
THEY PLANTED, UH, 26 TREES AT THE, UH, MELISSA PER, UH, PROPERTY.
I PLANTED A TREE, TEXAS RED BUD IN MY YARD.
AND THAT WAS HARD 'CAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS SO SCARED OF TREES IN THE ROOF.
SO ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, WE HAD A DROPPY CLEANUP.
WE PARTNERED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
WE HAD A SERVICE DAY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE, WE REVITALIZED A, A BLOCK OF HOMES WHERE WE DECLUTTERED AND DE UH, WEEDED WEEDS, YOU KNOW, SHRUBS, YOU KNOW, JUST CLEAN THE, REVITALIZE THEIR PROPERTY ON ONE BLOCK IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF, UH, HABITAT.
AND WE HAD LIKE 150 VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE.
UH, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? UH, TREE FOUNDATION.
THEN WE HAD A 5K, UH, WALK, UH, UH, RUN AND DROPPY ON NOVEMBER THE FIRST.
WE HAD THE, UH, 5K DIABETES WALK.
UH, IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT, LOW TURNOUT BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THAT DAY.
BUT, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH OLA LEE FOUNDATION IN FORT WORTH, HER FARM.
AND SHE WASN'T THERE, BUT HER NIECE WAS THERE, AND THEY DID THE WALK.
WE HAD A LOW, UH, A LOW TURNOUT DUE TO THE RAIN.
AND I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER, UH, RANDY RIGHT HERE.
HE DONATED, UH, LIKE, UM, ANDREW.
ANDREW, YEAH, I MISS YOUR NAME UP TOO.
HE DONATED, UH, TO MY NONPROFIT JOCKEY FREEMAN'S TOWN ASSOCIATION, ABOUT 20 BOXES OF BLOOD PRESSURE CUPS FROM SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE THERMOMETERS AND SMART, UH, UH, BLOOD PRESSURE CUPS, SMART THERMOMETERS THAT YOU CAN READ FROM YOUR PHONE, SMARTPHONE.
AND SO AT THE 5K, UH, DIABETES DRIVE, UH, RUN, I SET UP MY VENDOR TABLE.
AND I JUST SHARED THE PICTURE WITH HIM THAT, UM, I HAD THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ON THERE, AND I WAS WORKING THE VENT.
SO I COULDN'T WORK MY TABLE GUYS.
AND I'LL SHOW Y'ALL THE PICTURE WHEN I LEAVE.
UH, I HAD MY GRANDCHILDREN SITTING AT THE TABLE RIGHT RUNNING THE TABLE, TELLING THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE FOOD GIVEAWAY AND GIVING THEM BLOOD PRESSURE CUTS,
AND, UM, I THINK I KIND OF, WHEN I LOOKED OVER WHAT I, MY UPDATES WERE, AND I KIND OF CONNECTED THEM TO THE CCAP GOALS.
AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WHEN I DO MY UPDATES AND WHEN I AM ENGAGING IN MY COMMUNITY AND DOING THE WORK IN MY DISTRICT, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO DO, CONNECT WHAT I'M DOING TO THE CCAP.
LIKE, LIKE I REALLY DID A GOOD JOB FOR NOVEMBER UP.
UH, I GIVE MY FOOD EVERY WEDNESDAY.
I GIVE THIS FOOD OUT EVERY WEDNESDAY AT MY GARAGE.
I HAD TODAY'S A DAY, BUT MY DAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND IS RUNNING OKAY.
AND I GIVE OUT FOOD EVERY FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO I THINK I KIND OF LIKE HIT SOME MILESTONES WITH THAT C CAP THIS MONTH.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING, SITTING HERE WITH THAT, THAT I'M GONNA TRY TO CONTINUE THAT CONNECTION IN MY DISTRICT.
'CAUSE DISTRICT SEVEN IS THE ONE THAT FACES A LOT OF DISPARITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND RACISM.
AND SO FOR ME TO MAKE MILESTONES AND ACTIONS, I HAVE TO TIE IT TO THE CA 'CAUSE I, WHY I'M SITTING HERE IS BECAUSE THAT PLAN LOOKS DIFFERENT IN MY DISTRICT THAN IT LOOKS IN SOME OF YOUR ALL DISTRICTS.
AND SO, UH, I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT.
MY SON LOST HIS FATHER ON MONDAY THROUGH, DUE TO A 18 WHEELER, UH, TRUCK ACCIDENT IN CHEROKEE, TEXAS AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SO I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW I'M SITTING HERE WITH THE GRACE OF GOD, BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, AND I'M SITTING HERE BEING AN ADVOCACY FOR MY COMMUNITY AND MY DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ARE TWO, THEY HAVE
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TWO PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE ARE IN A FOOD DESERT, SOME OF THE PANTRIES HAVE CLOSED.SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOURCES TO GIVE OUT FRESH, YOU KNOW, VEGETABLES, FRESH, UH, FOOD, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST NORMAL EATING.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING, I'VE BEEN HELPING DO THAT.
UH, I'VE SENT LAURIE BLAIR A MEMO.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME, UH, THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME CENTERS THAT'LL BE GIVING OUT FOOD.
AND THEN, UM, I LOOKED AT THE WORKING WITH PARKLAND.
THE OTHER THING, PARKLAND'S GONNA HAVE A NEW MOBILE VAN THAT WILL COME OUT, AND WE'LL PROBABLY START THAT IN JANUARY.
IT'S TOO BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S STILL POOR ACCESS TO, UM, PRIMARY CARE SPECIALISTS.
AND, UH, THERE'S A DISPARITY WITH, UH, THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE IS HIGH SOUTH AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.
SO WITH THOSE ARE THE, SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'M, THAT I'M LOOKING AT IN ADDITION TO THE AIR QUALITY, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A PERMIT REQUEST FOR, THE REQUEST IS FOR A PERMANENT FACILITY IN CLEAVER FOR A CEMENT CRUSHER.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET A PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT, UH, WE CAN NOT NECESSARILY PROTEST, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THEY OPERATE SOME OF THESE PLACES.
IF THEY WOULD OPERATE THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM.
WHEN I WENT TO, UH, THAT LAST YEAR, I WENT TO THE, UH, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, UH, CONVENTION.
AND THERE WERE TWO BATCH PLANTS THAT GOT AWARDS.
AND THEY GOT AWARDS FOR HOW THEY WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS GONNA TRY TO, I WAS GONNA GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND JUST SEE IF I CAN GET THOSE COMPANIES TO, AND GO THROUGH AGAIN ON PAPER WHAT THEY DID.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THEY GOT AWARDS AND WE'RE DONE HERE FIGHTING.
UH, FOR DISTRICT NINE, I WENT OUT AND SUPPORTED OUR, UH, ZERO WASTE TECHNICAL ADVISOR, MS. NIA, WITH, UH, A HALLOWEEN EVENTS AT MOCHA CAFE WHERE THERE WAS, UH, FRESH PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION, UH, SOME NOW FORWARD WILL BE HAPPENING ON SUNDAYS, THAT'S IN BEUM RIGHT HERE DOWN THE STREET.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO INCORPORATING A COMPOSTING MODEL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ADJACENT, UH, APARTMENT HOMES, SO THEY CAN BRING DOWN THEIR COMPOSTABLES TO THE CAFE, AND THEY WILL, UH, ACCEPT THAT COMPOST FOR THEM, WHICH IS A REALLY PHENOMENAL, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT, UH, MS. MANIA WAS ABLE TO FACILITATE.
UM, THERE WAS A TABLE, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, AND THERE WAS A PET COSTUME CONTEXT THAT WAS REALLY FUN.
UH, SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT AND A GREAT WAY FOR FOLKS TO HEAR ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IN OUR ZERO WASTE, UH, EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE CCAP.
AND THEN I, UH, GAVE THE OPENING REMARKS FOR THIS YEAR'S DALLAS INNER CITY GROWERS SUMMIT, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS, UM, REALLY PHENOMENALLY ATTENDED.
I THINK THAT, UH, URBAN AGRICULTURE AND LOCAL GROWERS SPACE CONTINUES TO THRIVE UNDER REBECCA'S, UH, LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND, UH, THE OEQS TEAM THAT SUPPORTS THAT INITIATIVE SHOULD REALLY BE COMMENDED.
IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND IT GETS A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT IDEAS THAT ARE EXCHANGED, UH, THERE.
SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR THEIR THIRD ANNUAL, UM, SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, THIS PAST, UH, TUESDAY TO GO ON THE ANNUAL NORTH DALLAS CHAMBERS TOUR OF SOUTH DALLAS.
THEY, THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO JUST THE SOUTH DALLAS NEIGHBORHOOD AND VISITED FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT SITES WHERE WE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE WAS A, IT'S KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADJACENT BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF THE SAME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON ABOUT, UH, FOOD INEQUALITY AND, UM, LACK OF ACCESS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOCKED ME WAS THAT FIESTA, WHICH HAD A FULL PARKING LOT, WAS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO LEAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND LIKE, YOUR PARKING LOT'S FULL.
DOESN'T THAT KIND OF GO AGAINST THE IDEA OF RUNNING A BUSINESS? UM, AND THEY'RE THE ONLY GROCERY STORE APP, UH, BUT IT WAS A TRULY, IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THEY DO WITH THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE AND IF THEY CAN IN FUTURE, UM, AND THE EYE-OPENING EVERY YEAR.
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GOTTA GET THE RIGHT BUTTON.UH, SO, UH, BUSY MONTH FROM THEM.
UM, I, UM, ATTENDED THE, UH, BIG SUMMIT, UH, GREAT, GREAT, UH, UH, PROGRAM AND, UH, OEQS AND THEIR ROLE WAS REALLY KEY.
I, I LEARNED A LOT, UH, AND I FOUND, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT I CAN DO ONGOING WORK WITH.
UH, ALSO EARLIER IN THE MONTH, I, UH, ATTENDED TEXAS PEDIATRIC SOCIETY WHERE I CHAIR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, AND WE MADE GREAT PROGRESS.
AND, UH, AT SOME POINT, I WILL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MATERIALS WHILE IN CHILD HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE ON THE TEXAS PEDIATRIC SOCIETY WEBSITE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR LOCAL PEDIATRICIANS, UH, IN VARIOUS AREAS WHO WANT TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE TO INCREASE THE COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS MENTION EARLIER, UM, IN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, UH, ABOUT THE JACK ABOUT, UH, UH, NATURE.
AND RENEE BARTOW, WHO'S A DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN IN AUSTIN, WHO'S A MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE, IS DOING FANTASTIC WORK, UH, IN, UH, INTRODUCING NATURE TO CHILDREN.
AND SHE HAD BEEN REALLY NEAT PROGRAMS, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT AT THAT MEETING.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLAN MEETING.
AND THEIR MEETING CHARACTERISTICALLY HAS NOTHING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO I, UH, SPOKE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHE AND I ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF HAVING, UM, A PRESENTATION OR PRESENTATIONS THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WOULD HELP ME DEVELOP FOR THEIR ANNUAL MEETING NEXT YEAR.
INTERFAITH, UH, HAD, UH, A, UH, AN EVENT LAST NIGHT AT TEMPLE EMMANUEL.
WE HAD A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE, UH, FROM 40 DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS AT ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT CLERGY.
AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS HOUSING TO REMEMBER THAT DALLAS AREA, INTERFAITH HAD A KEY ROLE IN CONFRONTING, UH, THE SLUMLORD IN KENDALL VS EARLIER.
AND SO IN THE COMING YEAR, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT WORK.
ONE COMMENT I WOULD MAKE THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE CITY IS THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE UPDATED CHAPTER 27TH OF THE HOUSING CODE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IN OUR RESEARCH THERE IS THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE FURTHER CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE IN THAT HOUSING CODE, LIKE ADDING HARASSMENT TO THE REASONS, UH, THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT AS RETALIATION RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT IN THE STATUTE.
AND THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY PROCEDURAL CHANGES, UH, IN, UM, WHAT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE PROCESS.
WE ALSO NEED TO FIND WAYS TO PROTECT TENANTS IN A WAY THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND CAN STILL IDENTIFY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, BECAUSE TENANTS ARE AFRAID TO REPORT, UH, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO COOPERATE EFFORTS BECAUSE OF RETALIATION IN SPITE OF WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS.
UM, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT DALLAS AREA INNOVATE, THEY'VE DONE ON HOUSING WITH CIVIC ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BOTH THE AFFORDABILITY AND THE
AT ABOUT 10 OF THOSE IN THE LAST MONTH, I PERSONALLY DID WANT TO TEMPLE SHALOM, OR, UH, TEMPLE SHALOM, KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH, UM, A CHURCH OF THE CHURCH ATION, UH, WHICH IS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND A CHRISTIAN CHAPEL TEMPLE OF FAITH.
WAS IS A, UM, UH, AMERICAN, UH, A A ME CHURCH.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE, UH, INTER INTERFAITH
UH, AND UH, LASTLY, I CONTINUE MY WORK IN THE, UH, OH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE NORTH TEXAS,
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UH, NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, UH, AIR QUALITY SUMMIT AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT.UM, AND, UM,
AND ONE SUNDAY WE HARVESTED 52 POUNDS OF OKRA FOR THE BAD CREEK.
LAST WEEK WE RIPPED OUT ALL THE OKRA FROM NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER
ALL RIGHT, DISTRICT 13, I'LL JUST SHARE ONE THING.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND HER OFFICE STAFF, UM, TA MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND TRYING TO HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, METH, UH, MEASURES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND
AND, UM, THEY'RE FINALLY PAYING ATTENTION PAYING.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON.
SO I ATTENDED THE SONGBIRD, UH, SORE LAST TUESDAY.
WAS HAPPY TO MEET JORDAN THERE, AND WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED, UH, ALONG WITH DAVID AND LINDSEY.
I, I THINK BEING ABLE TO SEE THE OPTIONS FOR THE GLASS, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COSTS AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM THE LIGHTS OUT TEXAS GROUP, SO I THINK IT WAS A VERY UPLIFTING EVENT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ACTION WE CAN ADVOCATE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DISTRICT 15, I AM SORRY TO HAVE MISSED THAT PARTY.
I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST WEEK LENDING THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE'S ANNUAL FALL MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, A COUPLE UPDATES FROM THAT FORUM.
UH, I HOSTED, UH, A PANEL DISCUSSION ON P FOUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS, UH, AND LOOKING AT THE ABILITY OF PHILANTHROPY TO UNLOCK DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND CATALYZE RESPONSIBLE DESIGN IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE, CLIMATE, SOCIAL EQUITY, ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
UH, ULI HAS A NEW CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER THAT WILL BE, UM, LEVERAGING THAT ORGANIZATION'S FULL WEIGHT IN THE REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY'S, UH, ATTENTION ON THOSE THREE ADVOCACY ISSUES.
SO I FIND THAT REALLY EXCITING AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL CHAPTER HERE CAN PLUG INTO THAT, HELP INTEGRATE US INTO THAT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN ON A VERY, UH, PROMISING NOTE, UH, EVERY YEAR AT THIS CONFERENCE, ULI ISSUES THEIR ANNUAL EMERGING TRENDS REPORT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DALLAS IN THE 26TH REPORT IS NUMBER ONE IN MARKETS TO WATCH, UH, IN TERMS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
UH, AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST CCAP WITH A LOT OF GOALS RELATED TO, OR ACTIONS RELATED TO OUR BUILDING'S GOAL THAT WILL HELP THAT DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN MORE RESPONSIBLY.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS, UH, MORE STRESS ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND NATURAL SYSTEMS. UH, SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE DALLAS ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW AND THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE.
AND I AM SO, UH, GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP THAT'S HERE TO HELP GUIDE AND SHEPHERD THAT GROWTH IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, I WAS HOPING THAT OUR NEW DIRECTOR WOULD BE HERE THIS EVENING SO THAT I COULD INTRODUCE ALL OF YOU.
UH, DIRECTOR GOT HAS JUMPED RIGHT IN AND HAS MET WITH SEVERAL OF US.
SHE HAS ALSO SENT OUT AN EMAIL INVITATION TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY, MEET WITH EACH OF YOU.
PLEASE TAKE HER UP ON THAT, UH, VISIT.
AND ANDREW, YOU LOOK VERY CONFUSED, SO LET ME MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS YOUR EMAIL NOW THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, ARE WE RECORDING NOW? RIGHT.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA CALL ROLL.
SO MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY YOU WILL NEED YOUR CAMERA ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
WHEN I CALL YOUR DISTRICT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, DISTRICT ONE, JORDAN CLARK.
WELCOME, COMMISSIONER CLARK, DISTRICT TWO CLARK WOOTEN.
STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU MIND TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON THAT DISTRICT FIVE TRACING WALLACE DISTRICT SEVEN, SEMI GOOD TO ROW DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10.
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I DON'T SEE YET.DISTRICT 13, UH, REBECCA BOSTON, DISTRICT 14, HOLIDAY DISTRICT 15 IS ON THEIR WAY AS WELL.
OUR TECHNICAL PANEL MEMBERS, MS. BE HERE, DO DR.
MS. TOO MINYA, RIGHT, MR. HOFFMAN? I SEE YOU'RE MUTED.
BUT I SEE YOU AND MR. MARCOS WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND CHAIR HARIMOTO IS PRESENT NOW.
OKAY, NOW LET'S GET TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
I AM AM GOING TO RECITE OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK IN WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED.
PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JANET GUFFMAN.
IF YOU'LL JUST PUSH THE BUTTON THERE ON THE MICROPHONE.
IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON, IT'S ON.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR HER ONLINE? THERE IT IS.
LACKMAN ONE THAT'S COMING? HE'LL BE HERE.
BUT OUR CHAIR, UH, MS. ROBERSON IS THERE.
YEAH, HE WAS, UM, GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS RELATING TO MY, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE SECOND SPEAKER AND YOU CAN COME BACK? I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A FEW MINUTES.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS VERONICA ARMONDO.
STEPHANIE, DO WE KNOW IF VERONICA WAS VIRTUAL? RIGHT.
SORRY JANET, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE'LL THE MEETING'S BEING RECORDED SO HE CAN GO BACK AND, AND WATCH AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
UM, HE HAD SOME THINGS, QUESTIONS THAT HE WANTED TO SAY TO THE OKAY, GOT IT.
SO, UM, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING LAST TIME.
AND I, UM, GOT TO MEET RENEE AND DR.
LACKMAN, UH, ON A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE A RESEARCH PROJECT TO TEST WHETHER THE PESTICIDES, UM, ARE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO HUMAN HEALTH, ET CETERA.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT AND SORT OF BACKED UP BY SOME OF THE DATA THAT, UM, I'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU IS, UM, WHETHER THE, UM, UH, UM, THIS PESTICIDES ARE HARMFUL TO, UH, HUMANS AND TO INSECTS AND ANIMALS.
UM, AND, UM, WE, UM, SO I GAVE HIM, ONE OF HIS THINGS WAS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TEST WHETHER ONE AREA DOES GET SPRAYING AND ANOTHER AREA DOESN'T GET SPRAYED, WE WANNA LOOK AT EXISTING DATA AND ANALYZE EXISTING DATA TO SORT OF ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT HE WAS GOING TO, TO ASK THE, THE GROUP FROM, FROM WHAT I WAS GONNA SPEAK ON.
BUT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE LINKS THAT I PROVIDED, UM, I THINK STEPHANIE WAS ALSO GONNA ASSUME THIS AS A DIGITAL THING SO THEY COULD CLICK AND GO.
AND AS A, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALSO GET TO THE LINKS HERE, BUT, UM, PESTICIDES USED IN ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
DELTA MIRIN, WHICH IS A PY UH, PYTHIUM, UH, INSECTICIDE.
AND IT'S USED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, THE 2012 WESTERN N VIRUS OUTBREAK WHERE THE CITY WAS THE EPICENTER.
UM, THIS, NOW I PASSED OUT TO ALL OF YOU, THESE MAPS.
UM, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE THE, A COLOR ONE TO DR.
BLACKMAN BECAUSE HE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE ONE THAT USES THIS.
BUT YOU, THESE MAPS ARE FROM 2012 TO 2019.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER LINKS HERE TO SEE FROM 2020 TO THE CURRENT TIME.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE LINKS HERE IN 2012, MAJORITY OF CASES OCCURRED IN NORTHERN PORTION
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OF THE COUNTY.UM, SO THAT'S LIKE MAYBE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE WANNA HAVE ANSWERED.
WHY IS NORTH DALLAS AND, AND NORTH DALLAS COUNTY GETTING SO MUCH OF WEST NILE VIRUS AND THE OTHER AREAS AREN'T? UH, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT UP, YOU KNOW, UM, THE RESEARCH DATA AND, UH, FORMULATE QUESTIONS TO HAVE ANSWERED.
HE'S MORE OF AN EXPERT AT THAT THAN I AM.
SO, UH, HE, HE'S GOING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, HE WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE TO INVITE THE, UH, THE SURVEILLANCE, UM, ABATEMENT, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, UM, SUPERVISORS THAT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS SO THEY COULD EXPLAIN TO US WHY THEY PUT MOSQUITO POOLS, WHERE THEY PUT IN FOR TESTING, HOW THAT ALL THAT PROCESS WORKS SO WE CAN KIND OF FORMULATE A RESEARCH PROJECT FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T WANNA GO WITH MY THREE MINUTES, UM, BUT THAT'S, UM, THE BASICS OF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE OF, OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST MONTH AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP AND CONNECTING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMING BACK AND PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM, TALK TO DR.
HE SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
HE STUCK ON THE TO, I WAS STUCK THERE TOO, SO I KNOW WHAT, THERE'S SOMETHING'S HAPPENING IN TRAFFIC, UH, THIS EVENING, BUT HE SHOULD BE HERE IF YOU HAVE TIME TO STICK AROUND.
AND, AND I ALSO, WE MET WITH RENEE AND TALKED TO.
THANK, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ONE QUESTION? SURE, GO AHEAD.
HAVE Y'ALL DID ANY, WHAT'S NOW TESTING IN THE CELL? 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP IS NO DOCS OR NONE.
DID Y'ALL DO ANY DATA SET? THIS IS ONE, THIS IS ONE REASON WE WANNA GET THE, THE SUPERVISORS IN HERE.
WHERE, HOW DO THEY CHOOSE WHERE TO PUT THESE TESTING THINGS? RIGHT.
SO THEY DOING MOST OF THE TESTING UP NORTH.
WELL THEY'RE FINDING, I THINK THEY TEST DOWN SOUTH.
UH, I'M ON THE EMAIL WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY SEND OUT PERIODICALLY EVERY WEEK DURING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SUMMER WAS REALLY HOT.
THEY SEND OUT EVERY WEEK WHERE, WHERE UH, TRAPS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
AND THERE, UH, THE ZIP CODE OF MY CHURCH ONE SIX HAS BEEN ON THERE TWICE.
UH, WEST DALLAS HAS BEEN ON THERE, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE, NORTH ETTES BEEN ON THERE, BUT THEY ARE TESTING SOUTH.
BUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE IS ARE YOU TESTING EQUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOUTH, WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS? ARE YOU JUST THROWING OUT RANDOMLY TRAPS OR AND DO YOU HAVE A SCHEMATIC FOR IT BECAUSE YOU COULD EASILY TEST MORE NORTH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED.
ACTUALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I USED TO LIVE IN NORTH, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES WHEN THEY FIRST SPRAYED WITH WEST NILE AND WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING ATTENTION AND FINALLY WE GOT IT DONE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS, CAN I ANSWER SOME THAT QUESTION TOO? IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS, 'CAUSE I FOLLOW THIS, I FOLLOWED UP THE TWO YEARS NOW.
UM, AND THEY, THE CITY EACH WEEK STARTING MAYBE JUNE, JULY STARTS SAYING, WHICH ONE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA SPRAY? WHERE DID WE FIND IT? WHERE DID WE SPRAY? UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN CHECKING THESE MAPS, UM, JUST EVERY WEEK AND IT REALLY FALLS ALONG NORTH HAVEN.
UM, AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS, UH, AN ABATEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS LAST YEAR AND I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT IT.
HE NOTICED THE SAME PATTERN, SOMETHING'S GOING ON, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, UH, WE COULD AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET OUR NUMBERS DOWN.
THE OTHER THING ON THAT, UM, THAT MAP, UM, THE MAPS ON THE 2012, IT DOES SAY THEY'RE OVER IN THE RIGHT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THAT CITY OF DALLAS WAS THE EPI OF THE NORTH DALLAS WAS THE EPICENTER.
THAT'S OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NOT JUST OF DALLAS.
WE WERE THE EPICENTER IN THAT AREA FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
SO SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE AND IT'D BE GREAT TO FIGURE THAT OUT SO WE CAN REMEDY THIS AND STOP SPRAYING NATIVE POTENTIALLY.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ARE OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT OUR NEW DIRECTOR WHO I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS STILL AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE THE MINUTES OR THE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TO LATER IN THE AGENDA WHEN, UH, ANGELA RETURNS AND WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES.
COMMISSIONER HORMO, YOU MIGHT HAVE A MOTION.
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THAT, UM, THE MINUTES DON'T INCLUDE THE COMMITTEE UPDATES, SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THAT THERE WERE UPDATES FROM THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE.I, I BELIEVE THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST MINE, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY, ANY, ANY UPDATES.
SO AS IF SBI HAD UPDATES, YES.
SO, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THE UPDATES PROVIDED FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE? YES.
AND THEN I NOTICED AS WELL THAT I THINK WE HAD SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT JOINED AND THEN LEFT.
AND UH, SO LET'S NOTE THAT ON THE MINUTES, I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER WALLACE AND COMMISSIONER WOOTEN, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FRIENDS.