[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL EVERY THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND RESILIENCY ACTION PLAN.
[2. Presentation and Discussion by Lotus Engineering on the City of Edmond Resiliency Action Plan.]
AND YOU GONNA START US OFF? I WILL.I'LL, I'LL DO AN INTRO AND THEN I'LL DO ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE INTRO.
AND THEN, UH, HILLARY WITH, UH,
YOU'LL NEED TO GET UP CLOSER TO THAT MICROPHONE.
HOW'S THAT HERE,
UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR DAVIS AND CITY COUNCIL FOR, UM, BEING HERE TO GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS ON ADMIN RESILIENCY AND ACTION PLAN.
UH, THE CITY HAS A LONGSTANDING, UH, DEDICATION TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND THIS PLAN IS JUST THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN TERMS OF ONGOING ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDMOND.
UM, THIS PLAN ISN'T, UH, AND, AND, UH, YOU COULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND TURN ON THE POWERPOINT.
I'M GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES THERE.
UH, THIS PLAN ISN'T A STRATEGIC OUTLINE FOR ANY ONE DEPARTMENT.
INSTEAD, IT PROVIDES A HOLISTIC VISION AND ROADMAP FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND ONGOING SUPPORT FROM OUR STAFF, UH, ARE GONNA BE CRUCIAL TO THE PLAN SUCCESS.
THIS CONTRACT WITH LOTUS WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD, UH, WHICH WILL DISPLAY VARIOUS METRICS AND PROVIDE BETTER FOR BETTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THE CONTRACT IS ALSO PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE GOALS AND STRATEGIES, AND KEY CHALLENGES WILL BE ADDRESSED.
ONE THING WE WANNA SHOW YOU IS THAT THESE INITIATIVES ARE NOT ONLY, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO GOOD BUSINESS DECISIONS, UH, POISED TO, UH, REDUCE OPERATING COSTS, ATTRACT IN INVESTMENT AND TOURISM, ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE GOALS WILL ENCOMPASS SIX FOCUS AREAS, WHICH WE ELABORATED, UH, WHICH WILL BE ELABORATED ON BY LOTUS.
UM, AND JOINING US TODAY, AS I MENTIONED, ARE HILLARY DOBOS, PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF LOTUS, UH, WHO WILL PRESENT.
HE'S A SENIOR EXECUTIVE ACCOUNT, UH, EXECUTIVE AT JOHNSON CONTROLS.
MANY OF, UH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH JOHNSON CONTROLS.
HILLARY'S, UH, COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN CRAFTING SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, AND USES DATA TO DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
THEY WORK WITH CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HILLARY, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME.
UH, THESE, UH, PLANS WEREN'T, UH, CREATED IN A VACUUM, AND NOT EVERY PLAN THE CITY HAS WORKED ON IS IN THIS TIMELINE, OF COURSE, BUT THESE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES, UH, FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
IN 1998, THE COMMUNITY ADOPTED TOMORROW'S EDMOND.
THIS WAS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED EFFORT INVOLVING COUNTLESS HOURS AND MORE, MORE THAN 200 RESIDENTS.
11 FOCUS GROUPS WERE IDENTIFIED, WHICH I FOCUSED ON HIGH STANDARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND BALANCED GROWTH.
IN 2003, THE EDMOND GREENPRINT, UH, WAS ANOTHER DOCUMENT CREATED BY A CITY APPOINTED TASK FORCE THAT SOUGHT TO BALANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, ULTIMATELY ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EDMONDS RESIDENTS, WHILE ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND THEN WE FAST FORWARD INTO, UH, OUR MOST RECENT PLANS.
THE EDMOND PLAN, UH, WHICH GUIDES DEVELOPMENT SETS A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, IDENTIFIES CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS, AND PROVIDES GOALS, ACTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
THAT ADDRESSES KEY AREAS SUCH AS THE ECONOMY, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LAND USE.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE, THESE IDEAS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND, UH, BALANCING, UH, GROWTH WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ARE CONTINUING.
AND, UH, THESE ADDITIONAL PLANS.
THE EAST EDMOND PLAN IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE THE, AND THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA EAST OF I 35.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND PREVIOUS PLANS AS WELL.
SOME KEY WORDS FROM THE PLAN ARE RESILIENT, COMMUNITY CONNECTED, PROSPEROUS, PLANNED GROWTH, AND RURAL CHARACTER MAINTAINED.
FINALLY, EDMUND SHIFT, THE CITY'S NEW MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AIMS TO CREATE A WELL CONNECTED, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY NETWORK FOR RESIDENTS.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, PLAN, AND CREATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES THAT MAKE IT EASIER AND SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, BIKE, RIDE THE BUS, SHARE A CAR, AND DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE THE CITY.
NEXT, I JUST VERY QUICKLY WANNA, UH, SHARE A HANDFUL OF GREAT THINGS THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING.
AND FRANKLY, I COULDN'T PUT EVERYTHING ON THIS SCREEN.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS EDMOND IS DOING.
I JUST, I PICKED SOME AND
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UH, THE CITY FACILITIES, UH, HAVE BEEN ON A HUNDRED PERCENT WIND POWER SINCE 2018.THAT THE PURE AND SIMPLE PROGRAM, UH, PURE AND SIMPLE IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO, UH, EDMOND RESIDENTS OR CUSTOMERS, UH, EDMOND ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.
AND, UH, IN, IN FACT, UM, THAT THAT PROGRAM IS CHEAPER THAN TRADITIONAL ENERGY.
UH, THE URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM, UH, HAS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THROUGH THE NATIONAL ARBORIST FOUNDATION, THE TREE CITY USA AWARD FOR 25 YEARS RUNNING.
AND THEY HAVE THE LONGEST GROWTH AWARD IN THE STATE FOR 19 YEARS.
AND THAT MEANS THAT EVERY YEAR THEY'VE IMPROVED.
THEY KEEP IMPROVING RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING.
CURBSIDE, UH, FOR CURBSIDE IS AVAILABLE IN EDMOND, AND THE PARTICIPATION RATE IS WELL OVER 95%.
WE'VE INSTALLED 12 PUBLIC EV CHARGING STATIONS, EACH ONE OF THAT'S 13, UH, DUAL CHARGING STATIONS, 27 PORTS, AND ONE, UH, FAST CHARGING STATION AT THE, UH, FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE, PROVIDING FA UH, UH, CHARGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, CUSTOMERS VISITING THE DOWNTOWN OR OUR PARKS.
ED ELECTRIC PROVIDES SEVERAL, UM, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, PROVIDE RESOURCES ONLINE FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION AT HOMES.
UM, AND THEY WILL LET CUSTOMERS KNOW.
THEY, THEY'LL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THEM OR NOT.
UM, OTHER INCENTIVES THAT THEY OFFER ARE FREE HOME ENERGY AUDITS, AND, UH, THE HEAT PUMP AND CEILING INSULATION, REBATES, AND THROUGH WATER RESOURCES.
UH, THEY PARTNERED WITH OSU EXTENSION OFFICE TO CREATE SOME ONLINE CLASSES THAT WILL HELP RESIDENTS WITH WATER CONSERVATION AND UNDERSTANDINGS THEIR, SOME OF THEIR, UM, UH, SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES FOR THEIR HOME GARDENING AND, AND, AND YARD WORK.
DO WE KNOW ON THE EV CHARGING STATIONS, WE MADE A POLICY CHANGE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO TO MOVE TOWARDS SOME BASIC CHARGE ON THE CHARGING STATIONS, PUN INTENDED, HASHTAG DAD JOKE, UHHUH
BUT, UM, DO WE KNOW IF THAT USE HAS INCREASED, DECREASED THE SAME, OR IT IT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT WAS THE LAST TIME I LOOKED.
AND I RAN A REPORT LAST I THINK TWO MONTHS AGO.
I CAN PROVIDE THAT, THE LATEST REPORT, UM, TO OUR COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, UH, HOWEVER, I, THAT'S, I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF TO BE EXPECTED.
AND I THINK THAT THE USAGE IS GONNA COME BACK UP.
UM, AND, AND IN THAT REPORT, IT HAS THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE CHARGING VEHICLES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE ACTUAL USAGE AT EACH STATION AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IT IS.
AND, AND, UH, IT'S ALL AVAILABLE THROUGH A PORTAL THAT WE USE.
ALL OF OUR CHARGING STATIONS ARE CONNECTED VIA THE CLOUD.
AND, UM, UH, MOVING FORWARD, HOWEVER, I, THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY A SIDE DISCUSSION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, RATHER THAN JUST PUBLIC.
AND, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT GRANTS WOULD PAY HALF, ROUGHLY HALF THE COST, UH, WHICH WE CAN STILL GET.
THE GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE EVERY TWO YEARS AT LEAST.
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD PAY FOR, UH, THE OTHER HALF OF THE INSTALLATION, ET CETERA.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S A FUTURE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS PLAN.
UM, IT'D BE SUPER INTERESTING JUST 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE MAKE A POLICY CHANGE, WE KIND OF PUSH A, A DOMINO.
WE DON'T KNOW QUITE WHERE IT'LL END UP.
IT'D BE SUPER INTERESTING, LEAST FOR ME TO SEE OVER.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME, I THINK, TO REALLY PLAY OUT THE CYCLE OF IT.
AND THEN ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, SINCE WE'RE UNIQUELY OWN OUR OWN UTILITY, AS FAR AS ON THE RE RESILIENCY SIDE, YOU KNOW, UH, A FUELING STATION SORT OF BY DEFINITION AT SOME POINT IS FUEL AGNOSTIC BECAUSE THEY WANNA PROVIDE A SERVICE TO A CUSTOMER.
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THEM, THEM THERE TO, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE OTHER ITEMS LIKE ROLLER DOGS AND THINGS.
AND SO YEAH, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE'RE POSITIONED WITH OUR OWN UTILITY TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE TRENDS, UM, THROUGH ELECTRIFICATION.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, FINALIZED OUR, OUR FIRST PUBLIC PRIVATE CONTRACT WITH THE OXLEY OVER HERE, UH, AND, AND SORT OF A PILOT PROJECT, UM, CONTRACT TOOK MONTHS BACK AND FORTH TO GET IT RIGHT.
BUT WE CAN USE THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND, UM, THE, WOULD THAT BE OVER AT THE PARKING GARAGE, I ASSUME, OR I ASSUME SOME OUTDOOR STUFF, OR IT'S GONNA BE AN OUT, IT'S AN OUTDOOR CHARGING STATION IN THE STREET SCAPE.
SO, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I, I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS A RAISE.
UM,
AND I CALL THEM RESILIENCY GRANTS BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO BETTER AIR QUALITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH TREE CANOPY,
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UH, CITYLINK, UH, TAKING EXTRA CARS OFF THE ROAD, OR, UM, HAVING A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF WATER.UM, AND THE PLANNING AT THE PLANNING GRANTS THERE THAT YOU SEE ARE RELATED TO, UM, MULTIMODAL, WHICH INCLUDES SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE LANES, ADDITIONAL BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND OF COURSE, EV INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THIS PLAN, WHEN I SAY PLANS THERE, THIS CONTRACT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE, UM, THE E-E-C-B-G, WHICH IS THE, UH, A DOE, UH, GRANT, UH, 146,000 FOR THIS CONTRACT.
AND, UM, THE THING WITH THAT, UH, AND I'LL JUST, I'LL SAY THIS.
THE, THE THING WITH THAT, UM, THAT GRANT IS FOR THE DOE, UM, THEY LIKE TO SEE A PLAN, UM, BEFORE YOU ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE.
AND SO THIS PLAN IS THAT, UM, SO THE, THE INTENT IS TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, HAVE ALL OF OUR STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED, AND THEN WE CAN PURSUE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH VARIOUS GRANTS, UM, BASED ON THOSE STRATEGIES.
UH, ENGINEERING, UH, ITS AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S KIND OF, UH, IT'S ALMOST COUNTERINTUITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S KEEPING TRAFFIC MOVING.
AND, AND THAT'S THE KEY, UM, THAT, UH, THEY'RE NOT IDLING AT A STOP LOT A STOPLIGHT, CREATING MORE EMISSIONS.
AND THAT BENEFITS NOT ONLY TRAFFIC CONGESTION, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS AIR QUALITY.
SO WITH THAT, I, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO HILLARY DOBOS, AND SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF OUR PLANS SO FAR.
AND WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ALL OF THE STRATEGIES BECAUSE THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, AND WE WERE AFRAID OF GETTING CAUGHT UP ON ONE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT THE WHOLE TIME.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN THE COMING WEEKS, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
IS THAT GOOD? YES, CLOSE ENOUGH.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN ON THE, FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS, UM, GETTING TO EXPLORE EDMOND AND REALLY SEE, UM, MORE OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AS PHIL SAID, THERE'LL BE TIME AT THE END TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT.
UM, AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION OR PHIL OR CALEB, THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT PHIL SAID ABOUT ALL THE STRATEGIES BEING AVAILABLE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO YOU GUYS TO REVIEW.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN REALLY DIG IN DEEP.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IF SOMETHING YOU WANNA KNOW, IF SOMETHING WAS INCLUDED, THEN FEEL FREE TO ASK.
AND, AND I KNOW MOST OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO, UM, HOW DID WE GET HERE? SO HOW DID WE GET TO THESE A HUNDRED SOME STRATEGIES THAT PHIL MENTIONED, AND ALSO THESE GOALS THAT'LL BE GOING OVER IN THE FUTURE? WELL, IT'S REALLY BEEN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS.
WE'VE HAD EIGHT FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS WHERE WE COMPILED INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT AND SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES.
I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM ATTENDED THOSE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS.
UM, SCOTT, I KNOW THAT YOU ATTENDED A FEW AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MET WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORK COULD SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THEM AS WELL AS A SURVEY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DONE DOZENS OF, UM, INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS.
UM, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN WITH, UM, SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED PEER COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT COULD HELP THIS PLAN MOVE FORWARD OR COULD PROVIDE LESSONS LEARNED.
UM, THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHEERLEADERS AND A LOT OF SUPPORTERS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO DID A LOT OF RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND STATE, CITY, UM, COUNTY AND UTILITY REQUIREMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANNA RECOMMEND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT LEGAL OR ALLOWED.
WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE, UM, FROM THESE ENTITIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK THAT EDMOND ELECTRIC IS DOING, OPA IS DOING, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE WENT OVER ALL OF THAT, UM, AND KIND OF COMPILED THAT.
WE ALSO REALLY BUILT OFF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
UM, PHIL WENT OVER THESE PLANS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT THE, UM, UP AND COMING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MANUAL THAT'LL BE COMING SOON.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK REALLY SUPPORTS, UM, THAT MANUAL AS WELL AS HOW CAN, MAKING SURE THE MANUAL FITS IN WITH WHAT THE RESILIENCE PLAN IS TRYING TO DO.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UM, AND THIS IS JUST TAKING THE LESSONS LEARNED AND REALLY ELEVATING IT AND CELEBRATING IT.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION ALWAYS WHEN WE GO INTO THESE PLANS IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RESILIENCY MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT ARE SOME COMMON THEMES.
SO THROUGH ALL THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT I MENTIONED ALREADY, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR THEMES THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
ONE WAS JUST RESILIENCE AS A WHOLE, IS PREPARING FOR CURRENT AND PROJECTED HAZARDS
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ALONG WITH PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH.WE'RE VERY QUICKLY, UM, GROWING COMMUNITIES WHO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.
UM, GROWTH, UM, ECONOMIC STEWARDSHIP.
WE HEARD IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS MAKING GOOD ECONOMIC SENSE, WHETHER THAT'S COST AVOIDANCE OR COST SAVINGS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A LOT OF THE STRATEGIES AND GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, COMMUNITY VIBRANCY AND RECREATION.
THERE IS A HUGE PUSH FOR RECREATION AND HOW SUSTAINABILITY IS CONNECTED WITH RECREATION.
YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF GREAT BIKE TRAILS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THAT PEOPLE WANT THE WATER TO BE CLEAN, THE AIR TO BE CLEAN.
UM, IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH RECREATION.
UM, AS FOR COMMUNITY, WE HAD HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT, UM, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR WAS.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE GOOD COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS, WE HEARD, UM, FROM QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS, THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTRACTING KIDS TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AFTER THEY'VE LEFT.
UM, AND JUST REALLY DRIVING HOME THE GREAT COMMUNITY OF, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE HERE, WE REALLY THINK THAT RESILIENCY ENABLES A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND VICE VERSA.
UM, AND THEN WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN TOO, THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO FOCUS ON MUNICIPAL STRATEGIES.
SO STRATEGIES THAT THIS, UM, UH, GOVERNMENT CAN REALLY LEAD SUPPORT AND PUSH.
SO PROGRAMS AND PLANS THAT ARE REALLY LED BY EDMOND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE DOING WORK, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY PUTTING THINGS ON THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS OF EDMOND.
UM, SO IT'S A VERY INTERNALLY FOCUSED PLAN WITH LOTS OF STRATEGIES THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO AS A GOVERNMENT.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE NON-ATTAINMENT STUDY FROM ACOG, UM, OKLAHOMA CITY REGION, UM, WAS RANKED ONE OF THE 30 WORST AIR QUALITY, UM, CITIES IN AMERICA.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THAT IS THAT IF YOU DO NOT HIT ATTAINMENT, UM, IF IT BASICALLY YOU COULD BE DE DESIGNATED NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, IT'S PROJECTED IN RESULT OF 9.5 TO 15.2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC COSTS OVER 20 TO 30 YEAR PERIOD.
NOT JUST TO EDMOND, BUT THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC STEWARDSHIP, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, IS TO TRY TO AVOID THOSE POTENTIAL COSTS THROUGH BEING AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO, UM, NOT HAVE BAD AIR QUALITY DESIGNATED BY THE EPA.
SO QUESTION, QUESTION ON THAT.
SO, UM, I, I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE IN THE NUMBERS.
I WAS TALKING TO OUR DIRECTOR OF ACOG.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.
I THINK NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL POLITICS ARE, THERE'S PROBABLY A GENERAL SENSE THAT ONE, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS ON THE TABLE.
UM, ALL THEY SEE IS PROBABLY OUR HAYES RED ALERT DAYS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE, IS PROBABLY A DESIRE IN GENERAL FOR RESIDENTS NOT WANTING TO BE UNDER AN EPA DICTATED, UM, SORT OF, UM, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO, TO MEET OR COME OUT OF THAT ATTAINMENT STATUS.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT, WHEN I DUG INTO IT, IT SEEMED LIKE THE NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT WAS, UM, BASICALLY, UM, CARS, PARTICULARLY CARS THAT WERE IDLING.
AS YOU LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT, THE NUMBER ONE TRANSPORTER OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY IS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, THEY SERVE 150, WE'RE A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THEY SERVE 150,000 IN THE AREA.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS IN THIS RESILIENCY PLAN WHERE WE'RE GONNA ABLE TO COLLABORATE OR SHARE WITH THEM ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT? FOR AN EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE TRIED NEW THINGS FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
IF WE GO TO AN OLDER SCHOOL, LIKE I WAS JUST COMING HERE, MY DISTRICT HERE, IT'S ALL BACKED UP.
DOWNTOWN IS, THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION TOO.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IT JUST, PEOPLE SIT THERE, THEY BLAST THEIR AC I DO THAT WHEN IT'S HOT
AND SO DO WE HAVE ANY, WELL, LET'S PLAN, PROVIDE FOR ANY OF THAT COLLABORATION SO WE CAN SORT OF ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT WE'LL JUST GET A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS WHAT WE KNOW, WHICH IS, WE'RE CLOSE TO NON-ATTAINMENT.
IDLING CARS ARE OUR WORST OFFENDER, BUT WE WON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, FOR A NEW, SAY, MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT OR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT, THESE CITIES HAVE DONE THESE FIVE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS IN AND AROUND THEIR PICKUP AND DROP OFF SCHEDULE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ARE WE GONNA GET TO THAT FINE ART DETAIL OR IS IT STILL MORE BROAD? ALL REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANNA BRING UP IS THE, THE FINAL DOCUMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A DASHBOARD WHERE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE INTERACTIVE AND THE DATA WILL BE UPDATED.
SO WHATEVER METRICS ARE SELECTED FOR EACH ONE OF THE SECTORS, IT WILL REALLY BE ABLE TO REPORT.
SO AIR QUALITY IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS A METRIC, WHETHER IT'S UM, OZONE ALERT DAYS OR ASTHMA RATES.
AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY LITERALLY HAVE ABOUT CENSUS TRACK.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE UP TO DATE DATA REGULARLY ON HOW THAT'S LOOKING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WHICH I CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, THERE ARE SOME STRATEGIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITH PARTNERING WITH THE EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE
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THAT CAME UP IN QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS WAS WHETHER IT WAS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF LIKE SITTING AND IDLING, LIKE YOU SAID YOURSELF, OR IF IT WAS, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WERE SAYING THEY WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.SO WE DO HAVE STRATEGIES AROUND PARTNERING, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, UH, PHIL MENTIONED EARLIER ONE OF THE GRANTS YOU'VE RECEIVED ON TRYING TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO MINIMIZE IDLING IS JUST TO ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD LIGHT SYSTEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE YOU JUST KEEP FLOW.
UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY STRATEGIES OF THAT LEVEL.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, PHIL MENTIONED THAT THIS HELPS WITH E-E-C-B-G GRANTS AND OTHER GRANTS LIKE FROM DOE.
SO THIS PLAN WILL PUT YOU IN A PLACE THAT IF THE EDMUND SCHOOL SYSTEM IS INTERESTED IN SWITCHING ANY OF THEIR BUSES OVER TO ELECTRIC OR ALTERNATIVE FUEL, THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE, UM, THAT COULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FROM HAVING THIS PLAN.
UM, WE DID A PROJECT FOR THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEIR FLEET MANAGER WAS ADAMANT NOT TO TRY ELECTRIC BUSES.
UM, THEY GOT A GRANT FOR 20 ELECTRIC BUSES AND NOW HE'S LIKE THE BIGGEST ADVOCATE EVER FOR ELECTRIC BUSES BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY ABLE TO, UM, 'CAUSE I LIVE IN A NON-ATTAINMENT ZONE IN DENVER.
UM, IT BASICALLY WAS ABLE TO REALLY HELP WITH THAT AIR QUALITY ASPECT FOR THE IDLING.
UM, ESPECIALLY IN SOME AREAS BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS, THEY'RE A HISTORY LESSON IN HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DO PICKUP AND DROP OFF BETTER
SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR MOST HISTORICAL ONE, LIKE A CLAY ROOM WHERE MY KIDS WENT, IT'S LITERALLY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU JUST HAVE THE FUN OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS LATER YOU HAVE LIKE A LITTLE THING AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S MORE OF A ROUNDABOUT.
AND THEN LIKE THE MODERN ONES, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU LIKE, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
AND I AGREE WITH OWNING OUR OWN UTILITY.
THERE MIGHT BE A HUGE WIN-WIN IF THERE'S SOME FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS THAT WE CAN GO AFTER FOR ELECTRIFIED FLEET SYSTEM.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S SOME RESISTANCE THERE.
I HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION DIRECTLY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
'CAUSE I THINK HAVING A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS YOU HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, BUT THEN WE HAVE NOTHING TO ACT ON, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
LIKE IF, LIKE, TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATION.
AND, SORRY, TWO OTHER ASPECTS THAT I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT UP INITIALLY WAS THAT A HUGE PART OF THIS PLAN IS ABOUT THAT REGIONAL COLLABORATION.
SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S A REGIONAL ISSUE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EDMOND NEEDS TO DO ALONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING YOU ARE HAVING TO DO WORK ON BECAUSE THE RISKS ARE THE SAME, RIGHT? A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG, UM, I GUESS, UH, PLAN THAT WILL TRY TO ENCOURAGE THAT COMMUNICATION TO BE A LITTLE BIT GREATER.
UM, AND ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EDMOND BEING INVOLVED, UM, WITH SOME OF THESE AIR QUALITY ASPECTS.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT UP WAS, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN IDLING ISSUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A FEW PEOPLE FEELING SAFE BIKING AND WALKING TO SCHOOLS.
SO ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED AROUND BASICALLY THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP ENCOURAGE WHEN IT'S FEASIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BIKE AND WALK TO SCHOOL AS WELL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THROW UP SOME NUMBERS.
UM, JUST 'CAUSE IT KIND OF DRIVES IT HOME.
I I THINK YOU GUYS CAN RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE SINCE WE LITERALLY ARE RIGHT IN THIS AREA.
BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME STATISTICS JUST THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE OF INTEREST OF JUST HOW BAD SOMETIMES THE AIR QUALITY CAN BE IN THIS REGION.
SO, UM, SO OF LIKE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER, YOU'LL SEE 94% OF THE CENSUS TRACKS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE A HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THIS CENSUS TRACK IN EDMOND.
SO THAT'S THE BOTTOM LEFT ONE.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS FOR THAT, BUT AIR QUALITY IS A BIG PIECE OF THAT.
AND THESE ARE STATISTICS THAT ARE FROM THE EPA AS WELL AS THE CDC.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, OTHER, THERE'S THREE TRACKS, THAT'S THE WHOLE BLUE AREA.
87% OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS TRACTS HAVE LOWER ASTHMA RATES THAN THESE THREE CENSUS TRACTS IN EDMOND.
SO ASTHMA IS A HUGE ISSUE IN THIS AREA.
IT'S ALSO A HUGE ISSUE IN THE, A LARGER OKLAHOMA CITY REGION.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANNA TRY TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN RESILIENCY AND PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE REASON WHY PEOPLE DO GET INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY.
BUT ALSO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS JUST TO BE AWARE OF THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS PLAN.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE BROUGHT JCI ON IS THAT THEY'RE EXPERTS IN WASTEWATER STORM WATER AS WELL AS BUILDINGS.
BUT, UM, THE DARK PART IS WHERE WE WERE JUST FOCUSED ON.
BUT WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE OTHER CENSUS TRACK, 94% OF CENSUS TRACKS IN THE US HAVE LOWER AMOUNTS OF MODELED TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS, UM, UM, IN THE STREAMS. AND SO TO BE CLEAR, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, COVERED WITH HORRIBLE WATER.
IT'S REALLY JUST THAT IN THE STREAMS THERE'S A LOT OF POLLUTION.
IT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING IN THOSE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S THEIR DRINKING WATER.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE SENDING OFF ALARMS. IT'S JUST THAT IN THAT REGION IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO 78% OF CENSUS TRACKS HAVE LOWER PM TWO POINT FIVES, WHICH IS INHALABLE
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PARTICLES.AND THAT'S REALLY HIGHLY CONNECTED WITH ASTHMA.
THEY'RE REALLY SMALL PARTICLES THAT YOU BREATHE IN AND CAN CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS.
SO WITHIN THAT REGION AS WELL, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A RURAL AREA, THERE'S STILL ISSUES THAT, UM, ARE GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT AND CONSIDER IN THIS PLAN.
CAN BACK TO THE AIR QUALITY, UH, SLIDE.
WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO 94% HAS A HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN US.
WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, YOU CAN KIND OF CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN, RIGHT? WHICH IS LIKE THAT, THAT AIR QUALITY ASPECT YEAH.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIES AROUND THAT.
UM, FEELING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK AROUND IN GENERAL.
HEALTH IS ALSO A BIG PART OF HAVING PEOPLE BE ACTIVE.
YOU GUYS HAVE AMAZING TRAILS, YOU HAVE AN AMAZING SYSTEM.
SO JUST ENCOURAGING THAT IS A BIG PIECE.
BUT THEN ALSO TAKING THIS INFORMATION AND KIND OF DIGGING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE WHERE THOSE STATISTICS ARE COMING FROM, WHICH I CAN SEND AFTER THE MEETING.
UH, BUT YEAH, THEY'RE FROM, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE FROM THE CDC AND THE EPA, BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS OF WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM AND WHY THANK YOU.
SO THESE PICTURES, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TELLING THE PERFECT STORY, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN FROM THE CONSTITUENTS AND PARTNERS THAT WE INTERVIEWED ABOUT POLLUTION IN ARCADIA LAKE.
UM, AND A LOT OF IT IS AROUND GARBAGE.
SO WE DO HAVE STRATEGIES THAT REALLY FOCUS IN ON PARTNERING WITH OKLAHOMA CITY TO PREVENT THE WASTE FROM COMING DOWNSTREAM, BUT ALSO BEING PROACTIVE IN THE REGION OF TRYING TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT'S GETTING INTO THE LAKE.
ONCE AGAIN, RECREATION'S A HUGE, HUGE PRIORITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS A GREAT AREA WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR LAKE TO BE CLEAN 'CAUSE THEY USE IT ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, IT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE LIFESTYLE THAT, UM, EDMUND HAS.
I MEAN, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY AWARE THAT YOU HAVE EXTREME HEAT.
UM, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT AT ALL,
UM, BUT, UM, PROJECTED BY 2050 THAT YOU'LL HAVE BASICALLY 113 DAYS IN THE YEAR, WHICH WAS, SO THE TEMPERATURE'S OVER 90 DEGREES.
SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY HOT.
SO TALKING ABOUT THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND THAT RESILIENCE ASPECT, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT PEOPLE STAY COOL WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND THEY CAN STILL DO THE RECREATION THEY WANT? UM, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY GET PREPARED FOR THAT? ALSO, DROUGHT.
UM, THE CITY WILL HAVE AROUND 48 OR 40, SORRY, 25 DAYS IN A ROW IN THE YEAR WITH NO PRECIPITATION.
THAT'S MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, IT'S ALSO EXPECTED YOU GUYS WILL HAVE MORE EXTREME, UM, RAINFALL AND SO YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE STORM WATER.
SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE RESILIENT FOR BOTH THAT DROUGHT SIDE OF THINGS.
BUT THEN ALSO I'M ENSURING THAT YOU'RE READY FOR A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES IN STORM WATER.
YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY, BUT YOU HAVE AN AQUIFER THAT IS NOT GOING DOWN.
IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES I THINK IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THE AQUIFER IS NOT ACTUALLY GETTING LOWER, BUT YOU STILL WANNA BE PREPARED IN THE FUTURE FOR DROUGHT AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE AQUIFER AS WELL AS, UM, UH, UM, OTHER WATER RESOURCES.
SO WHERE WE ARE HEADED, UM, SO THIS IS JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN.
SO WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE ONE OVERARCHING PLAN GOAL, WHICH WAS CREATED THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE FOCUS GROUPS AND ALSO THOSE INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS.
BUT IT IS THE GOAL OF THE EDMOND RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN IS TO BUILD A STABLE, RESILIENT, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
SO THAT'S THE BIG GOAL WHERE EVERYTHING IN THIS PLAN IS GOING TO LADDER UP TO THAT.
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT OVERARCHING GOAL.
AS PHIL NOTED, THERE ARE SIX SECTORS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT.
UM, IN THIS PLAN, FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SIX SECTORS, WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW THAT WILL BE IN THE DASHBOARD OF WHERE WE ARE.
WE WANNA CELEBRATE ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU GUYS ARE SEEING IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTORS.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED.
WHERE THIS PLAN DEFINES HEADED IS 2030.
SO IT'S A SHORT TERM GOAL, BUT WE THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS INDUSTRY IS CHANGING RAPIDLY AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE GONNA HAPPEN IN 2030 MIGHT BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN 2035.
SO WHERE WE ARE HEADED AND THEN HOW WE GET THERE IS THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, WHICH AS WE SAID, IT'S A HUNDRED SOME STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, RATED AND VOTED ON.
AND ACTUALLY THERE WERE MORE STRATEGIES AND WE REDUCED THOSE
BUT, UM, THE STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO BE IN THOSE THREE BUCKETS OF ADOPT, ACT, AND ADVOCATE.
ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY WANNA REITERATE THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY CAN REALLY TAKE CHARGE OF THROUGH PLANS AND PROGRAMS, NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING IT ON THE COMMUNITY AS A REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN ON THE ADVOCATE SIDE, IT'S REALLY CELEBRATING WHAT KEY PARTNERS ARE ALREADY DOING AND ALREADY SUPPORTING THEIR WORK.
SO OMPA AND ELECTRIC, UM, A LOT OF YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES
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ARE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK.SO WHAT ARE WAYS THAT THIS PLAN CAN HELP ELEVATE THEIR WORK, WHICH IN RETURN SUPPORTS YOU GUYS? UM, AND THEN HOW WILL YOU KNOW IF WE GET THERE? IT'S THOSE METRICS THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING IN ON.
I'M GONNA JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THE SIX SECTOR GOALS.
UM, AND THEN THE METRICS THAT ARE REFLECTED.
UM, THESE GOALS WERE DECIDED ABOUT, UM, THOSE FOCUS GROUPS FULL OF CITY STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AS WELL AS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ALSO REVIEWED THESE.
UM, BUT THE FIRST ONE UP IS GREEN BUILDING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND SO STATES BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE INCREASED BUILDING EFFICIENCY ACROSS MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS WHILE MOVING TOWARDS IMPROVED ENERGY CODES AND MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
UM, AS FOR THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE, ONE IS THE AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT IS BEING PRODUCED LOCALLY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WILL BE ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS DO HAVE A LOT OF, OF PRETTY LOW AMOUNT OF LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY.
PARTIALLY THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR ENERGY RATES ARE INCREDIBLY LOW.
SO PEOPLE HAVEN'T REALLY FELT THE NEED TO PUT SOLAR ON THEIR HOUSES VERSUS OTHER COMMUNITIES.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A BIG UPTICK IN SOME OF THE, UM, PURE COMMUNITIES LIKE NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING MORE SOLAR ON THEIR HOUSE AS A RESILIENCE MEASURE, UM, IN CASE THEY HAVE ROLLING BLACKOUTS OR BROWNOUTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ENERGY USE, UM, INTENSITY FOR, UM, CITY BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE THEM OUT OF UM, DOLLARS, UM, GIVEN OUT IN REBATES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUST A METRIC ON ENERGY CODES.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THAT OR I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SECTOR.
ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GET INTO IT ALL OR COMMENT AS PART OF THIS STUDY? UM, ANYTHING TO DO WITH LIKE OUR AIR QUALITY STATUTES, LIKE AS A MUNICIPALITY.
SO I LOOKED AT IT, UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOME AIR QUALITY THINGS TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.
IT'S SOMEWHAT VAGUE AND, AND PROBABLY WAS WRITTEN A COUPLE DECADES AGO.
YOU KNOW, IT MENTIONS THAT WE COULD DO SOME TYPE OF FINE OR SOMETHING.
IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY AS WE BUILD THIS OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANY TEETH AT ALL ON THE, DID YOU WANNA TALK, TALK ABOUT THE PAST ON THAT? YEAH.
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AIR QUALITY STATUTES, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY DIG INTO THEM.
SO THANK YOU TOM, FOR BRINGING THOSE UP.
AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT, I MEAN, I ASSUME THAT'S PRETTY COMMON FOR MOST MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE A VERY GENERAL SORT OF, I THINK IT WAS AROUND A NUISANCE, LIKE IF YOU WERE CREATING A NUISANCE, UM, WITH YOUR AIR QUALITY DISCHARGE.
UM, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING, UM, THAT WAS NOXIOUS OR OF, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST AS FAR AS, UM, IMPACTING PUBLIC HEALTH.
IF WE HAD A MIRRORING SORT OF MUNICIPAL CODE THAT SPOKE TO THAT AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF REGULATORY FOLLOW UP WE COULD HAVE.
OR IF WE'RE JUST MORE JUST BEING LIKE, DON'T DO THAT.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD TO THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, AS FAR AS ACOG, THEY, THEY MEASURE AIR QUALITY.
THEY PROVIDE THOSE STATISTICS TO US.
AND OUR ONLY AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATION RIGHT NOW IS AT OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN.
UM, AND, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONITORING STATIONS AROUND EDMOND AND THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THIS, UH, PLAN AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE AIR QUALITY BETTER THAT WAY.
THE REASON WHY I WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE IS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AS WE ALL KNOW, EVERY UH, EVERY COUPLE MONTHS WE GET A STRONG WIDTH OF THE DOG FOOD PLANT, WHICH IS LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A MILE OUTSIDE OF EDMOND CITY LIMITS.
LESS THAN THAT, LESS THAN THAT.
I MEAN IT'S, YOU PROBABLY THROW ROCK AND, AND HIT IT FROM EDMOND CITY LIMITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE IN MY LITTLE RABBIT HOLE OF STUDY, DENVER ACTUALLY IS BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR DECADES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE THESE PLANTS OPERATE AND THEN I THINK THERE'S FOUR IN THE COUNTRY, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH THE RING OF THE SAME SORT OF ISSUES THAT COME UP AROUND AIR QUALITY.
AND THE SORT OF QUESTION I WAS ASKING MYSELF, IS IT JUST A STINK AND A SMELL THAT TWO, THREE DAYS OUTTA THE MONTH IS JUST PURE PUTRID AND I JUST HATE? OR IS THERE ACTUALLY SOMETHING TO THE AIR QUALITY, UH, FOR MORE OF A HEALTH BENEFIT? WHAT I FOUND WAS A LITTLE BIT PROBABLY MIXED, BUT THAT'S HONESTLY ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF LIKE AIR QUALITY, IF IT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S NOT THERE, BUT IT HAPPENS A COUPLE DAYS A MONTH AND PEOPLE GET PRETTY YEAH.
AND PARTICULARLY IN THE, IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OUR CITY, YOU, YOU CAN SMELL IT WAY UP AND DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I STARTED, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS LIKE, IS THIS A HEALTH ISSUE OR IS IT JUST A, I DON'T LIKE THE SMELL OF IT ISSUE OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THIS NON-ATTAINMENT STUFF? BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ASK YOU ABOUT.
BUT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT 'CAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT IT AND THE ONLY ANSWER I'VE EVER GIVEN 'EM IS, WELL, THAT'S BY ROCK THROW IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE A BETTER ANSWER AS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
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HELP ADDRESS THAT.UM, I KNOW DENVER SUCCESSFULLY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND, UM, THE DOG FOOD, UM, FACTORY A COUPLE TIMES.
IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNTS, BUT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
BUT I WILL RESEARCH THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
UM, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UM, KIND OF A MORE STICK APPROACH WHERE THERE WAS MORE LIKE REGULATION OR REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY WAS PUTTING ON.
WE TENDED TO STAY AWAY FROM THOSE A LITTLE BIT, UM, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE BEING, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE NATURAL CONSTRAINTS THAT EXIST OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UM, HOW MUCH, UH, STAFF TIME, HOW MUCH RESOURCES, HOW MUCH MONEY.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS FOR REGULATION CAN COST A LOT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS BROUGHT UP, UM, AN ANTI-IDLING, UM, POLICY THAT'S IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE YOU ACTUALLY CAN CALL IN AND YOU WILL BASICALLY, IF SOMEONE'S IDLING OUTSIDE, YOU CAN CALL IN AND THEY WILL BE FINED, UM, THE DRIVER.
AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
I DON'T WANNA BE TELLING ON MY NEIGHBORS.
BUT I ALSO, UM, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT WITHIN THE CITY AND A LOT OF COSTS TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO EMPLOY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, I BELIEVE THAT UM, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT ACOG IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, TO BETTER REGULATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS.
UM, JUST BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG, UM, ISSUE REGIONALLY.
UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT'S A LEVER FOR THAT AIR QUALITY ASPECT IS ACTUALLY LAWN EQUIPMENT IS A BIG PIECE OF EMISSIONS.
UM, PEOPLE ARE VERY CONNECTED AND VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR LAWN EQUIPMENT, BUT IT IS AN AREA THAT WHEN YOU GET FURTHER ALONG WITH YOUR NON ATTAINMENT, YOU START TO LOSE YOUR OPTIONS FOR LAWN EQUIPMENT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT USE GAS EQUIPMENT ANYMORE, YOU HAVE TO USE ELECTRIC.
AND THAT BECOMES THE ONLY AVAILABLE, UM, OPTION.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER LEVER YOU CAN PULL THROUGH MAYBE GRANTS OR UM, INCENTIVES.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY IF THE AIR QUALITY DOESN'T GET BETTER, THERE WILL BE REGULATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
IF YOU WHERE THIS REALLY HAPPENS, IF YOU BECOME A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE FORCED ON YOU.
IT'S THE COUNTY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO BE BASICALLY AIR QUALITY POLICE.
UM, BUT AT THE LOCAL LEVELS WHAT YOU OFTEN SEE IS ZONING REGULATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, HEY, WE WILL NOT ALLOW FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES IN DOWNTOWNS OR CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF ISLAND AND CONCERNS.
WHERE GENERALLY I'VE SEEN THAT IS MM-HMM,
UM, YEAH, YOU'RE COMPLETELY CORRECT THAT ESPECIALLY THOSE LIKE DOUBLE DRIVE-THROUGHS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE CHICK-FIL-A IN AND OUT THE DOUBLE YEAH, I'M JUST ASKING.
SO ANOTHER GROUPING IS LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK ON THIS ALREADY THROUGH THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, UM, MANUAL THAT WE COMING OUT.
UM, BUT THIS IS ALSO A REALLY GREAT WAY TO DEAL WITH THE, THE BOTH THE DROUGHT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND ALSO THE STORM WATER RUNOFF.
UM, ISSUE IS THROUGH LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN.
SO OUR GOAL THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED IS BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE CREATED A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCING GREEN SPACES, IMPROVING PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, PRESERVING NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE TO SEE IF WE, UM, WERE SUCCESSFUL IS THE TREE CANOPY PERCENTAGE IS ONE OF THE METRICS YOU GUYS HAVE.
AMAZING TREE CANOPY OR TREE, UM, TREE CITY USA, UM, IS THAT CORRECT? DID I SAY THAT? YEAH.
UM, UM, WHICH IS IN INCREDIBLE.
UM, AND JUST DRIVING AROUND HERE I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE LOVE THEIR TREES SO MUCH.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MILES OF TRAILS AS BEING ONE OF THOSE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THAT WEIRD BOX, WHICH IS
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, UM, METRICS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
ANY QUESTIONS AROUND LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN? I MEAN, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF AS FAR AS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND, UM, THE LARGEST SORT OF IMPACT WE HAD IN REGARD TO A STORM WOULD BE REGARDING MAJOR ICE STORM.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS AT RISK FOR A TORNADO IF WE GET HIT.
IT COULD BE A LARGE AREA, IT COULD JUST BE A SMALL PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COULD BE ON THE PERIPHERY.
UM, DOES THIS CONTEMPLATE ANYTHING AS FAR AS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ASIDE FOR STORM RESPONSE 'CAUSE IT TAKES, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THE FEMA $10 MILLION REIMBURSED THIS LAST TIME.
IS THERE ANYTHING PARTICULAR STORM WOULD BE THE, I MEAN I, ICE STORM SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT HITS ABOUT EVERY 10 YEARS.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND EDMOND FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC
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SORT OF EMERGENCY WHEN IT COMES TO STORMS. YEAH, SO THAT CAME UP DEFINITELY IN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.UM, UH, SO THREE STRATEGIES THAT I'LL JUST MENTION.
UM, ONE IS, UM, CREATING A RESILIENCE, UM, AND HAZARD PLAN.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A RESILIENCY PLAN, BUT BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY CREATING, CREATING A SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE SET UP TO GET FEMA DOLLARS QUICKER.
SO BASICALLY HAVING THAT RESPONSE, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SET UP AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE READY TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I CAN DEFINITELY SEND OVER SOME EXAMPLES OF, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT, BUT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THAT HELPS WITH QUICKER, YOU KNOW, FEMA FUNDING AS YOU SAID, AND, UM, QUICKER RESPONSE.
BUT WE ALSO HEARD THAT, UM, THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN INTEREST IN HAVING MORE, UM, COOLING CENTERS, UM, AS WELL.
I KNOW BASICALLY EVERYONE HAS AIR CONDITIONING, THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, DENVER HAS, UM,
BUT, UM, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME INTEREST ON, ONCE AGAIN, THAT RECREATION SIDE WHERE THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE AT MAJOR EVENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE FEIGNING, UM, QUITE A BIT AND JUST HAVING MORE, UM, AND A SENSE OF HOW TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, WAS PART OF THE PLAN.
ANOTHER STRATEGY WAS, UM, UH, THERE USUALLY IS A, A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SET OUT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BUT I GUESS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A HIGHER CHANCE OR A CHANCE THAT THAT WILL GET CLAWED BACK BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT BEING USED AND THOSE STORMS COULD BE EVERY 10 YEARS.
SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY IS SECURE IF NEEDED IN A CHANCE OF A MAJOR, UH, CATASTROPHE IS ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT WAS CALLED OUT.
UM, AND THEN AS FOR THE ICE STORMS, THAT COMES UP ACTUALLY IN THE WASTE SIDE OF THINGS BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITH ICE STORMS IS THAT AMOUNT OF ORGANIC WASTE THAT YOU HAVE AFTER THE STORM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT AMOUNT OF WASTE, UM, AND UTILIZE THAT WASTE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE THROUGH LIKE COMPOST OR OTHER ORGANICS.
SO THE NEXT PIECE IS AIR QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO TRAFFIC WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
UM, SO BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE REDUCED THE RISK OF VIOLATING FEDERAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND THE RESULTING NEGATIVE HEALTH AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS BY IMPROVING POLLUTANT TRACKING, EXPANDING EV INFRASTRUCTURE, PROMOTING PUBLIC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, OPTIMIZING TRAFFIC, EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND INCREASING PUBLIC OUTREACH.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO CALL OUT ALTERNATIVE FUELS BECAUSE IT CAME UP IN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS INDUSTRY IS CHANGING REALLY RAPIDLY.
SO EVS ARE ONE SOLUTION, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN NECESSARILY AWARE OF OR HYDROGEN.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, CAME UP IN CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN THE PLAN, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALTERNATIVE FUELS WAS IN THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, PHIL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY WORKING ON.
UM, AS FOR METRICS, UM, THE NON-ATTAINMENT, JUST HAVING THOSE AIR QUALITY OZONE DAYS IS ONE OF THE METRICS.
UM, NUMBER OF RIDERS, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD, UM, IS A GREAT METRIC AND YOU GUYS ALREADY TRACK, YOU HAVE FREE TRANSIT, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
UM, EVERY YEAR GOOGLE WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR FREE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS MODE SHARE.
SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND.
IS IT BY, YOU KNOW, SINGLE OCCUPIED VEHICLES? IS IT CARPOOLING, IS IT BIKING, IS IT WALKING? AND SO THOSE ARE ALL STATISTICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR BY GOOGLE FOR FREE.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE METRICS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT ARE PUTTING A HARDSHIP ON FILL IS SOMETHING THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE.
UM, ANY TRANSPORTATION, AIR QUALITY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE NEXT PIECE IS WATER, WATER QUALITY AND CONSERVATION.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY A HUGE PIECE OF, UM, RESILIENCE WITHIN EDMOND, BUT BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE PROTECTED AND CONSERVED WATER RESOURCES THROUGH EFFICIENT USE, ADVANCED TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT WHILE PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES FOR WATERSHED AND LAND MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
SO YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING SOME REALLY COOL STUFF.
I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S A POPULAR TOUR TO DO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TOUR.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, UM, ALREADY, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST WE'RE SUPPORTING AND REALLY ELEVATING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING SOME REALLY GREAT WORK.
UM, BUT THAT STORM WATER MANAGEMENT IS A HUGE PIECE AND A LOT OF THESE SECTORS, AS YOU'LL KNOW OR PROBABLY ALREADY NOTICED, ARE OVERLAPPING.
SO STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FALLS IN HERE, BUT IT ALSO FALLS IN THAT LAND USE PIECE.
AND OH, AND THEN METRICS, UM, WATER USE INTENSITY FOR CITY BUILDINGS.
THAT WAS A METRIC THAT WAS OF INTEREST.
UM, AND THEN THE NUMBER, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT YOU GUYS DO DO A LOT OF, UM, UH,
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COLLECTION DAYS OR LIKE WASTE PICKUP DAYS WITHIN THE RIVERS.SO THE AMOUNT OF, UM, TONS OR POUNDS OF WASTE THAT'S TAKEN OUT OF THE RIVERS AND ARCADIA LAKE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS A HIGHLIGHT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS VERY TANGIBLE, MEASURABLE AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RECREATION ASPECT.
UM, SO BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE INSURED ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE ACCESS TO RECYCLING WHILE INCREASING ACCESS TO AND OPTIONS FOR COMPOSTING.
THE CITY WILL ALSO HAVE INCREASED ITS OWN WASTE DIVERSION THROUGH RECYCLING AND REUSE OF MATERIALS, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU GUYS DO HAVE A VERY STRICT, UM, WASTE AGREEMENT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTOOD BEFORE PUTTING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS DOWN.
SO ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REALLY VETTED, UM, BY BOB MASTERSON.
BOB MASTERSON, UM, UH, AND I'M REALLY DUG INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT FLAG ANYTHING.
YOU DO HAVE THAT CONTRACT, UM, EXPIRES IN 2028.
UM, SO THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR YOU TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE MADE SURE THAT ALL THE LANGUAGE MATCHED, UM, WHAT YOUR POLICY REQUIRES IT TO SAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE PERCENT OF RECYCLING.
UM, YOU GUYS ALREADY GIVE OUT BACKYARD COMPOSTING BINS, WHICH IS REALLY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN I'M FORGETTING THE LAST ONE.
OH, AND THEN ANOTHER WAS THAT ONE WAS ALSO THE TONS OF WASTE COLLECTED IN LIKE YOUR SPONSORED, UM, UH, CLEANUP.
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE RIVER, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE ALSO DONE SOME REALLY POPULAR ROUTE 66 CLEANUPS, UM, TIRE RECYCLING.
I FORGET HOW MANY TIRES YOU GUYS SAID.
IT WAS INSANE THE AMOUNT OF TIRES THAT WERE COLLECTED.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, OTHER METRICS THAT PEOPLE SAID WERE REALLY POPULAR AND ONCE AGAIN, TANGIBLE SO PEOPLE COULD GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH.
SO BY 2030, EDMOND WILL HAVE STRENGTHENED ITS ECONOMY BY INVESTING IN DIVERSE INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, GREEN JOBS, AND EDUCATION, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY ATTRACTING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, LIKE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE TOURISM.
I, WHICH I MEAN BY LIKE ARCADIA LAKE PEOPLE GO OUT THERE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO UM, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THE, THE PATHS AND THE BIKING.
UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF REALLY COOL, UM, UH, PARTNER POTENTIAL PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN JOBS AND EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S THE UNIVERSITY, UM, OR IT IS, UM, SOME OF THE RETRAINING PROGRAMS, FRANCIS TU, FRANCIS TUTTLE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE WANTED TO REALLY CALL OUT THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT STUFF.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR, UM, YOU ALREADY ARE DOING.
SO JUST MAKING SURE PE IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING ALREADY.
SO MAKING SURE TO REALLY SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASPECT.
UM, AND THEN THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES IS LIKE A HUGE CELEBRATION TO, TO THE WORK THAT PHIL'S DOING.
AND NOW YOUR GRANT MANAGER OF MAKING SURE TO BRING IN THE AMOUNT OF NO PRESSURE
IT'S, IT'S REALLY UNIQUE TIME RIGHT NOW IN SUSTAINABILITY WHERE THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING FOR, UM, RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IS A HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
UM, THE METRICS WE HAD WAS THOSE GRANT DOLLARS.
UM, THE, UM, ASTHMA RATES WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS CALLED OUT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, OH, WAS JUST EVENT NUMBERS.
UM, SO HOW MANY EVENTS THAT, UM, STAFF HAD THAT WERE IN REGARDS TO RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY? UM, QUESTION.
MM-HMM,
IT'S A CONSTANT HUM AT A CERTAIN DECAL LEVEL AND IT WAKES PEOPLE UP.
AND THAT'S THAT WITHIN THAT MILE AREA.
AND YOU'D LIKE, WHERE'S THIS CONSTANT FROM THAT WOULD DRIVE PEOPLE TOTALLY CRAZY.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH INDUSTRY IN OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BUT AS WE TRY TO EXPAND AND, AND DIVERSIFY, UH, I I KNOW THE PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT HAD NOT COME UP, BUT CLEARLY VALID, UM, WAS THE SMELL AND THE, THE SOUND ASPECT.
YOU DON'T HEAR IT UNTIL YOU DURING NORMAL DAY TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S MUFFLED OR THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE DRYING AT THAT TIME, BUT WHEN THEY'RE DRYING THE FOOD AT
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THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU HEAR.THAT'S REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
AND UM, WE, IN OTHER PLANS WE HAVE HAD AIR QUALITY AND UM, LIKE SOUND QUALITY, UM, BE KIND OF, UM, INTERCONNECTED BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION ESPECIALLY CAN BE REALLY NOISY.
SO, UM, WE'LL DIG INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU, BUT THAT'S REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER GAPS THAT YOU GUYS SAW? I THINK ONE, OH, GO AHEAD.
DO YOU WANNA ASK? I THINK ONE THING THAT'D BE REALLY COOL THAT'S UNIQUE TO EDMOND IS WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, ONE IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE OUR SCOUTING ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE BOY SCOUT TROOPS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THEIR EAGLE SCOUTS FOR GENERATIONS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROJECTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A NATIONAL, UM, HONOR SOCIETY.
UH, WE GOT EDMOND YOUTH LEADERSHIP.
WHAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY COOL THAT MIGHT DIFFERENTIATE THIS PLAN FROM JUST ANOTHER PLAN THAT GETS PRODUCED, IF THERE COULD BE SOME, UM, IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS TIED TO THESE AREAS WITH SOME PROJECTS.
SO IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS, HEY, YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO YOUR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, OR YOU NEED NATIONAL SERVICE HOURS, OR YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AS A PART OF, UM, YOUR CLUB OR ORGANIZATION AT UCO, WHATEVER IT IS, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL AS A PART OF THIS PLAN TO BRING THEM IN ON THAT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED TO ME SOMETHING THAT'S BEING DONE OVER AT THE BUS, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER STATION BY AN EAGLE SCOUT, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING CLEANING UP THE TIRES OR PAINTING SOMETHING.
OR THE OTHER THING IS EVERY TIME AN ICE STORM HAPPENS OR A MAJOR STORM HAPPENS, THERE'S THIS BLIP OF BURST OF ACTIVITY AND DEBATE.
AND I'LL GET A QUESTION ON IT, PROBABLY MOST OF US DO, WHY DON'T YOU BURY THE POWER LINES AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO GET OUTTA CALCULATOR AND SAY, WELL, MATH DOESN'T WITH THIS STORM MATH DIDN'T GO AWAY, SO HERE'S THE COST OF THAT.
YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A VERY POPULAR THING THAT OUR CITIZENS WANT TO DO.
MAYBE DOWNTOWN EDMOND, THERE'S SOME, BECAUSE IT'S SO CONCENTRATED, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE PROBABLY CAN'T WITHOUT SOME FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE TOP OF OUR MIND OF OUR CITIZENS.
THAT'S SORT OF THIS LIKE, WELL WHY, WHY AREN ARE WE BURY THESE THINGS? UM, THE OTHER PART OF IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE THAT'S DOING THAT RIGHT, THAT'S GOT A HOLD OF SOME DOLLARS THAT I DON'T KNOW OF.
THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW JUST BECAUSE I KNOW I I SAY THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT PER MILE WE, I MEAN IT'S JUST UNSUSTAINABLE, UH, USUALLY IS WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL US.
UM, ACTUALLY THE COMMUNITY YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT YOU JUST WENT TO FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, UM, HAS ALL VARIED POWER LINES AND IT'S JUST 'CAUSE I THINK, I'M NOT SURE WHY BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ICE STORM ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS DO.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MADE IT COST EFFECTIVE.
I THINK IT MIGHT'VE JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE, IT STARTED THAT WAY AND IT JUST CONTINUED THAT WAY.
THEY ARE MUCH MORE COMPACT THOUGH, TO BE CLEAR.
UM, AS FOR THE, UM, OTHER IDEAS, I REALLY LOVE THAT WE DID TALK WITH FOUR H, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.
UM, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, UM, GREAT WAYS BECAUSE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IS LIKE A BIG PIECE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THERE'S UM, REALLY A LOT OF REALLY GREAT IDEAS ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED IN THIS PLANT.
BUT I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF LIKE A, A WISHLIST OF WHERE THE CITY CAN SMART.
SO WE HAVE LIKE FFA, WE HAVE A, LIKE A LONG TERM.
WE HAVE EDMUND RODEO IS A LEGACY OF KIND OF OUR DEFINITELY MORE RURAL ROOTS.
ONE THING IS WE HAVE OUR CARC, OUR COMMUNITY GIVING THAT WE SET ASIDE SOME DOLLARS.
UH, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH LIKE EDMOND MOBILE MEALS AND THINGS.
BUT FOR SOME THAT AN FFA MIGHT BE A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE COULD SHOW 'EM THIS PLAN AND SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD HELP WITH THIS PLAN? AND IF YOU DO, HERE'S AN EXTRA POINT ON YOUR APPLICATION OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TO GET THEM THINKING DIFFERENTLY.
'CAUSE YOU'LL, IF PEOPLE GET DOLLARS, WHAT THEY TEND TO DO IS SEND YOU THAT SAME PLAN AND INCREASE IT BY 10%, WHICH IS OKAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORK.
BUT TO GET THEM KIND OF THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY'S FACING, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CONVERSATION STARTER TO SAY, LOOK AT THIS.
UM, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.
AND IT'S GOT MY HEAD SPINNING OF, SO THE FINAL PRODUCT, AS I SAID, WILL BE A DASHBOARD THAT PHIL CAN UPDATE WHENEVER, SO TOTALLY LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S ONLINE.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PAGE BEING LIKE, HERE'S THE WISHLIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY DO.
AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY ADDED.
UM, YOU WOULDN'T WANNA HAVE TO OVERSEE IT, BUT JUST SOME IDEAS ON HOW THE COMMUNITY COULD SUPPORT.
UM, UM, SO THIS IS A VERY BUSY SLIDE.
UM, BUT IT'S AN EXAMPLE DASHBOARD.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, FORT COLLINS, WHICH WE JUST MENTIONED, WHO BARRY THE POWER LINES IS PART OF THIS COUNTY.
IT'S A DASHBOARD WE CREATED FOR THEM.
UM, YOUR, UM, DASHBOARD WILL, UM, LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS ONE
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IS FOR THIS STRATEGY OF ACCELERATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADOPTION ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND E-BIKES.UM, SO THIS IS A WAY THAT THEY CAN QUICKLY SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
SO EVERY YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PERCENT OF EV OR THE NUMBER OF EVS IS GOING UP AND THE PERCENT OF EVS IS GOING UP QUITE A BIT WITHIN LARIMER COUNTY.
THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT CHARGING STATIONS.
THERE'S INFORMATION OF BASICALLY WHAT THAT METRIC MEANS.
UM, TACTICS ARE LIKE THOSE LITTLE IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS.
SO IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU WANNA CELEBRATE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND CALL OUT ANY POTENTIAL PARTNERS.
SO THE DASHBOARD WILL HAVE MOST OF THOSE ATTRIBUTES FOR YOU.
BASICALLY THOSE PARTNERS, WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
UM, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT DATA AND SOME OF IT WILL BE UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SOME OF IT WILL BE, UM, MORE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
BUT THE, ONCE AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S NOT PUTTING ANY SORT OF BURDEN ON FILL.
IT'S VERY MUCH, UM, AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED.
OR YOU CAN JUST LITERALLY PUT A NUMBER INTO A GOOGLE SHEET AND IT WILL UPDATE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE LONG RUN WITH MAYBE A TAB ON POTENTIAL PROJECTS
SO, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAD, BUT HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER COMMENT, UM, AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT A BIG BROTHER LOOKING AT YOU OR BIG BROTHERS TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.
AND I KNOW WHAT THE NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, WHEN ACOG WOULD COME OUT WITH AN OZONE ALERT DAY, PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND SAY, OH, WE DON'T LIKE WHAT, HOW ACOG'S DOING IT, BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THE, THE AIR QUALITY METERS WERE PLACED BY THE HIGHWAY AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY PLACED.
AND, UM, BUT I REMEMBER THIS SUMMER WHEN ONE HAPPENED AND IN OZONE ALERT DAY, IT WAS NOT ONLY ACOG THAT CAME OUT, BUT IT WAS THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION.
AND THERE WAS OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE RAISING THEIR HAND AND SAID, OKLAHOMA, IT'S GONNA BE BAD TOMORROW.
AND SO THAT CONTINUAL EDUCATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR, FOR EVERYONE TO, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND.
AND, UM, THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT WE DID HIGHLIGHT, UM, IN THE AIR QUALITY TRANSPORTATION SECTION THAT WILL BE ON THE DASHBOARD.
THE WAY THAT OUR COMPANY USUALLY LOOKS AT RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY IS WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR OR WAYS THAT CAN HELP, UM, UM, ENCOURAGE, UM, CHANGES.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU JUST CAN DO AN ALERT, ALERT, ALERT, PEOPLE JUST TURN OFF, RIGHT? LIKE, SO HAVING DIFFERENT VOICES LIKE THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION THAT'S TRYING TO CONNECT IT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND JUST LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENT WAYS SOMETIMES CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE THROUGH THAT EDUCATION COMPONENT.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A PART OF THE PLAN.
I WOULD THINK IF YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH MM-HMM.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT CAN SPEAK TO PEOPLE.
HOW CAN YOU SAVE MONEY AND BE HEALTHIER? AND NOT JUST YOURSELF, BUT SOMETIMES IF YOU THROW IN THE BABIES YEAH.
THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, MM-HMM,
NO, I, I DEFINITELY, UM, HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THOSE ARE ASPECTS, THE POCKETBOOK, UM, THE HEALTH ASPECT.
AND THEN DEFINITELY RECREATION CAME UP AS A THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE WATER ON ARCADIA LAKE GETS TOO WARM, THEN YOU HAVE THESE ALGAE BLOOMS AND THEN YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND, AND IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF CONNECT A LITTLE BIT WITH.
ONE, ONE THING THAT CAME TO MIND TOO, VERY UNIQUE TO OKLAHOMA IS THAT WE'VE, UM, KEPT OUR TOBACCO ENDOWMENT INTACT AND HAVE GROWN THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE REFER TO THAT AS TE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT KICK OFF OF THAT.
AND THEY, UM, WILL ENDOW CERTAIN GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
VERY SMALL ONES TO SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT ONES.
AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK, TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY STAFF IS THAT IF THIS CAN BE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT USES SOME OF THE VERNACULAR OF THEIR, UM, THE WAY THAT THEY EVALUATE THINGS AND LOOK AT GRANTS, UM, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY GOOD TSEP MONEY.
SO IF SOME PROJECT COMES OUT OF THIS THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND IF PUBLIC HEALTH, LUNG QUALITY, AIR QUALITY, THAT'S, THAT'S A POT OF MONEY THAT, UM, WE COULD HAVE A, A CHANCE AT THAT'S UNIQUE TO OUR DEAL.
AND IF THE DASHBOARD HAS CERTAIN THINGS THAT I THINK THEY CARE ABOUT, GOOD IDEA THAT ALSO WE'RE MONITORING, IT'D JUST BE INTERESTING TO USE.
JUST MEET WITH THEM AND LET, IF WE'RE GONNA BUILD SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, THAT THEY WOULD SEE THAT AND SAY, OH, THEY'RE SPEAKING TO US, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND IF IT'S SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLACED MM-HMM.
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MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING A CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY MONEY SOURCE TO, TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP HERE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CHECKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR DASHBOARD AND THE KIND OF METRICS WE WANNA TRACK AND, UM, IT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THIS IS A GOOD FIRST EFFORT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
I THINK IT'LL DRIVE BETTER, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND, UH, RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHICH IS ALL GOOD.
WELL, THE FACT THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT YEAH.
I THINK ONCE WE GET OUR FINAL DOCUMENT DONE, WHAT, WHAT WE'LL BEGIN TO DO AS A CITY STAFF IS AS WE BRING ITEMS FORWARD FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, IF THERE IS A GOAL THAT THAT ITEM IS TIED TO THAT WE'D REFERENCED TO IT, LIKE, WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY REASON, BUT THIS IS ALSO TOWARDS GOAL.
THAT THERE'S A CONNECTION ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING CERTAIN THINGS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATION.
NOW IS THIS, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A QUIZ AFTER THIS TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL RETAIN
THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
UM, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SAYS I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO.