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[Environmental Commission on December 10, 2025.]
EVENING, EVERYONE.TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:37 PM I AM CHAIRWOMAN CATHERINE GURA, AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ORDER.
WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PREFERENCE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION OR OTHER ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES, PLEASE CALL 4 6 9 7 2 4 6 5 3 8, AT LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 14TH AT 5:30 PM WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, UH, WITH US, UH, IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, ANGELA HODGES.
GOT, AND I WANTED FOR ANGELA JUST TO BRIEFLY SAY HELLO.
WE COULD, YEAH, ANGELA WAS PRESENT FOR OUR LAST ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING, BUT WAS TIED UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GETTING TO SPEAK TO HER AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
AND ANGELA, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HI.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ALREADY ON.
SO, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR GARRA FOR, UM, HAVING ME HERE, UM, TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF ELISE US.
UM, I AM SORRY THAT I MISSED THE MEETING LAST WEEK, OR AT LAST TIME.
I WOULD'VE MUCH RATHER BEEN HERE THAN, UM, WITH COUNCIL TILL MIDNIGHT, BUT HERE WE ARE.
UM, SO, UH, I, I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.
I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET WITH A LOT OF Y'ALL ONE-ON-ONE ALREADY, AND I, UM, HAVE ALREADY LEARNED SO MUCH.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT, UM, GOTTEN ON MY CALENDAR TO HAVE SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND HAVE A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW, UM, ALL OF Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, THE, YOUR IDEAS AND, AND YOUR PRIORITIES FOR EBC.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT NOW,
UM, BUT, UH, WE PROMISE THAT WE WILL BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU HOWEVER YOU NEED.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF YOU, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR TIME, UH, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW OLD OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS THIS MONTH.
UH, SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, UM, YOUR SERVICE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, UH, THE TIME.
UH, THIS IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, INSIGNIFICANT TIME COMMITMENT THAT WE MAKE TO THIS, UH, THE CITY BOARDS.
UM, AND SO, UH, I'M ALWAYS INSPIRED BY, UH, THE IDEAS, THE EXPERTISE, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL BRING TO THE TABLE AND YOUR JUST OVERALL WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEVERAL MORE AT LEAST.
LET US JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR, UH, ROLL CALL.
I'M GONNA START WITH DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, COULD I GET YOU TO TURN ON YOUR VIDEO? TRYING TO LET IT JUST, UH, THERE ARE JUST GOT HOME.
SO I'M GONNA CALL YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'LL RESPOND WITH YOUR NAME IF IT HASN'T.
SO, COMMISSIONER CLARK, WE SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, DISTRICT FIVE, TRACY WALLACE.
DISTRICT SEVEN, TAMIKA RE, DISTRICT EIGHT.
UH, RENEE ROBERSON, DISTRICT NINE.
I AM DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT 10.
DISTRICT 12, UH, BARRY LACKMAN, DISTRICT 13, DISTRICT 14 HOLIDAY.
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THEN DISTRICT 15, COMMISSIONER KOMOTO IS NOT JOINING US THIS EVENING.LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE MS. BE, SHE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LATE THIS EVENING.
RO, I DO NOT SEE EITHER MS. RAS, I DON'T SEE MS. DOIN PRESENT IS HERE.
UH, LET ME OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER, SO LET RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY IN THE QUORUM, APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL IMPER IMPERTINENT THOUGH, 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 WHEN YOUR TIME HAS ENDED.
PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, YOUR CAMERA MUST BE ON OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
UH, YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
UM, SO, UM, THIS IS SORT OF A CONTINUATION OF, UH, THE LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, UM, BECAUSE DR.
LACKMAN WAS GOT STUCK ON THE TOLL ROAD.
WE DID NOT GET TO FULLY, UM, KIND OF, UH, I DID NOT GET TO FULLY ASK MY QUESTIONS AND GIVE YOU INFORMATION, BUT, UM, WITH, UH, RENEE AND DR.
LACKMAN, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WAYS TO USE DATA TO AS BEST EFFECTIVENESS OF PESTICIDE SPRAYING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AND GETTING THIS DATA AND ANALYZING THE DATA WILL HELP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO BEST COMBAT WEST NILE VIRUS DISEASE.
SO, TO START WITH, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM, UH, EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS, ET CETERA, OF THE CITY OF DALLAS MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, SO TO FURTHER THIS OBJECTIVE, DR.
LACKMAN IS WANTING TO EXPLORE THIS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HAND THIS OVER TO HIM AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, TO INITIALLY START.
SO, UM, I'VE HAD A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US BY THE SPEAKER, AND THEY REALLY RAISED A NUMBER OF, I THINK, SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS THAT IMPACT BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH WISE, BUT ALSO ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND SO, ONE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FROM DOING THAT IS, IS THIS POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD INVOLVING SPRAYING THE RIGHT POLICY? UM, AND THAT'S REALLY TIED UP IN, IS IT REALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TRULY EFFECTIVE? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, WE HAD A FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER OF CASES, FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER OF CASES, AND THEN IN I THINK 2012, THIS HUGE UPTICK, WHICH THEN ABATED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
AND WE'RE NOW BACK DOWN TO THE BASELINE WE WERE AT IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS FOR ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO WE MAY BE INVESTING IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH OF THAT MUCH DOESN'T NECESSITATE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, A SECOND QUESTION IS THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STRATEGY, AND THAT ALSO INVOLVES, DO WE HAVE, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A POLICY WHICH INVOLVES SOME SORT OF ABATEMENT, ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT ABATEMENT AND ARE WE DOING IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES? THEN THE THIRD QUESTION, UH, IS WHAT ARE SOME, UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL? UH, UH, THE GOODS ARE OBVIOUS, THE GOODS ARE THAT IT PREVENTS WESTERN NILE DISEASE,
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BUT, UM, WE KNOW THAT PESTICIDES ARE A PROBLEM AND THAT PESTICIDES ARE NON-SELECTIVE.SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE SPRAYING IN NORTH DALLAS, ARE WE ALSO KILLING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES? WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE HARMS AS WELL AS THE GOODS.
AND SO THEREFORE, I THINK THAT IT BEHOOVES US TO, FIRST OF ALL, LEARN MORE FROM, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE AT THE CITY WHO ARE DOING IT, WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND SECOND OF ALL, TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES TO SEE IF WE NEED TO RECOMMEND, UH, CHANGES IN THE WAY WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS.
SO, BECAUSE THIS ITEM, THIS TOPIC WAS NOT NOTICED ON OUR PUBLIC AGENDA, WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS REVISIT IT, UM, AT A FUTURE DATE.
SO WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PERHAPS DO IS ADD IT TO OUR JANUARY AGENDA, AND, UM, IN THAT INSTANCE, PERHAPS, UH, PUT IT TO A VOTE TO REFER IT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO, UM, THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN AN OPEN FORUM.
AND IT'S BEEN ACCURATE, WE PUB PUBLICLY NOTICED.
SO, UM, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE ASK.
WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT ANY FURTHER, SORRY, BUT YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PUBLICLY NOTICED IT.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO CHAT WITH Y'ALL OFFLINE ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, I WANNA APPRECIATE MS. KAUFMAN FOR CONTINUING TO, TO BRING THIS INFORMATION TO US AND FOR COMING BACK AND SPEAKING AGAIN.
UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LEANING ON YOU FOR SOME EXPERTISE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON TO OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES, UH, AS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER HIR MOTO, WHO CAN'T JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
UH, IT WOULD BE TO REFLECT THAT STAFF PRESENTED THE BRIEFING ITEMS BECAUSE DIRECTOR GOT, WAS TIED UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND THOSE MINUTES, OR, I'M SORRY, IS THERE A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO AMEND THOSE MINUTES? I SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
THOSE NOVEMBER MINUTES, CHAIR CHARE COULD YES.
REPEAT AGAIN WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS, PLEASE? WE'RE GONNA AMEND THOSE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT STAFF MADE THOSE BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS AND PRESENTED THOSE MEMOS BECAUSE DIRECTOR GOT, WAS, UH, TIED UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IT, IT SHOWS THAT DIRECTOR GOT MADE THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM.
UH, THE PRESENTATION IS AN FY 25 CCAP IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN, ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION WITH DIRECTOR ANGELA HODGES, SCOTT, UH, AND STAFF.
SO GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
MISSION, UM, AND SHARE GURA HERE.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN ASSESSMENT THAT OCCURRED.
AND I GUESS I WANT TO START WITH, UM, EXPLAINING THAT THIS, THE REASON FOR THIS PRESENTATION WAS TWOFOLD.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, LAST TIME, UM, IN THIS, REGARDING THIS EVALUATION.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT STAFF DID, UM, WORKING WITH ALL OF THE VARIANCE DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, TO ASSESS THEIR MILESTONES AND TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE, UH, NECESSARY SLIDES SHOW
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RIGHT? SO, AGAIN, UM, I AM DIRECTOR ANGELA HOD.I'M HERE WITH, WITH MY TEAM TO PRESENT, UM, ON THIS MATTER TO Y'ALL, UM, TO REALLY GO END DEPTH IN, IN THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA REVIEW, UM, THE WORK PLAN ASSESSMENT AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE, ALL THE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, HOW THAT'S BEING, UH, INTEGRATED INTO FUTURE PLANNING NEEDS, UM, AND, UH, HOW WE, AND ALSO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL START WITH A BRIEF REMINDER.
SO OEQS CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CCAP IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN MILESTONES.
WE DID THIS IN ORDER TO EVALUATE HOW EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, I'M SO SORRY, ROSA, WILL YOU HOLD ON FOR JUST ONE SECOND? STEPHANIE, THEY CAN'T SEE THE SLIDES ONLINE.
CAN YOU SHARE THE PRESENTATION TO THE MEETING? OKAY.
CAN Y'ALL SEE THAT ONLINE NOW? YES.
SO WITH, WE DID THIS IN ORDER TO EVALUATE HOW EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY THE MILESTONES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT, OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PROGRESS THE DATES, IDENTIFY ANY GAP AND PINPOINT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN STRENGTHEN HOW MILESTONES ARE ORGANIZED MOVING FORWARD.
THE ASSESSMENT ALSO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CAP REVIEW COMMITMENTS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN SEE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT, THE CA TEAM MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH A SERIES OF ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS IN TOTAL 16 DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO LAST YEAR'S CCAP.
UM, IWP OUR IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN.
SO THE, OUR APPROACH WAS ORGANIZING THESE MEETINGS IN THREE PHASES THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS IN QUARTER TWO, ANOTHER FIVE IN QUARTER THREE, AND THEN THE FINAL SIX IN QUARTER FOUR.
THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWED US TO STREAMLINE SCHEDULING AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME BANDWIDTH FOR OTHER DEPARTMENT, UM, INITIATIVES.
AT THE END OF THE ASSESSMENT, WE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK FROM 15 DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE WITH A BRIEF REMINDER.
SO FOR THIS ASSESSMENT, EACH MILESTONE WAS EVALUATED USING, UM, AVAILABLE BUDGET INFORMATION AND THE SMART GOAL CRITERIA.
WE LOOKED AT HOW SPECIFIC EACH MILESTONE WAS, IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE WHAT CLEAR CRITERIA WOULD GUIDE PROGRESS, WE ASSESSED WHETHER THE MILESTONE WAS MEASURABLE.
BY IDENTIFYING HOW DEPARTMENTS ARE TRACKING THE PROGRESS OVER TIME, WE THEN CONSIDERED WHETHER IT WAS ACHIEVABLE.
THAT WAY WE CAN BOTH FOCUS ON REALISTIC GOALS AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY CONSTRAINTS TO ACHIEVING THE MILESTONE.
WE ALSO EXAMINED RELEVANCE THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT THE MILESTONE IS ACCURATELY LISTED UNDER THE CCAP, THE CORRECT CCAP ACTION.
AND FINALLY, WE REVIEWED WHETHER THE MILESTONE WAS TIME BOUND, SO DETERMINING IF THERE'S ANY CONTRACT TERM OR WHEN THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIMELINE WOULD, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO USING THIS FRAMEWORK REALLY HELP US TO LIKE ENSURE CONSISTENCY WHENEVER WE MET FROM, UM, WITH EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE A CLEAR OUTLINES ON WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
SO ONCE WE CONSOLIDATED ALL THE DEPARTMENT FEEDBACK, WE SAW SOME SEVERAL COMMON THEMES.
FIRST, UH, PROGRESS ON FISCAL YEAR 25 MILESTONES WAS LARGELY DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.
DEPARTMENTS NOTED THAT CHALLENGES SUCH AS LIMITED GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE RELIANCE ON RECURRING GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS WOULD AFFECT THE VIABILITY OF COMPLETING THE MILESTONE.
SECOND, SEVERAL MILESTONES THAT APPEAR ACROSS MULTIPLE ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLANS.
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SINCE THE FIRST WORK PLAN THAT AF THAT WAS CREATED AFTER THE PLAN ADOPTION HIGHLIGHTED QUITE A BIT OF STANDARD DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS.THIS PRESENTED CHALLENGES SINCE HIGHLIGHTING ONGOING EFFORTS INSTEAD OF NEW INITIATIVES WAS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO DISTINGUISH OPERATIONAL TASKS COMPARED TO LIKE NEW STRATEGIC CLIMATE ACTIONS.
NEXT, SLIDE B, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COMMON THEME.
THE THIRD ONE THAT WE NOTICED WAS THAT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES WERE ON BOARD WITH, UM, ASSESSING THE GOALS AND REVISING AND REFINING THE MILESTONES, WHICH WAS GREAT.
THE, NO, THE NOTED CHALLENGES SUCH AS THE NEED FOR MILESTONES TO BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE AND ME METRIC ORIENTED, WE'RE SEEING ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THE SMART GROWTH, SMART GOAL CRITERIA REALLY HELPED US TO FIGURE OUT A FRAMEWORK TO MOVE FORWARD.
FOURTH DEPARTMENTS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO CLARIFY OWNERSHIP FOR MILESTONES THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS WOULD STREAMLINE THE REPORTING AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THEN CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE DIFFICULTIES AND REDUNDANCY WHERE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO A CERTAIN, UM, ONGOING PROGRAM.
SO OVERALL, THESE COMMON THEMES GUIDE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE MILESTONE CLARITY, THE ALIGNMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD.
WELL, I THINK, SO WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE QUALITATIVE RESULTS TO NOT ONLY SEE THE DISTRIBUTION, BUT ALSO BRIEFLY PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF THE MILESTONES FOR EACH CATEGORY.
THE FULL LIST OF THE MILESTONES IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, AND IT SUMMARIZES THE DEPARTMENTAL FEEDBACK.
SO WITH THIS FIRST SLIDE, WE HIGHLIGHT HOW MILESTONES ARE MOVING FORWARD BASED ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT BREAKS DOWN FISCAL YEAR 25, 25 MILESTONES INTO THREE CATEGORIES FUNDED NOT FUNDING, AND THOSE THAT RELY SOLELY ON STAFF TIME, ABOUT 29 PER 0.5% OF MILESTONES HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING, WHICH ALLOWS DEPARTMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, FRM IS WORKING ON FINALIZING AND PERMITTING AND INSTALLATION INSTALLATION FOR PILOT SOLAR AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY AT BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER.
SO THIS WAS HELPFUL TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE SPECIFIC FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT.
APPROXIMATELY 23.5% OF MILESTONES DID NOT HAVE FUNDING INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
PROGRESS ON THESE DEPEND ON THE GENERAL FUND STICKERING GRANTS AND OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES.
A MILESTONE EXAMPLE IS OE OQ S'S EFFORTS TO EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO DEVELOPING NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR NEW PROJECTS, BUT AS WE HAVE SOME ALLOCATED, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR SEVERAL MILESTONES THAT DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC FUNDING, UM, AMOUNTS AVAILABLE, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE THOSE DE UH, FUNDING INFORMATION IS ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
SO IT MAKES IT A BIT DIFFICULT FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC BUDGET AMOUNT.
THE LARGEST PORTION, 47%, CONSISTS OF MILESTONES THAT RELIES SOLELY ON STAFF TIME.
THESE ARE OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC TASKS THAT HAPPEN MORE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AN EXAMPLE MILESTONE IS OEQ, HOW OEQS SUPPORTS THE REGIONAL AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS TO REDUCE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRIPS THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE TRI PARKING.
THIS NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE PRIMARY BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPARTMENTAL MILESTONES.
ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE PIE CHART SHOWING HOW MILESTONES ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE FOUR BENEFIT CATEGORIES IN THE CCA ADAPTATION MITIGATION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THESE CATEGORIES ARE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CCA.
SO IN THE PLAN, EACH CCAP ACTION HAS A PRIMARY BENEFIT CATEGORY.
SO THE WAY THAT WE MADE THIS COUNT IS WE REVIEWED EACH ACTION AND EACH MILESTONE THAT IS RELEVANT TO IT
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AND MADE A NOTE OF THE PRIMARY BENEFIT FOR THAT ACTION ADAPTATION IS THE LARGEST SLICE AT ABOUT 33.9%.AN EXAMPLE IS PARTICIPATING IN WATER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS.
MITIGATION IS CLOSED BEHIND AT 31.7%, SUCH AS EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN THE PACE FINANCING PROGRAM TO REDUCE EMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MAKES UP 24.6 OF THE MILESTONES.
AN EXAMPLE IS CONSISTING OF CONTINUING PROGRAMS LIKE THE BLA BLACKLAND PRAIRIE RESTORATION WILDFLOWER AREAS POLLINATED LATER GARDEN AND INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVALS.
AND FINALLY, SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTS FOR 9.7%.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS COMPLETING THE URBAN AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GARDENS.
NEXT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE QUALITATIVE RESULTS FOR HOW MILESTONES ALIGNED WITH CCA ACTIONS.
STARTING WITH THE PIE CHART, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MILESTONES, 96.2%, ARE CLEARLY ALIGNED WITH THE CORRESPOND CORRESPONDING CCAP ACTIONS.
AND ONLY A SMALL SLICE, 33.8% HAVE UNCERTAIN ALIGNMENT.
SO TO SHOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AN EXAMPLE OF CLEAR ALIGNMENT IS HOW ACTION EIGHT Q1 CALLS FOR WORKING WITH TCQ TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THE CORRESPONDING MILESTONE LED BY O-E-Q-S-O-E-Q S'S AIR QUALITY REGULATORY TEAM INVOLVES MAINTAINING THE REGULATORY AIR MONITORING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM IN COORDINATION WITH TCQ.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE ALIGNMENT IS A BIT LESS CLEAR IS ACTION B TWO, WHICH AIMS TO ACHIEVE LEVEL THREE PLUS AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION AT LOVEFIELD FOR CARBON NEUTRAL OPERATIONS.
THE MILESTONE IN QUESTION FOCUSES ON OPTIMIZING INFRASTRUCTURE AT LOVEFIELD AND DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS MEET CURRENT AIRPORT STANDARDS.
WHILE THIS MILESTONE IS RELEVANT TO OPERATIONS AT LOVE FIELD, THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH CCAP ACTION B TWO WAS UNCERTAIN.
AND SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS IN THE CCA, THEREFORE IT WAS REMOVED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR'S WORK PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE FOR THE CCAP ASSESSMENT.
UM, THIS SHOWS HOW MANY MILESTONES WERE KEPT AS IS REVISED REMOVE ADDED, AND ARE NEW FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
ALSO, WHICH ONES ARE MARKED AS COMPLETE FIRST NEW MILESTONES ACCOUNT FOR 1.6 OF THE THOSE IN LAST YEAR'S WORK PLAN.
ONE EXAMPLE IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT ANY NEW OR REPLACEMENT CRITICAL FACILITY OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET MUST MEET LEGAL GOLD CERTIFICATION.
AND THIS IS A MILESTONE THAT WAS A RESULT OF A CAC, A BOND RESOLUTION.
NEXT, THE COMPLETED MILESTONES REPRESENT 5.5% OF THE TOTAL.
FOR INSTANCE, THE UPDATE TO THE 2011 DALLAS BIKE PLAN WAS COMPLETED BY TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN MAY OF 2025.
MILESTONES THAT ARE CONTINUING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 26 WORK PLAN MAKE UP ABOUT 43.2%.
AN EXAMPLE IS THE ONGOING WORK TO PLAN AND HOST THE ANNUAL NORTH TEXAS CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM EVERY YEAR.
THOSE TOTALED OUT TO ABOUT 15.8%.
AS AN EXAMPLE, D-W-D-W-U ORIGINALLY HAD A MILESTONE TO CONTINUE THE WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS UPDATED BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK AND THE SMART GOAL CRITERIA TO BETTER REFLECT THE CITY'S ROLE, IT NOW SPECIFIES THAT DWU WILL ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AS A STAKEHOLDER IN THE, IN THE REGIONAL WATERSHED PROTECTION PLANS.
AND THEN THIS WILL SUPPORT WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND PROTECTION.
FINALLY, 33.9 OF MILESTONES WERE REMOVED DUE TO DEPARTMENTAL FEEDBACK.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MILESTONE TO CONTINUE ZERO WASTE DIRECT MEAL CAMPAIGNS SUCH
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AS WATER BILL INSERT.IT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THIS ACTIVITY IS CONSIDERED A STANDARD OPERATION TASK, ALTHOUGH THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE DOING THOSE, THOSE CAMPAIGNS, IT'S JUST THE IMPACT TO THE CCAP WASN'T, IS NOT QUITE THERE IN ORDER FOR US TO INCLUDE IT AS A MILESTONE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO RON FOR SOME NEXT STEPS.
SO, AS PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND SORT OF INDEPENDENT OF IT, ALSO, WE REALIZED THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS A MORE FOCUSED SHORT-TERM PLAN THAT WOULD SIT SIDE BYSIDE AND CAC.
SO WE ARE SEEKING TO DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR PRIORITIZED ACTION PLAN THAT OPERATIONALIZES AND ACCELERATES IMPLEMENTATION OF CA.
THIS PLAN WILL IDENTIFY PRIORITY INITIATIVES FROM THE 97 ACTION OUTLINED IN THE CCAP, FOCUSING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CITY OPERATIONS, BALANCE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION EFFORTS, ESTABLISHED MEASURABLE TARGETS AND TIMELINES, IDENTIFY NECESSARY RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, AND UPDATE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARDS DALLAS' FINAL GOAL.
SO THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE TASKS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE, UM, SO-CALLED GRIP.
UH, WE, WE ARE CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AT SOME POINT, AND, UH, WHEN THE REPORT IS FINALIZED, THAT WILL BE THE FINAL NAME.
UH, BUT FOR NOW WE'RE USING GRIP, UH, FOR THIS REPLICATION.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT ESTABLISHES THE WORKFLOW.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT TASK IS THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS EVALUATION, WHICH WILL REVIEW THE EMISSION INVENTORY DATA FROM OUR LAST THREE INVENTORIES FROM 20 15, 20 19 AND 2023, AND IDENTIFY EMISSION GAPS FOR CITY OF DALLAS OPERATIONS BY SECTOR FOR 2030 AND 2050.
AND ALSO EMISSION GAP FOR COMMUNITY OPERATIONS.
AND SO PART OF THAT WILL BE TO EVALUATE, ARE ON TRACK, MEET OUR 20, 30 AND 2050 TARGETS.
THE ASSESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS IS TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ACROSS ALL THE 97 C CAP ACTIONS, ANALYZING BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASPECTS SUCH AS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, ACHIEVED FUNDS ALLOCATED PROJECTS COMPLETED, INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS, DEPARTMENT FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY OUTCOMES.
AND THE UPDATED 2050 PROJECTION WILL ALSO IDENTIFY EXISTING DATA GAPS FOR MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY SECTORS.
THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN, UH, IS INVOLVE WORKING WITH 16 DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THESE ACTIONS.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE OUTPUTS WILL BE TO CREATE STRATEGIES FOR BRIEFINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKING SESSIONS TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIORITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ROLES IN IMPLEMENTATION, THE CA ANALYSIS, UH, AND FRAMEWORK, UH, EITHER COMPREHENSIVE OF CCAP FOCUSING ON THE OUTSTANDING WORK ON EACH OF THE NINE SEVEN ACTIONS TO OUTLINE UNMET NEED, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION, ACTION PRIORITIZATION, FINANCING, AND FUNDING ALTERNATIVES.
SO ALL OF THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN.
THE FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP FOR CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH FFY 2032.
THIS PRIOR ACTION PLAN WILL FOCUS ON DELIVERING CONCRETE METRICS AND REPORTING MECHANISMS TO TRACK PROGRESS EFFECT RULES.
ACTIONS WILL PRIMARILY FOCUS ON WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN EXISTING DEPARTMENTAL WORK PLANS AND BUDGETS WITH A PHASED APPROACH FOR LONGER TERM INITIATIVE.
THIS STRUCTURED TIMELINE WILL ESTABLISH BENCHMARKS FOR 20 30, 20 35, 20 40, AND 2045 TO ENSURE STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE, UH, 2050 GOAL.
WHERE APPROPRIATE STRETCH GOALS WOULD BE INCLUDED TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND AMBITION.
A BALANCED REPORT BETWEEN MITIGATION AND ADAPT ADAPTATION EFFORTS WILL MAINTAIN, AND THAT MAY REQUIRE NEW ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE AS BALANCE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS THE PROMOTION OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY WILL BE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT.
SO THIS IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE.
SO WE HAVE HAD A KICKOFF ALREADY IN OCTOBER, 2025, AND IT'S A 12 MONTH TIMELINE TRYING TO HAVE A PLAN PREPARED BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO EVENTUALLY THIS PLAN WILL BE IN PLACE OF IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST AN, UH, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A COLLABORATION AND, UH, WE HAVE 25 DECAMP SENSOR SITES DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SITE IN EACH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.
NOT ALL SITE MEASURE ALL OF THESE AIR POLLUTANTS, BUT POLLUTANTS
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THAT ARE MEASURED INCLUDE OZONE PM 2.5 AND 10, CARBON MONOXIDE VOCS AND SULFUR DIOXIDE.THIS IS A LIST OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THERE ARE SENSORS LOCATED.
THE ONES THAT ARE IN RED ARE WHERE, OR OR OFFLINE AS OF, UH, NOVEMBER 24TH.
AND SOME OF THE REASONS THAT A SENSOR COULD BE OFFLINE IS DUE TO VANDALISM OR THEFT OR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, OR IT COULD BE A, SOMETHING LIKE A SERVER CONNECTION ISSUE.
GENERALLY, UH, PODS REMAIN OFFLINE FOR ONE TO SIX WEEKS, BUT IT, THAT COULD BE EXTENDED IF IT REQUIRES SENDING THE PO FOR A MAINTENANCE THAT CAN'T BE DONE ON SITE.
THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE DECAMP DASHBOARD, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON DALLAS CLIMATE ACTION.
SO ALL OF THE PODS THAT, UM, ARE WORKING, YOU CAN ACCESS THOSE PO POS FROM THIS SITE AND SEE WHAT THE NEAR REAL TIME, UM, MEASUREMENTS ARE OF THE, OF THE VARIOUS POTENTS THAT THOSE PRODUCT ARE MEASURING.
AND YOU CAN GET REPORTS AS WELL THAT LOOK AT TIME SERIES REPORTS AS WELL.
WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATING YOUR DASHBOARD.
UH, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE IT MORE, MORE USER FRIENDLY.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE LOCATION CRITERIA THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO, UH, CITE THESE LOCATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF 'EM, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY ACCESS IS IMPORTANT.
THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRUCTURE, RELIABLE CELL COMMUNICATION.
WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE PODS WHERE THERE WAS A GAP FROM THE REGULATORY AIR MONITOR.
SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS NOT A REGULATORY PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE ALSO LOCATED PODS BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AREAS WHERE THERE WAS A HIGHER PROPENSITY FOR AIR POLLUTION AND IMPACTS TO, UH, RESIDENT.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE WEB ADDRESS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE ON, UH, TAKE A PHOTO OF THIS AND ACCESS THE SITE DIRECTLY.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THIS WORK AND FOLLOW UP.
UM, I'VE GOT A LIST OF QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED LAST MONTH, HAVE WE GOTTEN RESPONSES TO THOSE YET? SO THE STAFF IS RESEARCHING THOSE AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO PREPARE THEM.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A MEMO FORMAT, UM, LIKE QUESTION AND ANSWER.
AND SO THERE WAS NOT TIME AVAILABLE TO HAVE THAT READY FOR THIS SESSION.
UM, AND, AND, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I GO DIRECTLY TO SLIDE BY SLIDE, WERE ANY OF OUR, UH, BRIEFING MEMOS CONSIDERED WHEN DOING THIS, UH, EVALUATION? UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT ETTE PLUS, UM, COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR WHERE THEY CONSIDERED THE ASSESSMENT? YEAH, SO WITH THE ASSESSMENT, WE SOLELY LOOKED AT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 MILESTONES.
SO JUST AT THAT WORK PLAN, WE WENT ON A MILESTONE BASIS.
AND THE ONES THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENTS, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE REVIEWED WITH THEM.
UM, SO, UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF OUR, LIKE WHEN WE HAVE OUR BRIEFING MEMOS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO PTE, UM, HOW THOSE CAN BE CONSIDERED.
YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY, WE CAN LOOK IN THE GRIP.
SO THAT'S WHENEVER WE WE'RE PROVIDING THIS BIG DATA REQUEST.
AND WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THE, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRIORITY.
CLIMATE PLAN AND OUT OF CURIOSITY, OF THE 16 DEPARTMENTS, WAS ONE OF THEM PROCUREMENT? YES.
BECAUSE WHAT WE RECOMMENDED IN OUR BRIEFING MEMO IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, IS OUTSIDE OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING FEEDBACK THAT Y'ALL GOT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT IT WAS, THESE WERE THINGS THAT FELL INTO STANDARD OPERATIONS OR WHATEVER THE PHRASE WAS.
UM, SO YEAH, NEITHER ONE OF OURS WERE STANDARD OPERATIONS THAT WE RECOMMENDED IN OUR BRIEFING MEMOS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WORK HARD, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THOSE THINGS.
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AND I, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON MY SUBCOMMITTEE GETTING DISCOURAGED AND FEELING LIKE THAT INFORMATION'S JUST GOING INTO A BLACK HOLE AND NOT BEING CONSIDERED.UH, SO YEAH, THOSE WERE NOT STANDARD OPERATIONS.
UM, AND ON SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT, I MEAN, WE, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF, UM, RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE, UH, FOR SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT TO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE EVC OFTEN OFFERS TO HELP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITED STAFF TIME, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP.
SO CAN I JUST RESPOND TO THAT? YES.
SO, UM, THAT IS, IT IS MY INTENTION THAT THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER ISSUES LIKE THAT.
I I DO NOT HAVE COPIES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PAST YEAR, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND GET, UM, COPIES OF THOSE FROM, FROM MY STAFF.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I INTEND FOR THIS TO BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE OFF THE TABLE.
UM, ALSO ON, I THINK IT WAS ON SLIDE SEVEN, TALKED ABOUT SETTING METRICS.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE, YEAH.
UH, GETTING THE MILESTONES TO BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE AND METRIC ORIENTED.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE SITTING IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HELPED, THAT WORKED WITH STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TO FORM THE CC CCAP.
WE'VE GOT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US THEN SERVED ON THE TASK FORCE AND NOW ON THE COMMISSION.
AND, UM, WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT ON THOSE METRICS.
I MEAN, WE KNOW STUFF, YOU KNOW, THERE WE GO.
UM, BACK TO THE, THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED.
THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, CCAP IS, COVERS SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND IT, AND IT HAS A FRAMEWORK, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST AT HAVING THOSE, THE BITE SIZE IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IN IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING OVER 20 YEARS AND IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING OVER FIVE IS A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE IDEA IS TO START BREAKING IT UP INTO THESE PIECES SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA GOING FORWARD.
WHERE ARE WE GETTING OFF TRACK? WHERE DO WE NEED TO MAKE UP SOME GROUND, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
UM, AND TO REALLY BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'RE SEEING.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU PLAN TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND PACE.
I REALLY, I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW YOU PLAN TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION.
THAT IS AN ECO DEV, UH, MILESTONE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY STRATEGIES.
UM, COULD I ASK THAT YOU LET ME KNOW WHO WOULD ECO DEV, BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH THEM.
YEAH, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE CONTENT.
UM, ON, WELL, ON SLIDE 10, GET THERE.
SORRY, I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE UNCERTAIN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IF THE MILESTONE RELATED TO THE FUEL TANKS IS INCLUDED IN ACHIEVING LEVEL THREE PLUS AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S UNCERTAIN BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT PUT IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CRITERIA TO MEET THE LEVEL THREE PLUS, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE FOCUSING ON FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, SINCE IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TIED IN.
ONE OF THE CRITERIA, LIKE DO WE REALLY WANT IT IN INCLUDE UNDER THIS ACTION, IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP ON THE TANKS TO WORKER SAFETY AND EXPOSURE? I, YEAH.
SO DALLAS LO FIELD AND DALLAS EXECUTIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, DALLAS LO FIELD IS AN OLDER FACILITY, SO THEY DO HAVE SOME UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
AND BEST PRACTICE NOWADAYS IS TO HAVE ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
SO THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN, THE EXISTING USTS, IT'S NOT CHEAP TO REPLACE THOSE.
UM, BUT THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING PROGRAM ROBUST FOR WELL.
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THAT EXPLANATION.I THINK, UH, THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE STUNNING TO ME, THE 33.9%, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY SURPRISING.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE ON WHATEVER SLIDE, UH, 11.
AND I UNDERSTAND LIKE IT'S, IT'S STAFF'S JOB, RIGHT? I JUST, UM, WONDER LIKE, COULD THE, COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A HALF DAY WORKSHOP WHERE A B, C WAS INCLUDED IN PARTICIPATION OF UNDER OR AT LEAST UNDERSTANDING WHY THESE THINGS WERE BEING REMOVED? AGAIN, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE WRITING OF CAI WILL SAY WITH THE ASSESSMENT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE WITH THE LENS OF MORE QUALITY MILESTONES INSTEAD OF HIGHER, HAVING A HIGHER QUANTITY OF MILESTONES.
SO WHENEVER IT COMES TO THE REPORTING PROCESS AND SHARING THE INFORMATION OF WHAT WAS ACHIEVED THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING ON MILESTONES THAT HAVE, LIKE, WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY SOLAR ON A CERTAIN FACILITY INSTEAD OF LIKE, SANITATION FOOT OUT A WATER BILL, INSERT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A BIT MORE VALUE TOWARDS ACTUALLY REDUCING OR GREENHOUSE HOUSEHOLD.
AND SPEAKING OF SOLAR ON, UM, I, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LONE STAR PROGRAM.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UM, IS DESIGNED JUST LIKE THE PACE PROGRAM THAT WHEN WE PUT THESE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, TECHNOLOGIES ON STRUCTURES, THAT THE GOAL OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAM IS TO OFFSET WHAT'S BEING SPENT ON UTILITIES, ON ELECTRICITY.
I DON'T, UH, I MEAN, THAT IS A FUNDING MECHANISM THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY TO, UM, I MEAN, I, I HEAR YOU SAYING THERE'S NOT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SOLAR, BUT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO USE AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT COULD OFFSET THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR ELECTRICITY, UM, ON AND GENERATE IT LOCALLY ON SITE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOME REASON WE'RE NOT USING THE LONE STAR PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW.
I'M JUST A HUGE FAN OF BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. LONE STAR AND PACE.
UM, SORRY, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON YES, THE QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT THE MILESTONES.
SO THE ASSESSMENT WAS OF MILESTONES.
SO THE MILESTONES ARE NOT REFERENCED IN THE C CCAP.
SO WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE CCAP ACTIONS UNTIL WE DIDN'T REMOVE ACTION.
IT WAS JUST THE MILESTONES FROM OUR INTERNAL WORK.
I, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION INPUT ON, ON, UH, PRIORITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A BALANCE IS MY POINT IS THAT THE 16 DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU MET WITH, AND I LOVE THAT YOU MET WITH THEM DIRECTLY, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING LIKE A SURVEY OR SOMETHING, UM, THAT IS ONE SIDE TO BALANCE IT, THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO HAVE SOME INPUT AS WELL.
AND WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT THIS TIME AROUND.
WE PLEASED TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND THE DETAIL.
16 DEPARTMENT ARE, WE'RE SEEING ANY STAFF TURNOVER ANY WAY WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL? WE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION? BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, WE KNOW THAT, THAT THEY OUT AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PAST, BUT YEAR NOW, IT'S THAT AN ISSUE ALSO.
WHAT LEVEL TRAINING THEY'VE DONE DEPARTMENTS,
SO THE TURNOVER QUESTION, DEFINITELY YES.
UM, FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WITH CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS, WE HAD TO FIND THAT NEW LEAD REP, UM, CCA REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT DID OUTSTRETCH OUR TIMELINE A BIT.
WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A NEW PERSON THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE OUR POINT OF CONTACT IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE USUALLY MEET WITH THEM, GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF CCA, HOW THEIR DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO WORK WITH US.
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CAN WORK WITH THEM AND WHAT MILESTONES THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.AND AT THAT POINT, WE CAN REVIEW THE REPORTING PROCESS, THE PLATFORM THAT WE USE.
THAT WAY THEY'RE UP TO SPEED ON, WHENEVER WE DO OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS, THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO AND PUT IN THEIR, UM, SUBMISSION.
IS THAT TURNED OVER AT A DIRECTOR LEVEL? ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT? YEP.
WHENEVER WE FIND A REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH DEPARTMENT, WE TRY TO FIND A MANAGER, BUT AT SOME POINT IN WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, IT IS AT A DIRECTOR LEVEL.
SO ON YOUR TRAINING QUESTION, UM, SO WE DID RECENTLY ADD A NEW CCAP PLAN TRAINING TO THE, UM, TRAINING PORTAL THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS USES.
I THINK IT'S MAYBE ONE OR TWO MONTHS OLD.
SO, UH, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH STAFF AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NEW HIRES PARTICULARLY TAKE THAT TRAINING AND THEN MAKE IT, UM, NOT SURE IF IT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED OR WHAT FOR ALL CITY STAFF.
UH, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FOCUS ON WITH THIS, UH, PRIORITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT AGREE TO VARIOUS MILESTONES THAT THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL CAPACITY, NOT JUST FUNDING OR WHATEVER, BUT CAPACITY TO DO THAT WORK.
UH, SO, UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS WILL YIELD MILESTONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE, NOT ASPIRATIONAL.
I'LL JUST ADD FOR MY PART TOO.
YOU KNOW, BEING NEW, IT'S GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO ALL THE DIRECTORS TO SAY, HEY, I'M NEW.
LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT CCAP.
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF, EXPLAIN WHY CA IS IMPORTANT, TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE AND THOSE SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
CHAIR ROBERSON, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, CAN YOU GO BACK TO, I'M NOT SURE WHICH NUMBER IT IS, THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
UM, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THAT, IN THAT IN THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BECAUSE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, DISTRICT EIGHT, WE HAVE, UM, AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON THOSE, IS IT POSSIBLE WHERE YOU HAVE EVERY, EVERY FACILITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU HAVE A AIR QUALITY MONITOR, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A LITTLE MARQUEE THAT SAYS WHAT A AIR QUALITY MONITOR IS AND WHY YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, MONITORING IT, THAT KIND OF STUFF? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER.
UM, I DON'T SEE IT AS A CHALLENGE.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE ALWAYS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH VANDALISM AND THEFT.
BUT IT'S AN, BUT IT'S FACILITY NEARBY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A MONITOR, BUT THE FACILITY, LET'S SAY IT'S A REC CENTER, THEY MIGHT HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION SIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AVAILABLE.
AND NOT THAT YOU PORTRAYED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM, BUT IT IS PORTRAYED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT IT, SO THAT IT, THERE'S MORE OF A POSITIVE INTERVENTION RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, UM, YOU HAVE AN AIR QUALITY PROBLEM.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT ALREADY, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UM, GOOD THING TO HAVE SOME CLARITY, UH, ON WHAT KIND OF, I KNOW WE HAVE NON-REGULATORY AND THE PARTICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE A REASON FOR WHY WE ARE, UH, TRYING TO MONITOR THE AIR.
SO IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
I'VE GOT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BY THE WAY, FOR A, UH, I THOUGHT THIS PRESENTATION REALLY WAS INSIGHTFUL AND HAD A LOT OF VERY USEFUL INFORMATION IN IT.
UH, I THINK WITH THAT WE ALSO IDENTIFY THAT WE'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGES.
UM, AND SO, UM, FIRST, MY FIRST, UH, UH, QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH SLIDE FOUR, UH, 16
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DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTED.WERE THERE DEPARTMENTS THAT DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD? SO EVERY YEAR WE DE DEVELOP OUR CAP IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN IN THAT 16, THAT NUMBER 16 CAME FROM THE 16 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE MILESTONES ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE WORK.
TO CLARIFY AND JUST ADD ON TO THAT QUESTION, YOU SAID YOU GOT 15 RESPONSES FROM DEPARTMENTS, SO WHICH DEPARTMENT DID NOT RESPOND? PROCUREMENT SERVICES WAS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND SINCE AT THE MOMENT THEY WERE REALLY BUSY WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER COMPLIANCE, BUT THEY DID SHARE THAT AS THEY HAVE TIME AVAILABLE, THAT WE, THEY'RE OPEN TO MEET WITH US.
SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS A FOLLOW UP.
SO, UM, UM, NEXT, UM, IN LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IN SOME OF THE COMMON THEMES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS OUT ON THE ONE SLIDE IS THAT FULLY 25% OF OUR MILESTONES DON'T SEEM TO HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDING, WHICH I THINK IS A CONCERN.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT ACHIEVING MILESTONES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL BACKING BEHIND THAT? AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOW IT KNOW THAT, UH, THAT GROUND IS SHIFTING UNDER US.
UH, BUT THAT FROM THE CHALLENGES, THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE, UM, AN EMERGENCE OF, UM, AS, AS, AS GOVERNMENT INTEREST, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, SEEMS TO HAVE WANED, THE INTEREST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS INCREASED.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE, THE 25% AND PERHAPS LOOK AT WHERE THERE ARE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE, YOU KNOW, MOVED OVER TO THE ONES WHERE WE HAVE FUNDING.
BUT THAT ALSO OFFERS US GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, THE, UM, I, I THINK THAT GOING BACK TO GENERAL FUNDS, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY BUDGET IS CHALLENGED, AND THAT PROBABLY IS NOT A, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PROBABLY NOT THAT VIABLE AT THIS POINT.
UM, UNDER, UM, UH, AS WE GO AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES, THE REPORTING CHALLENGES AND REDUNDANCY, I THINK ARE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE COULD WORK ON.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE WANNA BE CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT A PAIN IN THE BUTT
UM, THE, UM, UM, UH, I, I LOOKED AT THE CHALLENGES ON SLIDE SEVEN ABOUT MAKING MILESTONES MORE DESCRIPTIVE AND METRIC ORIENTED.
AND AGAIN, THAT POSES SOME, UH, CHALLENGES FOR US.
I ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE ISSUES THAT WE COULD BE A RESOURCE IN HELPING PROMOTE THE, THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES THAT WERE, UM, UH, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE TASKS THAT REALLY FITS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGES WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, IN US GETTING THEM TO BE ABLE, UH, TO WORK ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I WANNA GO BACK DOWN AND, UM, AND, UH, SKIP DOWN.
NOW AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE, UM, UM, THE AIR QUALITY, UH, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, I, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IS WHETHER WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON STANDARDIZING, UH, AND VALIDATING THE OUTPUT FROM THOSE SITES.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? I'M GONNA ASK, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND YEAH.
UH, YOU STILL ON TO RESPOND TO THAT, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
AND, AND THE RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER LACKMAN ABOUT THE VALIDATION OF, OF THE DATA.
WE ARE WORKING WITH AQ MESH AND A LABS ARE OUR VENDORS, UH, THAT ANALYZE THAT DATA ON OUR BEHALF.
THEY ARE USING UPDATED REGULATORY STANDARDS, UH, FOR US TO DO.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THEM.
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UH, SO THEY CAN PROVIDE, UH, THE QUARTERLY UPDATES FOR 2025, AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE THE UPDATED, VALIDATED, UH, DATA FOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC USE.UM, THE, THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE FROM LOOKING AT THIS DATA, AND IT REALLY RELATES TO THE, THE COMMENTS THAT COMMISSIONER ROBERSON MADE.
UM, OUR AIR QUALITY FOR SUBSTANTIAL, FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, UM, HAS A, UM, BIG POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW FROM THE DATA, WHAT WE WON'T KNOW FROM THE DATA WE GET IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THAT HEALTH? UM, I'VE SAID BEFORE, AND I SAY AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE RICHNESS OF HEALTH DATA AND THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS COUNTY AND DALLAS CITY TO ACTUALLY QUANTITATE THAT EFFECT AND THEREFORE INFORM NOT ONLY THE POLICIES THE CITY HAS, BUT THE POLICIES THAT DRIVE WHAT THE COUNTY DOES IN TERMS OF IMPROVING HEALTH, BUT ABSENT THE ABILITY TO CORRELATE THE HEALTH DATA WITH THE AIR QUALITY DATA, WE'RE GUESSING.
AND SO THAT'S ACHIEVABLE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE EVOLVE CA AS IT GOES ALONG.
THAT SEEMS TO ME ONE FAIRLY GLARING EXAMPLE WHERE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PLAN IN MILESTONES.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT, AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'VE COMMENTED ENOUGH AND TAKEN UP ENOUGH.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THESE, BUT THERE IS ONE REGARDING, SO SMART, IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO IT'S ACTION B 11, UPDATE THE BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE WIRING CONDUITS FOR SOLAR FIELD OR VOLTAIC AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO SMART IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT.
HOW, HOW IS IT DETERMINED TO BE UNCERTAIN AND, AND HOW LONG? I MEAN, THE REVIEW PROCESS OF SO, SO SMART, IT SAYS IT'S CONTINUING, LIKE WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED IT, BUT IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO, TO THAT ACTION.
ARE YOU SAYING THE ACTION WAS REMOVED? NO, NO, NO.
SO WITH THIS MILESTONE, THE WAY WE SAW IT IS THAT ACTION, IT'S MORE OF THE UPDATE ITSELF OF THE BUILDING CODE.
SO FISCAL YEAR 23, THOSE CODES WERE ALREADY, UM, UPDATED TO 2021 STANDARDS.
THIS MILESTONE ITSELF IS NOT BEING REMOVED UNDER THE STATUS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 C CAP IWP, IT'S NOTED AS CONTINUED AS FAR AS AN UPDATE ON THAT END, I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE NCT COGS, SO MORE COHORTS THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE WAY THE CITY HAS OUR PROCESS NOW, WE DO MEET BRONX CRITERIA, BUT WE'RE WANTING TO EXPLORE MEETING SILVER.
SO WE'RE IN THAT STAGE OF COMPLETING THE, THE CRITERIA IN ORDER TO DO SO.
THE, THE WAY I RECALL WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN IS THAT THAT WAS FOR NOT INTERNAL BUILDINGS, RIGHT? IT'S FOR, OKAY.
UM, BECAUSE SO SMART, I MEAN, THAT'S FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, SO I MEAN, RIGHT.
AND SO WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT COHORT AND THEY PROVIDED US THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON REVIEWING OUR CITY PROCEDURES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MEET THE BRONX OR SILVER.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE THEN? AND WHY IS IT, WHY IS THE MILESTONE BEING REMOVED? IT'S NOT BEING REMOVED UNDER THE MILESTONE SUMMARY.
I, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
WHY IS IT CONSIDERED UNCERTAIN BACK TO THE ACTION ITSELF? IT STATES TO UPDATE THE BUILDING CODE.
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITH EDV WHERE THEY UPDATED TO 2021 BUILDING CODE STANDARD.
BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, HAVING BUILDINGS BE SOLAR READY AS IT'S STATING RIGHT HERE? WHICH LINE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT LINE I'M ON, BUT I'M ON THE SAME
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GOAL.IT SAYS UPDATE THE BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE WIRING CONDUITS.
THAT'S JUST MAKING A BUILDING SOLAR RED FOR, SO SOLAR PB AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION.
IS THAT INCLUDED, INCLUDED IN THE 2021 CODE? YES.
THEY DID MAKE AMENDMENTS ABOUT, I DON'T WANNA QUOTE SPECIFICALLY, BUT UPDATING THE STANDARD FOR SO, UH, FACILITY TO BE SOLAR READY AND EASY CAPABLE.
SO IT'S REQUIRED OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.
NOW I CAN FOLLOW UP FOR SURE, BUT THE 2021 STANDARDS WERE UPDATED.
NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE OVER THERE.
HENRY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE GAP ANALYSIS RESULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE, IS THIS FOR THE GRIP? GRIFF GR UH, I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW WELL WE DEAL WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE.
AND ALSO, I THINK WE'RE ALSO, UM, CONSIDERING HOW TO INVOLVE THE EBC IN OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN, UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED RECENTLY.
UH, BUT THE ASSESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS IS ONE OF THE TASKS THAT'S, UH, IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 12 MONTH PERIOD OR SO.
SO CAN'T SAY EXACTLY ONE, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO JUST, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW EBC WILL BE ENGAGED.
WE'RE GONNA BE AT THE END, IN THE MIDDLE, THE BEGINNING.
UH, AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
MAYBE SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT YEAH, I CAN'T, CAN'T SAY FOR SURE EXACTLY WHEN IT WOULD BE ABOUT, BUT IN THE NEAR TERM, NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS, LET'S SAY.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE GAP ANALYSIS COMPLETED, AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE WHEN IT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION OR NO, WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS.
IT JUST, THE KICK, THE VERY FIRST KICKOFF MEETING WAS IN OCTOBER.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A SEVERAL MONTH PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE ASKED, LIKE, I THINK THIS IS MAYBE THE FOURTH TIME THAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS, THE, THE CAMP, UH, DEPLOYMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE SLIDE WITH THE LIST OF THE SENSORS, WHICH ONES ARE FUNCTIONAL, WHICH ONES ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL.
THIS IS THE ONLY PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I'VE PREVIOUSLY ASKED THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
UH, WHICH OF THESE SENSORS GOT COMMUNITY EVENTS TO ANNOUNCE THE DEPLOYMENT AND MAKE THEM THE COMMUNITIES SENSORS, SINCE IT'S CALLED THE COMMUNITY UM, AIR PROGRAM.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHICH COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN AIR QUALITY SENSOR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT IT DOES, WHERE IS THE OUTREACH, UH, NEEDED GOING FORWARD IN ORDER TO LIKE, MAKE THIS THE COMMUNITY'S SENSOR AND MAKE IT THE COMMUNITY'S MONITORING PLAN? ONG, IF YOU DON'T MIND RESPONDING.
THE DETAILED RESPONSE TO TO THAT QUESTION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MEMO PRESENTING IN JANUARY NEXT MONTH.
UM, I AM GONNA ASK SOME VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT THE IWP ASSESSMENT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, LET'S SEE, IT IS B 13, SO LET ME FIND IT FOR YOU.
THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE FIRST PAGE UNDER GOAL ONE, THE SECOND.
ESTABLISH URBAN GREENING FACTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT QUAL QUANTIFY HOW PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE TO URBAN GREENING, REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MILESTONE.
THIS, CONTINUE WORKING, CONTINUE WORK WITH ZAC AND CITY PLAN COMMISSION TO ADOPT GREENING FACTORS.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE AS PART OF PARKING REFORM, AND I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE HAVE THE, THE PARKING REFORM PART RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THE PARKING REFORM PASSED WITHOUT THE URBAN GREENING FACTOR ELEMENT.
THAT'S ONE THAT WE'LL NEED TO GO BACK AND MODIFY LANGUAGE.
AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS.
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ON THAT END, UH, WITH THAT MILESTONE, IT WAS A MILESTONE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 WORK PLAN.SO AT THAT POINT, THAT STILL HAD NOT PASSED.
AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE LAST, UH, ITEM.
IT SAYS B FOUR IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT CITYWIDE BUILDING WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM.
AND THEN YOU SCROLL TO THE RIGHT AND IT SAYS THERE'S NO FUNDING, IT'S BEEN REMOVED, BUT THAT IT'S A STANDARD OPERATION THAT WE ARE OUTSOURCING TO THE GREEN WARRIORS PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH UTA.
EITHER IT IS A STANDARD OPERATION THAT WE HEAR IN THE CITY ARE, ARE DOING AND CAN FUND OR WE'RE, IT, IT CAN'T, ESSENTIALLY, IN MY MIND, IT CAN'T BE A STANDARD OPERATION IF WE'RE OUTSOURCING IT TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT, WE'RE NOT OPERATING IT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANNOT DO CITYWIDE BUILDING WEATHERIZATION AND WE LACK THE FUNDING.
AND I ALSO ENJOY AND, AND APPRECIATE THE GREEN WARRIORS PROJECT COLLABORATION, BUT THAT PART ITSELF IS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR YOU.
UM, AND THEN LET'S SEE, ON, LET'S SEE, THE MILESTONES THAT ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, T FOUR.
IT SAYS, ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE INCENTIVES PACKAGE TO HELP ACCELERATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE.
IT SAYS IT WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT IT WAS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER MILESTONE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY.
WHICH MILESTONE WAS IT COMBINED WITH? BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT, UM, APPARENT READILY, EXCUSE ME, I'M LOOKING FOR IT NOW.
THAT'S GONNA BE ON PAGE FOUR AT THE TOP.
SO IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 WORK PLAN, THE, THOSE, THE LAST TWO T FOUR MILESTONES WERE NOTED AS SEPARATE, BUT NOW WE'VE COMBINED THOSE TWO EFFORTS TO JUST INCLUDE AS ONE MILESTONE.
SO IN 2026, THEY ARE COMBINED AS ONE MILESTONE? I BELIEVE SO.
IF YOU COULD JUST CONFIRM, THAT WOULD BE T FOUR ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE INCENTIVES, UH, PACKAGE TO ACCELERATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE.
IT SAYS IT WAS REMOVED, AND THEN IT SAYS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER MILESTONE.
SO I GUESS WE JUST NEED TO CHECK IT AGAINST THE 2026 IMPLEMENTATION BOOK PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS, IT'S STILL THERE.
UM, AND THEN IT'S A, UM, YEAH.
STEPHANIE, COULD YOU MAYBE ZOOM IN ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S VERY SMALL.
YEAH, SO IT'D BE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP WITH YEAH, T FOUR.
SORRY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T HAVE THE, THE, UM, DOCUMENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT'S FAIR TO ASK.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, OUR GOAL TO MAINTAIN THE REGULATORY AIR MONITORING AND SAMPLING PROGRAMS AND COORDINATION WITH TCEQ.
UM, AND, UH, IT SAYS, UH, THE MILESTONE A Q1 WORK WITH TCEQ TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITOR STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT FROM THE 2025 TCEQ ASSESSMENT WE'RE DOWN AT LEAST ONE MONITOR OR POTENTIALLY TWO.
ARE WE DOWN ONE OR TWO RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THE HINTON STREET REGULATORY MONITOR IS DOWN.
ARE WE DOWN ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW AND THEN FOLLOW UP ON THAT? ARE WE, WE'RE, WE'RE POTENTIALLY EXPANDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE, WITH THIS MILESTONE.
SO ARE WE LOOKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL MONITORING STATIONS AND IF, IF SO, WHEN AND WHERE? I THINK WE BROKE THE, THE ZOOM FUNCTION HERE,
STEPHANIE, DON'T, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN JUST CLOSE, JUST CLOSE IT AND, AND WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST THAT COMPUTER IS BEGGING FOR MERCY RIGHT NOW,
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THAT'S OKAY.DO YOU KNOW ONG IS ANYBODY? I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
OH, THERE'S O SO FOR THE, UH, WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE REGULATORY MONITOR, UH, INFORMATION THAT'S IN FLUX.
UH, I CAN'T SAY FOR THE DECAF, THE NON-REGULATORY ONES FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR GENERATION TWO OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MONITORS.
SOME, IT MAY BE MARGINAL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EVALUATING AT THE MOMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MOVE.
SO THAT LANGUAGE JUST GIVES US FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO.
BUT THIS MILESTONE DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TCE Q'S REGULATORY MONITORS.
SO I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE PLANNED TO EXPAND THE TCE Q'S MONITORING NETWORK BY ADDING ADDITIONAL, OR WE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT RELOCATING THE MONITORS THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, TRACY.
WELL, I GUESS IT IS A QUESTION.
I'M WONDERING IF WE, IT'S A BODY COULD RECEIVE A REVIEW OF LIKE WHY SOME OF THE MILESTONES WERE REMOVED.
UM, I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO COVER IN THIS ONE MEETING RIGHT NOW.
UM, YEAH, SO I JUST, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, WHERE IT'S OTHERWISE BEEN PUT OR HOW IT WAS COMBINED WITH SOMETHING, IT'S JUST A REQUEST I, I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS, UH, ON THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT REALLY.
SO YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT JUST TO HAVE SOME TIME TO DIGEST IT AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH THREE OR FOUR COMMISSIONERS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HERTO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, WE HAVE SOME ADVOCATES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AS WELL TO JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHY WERE THESE MILESTONES REMOVED, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? UM, AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHY LIKE DEFINITIVELY WOULD, WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO MAYBE REVIEW AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN IF IT'S EASIER FOR US TO MAYBE EMAIL THE QUESTIONS OVER AND THEN HAVE A MEETING TO DISCUSS THEM AND GIVE Y'ALL SOME TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS LIST.
THIS IWC OR IWP ASSESSMENT IS REALLY HELPFUL AND IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST MEETING, SO IT MAKES THINGS VERY CLEAR.
THERE'S REASONING, THERE'S RATIONALE, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND THERE MAY JUST BE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, UM, THAT, THAT WE MAY HAVE.
UM, AND OVERALL, I, I FEEL A LOT BETTER THIS MONTH THAN I DID LAST MONTH ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 2026.
SO THIS IS ALL GREAT INFORMATION AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE AND GETTING SOME ANSWERS TO THE, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM LAST MONTH.
I DID WANNA MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE REMOVED, THEY, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT HAPPEN THAT ANYMORE.
IT'S JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORK PLAN AND TO STREAMLINE OUR REPORTING.
WE WON'T INCLUDE IT IN THE, IN THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN, BUT DEPARTMENTS HAVE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL GONNA CONTINUE DOING THOSE INITIATIVES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE SOME, UH, REALLY STRINGENT PARAMETERS ABOUT WHAT CAN GET ADDED TO THIS PLAN.
LIKE WE'RE NOT JUST THROWING THINGS AT THE WALL AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR TRYING TO SEE IF IT WORKED OR NOT.
WE REALLY WANNA GET THOSE QUANTIFIABLE DEFINITIVE OUTCOMES THAT ARE LEADING US TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THIS PLAN.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS YOU ARE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY TRYING TO VET THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA GET ADDED TO THE, THE WORK PLAN IN 2026.
THAT'S ONLY GONNA DO ALL OF US, UH, GOOD AT THE END OF 2026 AND AT THE END OF THIS, UH, GAP ANALYSIS WHERE WE TRY TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. BEVIN? I'M SO SORRY MS. JEFF.
WELL, I JUST WANNA RE ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, CATHERINE, ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CCA SINCE THE STAKEHOLDER STARTED IN 2019,
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AND I GET IT THAT WITH THE STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE, WE WANT THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK ON EMISSION REDUCTIONS.AND IF THINGS HAVE MOVED OR HAVE BEEN, UM, TAKEN OFF FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW JUST SO ALL OF US THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED CAN TRACK IT AS IT MOVES FORWARD AND KNOW THE WHY IT WAS GONE.
I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOING ALONG?
THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR BEREAVING MEMO THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE AN UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM ON THE BECKLEY SANER PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION.
AND, UM, DIRECTOR, UH, GOT HAS PREPARED US A MEMO AND IT IS AVAILABLE.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, DR.
JUST WANNA GIVE US THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE MEMO AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
ROSA ALSO HAS A SUMMARY TO, TO GO THROUGH FOR THE MEMO AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION ON HOW, UM, NOT ONLY ON THE PROJECT AND HOW IT WAS SELECTED, BUT ALSO ON HOW IT ALIGNS WITH CCAP, UM, AND UTILIZING THE AVAILABLE ARPA FUNDS AS WELL.
UM, THOSE WILL BE EXPIRING SOON AND SO THE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, UM, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WHILE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO BE, AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROSA.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THIS MEMO PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF AN UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 14TH.
WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT TO DESIGN AND INSTALL A ROOFTOP SOLAR PV SYSTEM AT BECKLEY CENTER RECREATION CENTER.
UM, THIS LIKE MENTIONED THIS PROJECT PROJECT SUPPORT CCAP SPECIFICALLY GO TO, WHICH AIMS TO EXPAND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CITYWIDE.
UM, BECKLEY SANER WAS SELECTED FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION BASED ON THE 2023 SOLAR SIDING STUDY THAT WE CONDUCTED.
SO THIS SITE WAS LISTED AS SUITABLE FOR, UM, INSTALLATION OEQS AND FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE FIELD PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE TURNKEY DESIGN AND INSTALLATION SERVICES.
THE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED FROM FIVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND THEY WERE EVALUATED BY A FOUR PERSON SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THIS COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF STAFF FROM O-E-Q-S-S-F-R-M AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THE PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED BASED ON PRICE, QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, THE PROJECT APPROACH, AND THEN THE SCHEDULE.
THEY HAVE A PROJECT BUDGET NOT TO EXCEED $488,418.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE ARPA GRANT.
THIS ARPA GRANT WAS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION ON CITY FACILITY.
SO WITH THE PLANT SYSTEM, UM, FEDERAL USE, HIGH EFFICIENCY PANEL, UH, ROOFTOP RACKING DESIGN TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY PRODUCTION ONCE IT'S INSTALLED, IT IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE OPERATING COSTS AND ADVANCE THE CITY'S CCAP CODE.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? LEMME SEE IF ANYBODY VIRTUAL.
UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, WERE THERE ANY DETAILS WITH REGARD TO THE SIZE SIZING OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S BEING INSTALLED? YES.
THE PROPOSED SIZE IS 200 AND 232.6 KILOWATT DC OH, THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A HUGE INSTALLATION.
SO, UM, AND THEY WERE DOING IT BASED ON THE BUILDINGS.
UH, REMIND ME WHAT THE BUILDING SIZE IS ON THE, ON THAT STRUCTURE.
I DON'T HAVE THE BUILDING SIZE WITH ME, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY LARGE INSTALLATION THAT SHOULD MAKE AN IMPACT.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
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OKAY.LET'S GET ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. SEVEN O'CLOCK.
UH, SO, UM, NOT SURE IF OUR MONTHLY SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE ANY UPDATES.
UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT MIGHT WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
THE UPDATE YOU HAVE IS, WELL, YOU PURPOSE SPEAKER.
BUT I TOLD HER YOU KIND OF PUT THAT ON HOLD.
I DON'T THINK SHE DID A LOT OF CONSIDERATION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT SEE MM-HMM.
BUT, UH, I FOUND SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION.
WAS THAT SIERRA CLUB MET LAST NIGHT AND THE SPEAKER WAS FROM TECH STOCK.
THERE'S ALL THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND ON THEIR WEBSITE THEY HAD LISTED THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY CONSIDERED, THEY LOOKED AT THE ENVIRONMENT AND BRIDGES AND THINGS.
UM, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE.
WE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, VAPING NUMBER IN PASSING, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN DONE WITH OUR, UM, GUIDELINES, BACKPACKS, SUBMIT PRESSURES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING ON SOON, IF WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF BETTER GUIDELINES FOR THAT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A SUBMIT PRESSURE THAT'S COMING UP IN THE CLEVELAND ISLAND AND THIS PERMIT, THEY REQUESTED PERMANENT, UH, STATUS.
IS THAT THE ONE THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTING? PUBLIC CALL.
AND I'M WAITING ON THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE I'LL FOLLOW UP.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS.
AND WE ARE GONNA START WITH DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IN DISTRICT ONE FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER? HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNMUTE.
OH, STEPHANIE, WILL YOU MAKE A NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER WOOTEN LOGGED OFF AT SIX THUR SIX O'CLOCK? IT WAS LIKE SIX O'CLOCK I THINK IT WAS WHEN HE LOGGED OFF.
UM, LET'S GO TO DISTRICT FIVE.
I JUST WANNA THANK CHAIR WA UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE FOR, UM, BRINGING MY, MY SON'S FAMILY A DINNER IN OUR TIME OF GRIEVING A THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY IN THIS SEVEN, I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO LIKE TACKLE, BUT I'VE STILL CONTINUED TO GIVE OUT FOOD AND TONS AND TONS OF FOOD.
WE ARE WORKING WITH SAME THING, GIVING OUT FOOD.
I, I VOLUNTEERED AT THE DISTRICT EIGHT OFFICE GIVING OUT TURKEYS AND GIVING OUT FOOD TO FAMILIES.
OUR CHURCH IN THE AREA IS DOING THE SAME THING.
AND THERE THE LINES ARE A LOT LONGER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
EARLIER THIS MONTH I PARTICIPATED IN A, UH, CALL WITH EARTHX TO JOIN THE REVERSE, THE RED COALITION.
UM, IT IS A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON A BIODIVERSITY PLAN FOR DALLAS.
I RECOMMENDED THAT YOU POTENTIALLY BE LOOPED INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR A STRATEGY SO THAT DALLAS WILL BE A LEADER IN BUILDING URBAN BIODIVERSITY PLANS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS UP YOUR ALLEY.
SO, UM, YOU MAY RECEIVE AN EMAIL REGARDING THE NEXT MONTHLY MEETING.
SO THERE'LL BE AN EVERY OTHER TUESDAY MEETING, I THINK, UNTIL, UH, EARTHX HAPPENS IN APRIL.
SO, UM, MORE TO COME ON THAT RIGHT.
DISTRICT 10, NOTHING TO REPORT.
DISTRICT 12, UH, FAIRLY SHORT THIS, UH, THIS MONTH.
UH, STUFF AROUND, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TEXAS PEDIATRIC SOCIETY AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY'RE OUT FOR REQUESTS FOR, UM, PROPOSALS FOR THEIR NEXT ANNUAL MEETING.
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WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN DALLAS AROUND FOOD SUPPLY AND URBAN AGRICULTURE.AND I WILL BE SUBMITTING, UH, AN ABSTRACT TO DO, UM, A PRESENTATION, UH, ON THAT.
ALSO, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DR.
RENEE BARTOS FROM, UH, AUSTIN, IS, UM, REALLY EXPERT IN THINGS INVOLVING CHILDREN IN NATURE.
AND IF ANY COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED AND WANNA TIE WITH, UH, DR.
BARTOS, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO CONNECT YOU.
LACO, DISTRICT 13, NO UPDATES.
DISTRICT 15 IS NOT PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.
ANY OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORS HAVE ANY UPDATES THEY WANNA SHARE? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, DOING, WE HAVE 20 PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS WITH, BUT WE'VE MET TO BEN SO THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT ARE SERVING 200 PEOPLE OR LESS ARE NOW ALSO COMPOSTING.
SO FOR YOU,
IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THE SAME WELL APPLIES, MAYBE IT GOES TO THE FARM OR, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH MOONSHOT, BUT UM, WE ALSO WORK WITH FUNDS.
ANY OF OUR OTHER TECHNICAL ADVISORS? MR. MARCOS? GO AHEAD.
IT'S INTERESTING MOVE AFOOT THROUGHOUT THE, UH, CITY REGARDING OUR CREEKS AND EROSION CREEK BANKS.
UM, AND CONSERVANCIES ARE CROPPING UP, FINDING WAYS TO SAVE LAND NEAR THE CREEK SO THE WATER DOES NOT RUSH INTO THE CREEK.
SO IT'S JUST FLEDGLING RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE SOME PROGRESS OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND FINDING WAYS TO PROTECT OUR CREEK BANKS MORE AND
SO I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS HOW TO GO DOING PEOPLE ARE, UM, CAPABLE FOLKS I THINK MIGHT BE ADDRESSING SINCE YOU FAMILY.
ALL RIGHT, MR. HOFFMAN, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HANDS UP? NOTHING ELSE? OH YEAH, JUST, JUST A, A BRIEF UPDATE WITH REGARD TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE, AND THE RESIDENTIAL COM.
UH, BUILDING COMMUNITY, SEEING THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE POTENTIAL, UH, UH, NON, UH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE THE DEMISE OF ENERGY STAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE, UM, WITH SOME CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT CAN, UH, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORTS OF BUILDERS THAT ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE GREEN SPACE.
SO THAT, THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AND, AND ACROSS THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.
UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE DEMISE OF ENERGY STAR, BUT UM, IT CERTAINLY IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED AND, UH, ULTIMATELY WE'D LIKE TO SEE ENERGY STAR STAY, BUT IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO WEIGH THROUGH THE OPTIONS, UM, ON WHAT TO DO WITHOUT IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY WORLD.
ANYBODY ELSE? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, THERE YOU GO.
I FOUND THE UNMUTE
UH, JUST A QUICK, UM, A QUICK UPDATE.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL EMAILS GOING AROUND ABOUT COOMBS CREEK HERE IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, IS HAVING A LOT OF, A LOT OF POLLUTION, A LOT OF TRASH ENDING UP DOWN THERE, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON FOR A LOT OF OUR WATERWAYS.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE A, UH, A CLEANUP EVENT, BUT DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULARS ON THAT.
SO I'LL HOPE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UM, NEXT TIME AROUND IF THEY SETTLE ON A DATE, UH, FOR A CLEANUP.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GUERRA, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE, THE NAME OF THE COALITION WORKING ON A BIODIVERSITY PLAN OR STRATEGY FOR DALLAS? I'M SUPER INTERESTED IN THAT.
YES, IT IS CALLED REVERSE THE RED COALITION AND CONTINUES.
YOU ALMOST WANNA GET OUTTA HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT HARSH TRAIL AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE GONNA MEET ON MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH, UH, AT 9:00 AM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH.
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AND, UM, THINK THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING.SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, FRIENDS, I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.