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GOOD AFTERNOON.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF MARCH THE 20TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER TINO, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL COUNCIL MEMBER GERRAN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA WILL NOT BE HERE.
HE IS ATTENDING A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HEARING IN AUSTIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 2:09 PM UM, WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND THAT IS THE METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, UPDATE ON OUR NEXT STEPS TO REACH OZONE ATTAINMENT.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH.
UH, THIS AFTERNOON'S BRIEFING, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, WILL BE ON THE CITY'S OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN THAT INCLUDES PROGRESS TO DATE AND, AND NEXT STEPS OUTLINED, UH, FOR THE NEAR TERM.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2018, THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED BEXAR COUNTY IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT.
BRIDGER WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT MEANS.
UH, FOR US, COMMUNITIES IN OZONE, MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT ARE CLOSEST TO BEING WITHIN THE DESIGNATED ATTAINMENT STANDARD OF 70 PARTS PER BILLION.
BRIDGER, THE INTERIM ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF METRO HEALTH, UM, UPDATED YOU IN JANUARY ON AIR QUALITY AND HOW IT IMPACTS PUBLIC HEALTH.
SOME OF THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF HIGH OZONE LEVELS INCLUDE AGGRAVATED ASTHMA, PREMATURE DEATH IN PEOPLE WITH HEART AND OR LUNG, UH, LUNG DISEASE.
UH, THE FOLLOWING BRIEFING, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UM, BY DR.
BRIDGER, WE'LL REALLY KIND OF LAY OUT WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, NOW, WHAT WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP IN THE NEAR TERM AND HOW IT PERTAINS TO OUR OZONE ENTERTAINMENT MASTER PLAN.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
UM, SO YES, I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING THE OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN, AND, UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU A CHEAT SHEET.
THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES BY THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT ARE FOUND IN THE PLAN THAT WE WILL BE UNDERTAKING BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER, 2020.
SO IF YOU'RE A 50,000 FOOT VIEW KIND OF PERSON, HERE'S YOUR DOCUMENT.
UM, I AM GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, HOWEVER, FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THERE IS ALSO THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT IS, UM, 31 PAGES LONG THAT, UM, HAS BEEN EMAILED TO YOU, UM, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND COMMENTS OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I GET WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT THE OZONE ATTAINMENT PLAN IS, UM, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTA ADAPTATION PLAN? AND, UM, THE WAY THAT I DESCRIBE IT IS THAT THE OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN IS A VERY CONCRETE DOCUMENT.
IT IS A VERY SHORT TERM DOCUMENT, AND IT'S A VERY TARGETED SET OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
WE KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER OF 2020.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET THE OZONE DOWN TO 70, AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE FAIL TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WE ARE DEALING WITH A MUCH MORE CONCRETE SET OF CHALLENGES, UM, THAN THE, THE, THE CAP.
OCTOBER 1ST IS WHEN THE E P A LOWERED THE OZONE STANDARD TO 70 PARTS PER BILLION.
UM, IN SEPTEMBER IS WHEN SAN ANTONIO WAS DESIGNATED AS BEING IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT.
UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THAT'S THE, UM, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF NON-ATTAINMENT, UM, CLOSEST TO ATTAINMENT.
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AND, UH, FAILURE TO GET OUR OZONE LEVELS TO 70 BY DECEMBER OF 2020.WE'LL ADVANCE US TO THE NEXT CATEGORY OF, OF NON-ATTAINMENT, WHICH IS MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO AVOID.
THE PLAN THAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TO YOU, YOU'LL SEE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING A LOT OF WORK, UM, AND GOES, SO IT BASICALLY GOES FROM NOW UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2020.
SO ALSO A REMINDER ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OZONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE, THE BAD OZONE OR THE GROUND LEVEL OZONE.
UM, AND THE PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS THAT HAVE TO BE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN ORDER FOR OZONE TO FORM ARE NOX AND VOCS, AND THEN HEAT AND SUNLIGHT.
AND WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME TOGETHER, THAT CREATES OZONE, UM, FOR US POINT SOURCES SUCH AS, UH, INDUSTRIAL SOURCES ARE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THOSE NOX AND V O C CHEMICAL SOUP, UM, BUT ALSO CARS AND TRUCKS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO, UM, TO THAT EQUATION.
SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, THE, THE, THE FIRST REASON IS IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
UM, OZONE IS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS.
AND, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK FOR, UM, PROBLEMS LIKE ASTHMA, C O P D, OTHER BREATHING PROBLEMS REALLY SUFFER WHEN THE OZONE LEVELS ARE HIGH.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS STUDY BEFORE, BUT, UM, THE, THE RESEARCHERS ESTIMATED THAT 24 DEATHS COULD BE AVOIDED EACH YEAR IN SAN ANTONIO.
IF THE AIR QUALITY, UM, WERE TO LOWER TO THAT 70 PARTS PER BILLION, WE ALSO CARE ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC COSTS.
SO, AS I MENTIONED TO START THIS OUT, WE KNOW THAT IF WE FAIL TO GET TO 70, UM, THERE WILL BE FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPOSED UPON THE CITY.
AND THESE FEDERAL REGULATIONS COULD CAUSE A LACK, A LOSS OF GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT COULD DELAY ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS AND COULD DETER MANUFACTURING EXPANSION.
NOW, THAT SAID, THERE ARE, UM, LOTS OF BIG CITIES HERE IN TEXAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT WHO ARE GROWING JUST FINE.
AND SO AFTER AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD, YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN WANNA DEAL WITH AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO SLOWING OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
A LOT OF THEM ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY.
UM, THIS WAS, UM, UM, THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH LOTS OF INPUT FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE, WHO ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, LOTS AND LOTS OF WORK WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S DOABLE, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, AND 99% OF IT IS BASED ON VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT.
SO, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT ALSO TO, UM, WHAT I'VE DECIDED TO CALL THE O TEAM.
SO WE HAVE AN OZONE ATTAINMENT TEAM, UM, AND RICARDO AND WENDELL, IF Y'ALL WILL STAND UP AND JUST GET THE RECOGNITION.
UM, SO WENDELL STARTED TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO.
RICARDO STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UM, AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO DID A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THE ACTUAL WRITING OF THE PLAN.
SO TONS AND TONS OF PEOPLE WERE DEV DEVELOPING EVERYTHING WE WERE GOING TO DO, BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO WRITE IT ALL DOWN.
UM, AND THOSE TWO FOLKS WORKED NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, AFTER HOURS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE THE, THE TEAM THAT WORKS ON WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.
WE ALSO FORMED, UM, 'CAUSE I'M A PRETTY CONCRETE, SIMPLE PERSON, WE FORMED A COMMITTEE THAT I CALLED THE GETTING TO 70 COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS, WHAT CAN WE DO HERE IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO GET TO 70? THAT IS OUR GOAL.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THERE? AND SO IN ORDER TO KIND OF KEEP OUR, OUR EYES ON THE GOAL, THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE WAS GETTING TO 70.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU FORGET THE QUOTES THOUGH,
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IT, IT READS LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO 70 COMMITTEES, AND THAT'S NOT THE POINT RIGHT THERE.SO, UM, THIS GETTING TO 70, UH, GROUP HAD SOME SUBCOMMITTEES AND, UM, THE, THE AREAS THAT THEY FOCUSED ON ARE THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN THE PLAN.
UM, SO COMMUNICATIONS, THE VW SETTLEMENT, UH, BEST PRACTICES.
SO WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN NON-ATTAINMENT? DOING WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE CITIES WHO HAVE DONE REALLY WELL? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW CAN WE, UM, REPLICATE THEIR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS? UM, IDENTIFICATION OF THE POINT SOURCES OF NOX AND VOCS, AND THEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE EMITTERS TO GET THOSE BACK UNDER CONTROL, UM, WORKING EXPLICITLY WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, AGAIN, ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.
AND THEN A KIND OF CATCHALL CATEGORY OF POLICY ADVOCACY AND FUNDING.
SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PLAN AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN EACH OF THOSE MAJOR CATEGORIES.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION IS A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAVE WE DONE, UM, UP TILL NOW.
SO WHAT IS OUR PROGRESS TO DATE? AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN? SO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE SHOWING UP HERE ON THIS ONE PAGER ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SHOWING UP ON THE SECOND SLIDE FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES THAT DEALS WITH, UM, THE MASTER PLAN.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FROM HERE ON OUT? SO, UM, FOR COMMUNICATIONS PROGRESS TO DATE, WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR? AND AGAIN, GENERALLY, UM, WITH PROGRESS TO DATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS, BUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, SPECIFIC TO OZONE.
UM, OF COURSE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BREATHE TODAY.
SA TOMORROW CAMPAIGN, UM, LAUNCHED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THEN RUN IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH.
UM, THE, THE SA CLIMATE READY, AGAIN, ALL OF THE PRE-WORK THAT LED UP TO THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN VETTING THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
UM, A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS ALSO ON HOW WE CAN REDUCE NOX VOCS AND ULTIMATELY OZONE.
UM, THE CITY HAS HAD DEPARTMENTAL OZONE ACTION DAY PLANS.
UM, AND SO FOR, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS AN OZONE ACTION DAY, AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO ALL EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY LETTING THEM KNOW, TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE AN OZONE ACTION DAY.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO, UM, TO DECREASE OZONE.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY'S CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS ANTI-IDLING AROUND SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN, UH, HAS ALSO BEEN PART OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AGAIN, IT'S GOOD FOR ASTHMA AND IT'S GOOD FOR OZONE IF WE DON'T IDLE.
SO WHAT ARE WE INCLUDING IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR COMMUNICATIONS? UM, WE'RE DOING TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS.
AND SO WHEN I SAY TARGETED, I MEAN IN TWO WAYS.
UM, ONE IS WE ARE TARGETING IT TO DAYS WHERE A HIGH OZONE IS LIKELY.
SO NOT SO MUCH WAITING ON T C E Q TO LET US KNOW 12 HOURS BEFORE THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN OZONE ACTION DAY.
BUT LOOKING AT THE WEATHER AND CONDITIONS THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE IT LOGICAL THAT THERE MIGHT BE A HIGH OZONE DAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA START TAKING ACTION ON THOSE DAYS.
WE WILL HAVE, UM, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS THAT GET SENT OUT ON THOSE DAYS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S A HIGH OZONE DAY, THEY'RE ALSO HEARING ABOUT, AND HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
UM, RATHER THAN JUST BLANKETING AND D DRIBS AND DRABS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OZONE SEASON, WE REALLY WANNA CONCENTRATE IT ON DAYS WHEN IT'S ON THE TOP OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS.
UM, THE OTHER WAY THAT WE'RE TARGETING IT IS, UM, AS WE KNOW FROM SOME OF DR.
JEFFREY'S PRESENTATIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE OZONE EXCEEDANCES ARE BEING CAUSED BY OCCURRENCES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS AROUND THE MONITORS.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA TARGET OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT IF THEY
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ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THESE AREAS, UM, THEY NEED TO BE HYPERVIGILANT TO TAKE THOSE STEPS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THEM, UM, TO DECREASE EITHER THEIR KNOCKS OR THEIR V O C CONTRIBUTION TO THE ATMOSPHERE.SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, SOME GRASSROOTS MARKETING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE THAT, THAT WENDELL BROUGHT TO US, UM, FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS A LIVING PLANT INSTALLATION.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WAY TO DRAW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO, UH, AN ADVERTISEMENT BECAUSE THE ADVERTISEMENT IS MADE OUT OF A LIVING PLANT.
SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO USE PLANTS TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, PROTECTING OUR CLEAN AIR.
UM, ALSO DOING BUSINESS OUTREACH.
UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT OUTREACH, POPUPS, UM, CAMPUS OUTREACH.
UM, COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE, ARE GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR THIS MESSAGE, AND WE REALLY WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, LOOKING AT INFLUENCERS, DOING SOME BLOGS WITH, UM, VARIOUS GROUPS WHO CAN HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT, UM, WORKING WITH BIKERS, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO OZONE WHEN THEY'RE OUT RIDING THEIR BIKES, AND SO THEY CAN HELP US SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.
UM, DOING DIGITAL OUTREACH, DOING TARGETED PSSAS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED WORKS REALLY WELL FROM SOME OF THE OTHER WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY IS THE, UH, PHOTO CHALLENGE.
SO WE COULD HAVE A, UH, PHOTO CHALLENGE, FOR EXAMPLE, OF SOMEBODY TAKING A PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, UM, NOT GOING THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH ON AN OZONE ACTION DAY.
SO, UM, THEN THEY GET ENTERED INTO, UM, A RAFFLE FOR A PRIZE.
UH, THIS, THIS WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DID.
I WANNA SAY THE YOUNG KIDS LIKE THIS, BUT, UM, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT, SO IT'S VERY POPULAR AMONG THE MORE SAVVY TECH PEOPLE THAN SOMEBODY LIKE ME.
UM, TARGETED PSAS, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S HAPPENING GEOGRAPHICALLY AND ON OZONE ACTION DAYS.
AND THEN, UM, REALLY WORKING THE PR ANGLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR MEDIA UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHY WE'RE DOING IT, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO NEXT IS, UH, VOLKSWAGEN SETTLEMENT.
SO PROGRESS TO DATE FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT.
UM, AND FIRST I WILL START BY SAYING THAT T C E Q HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT.
WE HAD HOPED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY NOW, UM, BUT IT HAS NOT.
THEY ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TRUST, AND SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO, UM, LET US KNOW HOW THEY WISH TO PROCEED.
MEANWHILE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE ACOG, UM, E D F, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, THE COUNTY, TO REALLY GET ALL THOSE DOMINOES LINED UP AND READY TO GO, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE PURELY BASED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
AND SO WE WANNA BE READY, UM, TO, TO GET A QUICK START OUT OF THE GATE.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME IS THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONVERSION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT STUDY.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL FUNDED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, AND WILL ALLOW US TO ALREADY HAVE A PLAN FOR WHERE IT'S MOST LOGICAL, UM, TO PLACE THESE VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS FAR AS THE MASTER PLAN GOES FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE BIG CATEGORIES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AND THE, THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF GOES INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT THE BIG CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THE, SOME CSA FLEET REPLACEMENTS, UM, SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, AND THEN, UM, OTHER VEHICLES THAT WE CAN PURCHASE THAT CAN BE ELECTRIC.
AND THEN THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THIS REGION IS WORKING ON REPLACING OLD SCHOOL BUSES.
SO IF WE CAN, UM, HELP THE ISDS PREPARE THEIR APPLICATIONS, FIND THE MATCHING FUNDS THAT THEY NEED, AND WE CAN REPLACE SOME OF THESE OLD DIRTY DIESEL BUSES, UM, WE WILL MAKE SOME REAL PROGRESS AROUND, UM, KIDS AND IN THE, THE NOS AND VOCS THAT GET ADMITTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES.
SO BEST PRACTICES, I MENTIONED BEST PRACTICES WAS, UM, A REVIEW THAT THE GETTING TO 70 GROUP DID TO
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IDENTIFY WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH A LONG LIST OF THINGS AND WE IDENTIFIED, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S, HERE, HERE ARE CITIES WHO HAD HIGH OZONE, WHOSE OZONE HAS COME DOWN BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? THEN WE FILTERED OUT, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT ARE WE ALREADY DOING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OZONE AND AIR QUALITY FOR A WHILE.
SO THIS SLIDE, UH, REPRESENTS CURRENT INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DOING.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION ENCOURAGEMENT WHERE, UM, ANY CITY EMPLOYEE WHO WANTS A BUS PASS CAN GET A BUS PASS AT NO COST TO THEM.
THE CITY PAYS FOR IT, UM, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THE BUS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE, WE'VE GOT THE ANTI IDLING ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO INTERNAL OPERATIONS HERE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, BASICALLY TELLING CITY EMPLOYEES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES IDLING, UM, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.
WE'VE GOT THE OZONE ACTION DAY PLANS, AND WE'VE GOT THE, UM, THE SOLAR PROJECT, SO PRI, PUBLIC PRIVATE, UM, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WHERE THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS WORKING WITH C P S AND A PRIVATE ENTITY TO BRING MORE SOLAR TO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROGRESS TO DATE, THAT IS MORE, UM, POLICY ORIENTED, MORE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
WE'VE GOT THE ANTI IDLING ORDINANCE THAT PRIMARILY APPLIES TO HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.
THERE ARE RIGHT MANY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
WE'VE GOT THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION PROGRAM WHERE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EMISSIONS MUST REGISTER WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND BUSINESSES WHO ARE REGISTERED IN THAT.
UM, COUNCIL PASSED A COAL TAR SEALANT BAN, WHICH DECREASES V O C EMISSIONS, AND, UM, ALSO PASSED A TREE ORDINANCE, WHICH HELPS WITH DECREASING HEAT, WHICH CAN ALSO DECREASE ENERGY UTILIZATION, WHICH DECREASES, UM, NOX AND VOCS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THE MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND ONE OF THEM IS TO RE-LOOK AT THE ANTI IDLING ORDINANCE AND SEE IF WE CAN TIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE, UM, EXCEPTIONS.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ONCE THIS PLAN IS FINALIZED, UM, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW YOU COULD TIGHTEN UP THE ANTI IDLING ORDINANCE.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TELECOMMUTING, REALLY ENCOURAGING, UH, EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SUPERVISORS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB WITH TELECOMMUTING.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS THAT THE CITY HAS WHERE SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO DRIVE INTO THE OFFICE EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR JOB.
SO WE ARE CLOSE TO FINALIZING THAT POLICY AND, UM, THAT WILL NEED THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL.
ALSO, LOOKING AT FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES.
UM, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY COULD DO FOUR 10 HOUR DAYS, UM, AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE ONE DAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE INTO WORK.
SO, LOOKING AT BEING MORE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR WORK SCHEDULES, UM, BUS AND VAN POOL PROGRAMS, THAT WAS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE SAW OTHER CITIES WERE DOING IT BETTER THAN WE ARE.
AND SO WE REALLY WANNA PUSH, UM, OUR CREATIVENESS IN THAT AREA, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UM, DO A BETTER JOB AT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE BUS, ENCOURAGING, UM, PEOPLE TO USE VAN POOLS AS THEY EXIST, AND, AGAIN, DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT ARE TRAVELING INTO THE CITY EVERY DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA KEEP DOING THE COMMUNITY WIDE EDUCATION, BUT EXPAND IT EVEN MORE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UM, WE COULD GO PUT UP A STATION AT THE, UM, THE ALAMO DOME WHENEVER THERE'S A FOOTBALL GAME, AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW FOOTBALL TEAM, SO THERE ARE MORE FOOTBALL GAMES, UM, AND WE COULD EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, 25, 30 5,000 PEOPLE AT A TIME ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO DECREASE THEIR, UH, NOS AND V O C CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND THEN WE WANNA CONTINUE THE REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH VIA AND, UM, EXPLORE WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO IMPROVE, UM, EVERYBODY'S OPPORTUNITY
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TO, UM, UTILIZE MASS TRANSIT INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON IN ONE CAR EVERY DAY.SO THE NEXT CATEGORY IS TO IDENTIFY POINT SOURCES AND THEN MITIGATE THOSE POINT SOURCES.
AND, UM, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER DR.
JEFFREY'S PRESENTATION, UM,
AND ESSENTIALLY JUST A REMINDER, HIS RESEARCH FINDINGS WERE THAT THE POINT SOURCES FOR NOX AND VOCS, UM, WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE MONITORS, AND SO WE NEED TO NOW DO A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHERE THOSE POINT SOURCES ARE, AND THEN WORKING WITH THEM TO DECREASE EMISSIONS.
UM, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM THROUGH METRO HEALTH, UM, THAT REGISTERS BUSINESSES THAT HAVE EMISSIONS.
WE HAVE, UM, FOR A WHILE WE'VE BEEN MAPPING SOME T C E Q DATA THAT LOOKS AT WHERE ARE THE MONITORS, WHERE ARE THE LARGE EMITTERS, UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO MAPPING WHERE THE SMALLER BUSINESSES ARE THAT ARE, OR FACILITIES ARE THAT ARE, UM, EMITTERS.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ISSUED, SO BASICALLY WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO BE, BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THESE POINT SOURCES ARE, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE THE BEST WAY OF HOW TO DO THAT.
SO WE WENT OUT TO THE EXPERTS AND SAID, HOW WOULD Y'ALL DO THIS IF YOU WERE US? AND WE GOT FIVE RESPONSES BACK, AND THEY WERE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE.
THAT'S LIKE THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR AN R F I.
UM, AND SO WE USED THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOPED AN R F P, AND I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF, SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I GET EXCITED ABOUT THE TECHIE STUFF SOMETIMES, BUT, UM, SO WE THEN USE THAT R F I TO ISSUE THE R F P THAT R F P HAS BEEN ISSUED.
IT WILL BE POSTED FOR SIX WEEKS.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CONSULTANT WHO CAN USE ANY OF THOSE METHODS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE R F I, UM, TO COME IN AND HELP US IDENTIFY POINT SOURCES.
AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE EMITTERS TO REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS.
UM, OUR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, RICARDO, IS, IS PART OF THE O TEAM.
HE'S GONNA BE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH BUSINESSES AND DOING SOME PROACTIVE EDUCATION WITH BUSINESSES, UM, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO DECREASE EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP EDUCATE THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON CAN DO TO DECREASE THEIR, UM, CONTRIBUTION TO NOXS AND VOCS.
WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THE MAPS THAT WE HAVE, UM, SO THAT AS WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, REALLY PINPOINT THE AREAS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THAT WILL JUST HELP US VISUALIZE THAT AND HELP US BE MORE ACCURATE.
AND THEN WE DID CONTRACT WITH DR.
JEFFRIES FOR PART TWO OF HIS WORK, UM, TO AGAIN, HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, CLOSER TO THE MONITORS.
WE HAVE BETTER V O C DATA NOW THAT HE CAN ANALYZE AND HELP US UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHERE SOME OF THE V O C EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM.
SO MOVING ON TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, PROGRESS TO DATE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS.
UM, THESE ARE THE BIGGER MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
JEFFRIES FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN THE MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSES.
UM, HE'S WORKED VERY WELL IN HOUSTON WITH BUSINESSES AND EMPOWERING THEM TO, UM, COME TOGETHER AND TAKE ACTION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE RELYING ON HIS EXPERTISE THERE.
UM, AND WE ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH ACOG ON A, UM, UH, A MEETING TO HELP PRIORITIZE WHAT PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING OF LOCAL CONTROL STRATEGIES WE WOULD DO FIRST.
UM, SO WE, UH, HAD THAT MEETING AND, UM, HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION AND, UM, CAME UP WITH SOME PRIORITIES.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE LISTS WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE.
SO, UM, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ACOG TO DO OUR PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING.
AND THE FIRST SIX THINGS THAT THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON, UM, MODELING FOR US IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE TOOK THESE ACTIONS.
AND WE ALREADY HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DATA THAT SAID THESE WOULD BE GOOD THINGS TO DO.
SO NOW WE'LL GET THE, UM, THE MORE COMPLETE ANALYSIS THAT, UM,
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ACOG IS DOING THAT WILL REALLY HELP US SAY, IF WE DO THIS, THEN THIS WILL HAPPEN.AND THAT WILL HELP US, UM, FURTHER TARGET AND PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE.
SO FOR THE MASTER PLAN, FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, WE BASICALLY HAVE THREE THINGS GOING ON.
ONE IS WE WANT TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS STAKEHOLDER OZONE ATTAINMENT GROUP.
UM, AND WE WANT THIS TO BE BY BUSINESSES, FOR BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE MODEL THAT THAT HAS WORKED IN HOUSTON.
UM, AND WE WANT THIS GROUP TO, TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK BUSINESSES CAN DO IN ORDER TO DECREASE NOS AND VOCS.
UM, ALSO AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE REALLY WANT, UM, TO ENLIST BUSINESSES, HELP IN EDUCATING THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT TELECOMMUTING, FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO EITHER DURING THE WORK HOURS OR ON THEIR OWN TIME TO DECREASE KNOCKS AND V O C EMISSIONS.
AND THEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE, UM, PARTNERING ON AN ANTI IDLING DIESEL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PILOT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO WORK WITH, UM, VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT NEWER DIESEL ENGINES DO NOT NEED TO BE LEFT IDLING.
THEY CAN BE TURNED OFF AND TURNED ON, UNLIKE THE OLDER ONES WHERE IT WAS REALLY KIND OF HARD ON THE ENGINE TO TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT ON, SO YOU JUST LEFT IT ON.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON, UH, INCENTIVIZING THAT EDUCATION AND THAT PRACTICE.
SO THE NEXT CATEGORY, THE LAST CATEGORY, UM, IS KIND OF THE CATCHALL CATEGORY, AND THAT'S POLICY ADVOCACY AND FUNDING.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THIS AREA.
SO WE'VE GOT THE, THE AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE, WE'VE GOT THE ANTI-IDLING ORDINANCE, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, G P A HAS BEEN VERY BUSY HELPING US SEND LETTERS, UM, MOSTLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT NOT ROLLING BACK CAFE STANDARDS.
DON'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T UNDERMINE THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MEET YOUR OZONE STANDARD BY CHANGING ALL OF THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF KNOCKS THAT GOES INTO THE AIR.
UM, SO G P A HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL, UM, WITH US FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE CITY ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO THEY ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THE, UM, THE POINT SOURCE R F P.
THEY ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL STAFF, THE O TEAM, UM, TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 IN ORDER TO DO THAT TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS.
AND THEN IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THEY ALSO ALLOCATED $150,000 TO DO THE EV DEPLOYMENT STUDY.
SO FOR THE MASTER PLAN PIECE OF THIS, UM, CHAPTER, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON CONTINUING TO EDUCATE, UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES.
REALLY, I THINK OUR FOCUS IS REALLY GONNA BE ON OZONE ACTION DAYS.
HERE ARE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED YOU TO DO.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON OZONE ACTION DAYS, DON'T DRIVE TO A MEETING, CHANGE THE MEETING SO THAT YOU ALL CAN CALL IN.
UM, DON'T GO THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH, GET OUTTA YOUR CAR, WALK IN AND GET YOUR FOOD, OR JUST BRING YOUR LUNCH.
UM, SO THOSE ARE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BUSINESS REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL LEGISLATION TO EITHER SUPPORT OR, UM, OPPOSE IF IT'S ROLLING BACK CERTAIN STANDARDS.
AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, RESEARCHING FOR ONGOING FUNDING AND, UM, LOCAL MATCH DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT.
SO THE LAST SLIDE IS, UM, TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
SO, UM, WHERE WE ARE IS WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU FIRST THE DRAFT, UH, MASTER PLAN.
THEN WE WILL GO OUT FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING IS HOW TO REPLICATE THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD AT USING THE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL, UM, SYSTEM, AND GETTING PEOPLE'S INPUT INTO WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT DID WE MISS? WHAT CAN YOU DO? UM, THEN WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU IN MAY THE MASTER PLAN FOR APPROVAL.
UH, THEN AT THE END OF OZONE SEASON, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT SAYS, OKAY, WELL HERE'S WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR DESIGN VALUE IS FOR OUR OZONE LEVEL FOR
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THIS YEAR.UM, WHETHER WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'VE GONE DOWN TWO POINTS.
UM, AND THEN HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PLAN WHERE WE ARE IN THE PLAN.
HERE'S OUR PROGRESS TO DATE, YOU KNOW, NINE MONTHS LATER, AND ANY CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS PLAN.
THEN WE'LL DO IT AGAIN AT THE END OF THE 2020, UM, OZONE SEASON, LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR ULTIMATE FINAL DESIGN VALUE IS, WHETHER WE'VE MET THAT 70 GOALS OR NOT, AND, UM, WHAT OUR EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN AT THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO GET THERE.
SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
BRIDGER, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE REFLECTIONS, AND ONE IS, IS HOW REFRESHING IT IS.
I KNOW YOU'RE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NOW, BUT HOW REFRESHING IT IS TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT GIVE US THE AIR QUALITY BRIEFING.
I THINK THAT SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF FORWARD THINKING ON THE PART OF OUR CITY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, NUMBERS OF DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, RESPIRATORY ISSUES, UM, IT SHOWED THEIR 19 DEATHS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO, UH, OZONE.
IS THAT, AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
WHERE IS THAT DATA FROM? THAT WAS THE ENRON STUDY WAS ENRON, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT WAS THE ENRON STUDY THAT WAS DONE RIGHT BEFORE I GOT HERE.
SO TWO YEARS AGO, BECAUSE I REMEMBER ALSO SEEING SOMETHING FROM A MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THAT SAID THAT THERE WAS ROUGHLY 52 DEATHS.
I THINK THE, THE YEAR WAS FIF, UH, 1915, COUNCILMAN, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT DATA.
CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THAT WAS? YEAH, SO THAT WAS A STUDY, I THINK IT WAS 2016 BY THE AMERICAN THORACIC UH, ASSOCIATION AND A SCHOOL AT CORNELL.
AND THE NUMBER WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE THE THRESHOLD THEY USED FOR OZONE EXPOSURE WAS LOWER.
SO I THINK OURS USE 70 PARTS PER BILLION, AND THAT ONE USE 65 PARTS PER BILLION.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT FRONT AND CENTER SO WE CAN REMIND OURSELVES WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT OBVIOUSLY CHANGES FROM ONE YEAR OR ONE ADMINISTRATION THE NEXT, I THINK WE CAN ALL SAFELY SAY THOUGH, THAT OVERALL, IF WE LOOK LONG TERM, WE KNOW THE DIRECTION OF THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR US.
SO THIS IS ABOUT GETTING AHEAD OF WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE ULTIMATELY A MANDATE SOON, BUT WE ALSO DO IT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
I MEAN, WHICH, WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT COMMENT, WHICH IS THAT THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING, UM, CASE STUDY.
YOU, ON YOUR FIRST OR SECOND SLIDE, YOU, YOU MADE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT THE CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN IS, WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT THIS IS, WHICH IS, UH, A TARGETED INTERVENTION.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT POINT THIS OUT.
WE'RE UNDERGOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF REVIEW AND ANALYSIS ON CHOICES THAT WE WILL MAKE AS IT RELATES TO THIS TARGETED INTERVENTION ON A GOAL THAT WE SET A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, SO IF PEOPLE WANT SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS AS A CITY AND HOW WE WILL GO ABOUT IT AS A COMMUNITY, ALL THE DIFFERENT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS AND GREAT BIG PLANS LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH CLIMATE OR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, CARRY WITH IT, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, FROM BUSINESSES, STAKEHOLDERS BEFORE WE WERE TO MAKE ANY ACTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S A PRETTY VIGOROUS, UH, REVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS JUST INTERNAL OPERATIONS.
UH, CERTAINLY WE WOULD TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARE GOING FORWARD WITH OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, DR.
BRIDGER, AND I THINK WE'VE CAST IT AS A CITY IN THE RIGHT FRAME.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WITH THE PROGRESS.
UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL COMMENT STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
SO I THINK YOU PRESENTED THIS TO US AT DR.
BRIDGER SOME, SOME TIME AGO AT LEAST, THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS OZONE ACTION PLAN.
AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE SA TOMORROW WE HAVE A CONNECT SA.
UM, IF WE JUST FOLLOW THIS, DO WE NEED A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? SO THIS ONLY GETS YOU TO DECEMBER, 2020.
UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GETS YOU TO 20 40, 20 50.
UM, THIS IS ONE STEP IN THAT JOURNEY
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THAT IS MADE UP OF MULTIPLE PLANS.BUT IF WE, IF WE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS, LIKE WHEN I, WHEN I SEE WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE, IT DOESN'T, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION ON IMMEDIATELY.
I FELT THIS WAY WHEN IT WAS PRE, YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED IT SOME TIME AGO, AND THEN THERE WAS A, AN ASTHMA, UM, STUDY MM-HMM.
UM, SO IT IS, I MEAN, ASTHMA IS EXACERBATED BY OZONE.
IT'S ALSO EXACERBATED BY PARTICULATE MATTER, WHICH IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF AIR QUALITY.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH THE ASTHMA INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT, THAT STUDY GOING TO SHOW THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE BREATHE TODAY ESSAY TOMORROW? LIKE AT, OR THAT'S, IS THAT STRICTLY ANTI IDLING? SO, BREATHE TODAY, ESSAY TOMORROW IS KIND OF THE, THE, THE UMBRELLA AND THEN THE ANTI IDLING AT, IN, AT SCHOOLS IS UNDER TUCKED UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE, UM, CAR EXHAUST CAN ALSO EXACERBATE ASTHMA.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS ASTHMA, ESPECIALLY IN KIDS.
SO I GUESS, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, AND I THINK THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE KIDS, UM, SUFFER FROM ASTHMA IN MY DISTRICT THAN ANY OTHER, UH, AND THAT WE HAVE VERY HIGH INCIDENTS OF, UM, HEALTH OUTCOMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
HEALTH OUTCOMES, SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO A LOT OF FACTORS.
UH, I GUESS I JUST, I, I, WHEN I SEE THIS, I, I FEEL VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD MOVE ON THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AND, UH, I, I, I, I WANNA CON, YOU KNOW, TO SEE US TAKE SOME OF THOSE STEPS, UM, I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN WE SEE THE RESULT OF, SO THIS IS THROUGH 2020, I THINK YOU MENTIONED? YES.
UM, THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING IT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE'RE NOT OVERCOMPLICATING CERTAIN ISSUES.
AND WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THESE MULTIPLE, LIKE PLANS THAT ARE REALLY COMPLICATED AND LIKE YOU, LIKE THESE KIND OF THINGS, DR.
BRIDGER, I THINK THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM I ACTUALLY DON'T
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD JUST DO THIS.
AND THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY IMPACT WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR, FOR MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS WAS THEIR IMMEDIATE HEALTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR IMMEDIATE WELLBEING, THEIR IMMEDIATE QUALITY OF LIFE.
I MEAN, IF WE DID THESE, I THINK IT COULD HAVE THAT IMPACT IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO I, YEARS AGO BEFORE THERE WAS A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND BEFORE THERE WAS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, I WAS GOING TO VISIT MY NEIGHBORS CAMPAIGNING AS WE ALL DO.
AND, UM, THE PARENTS WOULD SAY, THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC TAKING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL.
AND I WOULD SAY, YOU MEAN THAT SCHOOL
WE'RE GONNA, AND I KNOW WITH MY CHILDREN, WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
AND IT'S MAKES IT HARD BECAUSE I HAVE BABIES.
I HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THE CAR AND WALK THE CHILD IN AND COME OUT.
AND SO, BUT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION ANYWAY.
SO I JUST, I REALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE HERE.
UM, AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DELAY THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T GET BOGGED DOWN IN A LOT OF STUDIES AND A LOT OF DATA AND THESE SORT OF BIG PICTURE ITEMS, UH, WHEN WE CAN JUST IMPLEMENT THIS TODAY.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR.BRIDGER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A JOB WELL DONE.
EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND BROAD IN WHAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED AND THE PARTNERS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT IN.
AND THANK YOU TO ACOG FOR THEIR WORK FOR ON THIS FOR, FOR YEARS AND FOR HELPING US GET TO, TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I THINK THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IS, IS RIGHT IN TERMS OF THERE ARE SOME VERY PRACTICAL THINGS HERE THAT WE CAN JUST, UH, GET GOING ON.
AND I, I BELIEVE SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY UNDERWAY.
UM, BUT I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE SHE'S REFERRING TO IN, IN TERMS OF LOVING BIG DOCUMENTS,
UM, GIMME MORE INFORMATION ALWAYS.
UM, UH, I DO ALSO WANNA, UH, AGREE WITH THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF THIS BEING A HEALTH ISSUE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HEALTH-BASED STANDARDS.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THE, THE STUDY WITH, UM, THE MORTALITY, UH, NUMBERS ON THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF ILLNESS THAT OCCURS WITH THIS THAT WASN'T QUANTIFIED IN THAT STUDY IN TERMS OF, UH, ASTHMA ATTACKS OR MISSED WORK DAYS OR MISSED SCHOOL DAYS.
THE COST OF, UH, MEDICAL TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL QUANTIFIED, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, UH, KEEP IN MIND AS AS WE DO THIS.
AND, UH, SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE MET THE OTHER DAY, UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY ALL THE WORK YOU HAD COLLECTED AND I SAID, YOU, YOU KNOW, I USED TO WORK AT AN AGENCY DEDICATED TO PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH FROM THE HARMS OF AIR POLLUTION.
AND WE HAD 300 EMPLOYEES, AND THERE ARE THREE OF YOU
SO I, I REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR HOW LASER FOCUSED YOU'VE BEEN ON GETTING THIS DONE.
UM, NONETHELESS, THAT DOES MEAN THERE IS A HUGE UMBRELLA WHEN IT COMES TO AIR QUALITY AND, AND YOU ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE TASKED WITH IS THIS GETTING TO, TO 70 NUMBER.
BUT I THINK, UH, WHEN WE GO BEYOND 2020, I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, CONSIDER WHAT ADDITIONAL THINGS WE CAN DO, UM, BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE'S A HOST OF OTHER, UH, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES THAT, THAT ARE NOT IN HERE.
AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT WHY, WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE IN HERE RIGHT NOW, DO YOU WANNA, UH, SHARE? SO, UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2020 LIMITS SOME OF THE POLICY REGULATORY OPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE US UNTIL DECEMBER, 2020 TO GET THOSE ROLLED OUT AND OPERATIONAL.
SO OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW THAT CAN AFFECT OUR OZONE LEVELS THIS SUMMER? UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THERE, THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF REGULATIONS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT RIGHT NOW IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO, THAT, UM, WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE OF DECEMBER, 2020 MM-HMM.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE GREAT FOR HEALTH AND WILL HOPEFULLY SAVE US, SAVE US MONEY, AND SAVE OUR RESIDENTS MONEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, UM, TO THE REVIEW OF THE ANTI, UH, IDLING ORDINANCE.
SO ONE THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT GOING BEYOND 2020 IS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL MONITORS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON THE ONE THAT HAD THE EXCEEDANCE, WHICH IS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST.
JEFF'S STUDY HAS FOCUSED IN, IN, UH, LOOKING AROUND THAT AREA AND SEEING WHERE IS THAT, WHERE ARE THOSE EMISSIONS COMING FROM THAT MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE'S THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WHICH MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING EXCEEDANCES IN OZONE IN HIGH LEVELS, WHICH ARE, UM, ADD, YOU KNOW, CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTS, AND IF WE ONLY FOCUS ON THAT NORTHWEST REALLY IN, UH, SORT OF IGNORING THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING HEALTH IN THE OTHER AREAS.
UM, SO I JUST, UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, THAT I THINK THAT SHOULD NOT REALLY FALL OFF OF OUR, OF OUR RADAR.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER 70, IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING HEALTH MM-HMM.
BRIDGER, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION HERE.
I, I DO HAVE A FEW, UH, QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU.
UM, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO OPEN THIS WITH THE CHART THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE TO DATE MM-HMM.
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YEAH.WE WERE CLOSE TO 80 AND WE'RE NOW DOWN AT 72.
AND THAT WAS DOING WHAT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, UM, VOLUNTARY ACTIONS, VOLUNTARY ACTIONS, SO YOU CAN LOOK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND SEE THAT THAT SLOPE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION MM-HMM.
SO CAN WE MAKE ANY CORRELATION AT ALL IF WE KEPT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, THAT THAT SLOPE WOULD KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION? YEAH.
IN FACT, SOME OF THE, UM, MODELS THAT ACOG HAS RUN SHOW US GETTING TO 70 IN 2022.
THE PROBLEM IS, IF WE DON'T GET THERE BY 2020, THAT'S WHEN THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS GO INTO EFFECT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE IN ORDER TO AVOID THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING IN, IN MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT.
SO THE MODELING FROM ACOG SHOWS 2022 WASN'T THAT, WASN'T THAT RIGHT? STEVEN? IS THAT 20? 23? 23, SORRY.
UH, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE GREAT TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY ACTIONS MM-HMM.
AND IT, IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, HEY, LET'S, LET'S SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST, HEY, LET'S KEEP BEATING FOLKS UP THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PROGRESS BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN THEN ON, UH, SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
LET'S GET BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT ALREADY.
UM, IT SAYS 2010 TO 2014, UH, 47 68 RESPIRATORY DEATHS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
NOW, DOES THAT, IS THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR OZONE? NO, THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THE OZONE DEATHS ARE AT 19.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT 4,768 RESPIRATORY DEATHS, ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY IS PNEUMONIA.
UH, I, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT AS TO HOW WE'RE ATTRIBUTING THE ADDITIONAL DEATHS OR THE AVOIDED DEATHS BY REDUCING OUR OZONE.
UH, IS THERE A STUDY THAT SHOWS DIRECT? THAT IS THE STUDY.
BUT WHAT'S THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT? WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THESE NUMBERS, NUMBERS FROM AND HOW DO THEY CORRELATE THO THAT NUMBER TO ONLY OZONE? OKAY.
WELL, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS AN APPENDIX IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS AN APPENDIX IN THE PLAN.
AND WHERE WAS THIS STUDY DONE HERE? I PRESENTED IT LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID TWO YEARS AGO.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE A, A COPY OF THAT AGAIN.
TO, I DON'T THINK I GOT A COPY LAST.
IT'S PROBABLY IN MY DESK, DESK SOMEWHERE.
I'M HAPPY TO, YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY IN MY DESK SOMEWHERE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CONCENTRATE.
WELL, YES, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UH, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS FOR RESPIRATORY, CARDIOVASCULAR ASTHMA, UM, AND I, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SAYING, YES, THOSE ADDITIONAL DEATHS OR THOSE AVOIDED DEATHS ARE CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO OZONE.
I, I, I'M JUST HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT.
SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL GET YOU THE REPORT.
UM, AND THEN ON THAT CHART, WHAT, WHAT POPULATION IS THAT BASED ON OUR CURRENT POPULATION OR OUR POPULATION FROM 2010? NO, IT'S OUR CURRENT POPULATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GROWING.
HOW DOES THAT FIGURE INTO THIS AS WELL? BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A GREATER POPULATION, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE GREATER, GREATER DEATHS IN THAT BLUE LINE, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT WASN'T WHAT THEY ASKED THEM TO DO IN THE STUDY.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT STUDY'S GONNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK LOGICALLY YOU ALREADY ARE KIND OF HITTING ON THE ANSWER, WHICH IS, AS OUR POPULATION INCREASES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE DIRECTLY TO OZONE REGARDLESS.
BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE IF WE DON'T GET TO 70 OKAY.
NOW THE RATE WON'T CHANGE, BUT THIS IS JUST REPORTING A
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NUMBER, SO THAT NUMBER WILL LIKELY GO UP.UM, THEN SLIDE 18, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE MONITORS.
AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE MONITORS.
UM, WE'RE SHOWING THAT'S THE THREE MONITORS HERE IN, IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE THERE ANY OF 'EM THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE? THE, THE ONE IN THE SOUTH SOUTHERN SIDE, UM, HAS NOT BEEN IN EXCEEDANCE RECENTLY.
THE OTHER TWO IN THE NORTHERN AREA, UM, WERE BOTH IN EXCEEDANCE.
WHICH ONE HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT'S THE WORST? THE ONE THAT'S THE WORST CAMP BULLIS.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS R F I AND THE R F P TO GO AND MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS, BUT WHAT IS AROUND, I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AREA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, WHAT'S OUT THERE THAT COULD BE CAUSING THOSE ISSUES? I MEAN, TO ME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE UP THERE IN THAT NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN THAT IT'S EXCEEDING UP IN THAT AREA.
AND WE, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THOSE HYPOTHESES? THE, THE HY THE MOST LOGICAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE SOURCE, IT'S A THOUSAND LITTLE SOURCES.
AND SO THE, THE METHODS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST TO WORK WITH THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES WITH THE BIGGEST EMISSIONS, THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE DOING QUITE WELL AT CONTAINING THEIR V O C AND NOX EMISSIONS.
IT'S THE LITTLE PLACES, IT'S THE GAS STATIONS, IT'S THE PAINT SHOPS, IT'S THE LITTLE PLACES THAT ARE INADVERTENTLY CAUSING SOME EMISSIONS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM, TO HELP FIND THEM AND THEN HELP THEM.
NOT COULD IT, IS THERE ANYTHING, I MEAN, HAVE WE WORKED WITH CAMP BULLIS ITSELF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE? YES.
HAVE WE? BECAUSE IN THERE, LIKE A, A, A SEWER STATION RIGHT THERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AFFECTING IT, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO DRAIN THAT AND USE ALTERNATE, UM, SEWAGE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY, UM, HELPFUL AND WILLING TO ROLL THEIR SLEEVES UP AND FIGURE THIS OUT.
AND WHEN DO WE START TAKING READINGS? UM, WELL WE TAKE READINGS ALL THE TIME.
IF THEY'RE, UM, BUT WE EXPECT THEM TO START GOING UP WHEN WE ADD THE HEAT TO THE EQUATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT, AS SOON AS IT STARTS GETTING HOT IS WHEN WE'LL START TO SEE THOSE OZONE READINGS GO UP.
SO WHEN'S THE EARLIEST WE WILL KNOW IF THIS PARTICULAR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, SORRY, THAT WE, WE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LINK THAT PARTICULAR CHANGE TO WHAT OUR MONITORS ARE DOING.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ON A DAILY BASIS WHAT THE MONITOR'S READINGS ARE, AND IF THEY DON'T EVER EXCEED, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SAY, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN AGGREGATE AND THEY HAVE WORKED TO DECREASE OUR OZONE.
UM, ON THE R F I, YOU SAID YOU GOT FIVE RESPONSES BACK? YES.
AND THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT? YES.
AND EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE R F P IS GONNA GO OUT.
IS IT THAT BROAD AGAIN, OR WE FOCUSING IN ON A PARTICULAR, UM, STRATEGY.
SO WE, THE R F I HELPED US UNDERSTAND THE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK IN THE R F P.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE R F I AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE HAD FOR THE R F P MADE SENSE FOR ANY OF THOSE STRATEGIES.
AND NOW PEOPLE CAN RESPOND TO THAT R F P AND INDICATE WHAT COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES THAT THEY WILL BE USING IN ORDER TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE POINT SOURCES.
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE RESPONDENTS TO THE R FFI, TO THE R F I, WHICH WAS MORE THAN I EXPECTED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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A LOT OF ACTIONS.WE, YOU TALKED ABOUT INCENTIVES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST THIS, THIS YEAR IN 2019? SO IT'S RIGHT AROUND 400,000, 400,000, RIGHT AROUND 400,000.
AND THAT'S JUST THE COST TO OUR BUDGET? YES.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY OTHER COST ACROSS THE COUNTY OR ACOG THAT'S ALL BEING IMPACTED BY THIS, ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ADD TO THIS PROGRAM MANPOWER WISE, YOU KNOW, ANY PROGRAMS, THAT KIND OF THING? NO, SIR, WE HAVE NOT.
UM, THEN JUST IN THE CITY, UM, WHERE DO WE SEE THE BUDGET GOING ON THIS? STAYING THE SAME? ABOUT THE SAME? YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S THE END OF THIS PLAN NOW.
UM, IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE THE 70 GOAL, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE E P A, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY.
AND, AND THIS PLAN, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED UP TO THIS POINT, IS THAT GONNA BE TIED IN, UM, FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS? FOR US, WELL, SOME OF IT'S A ONE AND DONE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE REPLACE THE SCHOOL BUSES, THEN THAT REPLACEMENT HAS HAPPENED.
IF WE ESTABLISH AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE GRID WHERE ELECTRIC VEHICLES CAN BE PLUGGED IN, ONCE THAT GRID EXISTS, THEN THAT'S DONE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW THAT WILL LAST INTO THE FUTURE, BUT WON'T REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE TEMPORAL, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS AND FIGURE OUT, DO, DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE TARGETED EDUCATION? AGAIN, THAT'S $50,000.
UM, IF THAT'S WORKING, THEN I THINK THAT'S $50,000 WELL SPENT.
ONE OF THE NUANCES ABOUT THE, UM, BEING IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT IS THAT EVEN IF YOU DO GET BACK TO 70, UM, YOU'RE STILL UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE E P A.
AND IF YOU EVER GO ABOVE 70, YOU KICK BACK INTO, UM, NON-ATTAINMENT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN GET TO 70 AND THEN SIT BACK AND WASH OUR HANDS AND SAY, OH, WE'RE DONE.
WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT 70 OR THE E P A BECOMES INVOLVED SO WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IF WE, IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE ATTAINMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, I DON THINK THIS PLAN, ARE WE LOCKING OURSELVES IN TO THIS PLAN? THIS PLAN IS THROUGH DECEMBER, 2020.
BEYOND THAT, Y'ALL WILL HAVE INPUT WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
AND BEYOND THAT, IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT OUR OZONE LEVELS ARE.
SO THIS IS THROUGH DECEMBER, 2020.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE COMMITTING TO RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, LIKE THE ELECTRIC, YOU KNOW, PLUGIN STATIONS MM-HMM.
DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATES FOR THE IMPACTS OF THIS PLAN? WHAT'S THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO IN THIS PLAN? THE COST TO THE CITY? YES.
SO FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE'RE REPLACING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FLEET THROUGH THE VW GRANT PROGRAM, VW GIVES US 80% OF THE COST, AND THE CITY HAS TO FIND THE OTHER 20% OF THE COST.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
I I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF COST IMPACTS TO THE CITY IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
WELL, I WANT TO SEE COST IMPACTS TO THE CITY NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT IN FUTURE YEARS UP TO DECEMBER, 2020, WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS COMES, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROPOSALS? SO QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, ON THE FLEET EXAMPLE, WE HAVE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR TO PURCHASE VEHICLES.
A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING WOULD GO AS THE MATCH FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT AND WOULD ACTUALLY DECREASE OUR COST OF PURCHASING VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA COVER 80%.
SO IS IS THAT THE KIND OF THING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH, SURE.
I MEAN, SO THERE'D BE SOME PROCESS THAT'S, THAT'S A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FROM THE VW.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE AS TAXPAYERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO GONNA
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HAVE TO PUT UP TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN? EVERY, EVERY PORTION OF IT.THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
IT'S, WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET? I MEAN, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT MUCH MORE THAN $400,000.
CAN, THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING AT.
LEMME ADD THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE OTHER PART THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE, THAT YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO IS THE, UM, UH, THE CONVERSION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT STUDY THAT WAS BUDGETED IN THIS YEAR'S, UH, BUDGET.
AND, AND WHAT THAT'S DESIGNED TO DO IS, IS CAPTURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT FINANCIALLY TO CONVERTING SOME OF THOSE FLEETS.
AND THAT'S A RE THAT'S, THAT REPORT IS BEING DONE NOW, AND WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT, UM, AND SHARE THE RESULTS WITH YOU LATER ON BEFORE WE MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS ABOUT PULLING TRIGGERS AND DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE CITY FLEET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.
AND ALSO, IF, IF I MIGHT ADD ERIC, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE THE COST OF NON-ATTAINMENT STUDY THAT WE CAN MATCH UP TO DO A TRUE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE, THE REALITY IS WE'RE DOING THESE STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO TO REDUCE THE EXPENSE THAT WE KNOW IS COMING IF WE DON'T REACH OUR NUMBER IN TERMS OF NON-ATTAINMENT.
I, I, I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS UP THERE BEARS A COST WITH IT.
EVEN I T S D WILL UPDATE USING GS G I S I MEAN, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH EVERY PORTION OF THIS PLAN.
AND, AND, AND AS WE DEVELOP EVEN ISSUES SUCH AS POTENTIALLY FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES, THEY POTENTIALLY HAVE A COST.
AS WE DEVELOP THOSE, THOSE POLICIES, THOSE ARE SOME, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
'CAUSE FRANKLY, I, I WANNA KNOW THE COST AS WELL.
WE, WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ASSOCIATED COST WITH ALL OF THIS.
AND, AND I'LL, I'LL ADD ONE OTHER THING THAT DR.
THIS IS THE PLAN THROUGH 2020.
IT CAN ALWAYS CHANGE, UH, THERE, THE COM THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE TO 70 COULD COME UP WITH A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS FOUR MONTHS FROM NOW THAT WE WANT TO TRY.
BUT I THINK THE, THE, THE, THE FOCUS HERE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE TARGETED AND COME UP WITH POLICIES THAT WE CAN ENACT QUICKLY AND IT'LL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
WE'RE ALREADY, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING OUR 2020 BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST US? WE'LL, WE'LL, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.
BRIDGER, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, I, I THINK WE, WE GOTTA DO ALL THESE THINGS AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I, I THINK YOU'RE AN ASSET TO OUR CITY.
UM, I, I, I AGREE WITH, WITH, WITH THIS APPROACH.
I JUST, I GUESS I WOULD ONLY HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND YOU'LL KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM BECAUSE I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH YOU AND, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR BUILDINGS, RIGHT? THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AND, UH, I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THE, THE CSA CURRENT POLICIES, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE ALL AGREE ON AND, AND HAVE BEEN HELPFUL, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ENDORSE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF SORT OF ONE-TIME EXPENSE WHEN IT COMES TO HEAT MITIGATION AND, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
BECAUSE THE OTHER PORTION OF THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT ONLY HOW YOU BUILD SOMETHING AND YOU'RE, YOU, WE ARE BUILDING, WE'RE GROWING, BUT THE HEAT THAT IS PRODUCED, I, I WAS JUST WALKING A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, UM, A PERSON'S GOT ONE OF THE UNDER ONE ROOF, UH, ROOFS THAT'S A WHITE ROOF.
AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR WAS, UH, A FAMILY THAT HAD JUST REDONE THEIR ROOF AND IT WAS BLACK.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE, THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME CONNECTION CONNECTING TO THE DOTS THERE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
UH, SOME OBVIOUSLY NEED THAT PROGRAM.
OTHERS NOT NECESSARILY, SO, BUT THEY ALSO DIDN'T KNOW THE BENEFITS OF SIMPLY HAVING A HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOF.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND CAN THAT BE INCORPORATED AS PART, AS PART OF THE STRATEGY? SO, UM, ONE OF THE LOCAL CONTROL STRATEGIES THAT WE HAD ON OUR LIST, UM, IT DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP SIX, BUT IT'S STILL ON THE LIST, IS THE EFFECT OF THE WHITE ROOFS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING I'M, I'M LOOKING OVER AT YOU, STEVEN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE LIST, RIGHT? AND SO WE WILL GET THERE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT PHOTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS MODELING, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO BETTER QUANTIFY THE EFFECT OF THE WHITE ROOF PROGRAM ON, UM, REDUCING NOX AND VOCS.
UM, AND, AND I THINK YOUR POINT IS, IS A VERY GOOD ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, ONE-OFFS THAT
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ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THIS PLAN THAT ARE DONE FOR ANOTHER PRIMARY REASON, BUT THAT HAVE SECONDARY BENEFITS TO CLIMATE, AIR QUALITY, OZONE.UM, AND SO WE, WE DO NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE KIND OF REPORTING OUT ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE OTHER KIND OF ANCILLARY PROGRAMS THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR ANOTHER REASON, BUT ARE HAVING POSITIVE EFFECTS ON, ON AIR QUALITY.
I, I THINK, I THINK, UH, AND TO THAT POINT, IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY AND, AND YOU PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, BASICALLY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE COSTS, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE ISSUES? WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US? AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE CONNECT PEOPLE, UH, IN, IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO, TO THE ISSUE IN THIS CASE, SOMEONE WHO RECEIVES THIS HIGH REFLECTANCE TRUTH AT HOME NOW SEES WHAT, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WORKS AND HELPS ME WRITE IN MY OWN HOME.
IT'S, IT'S, I GUESS I'M SIMPLY SAYING THIS IS, THIS IS A WAY TO ALSO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THOUGHTFUL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTING THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE IN PLACE AND IF WE, IF WE'RE JUST SIMPLY SMARTER ABOUT THOSE CHOICES, THEY ADD TO THIS BENEFIT AND THEY ADD TO YOUR MASTER PLAN.
AND I, YOU KNOW, TO ME, ROOFS, SIDEWALKS AND TREES, I THINK EDUCATE EVERYBODY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF, OF AIR QUALITY AND WHY, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE, THE, THE, THE OVERALL AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST AS A, AS A CITY, BUT RIGHT THERE IN THEIR OWN HOME.
UM, AND SO I, I'D LIKE US TO REALLY CONNECT THOSE PIECES MM-HMM.
AND, AND, AND SO CONNECTING THOSE DOTS, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO A ROOF PRO, UH, ROOF PROJECT, UH, WE GIVE THEM NEW TREES AS WELL.
SO IT'S, I, I GUESS I'M HOPEFUL THAT, THAT WE CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE ARE DOING NOW AND HOW THEY, WE HAVE QUANTIFIED THE, THE AMOUNT OF HEAT THAT IS REDUCED, UH, WITH U T S A, UH, DR.
HASAM RASH ALI, I JUST QUICK SHOUT OUT TO FOR HIS WORK, BECAUSE HE'S DEMONSTRATED THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
IN FACT, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE PEAK DEMAND RESPONSE THAT, THAT C P S HAS TO DEAL WITH, UH, ON, ON A VERY HOT DAY THAT WE HAVE ALMOST FLATTENED OUT WITH THIS PASSIVE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANT US TO EXPLORE THAT.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA SPEAK TO, UM, AN AREA THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST BUILT OUT, YOU KNOW, THE CENTER CITY DISTRICT ONE DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKING LOTS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACE OR CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, WE, WE CAN START TO INVESTIGATE WAYS TO, UH, REDUCE THE, THE HEAT ISLAND IMPACT THAT IS PRODUCED BY SIMPLY, UH, UH, UH, ADDING SOME HEAT INTEGRATION STRATEGIES, SHADE DEVICES, MORE TREES, TRULY, UH, COOLING DOWN DOWNTOWN, UM, BY AS MUCH AS 14 DEGREES BY SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THESE HEAT MITIGATION STRATEGIES.
SO I, I WOULD HOPE THAT IT IS PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE ARE DOING CAN DO.
UH, NOW, UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GET TO YOUR POINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE WITHIN A POINT OR TWO IS LIKE YOU, YOU, YOU JUST, YOU, YOU WANT TO GET, YOU WANT TO GET ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND, UH, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE CAN BOTH REDUCE EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO JUST SIMPLY REDUCE THE AIR TEMPERATURE IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT WAY.
BRIDGER, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS.
I, UH, FIRST OF ALL WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THE, THE HEAD OF ACOG IS HERE TODAY.
UH, DIANE RATH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ACOG.
UM, AND THAT THEY'RE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HIT, YOU KNOW, OUR TARGETS HERE.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE BEEN, UM, THE BENEFIT OF SUCH THOUGHTFUL AND STRONG LEADERSHIP AT ACOG AS WE ARE TODAY.
UM, AND YOU'VE GOT VERY, VERY BRAINY PEOPLE OVER THERE WHO I THINK, UM, YOU'LL AGREE ARE GOOD PARTNERS
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IN THIS.AND SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.
I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY JOB AS AN ACOG BOARD MEMBER IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE LINES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND BRINGING BRAINY PEOPLE ON BOARD, I DO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT, UM, THERE IS A, THERE'S A DOCTOR, UH, ERICA GONZALEZ, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE INCOMING CHAIRWOMAN OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER.
SHE SITS ON THE COMMISSION FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN, BUT ALSO SHE'S A RECOGNIZED EXPERT, A PRETTY BIG DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO RESPIRATORY MEDICINE AND ASTHMA, AND, YOU KNOW, ALLERGIES AND ALL THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, WE MET LAST WEEK GOOD TO RECRUIT HER IN THIS EFFORT, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE, UM, SHE'S GOT ACCESS TO A LOT OF FOLKS AS WELL, AND HER VOICE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU AND I ARE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE.
UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TELLING US THAT IF WE DON'T HIT 70, THEY'RE GONNA KICK US IN THE TEETH.
RIGHT? UH, THAT'S GONNA COST US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST GONNA COST US, BUT IT'S GONNA COST LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.
AND IF WE DON'T HIT THAT 70 AND SHAME ON, AND YOU'RE TELLING US THAT'S AN ATTAINABLE GOAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK, BUT YEAH.
AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE TO AVOID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COST TO US AND TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE'RE GONNA SPEND CLOSE TO $400,000.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT, ERIC? I MEAN, WE'LL QUANTIFY THAT BETTER, BUT IT'S, IS THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE PENALTIES WOULD BE? AND, AND, AND, AND TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S QUESTION, THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT COUNTY FOLKS HERE, WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK IF WE PROBABLY PUT, UH, A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO ALL THAT TIME THERE, THERE IS A, A COMMUNITY IMPACT HERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE CHAMBERS AND ALL THAT, THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND RESOURCES ON ADVOCATING AND COMING AND LOBBYING US.
HAS ANYBODY COME AND TOLD YOU, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS? NO.
NOBODY FROM THAT, FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS COME AND INSISTED THIS IS BAD FOR US.
IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
WE'VE HAD, I MEAN, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS, IF WE DON'T FIX THIS PROBLEM, WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE.
IN FACT, THEY'VE COME BACK AND SAID, AFFIRMATIVELY, WE NEED TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
COUNCILMAN P COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, I JUST, UH, I THINK THE, I HAD SIGNED UP BEFORE THE MAYOR AND MANNY AND COUNCILMAN ELIAS MENTIONED THE COST OF NOT MEETING THE 70 PARTS PER BILLION, UH, TARGET.
AND, UH, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, NOT JUST A DIRECT COST, BUT ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO TO.
SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN CHOOSE, BUT UH, IF WE DON'T GET TO 70, UM, WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE, UH, VEHICLE INSPECTIONS OR A HOST OF OTHER, UM, UH, UH, NEW SOURCE REVIEW AND A HOST OF OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT'S CORRECT.
WHICH ARE, UH, MORE CUMBERSOME YES.
THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT POINT IS CLEAR.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO $400,000 AND SAVING 19 LIVES, I THINK, OR EXTENDING 19 LIVES, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT OF, OF OUR FUNDS.
AND I'LL JUST, UM, MENTION TO THE COUNCILMEN, THOSE, THOSE STUDIES, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT EXACT.
THERE'S A LOT OF ESTIMATION THAT GOES, THAT GOES INTO THEM.
AND I'VE HAD TO DO THEM, UH, FOR, FOR WORK AND FOR SCHOOL.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT EXACT, BUT THEY'RE THE BEST ESTIMATE WE HAVE.
IF WE HAD TO PUT SOME QUANTIFICATION ON WHAT IS THE HEALTH IMPACT, UH, WHICH WE WANT TO KNOW, THEN, THEN WE TRY, WE USE MODELING METHODS.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THOSE NUMBERS.
AND IT'S A GREAT READ, I GUARANTEE YOU,
UM, AND THEN I JUST, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OZONE, UH, AND THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON CHILDREN, UM, AND EVEN THE ELDERLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE ABILITY OF, UH, A FULL LUNG DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE EXPOSED TO OZONE.
RIGHT? SO IF THEY'RE REGULARLY EXPOSED TO THAT, THEIR LUNGS NEVER GROW TO BE AS BIG AS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE.
AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE AS YOU GET OLDER, YOUR LUNG CAPACITY STARTS TO DECREASE.
SO WHEN THEY GET OLDER, THEIR LUNG CAPACITY IS GONNA BE EVEN SMALLER AND QUITE POSSIBLY SHORTEN THE LENGTH OF THEIR LIVES.
SO I, I JUST, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S A VERY REAL HEALTH IMPACT.
BRIDGER, UH, A MOMENT AGO YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WERE DECLINING IN TERMS OF OUR, OF OUR NUMBERS, AND A LOT OF IT WAS DUE,
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I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS ALL DUE TO VOLUNTARY, UM, LARGELY DUE TO VOLUNTARY BECAUSE COAST, I MEAN, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS IMPLEMENTED SOME ORDINANCES DESIGNED TO LOWER OZONE.THE, UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA ADD IS THAT THERE IS A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO US, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAR STANDARDS, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE OUR CARS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EFFICIENT, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE TURNING OVER INTO MUCH CLEANER CARS.
UM, SO WITHOUT THAT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK GOING ON AND CONTINUING TO ADVANCE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT PUTS A GREATER BURDEN ON US TO HAVE FEDERAL TO, TO HAVE LOCAL REGULATIONS TO HELP US MEET THAT LEVEL.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE WEIGHING IN ON, IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
IF THOSE CAFE STANDARDS DON'T CONTINUE TO REDUCE, THEN WE LOSE THAT TOOL, THIS, THIS NATURAL DECLINE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OZONE NUMBERS, WE MAY NOT CONTINUE MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE EXACT DOLLAR FIGURES FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE HAS TO GO THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCESS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND WE SHOULDN'T HOLD UP ON ADOPTING THIS PLAN, UH, FOR THOSE, I MEAN, THOSE, THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED, UH, WHEN THE, WHEN THE TIME COMES.
AND I, I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE TIME THAT'S BEING DONATED IN KIND BY ALL THOSE PARTNERS THAT YOU, THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UM, IF YOU HAD TO QUANTIFY THE DOLLARS, UH, I'M SURE IT'S COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AS WELL.
SO I, I I THINK WE'RE NOT ALONE IN PUTTING IN MONEY FOR THIS.
BRIDGER, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE PICTURE ON SLIDE FOUR, AND, UH, AS I LOOK AT THAT, IT'S KIND OF A SCARY PICTURE.
AND I JUST WANT TO, TO CHECK, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE NOT MANDATING ANYBODY DOES ANYTHING TO THEIR CAR.
SO WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO CHANGE HOW THEY DRIVE OR WHERE THEY GO OR WHEN THEY CAN DRIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE ASKING THEM IF THEY WOULD PLEASE ON JUST DAYS WITH HIGH OZONE, LIMIT THE USE OF THEIR CAR, UM, OR DO SO EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT.
VOLUNTARY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING FACTORIES TO DO ANYTHING TO SHUT DOWN OR TO DO ANYTHING TO THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S A FACTORY OR A BUSINESS THAT MANUFACTURES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE, UM, INQUIRING IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO NOT TEST THEIR GENERATORS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON HIGH OZONE DAYS AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM THAT THEY CAN'T, WE'RE JUST EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THAT.
AND THAT'S THE SAME WAY WITH PEOPLE MO NOT MOWING THEIR LAWN ON EXACTLY.
ON OZONE DAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING IN HERE BEYOND, UH, TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, OF CONTRIBUTING TO LOWERING, UH, THE, THE KNOX AND THE VOX, UH, AND HELPING TO LOWER OUR, OUR THRESHOLD TO BELOW 70.
AND THAT'S, AND, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UH, EDUCATIONAL PLANS AND, AND OUTREACH TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN INFORMING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES TO KIND OF LOOKING AT THESE GUIDELINES AND, AND FOLLOWING UP.
QUICK QUESTION ON THE CURRENT INTERNAL OPERATIONS, NOT THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS, BUT OUR CURRENT POLICIES.
CAN YOU SEND PLEASE THAT SLIDE? SLIDE 15? UM, I KNOW THE TREE ORDINANCE, WE'VE HAD IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT, BUT COULD YOU SEND JUST THE DATES OF WHEN THOSE, UM, POLICIES, UH, WE ENACTED THEM, PLEASE? MM-HMM.
UM, THAT'S EVERYONE FOR TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE.
WE DO HAVE NOW AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS NOW 3:32 PM ON THIS 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 2019.
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5, 1, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, TEXAS
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OPEN MEETINGS ACT CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS A NEW EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO HAY STREET BRIDGE RESTORATION GROUP VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.