1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,640 Hi, everyone. Welcome to the first Sustainability Framework Advisory Committee meeting. The first 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:18,400 item on our agenda today is to receive a nominations and elect a chair and a vice chair. Since 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,680 this is our first meeting, I thought we could do some quick introductions so that everyone 4 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:30,620 knows everyone on the screen. And if you'd like, I can just kind of go by the order that 5 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:37,120 I see everyone here. Call folks out. Ed, do you want to go first? 6 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:44,640 Yeah. Hi, everybody. My name is Ed Sof. I've lived in Denton about 34 years. I'm a retired 7 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:56,920 music teacher from UNT, and I've been an environmental activist for the past 23 years. 8 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:05,040 Adam? Yeah, hey, my name is Adam Brighill. I've lived 9 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:11,760 in Denton for 12 years now, and I'm a professor in the philosophy department at UNT. And I 10 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:18,080 was on the 2030 plan committee and done some other service for the city. And I'm really 11 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:23,360 looking forward to this. Thanks. Keely? 12 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:29,960 Hi, everyone. It's good to see you. My name is Keely Briggs, and I have lived in Denton 13 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:41,020 for, I think, 26 years now. I served on city council for almost six years, and on the environmental 14 00:01:41,020 --> 00:01:46,640 committee about five years, and served with National League of Cities, Energy, Environment, 15 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,560 and Natural Resource Committee for about five years. 16 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,120 Thank you. Matthew? 17 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Thanks. Hi, morning, everyone, or afternoon, everyone. It's really exciting to be here 18 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:06,640 today. I'm an associate professor in geography at UNT. I've lived in Denton for 11 years. 19 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:15,160 I live in the Deena neighborhood. Do some research on energy, do some research on municipal 20 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,880 policymaking. And this is the first committee that I'll serve on for the city. So I'm looking 21 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,600 forward to it. Thank you. Brand? 22 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:30,520 Hi, there. I'm Brand Richter. I'm also a student at UNT. I've lived in Denton for about 20 23 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:36,840 years now, for most of my life. Probably lived in every council district at this point, too. 24 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,440 Worked on, studied, and advocated for a lot of open space management and conservation 25 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:49,200 issues with the city. So really looking forward to getting some action going on these issues. 26 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,120 Mr. Bishop? My name is Frederick Bishop. I'm born and 27 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,800 raised here from Denton. Went to high school here. Retired from the Dallas Police Department 28 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:03,120 as a detective in violent crimes. Just looking forward to doing some work for the city. Just 29 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,720 getting back into things. Moved back probably about 10 years ago. So I was here on and off 30 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:13,720 while my parents were still living here to come check on me. But I'm back full time now. 31 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:19,860 Great. Thank you. And Jordan? Hello, I'm Jordan Vangel. I'm the sustainability 32 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:24,080 manager for the U.S. and Canada for Tetra Pak, which has its U.S. headquarters right 33 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,600 here in Denton. I'm also the director of government affairs for the Carton Council, which is a 34 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,560 carton trade industry organization made up of the four carton manufacturers in America. 35 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,080 I've lived in Denton for about four months. I think I got here right before the snow apocalypse, 36 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:45,760 which was exciting. And first city committee and background in material management and circular 37 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:52,300 economy systems. So pleasure to be here. Great. And I'm Katherine Barnett. I'm the sustainability 38 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:58,320 manager for the city of Denton. I've been with the city for 27 years and I've lived 39 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:07,520 here for about 32, I guess. Long time, double UNT grad. So happy to see all the UNT folks 40 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:14,520 on here. And if you don't mind, I'd like to ask two of the team from the sustainability 41 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,080 department to go ahead and jump on and introduce themselves very quickly. JT? 42 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Yeah, sure. Hi, everyone. I'm James Douglas. I go by JT. I'm the conservation programs 43 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:31,680 coordinator. And so I focus on mostly water, energy, air quality and greenhouse gas management 44 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:38,720 for the sustainability team. And Julissa. Hi, everyone. My name is Julissa Amador and 45 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:44,080 I'm the waste reductions programs coordinator. And I do multifamily recycling outreach as 46 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:50,600 well as residential. So I'm really excited. And just to let you know, we do have one vacant 47 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:55,720 position that we hope to have filled in the next month. Interviews hopefully in the next 48 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:03,240 week. So we're missing Sarah Luxton. But we're working to fill that position. So that would 49 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:11,280 be the fourth team member that you would see sometimes. So with that, if we are ready to 50 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:27,040 jump into receiving nominations for the chair and the vice chair. I'd like to nominate Keely 51 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:35,440 for chair. Okay. And do you want a nomination for vice chair as well? I think we would do 52 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:48,920 that after we select the chair. Thanks. Any other nominations for chair? I would second 53 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:56,920 Ed's nomination of Keely for chair. Thank you, Brand. And then I think we can all just vote 54 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:10,520 by show of hands. Didn't ask Keely if she would accept that. But looks like it's unanimous. 55 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:17,160 So Keely, thank you very much. And I will turn the meeting over to you now to take the 56 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:22,680 nominations for the vice chair. All right, let's see if I can remember how to do this. 57 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:33,840 It's been a while. So we will move on to nominations for vice chair. Does anyone have a nomination? 58 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:43,720 Ed? I'd like to nominate Matt Fry. All right. Matt Fry has been nominated. Does anyone have 59 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:53,600 any other nominations? All right. A second. Do we have a second for Matt Fry to be vice 60 00:06:53,600 --> 00:07:01,080 chair? Adam? Yeah, I'll second. Okay. So all in favor? Everyone is okay with that? So are 61 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:12,320 we still doing hands? Raise your hand. All right. Welcome, Matt. All right. So and again, 62 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,320 I didn't ask you if that was okay. I just assumed that your first committee will just 63 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:24,640 put you right in everything. All right. So we will move on to item B. That is Receive 64 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:33,720 a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Adopt an Annual Meeting Schedule. So I will take that one. 65 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:39,240 In your backup, there is a proposed meeting schedule. That meeting schedule was done based 66 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:46,800 on availability for the work session room for virtual meetings, which we, beginning 67 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:53,640 in June, June 14th, we will have to move to in-person meetings. So that gives us more 68 00:07:53,640 --> 00:08:02,520 flexibility about day and time. We have the option to even have those meetings at the 69 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:10,360 sustainability offices. We have a large meeting room at 1001 May Hill. These will not be televised 70 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:17,440 meetings, so we could have them there and still be able to have people come in to make 71 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:24,840 comment. We have room for that and then able to have some socially distanced setup in that 72 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:30,640 room. So I just wanted to throw that out as an option. With summer camps going on, meeting 73 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:37,360 space is a little bit tight. We lose a lot of the Civic Center time, so I wanted to throw 74 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:44,720 that one out. Let me pull up the schedule here that we have proposed. Let's see. Try 75 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:57,520 that one more time. Share screen. The address on May Hill? 1001 South May Hill. And it would 76 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:08,680 be just one driveway towards McKinney from Spencer Road on the landfill side of the road. 77 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:16,640 I go by landmark. I never get east and west right. So right now we're looking at June 78 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:24,400 21st at 3 p.m. Now we could change that to an earlier time frame. That was just what 79 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:39,760 was available for the room. I believe that was a Monday. That was a Monday at 3. We could 80 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:47,440 even do it in the morning if there was a preference for that. But really any day other than Tuesday 81 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:56,600 or Wednesday are fairly wide open as far as our room. Does anybody have any suggestions 82 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:02,680 or preferences? Do you want to pull that down so we can have some discussion? Sure. There 83 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:08,800 we go. Thank you. As far as myself, all of the dates listed except for the next one look 84 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:15,720 okay will be at parent orientation in Austin. But I could do online if we were still doing 85 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:23,280 online. Everything else looked okay with me. Times I'm pretty flexible. So those who have 86 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:29,920 9 to 5 jobs and I'm going to let you go ahead and say what time you prefer and what day 87 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:36,760 you prefer except for what days are off limits? Tuesday and Wednesday are just a little bit 88 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:45,560 harder. Okay. Does anybody have any other preference for day of the week besides Tuesday and Wednesday? 89 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:55,840 Are Mondays good? No Mondays for me I frequently do Meals on Wheels on Monday mornings. And 90 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:03,480 so that's why I've sort of opted for the afternoon. Okay. The afternoon as well. Afternoon works 91 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:10,960 well. On Mondays? For me the Mondays are fine until the semester begins. I have an afternoon 92 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:19,880 class from 3.30 to 5 on Mondays. So once the semester begins, so the September meeting 93 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:27,440 on that list is problematic for me. So if we could do it at 1 p.m. during the semester 94 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:35,880 on Mondays I could handle that but 3 is too difficult. Is 1 p.m. okay for the people who 95 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:41,960 prefer 3 p.m. or will that not work? So I feel like it might be better if we just pick 96 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:50,480 one time now and kind of stick with it instead of change. One o'clock is good with me. Monday 97 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:58,200 and one o'clock is also good. Same with Matt. Once semester starts I would also have a class 98 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:05,840 that extends until 3.30 on Mondays. So say for that September date all the rest of them 99 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:23,200 are good for me. So Brand your class goes until 3.30? Yes. Okay. So Monday at 1 wouldn't 100 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:30,880 work for you, Brand? Not if our meeting lasts consistently 2 hours. The class would go from 101 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:46,940 2 to 3.30. I'm back. Sorry about that. I lost connection for a minute. So did we decide 102 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:57,600 anything on time? Well it sounds like one won't work for everyone consistently. What 103 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:09,240 about Thursday? Thursday is at 3? Hold on. Let me check my schedule on that because that's 104 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:20,560 the day I teach. Oh okay. I just forget what time. You said 3 o'clock on Thursday? Or 1. 105 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:35,840 I guess afternoons are best. We've decided for everyone. I teach until 3.20 on Tuesday-Thursday 106 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:46,640 this semester. Okay. So I'm going to go to our next day really fast just to see on Friday 107 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:52,800 to see how everybody's schedule is on Friday and if there's anybody teaching or afternoons. 108 00:13:52,800 --> 00:14:08,000 And then we could go back to a different time. Friday's open for me. I apologize. I stopped 109 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:13,820 on the Thursday discussion and then everything dropped. I'll catch up. Adam teaches on Tuesday 110 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:21,600 and Thursday and so we have moved to Friday just to see if everybody's Fridays are open. 111 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:29,520 Fridays get tricky for me because we'll all have faculty meetings on Friday afternoons 112 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:36,800 and those are usually and usually the afternoons are really crazy with other types of meetings 113 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:43,640 for me and they happen. So I mean if I booked this in that would be fine. If you had it 114 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:51,720 as a standing date just consistently. Yeah. Like at 3 p.m. on Fridays I think I could 115 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:57,600 manage that consistently. Anybody else would like to weigh in? I mean if not we could go 116 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:05,680 back to Monday and work with Matthew on teaching your teaching schedule. I want to make sure 117 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:10,800 this is really important. I want to make sure that everybody has the you know the the greatest 118 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,720 chance to be here for the meeting so that we can all weigh in on the discussion and 119 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,500 topic and that's why I'm taking so long. I want to make sure that we we work with everyone's 120 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:27,080 schedule. Well and I think if we are not in this building we might be able to do Wednesday 121 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:38,520 morning. I don't know how that would fall out for anyone. What time is the morning? 122 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:45,960 We can be flexible with that. Okay. What about Adam said he finishes classes on Thursday 123 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:51,480 it sounded like most people had Thursday and it was he finishes at 3 20. What about 4 p.m. 124 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:57,840 on Thursday and then we would go until 6. I mean if that's not too late if it's a two 125 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:05,460 hour meeting. Well my Thursday full but I can try to adjust it because I know it's six 126 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:09,960 I have to leave to get somewhere on time to be there by 630 and I don't want to have to 127 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:15,120 be put you know so I mean but I can see can I flex mine if it's Thursday if y'all want 128 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:26,360 to try Thursday. So I think we can go back to the Wednesday discussion or Friday. Wednesdays 129 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:32,800 or Fridays discussion on time for everyone. Ed, Brand do you have anything to weigh in 130 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:40,480 on? Yeah any time after 3 30 would be great for me on Wednesdays and then Fridays are 131 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:46,800 completely open for me. Okay. Yeah anything other than Monday morning is is fine with 132 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:56,920 me. Wednesday morning before 11 is fine with me I have a class at 11. Wednesday is fine 133 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:02,440 with me. Yeah I can do Wednesday morning as well afternoon is would be tight because I 134 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:14,840 have evening classes. Adam? I'm free all day Wednesday Friday. Okay so Catherine Wednesday 135 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:21,520 so we're at Wednesday morning or what I guess we want to take Friday off. Or Friday morning 136 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:27,540 Friday morning works for me fine. Yeah okay. I thought didn't Brand have a class on Wednesday 137 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:32,040 morning is that what it was? Yes sorry. Okay yeah so maybe Friday mornings are better. 138 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:41,640 Friday mornings. Brand can you do Friday morning? I see Gordon is saying no he can't. I'm sorry 139 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:47,480 my schedule is Fridays are like lobbying and legislative calls basically until like 11 in 140 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:56,040 the morning for me from starting at like 7. Okay so anybody can you guys do Friday at 141 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:08,800 1? Yes. After lunch Friday at 1? Okay. Like 1 to 2 1 to 3 hopefully no later than 3 we'll 142 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:13,920 make it a little bit more efficient we'll have it all. Yep. Yes. That sounds good. Does 143 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:22,560 that sound good? Yeah. Friday 1 to 3. Okay. Okay. Does that work for you and staff Catherine? 144 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:28,920 We will make it work. I'm seeing thumbs up across the room. All right and location would 145 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:35,280 that be at the sustainability building? I think just for ease of scheduling let's just 146 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:40,320 plan on it there. There okay all right and just one last thing because I heard you say 147 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:46,320 that these will not be recorded in the future and I think this is on right now right? Yes. 148 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:53,320 On TV. So for those watching the minutes will be available for anyone that wants to know 149 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:58,320 what we're talking about correct? Correct. They can go online and find those? Yes. Even 150 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:05,040 if they can't watch us. Okay. Correct. Thank you. So I will send out a revised schedule 151 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:11,520 and updated appointments to everyone. Okay thank you thank you guys for going in that 152 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:18,680 discussion a little bit longer. We will go ahead and move on to item C. Receive a report. 153 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:24,320 Hold a discussion on the history and background of sustainability in the city of Denton. Review 154 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:29,680 the charge of the sustainability framework advisory committee and review sustainability 155 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:36,840 staff ongoing projects and identify priority areas for implementation. Is that you Catherine 156 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:44,520 or? That is going to be a team effort. I will kick it off and let me share my screen. We 157 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:49,320 were thinking rather than wait till the end maybe as we go through chapters or history 158 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:55,480 if anyone has a question we can pull it down and answer those kind of as we go through. 159 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:10,800 It's a lot to cover. Just for program sake so if you want you can raise your little hand 160 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:16,160 on the screen and I will see that you have a question and then we can that's how we can 161 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:30,360 do that. All right. I hope y'all can see that now. Okay great. So we're just going to start 162 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:36,920 off just as described with our background our goals and then a priority discussion. 163 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:43,640 So just a brief history timeline. Review the 2020 framework. Current projects where we 164 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,760 are today and then moving the framework forward which is what we're all here to do. So what's 165 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:56,940 on the horizon and then talk about committee goals and committee priorities. So the first 166 00:20:56,940 --> 00:21:03,600 council committee on the environment started in 2004. Our first sustainability plan began 167 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:11,640 being developed in 2011 adopted in February of 2012. We started our greenhouse gas management 168 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:20,520 in 2011 and established a 2006 baseline year for all of our greenhouse gas inventory work. 169 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:29,440 The sustainability plan update began in 2018-2019 and was a five-year update running a little 170 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:37,120 bit behind. It was adopted in 2020 and included the establishment of this committee to advise 171 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:44,600 on the implementation of the framework. So some of the projects that we have ongoing 172 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,600 now we have our greenhouse gas management. We have our internal sustainability where 173 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:57,920 we are tracking our energy consumption, our purchasing, the recycling education, tracking 174 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:04,080 all of our efforts there. Our air quality regional partnerships and the improvements 175 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:11,920 over the last 20 years, partnerships with COG on that. Recycling and contamination is 176 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:17,960 a big focus for Jaleesa. So she's working on the residential and multifamily outreach 177 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:23,560 and education and then we also have the school recycling program which we're still redefining 178 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:31,440 what that looks like after COVID. Community resilience. We had the NLC resilience cities 179 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:40,920 grant. NLC came in and facilitated a workshop for us back in November of '19. And we have 180 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:48,240 the groundwork to start on community and municipal resilience based on that. And then of course 181 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:56,720 community engagement. We're able to start ramping that back up again now. The 2020 framework 182 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:05,520 has 8 focus areas. There are 33 goals and 52 strategies within the document. It expands 183 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:10,400 the scope of sustainability for the city of Jinton. And then we'll just kind of look through 184 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:20,280 some of the focus area highlights. And I'm going to let JT jump in here. And if you have 185 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,760 any questions please raise your hand and we can stop and talk about them as we go through 186 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:31,000 the focus areas. Yeah, absolutely. And so I'm excited to talk about the first three focus 187 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:36,840 areas here with everybody. So for the water chapter, just some of the highlights that 188 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,800 were pulled out of the sustainability framework. Obviously there are a couple more than this 189 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:47,040 in the document itself. But basically to protect and restore Denton's water bodies and maintain 190 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:53,720 a high drinking water quality. And also reduce per capita water consumption. That will be 191 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,480 done through water conservation efforts. Some examples of that. We actually have a couple 192 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:04,120 of upcoming classes for sprinkler spruce up as summer gets started and everybody starts 193 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:10,360 turning on their irrigation systems again. Oftentimes there will be leaks that were occurring 194 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:15,640 over the winter timeframe. And so we have a class for that. And also for DIY rain barrel 195 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,600 construction which will be really great. And then also keeping in line with all of our 196 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:25,920 TCEQ municipal storm water permit requirements. Just maintaining that high level of water 197 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:45,920 quality again. We can go on to the next one there. Thanks. For our air quality and greenhouse 198 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:51,080 gas management chapter, some of the goals there are to improve our non-attainment air 199 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:57,260 quality status. And we're going to continue to work with our regional partners to finalize 200 00:24:57,260 --> 00:25:04,220 some work with that. Especially with the next year coming up. Reduce air pollution and greenhouse 201 00:25:04,220 --> 00:25:10,240 gas emissions. And also assess community hazards and vulnerabilities related to a changing 202 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:16,540 climate. And set greenhouse gas reduction targets. That target setting is something 203 00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:22,540 that we are right in the middle of right now. And so we'll actually have an extended discussion 204 00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:27,480 about just the greenhouse gas management program in general at the next meeting. And so that's 205 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:37,240 already something that's sort of on the future agenda there. We have a question, Adam. Sure. 206 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:44,160 Oh, thank you. When you do this greenhouse gas management, can you just tell us what 207 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:49,640 is being accounted for? Like what sources? Definitely. So I can kind of give you a brief 208 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,640 highlight. So we basically have three steps to that process. We have the greenhouse gas 209 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,320 inventory, which is basically what you're describing, where we take an inventory of 210 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:05,080 municipal operations, but also the community as a whole. And so there's a formal set of 211 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:10,820 protocols with that that include scope one, two, and three emissions. And so scope one 212 00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:18,640 are sort of your direct emissions related to energy production or transportation or 213 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,420 things like that. Things that are directly emitted. Scope two is things like energy consumption 214 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:28,620 is really the main one that falls into scope three, or scope two. And then scope three 215 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:34,440 are your indirect emissions. And so those are things that are sort of outside the geographic 216 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,120 boundary but have influence here. Something, an activity that we do here that may have 217 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:42,560 influence elsewhere. And so, like I said, that's really high level, but we can definitely 218 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:47,180 do a deeper dive at the next meeting with all of that. 219 00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:58,720 Thank you. Absolutely. 220 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:04,320 And so with energy, we still have the goal of 100% renewable energy target for DME. And 221 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:11,280 so reaching and maintaining that. We have energy efficiency in new and existing buildings, 222 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,440 and energy efficiency in government facilities as well, which is something that in 2020, 223 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:21,720 we really took a deep dive and kind of updated that data set to make sure that all of our 224 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:27,480 reporting was in order there. Require exceptional building standards for new construction. And 225 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,340 so some of these strategies here, I'm sure you'll notice in the sustainability framework 226 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:36,840 that all of these have sort of overlapping improvements. So when we're talking about 227 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,480 expanding energy efficiency programming, that's going to have improvements to air quality 228 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:45,320 or greenhouse gas reduction, things like that. And so you'll probably find strategies that 229 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,720 kind of meet many of the different focus areas that are in there. And I think we have another 230 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:56,160 hand raised there. If you want to pull down the slides. 231 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:04,680 Adam, your hand is still up. Did you have another question? Sorry, when I run class, 232 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,240 the teacher puts it down. So I'll put my own hand down. 233 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:15,080 Oh, okay. Not a problem. And so Katherine, I think I will turn it back to you for the 234 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,600 next one if memory serves. 235 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:27,960 Okay, so on the land use and open space, of course, we're working to preserve open space 236 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:33,160 and natural areas, sustainability and parks have really started partnering together more 237 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:40,600 over the past few years, trying to work to minimize water use. The wildflower planning 238 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:47,560 program is one example of that partnership, where they're leaving areas more natural, 239 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:58,080 reducing mowing, reducing water use, increasing habitat. Really working across city departments 240 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:03,320 to try and achieve some of these goals. And then working with planning, encouraging redevelopment 241 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:11,840 of infill areas. The urban forest master plan was adopted in 2020, I believe the end of 242 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,480 2020. And then some of the strategies would be infill incentives and implementing the 243 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:24,160 urban forest master plan. And of course, promoting mixed use and compact development. 244 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:31,040 The next one is transportation. Obviously, expanding infrastructure for nonvehicle modes 245 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:38,400 of transportation is always a key. Increasing public transportation ridership, and you know, 246 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:43,840 we're closely watching what's going on with DCTA and how that might play out. Reducing 247 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:49,640 the environmental impacts from impervious parking surfaces, and then increasing the 248 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:54,760 amount of on nonroad trail systems. So that's another partnership where we work closely 249 00:29:54,760 --> 00:30:02,240 with parks and trying to look at those connections and where we can benefit and have longer trail 250 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:07,400 systems that are connected. Some of the strategies are promoting pedestrian opportunities and 251 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:16,920 of course, implementing the mobility plan. So education, communication and community 252 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:25,640 involvement. Julissa and I are going to tag team a little bit on this one, I think. Sustainability 253 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:30,040 has worked really hard over the years to expand our education and make sure that we're trying 254 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:37,780 to meet as many members of the community and and create programs that don't have barriers 255 00:30:37,780 --> 00:30:45,720 to participation. We want to encourage folks to understand the basic principles of sustainability. 256 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:50,280 And that that's going to include many areas of the sustainability framework. We try to 257 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:56,060 work across all of the focus areas and then increase sustainable education awareness and 258 00:30:56,060 --> 00:31:05,000 personal responsibility. We're always looking for, you know, ad hoc committees to help us 259 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:10,480 implement new programs, the green business program update and implementation, which JT 260 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:16,840 is working on. And then equity and empowerment is one of the newer strategies in the framework. 261 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:22,520 Julissa, I don't know if you want to talk just on the materials management slide maybe 262 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:28,880 about what you're doing. Okay. So some of our goals for material resource management 263 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:34,300 include reducing waste generation and diverting waste from the landfill through increased recycling 264 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:38,720 and reuse options through our home chemical collection and yard waste programs. That's 265 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:43,640 a great way that residents can divert more waste from the landfill. Also by leveraging 266 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:48,080 city purchasing power to procure goods and services that cause less harm to humans and 267 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,680 the environment. Some of those strategies include environmentally preferred purchasing 268 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:58,840 program and our comprehensive solid waste management strategy as well. Yes. I think 269 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:21,360 the episode has a question. I lost my place here. Okay. I'm just curious 270 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:28,440 as under the goals there with reduced waste generation and waste diversion through increased 271 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:37,480 recycling and reuse options. Um, can one assume that, that composting will be considered in 272 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:47,680 this situation as well? Yes, it will be. Okay. And both residential and city Y and, and municipally 273 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:59,640 too, I would hope. Yes. Okay. Thanks. Thank you, Ed. And I would be remiss if I didn't 274 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:07,880 share that if you have the yard waste collection, you can use that program for any post-consumer, 275 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:15,880 no, pre-consumer, sorry, pre-consumer vegetative waste. So any of your apple peels cores, vegetables, 276 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:21,480 any type of material can go in with your yard waste. And is that, is that put into a, is 277 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:45,840 that composted at the landfill? It goes into the dino dirt program. Okay. Thank you. Resiliency 278 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:53,080 and public health is the last chapter focus area. And that was revised from local food, 279 00:33:53,080 --> 00:34:01,240 which does roll up underneath this heading. So we do want to ensure that no one geographic 280 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:07,360 area or socioeconomic group in the city is unfairly impacted by environmental hazards. 281 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:12,600 And we want to incorporate resiliency into all of our planning efforts. Some of our strategies 282 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:19,580 are the city and monarch city program. We also have, um, joined the national wildlife 283 00:34:19,580 --> 00:34:27,720 federation registration program for community and for, um, people's yards. Um, they can 284 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:38,920 register their yards. Yes. So what are the B city? The programs you said they were programs? 285 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:47,160 Yes. So B city and monarch city, um, they're nationwide efforts to promote pollinator awareness. 286 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:54,820 Um, we at the city are increasing our plantings to support monarch butterflies and to create 287 00:34:54,820 --> 00:35:02,280 habitat for bees. Um, whether it's planting milkweed or planting nectar producing, um, 288 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:08,480 plants, native plants so that we are offering great way stations within the community as 289 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:17,560 our pollinators come through or, um, just, you know, in people's backyards, you can create 290 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:23,720 a habitat. So we're doing it on the personal level and at the community level. And can 291 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:31,240 I add with those programs, um, an increase of our no mo policy has happened. So we have 292 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:38,360 reduced our municipal mowing as we increase these programs to allow for the, um, the plants 293 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:48,040 to grow. Yep. We identified 241 acres that we could reduce mowing and leave natural. 294 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,420 So instead of having, um, more than two dozen mowing cycles a year, they may be mowed twice 295 00:35:53,420 --> 00:36:00,840 a year now. And the savings from that can help fund the plantings for those sites. Thank 296 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:06,080 you. Good question. Are the, the mowing savings being accounted for as the greenhouse gas 297 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:23,400 reduction? They'll be captured in the greenhouse gas reduction as well. So some of our current 298 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:29,080 projects, um, the greenhouse gas management, Catherine, I'm sorry, I think Brandon, do 299 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:38,400 you have a question? Yeah, sorry. Shortly. Um, question. Uh, I saw that this was under 300 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,480 the resiliency and public health section. So far as strategies and implementations goes, 301 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,920 when we talk about these down the road, especially for like the B city, monarch city, and potentially 302 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,840 other programs like bird city, or you said the wildlife federation program, will that 303 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:58,440 still be considered under the resiliency and public health section of this plan or would 304 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:06,280 it fit under, let's say like the, the land management section of the sustainability framework? 305 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:11,880 So that's the beauty and the difficulty of the sustainability framework is so many programs 306 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:19,440 can fit under multiple focus areas. Um, one of the initiatives that we are working on 307 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:26,640 right now is as we are putting it together, agenda items, we're listing how it relates 308 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:31,680 to the sustainability framework. So I would say that, you know, if you're talking about 309 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:36,800 wildflower planning, that's under land use and that is under, um, resiliency and public 310 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:42,960 health. So just because it resides in the resiliency and public health, doesn't mean 311 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:49,320 that it's not land use as well. Okay, thank you. I was just curious how much crossover 312 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:54,560 we could have in discussions down the road with this. Oh, yes. It's all intermingled. 313 00:37:54,560 --> 00:38:11,360 Okay. So, um, as JT said, we're working on the greenhouse mitigation target setting and 314 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:16,480 we'll bring that back to you at the next meeting. Um, the comprehensive solid waste management 315 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:23,280 strategy is well underway. Um, we have a follow up meeting tonight to wrap up our series of 316 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:30,840 public meetings, um, the climate hazards and vulnerability assessment, uh, air quality. 317 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:35,800 We participate with the air quality public health task force, air more Texas, and then 318 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:41,680 the rise coalition, which is the regional integration of sustainability efforts. Um, 319 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:49,400 it's a regional group that's housed at cog now. Um, so we are all very involved throughout 320 00:38:49,400 --> 00:39:00,800 the region and trying air quality initiatives. So Catherine, we have a question from, uh, 321 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:08,440 ed. Yes. Yeah, I'm sure. Uh, I had a question about the climate hazards and vulnerability 322 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:13,840 assessment is, would that be done in house or would that be done through a consultancy? 323 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:21,880 I'll let JT answer that. Yeah, I think where we're at with that is mostly, um, wrapping 324 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:26,200 up with a lot of the data gathering stage, um, which was pretty extensive, um, in terms 325 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:32,120 of forecasting and things like that. Um, and I think we're at the point where, um, you 326 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:36,640 know, presenting some of that materials and then having that discussion, um, is, is basically 327 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:42,280 right where we're at with that. Okay. The reason I ask is, as I'm sure, you know, uh, 328 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:52,600 back in 2014, Austin, um, had a climate change projections for their city, which was done 329 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:59,120 by a Catherine Hayhoe. And I didn't know if, when I look back and I see, recall that the 330 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:05,240 dent and renewable plan was done in conjunction with, uh, enterprise or I think it was called 331 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:13,560 enterprise risk. Yeah. I didn't know that if something is, would carry more weight, 332 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:19,320 not to say that staff doesn't carry weight, but an outside assessment, such as what was 333 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:25,840 done at Austin might give us a little more, uh, heavy artillery when we go before council 334 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:33,760 with requests for certain issues that will help mitigate climate change. If we, uh, basically 335 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:38,040 that's what I'm asking. And I think that that's something that we can definitely add to the 336 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:42,840 discussion list. Um, I know some of those data sets have become more easily accessible 337 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:49,280 and more readily available, um, since 2014. Um, but in terms of, um, in terms of accessing 338 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:54,720 and pulling that data together, we can definitely have that, um, that discussion and, and add 339 00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:59,320 it to the list. Great. Thank you. Yeah. And I, we're have, we're going to have a discussion 340 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:04,800 later about the matrix and how we get items onto the agenda for this committee and a study 341 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:26,000 like that may be something that this committee wants to hear more about. Okay. Great. 342 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:31,840 So now onto the committee purpose, um, to discuss and monitor the implementation of 343 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:37,080 the sustainability framework and priorities and projects discussions. Um, and then we 344 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,120 went ahead and listed, um, one of the topics for the next meeting, which would be the greenhouse 345 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:51,960 gas management overview. And then that goes into questions. So if we want to talk about 346 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:57,920 the implementation, um, and priorities and projects discussion now, we can jump into 347 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:06,320 that. I have a question, Catherine, and I see Adam does too. So Adam, I'll go ahead 348 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:14,400 and let you, um, ask your question. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Uh, thank you for the presentation. 349 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,960 I think it makes obvious sense to start with the goals and the strategies for those goals. 350 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:24,440 Um, but if our mission is to discuss and advise on implementation, it would be super helpful 351 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:30,480 if we had information on trends with respect to those goals, like how are we doing when 352 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:34,060 it comes to all of these things? And maybe this is going to be part of our discussions 353 00:42:34,060 --> 00:42:39,960 as we move forward, but I'm looking forward to all of this stuff and trying to help the 354 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:46,160 city think about how to do better. Um, but I don't, I mean, I, I think I'll, to do that, 355 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:51,600 we'll need to know where are we strong and where are we weak, you know, and how do we 356 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,960 prioritize, where's the lowest hanging fruit and in that. So, I mean, it's probably, this 357 00:42:55,960 --> 00:43:00,920 is a procedural question about how we're going to move forward. Like how do we get the, the 358 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:06,160 info we need so that we can feel like we can make smart, um, you know, advice about how 359 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:11,320 we're doing implementing this stuff, you know, does that make any sense? And your gap analysis 360 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:15,560 basically, there's something to analyze what, what is and what's in place and what the standards 361 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:21,160 are and where's the gaps. Okay. That's a nice term for it. Yeah. I guess that's, that's 362 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:27,660 what we're working corporate world. Yeah. And that kind of leads into my question too. 363 00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:35,080 So we do have, I think it's a 33 goals and 52 strategies. Uh, that's, that's a lot. Um, 364 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:40,520 and do we, I'm assuming, and what I would hope for this group is that we come up with 365 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:46,960 specific numbers for those goals so that it sets a better target. Like Adam mentioned, 366 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:52,200 you know, where, where are we, where have we been? What kind of success have we had 367 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:58,360 without anything defined really, it's going to be hard to come up with that gap analysis. 368 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:06,760 And also I would like to ask, does this body or will this body recommend new strategies 369 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:15,320 and policies to council to, um, achieve or implement the goals that we're learning about? 370 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:21,400 I would say, yes, this is an advisory body to council. So you can make recommendations 371 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:33,320 to council. Okay. Just confirming. Yes. Thank you. And one way we could walk through where 372 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:43,520 we are is maybe go by focus area and try to work through one or two focus areas each meeting, 373 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:49,040 maybe pick two that have some good synergies and talk about what we're doing currently, 374 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:56,280 um, what's on the horizon, what's been done, where we are, where we could go. Um, that 375 00:44:56,280 --> 00:45:08,940 might be one way that we, we start attacking this large project. Thumbs up from Adam. Does 376 00:45:08,940 --> 00:45:14,380 anyone else have any questions or comments about the implementation, about what you want 377 00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:28,480 to see from this committee? Yeah. Well, I'm just very, very glad to know that, that recommendations 378 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:34,320 that we come up with will be put before council. Um, because I see that as the only way that 379 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:40,800 progress row will be made because council obviously makes the final decisions. So personally 380 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:47,640 I would like to, to sort of going, tagging on with what Adam said, I would really like 381 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:58,280 to know which areas are our least, uh, successful at this point. Um, that where, where we can, 382 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:07,000 can really focus on what needs to make the plan better. And so I would with ask Catherine 383 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:13,720 that, I mean, she and JT obviously know the plans better than anyone. And for them to 384 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:22,160 assess what they feel we could be most useful in helping strengthen and, and getting the 385 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:28,200 data necessary to do that as well, just in order to have some sort of structure for our 386 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:33,880 meetings. Like Catherine said, having a definite, definite, uh, agenda for what we were going 387 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:44,600 to talk about and obviously having backup for it as well. That make any sense? Basically 388 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:50,000 I'm most concerned where we're, where we need, where we can do the most improvement at this 389 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:57,200 point because things are, everything's speeding up around us and, uh, growth everything. It's 390 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:02,120 just crazy. It's all coming down on us at once. So the more we can strengthen our weaknesses, 391 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:09,120 I think, uh, better shape we might be in. So I have an idea. Oh, I just saw a hand, 392 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:15,280 but it went away. Oh, there's Adam. Sorry, Keely. Yeah, I just want a second on Ed. That's 393 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:19,640 another thing I was thinking too is, and this is like, like Catherine said, it's so complex. 394 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:25,600 There's so many things that are interacting. Another thing for us to grapple with is like 395 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:31,000 Ed mentioned, the development trends and projections as we look at this, cause I think all of this 396 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:36,240 is happening within a context of massive and rapid growth in our city. So if there's a 397 00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:43,200 way to, to wrap our heads around that systematically, I think that would also help us say, well, 398 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,920 these are the real vulnerabilities or these are the real opportunities, or this is like 399 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,160 really urgent because this is, I'm just thinking about open space, for example. I don't really 400 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,640 know, but boy, that sure seems like that's disappearing quickly. If I just look around 401 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:59,040 my neighborhood. So, you know, some of that info, I don't know how that fits into this 402 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:04,720 picture either, but that's just something we're going to have to wrestle with too. 403 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:08,880 I was going to suggest that we go through the frameworks that we just went through and 404 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:16,080 maybe prioritize them individually for ourselves and then kind of go from there in discussion, 405 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:22,920 like which ones we want to tackle. You know, we want to go over first, just one for our 406 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:28,120 own sake and then two, so other members of the group can know what we feel and as individually 407 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:33,460 is important as well. Matt. 408 00:48:33,460 --> 00:48:40,400 You know, so something that I think would be really helpful too is maybe just a bit 409 00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:47,040 of background on some of the projected development in the city. So I went to a neighborhood meeting 410 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:52,080 way before COVID and there was a random speaker and it surprised me to learn about a lot of 411 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:57,560 the new developments going on on the Western part of the city. And it was like eye-opening 412 00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:03,000 because of the plan that was laid out. Now I don't need every little detail, but I think 413 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:08,240 it would be useful to have kind of a clear idea of where we're going so that we could 414 00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:14,080 contextualize what we're talking about here as well too. So there's things that are already 415 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:22,240 agreed upon in terms of large-scale developments that are going to be in place that, you know, 416 00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:26,900 there's not much we can recommend towards those things. In my mind, it's pretty much 417 00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:32,120 a done deal. So I would like to know, like, I think just getting a trajectory of kind 418 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:38,500 of where the city is going and what the, what things are expected in terms of development, 419 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:42,120 at least in the near term would be helpful to me to kind of wrap my head around some 420 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:46,620 of this stuff too. And we could bring planning in to give us 421 00:49:46,620 --> 00:49:50,860 an update on that. Yeah, that's what I was thinking, Catherine. 422 00:49:50,860 --> 00:49:55,560 Planning's going to be really helpful there and the growth and the amount of people. If 423 00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:00,280 we have an idea of, you know, how many people are coming into our city, it's going to help, 424 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:06,520 you know, with the policies, especially, you know, when we're talking about trash and recycling. 425 00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:11,640 So Brand has a question. Go ahead. Yeah, off of what you just mentioned earlier 426 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:16,840 on prioritizing some of these focus areas, I think it might be helpful too to consider 427 00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:23,200 not just our own, maybe how we would personally rank these areas, but also considering the 428 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:30,400 primary interest survey, it's in the sustainability framework plan that is in our backup and where 429 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:35,040 the respondents to that survey ranked their primary interest in these topics. So for instance, 430 00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:40,480 conservation of resources and access to natural spaces, much of what we've just been discussing 431 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:46,120 in terms of development, overwhelmingly make up more than 50% of that interest. And then 432 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:51,520 of course, health and safety comes shortly after that. So maybe if, as you suggested, 433 00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:57,040 we rank our personal focus areas, it might be helpful to just keep in context of what 434 00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:01,920 a lot of residents have also vocalized they want to prioritize. 435 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:07,280 Good comment. Yes, I agree. Ed? 436 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:18,400 One more thing, just to throw an idea out. There is a website called climateemergencydeclaration.org, 437 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:28,680 which lists all the municipalities in the states that have issued a climate declaration 438 00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:37,760 of climate emergency. And this seems to be something that is done as a way to, first 439 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:47,440 of all, have an anchor for what we're going to do. And I know that this came before council 440 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:53,760 a couple of years ago and was voted down. But I think it should be reconsidered because 441 00:51:53,760 --> 00:52:00,380 I think it's very important that the city make that sort of statement and use that as 442 00:52:00,380 --> 00:52:09,280 a foundational document for whatever is done to address that emergency through a sustainability 443 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:14,940 plan, et cetera. So I would just throw that out that at some point I would like to discuss 444 00:52:14,940 --> 00:52:22,600 that, have a discussion about approaching council about, again, trying to have a declaration 445 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:30,640 of climate emergency. And if you want to see a good example of one, Austin has a very precise 446 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:37,560 document regarding this, which is very good. Thank you. 447 00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:45,600 >> All right. Does anyone else have any questions or comments? Yeah, Jordan? 448 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:51,360 >> I just want to say one thing. In sustainability and all that we're working on, I really think 449 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:56,960 it needs to be very -- a prominent focus that this is an apolitical discussion and really 450 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:03,360 -- when we get into things of talking -- and I come from California, from Santa Cruz, very 451 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:08,480 left-leaning cities and such and so on, but it can really throw people off, I think, when 452 00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:15,920 you start naming Austin or climate emergencies. And so I would just -- I would say that I 453 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:20,660 think we'll have more of an appetite for suggestions or policy measures if we keep this in line 454 00:53:20,660 --> 00:53:27,560 with it's a responsible thing to do, being stewards of land, air, water, resources as 455 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:34,320 a city versus what has now become very politicized. And again, I'm not trying to -- your comments 456 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:40,760 are spot on. I believe commitments and signing onto accords is very important. But I would 457 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:46,920 just caution where this focus goes on some of those topics. That's all. 458 00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:51,160 >> And I will just jump in here and say that this sounds like a good conversation for an 459 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:58,120 item on the matrix where we could have full conversation about it in the future where 460 00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:05,960 everyone can weigh in. So if -- does anyone else have any discussion -- oh, I'm sorry, 461 00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:10,360 Mr. Bishop? >> You're fine. I'm trying to make sure -- and 462 00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:16,280 I guess this is for Katherine -- what's pending now that's been submitted to the city? And 463 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:21,540 I think this is the same thing. Matthew's asking what's on hold right now that they're 464 00:54:21,540 --> 00:54:26,000 working on or that we need to go to first instead of starting something brand new, one 465 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:31,360 of these 33 items, what's being held in the, I guess, holding box now for the city to look 466 00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:39,980 at or go from there? >> I would say that the target setting for 467 00:54:39,980 --> 00:54:48,380 our emissions reductions is something that's been pending. And air quality action plan 468 00:54:48,380 --> 00:54:57,160 is another item that's pending. Most of them would revolve around air quality right now 469 00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:07,560 because it is very important locally, regionally, statewide, nationally. So it would rise to 470 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:12,240 the top. >> Katherine, has council set a carbon reduction 471 00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:15,360 percentage? Has that something? >> Not yet. 472 00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:21,640 >> No? Okay. >> I think that they were looking for feedback 473 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:23,960 from this committee. >> Okay. 474 00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:27,760 >> So that was why we had that on the next agenda. 475 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:34,680 >> Awesome. Thank you. All right. Well, if anybody else doesn't have any questions, we'll 476 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:42,960 move on to the next item. This is really great discussion. Thank you, everyone. So we will 477 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:49,360 move on to item D, receive a report, hold the discussion, and adopt the project matrix 478 00:55:49,360 --> 00:56:07,760 format for the future, which we have learned is going to be very important. 479 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:11,960 >> So if any of you follow along on our Friday reports or any of our committees, you've probably 480 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:20,600 seen a similar matrix. What our plan for right now is is that we will complete this matrix 481 00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:28,880 for every meeting. We will add the requester, the members that supported it, the item, the 482 00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:34,400 department that will lead it, and then we'll have an estimate of staff time, and then we'll 483 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:40,160 report back to you the current status of the project, and then we'll be probably starting 484 00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:46,000 off with this going to council in the Friday report so that they see pretty quickly after 485 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:52,980 our meetings what was discussed and what was included with the matrix, and then we'll go 486 00:56:52,980 --> 00:56:57,360 from there to determine if it's going to go back to council, you know, as an informal 487 00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:02,760 staff report or a work session, or, you know, are we going to flesh it out a little bit 488 00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:11,320 more before we want to go take that to council? But this is just a sample of the matrix and 489 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:16,320 what that will look like, and so now is the time to start throwing things out to put on 490 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:21,040 the matrix. >> I have a clarification question, and I 491 00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:26,280 may have misunderstood you. I just want to make sure. So at what point does it go to 492 00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:32,000 council before the item is even heard here, or are you saying that we hear the item, do 493 00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:38,720 all the discussion, everything we need to do, but then that item goes to council? I'm 494 00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:46,400 just trying to get a better idea of the process that you're talking about here. 495 00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:51,440 >> And I think that could depend on the type of item. I mean, if the recommendation on 496 00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:57,560 the matrix is to hire a consultant to do a project, then that might need to go a little 497 00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:04,360 more quickly to council to see if we could have the funding to hire the consultant. 498 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:10,400 >> Okay. So you're saying it doesn't have to go to council just for us to hear the presentation? 499 00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:16,200 We can hear the presentation by it being on the matrix, but if there's a recommendation, 500 00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:20,400 then at that point, right? I just want to make sure that we're not going to have to 501 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,920 -- we're waiting on council before we can have a discussion. 502 00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:30,760 And I think most items we can probably come back with a discussion. 503 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:40,160 >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Anybody else have any comments or questions about the process? 504 00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:45,960 This is how you get an item on the agenda. >> Okay. So could you just give us an example? 505 00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:49,440 The next meeting is already scheduled for the greenhouse gas management. So could you 506 00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:54,680 just give us a scenario where this works in this matrix? Maybe it will help me kind of 507 00:58:54,680 --> 00:59:04,520 understand better. >> So it might say that oh, map fry requested 508 00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:12,160 an update on the greenhouse gas inventory. And brand and Mr. Bishop also wanted to see 509 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:18,960 that. And so staff is going to bring that back. And then to work along with that, say 510 00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:23,920 maybe you wanted an update of regional air quality initiatives. And everybody on the 511 00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:29,960 committee supported hearing about that. So we're going to bring that back. 512 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:39,480 And then we might have one that is -- oh, gosh. We want to know about how the valet 513 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:43,920 trash program is working on the square and on fry street. And that might not fit on the 514 00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:51,200 next agenda. But we all know that that was a request and it will come in the future. 515 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:55,020 We're having planning come and talk about future development. 516 00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:59,320 >> And Catherine, do those requests, if they come up during a discussion, during a presentation, 517 00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:07,680 do they need to be reiterated during concluding items? Or is it how -- at what point does 518 01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:13,200 somebody -- or would they -- they would e-mail staff if they had something or the chair? 519 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:20,760 Is that another way? I'm asking so that the members know if they have an idea or a question, 520 01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,480 what ways can they get their item on this matrix? 521 01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:30,600 >> I think we will try to capture them during discussion. If in concluding items, if somebody 522 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:35,320 wants to reiterate and make sure that we got it, that would be great, too. And then whenever 523 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:39,320 -- of course, when you see the minutes, if you say, oh, my gosh, I'll totally miss that, 524 01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:44,080 you can e-mail us. >> Okay. All right. Is everybody okay with 525 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:54,720 that? Do you have any questions about the process? No? Okay. All right. Well, it looks 526 01:00:54,720 --> 01:01:04,200 like it's settled, then. We will move on to our last item, which is concluding items. 527 01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:13,200 Does anyone have any concluding items? Ed? >> Can we put things on the matrix now? 528 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:21,520 Yes. >> Okay. I have -- I would like to investigate 529 01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:34,960 -- I would like to see somehow a climate change projection done for Denton, either by an outside 530 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:43,360 consultant or in-house. I made some remarks about that earlier. And I would also like 531 01:01:43,360 --> 01:02:06,000 to see a projection of development within the next 10, 20 years. 532 01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:21,560 >> I think she froze up or something. >> I think she did. Adam, go ahead. 533 01:02:21,560 --> 01:02:27,080 >> Catherine, you mentioned it. I'm glad Mack asked for examples. I'm really concerned about 534 01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:31,880 air quality, and I know that's a priority for a lot of folks. If you could -- and it 535 01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:36,920 sounds like this fits the next meeting. If there's a way you could bring us up to speed 536 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:42,880 on who's doing what, where we've been, where we think we're going, projections and trends, 537 01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:47,600 and so that we can think about what are smart things that we can do to make that better. 538 01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:49,800 >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. Thank you. 539 01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:56,520 >> Brian? >> Yeah, just a future item for the matrix. 540 01:02:56,520 --> 01:03:02,240 Really interested under focus topic for energy, community solar, and where the city's efforts 541 01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:08,240 on residential solar projects stand, and how those are funded, and some possible considerations 542 01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:17,040 we could take to improve that. >> Matt? 543 01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:21,280 >> Could I add to the next meeting, too, on what Adam just said, could we get some background 544 01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:28,160 on some of the monitoring on the air quality, so just the sources of the data that the city 545 01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:37,260 is relying on regionally, and it's just included in that discussion. I'd like to. 546 01:03:37,260 --> 01:03:43,560 >> Is there an environmental director? >> Good question. 547 01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:51,800 >> Has that position not been filled? >> It has not. 548 01:03:51,800 --> 01:04:02,220 >> Okay. All right. Anyone else have any? >> I don't know if this is public information, 549 01:04:02,220 --> 01:04:07,040 but Catherine, is there a search on now for that position? 550 01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:12,600 >> Yes. >> Great. Okay. Thanks. 551 01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:18,800 >> I would like to have an update on education and the classes. I know that there was a question 552 01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:27,240 mark out by that, and education is really important in our city and the classes, so 553 01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:35,040 at some point, and we talked about in that same line, equity, how we make sure the education 554 01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:45,080 gets out across the city and how we make sure it reaches everyone, and everyone has a fair 555 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:50,680 shot at that education. >> Absolutely. 556 01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:58,880 >> Okay. Brand, do you have another question? >> Just a procedural question. When we're 557 01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:05,200 requesting items to go on the project matrix, is that to be directly set off to the next 558 01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:09,720 meeting, say for just the one that I just mentioned about the community solar projects? 559 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:14,520 I don't know timeline on it necessarily. I think it would just go well synergistically 560 01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:20,180 to talk about it whenever we bring up the energy focus area. So if I were to put something 561 01:05:20,180 --> 01:05:24,640 on the project matrix, does that necessarily mean that it's going to be on the next meeting? 562 01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:30,200 >> No. Generally, it doesn't. So it depends on the time of research involved and when 563 01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:39,080 staff can get to it. But generally, it's not too far out because we don't want our agenda 564 01:05:39,080 --> 01:05:47,720 really full. So when staff sets the agenda, it's within reasonable items list. So it might 565 01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:53,140 go in order or if it fits into the framework that we're talking about, that item might 566 01:05:53,140 --> 01:06:00,280 be put in there as a discussion item. Catherine, you can add to it if that's how I understand 567 01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:05,560 it to be. But you can go ahead and add more if you'd like. 568 01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:12,440 >> That is how it works usually. We're looking at the agenda and trying not to be here all 569 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:19,880 evening or for four hours. But if we feel like we can plug in like a small presentation 570 01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:26,160 from DME about solar that goes along with that, then we could do that. But it may be 571 01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:30,520 that it has to come back, just depending on folks' schedules, too. It may be that has 572 01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:37,520 to be pushed out to two meetings away. >> And, Brand, every meeting, we'll look 573 01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:42,280 at the matrix and go through and see what items have come and what items have not. And 574 01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:47,600 so we can ask about that, you know, where is that? When are we going to hear it? And, 575 01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:52,640 you know, update ourselves on it, on where it is in the process. 576 01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:57,960 >> And we usually try to assign a date that that will come back if it's not the next meeting. 577 01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:02,880 >> Thank you, guys, for that explainer. >> Matt? 578 01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:08,400 >> Just to clarify, so for the next meeting, we've got the topics set. We've already suggested 579 01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:14,120 a couple things to focus on. In the timeline of things, this is about a month away when 580 01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:20,880 we'll meet again. When will we get an agenda? Will we get some background material to read? 581 01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:27,360 Or, like, is there a time scale between now and then in terms of items coming our way? 582 01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:31,920 Or is it just we show up at the meeting in the day before, you know, like this meeting, 583 01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:38,040 we got the agenda and stuff? >> It will be -- so that will be a Monday 584 01:07:38,040 --> 01:07:47,120 meeting, I believe, so you'll get it on the Friday before. So, yeah, we had some challenges 585 01:07:47,120 --> 01:07:51,640 with the first meeting, but we'll try to get that to you about three days ahead in the 586 01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:57,000 future. >> So the suggestion would be then to look 587 01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:04,560 at the framework document on that topic on -- in my mind, as I'm trying to prepare my 588 01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:10,440 mind for this, because there's a lot of things in that, you know, it's time consuming to 589 01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:16,280 go through the whole thing, but I think focusing on certain topics is the best way to go. So 590 01:08:16,280 --> 01:08:20,600 focusing on the document and then being prepared for that Friday before to have some more direction 591 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:25,280 on what specifically we're going to talk about. >> Yes, and since we're going to be talking 592 01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:32,500 about greenhouse gas, probably go ahead and -- our greenhouse gas inventories are online, 593 01:08:32,500 --> 01:08:38,380 so if you want to look on the City of Denton website, you can see -- I believe there's 594 01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:49,560 at least three years of history online right now. So J.T. is waving at me. I may have misstated 595 01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:52,500 something. >> No, you didn't. I was just going to also 596 01:08:52,500 --> 01:08:57,240 recommend that there are a couple of COE meetings posted as public record as well that will 597 01:08:57,240 --> 01:09:02,240 have some of the background, of course, that we'll cover at the next meeting, but if you're 598 01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:07,880 incredibly interested in a primer, that would be a good place to start. 599 01:09:07,880 --> 01:09:12,260 >> Ed? >> Just a clarification. The next meeting 600 01:09:12,260 --> 01:09:21,880 is going to be on the Friday of May 27th, correct? When the meeting is moved to Friday? 601 01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:24,960 From 1 to 3? >> It will be in June. The next meeting will 602 01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:32,600 be in June, right? >> But it won't be a Monday, it will be the 603 01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:37,880 Friday. >> Sorry. It's in my notes. It's not concrete 604 01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:42,680 in my head yet. >> All right. Thanks. 605 01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:49,460 >> I'll clean that up. >> All right, everybody. Well, I think we 606 01:09:49,460 --> 01:09:55,900 should draw this. If everybody is okay and good to go, no more questions or any more 607 01:09:55,900 --> 01:09:59,200 questions? I don't want to limit conversation if there is one. 608 01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:05,880 >> I'll just say if anything comes up in the interim, feel free to email me. 609 01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:12,140 >> Yes. Yeah, do that. And thank you, everyone. It was a great first meeting. I'm really excited 610 01:10:12,140 --> 01:10:18,640 about what we can do and learn and recommend. I think we can make really great progress 611 01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:24,480 here in our city as a committee. So thank you for your time today and thank you, staff. 612 01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:29,440 And we will adjourn at 312. Thank you. >> Thank you all so much. 613 01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:30,440 >> Thank you, everybody. Nice meeting you.