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NO WHEELER AND I AM THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE JSC JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION COMMITTEE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6 24 WITH QUORUM.AND AFTER THE CALL TO ORDER, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS FOR SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS OR HOW MANY SPEAKERS? THANK YOU.
AND THEN NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MARCH 30TH MINUTES, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS.UM, SO I GUESS I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OPPOSED TO PASSING THE MINUTES FROM MARCH? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND Y'ALL JUST AS A REFRESHER FOR VOTES.
UM, PLEASE DO TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON IF YOU ARE ABLE TO.
CAN WE RECORD THAT OR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT DID VOTE? YES.
[2.a) Austin Bergstrom International Airport Presentation– Jennifer Williams, BJ Carpenter, Lyn Estabrook, and Kane Carpenter, ABIA (Discussion)]
UM, THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER WILLIAMS, BJ CARPENTER, LYNN ESTABROOK, CAIN CARPENTER.NICE TO BE HERE, UM, AS TO DO THE QUICK INTRODUCTION, UM, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MATERIAL.
SO, UM, IF WE GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY, JUST WE'LL COME BACK TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME TO PRESENT HERE.
UM, THIS IS VERY DIVERSE GROUP.
UM, AND A LOT OF, UH, DECISION MAKERS ARE ON THIS POSITION ARE ON THIS PRESENTATION.
SO I'M GONNA KICK IT OFF WITH LYNN ESTABROOK AND, UM, SHE IS OVER DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT, AND SO SHE HAS QUITE A BIT OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN JENNIFER'S GOING TO SPEAK AND I THINK BJ CARPENTER WILL GO OVER.
HE'S OUR SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR, JENNIFER WILLIAMS IS OUR, UH, AIRPORT PLANNER.
SHE LEADS THAT WHOLE GROUP AND THEN I'M KANE CARPENTER AND I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER, SO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME A GOOD, UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN.
WE ARE, UH, EXCITED TO BE HERE AND, UM, WE'RE GETTING, WE ARE, I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE FAST AGAIN, SO I'M SORRY IF WE'VE GOT A LOT TO SHOW YOU, SO CAN I MOVE IT OR ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE IT? OKAY, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, OF THE AIRPORT, WE DO SERVE OVER 21 COUNTIES.
UM, IN 2018, THE STATE DID AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND IT SHOWED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS A $7.6 BILLION ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE REGION.
WE DO, UH, SERVE THAT SORT OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL IN TEXAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, 6% OF THE OVERALL US POPULATION LIVES IN THAT GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE AIRPORT.
SO THE CAMPUSES AS A WHOLE IS OVER 4,200 ACRES.
IT'S GOT TWO WIDELY SPACE RUNWAYS.
AND THE REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT THAT.
UH, THEY'RE IN A NORTH SOUTH DIRECTION, THAT'S SORT OF THE ULTIMATE, UH, DIRECTION FOR THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN WITH THE PREVAILING WINDS.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS SIMULTANEOUSLY IF WE EVER NEED TO.
UM, IT ALSO, THE LOG-IN GIRL LARGER, WIDER, UH, RUNWAY IS A RUNWAY THAT CAN GET, UH, ASIA FLIGHTS IT'S THAT LONG.
AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE REGION AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, 34 GATES.
UH, WE'VE GOT OVER 1.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RENTAL CAR FACILITY AT THE FRONT DOOR, GOT LOTS OF PARKING SPACES.
WE'VE GOT FIXED BASED OPERATORS.
THOSE ARE THE, UM, SORT OF PRIVATE PLANE TYPE AREAS.
WE'VE GOT A LARGE CARGO APRON, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIVERSE CARRIERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY LIKE AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
WE'RE NOT A HUB TO DELTA OR TO UNITED OR TO AMERICAN.
WE HAVE EVERYBODY AT THE AIRPORT.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO AIRPORT HOTELS ON CAMPUS, AND ALSO NOT A LOT
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OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO ON OUR CAMPUS AT THE VERY SOUTHERN AREA.AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT THAT IS WE ALSO HAVE AN AREA DEDICATED FOR, UM, FUELING PLANES FOR FIRES.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT WHOLE SETUP.
SO WHEN THERE ARE FIRES IN THE REGION, THEY CAN COME LOAD THE GIANT PLANES WITH WATER AND GET TO THE AREAS QUICKLY.
SO THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC AIM AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, OUR VISION IS TO BE THE GATEWAY TO THE WORLD AND WE DO HAVE A MISSION AND A PROMISE.
AND, UM, PART OF THESE THINGS ALL ALIGN WITH SD 23, WHICH WE LIVE IN THE MOBILITY AREA, OF COURSE, OF THIS D 23.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE, UM, AND BE A GATEWAY TO THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN TERMS OF JOBS, AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER, UM, CORPORATIONS AND AGENCIES THAT NEED TO HAVE, UH, JOBS AND PERFORM AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND WE WANT TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE, UM, A HOLISTIC, SUSTAINABLE APPROACH FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND OF COURSE BE A SAFE, CONVENIENT, TRAVEL, UH, EXPERIENCE FOR OUR PASSENGERS.
SO THE HISTORIC, UH, ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT IS THAT ORANGE LINE.
UM, THE MASTER PLAN WAS THAT SORT OF STAR.
OF COURSE, THERE'S THE BIG DIP WHEN COVID FIRST HIT.
WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, UM, CHART IS THAT THE MASTER PLAN, WHEN WE DID THE 2040 MASTER PLAN THAT WE FINISHED IN 2018, THE HIGH GROWTH WAS THE GREEN LINE ON THIS CHART.
AND THE LOW GROWTH WAS THE LINE BELOW THAT SORT OF LIKE A DARK BLUE LINE.
AND, UM, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT MOST AIRPORTS NATIONALLY, UH, GROW AROUND TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH FAA TO AGREE, TO GIVE US, UH, AN APPROVAL AT A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT GROWTH RATE, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY OUR MEAN WAS 5.5%.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S LESS THAN OUR HISTORIC MEAN, IT WAS STILL VERY HIGH FOR THE FAA TO APPROVE, UM, A 4.5%.
AND IF ANYONE WORKS WITH BANKS OR, OR WORKS AT A BANK, THEY'LL ALSO KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY HIGH GROWTH RATE FOR PROVING BONDS ALSO.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO GET THAT, UH, IN THERE, BUT AS PLANNERS AND, UM, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAYING GROUP, AS YOU'LL KNOW, WE STILL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AT A MUCH HIGHER GROWTH RATE.
AND SO THAT YELLOW IS GOLD LINE IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING A RETURN TO THE MEAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HISTORICALLY.
AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT IN 2030 ISH, RIGHT? I LIKE TO SAY, I THINK A BETTER HASHTAG IS A 30 BY 2030, RIGHT? 30 BY 30.
IT'S RUNNING AROUND THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN A, IN A FUTURE CHART, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HERE'S OUR MONTHLY NUMBERS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2019, NOT EVEN JUST PARTICULATES, ALL PRETEND 2020, DIDN'T HAPPEN, PLEASE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2019, THE HIGH OF MARCH, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MARCH DATA, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'RE STILL COMPILING THE APRIL DATA, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT MARCH, THE 2019 NUMBERS WAS 1.5 MILLION PASSENGERS FOR THAT MONTH, WE ACTUALLY HIT 1.8 IN 2022.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY ABOUT PEOPLE LINES OUTSIDE AND ALL KINDS OF CRAZINESS, BECAUSE WE TRULY ARE EXCEEDING WAY BEYOND THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO FOR THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH HAS THAT DOTTED LINE, UM, LET ALONE WHAT WE DID IN PAST YEARS.
SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, UM, FOR JEN, JUST CAUSE THERE'S TWO SLIDES THIS WAY, WE'D GO A LITTLE FASTER, BUT SHE'S HERE FOR QUESTIONS BECAUSE SHE'S KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.
SO THIS WAS, UH, IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2018.
THAT'S A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING FROM THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN THE, WHAT I CALL THE GUIDING, UH, PLAN, THE GUIDING SORT OF DRAWING THAT SHOWS ZONING, I WOULD CALL IT MORE, UM, A ZONING TYPE MAP WHERE THE COLORS MEAN THAT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY GOES IN THAT TYPE OF AREA.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WITH THE MASTER PLAN IS THAT NOT OTHER MASTER PLANS AT OUR AIRPORT HAD DONE BEFORE.
WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, SOME PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT IN SAN ANTONIO AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR LIMITS AND WE'LL WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR LIMITS.
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE REGION AS A WHOLE? AND WE HAD NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE HADN'T REALLY STUDIED IT.
AND SO IT WAS PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN.
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WHAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT SO THAT WE UNDERSTOOD FOR THE REGION, WHERE WOULD IT BE GOING? WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE OF ANY AIRPORT FOR THE REGION? AND SO IN WORKING WITH THE MASTER PLANNING GROUP, WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAMPUS CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 80 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS.AND THAT'S A VERY LARGE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, UM, CLOSE, CLOSE TO DFW KIND OF AIRPORT.
SO IT'S ANOTHER LARGE AIRPORT FOR TEXAS NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK THESE ARE BJ'S CONNECT SLIDE.
BJ WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY STUFF AT THE AIRPORT FOR BJ.
I'M THE SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, SO AT AUSTIN, UH, THE BIRDS FROM AIRPORT, WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PHILOSOPHY AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOST FORTUNE 500 COUNTRY COMPANIES THAT HAVE THREE PILLARS THAT SUPPORT THEIR, UM, THEIR PROGRAM.
AND, UH, AND THEY USE FOR, FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. AIRPORTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE A FOURTH PILLAR, UH, AND ITS OPERATIONS.
UM, SINCE WE ARE TIED INTO A WORLDWIDE NETWORK, UH, KEEPING THE AIRPORT OPEN, KEEPING THE AIRPORT RUNNING EFFECTS, UH, HAS A HUGE EFFECT ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD.
SO UP TO US, OPERATIONS IS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT, THAT HOLDS UP THE ROOF OF THE AIRPORT.
UM, WE HAVE ECONOMY, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WE HA WE, WE TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON ALL FOUR OF THOSE, UH, PILLARS, UH, BECAUSE IF ANY, ONE OF THEM FALLS DOWN, THE ROOF FALLS DOWN NEXT SLIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STATEMENT.
THIS WAS CREATED BACK IN 2017 AND SIGNED OFF BY THE CEO OF THE AIRPORT.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THIS, UH, AND HAVING IT RESIGNED BY THE NEW CEO.
UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, THOUGHT PROCESSES IN EVERY ASPECT, WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, INTEGRATE CLEAN VEHICLES, PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OFFSETS FROM SUSTAINABLE SOURCES.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT AT THE AIRPORT THAT WE COULD USE MOVING FORWARD.
I'VE TRIED TO PUT THE REST OF THIS PORT.
THE REST OF THIS SLIDE IS, OR THESE SLIDES ARE ORGANIZED TO SHOW HOW THE AIRPORT IS FITTING UNDER THE CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION PLAN.
UM, IT'S UNDER THE SAME BASIC BUCKETS THAT WERE CREATED IN THAT PLAN.
UH, SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS IS, IS, UH, ONE COMPONENT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS SINCE THE AIRPORT OPENED.
WE HAVE A LEAD SILVER LEAD GOLD, AND MORE RECENTLY WE MOVED OVER TO THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM, UM, WHICH, UH, THE THREE-STAR, UH, LEVEL OF THE PROGRAM IS THE GOAL, UM, LEED SILVER AS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS HERE THAT ACHIEVE LEED GOLD BEYOND THE CITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR GOALS ARE TO, UH, TO ACHIEVE AS HIGH LEVEL AS WE CAN REASONABLY THAT FITS UNDER AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE FOUR PILLARS.
UM, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW UNDER THE GREEN STAR RATING.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HAS COMPLETED IT IS THE, UH, THE ACDC BUILDING, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE AUSTIN CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE ME A SECOND ON THAT ONE.
UH, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE THESE CARGO FACILITY AND THE WEST GATE EXPANSION.
UM, OTHER, UH, THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS AT AUSTIN IS THE RECENT NEW SOLAR ARRAY.
IT WAS, UH, WHICH WAS A COOPERATION WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, 6,000 PANELS, UH, ON THE ROOF OF THE BLUE GARAGE.
WE HAVE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT TO WHERE WE CAN, UH, SHAVE OFF, UH, ENERGY USAGE DURING PEAK HOURS TO HELP, UH, THE, UH, THE NETWORK.
WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED A UTILITY DASHBOARD WHERE WE REVIEW ALL OF OUR UTILITIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, WE HAVE AUTOMATED BUILDING SYSTEMS. UM, WE WERE DOING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING EMBODIED CARBON, AND WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT PROJECTS WITH LOW CARBON CONCRETE, NEXT SLIDE, TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPORT IS WE ARE A TRANSPORTATION HUB.
UM, ELECTRIFICATION A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER THE PAST, UH, YEARS AT THE AIRPORT, UH, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2015.
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DC FAST CHARGERS, UH, 44 LEVEL TWO CHARGERS, SIX LEVEL, ONE CHARGERS AND 20 GSE CHARGING POINTS ON THE APRON FOR, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT MOVES THE PLANES AROUND.WE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A CHARGING MASTER PLAN, AND WE HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW WITH TESLA, UBER, AND THE AIRLINES RELATED TO ELECTRIFICATION, OTHER ITEMS, UH, THAT ARE RELATED ELECTRIFICATION, UH, OR TRANSPORTATION TO THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE ARE EXPANDING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET.
UM, YOU CAN SEE NUMBER 6 0 8, RIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF THOSE, THE AIRPORT.
AND WE WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT, UH, AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT, FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES IS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF DEVELOPED DURING COVID.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY HOPING TO EXTEND THAT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN SO FAR FOR EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME METRO RIDE SHARE.
THAT'S A PROGRAM WE PROMOTE DURING OUR NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION TRAINING.
UM, I ACTUALLY GIVE THE TRAINING ON THAT PORTION OF IT.
UH, SO WE PROMOTE THAT TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT COME, UH, COME TO WORK AT THE AIRPORT AS THEY COME ON BOARD, UH, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR INTERNAL SIDEWALKS AND WE EVEN NOW, OR BORDER BORDERING HAVING A CONNECTION WITH THE DOWNTOWN BY HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS.
I THINK THE LAST CONNECTION UNDER 180 3 INTERCHANGE IS, UH, JUST GOTTA BE FINISHED UP FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PURCHASED AN ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRIC BIKES.
WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC BIKE PROGRAM ON CAMPUS TO GET FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER, DURING GOOD WEATHER WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP INTO A VEHICLE AND MAYBE USE GAS TO GET OVER TO A MEETING.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW BUS STOP, WHICH IS REALLY COOL IN THE SHAPE OF A GUITAR, UH, IN FRONT OF THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, ACTIVELY WORKING WITH CAP METRO ON THE BLUE LINE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, FOOD PRODUCT TO CONSUMPTION.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, ON, UH, WASTE DIVERSION FOR, UH, QUITE A FEW YEARS, MANY YEARS NOW.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT A 37% TERMINAL WASTE DIVERSION RATE.
UM, SO 37% OF THE MATERIAL IS NOT GOING INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND, WHICH IS, UH, UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND HOPE TO INCREASE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE, WE CREATED, UH, THE PASSENGERS AND THE AIRPLANES AND THE, UH, EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE ONSITE CREATE ABOUT 10 TONS OF WASTE PER DAY.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE MANAGE, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS, WE DEVELOPED A DEEP PLANE WASTE PROGRAM.
WE'RE THE ONLY AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA THAT WE KNOW OF THAT, UH, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE WASTE COMING OFF OF EVERY ONE OF THE AIRPLANES IS ACTUALLY BEING SORTED AT THE TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEM MURPH.
SO ALL OF THAT IS BEING, BEING TREATED AS RECYCLABLE MATERIAL, AND IT IS BEING, UH, SORTED THROUGH THEIR MURPHY, UH, TDS.
WE'VE DEVELOPED, POURED OUT STATIONS.
THERE'S A PICTURE RIGHT HERE ON THE BOTTOM CENTER OF ONE WHERE, UH, PASSENGERS CAN COME IN AND DUMP THEIR DRINKS.
UH, AS, AS THEY GET TO SECURITY WHERE THE SECURITY TSA AGENT GOES, YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT THROUGH.
THEY CAN DUMP THIS INTO A SINK AND THEN RECYCLE OR THROW IN THE TRASH, A COFFEE CUP.
THAT'S NOT RECYCLABLE OR COMPOSTABLE FOR INSTANCE.
UM, WE ARE EXPANDING THOSE AT THE, AT EACH OF THE TSA, UH, UH, SECURITY CHECKPOINTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMPOSTING PROGRAM, UH, IN THE BACK OF HOUSE, UH, WHICH FOLLOWS THE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN UNIVERSAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE.
UH, BUT BEYOND THAT, WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE VENDORS TO SWITCH OVER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL ON THE FRONT SIDE AND ARE WORKING TO COLLECT THAT THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL.
UM, WE HAVE A FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CONCESSIONAIRES TO TAKE FOOD THAT CAN NOT BE ON THE SHELF ANYMORE, BUT THAT IS STILL GOOD QUALITY AND, AND CAN BE EATEN.
UH, WE PARTNERED WITH THE BOSTON FED, THEY ARE COMING AND PICKING UP THE FOOD AND TAKING IT TO NEEDY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, CARBON FOOTPRINT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR CARBON FOOTPRINTS AROUND 3000 TO 4,000 METRIC TONS.
UH, THE CARBON FOOTPRINT DEFINITION IN THIS CASE IS THE, UH, SCOPE ONE AND SCOPE TWO EMISSIONS OF THE AIRPORT SCOPE TWO, WHICH IS ELECTRIC MEANS, UH, THE SCOPE TWO EMISSIONS ARE ZERO BECAUSE WE'RE ON AN AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN CHOICE PROGRAM.
WE, WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 2012, UM, BACK IN 2012 THAT CREATED AN 80% REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSIONS ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN THE CITY MANDATED THAT ALL FACILITIES GO TO GREEN CHOICE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST IMPACTS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN BUYING CARBON OFFSETS SINCE 2017 OR 2018, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, WE'VE, UH, CONTINUED TO DO THAT AS WE RECENTLY REACHED CARBON NEUTRALITY THROUGH, UM, THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL, UH, CARBON ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UH, AS OF 2019, WE OFFSET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR SCOPE, ONE EMISSIONS AND OUR BUSINESS TRAVEL.
UM, THAT IS WHAT THE DEFINITION OF A CARBON NEUTRAL IS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UM, IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR AIRPORTS IT'S AIRPORT SPECIFIC.
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OUR PROVIDER TO, UH, SOURCE RENEWABLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.SO, UH, ABOUT 30% OF OUR SHUTTLE BUS FLEET THAT PICKS UP PASSENGERS FROM, UH, THE OUTSIDE LOTS, UM, RUNS OFF RENEWABLE, UH, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.
SO ZERO EMISSIONS FROM THAT, WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE EVEN ALSO SHARED EXTRA CREDITS OF THAT WITH, UH, OTHER TENANTS ON SITE AND REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY, UH, 66% FOR EACH ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, AIRLINES OF VOLUNTARY ELECTRIFIED ABOUT 40 PLUS VEHICLES, UH, ON THE RAMP AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM.
WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
UM, HERE IS THE CURRENT TERM OR THE 2019 CARBON FOOTPRINT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LARGEST COMPONENT IS NATURAL GAS.
UM, THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS IN GREEN THAT IS GONE.
WE HAVE OFFSET THAT WITH RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, UH, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FOR THE BUS FLEET NOW.
SO IT'S CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE 2019.
NEXT SLIDE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WAS, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT HAPPENED DURING THE, UH, THE RECENT PROCESS WITH AN AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAD TO DEVELOP A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN WITH ALL OF OUR TENANTS ON SITE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S 162 DIFFERENT TENANTS ONSITE.
UH, WE PRIORITIZE THOSE, UM, AND WE IDENTIFIED THEM AND PRIORITIZE THEM AND PUT THEM IN CATEGORIES.
UM, THIS INCLUDES AWARENESS, CAMPAIGNS, MEETINGS, AND COMMUNICATION INCENTIVES, JOINT INITIATIVES, AND TRACKING, UH, FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR, UM, CATEGORIES OF TYPES OF TENANTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE CERTAIN GOALS WITH THE AIRLINES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.
WE HAVE CERTAIN GOALS WITH THE, UM, THE PARKING PROVIDERS AS WELL.
UM, AND THE FOCUS FOR 2021 IS, UH, FOR THE AIRLINES IS GROUND POWER, GROUND POWER UNITS, PC AIR UNITS, UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL CHARGING CAPABILITY ON THE RAMP TO WHERE THE AIRLINES CAN SWAP OUT THE OLDER DIESEL EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, UM, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF GSE, UH, AND THAT INCLUDES PUTTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OUR NEW PROJECTS AND SEEKING GRANTS AND FUNDING TO WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, WITH THOSE ENTITIES AND TRY TO HELP, UH, OFFSET THE COST OF PUTTING THESE THINGS IN PLACE.
AND WITH THE PARKING COMPANIES WE'RE FOCUSING ON RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS SHARING AND EXPANDING THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND FINALLY, THIS WAS, UH, ONE OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS RECENTLY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS, UH, THE ACHIEVING THE CARBON NEUTRALITY THROUGH THE ACI PROGRAM.
UM, THAT WAS A PICTURE OF, UH, ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AT THE ACI CONFERENCE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT, UM, AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
NO, NO, JUST KEEP ON GOING WITH THE SAME.
WE ALL PUT IT IN ONE BIG THINGS.
SO THIS WAS THE MAP, UM, THAT, UH, WAS USED, UH, IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS MAP IS THE COLOR CODING.
I THINK THAT'S THE ARCHITECT IN ME.
YOU SORT OF ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE WHOLE EXPANSION PROGRAM FROM THE AIRFIELD, FROM UTILITIES, FROM ROADWAY, UM, THE TERMINAL ITSELF, UM, AND THEN SERVICE AREAS IN YARD.
SO, UM, I TELL LOTS OF PEOPLE THOUGH, THERE ARE 32 MAJOR ELEMENTS.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY PROJECTS.
SO THE OVERALL ARCHING PROGRAM ELEMENTS IS WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OPTIMIZING THE EXISTING TERMINAL, THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL.
UM, THERE WILL BE A NEW CONCOURSE, UM, 10 PLUS GATES AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 20, WHICH IS WHAT WAS APPROVED OR WHAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE EA.
UM, THERE'LL BE A TUNNEL THAT CONNECTS THE EXISTING TERMINAL TO THE NEW TERMINAL, AND THEN THERE'LL BE NEW TAXIWAYS AND TAXI LANES AND OTHER, UH, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, STORMWATER, UM, LINES FOR, UM, GOING TO OUR NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT AND MANY OTHER, UH, UTILITY THINGS ON THE AIR SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE OVERARCHING ELEMENTS.
SO, UM, WITHIN THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS THE BAGS FASTER AND EFFICIENT.
IT WAS THE, IT'S AN ORIGINAL SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT IN AFTER NINE 11.
AND SO, UM, IT IS MED IT'S LIFE.
IT IS ALSO, UM, THERE ARE NEW, THERE'S MUCH MORE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN PROCESS BAGS FASTER AT AND LOOK FOR MORE, UM, SENSITIVE, UH, THINGS, UH, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN BAGS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING PASSENGER SCREENING ALONG,
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UM, WITH THE BAGGAGE, UH, MACHINES THAT GO WITH THOSE, UH, LINES THAT YOU STAND IN FOR TSA, WE'RE WORKING ON TICKETING AREAS, WE'RE ADDING NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN KEEP TRACK OF, UH, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND, UH, GATE EXPANSION, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE GREEN AREA OR THOSE SORT OF DEMAND CAPACITY INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO START TO LOOK AT.UM, WE'VE GOT SOME RFQ IS OUT IN THE STREET RIGHT NOW ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, INCLUDING THE AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO STORE, LEAVE, PUT OUT ONE FOR THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT, UM, AND SOME STORM WATER, UH, WORK AND AUSTIN, AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN ENERGY ON A NEW SUBSTATION.
AND, UM, WE'RE PROUD THAT THAT SUBSTATION WILL JUST FEED THE AIRPORT.
IT WILL HELP FEED THE RE THE AREA AND PROVIDE REDUNDANCY FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE AREA AS A WHOLE, UM, WHICH IS NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO ON THESE HOT WEATHER DAYS, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.
UM, THE, IN THE YELLOW AREA IS THE SORT OF HIGHER, THE NEXT LEVEL OF, OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES THE CONCOURSE, UM, ANY KIND OF THE TUNNEL THAT GOES TO IT.
AND OF COURSE, UM, THE ART THAT WILL BE THE CROWNING JUUL WHEN THE WHOLE, UH, PROGRAM IS FINISHED.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF PROJECTS.
AND, AND AS I TALKED ABOUT, THE 30 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO OPEN THE NEW CONCOURSE SOMETIME IN 2027.
UM, SOME MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IT TAKES ABOUT YEARS TO PLAN DESIGN AND BUILD THINGS IN AUSTIN.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW TO KEEP ON TOP OF THOSE, UM, PROJECTS AND THOSE INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO MEET THAT 20, 27 TIMEFRAME FOR THE FULL CONCOURSE, AS WELL AS THE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT CONCOURSE GETS BUILT.
SO I'M GOING TO BRING THAT KANE, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE OTHER OKAY.
THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, QUITE A FEW SLIDES, SO, UM, WE ARE NOW, UM, I WAS ASKED TO ADD SOME SLIDES, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION REGARDING AIR EMISSIONS.
SO IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UM, WE DID RUN, UM, AN FAA APPROVED MODEL THAT IN MODELS, THE AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AND THE NOISE FROM AIRCRAFT, UM, THAT'S, UM, ADT IS THE MODEL NAME.
AND SO THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES WHAT A DEFAULT RUN WOULD BE.
SO WE HAVE 20, 27 OPERATIONS FOR AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT SIDE.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE THE TWENTY, TWENTY SEVEN WITH WHAT WE CALL THE AUSTIN CONDITION.
SO TYPICALLY WE DO WITH THE DEFAULT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE SHOWED THE WORST CASE.
SO WE WANT TO SHOW, WE WANT TO, HEY, THIS IS NOBODY CAN QUESTION ANYTHING.
THESE ARE THE DEFAULT SETTINGS IN THE MODEL THAT FAA IS APPROVED.
SO THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WE DO, BUT WE CAN UPDATE THE MODEL WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DEMONSTRATES.
AND SO WHAT WE REALLY ARE, WE PUT INTO THE MODEL, UM, IS WE PUT IN 15% OF THE GSE OR THE EQUIPMENT, THE BAGGAGE TUGS, AND THE, AND THE BELT LOADERS THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, THEY'RE LOADING THE AIRCRAFT TODAY, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT 15% AND WE THINK THIS IS CONSERVATIVE, UM, OF THOSE ARE ELECTRIC TODAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING, WHICH IS HUGE, AND AUSTIN HAS BEEN DOING THIS VOLUNTARILY, UM, SINCE THE AIRPORT OPENED, UM, THE ORIGINAL LEADERS OF THE AIRPORT REQUIRED THAT, UM, AIR CONDITIONING HEATING SYSTEMS BE PLACED ON THE JET BRIDGES AND ALSO A POWER UNIT THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAN PLUG INTO.
AND SO THE BENEFIT OF THAT, SO WHEN YOU PULL UP TO AUSTIN, THE AIRCRAFT IS TURNED OFF AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND WHAT ANY COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO IS TURN OFF THAT GREEN BOX.
AND SO IN THAT GREEN BOX, ON THE BACK OF EVERY AIRCRAFT IS A GENERATOR AND THAT'S CALLED AN APU AUXILIARY POWER UNIT, AND THAT IS A JET ENGINE.
AND SO WE WANT THAT TURNED OFF AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT IS NO LONGER MOVING AND IS AT THE GATE.
AND SO THIS SCENARIO SHOWS OUR DEMONSTRATES THAT IN 2027, WITH THE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE PRETTY HIGH, UM, WE WOULD GET AN UN, UM, NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTION KNOCKS OF 30 TONS, AND WE WOULD GET VOC, VOLATILE, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
WE WOULD GET 2.1 TONS ANNUALLY.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE CARRIED FORWARD.
UM, WE DO THIS TODAY AS A BJ, UH, DISCUSS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ELECTRIFY.
UM, COUNCIL HAS, HAS ISSUED, UM, RESOLUTIONS TO MAKE
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SURE THAT WE DO THAT.AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS VOLUNTARILY, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2015.
SO THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON LYNN AND JENNIFER ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PC AIR UNITS AND WE HAVE GROUND POWER AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ELECTRIFY.
SO THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS THERE, UM, ARE, ARE QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
UM, 30 TONS IS, IS A GOOD AS A GOOD NUMBER.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF, UM, HOW WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT AUSTIN HAS ALREADY DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING GOING FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO PUT, YOU KNOW, BACK, UM, CAP COG DID A STUDY, UM, AN AIR EMISSIONS INVENTORY AND 2017.
WE WERE PART OF THAT CAP COG ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT TO BE MODELED.
SO IT WASN'T OUR MODELING EFFORT.
THEY HIRED THEIR OWN CONSULTING COMPANY.
UM, AND SO THAT AIRPORT NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE IS PRIMARILY US, UM, IT COULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, UM, EXECUTIVE AIRPORT OR, UM, AND, AND POSSIBLY, UM, GEORGETOWN, BUT THAT'S MOSTLY YOUR AIRPORT, UH, HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROJECTED IN 2017.
THAT'S THE LATEST DATA I COULD FIND.
I DIDN'T TALK TO, UH, ANDREW, BUT I LOOKED THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND I KNOW PHOEBE'S PART OF THIS TEAM.
AND THEN OVERALL, THOSE ARE THE EMISSIONS, UM, FROM 2017 FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE MSA AND AUSTIN AIRPORT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS, UM, VOLUNTARILY TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
SO I WAS ALSO, UM, WE WERE ASKED TO UPDATE THIS, UH, COMMISSION ON, UH, THE JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
UM, I KNOW WE WERE ASKED TO COME IN MARCH, BUT, UM, WE COULD NOT MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT.
AND THEN YOU GUYS DISCUSS THE PROJECT, WHICH, UM, WAS VERY, UM, PUBLICLY DISCUSSED.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT TODAY I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THE FACILITY IS HEAVILY REGULATED.
I MEAN, AND HEAVILY REGULATED THIS.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT PERMITS THAT THEY HAVE FROM THE TCQ, FROM TXDOT, FROM CITY OF AUSTIN, FROM AFD AS THEY GO FORWARD WITH THE NEW FACILITY.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO UPDATE SPILL CONTROL PLANS.
THEY'RE GONNA, UH, UPDATE THEIR FACILITY RESPONSE PLAN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
IF THIS PLACE HAS A LEAK, OR IF IT CATCHES ON FIRE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN THAT ALREADY HAS ALL THE RESOURCES INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN THAT CAN RESPOND TO A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OR SIGNIFICANT RELEASE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO, UH, EPA REGION SIX, WHICH IS IN DALLAS.
UM, IN TEXAS THAT OVERSEES AUSTIN.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE MORE STORMWATER PERMITS.
THEY WILL BE REPORTING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMUNITY, RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.
AND THEN, UM, THEY'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE PERMIT FROM, UH, FROM THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT.
THE, THE PICTURE I WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS EXISTING TANK FARM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE FACILITY IS INSPECTED EXTENSIVELY AND IT IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED.
AND WE HIRE THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANTS TO GO IN AND INSPECT THE LINER SYSTEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS FACILITY, UM, IS SAFE AND MAINTAINED, UM, AND PROPERLY.
SO IN THE RIGHT SIDE, CLEARLY IT'S VERY ORGANIZED, VERY BUSY FACILITY, BUT, BUT THE OPERATOR DOES DO A GOOD JOB.
AND WE, I HAVE BEEN INSPECTING THIS FACILITY OR HAVING STAFF THAT REPORTS TO ME FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITY, UH, NEXT LIGHT.
AND SO JUST SOME OF THE CONTROLS, UM, THAT PICTURE ON THE TOP IS THAT THERE'S A LINER, UM, THAT GOES UNDER THAT GRAVEL THAT'S INSIDE OF THE DIKE WHERE THE TANKS ARE, IT CAN HANDLE, UM, THE RELEASE, THE COMPLETE RELEASE OF ONE OF THOSE TANKS, FOR SURE.
NO, NO PROBLEM THERE, UM, THAT LINER'S INSPECTED EVERY 10 YEARS BY THIRD-PARTY LINER INSPECTOR THERE'S CORROSION SYSTEMS S YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, SPILL SYSTEMS WHERE THE, WHERE THE TRUCK IS UNLOADING THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DRAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE THAT GOES TO A COLLECTION AREA WHERE IF THAT TRUCK WERE TO HAVE A RELEASE, IT'S GOING TO BE ISOLATED IN THIS LARGE OIL WATER SEPARATOR, AND THEN WE CAN EXTRACT IT AT A LATER DATE, UH, AND SEND THAT OFF SITE FOR TREATMENT.
SO LOTS OF CONTROLS, LOTS OF INSPECTIONS, LOTS OF FIRE SAFETY.
UM, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS, UM, FOR THE TANKS AS THEY HAVE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TANKS CATCH ON FIRE, SPRAY DOWN FIRE FOAM, UM, VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN AND
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OPERATE.UM, AND FORTUNATELY IT'S NEVER BEEN, UM, ENGAGED, BUT, UM, LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
AND THESE WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT SITE.
SO NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL HERE, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU GUYS, UM, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE, WE WANT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND WE WANT TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION, BUT THE CITY, THE STATE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT OVERSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE INSPECTING THIS FACILITY.
THESE ARE THE OUTSIDE INSPECTION FREQUENCY AND, AND THE ENTITY ON TOP OF THIS, THEY'RE DOING DAILY, WEEKLY, QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS OF THE FACILITY AS THE OPERATOR.
SO LOTS OF OVERSIGHT, UM, OF, OF THE FUEL FARM, UH, AT YOUR AIRPORT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME FORMAL COMMITMENTS THAT KIND OF CAME THROUGH THE, UM, THE APPROVAL PROCESS, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL AND ON THIS COMMISSION ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UH, I'M GOING TO GO OVER QUICKLY, WHAT THOSE ARE THAT I BELIEVE ARE SIGNIFICANT.
UM, WE DID HIRE THIRD PARTIES TO, TO EVALUATE THE NEPA PROCESS, UM, WHICH IS THE EA CITED HERE.
WE, WE HIRED THIRD PARTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR AUTHORIZATIONS ARE LEGAL AND FOLLOW ALL THE PROTOCOLS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS AUTHORIZED BY THE EPA TO ADMINISTER THE CLEAN AIR ACT IN THIS STATE.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE EPA.
UM, WE, WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP A MONITORING PLAN.
UM, AND I AM WORKING ON THAT NOW.
SO I'M THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WEST SIDE TANK FARM IS IN COMPLIANCE AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHER FROM MONITORING IS GOING TO BE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OCCURRING AT THE FACILITY.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A MULTI CONSULTANT, UM, GROUP.
AND I AM PROCURING THOSE RIGHT NOW.
UM, I HAVE TWO, TWO OF THE CONSULTANTS ALREADY PROCURED, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN FOR THE TANK FARM, UM, AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
UM, SO JUST TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE TANK FARM LOOKS ALONG 180 3, THE AIRPORT IS COMMITTED TO, UM, A VERY NICE FENCE AND SCREENING SYSTEM.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ALONG 180 3 SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TANKS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE, UM, QUITE NICE.
AND, UM, THERE ALSO BE SOME AIPP MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE TO HAVE AIPP.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AIPP, UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, UH, FUNDS AND ARTISTS, UH, LOOKING TO IMPROVE, UM, THE VISUAL EFFECTS OF, OF THAT FACILITY.
UM, OUR CEO HAS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING A GREEN TEAM.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN PLACE AS BJ WENT OVER AND LEN WENT OVER, BUT THIS ONE IS GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE, MEANING IT'S DEFINITELY, WE NEED TO HAVE THE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING THAT PLAN.
UM, THEY WILL BE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE VISIONING OF WHAT, WHAT SUSTAINABLE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT, AND SO THE PART OF THAT GREEN TEAM IS GOING TO BE THIS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN JUST ONE POSITION, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A FULL TIME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL, WHICH I JUST MET ONE RIGHT HERE.
SO, UM, AND SO WE NEED TO LEARN FROM HER, UM, BUT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER FULL-TIME POSITION FOR SURE.
AND
AND THERE'LL BE PART OF THAT GREEN TEAM.
AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY UPDATES, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO POST TO SPEAK UP AUSTIN.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD PLATFORM AND, UM, FOR SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE YES.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS LONG-WINDED OVERVIEW OF YOUR AIRPORT.
I THINK WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, OR GO BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION IF WE CAN'T ANSWER THOSE TODAY.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? YES.
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SORRY, I CAN'T SEE THE NAMES.NOW I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT JUMPING ON, UM, REALLY APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION LEARNED SO MUCH THERE.
UM, SO MY QUESTION, UM, FOR YOU IS AROUND THE EMISSIONS.
SO I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT WE'LL PUT IN GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT.
AND YOU WERE BLOATED A DECLINE IN THE, UH, VOC, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT ADMISSION, UM, IN 20 THE ESTIMATE FOR HOW MUCH THEY WOULD DECLINE IN 2027.
I WAS CURIOUS IF, IF THEY DECLINE FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY, OR IF IT'S A DECLINE FROM WHERE WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN, ONCE EVERYTHING IS BUILT OUT IN 2027.
UM, SO THE MODEL TODAY, UM, FOR THE 2019 EMISSIONS, THE BASE CASE WAS WE USE THE DEFAULT SETTINGS AS I DESCRIBED IN THE, IN THE SLIDE.
UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO MORE DETAIL TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE DEFAULT SETTINGS WOULD BE VERSUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO IN AUSTIN.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FORWARD, BUT THE EMISSIONS WILL ULTIMATELY INCREASE, OF COURSE, I MEAN, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO INCREASE, AND SO WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN EMISSIONS, UM, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ELECTRIFY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE THIS, WHAT WE SHOWED YOU ON THE NOX REDUCTIONS FOR THE PC EHRS AND WHAT WE CALL THE GROUND POWER UNITS, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO BE TERMINATED.
UM, WE DO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TAXIWAY SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE EXITS OFF OF THE RUNWAYS.
SO THE AIRCRAFT ARE GOING TO GET OFF QUICKER AND GET TO THE GATE SO WE CAN TURN THEM OFF.
BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, EMISSIONS ARE GOING TO INCREASE THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER, UM, EMISSION ZERO EMISSION FUEL FOR, FOR AIRCRAFT TODAY AND, AND SUSTAINABLE FUELS ARE COMING ON THE MARKET, BUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, UM, TO THE INDUSTRY YET.
I HOPE, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION THEN.
WE'LL DO OUR NEXT QUESTION WAS RELATING TO THE, I KNOW THE TANK FARM ISSUE IS SETTLED.
COUNCIL MADE THE DETERMINATION IMPROVED IT.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ONE, IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE AT THE EPA LEVEL OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY BODY AS FAR AS THE DISTANCE THAT THE TANK FARM SHOULD BE FROM, FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING? I, AT THE TIME THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, I JUST COURSE WENT ON ON A GOOGLE EARTH AND STARTED MAPPING OUT LIKE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ROUND, OTHER AIRPORTS AROUND THE U S AND JUST NOTICE THIS WAS QUITE SHORTER DISTANCE THAN WHAT WE SEE OR WHAT I SAW, UM, AND ABOUT THE DOZEN AIRPORTS THAT I LOOKED AT THAT OUR INTERNATIONAL BASE.
SO IT WAS THEIR GUIDANCE THAT THERE IS.
I MEAN, CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT? UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PERMITS THAT ALLOW THE EMISSIONS FROM, UH, FROM THE TANKS.
UM, ONE PERMIT, WHICH IS A LEGAL OPTION FOR, FOR THE ENTITY TO USE.
UM, ONE PERMIT THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION, UM, DID HAVE A SETBACK OF 500 FEET.
SO, UM, BOTH, WE, WE CONFIRM THOSE WITH THE TCQ.
I, UM, WE HAD STAFF CALL TO BE SURE THAT THE PERMIT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE FUEL FARM OPERATOR AS BEING, YOU KNOW, VALID AND THE TCEQ VALIDATED THAT, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ONE OTHER POINT I WANT TO ADD, I THINK THE STATE OF TEXAS IS LOOKING INTO SOME, A NEW RULES, UH, FOR CHEMICAL STORAGE, UH, CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO I DO BELIEVE THE STATE, UM, WE, WE JUST, THE TCEQ HAD THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UM, WE HAD STAFF THERE, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THIS NEW, UM, POSSIBLE RULEMAKING THAT, UM, THERE COULD BE SOME NEW RULES COMING IN FOR SETBACKS.
SO, AND THEN WOULD THAT, WOULD, WOULD THAT APPLY TO THIS PROJECT OR YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT, OR IS THIS ALREADY IN THE PERMITS ALREADY APPROVED AND IT'S GRANDFATHERED IN IF NEW WELLS GCQ YES, SIR.
UM, NO, IT'S NOT GONNA APPLY TO THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT IT COULD APPLY TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS 15 YEARS AWAY FROM NOW.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE ADDITIONAL, WAS IT TOO? YES, SIR.
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GREAT, THANK YOU.YEAH, I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL HAVE HIRED AN EQUITY AND INCLUSION MANAGER, WE ARE WORKING, UM, THE AIRPORT IS KIND OF, PART OF THAT GREEN TEAM IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE HOLISTIC, I THINK.
AND THERE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING, WHAT DOES THE OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY PLAN LOOK LIKE FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT? SO, UM, THERE ARE TALKS CURRENTLY IN FY 23 BUDGET.
THERE'S A, THE OUTREACH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON THAT IS IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET THAT IS APPROVED FOR FY 23.
UM, SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU ALL HAVE NOT YET DONE THE EQUITY TRAININGS WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THAT'S IN THE WORKS? UM, WE, WE HAVE DONE, UM, SEVERAL TRAININGS, UM, DIVISION MANAGER LEVEL, UM, AND WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH, UM, THE EQUITY TOOL.
UM, AND SO WE WORKED THROUGH THAT IN 2021.
UM, AND WE HAVE A GROUP, UM, IN OUR HR SECTION THAT IS, IS FINALIZING THE RESULTS OF THE EQUITY TOOL.
SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PERSON THAT IS LEADING IT SPECIFICALLY, WHICH, UM, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO COME PRETTY SOON.
AND WE'RE ALL OF THOSE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN PRIOR TO, UM, PUTTING THE JET FUEL TANK FARM ACROSS FROM A WORKING CLASS LATINEX NEIGHBORHOOD OR THOSE THINGS THAT Y'ALL DID AFTER, UM, 2019 IS WHEN THE TANK FARM REALLY STARTED, UM, WHEN WE STARTED REALLY TALKING ABOUT DESIGN, UM, AND, AND GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS WITH FAA.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE LATE SUMMER OF 2019.
AND WE, WE WORKED THROUGH THE EQUITY TOOL, UM, IN 2021.
SO I, I THINK THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO THEN, UM, LOOKING BACK ON THE PROCESS, UM, AND HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL THEY WERE INCLUDED OR JUST WEREN'T INCLUDED.
UM, AND NOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE EQUITY TRAININGS, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE DONE THE PROCESS DIFFERENTLY? WELL, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO, UH, EVERY GROUP, BUT, UM, CLEARLY I THINK I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION BY SAYING, LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID FOR THE RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT WHERE, UM, THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE TANK FARM OR WERE CONVEYED OVER INTO THIS RECENT EA, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF US MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, AND BEING, UH, MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT.
WE HAD EXTENSIVE MEETINGS, WE WENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, SO THE EA THAT LYNN SHOWED THE DIAGRAM THAT IS IN FAS HANDS TODAY, AND THERE'S A PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT.
AND THEN ALL THE RESPONSES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ARE ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED IN JUNE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I, I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT, AND I THINK I WOULD JUST WANT TO SEE, UM, MORE REFLECTION AND DETAIL ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH ANY CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
THAT IMPACT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING EXPOSED TO TOXIC, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS.
UM, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO, UM, UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAD TO BE PLACED RIGHT NEXT TO, OR, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK MANY FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS OF TRYING TO REBUILD ANY KIND OF TRUST WITH FOLKS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SINCERITY AND, UH, PLEASE TRACK THE MONITORING PLAN.
WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S OCCURRING AT THAT SITE.
AND JUST A QUESTION TO THE MONITORING PLAN IS CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF AIR AND WATER QUALITY AND NOT JUST WHAT TO DO IF THERE'S A DISASTER AND A LEAK, BUT IT WOULD BE,
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I'M JUST THINKING IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEONE IN TARRYTOWN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS, BUT TARRYTOWN WOULD HAVE PUT UP A REALLY BIG STINK ABOUT IT.SO IF THERE'S CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF IT AND THEY CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THAT'S A LEVEL OF SECURITY I'M HIRING SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOMATED TO THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO CODE IT WELL TO DEVELOP IT.
SO TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN, I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'D BE DOING FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND SPILL RESPONSE AND, AND GROUNDWATER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO WORK, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY TO HELP WITH THE AIR MONITORING.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I JUST HAD A QUICK ONE AT ROUGHLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THE AUSTIN BERTRAM AIRPORT? HOW MANY EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, YOUR AIRPORT, UM, EMPLOYEES ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE, YOU CAN EASILY SAY, UM, THAT FLUCTUATES AND THE CITY STAFF THAT ARE HERE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE FULLY STAFFED, WHICH, UH, WE WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN 10%, SO IT'S REALLY A PARTNERSHIP.
AND, UM, IT DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT US WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES OR WORKING WITH WHOEVER, UM, TO GET PEOPLE ON THOSE AIRCRAFT AND TO WHERE THEIR, WHEREVER THEIR DESTINATION IS AT YOUR, SO THERE'S 6,000 INCLUDE AIRLINE PEOPLE AND TSA AND TSA PROBABLY HAS AS MANY PEOPLE AS US AS CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND SO I DON'T, THERE'S SOME OTHERS I'VE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, BUT IF WE WERE TO GO JUST WITH PEOPLE BADGED AND, UM, IT'S OVER 6,000 AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND THOSE ARE JUST LIKE RUNNING THE AIRPORT.
AND, UM, IS IT, DID I HEAR THAT THE, THE FULL BUILD-OUT OF THE AIRPORT, WHEN IT GETS TO PLAN IS 80 MILLION CAN HANDLE 80 MILLION PASSENGERS IN AND OUT A DAY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT AT 30 MILLION.
SO IF YOU DO THE FOUR PARALLEL CONCOURSES, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 80 MILLION PASSENGERS.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, WE, WE THINK BY 2030, WE'LL BE AT 30 MILLION PASSENGERS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE DATA SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE, WE THINK WE MAY HIT 21, 22.
SO WE'RE RIGHT UNDER PORTLAND.
PORTLAND IS, UM, ONE OF THE, THE LAST LARGE HUB AIRPORTS AND WE NASHVILLE AND US ARE SORT OF BUDDING UP AGAINST THEM.
LOVE IS SORT OF HOT ON OUR HEELS, BUT WE'RE ALL RIGHT BELOW IN THE MEDIUM HUB CATEGORY.
BUT ONCE WE GET ABOVE THAT 30 MILLION WILL BE CONSIDERED A LARGE HUB, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT A HUB, BUT SIZE WISE, WE WOULD BE.
SO I, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN, AND THAT WILL BE IT FOR ME.
UM, I DO WANT TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FROM THE AIRPORT COMING OUT TONIGHT AND PARTICULARLY TO A BUNCH OF SCREENS.
UM, I KNOW IT'S, IT KINDA TAKES THAT CONNECTIVITY, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE WHERE YOU CAN, WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND TALK TO THEM EVEN BEFOREHAND, INDIVIDUALLY.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TAKING TIME AWAY FROM YOUR OWN FAMILIES.
SO, AND WE DO HAVE, I THINK THE BEST AIRPORT IN THE UNITED STATES PERSONALLY, UM, WELL, AS FAR AS WHEN WE TRAVEL AND HOW WE GET THROUGH AND THE ENJOYMENTS AND THAT, THAT, THAT PLACE MAKING THEM IT DOES.
SO THE QUESTION REALLY IS, UM, ARE THERE ANY AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD, UH, THAT YOU HAVEN'T, THAT HAVE ENACTED SOME SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HER OR INVESTIGATING OR INTERESTED IN? AND YES, OF COURSE.
UM, I THINK THE LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OR ON THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UM, WE, WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
THEY'RE THE PORTLAND'S AS SEATTLE'S A SAN FRANCISCO'S, SAN DIEGO'S, AND WE WORK WITH THEM.
WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SFO AND, AND SAN DIEGO, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, BJ IS ON A PANEL WITH, UH, SAN DIEGO AIRPORT ALL THE TIME.
SO WE'RE COLLABORATING AND LEARNING.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY IS THAT THERE, UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
IT'S, I MEAN, YOU'RE KIND OF THE MONOPOLY.
WE'RE NOT REALLY COMPETING AGAINST ANYBODY IN AUSTIN.
I MEAN, WE COULD SAY WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST SAN ANTONIO, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE.
SO, SO AIRPORTS AND ESPECIALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS ARE REALLY OFFER UP AND SHARE INFORMATION AND
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SHARE THESE RESOURCES.SO THAT'S A REALLY COOL THING, UM, THAT AIRPORTS ARE DOING, BUT YES, WE'RE LOOKING BACK TO THAT GREEN TEAM AND WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, THERE WILL BE MORE, THERE'LL BE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A STAFF AND REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET THINGS DONE.
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE UPON.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES APPRECIATE IT.
KANE LYNN, JEN, AND BJ REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU GUYS, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK.
[2.b) Climate Ambassadors Update – Sydnee Landy, Office of Sustainability (Discussion)]
NEXT STEP ON THE AGENDA IS THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS UPDATE WITH SYDNEY LANDY.I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE HER AND THEN, UM, HELLO.
I, UH, UM, SO SYDNEY'S GOING TO JOIN US AND PRESENT ON OUR AMBASSADORS PROGRAM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE, SO WE HIRED SYDNEY BACK IN THE END OF JANUARY.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM, IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2019 AND, UH, WE RECRUITED 12 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, AND BACK THEN IT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, BUILDING INSIGHTS AND GATHERING TESTIMONIALS ABOUT BARRIERS AND PRIORITIES RELATED TO CLIMATE ACTION.
A LOT OF THAT WORK INFORMED THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EQUITY TOOL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WAY THAT THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN, UM, AND ULTIMATELY, UM, UH, PUT OUT AND RELEASED.
AND SO THIS TIME AROUND WE'RE REALLY, UM, LOOKING AT REINVISIONING THAT PROGRAM TO, UH, BE MORE FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADVANCING THAT WORK.
AND SO JUST WANTED YOU TO YEAH.
UM, INTRODUCE SYDNEY AND, UH, I'LL LET HER TAKE IT AWAY.
UH, LIKE PHOEBE SAID, AND W YEAH.
ALSO, I'VE MET A FEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.
UM, AND YEAH, SO, LIKE PHOEBE SAID, I WAS HIRED IN JANUARY, SO I'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
SO KANE, MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY AND LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM ME JUST YET, BUT, UM, YEAH, SO I SPENT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, LIKE LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY, LEARNING ABOUT, UM, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
AND I SPOKE TO SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS, UM, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, UH, FORMER AMBASSADORS, UM, JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, AS WELL AS, UM, HOW THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY COULD MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PROGRAM SUMMARY, UM, PROGRAM OVERVIEW, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN WRAP IT UP WITH A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AND TIMELINE.
SO, YEAH, PROGRAM SUMMARY HERE IS SUPPORTING, OR THE OVERALL THEME OF THE PROGRAM.
AS I'VE DESIGNED, IT IS TO SUPPORT LOCAL CLIMATE INITIATIVES THROUGH SMALL SCALE PROJECTS WITH ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND AS PHOEBE MENTIONED, PART OF WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS COHORT IS, IS TO, UM, HELP WITH IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
AND AS I WAS KIND OF MULLING OVER HOW TO DO THAT, I REALIZED THAT, UH, IMPLEMENTATION IS VERY MESSY AND I REALIZED IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE AMBASSADORS TO TRY TO TACKLE IMPLEMENTATION ON LIKE THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, ONE BY ONE, BUT REALLY LEAN INTO THE FACT THAT THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN HAS SOME OVERARCHING STRATEGIES THAT, UM, ARE MORE GENERALLY ABOUT SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING TO PRIORITIZE THE LOCAL CLIMATE INITIATIVES GOING ON IN AUSTIN.
AND SO I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO LIKE, KIND OF LEAN IN AND EXPLORE THAT AVENUE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING LIKE WHAT I WANTED THE PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON, I DECIDED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE THE AMBASSADORS BASICALLY WORKING ON THESE COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS.
SO IT WAS A KIND OF THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PROGRAM FOR THEM AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT IS IT'S AN AMBASSADOR LED AND DESIGNED PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE, UH, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, AND THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE A LOCAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE.
THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE STRATEGIES OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND, UM, THE COMPONENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO THAT, THAT
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ARE, UH, ARE THE COMPONENTS TO THE PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, DEVOTED TIME TO DESIGN THEIR PROJECTS, DO ENGAGEMENT WITH NOT ONLY THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT JUST KIND OF ANY STAKEHOLDER THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO, UM, ADVANCING THEIR PROJECTS AND THEIR GOALS.BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF REALIZED AS I WAS TALKING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT I WAS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM WITH, IS THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS ARE LIKE, OH, I, I FEEL SO IN TOUCH WITH MY COMMUNITY, BUT I'M REALLY, I STRUGGLE WITH UNDERSTANDING THE CITY SIDE OF THINGS, RIGHT.
I STRUGGLE WITH UNDERSTANDING THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF FELT LIKE IT MADE SENSE TO, UM, EXPAND WHAT I MEANT BY ENGAGEMENT TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY LIKE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AN AMBASSADOR.
IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO KIND OF ENGAGE WITH, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS OR CITY STAFF TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT IT IS A SIX MONTH PROGRAM, SO THEY WILL DESIGN AND COMPLETE THESE PROGRAM OR COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS, STARTING IN AUGUST 20, 22, KNOCK ON WOOD.
UM, AND IT'S ABOUT A 60 HOUR TIME COMMITMENT OVER THE ENTIRE SIX MONTHS, LIKE 10 HOURS A MONTH.
SO KIND OF LIKE A LIGHT PART-TIME GIG FOR HOPES, UH, FOR THE FOLKS, HOPEFULLY.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE MONTHLY MEETINGS, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY WILL BE MEETING EVERY MONTH JUST BECAUSE THE FIRST AMBASSADOR COHORT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED IN 2020 WHEN EVERYTHING KIND OF WENT OUT, RIGHT.
AND SO A LOT OF THE AMBASSADORS DIDN'T GET TO HAVE THAT LIKE FACETIME WITH EACH OTHER AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE REALIZED WITH SUSTAINABILITY, UM, IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES IT REALLY IS JUST ABOUT GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SAME PLACE, TALKING ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM AND TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING AND JUST GIVING THE AMBASSADOR SPACE TO DO THAT I FELT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A PRIMARY COMPONENT OF THE COHORT THIS TIME.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO UTILIZE THE MONTHLY MEETINGS TO MEETINGS, TO, UM, HAVE SOME GUEST SPEAKERS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT ON SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TOPICS, BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, AS I WAS DOING RESEARCH FOR THIS AND TALKING TO ORGANIZERS, SOME OF THEM MENTIONED THINGS THAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH.
SO I HAVE, UM, EXAMPLE OF MEETING TOPICS ON THE SIDE, BUT LIKE FOR MONTH FOUR, FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS GUEST SPEAKER ON GRANTS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY CAME UP IS THAT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH FIGURING OUT FUNDING.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A PRAYED OPPORTUNITY, IT'S OF COURSE NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN AN ENTIRE, UM, ORGANIZATION.
SO I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMBASSADORS KIND OF HERE, UM, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT CAN HELP THEM BUILD CAPACITY WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO KIND OF BEYOND AS WELL.
AND SPEAKING OF CAPACITY, UM, I ALSO FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE BOTH OF THESE WORKSHOPS, UH, AN EQUITY WORKSHOP, WHICH THE FIRST AMBASSADOR COHORT ALREADY DID GET AN EQUITY WORKSHOP.
UM, AND SO PRETTY MUCH RE DOING THE SAME ONE THAT THEY DID BEFORE, BECAUSE IT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING CONTEXT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM THAT HAS HAPPENED SPECIFICALLY IN AUSTIN.
AND ALSO, I MEAN, IT'S A CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, SO IT'S OF COURSE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMBASSADORS ARE GOING INTO THIS FIRMLY ROOTED IN THEIR UNDER, UH, IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY, AS WELL AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH I'M ALSO INCLUDED A WORKSHOP FOR THEM TO, UM, LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES LIKE YOURS, THAT THEY MIGHT POTENTIALLY ENCOUNTER WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR PROJECTS AND TRYING TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, WHERE THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR INTERESTS KIND OF RELATE TO THE REST OF THE CITY AND RELATE TO THE, UM, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE IMPACTS ON THEIR LIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND ALSO I HAVE THIS WHOLE SPECIFIC SLIDE ABOUT, UH, THE PROJECT DESIGN, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO, UM, DRIVE HOME THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THIS ALONE, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE THE PROJECT SUMMARY WAS PRETTY, IT WAS PRETTY VAGUE NOT GOING TO LIE BECAUSE I REALLY DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS LEAVING THE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECTS UP TO THE AMBASSADORS.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE HAVING, YOU KNOW, BEING LIKE, OH YEAH, AS LONG AS IT HELPS YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT'S A TERRIFYING, LIKE, OH NO, WHAT DO I DO? SO I WILL
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BE HELPING THEM IN DESIGNING THEIR PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PROJECTS BOTH, UM, BOTH PROMOTE CLIMATE ACTION WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO, UM, THEY'RE ALSO ROOTED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND ROOTED AND DRIVING HOME, DRIVING FORWARD.SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND LIKE DURING THIS PROJECT DESIGN PORTION IS WHEN I'LL REALLY BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PLAN AND UNDERSTAND LIKE, OKAY, THIS PART OF THIS PLAN SPEAKS TO ME, BUT HOW DO I TURN THAT INTO ACTION? UM, AND THIS WILL ALSO BE KIND OF THE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE SOMEONE ELSE.
SO FOR THE ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I DIDN'T NECESSARILY SET THIS UP AT THE BEGINNING, BUT ALL OF THE PORTIONS OF THE PROGRAM ARE INCLUDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROJECTS ARE AS, AS GOOD AS THEY CAN BE.
AND SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO ENGAGE, UM, ON TOP OF DOING THIS PROJECT, THIS IS ENGAGEMENT THAT IS MEANT TO DRIVE FORWARD THE GOALS OF THEIR PROJECTS.
UM, BUT SO THERE IS A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT THEY DO, WHO THEY MEET WITH LIKE ANY OF THE THINGS ON THIS PRESENTATION, UH, COULD COUNT AS ENGAGEMENT.
SO THAT'S MEETING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR IT'S MEETING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, OR IT IS ATTENDING A COMMITTEE COMMISSION OR ADVISORY GROUP MEETING AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT THEY LEARNED AT THAT MEANS THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ON ONE SIDE OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE AMBASSADOR AA DECIDES THAT FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, THEY WANT TO DISTRIBUTE A SURVEY TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS, BARRIERS TO COMPOSTING THAT MAY BE RENTERS FACE BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT, UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT BALLPARK TO COMPOST AS A RENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE EVER TRIED IT, BUT IT'S A WHOLE THING.
SO, UH, THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TALKS ABOUT COMPOSTING.
AND I THINK THAT BY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY COMPOSTING AS IT RELATES TO RENTERS, THAT'S KIND OF HOW AN AMBASSADOR COULD HAVE BOTH OF THOSE PRIORITIES OF PROMOTING A LOCAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE WHILE ALSO GIVING, UM, AN EQUITY COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ACTUALLY LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT, THE WHOLE, THE THING I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE TIME, THIS IS A FOCAL POINT OF THE PROGRAM, AND THIS IS THE THING WHERE I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT ALL THE AMBASSADORS PROJECTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IDEALLY THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH ME AND TELLING ME ONCE THEY START.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER AMBASSADOR GRAY FROM THE LAST SLIDE WHILE THEY'RE ON THE SLIDE TOO.
AND SO MAYBE AFTER DOING THE SURVEY FOR, UH, AND FINDING OUT THE BARRIERS TO, AS A RENTER, THEY DECIDE, OKAY, NOW I UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS.
AND SO I WILL BE ABLE TO HOST A COMPOSTING EVENT THAT'S LIKE TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, OR FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT AMBASSADOR AMBASSADOR C DECIDES TO LAUNCH LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT, IN THE EXAMPLE, I HAVE LEAKED TO TA LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR AS THE THING THEY'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AND THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF ANOTHER WAY THAT, I MEAN, THERE ARE TONS OF WAYS.
I THINK THAT THE AMBASSADORS COULD COMBINE THEIR INTERESTS WITH THE GOALS OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO PROMOTE ACTION WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO THAT'S THE PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND NOW GOING TO THE SPECIFICS OF THE RECRUITMENT, UM, IT'S ALL KICKING OFF NOW, THE BALL IS ROLLING.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE APPLICATION FOR THIS PROGRAM OPEN FROM JUNE 1ST TO JUNE 22ND.
AND, UM, I WILL BE REVIEWING THE APPLICANTS OR REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS ALONG WITH A PANEL OF A FEW OTHER FOLKS, SOMEONE FROM OUR EQUITY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRO WE'RE UTILIZING AN EQUITY LENS WHEN CONSIDERING THE APPLICANTS, ALSO SOMEONE ELSE FROM THE OFFICES AS NATIVE ABILITY ON OUR FOOD OR OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AS WELL AS SARAH LEEN, RENDEN WHO SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW, BUT SHE WAS THE LAST, UM, THE LAST PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE 2020 CLIMATE AMBASSADOR COHORT.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE PROGRAM KICK OFF IN AUGUST.
AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY,
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UM, IS THAT I AM TRYING TO PRIORITIZE RECRUITMENT OF FOLKS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE COMMUNITIES.WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD A DIFFICULT TIME ENGAGING WITH, WHICH IS A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF NOTICED FROM THE LAST COHORT IS THAT THE AMBASSADORS WHO WERE CONNECTED TO ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WAS TWO OUT OF THE 12, I BELIEVE THEY SEEM TO HAVE, UM, JUST A MUCH EASIER TIME KIND OF GETTING THE BALL ROLLING AND DOING ENGAGEMENT AND ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO, UM, TRY TO TAP INTO THAT BY PRIORITIZING RECRUITING, MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTACHED TO ORGANIZATIONS AND PLANNING TO DO THAT BY SPECIFICALLY CONTACTING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND I'M TRYING TO PRIORITIZE CONTACTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK AROUND ISSUES THAT WE NEED HELP ADDRESSING.
AND SO SOME OF THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT I HAVE LISTED UP THERE, PODESTA BASTA, UM, BTL, AUSTIN DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT STANDS FOR AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL FARM SHARE ATX SLASH NITA'S.
UM, A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WORKED DIRECTLY WITH LIKE HOUSING ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM ISSUES.
AND SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE TALKING TO THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE I THINK THEY COULD HAVE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING, UM, AUSTIN'S ISSUES WITH HOUSING AND IT'S STILL SUCH A HOT TOPIC, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND WE DIDN'T QUITE GET TO DO THAT WITH THE FIRST AMBASSADOR COHORT.
SO I'M REALLY HOPING TO DO THAT WITH THIS AMBASSADOR COHORT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF MY LITTLE SPIEL.
SO IF ANYONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT IN A COHORT OR HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN IN A COHORT? SO THE FIRST COHORT HAD 12, I BELIEVE 12 AMBASSADORS, 10 OF THEM WERE, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
AND TWO OF THEM WERE AFFILIATED WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND I'M HOPING THIS TIME TO DO SIMILAR NUMBERS, ABOUT 10 TO 15 FOLKS, 10 TO 15.
AND IS THERE TENURE ONLY SIX MONTHS FOR A PROJECT OR CAN, IS IT A YEAR AND THEY DO TWO PROJECTS OR CAN IT BE EXTENDED? WHAT IS GENERALLY, WHEN YOU'RE YOU BECOME PART OF A COHORT? HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU STAY PART OF THAT COHORT BEFORE YOU ROLL OFF? SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE IDEALLY IT WOULD BE JUST FOR THE SIX MONTHS, THE PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE, BUT THEN BECAUSE OF, UM, COVID, IT GOT PUSHED OUT TO NINE MONTHS AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET BACK TO THAT SIX MONTHS TIMESCALE.
AND IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GOOD AND, OR ENJOY IT BEING A PART OF THE COHORT AFTER THEM, OR GENERALLY DO YOU THEN TRY TO GET A FRESH GROUP? SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD FORMER AMBASSADORS, UH, DO IT AGAIN, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OR CONSIDERED, UM, BECAUSE IT, YEAH, I COULD SEE THERE BEING, I COULD SEE IT BEING USEFUL TO HAVE SOME AMBASSADORS, UM, COMPLETE THE PROGRAM MORE THAN ONCE.
AND ALSO I THINK YOUR QUESTION AS WELL ABOUT LIKE THE SIX MONTHS FOR THE PROJECT, I COULD TOTALLY FORESEE SOME AMBASSADORS, LIKE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR PROJECT IS, MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T EXACTLY BE FINISHED WITHIN A SIX MONTH TIMEFRAME.
AND SO IN THOSE SCENARIOS, I'M TRYING TO BASICALLY HAVE IT BE THAT THEY COMPLETE IT, WRITE UP ABOUT THE PROJECT, WHAT AT THE END OF THE SIX MONTHS, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THE SPECIFIC END OF THE PROJECT IN THAT POINT.
UM, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE AMBASSADORS.
SO HOPEFULLY LATER ON, THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH US TO SAY HOW THE, UH, THE PROJECT ENDED AND THEY MIGHT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING AFTER THE SIX MONTHS, IF, YOU KNOW, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ALL AND WORKING IT OUT, THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT, UM, FOR THE LAST AMBASSADOR COHORT, ONCE IT WAS OVER, ONE OF THE AMBASSADORS REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ABOUT, UM, DOING ANOTHER PROJECT AND MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION WITH US ABOUT THAT, UM, AND WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PUT ON A DIFFERENT ON, OR LIKE SEMI-RELATED PROJECT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? UH, I HAD A COMMENT.
UM, YEAH, I KNOW YOU HAD PUT, UH, AND MORE IN THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, WHICH I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IS A GOOD UMBRELLA.
UM, I HAD A THOUGHT FOR ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE GENERALLY, EQUITY-BASED MAYBE NOT SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED, BUT I THINK AS FAR AS LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME LIFE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION OR THE, UH, AUSTIN, UH, HOLD UP, I GOTTA LOOK UP AUSTIN, URBAN LEAGUE OR,
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UM, YOU KNOW, UM, OOH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? UH, AA L I THINK, WHICH IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, THIS LOCAL, UH, DAWA IS ANOTHER GOOD INSTITUTION.I FORGOT WHAT STANDS FOR DIVERSITY AND WELLNESS AND ACTION.
UM, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME ORGANIZATIONS AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I THINK WOULD BE USEFUL TO REACH OUT TO.
I'M DEFINITELY ANY SUGGESTION FOR ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT IT.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM TO ANYBODY, SO I'LL LET YOU UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SOUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE TO ASK HER ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN YOU WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND IT WAS LIKE, SO THOROUGH, IT'S CLEAR THAT Y'ALL HAVE REALLY PLANNED THINGS OUT IN A REALLY INTENTIONAL WAY.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE ON WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE, UM, LIKE, CAN YOU DEFINE THE SCOPE OF HOW MUCH YOU FEEL CLIMATE AMBASSADORS WILL REALLY FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTATION? UM, BECAUSE I KNOW MY PERCEPTION IS THAT IT'S PRIMARILY ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT, UM, NECESSARY.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTATION, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK CLIMATE AMBASSADORS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT? AND WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU THINK IT WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION? SO I GUESS THE WAY THAT I ENVISIONED IT IS THAT THE, THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DO WILL SERVE AS EXAMPLES OF, UM, HOW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT AUSTIN.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO FACTOR THE AMBASSADORS INTO IMPLEMENTATION MORE, I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY STARTED CROSSING THAT LINE OF LIKE, OKAY, WE ARE PAYING THEM, BUT THIS, THIS ISN'T THEIR FULL-TIME JOB OR THIS ISN'T, UM, LIKE I, AS AN EMPLOYEE WAS STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND IMPLEMENTATION MYSELF AND THIS IS MY FULL-TIME JOB.
SO I WANTED TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR, UM, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE HELPING IMPLEMENTATION, KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE HIGH LEVEL AND KEEP THEM OUT OF, I GUESS, THE WEEDS OF IMPLEMENTATION, JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE STILL BEING FIGURED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES AND BY CITY STAFF THEMSELVES.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE, UM, SPECIFIC AVENUES FOR THE AMBASSADORS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION THAT THE DEPARTMENTS WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I KEPT HAVE KEPT IT TO MORE OF A LET'S HAVE THEM SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION BY BEING EXAMPLES FOR IT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT LINES UP REALLY WELL WITH WHAT, UH, WHAT I BELIEVE IS A SHARED GOAL AT THIS POINT, UM, TO HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION STILL A COMMUNITY BASED IMPLEMENTATION STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND ONE THING THAT, UM, IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE IS STILL SOME IMPLEMENTATION INVOLVEMENT, POSSIBLY AT LEAST, LIKE YOU SAID, SHOWING EXAMPLES OF HOW IN PRACTICE WE, WE DO CLIMATE EQUITY.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT IN MANY JOBS I'VE BEEN IN PAST AND PRESENT, SOMETIMES THE FOLKS DOING THAT DIRECT WORK, UM, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH DECISION-MAKING POWER WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE WHAT WORK THEY'RE DOING, OR, UM, I GUESS, LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS BETTER.
UM, LIKE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK ON THE GROUND, LIKE THESE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS GATHER REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE INSIGHTS BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AN IMPLEMENTATION ROLE FIND THEMSELVES FARTHER FROM THAT AND ARE MISSING SOME OF THOSE INSIGHTS.
SO I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT ANY INSIGHTS THAT YOU AND YOUR COHORT HAVE ARE BROUGHT INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION CONVERSATIONS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FEEL THAT THEY'RE DOING THE DIRECT WORK AND THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO SHAPE SOME SYSTEMIC, UM, KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND ACTION THAT HOPEFULLY THE IMPLEMENTATION STEERING COMMITTEE WILL DO.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK WELL WITH THE PROGRAM YOU ENVISION? YEAH.
CAUSE I, I A HUNDRED PERCENT SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND YEAH, I THINK THAT IDEALLY LIKE THE
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AMBASSADORS WOULD BE COLLECTING FEEDBACK THAT THEY COULD DIRECTLY THEN GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO'S INVOLVED WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT FEEDBACK COULD BE UTILIZED DURING IMPLEMENTATION, BUT I JUST WASN'T SEEING THOSE AVENUES SET UP YET.AND, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE PERHAPS FOR THE NEXT AMBASSADOR COHORT OR THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE PROGRAM, THOSE AVENUES WILL BE A BIT MORE DEFINED AND IT'LL BE EASIER TO PLUG THE AMBASSADORS IN AS A SOURCE FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK DURING IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION, IF I HOPE THAT THIS IS AN APPROACH, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION, BUT WHAT IS THE COMPENSATION OR THE HOURLY RATE FOR FOLKS? UH, IT IS $25 AN HOUR, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE CITY STANDARD FOR, UH, LIKE THESE TYPES OF AMBASSADOR ROLES.
I WAS JUST THINKING IF I, OUR FOLKS I KNOW, UM, WHO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE TO TAKE A SIDE JOB, LIKE YEAH.
AND ROUGHLY HOW MANY HOURS, LIKE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO WORK 40 HOURS, WOULD YOU STOP THEM? I MEAN, YEAH.
WE WERE TRYING TO CAP IT AT SIX 60 HOURS OR 10 HOURS A WEEK.
YOU MEAN 60 HOURS TOTAL OVER, OH YEAH.
SIX HOURS OVER THE SIX MONTHS.
WELL, SHE WAS VERY INTERESTING.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH.
I'M NOT THERE, UH, DEALING WITH A SICK KIDDO TONIGHT, BUT, UM, BEEN, BEEN LISTENING IN TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, IF YOU HAVE GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO, UM, AND MAYBE THIS WAS PART OF WHAT YOU LAID OUT, SO SORRY IF I MISSED IT, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PAIR THESE AMBASSADORS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS WORKING ON THE ISSUE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO PICK FOR THEIR PROJECT, SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, HOPE, HOPE, CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE DOING THAT WORK.
UM, YEAH, IDEALLY DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM IS WHEN THE AMBASSADORS WOULD BE MAKING THOSE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS.
BUT ALSO I AM TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT, UM, AS FAR AS THE COHORT.
SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THAT CAN ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AMONGST THE AMBASSADORS THEMSELVES IS THAT THEY ARE, UM, CONNECTING WITH FOLKS WHO ORGANIZE IN SPACES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THEIRS OR IN THEIR TOPIC, UM, IN THEIR INTEREST AREAS SO THAT THEY CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER FOR THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT, UM, BEFORE THEY GO ON GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT LIKE THAT DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PORTION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING THAT THIS BODY COULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL IN CONNECTING THE AMBASSADORS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN ENGAGING IN DIFFERENT ISSUES, JUST AS A PLACE FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, NOT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO START FROM ZERO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING.
AND, UM, YEAH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME BACK TO US AS, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS, AS FOLKS ARE HIRED.
I WAS ALREADY PLANNING TO DON'T WORRY.
YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR UPDATES.
WE'LL DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SYDNEY.
UH, IS THAT GOING TO BE, WOULD YOU BE, UM, WHEN TROY THE PLAN TO PRESENT TO OUR, THEIR COMMISSION? SO WHEN YOU SAID THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS, OTHER CITY COMMISSIONS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO, BUT JUST BESIDES THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY, IS THERE A PLAN TO, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO GO TO ANY COMMISSION WE WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE TO WORK HERE SO THAT YOU ALL CAN ALSO TALK TO YOUR COMMISSIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I THINK DEFINITELY IF YOU THINK YOUR COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THIS, AND CERTAINLY BECAUSE THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COMMISSIONS MEET MONTHLY, AND SO IT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT THAT WE CAN PRESENT WHEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN.
BUT, UH, IF YOU ALL CAN PLEASE LIKE SHARE WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIAISON TO SHARE WITH YOUR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AT ANY PERIOD, UM, WE'RE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO, TO PRESENT TO OTHER COMMISSIONS, RIGHT.
OR MAYBE ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE DECIDED UPON, OR MAYBE EVEN NEAR THE END OF THE PROJECT, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF COMMISSIONS,
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WATER, AND PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT AND BICYCLE ADVISORY.AND SO IF THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT TOUCHED ONE OF THOSE, I BET THAT GROUP WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR, YOU ALL COME TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE DOWN TO HELP THE AMBASSADORS DO IS LIKE, OH, OKAY.
YEAH, YOUR, YOUR, LIKE, MAYBE YOU AREN'T AWARE, OR THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP WILL DO IS IDENTIFY POTENTIAL COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO.
NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT PRESENTATION.
[2.c) Signature Flight Support Presentation – Jeff Talbert, Signature Flight Support (Discussion)]
TAKE IT AWAY.THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YET TO BE HERE AND, UH, AND MEET WITH YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS EVENING.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO HEAR, UH, JUST AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, UH, FROM YOUR FOLKS AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE A PART OF, UH, UH, OF THE FACILITY THERE, UH, AND AUSTIN AND EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF YOU.
MY NAME IS JEFF TALBERT, AND I HAVE CHARGE OF THE ROLLOUT OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL TO OUR NETWORK OF FPOS, WHICH COMPRISES ABOUT 200, UH, BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
UH, I'M ALSO IN CHARGE OF DEICING OPERATIONS FOR THE COMPANY, UH, BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
WE HAVE OVER 60 LOCATIONS THAT PROVIDE THE ICING SERVICES, UH, IN SEASON FOR AIRCRAFT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES ON SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
AND I KNOW THAT YOUR FOLKS FROM THE AIRPORT TOUCHED ON THAT VERY BRIEFLY AND MENTIONED THAT IT'S, IT'S STILL IN ITS INFANCY, UH, AS AN INDUSTRY AND A VERY SHORT SUPPLY, UH, ACROSS THE GLOBE.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, UH, TO BRING THAT TO OUR LOCATIONS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN ENGAGING WITH, UH, WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS, UH, AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN.
SO, UM, THE, UH, THE 20,000 FOOT VIEW, UH, SO THE SPEED FOR WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IS A BLEND OF A MAXIMUM OF 50%.
USUALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT A 30% BLEND OF NON PETROLEUM BASED, RENEWABLE BASED PRODUCT, UH, WITH FOSSIL JEDI, SOME FEED STOCKS THAT ARE COMMON ARE, UH, FATS AND GREASES, UH, LIKE ANIMAL TALLOW, WOODY BIOMASS, UH, MUNICIPAL WASTE, SOLID MUNICIPAL WASTE.
AND TO SOME OTHERS, THESE, THESE FEEDSTOCKS HAVE DIFFERENT CARBON INTENSITY OR LIFECYCLE CARBON INTENSITY NUMBER.
SOME ARE A LITTLE MORE, SOME, A LITTLE LESS THAN PROVIDE, UM, UH, VARYING KINDS OF VALUE OR VARYING DEGREES OF VALUE, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT SOURCE THEY ARE.
AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF A, A LIFETIME, UH, CARBON ASSESSMENT NUMBER THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN.
SO THE MOST COMMON BLEND, UH, IS 30, 35%, UH, PETROLEUM-BASED UH, UH, OR, UH, SUSTAINABLE FUEL AND 65 TO 70% REGULAR OLD FOSSIL JEDI.
SO, UM, TM IS THE INTERNATIONAL ENTITY, THE TESTING ENTITY THAT SETS THE STANDARD FOR AVIATION FUELS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
SO AROUND THE WORLD AND IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
SO THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A PREDICTOR CERTIFICATION FOR JET FUEL, AND YOU SEE IT THERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, 1655.
SO THAT'S THE STANDARD AND THE, THE TESTING CRITERIA THAT JET FUEL HAS TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE PUMPED INTO A TURBINE ENGINE AIRCRAFT, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE CERTIFICATION FOR NEAT, SUSTAINABLE FUEL OR SAF.
IT'S A S T M D 7 5 6 6 ONCE NEAT STAFF THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS 7, 5, 6, 6 IS BLENDED WITH FOSSIL JET A THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CERTIFIED 1655.
IT IS AUTOMATICALLY CERTIFIED WITH NO FURTHER TESTING REQUIRED AS 1655
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IN JEDI.IT'S A DROPPING FUEL, WHICH MEANS THAT IT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY JUST TAKEN AND PUT INTO ANY EXISTING, UH, TURBINE AIRCRAFT WITH NO, UH, NO CHANGES TO QUALITY CONTROL, NO NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE OR ITS SYSTEM.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST LIGHT, IT HAS AN OVERALL REDUCED LIFE CYCLE, CARBON INTENSITY, OR CEI NUMBER OVER PETROLEUM-BASED JET FUEL LIFE CYCLE, UH, AS DEFINED BY CORE CA IS A QUANTIFICATION OF THE CO2 EMISSIONS FROM THE TIME THAT, UH, THEY GET TO AND TO BEGIN PRODUCTION TO THE END WHEN IT'S BURNED, INCLUDING ALL THE TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, PRODUCTION, UH, COSTS AND, AND PROCESSES THAT NEAT LITTLE SLIDE THERE YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, UH, IS FROM OUR LARGEST PRODUCER MESTA AND, UH, FOSSIL FUEL ON THE, ON THE RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE SOME OF THAT SMOKE THAT'S TRAILING OFF IT, THAT'S SOME OF THE, UH, THE SULFUR AND NATURALLY OCCURRING AROMATICS THAT YOU FIND IN FOSSIL JET, THE RENEWABLE FUEL, UH, IN THIS CASE FROM NEST, THEY MADE FROM ANIMAL TOWEL, DOESN'T HAVE THOSE THINGS IN IT.
AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY CLEANER PERMIT.
UM, AND THIS SLIDE, UH, WAS SOURCED THOUGH, THE DATA WAS SOURCED FROM OTHER FOLKS AT, UH, AT CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS AVIATION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUSES, OF COURSE, FOR ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 0.04% OF, UH, CO2 EMISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
AVIATION IN GENERAL IS ABOUT 2% AS YOUR AIRPORT FOLKS MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT IS EXPECTED TO GROW.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TRAVEL VIA AIRCRAFT, BE IT COMMERCIAL OR PRIVATE OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS, LOOKING OUT TO ABOUT 2050.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, HOW ARE WE GOING SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? HOW ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF, OF EXPERTISE IN, IN THIS AREA ALREADY.
SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU JUST A HIGH LEVEL AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY FIRE THEM, FIRE THEM AT ME.
UH, WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M DONE, THERE ARE SEVEN CURRENT CHEMICAL PATHWAYS THAT ARE APPROVED BY ASTMS TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL AND TO MAKE IT THE FIRST ONE WAS DEVELOPED, UH, OR UTILIZED IN 2009.
YOU'LL SEE IT THERE AT THE FAR LEFT END, IT'S CALLED FISHER TROPES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A NEW PROCESS, THAT PROCESS, UH, WHICH INVOLVES TAKING ALMOST ANY CARBON BASED FEEDSTOCK.
AND GASIFYING IT BEFORE TURNING IT BACK INTO LIQUID WAS DEVELOPED IN GERMANY IN 1925 BY TWO SCIENTISTS AND HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, BUT IT IS, IT WAS THE FIRST CERTIFICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FUEL IN 2011, YOU'LL SEE A, THE ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN THERE, AND IT SAYS HEPA HCFA THAT ACRONYM STANDS FOR OUR HYDROPROCESSING ESTERS AND FATTY ACIDS.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT'S MOST COMMON, UH, IN THE SAF INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S THE ONE THAT TOOK BOTH NEST DAY, OUR LARGEST SUPPLIER, AND, UH, ALL AIR IN PARAMOUNT, CALIFORNIA ARE USING TO TAKE ANIMAL FAT ANIMAL TALLOW AND TURN IT INTO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
AND, UH, YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE, I CAN MAYBE TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THOSE, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONE THAT'S MOST COMMON AND THE ONE THAT WE ARE USING, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR NETWORK RIGHT NOW.
I K O UH, DEVELOPED, UH, DEVELOPED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CORE CEO, WHICH STANDS FOR THE CARBON OFFSETTING AND REDUCTION SCHEME FOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION.
A LOT OF THEIR DATA WAS, WAS FORMERLY RECOGNIZED IN 2019.
THEY ARE THE GLOBAL MARKET MEASURED.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO CALCULATE WHAT CO2 EMISSIONS ARE, SCORE THEM AND, UM, OFF AND TO HELP OFFSET THEM, UH, IN, IN AVIATION.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN I SAY A NUMBER OR CARBON INTENSITY NUMBER, THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED BY CORE SIA TO A FEEDSTOCK, AND ALSO TO FOSSIL JEDI, BY THE WAY, OF COURSE, SEE IT ASSIGNS A CARBON INTENSITY OR LIFECYCLE CARBON ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF 89 TO FOSSIL JET FUEL THAT 89 MEANS THAT THEY HAVE CALCULATED FROM, UH, FROM BEGINNING TO END ALL PRODUCTION FOSSIL JET PETROLEUM-BASED JET
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EMITS ABOUT 89 GRAMS OF CO2 EQUIVALENT PER MEGAJOULE OF JET FUEL.THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY LONG AND COMPLICATED, UH, EXPLANATION THERE, BUT BY COMPARISON, THE ANIMAL TALLOW THAT WE ARE USING HAS A LIFETIME CIA OR CARBON INTENSITY SCORE OF 22.5.
SO REMEMBER NEAT STAFF, 100% STAFF CAN'T BE BURNED IN AN AIRCRAFT YET IT STILL HAS TO BE BLENDED.
SO YOU DON'T GET THE FULL SAVINGS, THE SAVINGS THAT YOU GET DEPENDS UPON THE BLEND OF THE FUEL AT A 30% BLEND.
YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT, ABOUT A 23% REDUCTION IN, IN CO2, UH, LIFETIME CO2 EMISSIONS, AGAIN FOR SIA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, ENTITIES MOVING FORWARD, UH, FOR THIS INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REFINE THEIR PROCESS AND ASSIGN CARBON INTENSITY OR LIFECYCLE CARBON, UH, ASSESSMENT SCORES TO FUELS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE STILL USING THE CORE SIA DEFAULT NUMBER OF 22.5, UM, THAT THAT WILL END UP BEING REFINED FURTHER.
AND THERE'LL BE ABLE AS TIME PROGRESSES TO CALCULATE, UH, EVEN MORE CAREFULLY AND MORE INFINITELY THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, ALSO IMPORTANT AND NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY.
I MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT FEEDSTOCKS HAVE DIFFERENT CIA NUMBERS, AND SOME OF THEM MORE, SOME OF THEM LESS IN THE FUTURE, THERE ARE FEED STOCKS COMING THAT ARE GOING TO BE ZERO AS A CII NUMBER, OR EVEN BELOW ZERO.
AND THE INDUSTRY IS VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THESE, UM, EVEN, UH, EVEN THINGS LIKE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS THAT'S PROCESSED, UH, FROM, UH, FROM DAIRY WASTE, UH, OUT, UH, OUTRIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO BE, UH, END UP BEING A BELOW ZERO, UH, CEI SCORE.
UH, AGAIN, THIS INDUSTRY IS IN ITS INFANCY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PRODUCERS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF, UH, STARTUP AND READINESS FOR PRODUCTION THAT ARE GOING TO RAMP THIS EFFORT UP SO THAT THE INDUSTRY CAN REACH ITS GOALS.
MAY I ASK A QUICK QUESTION, WHEN YOU SAY FEEDSTOCK, DO YOU MEAN AS A BLEND WITH THE FOSSIL JET FUEL? OR DO YOU MEAN IMP, DO YOU MEAN FULLY POWERING A JET? THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WHEN I SAY FEEDSTOCK, I MEAN THE RAW MATERIAL THAT SUSTAINABLE FUEL IS MADE FROM, SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE PORTION OF GOTCHA.
FEEDSTOCK IS RIGHT NOW FOR US IS ANIMAL PALLETS, ANIMAL FAT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE A VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN, SO I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY, BUT IF YOU EAT STEAK, SAVE THE SPOT SCRAPS.
CAUSE WE'LL MAKE JETS DO A LOT OF THEM.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE TARGET.
SO, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO CONTINUE, UH, TO MAKE ENGINES MORE EFFICIENT AND OP ROMANS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LIKE THE FOLKS AT YOUR OWN AIRPORT WHO NOTED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REDUCE MULTIPLE TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS BY GETTING THOSE AIRCRAFT APU TURNED OFF MORE QUICKLY EVERY YEAR, THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BIG ONE IS THE CONTINUED ROLLOUT AND PRODUCTION OF MORE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S GOING TO IT'S THE, THE MAJOR PORTION OF IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE PLAYER, UH, IN THIS GAME.
FROM A SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE 13 BASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PUMPING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
MOST OF THEM ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND IF YOU LOOK, YOU'LL SEE A VERY, VERY HEAVY CONCENTRATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
HOWEVER, UH, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY RIGHT ABOUT THE MIDDLE AUSTIN, TEXAS IS ON THAT LIST.
WE HAVE PHYSICAL SUSTAINABLE FUEL SUPPLY AT OUR LOCATION IN AUSTIN.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, PUMPING FUEL FOR A WHOLESALE CUSTOMER IN MOBILE, ALABAMA.
AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AS WITH EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY IN THE NATION, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCTION SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS THAT I'VE TOUCHED ON, UM, TRUCKING CARRIER DRIVER SHORTAGE, UH, BROUGHT ON BY COVID AND, UH, AT A SITUATION
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THAT HASN'T FULLY RESOLVED ITSELF ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS STILL, UH, HAMPERING SOME OF OUR ABILITIES TO MOVE THIS AROUND AS FREELY AS WE WOULD LIKE AS THE END OF 2021 SIGNATURE, UH, HAS PUMPED OVER SIX AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS OF BLENDED SUSTAINABLE FUEL.WE'VE CERTAINLY PUMPED SEVERAL MILLION GALLONS MORE, UH, THROUGHOUT 20, 22 SO FAR.
AND THAT'S ON SOMETHING HERE THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT, UM, HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH IT'S CALLED BOOK-IN CLAIM.
UH, IS ANYBODY FAMILIAR WITH BOOK AND CLAIM? OKAY.
SO LOTS OF OPERATORS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SAF IN THEIR AIRCRAFT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE AT SUCH A LIMITED NUMBER OF AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD, MOST OF THE PLACES THEY GO, THEY CAN'T.
SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS AT OUR BASE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE ARE PUMPING 100% SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
THAT'S ALL WE, THAT'S ALL WE SELL.
THAT'S ALL WE PUMP, BUT NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO PAY THE PREMIUM FOR IT.
SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF AIRCRAFT THAT COME TO OUR BASE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT SAY, I JUST WANT TO BUY REGULAR JET A AND THEY WANT TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THAT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE DECOUPLE THE REDUCED CARBON ATTRIBUTES OF THE STAFF FROM THE PHYSICAL GALLON OF FUEL.
AND WE HOLD THOSE REDUCED CARBON ATTRIBUTES IN A VIRTUAL INVENTORY.
WHEN SOMEBODY IN NEW YORK SAYS, I WANT TO REDUCE MY CARBON FOOTPRINT, HOW DO I DO IT FROM NEW YORK? WHEN I CAN'T BUY SAF, WE CAN SELL THEM AND DO SELL THEM THE REDUCED CARBON ATTRIBUTES.
THERE'S A PREMIUM, OBVIOUSLY ON TOP OF THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF REGULAR FUEL, BUT WE SELL THEM THOSE REDUCED CARBON ATTRIBUTES.
AND BECAUSE THEY WROTE THE CHECK FOR THE PREMIUM, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEY HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO CLAIM THOSE REDUCED, UH, THEIR REDUCED CARBON, UH, OUTPUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THEIR ESG GOALS AND FOR THEIR, THEIR COMPANY REPORTING PURPOSES.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MIGHT TAKE YOU A MINUTE TO GET YOUR MIND AROUND THAT.
WE CAN COME BACK TO IT IF, UH, IF SOMEBODY HAS GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND I'M HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH IT, UH, FOR AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED.
AS I, AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST SLIDE WE SELL AND OFFER PHYSICAL SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL AT 13 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW, AND MORE TO COME THIS YEAR, WE'RE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD WITH MULTIPLE PRODUCERS AND INVESTIGATING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT TO MORE LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE ALSO HAVE BOOK AND CLAIM, UH, AVAILABLE AT OUR LOCATIONS, UH, AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE NATION AND ALSO AT OUR CORPORATE ACCOUNT LEVEL THAT ANY OF OUR SALES TEAM, UH, CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, OF CORPORATE CUSTOMERS, PARTICULARLY LARGE ONES WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO BUYING MILLIONS OF BROKEN CLAIM CREDITS FROM US TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT AS A CORPORATION, UH, EACH YEAR, UH, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO IT FOR YOU ON A PER FLIGHT BASIS.
WE CAN DO IT, UH, AS, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE CAN DO IT AS A QUARTERLY OR EVEN AN ANNUAL TRUE UP AND HELP YOU REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
AND AS YOU MOVE YOUR AIRCRAFT AROUND THE GLOBE.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO BOOK AND CLAIM.
YOU CAN BUY A JET, A AT MANY OF OUR LOCATIONS AND YOU CAN PURCHASE THE BOOK AND CLAIM CREDITS.
IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEBODY ELSE ACTUALLY BURNED THAT SUSTAINABLE FUEL AND PUT IT, PUT IT OUT THE TAILPIPE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT, BUT THEY DIDN'T WRITE THE CHECK FOR THE SAFT PREMIUM.
YOU WRITE THE CHECK AND YOU HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO CLAIM THE REDUCTION IN CO2, UH, FOR YOUR COMPANY OR FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT, DEPENDING UPON WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR GOAL IS.
AND GONNA SWITCH TOPICS FOR A, FOR JUST A MOMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT AT OUR CORPORATE LEVEL AND ACROSS OUR NETWORK IS WORKING ON, UH, WE HAVE 30 LEAD CERTIFIED, UH, FACILITIES ALREADY.
UH, WE HAVE SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATIONS AT, OR IN PROGRESS AT MORE THAN 27 LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT SOME OF OUR NORTH AMERICAN LOCATIONS MORE COMING THIS YEAR.
WE, UH, ARE THE LARGEST FPO PURCHASER OF
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ELECTRO, UH, ELECTRIC TOW TRACTORS, UH, IN THE WORLD.AND WE ARE FOCUSED TO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ON HYBRID OR FULL ELECTRIC CREW CARS.
AND WE'RE USING BIODIESEL, UH, FOR FUEL TRUCKS, UH, GROUND POWER UNITS, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, UH, OTHER RAMP EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH SOME, SOME OTHER INITIATIVES.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COMPANY, AND, UH, VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO THIS EFFORT ACROSS OUR ENTIRE NETWORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, TOUCH TOUCH ON A HIGHLIGHT FOR JUST A, JUST A MOMENT.
SOME OF OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS, UH, EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, I MENTIONED VERY BRIEFLY THAT IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, WE WERE PUMPING SAP, UH, FOR OUR WHOLESALE CUSTOMER.
THAT'S AIRBUS, EVERY AIRBUS AIRCRAFT THAT LEAVES MOBILE ALABAMA, A NEW BIT.
THAT'S GOING TO ITS NEW OWNER LEAVES WITH SUSTAINABLE FUEL THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, FOR AIR BETS.
THEY'RE OUR SISTER COMPANY, EPIC FUELS IS SUPPLYING, UH, BOEING IN, UH, IN SEATTLE WITH SUSTAINABLE FUEL FOR ALL OF THEIR AIRCRAFT DELIVERY FLIGHTS.
THIRD ON THE LIST THERE, YOU'LL SEE NEST DAY.
UH, I'VE MENTIONED THEM SEVERAL TIMES.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL, UH, AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY ARE OUR PRIMARY PARTNER AND THE ONE WHO WE ARE PURCHASING MOST OF OUR SUSTAINABLE FUEL FROM LAST, OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO NETJETS IS.
WORLD'S LARGEST, UH, FRACTIONAL, PRIVATE JET OPERATOR.
THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO PURCHASE, UM, MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SUSTAINABLE FUEL FROM US.
AND TWO, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO, UH, TO BE A PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND THAT'S IT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR SOMETHING SOMETHINGS YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, PLEASE FIRE US.
THE FIRST THING I HAD NOTICED OR NOT NOTICED, UM, I MIGHT'VE MISSED WAS THE COST COMPARISON, GREAT QUESTION.
UH, TYPICALLY SUSTAINABLE FUEL AND SOME OF IT IS SITUATIONALLY DEPENDENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAN SOME OTHER PLACES THAT, UH, THAT WE OFFER IT.
TYPICALLY THE PREMIUM IS ABOUT A DOLLAR 50 TO $2 PER GALLON, MORE THAN THE REGULAR JETTA.
AND THEN I GUESS THE SECOND FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT, WHAT IS YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR PRODUCTION TAKING PLACE? IS IT JUST ON THE EAST COAST? I MEAN ON THE WEST COAST, OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION HERE IN AUSTIN? IS THAT A PLAN? UM, AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING INCREASING PRODUCTION TO MEET THE ONGOING NEED THAT YOU'RE ALL OBVIOUSLY ARE EXPERIENCING.
SO RIGHT NOW THE STAFF INDUSTRY IS KIND OF CLUSTERED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE CALIFORNIA OFFERS A UNIQUE INCENTIVE TO THAT OTHER STATES STILL DO NOT, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRODUCERS OF THE PRODUCT VERSUS THE FEDERAL RANT OR RENEWABLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, THE 32 DIGIT NUMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EVERY A GALLON OF SUSTAINABLE FUEL.
SECOND IS THE BLENDERS TAX CREDIT, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WAITING FOR CONGRESS TO TAKE SOME ACTION.
THERE ARE, AND THE ONE THAT'S UNIQUE TO CALIFORNIA IS CALLED THE L C F S OR LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD CREDIT.
IT'S A COMMENSURATE WITH THE BLEND OF FUEL, BUT IT CAN BE WORTH UP TO A DOLLAR OR MAYBE EVEN JUST A LITTLE MORE PER GALLON.
THE PRODUCER TAKES THOSE CREDITS, BUT THEY REDUCE THE, UH, THE COST TO, UH, TO US AND US TO THE END USER, UM, BY TAKING THOSE, UH, WHEN YOU MOVE THAT FUEL OUT OF CALIFORNIA, YOU AUTOMATICALLY LOSE THAT LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD CREDIT.
AND SO THE PRICE OF THAT FUEL GOES UP.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND ADVOCATING FOR ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY IS MORE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL INCENTIVES OR PRODUCERS, UH, TAX ABATEMENTS TO BUILD FACILITIES, UM, CREDITS TO, UH, TO PRODUCE THE FUEL AND TO EVEN FOR THE, THE END USER, THE CONSUMER, UH, TO, TO MAKE, TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE AT SCALE, AS, AS THIS SCALES UP, THE PRICE WILL COME DOWN, BUT IN ORDER TO, UH, TO ENTICE MORE ACTIVITY, BOTH FROM THE PRODUCTION LEVEL AND THE CONSUMER LEVEL MORE AND MORE IS NEEDED CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN, UH, UH, IN EFFORTS TO, UH, TO, TO ASK AND LOBBY FOR,
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UH, FOLKS AGAIN AT LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO ASSIST IN THIS EFFORT.ARE YOU ALL, DO YOU HAVE THAT LOCAL OR YOU HAVE AN AUSTIN OFFICE, CORRECT? WE, UH, WE HAVE AN FBO RIGHT THERE ON THE FIELD AT AUSTIN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, Y'ALL A CHAMBER MEMBER.
AND I SAY, I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OR A TRIP IN, I BELIEVE NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ENTIRELY COMPLETED, BUT IT'S PROBABLY LIKE 99%.
SO THAT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR AUSTIN ON OUR PHONE AND OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
UM, BUT THAT'S GOING UP THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THAT UNDERNEATH THIS, UH, CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN CONGRESS.
I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OUR, UH, OUR LOCAL A BASE IN AUSTIN IS A CHAMBER MEMBER OR NOT, BUT I WILL ASK THAT QUESTION IN THE MORNING AND I WILL RESPOND TO YOU HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DOES ANYBODY HERE? UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED DE ICING.
I WAS ON A PLANE OVER CHRISTMAS THAT GOT DICED.
WHAT IS THAT STUFF? AND IS IT FOSSIL BASED OR NOT? WAS IT, WAS IT ORANGE OR WAS IT GREEN? IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE OFF, BUT WE, I MEAN, THE DICING OBVIOUSLY HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WHITE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
WELL, THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEICING FLUID.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, MOST OF THEM ARE PROPYLENE GLYCOL.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASE, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.
IF YOU SEE IT BEING SPRAYED ON AN AIRCRAFT AND YOU SEE BIG CLOUDS OF STEAM BELLY OFF, OFF THE AIRCRAFT, THAT'S THE ICING TYPE ONE FLUID, AND IT'S PUT ON HOT, BUT ON 160, EVEN 180 DEGREES, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO MELT ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION THAT'S ON THE AIRCRAFT, BE IT FROST, SNOW, CLEAR ICE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, THE THICK GLOPPY STUFF.
IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE JELLO AND IT'S KIND OF KIND OF GREENISH COLORED IS TYPE FOUR, AND THAT'S PUT ON ONCE THE AIRCRAFT SURFACES, THE PLIGHT SURFACES ARE CLEAN TO PREVENT MORE ICE FROM FORMING ON THE AIRCRAFT.
AS YOU TAXI OUT AND ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY, IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED, UH, WITH PSEUDO PLASTICS POLYMERS IN IT TO SHEAR OFF AS THE AIRCRAFT PICKS UP SPEED.
AND DOES, DOES IT CLIMB OUT, UH, OFF, UH, UH, OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ARE EITHER OF THEM TOXIC WHEN THEY GET IN THE WATER? I WAS JUST WONDERING, SO WHEN A PLAINTIFF'S D ICE DOES THAT AREA HAVE TO BE TREATED AS CONTAMINATED AND KEPT GETTING INTO WATER, IT'S NOT CLASSIFIED AS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAG IT WHEN YOU TRANSPORT IT.
UM, BUT AT THE ANSWER IS THAT, UH, IT CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO CHRONIC LIFE.
UM, IT'S IF, IF I RELATE IT TO, UH, TO YOUR HOME USE, UM, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ANTIFREEZE THAT GOES TO, IT GOES INTO YOUR RADIATOR AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S DEADLY TO YOUR ANIMALS, UH, SHOULD THEY, SHOULD THEY INGEST IT? SO MOST AIRPORTS HAVE COLLECTION SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AN OIL WATER SEPARATOR, UH, WHICH YOUR AIRPORT FOLKS MENTIONED IN THEIR PRESENTATION FOR SEQUESTERING OF JET FUEL.
SHOULD IT SPILL, UH, SAME PRINCIPLE FOR, UH, FOR GLYCOL, SOME ACTUALLY HAVE VACUUMS THAT TRAVERSE THE AREA AFTER AIRCRAFT, DID THE ICE PICK IT UP AND THEY'LL TAKE IT SOMEWHERE AND EVEN HAVE IT RECYCLED AND REUSED.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THAT BUSINESS.
UM, THE ANSWER IS, UM, THERE ARE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND MOST AIRPORTS HAVE, HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT SO THAT THE FLUID IS NOT JUST OUT AND EXPOSED, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ABLE TO, UH, ABLE TO GET INTO AQUIFERS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER, WATER TABLE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
YES MA'AM SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A QUESTION.
DID SOMEONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I THINK JUST YOU LOOKING AT YOU, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP SOME THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, SO, UM, FORGIVE ME, UH, FOR MY IGNORANCE, I MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT, UM, FOR THE ANIMAL TALLOW THAT IS INJECTED INTO THE FUEL, UM, WHERE, WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THAT TALLOW? THE SOURCE OF ITALO, UH, IS ANIMALS THERE, ARE THERE HARVESTING FACILITIES FOR ANIMALS, UH,
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ALL OVER THE WORLD AS THEY ARE USED, UH, TO PRODUCE MEAT, TO PRODUCE FOOD.SO HAVE YOU ALL TRACKED THE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RAISING THOSE ANIMALS? OR IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURAL FACILITIES, HAS HAD THERE BEEN LOOKING INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW THOSE CONTRIBUTE TO DEFORESTATION AND EMISSIONS AND OTHER IN OTHER WAYS? YEAH, IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE, DURING THE PRESENTATION, I MENTIONED CORE SIA AND THE CGI OR CARBON INTENSITY OR LIFECYCLE CARBON ASSESSMENT NUMBER THAT THEY'VE ASSIGNED TO THE ANIMAL TOWEL.
SO THE, THE ANSWER IS YES, GARCIA HAS DONE THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT, AND ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT ASSESSMENT'S BEEN DONE BY GARCIA? IT'S A VERY, VERY LONG EQUATION.
I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE IKO SLASH CORE SIA, A WEBSITE TO READ ABOUT HOW THEY QUANTIFY THE LIFE CYCLE, CARBON ASSESSMENT NUMBER OR ANY GIVEN FEED STOCK.
UH, BUT IT, IT'S A VERY THOROUGH AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EVERY COMPONENT FROM BEGINNING TO END, UH, IN THE, IN THE CYCLE.
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION.
AND TO, I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
I WILL FIND OUT IF, UH, WE ARE A LOCAL MEMBER OF YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I WILL RESPOND.
[2.d) Fayette Coal Plant Presentation –Sunrise Movement (Discussion)]
THE FAYETTE COAL PLANT PRESENTATION BY THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT.I'M SORRY TO SAY WHAT AND DAIQUIRI.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, FOR ME TO SHARE SCREEN WHAT WE DO THIS, THIS IS THE AB TECH.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER, UM, JORDAN MIDDLEBROOK HERE THAT WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING AS WELL.
UM, SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF WE COULD ALSO HAVE HER ON VIEWED IT DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, I JUST MOVED THEM TO THE SCREEN ACTUALLY.
UM, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN ZACK.
AND IS THIS THE AB TECH? I APOLOGIZE.
I THOUGHT ZACHARY WANTED HIS SCREEN.
OR IF, IF ZACHARY CAN SHARE HIS SCREEN, THAT'S PERFECT.
UM, PRESENTING, UM, THAT GREAT CAN SHARE HIS SCREEN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE.
WELL, WHILE ZACH IS GETTING THAT PULLED UP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.
WE ARE WITH THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT IN AUSTIN.
AND WHAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON IS WHERE YOUTH LED MOVEMENT.
THAT'S FIGHTING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND A GREEN NEW DEAL.
UM, OUR FOCUS IS REALLY MORE ON THAT LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL, MAKING A GREEN NEW DEAL, A REALITY, UM, AND REALLY MAKING JUSTICE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY SEE THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECT AS A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE GREEN NEW DEAL A REALITY.
SO WE'LL START WITH JUST AN OVERVIEW.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME PEOPLE HERE MAY HAVE MORE EXPERTISE IN FE POWER PROJECTS THAN OTHERS.
SO WE'LL BE GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHERE, UM, WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
AND WHAT INFLUENCE YOU ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE ZACH, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO FAN POWER PROJECT, A FEW FUN FACTS HERE, UH, FE POWER PROJECT.
THIS IS A COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IT'S IN LAGRANGE, TEXAS, BUT IT IS A HUGE SOURCE OF THE EMISSIONS FOR AUSTIN ENERGY.
IT'S ACTUALLY 80% OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S EMISSIONS, AND IT'S ALMOST 30% OF AUSTIN'S TOTAL EMISSIONS.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP IN THE NEWS, UM, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE IN 2020 WHERE AUSTIN ENERGY WHO CO OWNS THIS PLANT WITH THE LCRA, UM, PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD CEASE OPERATING THEIR PORTION OF THE PLANT BY THE END OF 2022.
UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED IN THEIR RESOURCE GENERATION AND CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN TO 2030, THIS INFLUENCE TO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
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INFLUENCING THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN BY CONTINUING TO RUN THIS PLANT.UM, SO THERE WAS A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT THAT AUSTIN ENERGY'S PORTION OF THE PLANT WOODSON'S.
UM, AND SO IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THIS IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE CASE, THAT THEY WOULD REEVALUATE THINGS.
THERE'S STILL A PLAN TO HAVE, UM, LIKE A HIGHER PRICE ON CARBON THROUGH THE REACH PROGRAM.
UM, BUT THE PLANT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN AUSTIN.
ENERGY IS GOING TO CONTINUE ITS OWNERSHIP WITH IT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
THERE'S NOT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THAT MIGHT CHANGE.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND REALLY THE HARM THAT THIS PLANT IS DOING, UH, BOTH IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE A PART OF THIS PROBLEM.
UM, SO ZACH, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A GRAPH THAT'S ACTUALLY FROM AUSTIN ENERGY ITSELF.
UM, THIS IS FROM THEIR ENERGY RESOURCE GENERATION AND CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN.
UM, ZACK, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS IN PRESENTATION MODE, SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE.
UM, BUT BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, THAT BROWN PORTION THAT IS COMING FROM THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECT, IT IS TRULY 80% OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S EMISSIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW DRASTICALLY THOSE EMISSIONS DROP WITH AN EXITING OPERATING THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN THIS PROJECTIONS IS INFORMED BY THE SHUTDOWN OF THIS PLANT.
SO IT TRULY IS A HUGE PORTION OF OUR IMAGE, OUR EMISSIONS AS A CITY, AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE CLIMATE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE EQUITY PLAN WITH THIS PLAN, CONTINUING TO OPERATE BEYOND THAT THOUGH, THERE IS TRUE HARM BEING DONE, UM, IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THERE HAS BEEN SIGHTED WATER CONTAMINATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A WAVE OF DYING VEGETATION IN THE PAST AND 2011.
THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
SO SULFUR DIOXIDE, WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING TO ACID RAIN.
UM, SO THIS IS TRULY A LONG-TERM ISSUE.
THAT'S AFFECTING NOT ONLY OUR EMISSIONS THEMSELVES, BUT THE COMMUNITY, THIS PLANT SITS ON A RESERVOIR.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SWIM AND FISH IN THAT RESERVOIR.
UM, AND THAT COAL ASH IS GOING INTO THE SOIL.
IT COULD BE GOING INTO THE GROUNDWATER.
UM, AND SO IT TRULY IS VERY HARMFUL FOR THE HEALTH OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT IN LAGRANGE.
UM, BEYOND THAT, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAWSUITS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, SO I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THAT.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT REACHED IN 2013, UM, AND THERE WERE, AT THE TIME THERE WERE EPA VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DOCUMENTED AND KNOWN ABOUT, AND THERE IS NO SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT THE HARM OF BEING IN PROXIMITY TO THIS PLANT.
UM, SO WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS PLANT CONTINUING TO OPERATE OR INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE HAVING ASTHMA AND LUNG CANCER, WE'RE INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE HAVING HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND WE'RE INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY BEING COMPLETELY RELIANT ON THIS COAL PLANT TO RUN THEIR ECONOMY.
AND EVENTUALLY WHEN THAT GOES AWAY, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM COAL IN THE LONGTERM.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SOURCE FOR THEM TO STAND ON THEIR ECONOMY.
UM, IF WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECT, THERE AREN'T ANY, UM, IT HISTORICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF SUBSIDIES THAT GO INTO ENERGY AND SPECIFICALLY COAL.
UM, BUT BY 2030, IT'S KNOWN THAT NEW AND EXISTING COAL PLANTS WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND OPERATE THAN RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES LIKE SOLAR AND WIND, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY I'M SLIPPING ON AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT THEY IT'S POWER PROJECT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN KNOWN TO ACTUALLY NOT RESULT IN ANY TRUE PROFITS FOR AUSTIN ENERGY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S TAKING MORE TO RUN AND OPERATE THAN IT IS BRINGING IN IN TERMS OF REVENUE PERSPECTIVE.
SO THIS IS NOT EVEN A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE PROFITABILITY OF AUSTIN ENERGY.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RATE INCREASES, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THEY NEED MAKE UP THAT 48 MILLION FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS, FAYETTE POWER PROJECT IS NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THAT IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY.
THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT HERE BEFORE ZACH TALKS ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THE GROUND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY.
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DURING WINTER STORM URI.UM, SO THIS IS ALSO NOT A WEATHERIZED FORM OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A KNOWN THAT MOST OF THE POWER LOSS WAS FROM NATURAL GAS.
UM, SO WE SHOULD NOT BE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE MAINTENANCE OR THE OPERATION OF THIS PLANT, AND IT IS NOT BENEFITING US IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY, BOTH IN AUSTIN.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF LAGRANGE IS WE'RE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THEIR DIRECT HEALTH.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF, THAT'S SETTING THE STAGE ABOUT THE PLANT AND ITS HISTORY.
UH, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION IT OVER TO ZACH TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE GROUND AND WHERE WE REALLY NEED HELP FROM YOU ALL AND ARE HOPING YOU CAN HELP US INFLUENCE THIS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS WELL.
AND, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE, UM, FOR TAKING THE TIME, UM, TO LISTEN TO US, UM, AND THE NEXT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, UM, I'M GOING TO KEEP REALLY BRIEF.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE, UM, THINGS TO DO AND, AND FAMILIES TO GO TO.
UM, BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE NOW IS THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN ENERGY AND LCRA CAN UPHOLD THEIR COMMITMENT TO MEET THESE CLIMATE GOALS, BUT THEN ALSO IN DOING SO THAT WE ARE, UM, RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPERATING THIS PLAN THAT ARE AT THE FRONT LINES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE PLANT, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ABANDONED IN THIS PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE THEY ALSO ARE, ARE POWERING THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN ALSO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO THOSE WORKERS AT THE PLANT.
UM, AND SO OUR WORK RECENTLY HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC AWARENESS, UM, AND TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DOING TEACHINGS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON THIS.
UM, BUT ALSO TO ENGAGE WORKERS IN LAGRANGE AT THIS PLANT AS THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION AS TO THEIR STANCE ON THESE ISSUES AND WHAT THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IMPORTANT POINTS ARE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CLOSING THIS PLANT AND DEMANDING THAT IT'S CLOSED TO MEET THESE CLIMATE EQUITY GOALS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL.
UM, SINCE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY EXTRACTING OUR ENERGY FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE A COUPLE OF REQUESTS FOR, UM, THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS AND WAYS TO LOOK AT NEEDING THIS CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN FOR THE JSC.
UM, AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS IN TERMS OF, TO MAKE REQUESTS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FUNDS.
UM, FIRST FOR TESTING OF THE WATER AND AIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, FURTHER TESTING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, UM, SORT OF REALLY ASCERTAIN WHAT THESE IMPACTS ARE AND TO GET MORE DATA ON THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT CAUSING EVEN MORE DAMAGE THAN WE'VE ALREADY DISCOVERED.
UM, TWO IS ALSO GIVEN THAT THE, THE CLOSURE OF THIS PLANT IS A VERY LARGE COMPONENT OF MEETING THE CLIMATE EQUITY GOALS.
UM, AND SINCE THESE TALKS HAVE STALLED TO CLOSE THIS PLAN, UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE JSC AND THE CITY COUNCIL LOOK INTO ALTERNATIVE SOURCES TO INVEST IN AND TO START REMOVING INVESTMENT FROM THIS PLANT, UM, IN ADVANCE.
AND SINCE IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE CLOSED, THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF MOST COAL PLANTS IS 46 YEARS GLOBALLY.
AND FAYE IS IN ITS 44TH YEAR OF OPERATION.
SO IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THIS PLANT IS GOING TO CLOSE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEEDS ALTERNATIVES.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD IS THAT, UM, THE WORKERS WHO CURRENTLY ARE OPERATING THIS PLANT, UM, HAVE SUPPORT DURING THIS TRANSITION TO HAVE ADJUST, TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGIES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, IT'S OUR POSITION THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING THESE PLANTS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK TOO, UM, IS FOR THE JFC ALSO TO LOOK INTO, UM, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE REQUESTS AS THEY RELATE TO THIS PLANT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, UM, THE CITY OF HOLD ITS GOALS AND ITS STATED COMMITMENTS ON THIS AND TO LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMOVE OUR DEPENDENCY ON COAL, BUT ALSO IN DOING SO THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THESE PLANTS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT AFFECTS.
UM, SO WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND ALSO TO HEAR ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE ON WAYS TO, UM, TO RESTART THE, THE EFFORTS ON THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THESE GOALS.
UM, I HAVE FAYETTE IS JOINT OWNED AND I THOUGHT THE LCRA OWNED THE MAJORITY PORTION
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OF IT.UH, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS COMMITTED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM TO ACTUALLY FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENT.
BUT EVEN IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PULLED OUT, WOULD THE PLANTS STILL OPERATE UNDER THE LCRA BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE LCRA HAS SIGNED ANY CLIMATE AGREEMENT OR IS A, IS A PARTY TO THE, UM, THE CITY'S CLIMATE AGREEMENT.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN MOST PEOPLE ASK THAT QUESTION, IT'S TYPICALLY THE UNDERSTANDING OF, OKAY, GREAT.
EVEN IF AUSTIN ENERGY PULLS OUT, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING AND THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT.
UM, AND I DON'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND JUST TO KIND OF COVER THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT WITH AUSTIN ENERGY PULLING OUT, UM, THIS IS GOING TO DRASTICALLY AFFECT THE COST THAT THE LCRA NEEDS TO COVER.
UH, AUSTIN ENERGY CURRENTLY OWNS TWO HALFS OR THE HALF OF TWO UNITS OF A TOTAL OF THREE UNITS.
UM, SO WE BELIEVE THAT BY, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT METHODOLOGY TO PULL OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT IF AUSTIN ENERGY DOES LEAVE THAT AGREEMENT, THEN THE LCRA NEEDS TO ABSORB THAT FULL COST WITH THE PLANTS BEING DUE TO SHUT DOWN IN THE FUTURE.
WE THINK THAT THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO RUN IT OR TO BE OPEN TO CONTINUING TO RUN IT AND BEAR THAT COST IS GOING TO BE LESS LIKELY.
AND SO IT REALLY CREATES THE CASE TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANT EARLY OR LOOK IDEALLY AT RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION.
UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, UH, I HANG OUT WITH A LOT OF, UH, TREE HUGGER TYPES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS FADE PAN HAS BEEN WIDELY PANNED, UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, UM, WHY WOULD AUSTIN ENERGY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY, UH, WERE LEADING TOWARDS PULLING OUT, UH, WHY ARE THEY STILL GOING THROUGH THE PLAN? IS THERE LIKE SOME KIND OF EXIT FEE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE WOULD BE, ESPECIALLY AS THE PLANT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HELP PRODUCE ENERGY AT A CHEAP ENOUGH RATE FOR IT TO BE WORTH IT, UH, FOR THE COMMON LAY PERSON? RIGHT.
I, IS IT JUST LIKE AN EXIT FEE THING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO? LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE BARRIERS FROM AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, CEASING THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FADE COAL PLANT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO LIKE THE SIERRA CLUB, UH, PUBLIC CITIZEN, UH, TEXAS DROUGHT PROJECT, AND THREE 50 AS WELL.
AND THAT IS THE QUESTION WE ALL HAVE AND IT'S A VERY, UH, CLOSED DOOR TYPE OF CONVERSATION.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE LEGITIMATE ANSWER, BUT THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DOCUMENTATION AROUND IT ARE NOT EVEN AVAILABLE TO PULL FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED AND BROUGHT UP WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.
AND IF ANYONE HAS THE RELATIONSHIP OR THE AUTONOMY TO WALK THROUGH THEIR DOORS AND TALK TO SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP, I'D HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
MAY I SUGGEST DROPPING A SACK OF COAL IN FRONT OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND BUELLER, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD START.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A PROTEST LAST WEEK IN FRONT OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS ABOUT THIS.
YOU DON'T THINK IT'S AN LCRA WOULD SUE THEM KIND OF THING, RIGHT.
BECAUSE LCRA WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEM OF AUSTIN ENERGY PULLED OUT.
I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT THERE'S NOT MORE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ABOUT LAWSUITS AND CONTRACTS.
AND I, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD IDEALLY LIKE, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT.
I JUST LIKE TO JUMP IN FOR A MINUTE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE CALLED OUT ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH IS THAT THERE ISN'T TRANSPARENCY AND THAT CURRENTLY, UM, THERE IS NO MEANS OF, UH, OF DEMANDING THAT THEY EXPLAIN OR GIVE A REASON OR NOT COMING TO AN AGREEMENT OTHER THAN, UM, THE DISCUSSIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES AND THAT THEY CAN'T COME TO ONE.
UM, SO IF THE JSC OR THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HAS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO PUSH FORWARD TO RECEIVE SOME TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, UM, FEEDBACK AS WELL, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AT A BARE MINIMUM, TEND TO KNOW THE REASONS THAT, UM, THIS ISN'T MOVING FORWARD.
THE L THE THING WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HEARD IS THAT THERE IS AN NDA, AND SO THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS OR THE RATIONALE
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THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION OR A SOUL HAS A QUESTION.UM, SO I HEARD, UM, SOME, UH, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW ABOUT THAT EXACT ISSUE THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS OF A LAWSUIT.
SO WHAT DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD SAY TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE WHO HEAR THOSE CONCERNS THAT IF AUSTIN ENERGY WITHDRAWS, THERE COULD BE A LAWSUIT? YEAH.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY, UM, TO GET INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE COUNCIL THAT IS WITH THE CITY, UM, HAS INCLINATIONS TOWARDS, UM, CERTAIN GROUPS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SUGGESTING INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR ASK AS WELL FOR THE CITY TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND GET THE COUNCIL TO REALLY CONFIRM WHETHER THAT IS A TRUE POSSIBILITY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO HELP ADDRESS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHY AREN'T THEY WILLING TO STEP OUT OF THAT NEGOTIATION? GREAT.
UM, ARE THERE, I KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE WERE ALL APPOINTED OF COURSE, BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MESSAGE THAT YOU WOULD WANT FOLKS ON THIS COMMITTEE TO BRING TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, YEAH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK THE JSC, UM, TO, TO, UM, I GUESS TAKE THE INITIATIVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AND PUSH FOR ANY ACTION WITHIN THE POWER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THE COMMITMENTS, UM, IN THE ENERGY AND RESOURCE GENERATION PLAN.
AND, UM, AND TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT, PARTICULARLY WITH, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, TAKING AUTHORITY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OVER THE BUDGET REQUESTS.
UM, WE MENTIONED IN OUR PRESENTATION, UM, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THAT IS A POWER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AND, AND COULD NO LONGER APPROVE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THIS PLANT IN ORDER TO, UM, PUSH NEGOTIATIONS FORWARD.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE JFE AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO OTHER WAYS, BUT THAT IS OUR SPECIFIC IDEA THAT, UM, WE WOULD ASK YOU ALL LOOK INTO AND PUSH FOR.
SO WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PUSH FOR, UM, TESTING OF THE GROUND WATER AND AIR AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND THE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION AND HEALTH IMPACTS.
UM, I'VE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, I'M SURE WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION ON THIS TODAY.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS TO, UM, GO ABOUT CONSIDERING THE GOC MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON THESE ISSUES SURROUNDING FAYETTE? YES.
SO, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY THE ITEM AFTER THIS IS LIKE A, A REFRESHER LIST OF, OF DIFFERENT RULES, BUT BASICALLY FOR ACTION.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE JUST POSTED INTO THE WEBSITE BEFOREHAND, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN, UM, YOU'D BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO POST FOR IT.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, KIND OF RESTRUCTURING THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR ON WHAT'S POSTED FOR ACTION AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT IN ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY SO THAT WE CAN POST IT AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE ACTUAL JSC WEBSITE FOR REVIEW.
UM, CAN I REQUEST NOW TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I COULD ALSO, WELL, I OR OTHER MEMBERS COULD ALSO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING? I CAN WRITE IT IN AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM HERE ON THE, ON THE MINUTES.
UM, WHAT HAS BEEN THE COMMUNICATION WITH COUNCIL THUS FAR, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN OUTREACHED TO AND HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? UM, YES.
SO IN THE PAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS, AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT WE'VE
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CURRENTLY HAD MEETINGS WITH.AND, UM, BOTH HAVE EXPRESSED OPENNESS TO THESE IDEAS AND SUPPORT ON THE ISSUE, UM, AND HAVE ASKED FOR, UM, INFORMATION, UM, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR RESEARCH, BUT THEN ALSO FOR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WAYS TO THE CITY COUNCIL COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO, UM, WE FELT THAT OUR NEXT STEP WAS TO COME AND PRESENT THIS TO THE JFC.
UM, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS SO FAR.
SO WE HAVEN'T MET DIRECTLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, BUT OTHER GROUPS HAVE, AND FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT WE'VE HEARD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN SEEMS SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, TAKING THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING OF COUNCIL AND TRYING TO INFLUENCE AUSTIN ENERGY TO REALLY GET INVOLVED IN SHUTTING DOWN THAT PLANT.
IF THAT IS ALL, AND WE CAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
OKAY, GREAT MAKEUP BACK TO THE GIN.
UH, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS LEFT, I THINK.
UH, THERE'S THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION RULES REFRESHER, AND THEN THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS REPORTING BACK.
[2.e) Boards and Commissions Rules Refresher – Zach Baumer, Office of Sustainability (Discussion)]
BOARDS AND COMMISSION RULES REFRESHER? YEAH, SO, UM, WE WON'T HAVE SLIDES FOR THIS, BUT, UH, BASICALLY, UH, WE HAD A SPRING REFRESHER, UM, FOR ALL OF THE RULES CONCERNING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RECENTLY.AND SO, UM, ZACH AND I BOTH ATTENDED THAT AND JUST FELT THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH WITH YOU ALL.
I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW, UM, NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONERS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT SOME OF THESE ROLES, I THINK WE WERE UNCLEAR ON THEM.
AND SO WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON A FEW THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, COME UP.
UM, SO ONE OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND FOR AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE LIKE HYBRID VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UM, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE THEIR CAMERAS ON THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, UM, BUT IS REQUIRED WHENEVER WE ARE VOTING.
AND SO FROM NOW ON, WHENEVER YOU'RE TAKING A VOTE, JUST TURN YOUR CAMERA ON SO THAT YOU'RE VISIBLE OR WHENEVER YOU'RE SPEAKING OR ASKING A QUESTION.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE CAMERA ON THE WHOLE TIME.
IT IS RECOMMENDED, BUT WHEN A VOTE IS BEING TAKEN PLACE OR WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, UM, DO HAVE THAT ON TO BE COUNTED AS ON THE DIETS, UM, ON EMAILS.
SO ALL, UH, MOST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAIL ADDRESS.
THAT IS THE ONLY EMAIL THAT SHOULD BE USED TO COMMUNICATE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR ANY BUSINESS DEALING WITH THE JSC SPECIFICALLY.
SO IF YOU ARE USING YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, LIABLE TO BE HELD FOR, FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT IS RECOMMENDED OR IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU USE YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAIL.
AND SO YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'LL TRY TO MESSAGE YOU AT YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAIL ONLY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBERS TOO, TO ACTUALLY SPEAK VIA PHONE, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE EMAILING, UM, IT DOES HAVE TO BE YOUR, YOUR, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EMAIL AND NOT YOUR PERSONAL, UM, FOUR ABSENCES.
UM, SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO BE, UM, PRESENT FOR AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF ALL REGULAR MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO THERE IS ACTUALLY A CASE WHERE IF YOU MISS EITHER THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS OR MISS MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF REGULAR MEETINGS, UM, THAT IS GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY WANT US TO START TRACKING.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, EXCUSED ABSENCES, UM, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, ILLNESS OR INJURY, UM, ILLNESS OR INJURY FOR A, AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, UM, BIRTH OR ADOPTION OF, OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, CHILD, UM, AND FOR 90 DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH OR ADOPTION, UM, OR MILITARY SERVICE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD NOT AFFECT, UM, THIS, BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, BEING OUT OF TOWN OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT IT'S, UM, IT WOULD BE COUNTED AS, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS.
AND, AND AGAIN, ONE THIRD, UM, MORE THAN ONE THIRD OR THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES IN A ROW, UM, FOR BRIEFINGS AND THIS CAME UP AS FAR AS ACTION.
UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO, IF IT'S A PRESENTATION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POST THAT JUSTICE DISCUSSION, UNLESS THERE IS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING THAT WE CAN POST UP FOR REVIEW.
AND SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU CAN BRING IT UP TO, TO ZACH
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AND I, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO JUST GET THAT POSTED BEFOREHAND SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW, UM, AND FOR COMMISSIONERS TO REVIEW PRIOR TO GETTING VOTED ON DURING THE CALL.AND SO IF WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION BEFOREHAND, THEN IT WILL HAVE TO BE POSTED ONLY AS, AS A, UM, A DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'S FOR BRIEFINGS, UM, AND CAN FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY BE ADDED DURING A MEETING.
UM, SO ITEMS CAN BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA BY EITHER SPONSORSHIP.
SO IF YOU WANT IT TO ADD ITEMS TO THE AGENDA, YOU CAN MESSAGE WITH YOUR BC ADDRESS.
AND, UM, ANY ITEM CAN GO ON IF TWO OR MORE COMMISSIONERS APPROVE OF IT AND YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERED SPONSORS.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, JUST MAKE SURE TO DO IT FIVE CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE.
AND SO IF ANYTHING IS REQUESTED DURING THE MEETING, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT AS NEW BUSINESS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND AGAIN FROM TWO OR MORE MEMBERS THAN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD CONSIDER IT.
UM, AND SO IN THE CASE OF, UM, SO THE SOULS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE MEMBER.
AND SO IF ANY OF YOU ALL SUPPORT IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WOULD HAVE THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE LIST OF, OF SOME OF THESE REFRESHERS, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET THAT OUT THERE, UM, AS WE TRY TO MOVE THAT, UH, YES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID REALLY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OF HOW WE OPERATE AT THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE BACKUP, YOU CAN'T POST IT FOR ACTION, BUT ON THE DESIGN COMMISSION, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
IN FACT, WE POST EVERY ITEM AS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE ACTION IF WE WANT TO DO SO.
SO I'M CURIOUS, DID THEY, ARE THEY CHANGING THE RULES ON US OR, OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DONE HERE AS WELL.
UM, I CAN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, TO CLARIFY, BUT ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING IS POSTED AS A BRIEFING, SO LET'S SAY IT'S A PRESENTATION FROM, YOU KNOW, AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION OR FROM STAFF.
AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW, UM, ON THIS BRIEFING, THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THE CASE.
UM, I CAN TRY TO CLARIFY IF IT'S NOT A BRIEFING AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AN AGENDA ITEM.
THAT'S JUST LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THIS RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER IT HAS TO BE POSTED BEFORE OR NOT, BUT PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE WANTING TO POST FOR ACTION FOR, UH, REGARDING A BRIEFING.
UM, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP BECAUSE, UM, A GREAT, I THINK THERE WAS CONFUSION ON OUR END BECAUSE WE HAD ALSO DONE IT THIS WAY.
SO, UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND THEN, UM, WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU ALL CLARIFYING ON THAT.
UM, I ALSO, YEAH, I THINK JUST TO PUT A FINE POINT ON WHAT I THINK THE QUESTIONNAIRE THERE IS PARTIALLY, LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN ITEM FOR AHEAD OF TIME FOR A RECOMMENDATION? CAUSE I KNOW FOR SURE MOST OF THE COMMISSIONS DO NOT, THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
SO I, I AM CURIOUS TO GET A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THAT ONE.
AND THEN IT GOES SO FAR
SO IT KIND OF FEELS A LITTLE FLAWED.
I'M THINKING THAT WHAT WE'RE ORIGINALLY DOING IS CORRECT.
IF IT IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT STILL COVERS IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS THE DISCUSSION IS WHAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND LEGAL, THAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO WOULD BE THE ONE I WOULD USE FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO WE KNOW IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM IT'S POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.
UM, GET RID OF, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THE, THE, THE, THE WORDING OF BRIEFING IN IT.
AND THEN IF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, IF WE BRING A RECOMMENDATION THE DAY OF, OR EVEN IF WE START OFF WITH A RECOMMENDATION, WHAT'S THE IMPACT WHEN THE FORT, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS GO IN, MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND IT'S, AND WHAT DEGREE IS MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE, WHERE REQUIRES REPOSTING AS AGAIN? YEAH, NO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
SO YOU, YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY CHANGES DURING THE MEETING.
I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE SOME FORM OF INITIAL DRAFT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND HAVE THAT POSTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'VE UNDERSTOOD IT ALSO BRIEFING I SET THE SAME THING.
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LIKE, SO DOES IT MATTER IF YOU PUT THE WORD BRIEFING IN THERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT SAYS BRIEFING PRESENTATION, UM, THAT'S DIRECTED AT YOU ALL.IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION TO IT, THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT JUST HAS TO BE PRINTED, BUT AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL CLARIFY BECAUSE, UH, YES, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT, SO IT'S JUST SORT OF AN INITIAL DRAFT.
UM, I I'VE HAD SOME PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT THIS AND WHERE, WHERE MY UNDERSTANDING LANDED WAS THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO POPPY YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EMAIL.
BUT IF YOU ALSO WANTED TO COPY YOUR PERSONAL OR WORK EMAIL, THAT THAT WAS OKAY.
AS LONG AS THE CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION REMAINED IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EMAIL AS WELL AS, IS THAT ALSO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OR AM I HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YES, I THINK IT'S, YES.
SO IT SHOULD BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
AND SO YES, HAVING THE STREAM THROUGH YOUR BC EMAIL, I THINK THE ISSUE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT IF YOU DO ADD YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL INTO THE THREAD, THEN AT THAT POINT IT DOES BECOME, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, IT, IT COULD GET, UM, LIKE HAVE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST IT'S ELIGIBLE AT THAT POINT.
SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I USE MY CELL PHONE FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TEXTS REGARDING WORK, THAT'S UP FOR, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MY PERSONAL NUMBER, BECAUSE I'M USING IT FOR CITY BUSINESS, THEN THOSE HAVE TO BE ARCHIVES.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S THE, UM, THAT'S JUST THE ASPECT OF IT THAT YOU ALL WOULD NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
THAT WAS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, EVERYBODY'S, I GUESS, CHOICE TO MAKE WHETHER OR NOT THEY, WHATEVER, WHETHER THAT'S A DETERRENT TO THEM, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND I'LL DEFINITELY JUST DOUBLE-CHECK ON THIS BRIEFING LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLARITY ON IT.
[2.f) Commission members report back on any relevant discussions from their respective boards and commissions – (Discussion and/or possible action)]
GO AROUND AND I'LL CALL THEM THE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO REPORT ON THEIR OTHER BOARD.SO I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.
UH, KIBO, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION? SORRY, CAPE, AND MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME OR YOU WERE ON MUTE OR WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, HARRIS, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, UH, I GUESS NO REAL UPDATE THAT I CAN THINK OF.
I KNOW THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF WHEN I NEED TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON, I THINK ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE AN EQUITY ASPECT TO IT THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE SAMSUNG WATER SPILL, UM, BY WATERSHED.
UM, BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT QUIET WATER LIFE IS STARTING TO COME BACK AND THAT THEY'RE JUST ENGAGING WITH SAMSUNG, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, TALKS WITH, UM, I BELIEVE EITHER DSD OR WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION ON, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME CHANGES REGARDING, UH, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN, UH, FOR PUBLIC MOBILITY PROJECTS.
UM, BASICALLY JUST SPELLING OUT, UH, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIONS AND SORT OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT'S REQUIRED FOR BUILDING THESE PROJECTS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE PRETTY MUCH EVEN THE LAST MEETING.
UM, MELISSA ZERO WASTE ADVISORY.
MELISSA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE LAST MEETING? ALL RIGHT.
I WILL MOVE ON, UH, DIANA WHEELER, I'M ON THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
WE MET ON MAY 3RD, UH, PRESENTING WHERE WE HAD THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT PRESENTED AND KIND OF LIKE HERE, THEY
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WERE JUST PRESENTING ON THEIR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND WHAT MIGHT IMPACT URBAN TRANSPORTATION.AND WE FOUND OUT THAT ROB SPILLER IS RETIRING.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE BLUE LINE, WHICH WOULD BE THE, UM, THE AIRPORT LIGHT RAIL FROM THE AIRPORT ACROSS TOWN LAKE TO, I BELIEVE IT'S RAIMI STATION.
AND THERE HAD BEEN, UM, IT HAD ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED THAT THERE WOULD BE THE METRO RAIL WOULD CROSS ON THE BRIDGE.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE ABOVE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE LANE ON THE BRIDGE, BUT WE HAD, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD ASKED THAT THERE'D BE A BUS.
SO OUR COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT THEY INCLUDE BUS IN THE DESIGN AND THEY WEREN'T SURE THEY COULD, BUT THEY CAME BACK ON MAY 3RD AND NOW BUS IS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE DESIGN.
SO WHEN THE PROPOSAL GOES OUT TO THE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE RFP, THE RFQ, UH, HAVING A BUS, UH, TRANS TRANSPORT JUST FOR CITY BUSES WILL BE PART OF IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING.
AND THEN THERE WAS A, AN UPDATE ON METRO BIKE, UH, ALL FUTURE, UH, IT'S VERY POPULAR AND IT'S, UM, IT'S THE EXPECTED EASY WAY TO DO THAT LAST MILE.
LIKE YOU GET PEOPLE VIA BUS OR VIA METRO RAIL TO A CERTAIN LOCATION, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO GET THAT LAST MILE.
AND SO THE METRO BIKE, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO BE AT EACH STATION AND THEY WANT TO, UH, GO FULLY ELECTRIC BECAUSE THEY FOUND THEM THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE FLEET THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THREE QUARTERS OF THE FLEET IS REGULAR BICYCLE.
ONE QUARTER OF THE FLEET IS ELECTRIC BIKE.
AND, BUT, UH, THREE QUARTERS OF THE RIDES ARE ON THE ELECTRIC BIKES.
SO WHILE THEY'RE MORE COSTLY TO PURCHASE AND MORE COSTLY TO MAINTAIN, THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE WAY OF THE FUTURE IF WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BIKING.
SO THIS IS FOR EVERY, A TRANSIT STATION FOR EVERY REGION.
AND METRO BIKE, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT THAT IS THEIR PLAN.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT ABOUT LIKE METRO RAPID, RIGHT? LIKE, CAUSE THE GOLD LINE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A TRAIN STATION, BUT NOW BECAUSE OF COVID RIGHT.
THEY HAD TO TURN IT INTO A METRO RAPID ROUTE.
SO WOULD THEY PUT LIKES ON THAT ROUTE AS WELL OR NO, I THINK THE PLAN IS BUS AND RAIL LINES.
SO WHAT ALL HAVE IT? THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO ONE OR TWO.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO ONE OR TWO PHASES AND TRY IT OUT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, BUT THAT'S THE LONG-TERM GOAL.
VISIO WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ARE THEY ALL MUTED? IS THAT WHAT I'M NOT SURE.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST MOVE US ALONG FRANCIS WITH THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD, IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THAT.
CHRISTIE WILLIAMS, WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION.
YES, THE DO, IF, IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
THERE WAS A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO TALK EARLIER AND I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR THEM, BUT THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM COULD HEAR.
SO, BUT FORTUNATELY THOSE PEOPLE DID SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REPORT.
SO, UM, JUST A VERY QUICK REPORT FROM THE AUSTIN FOOD POLICY BOARD, WHICH IS THAT, UM, THE FOOD PLANNING PROCESS IS GOING TO BEGIN VERY SOON AND WE ARE FINALIZING A, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY GO OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, UM, TO, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOOD POLICY PLANNING.
AND THE REASON THAT HAS SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE CONVERSATION AROUND PRODUCTION AND STORAGE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH, UM, DESIGNATIONS OF LAND AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, FOOD CATCHMENT, UM, ON THE KIND OF THE BACKEND TOO.
SO, UM, THERE ARE CERTAINLY SUSTAINABILITY CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD IN THERE AND WE'D LOVE TO GET GOOD REPRESENTATION.
UH, CHRISTY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION.
UM, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING, BUT IN THERE IN THE APRIL MEETING, UM, STAFF, UH, PROVIDED A PRETTY
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DETAILED PRESENTATION ON SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE CITY CODE REGARDING WATER CONSERVATION, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.UM, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME NEW BINDS AND SOME OTHER POLICIES IMPLEMENTED TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE WATER CONSERVATION.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE APRIL 11TH BACKUP, UM, AND THERE IS A PRESENTATION THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR SOME FOLKS ON THE COMMISSION.
AND CABER, YOU HAD AN UPDATE, YOU SAID YES.
UM, SO CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES.
UM, YEAH, SO THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, UM, ADOPTED A, WELL, I GUESS, CREATED A WORKING GROUP, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF AUSTIN ENERGY TO, UH, EXAMINE HEALTHY AND KIND OF UNHEALTHY BUILDING MATERIALS AND, UH, ULTIMATELY TO THE PURPOSES TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, INCREASING THE FOCUS WITHIN THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM ON, UH, REDUCING THE USE OF UNHEALTHY BUILDING MATERIALS AND INCREASING THE USE OF HEALTHY BUILDING MATERIALS, UH, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY RELATED TO TOXIC MATERIALS.
UM, BUT ALSO CONSIDERING KIND OF THE LIFE CYCLE IMPACT OF, UH, VARIOUS BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CONNECTS TO THE CLIMATE PLAN AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF WAYS, INCLUDING THE, THE WASTE STREAM AND, UH, KIND OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS, UM, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE LENS OF THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT, UH, PARTIALLY BECAUSE IF, IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE AN IDEA OF SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY WELL-SUITED TO, TO THAT KIND OF A WORKING GROUP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, RICH TO PARKS AND REC BOARD.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HERE THIS PARK CALLED ZILKER PARK, QUICK JOKE.
UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE, WHEN WE GO INTO THE FALL, WE'LL BE AT THE FIFTH COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SEE A DRAFT FINAL DRAFT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS WHAT THAT VISION PLAN IS FOR ZILKER PARK FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S 40 TO 60, 80 YEARS.
AND SO MAKE SURE YOU, WE GET ENGAGED AND YOU STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS RELATING TO EQUITY THERE'S THERE'S QUESTIONS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND THEN OF COURSE, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION WITH US, THE HEALTH BENEFITS.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL AT PLAY RIGHT HERE.
HOW DO WE CREATE ACCESS AND MAKE SURE WE PROTECT ACCESS TO THE PARK FOR ALL PARTS OF THE CITY? I THINK A BIG RESOUNDING ONE.
HOW DO WE DO THIS ECOLOGICAL UPLIFT WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE GREEN SPACE FOR WATER QUALITY FOR AIR QUALITY AND HOW DO WE PROTECT ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP AND THEN THAT WILL ULTIMATELY GO TO ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EARLY 2023.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS A DEPARTMENT IS, UH, THE PARKLAND VACATION ORDINANCE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
THIS IS NEW AND IT'S ACTUALLY A STANDALONE CODE.
IT WILL GO TOWARDS THE CURRENT PARKING LEAD DEDICATION ORDINANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL, FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
AND SO THAT IS MAKING ITS WAY BEING WORKED ON THROUGH JUNE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY BY THE END OF JUNE, WE'LL GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE INTENTION OF GOING TO A CITY COUNCIL IN JULY FOR ADOPTION, HOPEFULLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IS TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S GREEN SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM HOW, HOW DOES, HOW ARE THEY LEVERAGING OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT THAT IMPACT IS TAKEN FOR BY THE CORPORATIONS COMPANIES ARE CREATING THESE PROPERTIES, BUT THEN ALSO THAT THE WORKER WHO IS INSIDE THAT SPACE HAS SOMEWHERE TO TAKE THAT 15 MINUTE BREAK, YOU KNOW, THAT TWICE A DAY, THAT THEY GET THE LUNCHTIME AND THEN GO OUTSIDE AND ACTUALLY ENJOY THAT, THAT OR OPEN AIR IN GREEN SPACE.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF IT AND THAT'S IT ALL I HAVE.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, DAVID DESIGN COMMISSION, UH, SURE.
I'M NOT, NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THIS IS OF INTEREST.
UH, BUT, UH, OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED
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VMU TO ORDINANCE.IT'S A NEW DENSITY BONUS, UH, ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION ON THE NEWLY RECALIBRATED, UH, FEES FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UM, WHICH WAS A LIVELY DISCUSSION AND, UH, ALSO A PRESENTATION ON THE CONVENTION CENTER, REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE CONVENTION CENTER, REDEVELOPED BUILD A NEW ONE.
SO, UH, GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT PLAN.
UM, THE PAST TWO, UM, UH, PRESENTATIONS OR COMPENSATIONS THERE FROM DESIGN COMMISSION AND FROM PARKS WERE VERY INTERESTING, UM, COMING FROM A PLANNING COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE AND SORRY, ALL MY BRAIN IS TURNING TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, LET'S SEE.
I MEAN, I THINK MY HONEST, HONESTLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN MANY WAYS, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, UH, PREVENTING SO MANY REZONINGS IS AT ODDS, I BELIEVE WITH OUR CLIMATE GOALS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO CREATE, UM, KEEP ISLANDS.
AND SO A LOT OF LIKE THE FEW GREEN PARCELS THAT ARE LEFT IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE READY FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
LIKE WE SEE THAT AS REALLY ARE MANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
AND SOMETIMES ME, IF IT'S A REALLY AFFORDABLE, UM, AFFORDABLE DEBTS, UH, PROPOSAL SITE PLAN, UM, WE SEE THAT AS SUCH A POSITIVE THING, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ELIMINATING THAT GREEN SPACE AND I DON'T SEE IT INTENTIONALLY BEING INCLUDED, UM, IN OUR PLANNING.
SO I HOPE THAT THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS, UM, SOMEHOW BRING THAT TO LIGHT AND IT COMES THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S POSITIVE TO SHARE IN TERMS OF PREVENTING THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
UM, SO YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S MY UPDATE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY COMMISSIONER THAT I MISSED BEFORE, WHO HAS AN UPDATE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP? IF NOT, THEN I WILL JUST NOTE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING
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WHERE EVERY FOURTH, WEDNESDAY, SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 22ND.MAKE SURE YOUR CALENDARS ARE MARKED.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE TO VOTE DURING THE MEETING, YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
SOMETIMES I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING SECOND.