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A
Good
morning,
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
to
order.
Welcome
to
the
fourth
meeting
of
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
natural
resources
for
our
2021-2022
interim
and
today
it
is
our
pleasure
to
host
a
joint
meeting
with
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
health
and
human
services.
Miss
king.
Will
you
please
call
the
role.
C
D
C
E
C
E
F
E
A
And
I
am
here,
thank
you.
Please
mark
assemblyman
haven
present
when
he
arrives
a
few
housekeeping
items.
Members
who
are
joining
us
virtually
please
be
sure
to
keep
your
video
on.
A
So
we
know
that
we
are
maintaining
a
quorum,
also
be
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
when
you're,
not
speaking,
so
that
we
can
minimize
background
noise
and
before
beginning
as
I've
done
in
in
our
other
natural
resource
meetings.
A
During
the
interim
I'd
like
to
start
by
acknowledging
that
we
are
convening
this
meeting
in
las
vegas
on
the
ancestral
homelands
of
the
southern
paiute
or
nuwuvi
people,
and
that
we
also
have
members
joining
us
across
the
state
from
the
lands
of
the
western
shoshone,
the
northern
paiute
and
washu
peoples,
and
that
we
appreciate
the
stewardship
that
they've,
given
our
lands
and
waters
for
since
time
immemorial
and
commit
ourselves
to
working
with
them
for
the
betterment
and
restoration
of
these
places
for
future
generations.
A
Before
we
get
started
with
the
agenda
today,
I'd
like
to
begin
with
some
time
for
opening
remarks
and
turn
it
over
to
chair
peters
from
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
health
and
human
services.
For
anything
that
she'd
like
to
say.
G
Thank
you,
chair
watts.
I
would
like
to
welcome
members
of
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
natural
resources
and
health
and
human
services
to
this
joint
meeting.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
This
is
a
brainchild
of
a
chair,
watson,
myself
and
I'm
excited
to
see
us
launch
it
and
see
how
how
we
can
kind
of
cross
our
cross.
Our
committee
efforts
I'd
also
like
to
take
a
moment
to
welcome
members
of
the
public
who
are
attending
this
meeting
in
person
or
online.
Thank
you
for
being
here
before
we
start
with
our
presentations
today.
G
G
We
are
seeing
across
the
world
an
increase
in
extreme
weather
events
such
as
excessive
heat
or
precipitation,
longer
periods
of
drought,
stronger
winds
and
storms
and
rising
sea
levels.
This
in
turn
leads
to
an
increase
in
wildfires
water
scarcity,
from
sustained
drought
and
flooding
from
destructive
storms,
just
to
name
a
few
of
the
correlated
impacts.
G
Unfortunately,
nevada
is
significantly
impacted
by
several
of
these
extreme
weather
events,
such
as
extreme
heat,
drought
and
air
pollution.
I
want
to
share
with
you
some
key
messages
from
the
recent
2022
nevada's
climate
summary
of
the
national
oceanic
and
atmospheric
administration,
national
centers
for
environmental
information.
G
G
G
Nevada
is
currently
the
most
arid
state
in
the
country,
but
annual
precipitation
projections
remain
uncertain,
likely
impacted
significantly
by
these
extreme
events.
We
have
lived
in
drought
conditions
for
the
better
part
of
the
last
two
decades.
Wildfire
has
grown
and
will
continue
to
be
more
intense
and
occur
more
often
in
and
around
nevada
higher
temperatures
will
dry
our
soils
and
intensify
future
drought
and
erosion
from
flood
events.
G
A
perfect
example
occurred
last
week
where
we
experienced
warning
advisories
for
excessive
heat
in
the
las
vegas
valley
and
surrounding
states.
We
hear
every
year
now
of
record
breaking
temperatures
and
have
the
most
severe
effects
that
have
the
most
severe
effects
on
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
communities.
G
Climate
change
is
an
issue
that
intersects
both
the
world
of
natural
resources
and
the
health
of
our
society.
This
is
why
chair
watts
and
I
decided
to
have
this
joint
meeting,
to
discuss
the
client
that
the
effects
that
climate
change
has
on
the
health
of
nevadans
nevada's
community
has
already
experienced
many
negative
consequences
of
climate
change.
We
have
farmers
with
less
water
supply
for
their
crop
crops,
seniors
who
live
in
endangered
due
to
excessive
heat
and
children
who
cannot
play
outside
because
of
wildfire
smoke.
That
makes
the
hair
the
air
unhealthy
to
breathe.
G
The
impacts
of
climate
change
are
not
limited
to
our
physical
environment.
We
are
seeing
secondary
impacts
to
mental
and
behavioral
health
as
a
result
of
the
changes
in
climate
and
weather
patterns,
including
isolation
due
to
wildfire
smoke,
health
warnings
and
extreme
heat
events.
We
live
in
the
this
dichotomy
where
we
are
encouraging
more
outdoor
activity,
while
experiencing
adverse
effects
to
our
open
and
outdoor
spaces.
G
G
G
Fourth,
we
will
explore
in
depth
how
climate
change
disproportionately
affects
certain
communities
in
our
state
and
what
can
be
done
to
increase
environmental
justice,
and
finally,
we
will
hear
about
the
impacts
of
climate
change
on
mental
health
and
well-being,
which
I
especially
look
forward
to
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
presentations
today
and
would
like
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
the
presenters
willing
to
present
today.
Chair
watts.
This
concludes
my
remarks.
Thank
you.
A
A
You
know
how
we
address
climate
change
from
the
perspective
of
reducing
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
but
really
looking
at
the
impacts
that
we're
already
seeing
today
and
that
we
are
likely
to
see
as
the
trends
over
the
recent
decades
of
hotter
temperatures
and
and
some
of
these
impacts
that
we've
seen
to
the
climate
if
they
continue
or
worsen
and
be
making
sure
that
we
are
prepared
to
adapt
to
them
to
mitigate
them
and
to
build
a
more
resilient
community
in
the
natural
resources
committee.
A
Up
to
this
point,
we've
looked
at
impacts
on
our
infrastructure.
We've
looked
at
impacts
that
could
affect
our
financial
health
and
our
fiscal
health
as
a
state
and
and
in
our
local
governments,
and
now
I
think
it's
important.
A
You
know
that
we
look
at
at
the
the
most
direct
human
level
of
the
impacts
that
that
nevadans
could
face
as
a
result
of
of
increased
temperatures,
increased
air
pollution
and
to
figure
out
some
some
innovative
solutions
to
help
protect
the
the
health
and
safety
of
families
across
nevada,
and
so
I
think,
chair
peter's
mentioned
you
know
what
we
can
do
about
it
and
that's.
What
we
want
to
do
is
be
solutions
oriented
and
again.
A
A
I'd
like
to
make
a
few
other
housekeeping
announcements
during
the
interim,
we
typically
have
two
opportunities
for
public
comment
once
at
the
beginning,
and
once
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
members
of
the
public
may
provide
testimony
in
different
ways,
all
of
which
are
listed
on
the
agenda
in
order
to
call
in
for
public
testimony
which
will
be
the
next
item.
On
our
agenda,
dial,
669
900
6833
when
prompted
provide
the
meeting
id
814-6977-2189.
A
And
then
press
the
pound
key
our
broadcast
and
production
services
staff
will
indicate
to
you
when
it's
your
turn
to
speak.
We
ask
that
public
comment
be
kept
to
three
minutes
so
that
everyone
can
speak
and
we
can
get
through
our
agenda
in
a
timely
fashion.
A
Or
mail
them
to
the
lcb
research
division
at
401,
south
carson
street
street,
carson
city,
nevada,
89701,
and
I
would
just
like
to
note
for
members,
I
believe
for
those
of
us
in
person
we
already
did
have
one
written
public
comment
submitted,
and
so
I
would
like
to
thank
miss
bidwell
for
for
submitting
that
with
that.
We'll
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
public
comment,
please
remember
to
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
limit
your
comments
to
three
minutes,
so
we
will
start
in
las
vegas.
A
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
marco
vlada
city
of
las
vegas,
for
the
record
I'm
here
today.
H
I
did
submit
some
written
comments
on
behalf
of
a
group
of
local
governments
across
the
states
in
concurrence,
lisa
corado,
with
who's
the
director
of
community
development
services
with
city
of
henderson
mercy,
henson,
the
director
and
of
the
department
of
environmental
and
and
sustainability
at
clark,
county
suzanne,
gronman,
with
the
sustainability
program
manager,
city
of
reno
and
andrew
kellman,
the
metropolitan
planning
organization
director
at
rtc,
southern
nevada
and
I'm
with
the
city's
planning
department
and
long
range
planning,
division
and
the
office
of
sustainability.
H
You
do
have
the
written
comments,
but
I'll
highlight
a
few
of
the
of
the
things
that
I
think
are
relevant
today.
We
do
thank
the
committee
for
for
addressing
this
topic.
Of
course,
las
vegas
and
reno.
H
Both
metro
areas
are
working
to
address
these
major
environmental
challenges
and
the
the
presentations
today
will
lay
all
those
out,
but
we
are
definitely
being
impacted
by
the
drier
and
hotter
weather,
especially
in
in
neighborhoods
that
are
in
low
low
income
and
disadvantaged
communities.
H
Young
children
and
the
elderly
are
are
among
the
most
vulnerable
populations,
but
research
has
been
showing
that
anyone
in
those
in
any
population
group
could
be
subject
to
the
three
components
of
heat
vulnerability,
whether
it's
exposure,
sensitivity
or
adaptive
capacity
and
regardless
of
age
and
risk
so
to
address
and
mitigate
this
particular
climate
hazard.
H
The
municipalities
that
I've
mentioned
have
addressed
urban
heat
through
master
planning
efforts
or
climate
action
planning
efforts,
and
specifically
with
land
use,
transportation,
urban,
forestry,
public
health
and
environmental
justice,
and,
as
those
plans
were
under
development,
the
southern
nevada
entities
coordinated
with
rtc
and
regional
stakeholders
on
an
extreme
heat
vulnerability
analysis,
and
that
study
did
confirm
that
and
validated
that
specific
areas
in
the
las
vegas
valley,
with
populations
that
are
most
vulnerable
to
extreme
heat
east
las
vegas,
downtown
las
vegas
areas
around
the
strip
and
older,
more
mature
neighborhoods
in
in
henderson,
are
experiencing
some
of
these
some
of
these
threats.
H
H
The
rtc
technical
advisory
group
has
representatives
from
the
health
department,
unlv,
snwa
and
other
nonprofits
and
staff
members
from
respective
science
scientific
fields
and
we're
working
all
together
to
mitigate
extreme
heat.
So
some
of
the
activities
that
we've
been
engaged
with
over
the
past
couple
of
months
in
the
past
year
have
included
educational
events
that
have
called
attention
to
the
benefits
of
trees
in
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
H
Recently
in
clark,
county
we've
launched
a
new
website,
stay
cool
clark,
county
that
provides
extreme
heat,
information
and
resources
to
the
public
and
city
of
las
vegas.
We've
worked
with
rtc
on
specific
plan
implementation
activities,
including
tree-lined,
complete
streets
that
provide
more
shade
for
pedestrians,
bicyclists
and
transit
users
on
major
corridors
in
those
vulnerable
areas.
Mr
valera,
if
you
could
please
step
up
here?
Yes,
sir.
Thank
you.
H
So
we
do
ask
the
committee
to
consider
these
public-private
and
nonprofit
sector
efforts
that
are
currently
underway
jointly,
including
possible
funding
for
legislation
that
might
be
recommended
at
the
next
legislative
session,
and
we
do
look
forward
working
alongside
this
committee
and
the
partners
presenting
today
to
ensure
communities
throughout
our
state
are
liberal,
equitable
and
resilient.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
remarks.
Mr
belotto.
We
appreciate
it.
We
look
forward
to
your
ideas
and
continuing
to
build
partnership
to
address
these
issues.
I
think
both
chair,
peters
and
myself
have
some
significant
heat
islands
within
the
districts
that
we
represent.
A
Sorry,
mr
silva,
your
mic
is
not
on,
so
if
you
could
just
turn
it
on
just
you
don't
have
to
spell
it
again,
but
just
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
then
please
begin
on.
C
Now,
yeah,
okay,
that
sounds
good
plan,
believes
that
everyone
has
the
right
to
live
in
a
clean
and
healthy
environment,
regardless
of
their
race,
income,
gender
or
immigration
status.
Currently,
poor
and
marginalized
communities
are
disproportionately
affected
by
pollution
and
climate
change,
while
dirty
fossil
fuel
and
mining
corporations
rate
again.
Millions
in
profits
in
the
state
of
nevada,
low-income
black,
indigenous
and
nevadans
of
color
are
especially
suffering
living
in
areas
with
hotter
temperatures,
dirtier
air
and
fewer
green
spaces.
C
North
las
vegas
and
las
vegas
were
both
among
the
top
10
cities
in
the
country
where
the
lowest
income
households
live
in
the
hottest
neighborhoods
and
those
who
work
outside
are
risking
their
health
to
make
a
living
with
increasing
heat
waves.
Just
last
weekend,
las
vegas
reached
record
high
temperatures
of
nearly
110
degrees.
Fahrenheit,
and
you
know
we're
expected
to
reach
109
today,
las
vegas,
increasingly
and
potentially
las
vegas
is
increasing
and
potentially
fatal
temperatures
only
increase.
My
worries
from
my
family's
health
and
in
particular
my
grandfather's
health.
C
He
often
likes
to
go
for
a
walk
and
see
his
neighborhood,
but
recently
with
his
declining
health,
he
has
gotten
tired
and
fallen
while
outside,
sometimes
having
to
wait
hours
for
someone
to
arrive
at
home
and
pick
him
up
where
this
step
into
my
grandfather
today,
when
it
will
reach
109
outside
my
grandfather,
would
be
in
serious
danger,
but
excessive
heat
is
only
one
of
the
problematic
impacts
of
climate
change
facing
nevadans.
Today.
C
Air
pollution
from
our
busy
freeways,
often
running
through
low-income
neighborhoods,
have
also
led
to
disproportionate
health
outcomes
and
high
risks
of
asthma
in
these
communities,
and
while
transitioning
away
from
fossil
fuel
engines
to
electric
vehicles,
is
one
piece
of
the
puzzle.
The
demand
for
battery
minerals,
such
as
lithium
and
copper
in
the
state
can
cause
devastating
and
irreversible
damage
to
front-line
communities
in
rural
and
tribal
areas
of
nevada
by
contaminating
their
water.
C
C
A
I
Hi
guys
doing
good
morning,
my
name
is
d'anthony
brim
for
the
record,
so
I
know
as
we
look
at
what
communities
are
affected
generally
in
our
area
and
our
society.
I
know
the
main
focus
is
usually
nitrous
oxide
coming
from
vehicles,
as
well
as
the
creation
of
ozone.
One
area
I
feel
like
isn't
getting
as
much
attention
that
should
is
recreational
planes.
I
They
spew
lead
gases,
especially
in
low-income
areas.
That's
where
most
of
private
planes
are
able
to
land
at
and
we're
seeing
that
more
and
more
violence
is
in
schools,
but
the
answer
is
looking
at
more
policing,
instead
of
actually
looking
at
environmental
factors
as
well
as
sorry,
I
know
that
nevada
is
trying
to
expand,
especially
southern
nevada,
so
I
feel
like
as
we
expand.
We
should
be
looking
at
creating
more
parks
in
general
areas
or
in
general
neighborhoods.
I
There's
a
research
institution
in
australia
that
works
with
local
governments
and
they
actually
create
aluminum
graphene
batteries
and
using
carbon
dioxide
from
the
air
to
create
the
graphene
and
aluminum
is
one
of
the
most
recycled
and
one
of
the
most
recyclable
metals
in
the
united
states.
So
I
feel
as
though
we
could
bring
that
to
southern
nevada.
I
Sorry,
other
sorry,
other
areas
of
industry
that
we
could
bring
as
well
that
creates
jobs
as
well
as
helps
create
solutions
for
the
climate
problem
is
places
or
things
like
solar
panel
cycling
plants,
because,
as
we
know,
solar
panels
are
becoming
to
be
more
installed
into
southern
nevada,
but,
as
time
goes
by,
those
panels
will
need
to
be
recycled
in
some
type
of
way,
hopefully
responsibly.
I
So
I
think,
if
we're
a
world
leader
in
that
especially
trying
to
bring
in
as
many
solar
panels
as
we
are,
it
would
set
a
precipice
for
everybody
else
precedent.
Sorry,
another
thing
to
look
at
is
possibly
thai
recycling
plants
in
europe.
They
have
a
lot
of
those
that
are
very
close
to
being
as
emission
and
mission
neutral
as
possible.
So
I
feel
as
though
us
looking
into
partnering
with.
A
B
A
Thank
you
very
much
else.
We
appreciate
it
the
next
member
wishing
to
provide
public
comment.
Please
go
ahead.
Turn
on
the
mic
state,
your
name
and
you
may
begin.
K
K
K
K
This
inspired
me
this
year
to
organize
the
colin
ranch
climate,
collective,
a
club
at
my
school.
I
started
a
total
of
18
kids,
who
have
all
been,
who
have
all
felt
the
hard
impacts
of
climate
change
and
did
something
these
wildfires
and
smoke
days
caused
by
huge
neighboring
fires
are
every
year
becoming
more
frequent
and
more
dangerous.
K
A
B
Good
morning,
chairman
watts
and
peters
and
other
members
of
the
interim
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
betty:
bishop,
betty
b-e-t-t-y,
bishop
b-I-s-h-o-p
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
society
of
saint
vincent
de
paul
little
flower
conference
in
reno.
Our
non-profit
organization
provides
support,
services
and
financial
aid
to
people
who
are
in
need.
B
But
I
have
chosen
to
provide
information
based
on
stories
from
marginalized
citizens,
specifically
those
living
in
tent
encampments,
who
are
currently
expecting
or
experiencing
the
effect
of
warming.
The
camps
are
typically
located
near
harmful,
polluted
areas
like
freeways,
railroad
tracks
and
industrial
warehouses.
B
We
have
encountered
people
who
are
suffering
with
stage
four
cancer
and
others
who
wear
colostomy
bags
and
use
catheters
when
the
sun
is
shining
most
of
their
tents
are
already
stifling
hot.
As
there
are
few
shaded
areas
available,
they
desperately
need
housing,
but
in
the
meantime
they
need
access
to
restrooms
and
water
stations
where
they
can
wash
their
hands.
Some
have
mentioned
the
importance
of
having
community
cooling
stations
during
the
summer
and
warming
centers
during
the
winter
drafting.
B
There's
an
urgent
need
for
our
political
institutions
to
take
responsibility.
Plan
coordinate,
provide
the
needed
oversight
and
enforcement
to
ensure
environmental
legislation
is
equitable
and
designed
for
the
common
good.
We
must
protect
our
people
and
care
for
our
natural
resources
for
our
generation
and
future
generations.
A
B
And
I'm
with
faith
in
action,
nevada
and
also
a
resident
of
reno.
Today
I
joined,
alongside
with
other
organizations
and
community
members
across
the
state,
to
talk
about
how
climate
change
is
impacting
the
health
of
our
communities.
I
want
to
start
off
by
stating
that
I
am
part
of
a
generation
that
has
never
known
a
stable
climate.
B
The
topic
of
climate
anxiety
is
a
growing
reality
for
many
of
us,
and
there
are
many
folks,
even
peers
and
myself
that
I
talk
with
that.
We
don't
even
want
to
have
kids,
because
we
don't
know
what
type
of
future
they
would
inherit,
but
we
know
that
this
crisis
does
not
affect
everyone.
Equally.
Those
who
have
contributed
leads
to
the
problem
both
locally
and
globally,
are
also
those
most
vulnerable
to
the
effects
of
climate
change
and
have
the
fewest
resources
to
adapt.
B
Climate
change
is
happening
here
and
now
in
our
state,
and
it
disproportionately
impacts
people
that
are
low
income
and
communities
of
color
in
reno.
The
areas
with
the
highest
concentration
of
air
pollution
along
freeways
and
around
industry
are
also
located
near
low-income
communities
of
color
those
same
communities
also
lack
access
to
green
spaces
and
consequently,
opportunities
that
would
promote
physical
health
as
well
as
mental
health.
Aside
from
the
day-to-day
pollution,
that's
also
increasing
due
to
more
people
moving
into
the
region
and
more
increase
of
cars
on
the
road.
B
B
A
A
B
I
Thank
you
very
much.
This
is
john
hatter,
director
of
great
basin
resource
watch.
I
really
appreciate
the
formation
of
this
meeting
and
the
committee.
Obviously
this
urgent
need
and
thank
you
so
much
committee
members
and
chairs
to
initiating
this
process.
I
just
have
a
short
comment.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
obviously
a
lot
of
urgency
and
importantness.
I
think
we
need
to
be
careful
how
we
move
forward
in
addressing
climate
change,
that
we
don't
have
un
unintended
consequences.
E
I
L
I
Try
to
transformate
our
our
our
urban
areas
in
particular
that
are
more
transportation
efficient
that
are
more
walkable
that
involve
less
use
of
energy
and
water
in
general.
So
I
think
that's
a
general
comment.
I'd
also
like
to
point
out
that
the
development
of
renewable
solar
technology
is
is
better
for
cities,
as
it's
deployed
as
distributed
generation
within
the
urban
areas
as
distributed
generation.
I
The
solar
panels
and
similar
technologies
will
actually
capture
some
of
the
heat
and
and
and
the
light
energy
and
transform
it
into
electricity
instead
of
it
just
heating
up
the
city,
and
so
it's
actually
a
good
way
to
capture
capture
some
of
that
heat
and
energy
and
use
it
directly
as
opposed
to
building
large
construction
facilities
out
in
the
desert
somewhere
and
the
cities
don't
benefit
from
that
additional
factor
plus
it
also.
I
It
also
provides
provides
good,
paying
long-term
employment
for
the
area,
so
just
a
couple
of
thoughts
as
you
move
forward
and
again.
Thank
you.
So
much
chairs
and
committee
for
working
on
this
important
issue
take
care.
E
Thank
you
to
our
watch,
chair,
peters
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
christy
cabrera
c-h-r-I-s-t-I
c-a-b-r-e-r-a
and
I'm
the
policy
and
advocacy
director
for
the
nevada
conservation
league,
I'd
like
to
start
by
thanking
you
for
arranging
today's
meeting
climate
change
caused
by
the
burning
of
fossil
fuels
for
energy
generation
and
transportation
is
the
greatest
threat
to
both
nevada's
natural
resources
and
the
health
of
our
communities.
E
Reno
and
las
vegas
are
the
two
fastest
warming
cities
in
the
united
states.
According
to
climate,
central
since
1970
reno
now
experiences
65
more
days
of
above
average,
temperatures
and
las
vegas
experiences
41
more
days.
This
is
bad
news
for
our
public
health,
because
extreme
heat
has
been
linked
to
a
wide
range
of
physical
and
mental
illnesses
and
causes
more
deaths
than
any
other
weather-related
hazard
in
the
united
states,
more
than
hurricanes
tornadoes
or
flooding.
The
southwest
warming,
climate,
climate
and
prolonged
drought
are
drying
out
soils
and
vegetation
sparking
more
frequent
and
intense
wildfires.
E
The
result
is
destroyed,
habitat
and
deteriorating
air
quality
that
makes
us
sick.
The
american
lung
association,
who
will
hear
from
shortly
says
that
climate
change
conditions
like
heat
and
stagnant
air
increase
the
risk
of
unhealthy
ozone
levels,
las
vegas
and
reno
are
both
on
ala's
list
of
25,
most
polluted
cities
for
ozone
or
smog
high
ozone
levels
pose
greater
risk
to
our
most
vulnerable
populations.
E
Children,
seniors
people
with
existing
lung
or
heart
conditions,
low-income
individuals
and
people
of
color
tail
pipe
emissions
contain
both
greenhouse
gases
and
unhealthy
pollutants,
and
the
air
pollution
is
inside
as
well.
Burning
methane
gas
indoors
without
proper
ventilation
is
also
linked
to
worse
asthma,
especially
for
kids.
The
evidence
is
clear:
nevada
must
act
now
to
reduce
climate
pollution
for
the
future
of
our
state.
The
best
path
forward
for
nevada
is
clean
electrification,
homes,
buildings
and
vehicles
that
are
energy,
efficient
and
powered
by
nevada's,
homegrown,
renewable
energy.
E
I
My
name
is
kelby,
peeler
spelled
k-e-l-b-y
last
name
p-e-e-l-e-r,
I'm
a
resident
in
reno
nevada.
I've
lived
in
reno
off
and
on
throughout
my
life,
moving
between
california
and
nevada,
so
I'm
used
to
shifting
between
microclimates,
but
my
most
recent
move
to
reno
right
before
the
pandemic
hit.
I
got
to
experience
those
a
few
smoke-filled
summers
that
we've
had.
So
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
have
a
shelter
though,
and
a
place
to
escape
the
heat.
It
would
seemed
like
the
worst
of
the
smoke,
but
even
then,
obviously,
it's
still
harmful.
I
So
just
kind
of
these
kind
of
things
started
running
through
my
mind,
and
I
looked
up
some
facts
and
I
didn't
even
realize
this,
but
according
to
the
southern
nevada,
extreme
heat
vulnerability
analysis,
there
were
84
days
in
2019
alone
that
had
temperature
higher
than
100
degrees,
and
so
just
in
two
years
in
in
2021,
there
was
a
75
percent
increase
in
heat
exposure
cases
compared
to
just
the
the
summer
before
in
2020.
I
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
you
know
the
consequences
that
this
has
on
on
a
lot:
a
range
of
populations,
especially
like
the
elderly,
which
has
already
been
mentioned
in
previous
comments,
and
also
highlight
the
implication
that
more
and
more
of
our
aging
population
will
be
faced
with
the
likelihood
of
heat
related
deaths.
So
I
think
that's
something
that
needs
to
be
highlighted.
Another
thing
that
I
want
to
mention
is
when
it
comes
to
low-income
households.
I
They
use
significantly
less
energy
from
fossil
fuels,
while
at
the
same
time
in
las
vegas.
They
live
in
some
of
the
hottest
neighborhoods
in
the
nation.
So
it's
nevada's
most
vulnerable
communities
in
their
day,
the
neighborhoods
they
don't
possess.
The
you
know
the
infrastructure
or
the
resources
just
to
escape,
even
or
even
to
mitigate
the
worst
effects
of
climate
change.
So
I
think
providing
resources
to
those
neighborhoods
and
communities
needs
to
be
really
a
priority,
so
I
just
overall
I
just
wanted
to.
I
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
thank
the
committee
for
having
this
entire
meeting
at
all,
and
I
and
I
encourage
the
committee
to
keep
doing
more
to
account
for
the
ways
climate
change
affects
a
diverse
range
of
populations
and
one
final
thing.
I
also
hope
that
there's
a
concerted
effort
is
made
to
actually
reach
out
to
those
most
affected
and
to
include
them
in
more
and
more
and
more
conversations
like
this
is
a
great
start,
but
I
just
include
them
more
and
more
conversations
and
efforts
for
finding
solutions
to
help.
E
Roberts
r-o-b-e-r-t-s
and
I
am
a
concerned
resident
of
north
las
vegas.
I
have
a
concern
with
the
roadways
of
cheyenne.
It's
a
street
I
happen
to
use.
Often
cheyenne
has
a
high
frequency
of
industrial
and
commercial
vehicles
going
down
the
busy
highway
and
freeways
due
to
factories,
bus
stations
and
warehouse
all
being
located
in
my
area.
E
I
have
a
71
year
old
grandfather
who
lives
with
me
and
he
likes
to
take
walks
to
the
store,
but
he
also
has
dementia,
and
that
means
he
ends
up
wandering
out
the
house,
and
this
is
happening
to
happen
more
often
due
to
climate
change.
It's
been
extremely
hot,
especially
in
the
areas
where
I
live,
since
we
have
factories
that
expel,
glass,
very
busy
roadways
and
this
area
must
contain
a
higher
rate
of
air
contamination
coming
from
car
exhaust,
and
this
is
very
concerning
for
someone
like
myself.
E
E
I
would
encourage
the
meeting
body
today
to
see
some
sort
of
canopy
or
built
infrastructure
in
order
to
provide
shade
for
pedestrians,
because,
as
you
walk
through
cheyenne,
where
I
live,
there
are
no
trees
or
even
shaded
bus
stops.
Some
parts
of
the
street
are
missing
sidewalk.
So
if
my
grandfather
were
to
pass
out
again
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
street,
he
could
possibly
fall
into
the
road
and
cause
a
car
accident.
E
E
E
E
And
I
am
the
story
bank
organizer
for
battleborn
progress
last
year
alongside
our
partners
at
the
progressive
leadership
alliance
of
nevada
space,
organizing
alliance
alliance,
faith
in
action
make
the
road
nevada
chief
nevada,
make
it
work,
nevada
and
climate
and
clean
energy
equity
fund.
We
released
a
report
focused
on
decarbonization
and
equity,
focused
climate
strategies
for
nevada.
We
know
that
nevadans
are
already
living
through
climate
change,
heat
waves,
drought,
air
pollution
are
already
affecting
our
health,
our
environment
and
our
ability
to
make
a
living
wage.
E
Low-Income,
black,
indigenous
and
nevadans
of
color
are
especially
suffering
living
in
areas
with
hotter
temperatures,
dirtier
air,
fewer
great
spaces
and
higher
energy
bills.
This
means
that
low-income
nevadans
are
having
to
choose
between
higher
energy
bills
in
the
summer
and
paying
for
other
household
expenses,
and
black
and
brown
nevadans
who
work
outside
are
risking
their
health
to
make
sure
they
are
making
a
living
with
increasing
heat
waves.
Yet
they
are
also
too
often
left
out
of
clean
energy,
energy
efficiency,
efficiency
and
transportation,
solutions
that
can
lower
our
bills
and
improve
our
health
climate
change.
E
Efforts
will
only
be
successful
if
our
state
can
protect
vulnerable
nevadans
and
build
resilient
communities.
Nevada's
leaders
must
champion
equitable
climate
solutions
as
we
transition
to
a
pollution-free
future.
If
policies
are
not
designed
well,
these
nevadans
will
receive
little
benefit
low
income.
Households
of
color
use,
30
percent,
less
energy
from
fossil
fuels
than
highest
income,
households
contributing
the
least
to
the
planets
forming
yet
are
by
far
the
most
impactive.
E
If
decarbonization
policies
aren't
designed
to
help
low-income
communities
of
color
most
harmed
by
climate
change,
then
those
policies
could
do
more
harm
than
good
through
policies
that
will
not
only
fight
climate
change
but
also
reduce
pollution
in
our
neighborhoods.
We
can
build
a
new
kind
of
nevada
that
runs
on
clean,
affordable
local
energy
and
puts
people's
health
over
over
corporate
profits.
This
means
a
thriving
pollution
for
your
future,
not
just
for
our
children,
but
for
us
now
too.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
Good
morning
chairs
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
jose
rivera
j-o-s-e-r-I-v-e-r-a.
I
For
the
record,
based
in
las
vegas,
I'm
an
environmental
justice
organizer
with
make
the
road
nevada.
I
am
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
my
community,
specifically
low-income
immigrant
households
and
street
vendors,
who
are
oftentimes
left
out
of
the
conversation
I
witnessed.
The
health
impacts
affecting
my
community
members
exposed
to
extreme
weather
temperatures
and
poor
air
quality
filled
with
toxic
pollutants
daily.
These
community
members
are
outside,
under
these
extreme
weather
conditions,
with
no
access
to
health
care
when
they
fall
ill
from
it.
I
The
extreme
heat
we
face
often
causes
headaches,
heat,
blisters
and
malaise,
but
they
continue
to
push
through
in
order
to
make
ends
meet.
For
example,
I
met
a
street
vendor.
Her
name
is
mary
madrigal
and
she's.
A
car
washer
works
six
days
a
week
from
early
hours
of
the
morning
to
late
afternoon,
washing
cars
in
east
las
vegas.
She
is
exposed
to
dangerous
heat
effects
for
long
hours,
breathing
in
the
poor
air
quality
in
the
area,
while
trying
to
provide
some
form
of
income
for
her
family.
I
The
lack
of
resources
offered
affects
mary,
as
she
is
a
community
member
who
also
has
no
access
to
ac
at
home
and
is
constantly
exposed
to
dangerous
heat
temperatures.
The
impacts
that
she
is
having
on
her
health,
with
no
access
to
health
insurance
are
where
my
concerns
lie.
We
are
all
well
aware
of
the
heat
island
effects
taking
place
where
the
most
vulnerable
communities
are
located,
and
it
is
time
to
focus
our
efforts
on
finding
solutions
for
these
families.
I
E
Hi,
my
name
is
natalia
powell
from
las
vegas
n-a-t-a-l-I-a
p-o-w-e-l-l,
I'm
a
mother
of
six
and
about
five
years
ago
we
moved
to
the
east
side
of
las
vegas
and
we
moved
to
blue
diamond.
That
was
a
very
drastic
move
for
us.
The
air
quality
was
completely
different.
E
E
And
I
really
just
want
to
encourage
the
leaders
and
the
members
of
the
board
to
really
push
for
electrical
vehicles
more
cleaner
air,
because,
right
now
the
air
quality
in
clark
county
is
at
an
f
and
it's
really
imperative
that
we
clean
this
up
for
our
children
for
our
future.
Otherwise
we
won't
have
anything
else
to
believe
to
them.
M
M
M
E
M
E
E
M
E
E
A
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
testified
again.
If
you
have
any
remarks
in
writing,
please
do
submit
those
to
our
committee
staff
both
so
we
can
get
them
distributed
to
the
members,
but
also
to
help
in
compiling
the
minutes.
A
Also,
I'd
just
like
to
thank
the
many
people
who
spoke,
who
did
a
better
job
than
probably
any
member
of
this
committee,
could
in
discussing
the
importance
of
equity
and
providing
firsthand
examples
of
the
impacts
that
are
being
felt
in
communities
across
the
state
from
these
issues.
So
with
that
we'll
we'll
now
move
into
the
presentation
portion
of
our
agenda.
First
up,
we
have
an
overview
of
extreme
heat
events,
vulnerabilities
to
heat
exposure
in
the
community
and
strategies
to
strengthen
heat
resiliency.
A
J
Good
morning,
chairman
watts,
and
chairwoman,
peters
and
members
of
the
interim
committee's
nancy
brune
for
the
record,
so
I'm
going
to
present
an
overview
of
the
report
that
we
did
a
year
ago
and
the
title
is
strengthening
heat
resiliency
in
communities
of
color
in
southern
nevada.
I
just
want
to
provide
a
couple
of
comments
for
context.
This
was
funded
by
the
walmart
foundation
and
they
gave
us
the
scope
and
so
really
the
the
findings
and
the
policy
implications
apply
to
the
entire
state
of
nevada.
J
As
we've
just
heard
from
public
comment,
reno
is
also
an
urban
heat
island
and
even
though
this
is
focused
on
communities
of
color,
specifically
native
americans
and
latinos,
it
applies
to
any
you
know
any
vulnerable
population.
It
could
be
seniors
on
fixed
incomes
as
well
as
other
members
of
our
community.
J
Really
briefly,
with
respect
to
the
landscape
analysis,
we
looked
at
over
the
last
couple
of
years
again
focused
on
southern
nevada.
What
how
to
what
extent
do
current
policy
statutes
laws
truly
address
extreme
heat
and
the
impacts
of
extreme
heat
we've?
We
found
that
the
top
heat
issue
identified
in
44
policies
that
were
that
was
sort
of
the
universe
of
policies
that
actually
mention
heat.
J
We're
really
around
thermal
comfort,
followed
by
education,
about
the
effects
of
climate
change
and
extreme
heat,
and
then
public
health
and
most
of
the
policies
are
really
focused
on
the
public
decision
space.
What
can
government
do
as
opposed
to
what
can
businesses
or
families
do
we
found
that
very
few
policies
actually
address
the
impacts
of
extreme
heat
and
very
few
policies
include
specific
measures
for
mitigating
extreme
heat
and
very
few
actually
make
a
connection
between
heat
and
health.
J
Really
briefly,
again,
as
part
of
the
needs
assessment,
we
went
out
and
talked
to
over
50
community
members.
We
interviewed
37
community
members
in
the
latino
and
the
native
american
communities
here
in
southern
nevada
and
talked
to
15
community
leaders.
We
followed
the
one-on-one
interviews
with
a
survey
in
the
survey
almost
two-thirds
of
those
surveyed,
so
they
were
very
concerned
about
the
risks
posed
by
extreme
heat,
and
we
heard
some
great
examples
in
public
comment
of
the
impacts
of
extreme
heat
or
how
people
are
actually
feeling
it.
J
J
What
we
heard
is
we
asked
we,
we
took
their
comments
and
sort
of
put
them
into
four
buckets
to
code,
whether
they
felt
heat
in
indoors
or
the
outdoors
or
in
transit
or
in
the
workplace,
and
so
what
we
heard
from
the
folks
interviewed
is
that
they
tend
to
experience
heat
indoors
and
outdoors
and
also
during
transit.
J
We
had
over
a
thousand
responses
and
we
asked
folks
in
the
last
12
months
if
you've
had
difficulty
buying
food,
why
and
their
number
the
number
two
response
was
utility
bills,
and
so
service
providers
are
seeing
that
people
do
seek
out
emergency
food
resources
during
the
summer
time
here
in
southern
nevada,
especially
because
they
have
to
choose
between
paying
for
their
ac
bill,
which,
as
many
of
us
know,
are
really
high
in
the
summer
times
or
buying
food.
So
there
is
a
real
direct
connection
between
heat
and
health.
J
This
the
funder
also
wanted
to
know
specifically
about
how
covet
had
impacted
folks
through
this
lens
of
heat.
Overall,
we
heard
from
community
members
that
the
covet
had
a
negative
impact
on
how
people
can
mitigate
their
exposure
to
extreme
heat,
covet,
exacerbated
existing
challenges
and
also
presented
new
challenges,
and
some
of
the
examples
that
they
shared
with
us
were
that
public
and
private
spaces
during
covid
were
not
available.
J
J
We
also
discovered
that
a
greater
number
of
non-traditional
workers
were
exposed
to
extreme
heat.
We
tend
to
acknowledge
that
folks
who
work
in
construction
or
landscaping
are
you
sort
of
those
that
are
normally
affected
or
exposed
to
extreme
heat,
but
during
cova
there
was
a
whole
new
set
of
workers
that
we
discovered
were
exposed
to
extreme
heat.
For
example,
we
heard
stories
from
retail
workers
who
you
know
had
to
stand
in
the
back
of
the
store.
You
know
eight
hours
at
a
time
filling
cars
coming
through
with
their
groceries.
J
J
J
J
We
also
recommend
placing
water
bottle,
refilling
stations
in
schools
and
social
service
agencies
with
respect
to
policy
solutions
that
address
indoor
thermal
comfort
indoors,
we
recommend
expanding
utility
assistance
programs
and
to
revisit
the
income
and
citizenship
status
requirements,
established
programs
for
home
air
conditioner
replacement,
repair
and
car
air
conditioner
replacement
and
repair,
and
to
explore
the
expansion
of
solar
roof
programs
to
condominiums
with
respect
to
the
workplace.
We
recommend,
or
we
would
support
the
passage
of
regulation
r05320,
which
administrator
carrion
will
discuss
later
in
this
present,
not
here
but
before
you
today
and
then.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
dr
brun.
For
that
overview,
we
appreciate
it
all
right,
we'll
open
it
up
to
questions
from
members
and
everyone
please
bear
with
me,
because
we
we're
meeting
in
two
physical
locations
and
on
zoom,
so
members
on
zoom
make
sure
to
you
know,
use
the
raise
hand
function
so
that
we
can
identify
you
for
questions
and
if,
if
I
start
to
miss
anyone
too
long
up
in
carson
city,
let
me
or
staff
know
and
we'll
make
sure
to
get
to
you
all
right
questions
for
dr
brynn.
D
Why
thank
you
chair
yeah.
I
have
several
questions.
Actually,
my
understanding
is
the
biggest
problem
with
the
increase
in
temperatures
is
actually
from
infrared
radiation
and
the
temperature
increases
are
actually
at
night.
It's
the
nighttime
temperatures
that
have
not
gone
down
as
much
as
they
did
traditionally
and
that
the
daytime
temperatures
are
actually
fairly
consistent.
D
Yet
most
your
presentation
dealt
with
sounded
like
daytime
temperatures.
So
that's
question
one.
If
all
these
people
are
working
in
the
sunshine
that
isn't
where
the
problem
is.
According
to
the
science,
the
other
question
I've
got
is
in
in
the
governor's
climate
justice
thing
which
I've
got
a
copy
of.
D
So,
but
your
you,
your
description,
is
you
want
to
increase
the
amount
of
air
conditioning
in
all
these
spaces,
yet
at
the
same
time,
the
governor
is
trying
to
get
us
to
reduce
the
amount
of
usage
of
these
things
because
of
the
amount
of
pollution
they
are
creating.
So
we
have
kind
of
a
a
problem
here
now.
Can
you
address
first,
the
sunshine
question
and
secondly,
why
you're
encouraging
something
that
the
governor's
climate
justice
policies
are
clearly
trying
to
cut
back
on.
A
Thank
you
for
that
senator
hanson.
I
believe
I
can
answer
your
second
question,
which
is
that
we
are
able
to
utilize
air
conditioning
systems
that
have
replacements
for
those
hydrofluorocarbons,
so
I
don't
think
anyone's
suggesting
the
phasing
out
of
air
conditioning
systems
across
the
state.
It's
what's
being
used
to
chill
the
air
that
we're
looking
to
to
address
and
that's
actually
a
national
policy,
that's
being
implemented
by
the
epa
to
replace,
what's
being
used
as
some
of
those
refrigerants
well.
D
That's
correct,
in
fact
the
governor
did
say
that
he
wants
to
see
these
replaced
in
this
report.
So
I'm
glad
you
addressed
that.
I
would
like
to
the
person
presenting
the
scientific
report
to
explain
how
you
can
have
both
because
the
stuff
that
you're
talking
about
in
replacement
doesn't
exist
yet
that
I'm
aware
of
and
I'm
in
that
industry.
J
Thank
you,
chairman
watts,
through
you
to
senator
hansen.
So
thank
you
for
the
question
senator
hansen.
To
your
second
question.
I
would
acknowledge
that
this
this
this
through
your
questions,
were
beyond
the
scope
of
this
report
and
that
we
were
not
looking
at
sort
of
the
science
or
the
sort
of
the
trade-off
of
use
of
air
conditioning
units.
We
were
simply,
you
know.
J
That
is
what
is
in
people's
homes
right
now,
and
that
is
what
they
are
using
and
I
think,
as
chairman
watt
said,
there's
a
conversation
about
how
to
improve
or
address
the
concerns
that
you've
identified.
So
I
would
just
say
that
that's
that
wading
into
that
conversation
was
beyond
the
scope
of
this
report
into
your
first
question.
J
You
know
the
data
that
we've
looked
at
shows
that
both
day
time
and
nighttime,
temperatures
are
rising,
and
one
of
the
reasons
that
nighttime
temperatures
are
rising
to
your
point
is
being
is
in
the
for
the
same
reasons
that
we're
seeing
sort
of
the
temperatures
sort
of
sort
of
the
the
impacts
of
extreme
heat
in
the
daytime.
In
that
with
a
lot
of
concrete
and
the
urban
heat
islands.
J
That
sort
of
traps
heat
at
night,
and
so
I
think
the
recommendations
are
to
by
you
know,
including
or
increasing
tree
canopy
having
you
know,
cool
roof
programs,
less
cement,
etc.
You
would
actually
see
a
reduction
in
nighttime
temperatures.
D
Okay,
I'll
miss
sheriff.
I
can
follow
up
on
that
then
so
you're
actually
calling
on
the
city
of
las
vegas
to
reduce
the
amount
of
expansion
of
asphalt
and
concrete.
And
now
we
just
had
a
presentation
on
another
committee
where
las
vegas
water
authority
is
cutting
back
on
all
their
green
energy
or
their
green
areas,
because
it
uses
so
much
water.
How?
If
we
expand
the
tree
canopy,
are
they
going
to
be
watered.
J
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
one,
quick
question.
At
the
beginning
of
the
presentation,
you
said
that
we're
talking
about
groceries
and
affordability.
J
Nancy
brune
for
the
record.
The
number
one
was
rising:
rent
costs
or
rising
housing
prices.
A
I
do
have
one
dr
brun.
I
also
saw
recently
that
the
gwen
center
was
involved
in
a
study,
I
believe,
with
dri
and
nevada
state
college,
looking
a
little
bit
more
specifically
at
the
impacts
of
health
on
the
workforce.
I
know
that
we're
going
to
have
a
presentation
from
business
and
industry
about
some
of
the
work
that
they're
undertaking
to
try
and
address
that.
But
I
was
wondering
if
there's
anything
that
you'd
like
to
add.
A
I
know
that's
a
separate
study
from
the
project
that
you
just
gave
an
overview
of,
but
I
was
wondering
if
you
wanted
to
speak
at
all
to
to
that
and
some
of
the
findings
that
came
out
of
that
study.
J
Thank
you,
chairman
watts.
Again
that
was
really
focused
on
the
workforce
and
one
of
the
takeaways
of
the
work
I
was
heavy
but
was
to
actually
consider
the
adoption
of
the
regulation.
That
administrator
carrion
will
talk
about
again.
I
think
they're.
What
we're
learning
is
that
there's
just
more
workers
than
we
previously
thought
about
that
are
exposed
to
extreme
heat,
whether
it
be
folks
who
are
working
at
grocery
stores
or
folks
who
are
driving,
delivering
groceries
through
ubereats,
etc.
A
Thank
you.
One
of
the
things
I
found
that
was
really
interesting
is
that
we
see
the
incidences
of
heat-related
illness
actually
increase
with
the
the
length
of
time
that
somebody
has
been
employed
in
that
field,
and
I
in
general
I
just
found
it
very
interesting
that
there's
still
a
lot
that
we,
we
really
don't
know
about
some
of
these
impacts,
and
it
seems
like
we're
kind
of
on
the
cutting
edge
of
beginning
to
uncover
some
of
that
data,
but
it
just
leaves
more
questions.
For
example,
you
know,
why
is
that?
A
Is
it
a
cumulative
impact
of
heat
on
the
workers
over
time,
or
is
it
kind
of
a
cultural
aspect
of
becoming
more
comfortable
working
in
that
which,
which
we
don't
know,
and
so
I
think
it
also.
It
points
to
the
need
for
continued
research
in
these
areas,
but
also
you
know
it
points
to
some
communities
that
we
need
to
kind
of.
A
All
right
seeing
none.
Thank
you
again
very
much,
dr
brun,
for
your
presentation.
That
concludes
agenda.
Item
number.
Three:
we'll
move
on
to
our
next
item,
which
is
an
overview
of
excessive
heat
effects
on
workers,
health
and
related
regulations.
We
have
joining
us
a
representative
from
the
department
of
business
and
industry.
N
So
we've
been
looking
at
this
issue
for
a
couple
of
years
now
we
have
found
that
heat
illness
is
a
growing
problem
in
nevada,
and
so
this
presentation
will
focus
on
a
few
things.
What
are
the
common
heat
related
illnesses
and
risk
factors?
How
is
heat
affecting
our
nevada
workers
and
which
industries
are
most
affected
by
heat
illness?
We'll
also
be
talking
about
our
response.
We
do
have
a
proposed
heat
illness
regulation,
it's
ro
5320,
and
there
is
a
national
emphasis
program
on
heat
illness
that
we
just
implemented
effective
yesterday
on
june
15th.
N
So
just
to
look
at
the
health
side
of
this,
the
most
major
heat
illnesses
that
you
experience
out
there
in
the
workforce
are
heat
stroke.
This
is
the
most
life-threatening
of
all
the
heat
illnesses.
In
this
time,
your
body
temperature
can
go
to
103
degrees
or
higher.
It's
characterized
by
hot
red,
dry
or
damp
skin.
You
have
a
very
fast
strong
pulse.
N
N
You
need
to
move
the
person
to
a
cooler
place,
try
to
lower
their
temperature,
but
you
don't
want
to
be
giving
them
water,
so
that
is
definitely
a
life-threatening
issue.
If
you
have
heat
stroke,
there's
also
heat
exhaustion,
that's
characterized
by
heavy
sweating,
cold
pale
and
clammy
skin.
So
there's
some
differences
there,
a
fast
weak
pulse,
nausea
or
vomiting
muscle,
cramps,
tiredness
or
weakness.
You
can
also
have
dizziness
or
headache.
You
can
also
be
passing
out
due
to
heat
exhaustion.
N
In
this
case.
First
aid.
You
should
definitely
move
the
person
to
a
cool
place.
Loosen
your
clothes,
wet.
Cloths
are
also
helpful,
and
in
this
case
you
can
sip
water,
but
only
in
some
small
amounts
and
definitely
get
medical
help
right
away.
If
you
experience
things
like
throwing
up,
our
symptoms
are
getting
worse
or
they
don't
improve.
After
an
hour,
there's
other
types
of
heat
illnesses
such
as
heat,
cramps,
etc,
but
those
are
the
two
major
ones
that
I
wanted
to
cover
today.
N
Other
factors,
you
heard
a
lot,
I
think
in
the
public,
testimony
about
senior
citizens
who
may
have
other
age
and
other
health
factors
any
prior
heat
illness
can
have
an
impact.
How
much
water
you've
been
drinking
dehydration
is
is
a
big
issue
and
acclimatization
is
also
a
major
issue,
and
I
think
that
federal
osha
has
found
that
in
the
first
two
weeks
of
work,
you're
more
apt
to
have
a
heat,
related
illness.
N
So
what
does
the
data
look
like
in
nevada?
So
in
our
division
we
run
nevada,
osha,
but
we
also
have
the
workers
compensation
section
which
enforces
nevada's
workers,
compensation
laws.
So
we
collect
all
the
data
on
all
the
workers
comp
claims
and
we
have
found
that
the
number
of
workers
comp
claims
has
actually
been
relatively
flat
over
the
last
few
years.
N
This
may
be
due
to
a
variety
of
factors,
including
that
there's
a
lot
of
under
reporting
of
heat
related
illnesses
as
a
contributing
factor
to
a
an
injury,
because
somebody
may
just
report
it
based
on
the
actual
impact
of
what
happens
so
example.
For
example,
if
somebody
had
a
fall,
that
fall
may
have
been
precipitated
by
a
heat
related
issue,
but
the
actual
illness
or
injury
that
gets
recorded
is
some
sort
of
physical
injury
related
to
the
fall.
So
that
is
what
the
workers
comp
data
looks
like.
N
If
you
look
at
the
complaints
that
our
office
has
received
to
osha
for
heat,
stress,
you'll
see
that
those
have
been
rising
quite
significantly
over
the
last
six
years,
and
you
can
see
that
the
trends
for
northern
versus
southern
nevada,
obviously
in
southern
nevada,
the
number
is
much
higher.
So
this
is
definitely
a
big
driver
for
why
we
thought
this
is
an
issue
that
needs
to
be
addressed.
N
We
also
looked
a
bit
as
to
which
industries
have
the
highest
number
of
heat
complaints,
and
it
was
very
interesting
to
us
that
accommodation
in
food
services
was
actually
the
number
one
industry
followed
by
the
retail
trade,
and
so
I
think
it's
important
to
see
that
there
are
actually
indoor
and
outdoor
heat
hazards
that
our
workers
are
experiencing
in
nevada.
So
it's
not
just
like
the
construction,
trade
or
manufacturing,
which
you
traditionally
think
of
as
exposed
to
heat
injuries.
Those
are
on
this
list,
but
they're
much
farther
down.
N
So,
in
response
to
these
issues,
we
have
proposed
a
regulation
to
address
heat
illness.
It's
actually
a
very
simple
regulation.
That
is,
we
crafted
based
on
a
lot
of
stakeholder
input
and
it
does
two
main
things.
It
says:
if
you
have
employees
who
are
exposed
to
temperatures
of
90
degrees
or
higher,
you
have
to
do
two
things.
N
The
first
is
you
need
to
have
a
program
for
the
management
of
heat
illness,
and
the
second
is
that
you
have
to
have
training
for
all
of
your
employees,
so
I'll
go
into
a
little
bit
more
of
what
those
two
items
look
like.
The
first
is
the
program
for
management
of
heat
illness.
So
this
has
to
be
included
within
each
business's
written
safety
program
and
that's
a
program,
that's
already
required
under
nevada
law
for
any
business
with
more
than
10
employees.
N
N
Like
I
said,
that's
when
you're
most
at
risk
identification
and
mitigation
of
work
processes
which
may
generate
additional
heat
or
humidity
like
if
you
have
a
manufacturing
process
that
creates
additional
heat
or
you're
in
a
kitchen
that
creates
more
heat
and
humidity
training
and
procedures
for
responding
to
an
emergency.
I
think
the
key
on
this
program
for
management
of
heat
illness
is
that
every
business
has
the
ability
to
design
it
specific
to
their
needs
and
to
their
concerns.
N
The
other
element-
that's
required
under
the
proposed
regulation,
is
a
training
program,
so
we
just
have
various
elements
that
must
be
included
in
the
training
program,
working
conditions
that
create
the
possibility
of
heat
illness.
An
analysis
of
everybody
needs
to
look
at
their
own
personal
risk
factors
for
eat,
illness,
the
importance
of
drinking
water
or
electrolyte
replacement
drinks.
N
So
that
is
the
proposed
regulation.
We
are
still
working
with
stakeholders
on
final
language
for
that.
But
in
the
meantime,
since
summer
is
upon
us,
we
are
implementing
what
federal
osha
has
provided
us,
which
is
a
national
emphasis
program
mep
for
short
on
heat
illness.
It
was
effective
just
yesterday,
and
so
this
is
really
an
enforcement
initiative
to
ensure
that
employers
are
taking
heat
illness
issues
into
account
because
we
don't
have
an
enforceable
standard,
specifically
on
heat
in
nevada.
N
So
what
does
this
do
so?
On
heat
priority
days,
which
are
90
degrees,
fahrenheit
or
higher?
Basically,
nevada?
Osha
can
provide
technical
assistance
to
industries
that
are
targeted
as
high
risk.
We
can
also
respond
to
complaints
and
referrals
and
fatalities,
no
matter
what
the
industry
is
and
engaging
in
proactive
outreach
and
then
on
heat,
warning
or
heat
advisory
days,
which
are
declared
by
the
national
weather
service.
N
On
those
days
we
can
conduct
programmed
which
are
pre-planned
inspections
in
targeted
high-risk
industries
and
there's
about
70
industries
on
the
list,
so
federal
osha
provided
the
framework
for
this
national
emphasis
program.
A
couple
of
changes
that
we
made
here
in
nevada
is
that
their
threshold
was
80
degrees.
We
changed
it
to
90
degrees,
given
nevada's
climate
and
the
lack
of
humidity
that
we
have
here.
We
thought
90
degrees
was
more
appropriate
based
on
our
analysis
and
then
within
the
high-risk
industries.
N
There
is
some
federal
effort
to
create
a
standard
for
heat
illness
as
well.
They
are
in
the
pre-rule-making
stage
at
this
point
gathering
input
and
if
a
federal
regulation
is
adopted,
nevada,
osha,
as
a
state
plan
state,
has
the
obligation
of
either
adopting
the
federal
standard,
as
is
within
60
days,
or
put
an
alternative
standard
in
place
within
60
days.
That
is
at
least
as
effective
as
the
federal
standard.
N
N
We
especially
assist
small
businesses,
so
if
a
business
needs
to
help
develop
their
plan
or
develop
their
training
program
related
to
heat
illness,
our
team
is
ready
and
willing
to
assist.
We're
also
going
to
be
providing
heat,
illness,
training
online
and
in
person
as
well,
and
so
I've
provided
some
contact
information
for
nevada
scats
in
our
presentation
as
well,
and
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
just
want
to
briefly
start
by
thanking
you.
I've
heard
a
bit
about
you
know
the
the
process
and
the
stakeholder
engagement
and
just
appreciate
the
time
that's
been
taken
to
to
get
feedback
and
work
on
modifying
the
the
language
of
the
regulation,
so
that
we
have
something
that
is
impactful,
but
that
also
works
works
for
the
diverse
businesses
across
the
state
which
he
spoke
to
and
and
also
kind
of
puts
education
at
the
forefront.
A
It
is
interesting
that
we're
kind
of
just
now
getting
to
the
point
of
of
addressing
heat
issues
in
the
workplace,
but
I'm
glad
that
we're
working
on
making
sure
that
employers
and
employees
are
educated
about.
You
know
some
of
these
potential
risks
and
how
to
mitigate
them
and
applaud
our
state
for
being
out
in
front
of
of
the
federal
government
in
terms
of
working
on
this
issue,
so
that
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
to
any
questions
from
members.
G
Thank
you,
chair
watts.
Thank
you
for
being
here
a
quick
question.
This
training
would
it
be
part
of
the
osha
training,
or
would
it
be
just
an
internal
training
and
if
it's
internal,
who
would
be
overseeing.
N
Thank
you,
victoria
cardin,
for
the
record
chair
through
you
to
assemblywoman
garlow,
so
the
training
is
not
part
of
the
osha
10
classes,
which
I
think
is
what
you
were
referring
to.
It
would
be
a
separate
training
that
each
employer
is
required
to
do
just
as
they
are
required
to
train
on
various
hazards
that
they
have
within
their
business.
N
So
there
is
no
set
oversight
as
to
exactly
what
that
training
curriculum
would
need
to
include
other
than
what
we
have
included
in
the
draft
regulation,
which
is
just
some
guidelines
of
the
topics
that
need
to
be
discussed.
So
there's
no
set
oversight
of
exactly
what
each
business
would
need
to
do.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation
I
I
I
spent
my
early
career
laying
pipe
in
115
degree
weather.
So
I
I
know
that
heat
is
a
fun
fun
to
work
in,
and
I
just
curious
which
state
you
mentioned,
you're
working
with
stakeholders
to
help
draw
up
these
regulations.
C
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
victoria
carrillon
for
the
record
through
you,
chair
to
assemblyman
hafen,
so
we
have
worked
with
a
variety
of
stakeholders:
chambers
of
commerce,
as
well
as
the
construction
industry.
We've
had
specifically
industrial
hygienists,
who
are
safety
experts
we've
had.
We
have
had
a
variety
of
meetings
with
a
variety
of
stakeholders.
We've
also
conducted
some
more
informal
meetings
as
well.
C
A
Thank
you
and
that
yeah.
We
would
appreciate
that.
I
know
that
there
have
been
members,
particularly
of
the
business
community,
that
have
been
interested
in
crafting
the
the
language
and
making
sure
it
works
so
and
I'm
I'm
sure
that's
been
covered
again
in
both
in
formal
meetings
as
well
as
some
of
your
your
informal
meetings
as
well.
So
if
you
can
provide
that
with
the
committee
we'd
appreciate
it
we'll
go
on
to
assemblywoman
titus.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
So
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
your
comments
about
the
essential
that
we
educate
the
population,
but
I
want
to
want
to
make
sure
that
our
education
is
accurate
and
I
I
need
to
ask
you
where
you
got
your:
what
science
data,
what
medical
journal?
K
Did
you
get
the
formula
or
the
recommendations
for
the
treatment
for
heat
stroke
you
mentioned,
do
not
give
the
person
anything
to
drink
and
with
my
hundreds
of
hours
of
er
training
and
literally
being
out
in
the
heat
and
mountain
climbing,
etc.
One
of
the
things
that
you
do
is
you
do
try
to
hydrate
them
little
sips
of
not
water
per
se,
because
water
will
make
the
problem
worse,
but
some
electrolyte
solution,
or
something
like
that.
K
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
victoria
carion
for
the
record
through
you,
chair
to
senator
titus,
so
that
information
actually
came
from
the
cdc
and
so
I'm
happy
to
provide
a
link
to
where
that
information
came
from.
A
A
If
it's
easier
for
you
and-
and
I
just
also
wanted
to
clarify
to
dr
titus's
question,
one
of
the
I
think
one
of
the
concerns
is
that
providing
water
to
someone
once
they've
reached
the
stage
of
heat
stroke
as
as
the
as
the
assembly
woman
mentioned,
actually
can
cause
worse
problems
because
of
the
electrolyte
issues,
and
that's
probably
I'm
guessing,
what's
reflected
in
the
cdc's
guidance.
K
If
I'll
follow
up
by
my
mr
chair,
so
the
reality
is.
A
K
There's
different
levels
to
to
this,
and
I
think
it
would
really
be
important
that
if
we're
going
to
educate
the
population,
especially
the
employer
and
the
employee,
you
want
to
make
sure
that
that
data
and
your
information
is
as
accurate
as
possible
and
so
making
sure
they
understand
that
the
three
different
levels
right
first
we'll
see
it-
may
be
cramping.
That
would
be
the
first
level.
K
K
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
education
component
is
as
accurate
as
possible
and
using
a
blanket
cdc
statement
sometimes
doesn't
really
address
what
those
issues
are
assuming
you're
in
clark
county,
and
you
have
ems
there
in
just
a
moment
who
can
start
an
iv
and
give
them
an
electrolyte
solution,
may
not
be
really
applicable
when
you're
out
in
a
rural,
nevada
and
you're
working
in
a
field.
What
do
you
do
there?
So
I'm
just
concerned
about
what
I'm
seeing
your
presentation.
K
A
Thank
you,
dr
titus,
and
again
I
think
that's
one
of
the,
because
there's
a
wide
range
of
communities
and
and
industries
across
the
state,
I
think
the
goal
here
is
to
have
a
broad
framework
that
each
employer
can
can
customize
to
their
to
their
situation,
and
I
think
you
and
I
both
agree
that
the
ultimate
goal
is
to
avoid
someone
reaching
the
point
of
heat
stroke
which
is
life-threatening
whenever
possible.
So
so
we
don't
have
to
take
into
account
some
of
those
some
of
those
finer
points
at
that
stage.
A
I
believe
that
we
have
senator
hansen,
go
ahead.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Real,
quick
correction,
though
you
mentioned
this
is
a
new
issue
for
nevada
to
be
addressing.
Actually,
I've
been
in
construction
for
40
years,
we've
been
addressing
it
since
I
began
in
construction,
there's
absolutely
nothing
new
about
heat,
stroke,
heat
exhaustion
and
our
industry
at
least
has
been
on
top
of
that
and
if
you
would
call
it
cutting
edge,
we've
been
back
to
the
presentation,
nevada,
heat
stress
workers,
compensation
claims,
there's
I
don't
know
how
many
hundreds
of
thousands
of
workers
in
nevada.
D
If
you
multiply
the
number
of
workers
by
365
days,
the
fact
that
we
only
had
a
less
than
100
claims
in
the
entire
state,
that's
that
that
seems
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
it's
like
we're
making
more
out
of
this
than
really
there.
This
the
heat
stress,
complaints
in
nevada,
osha,
a
grand
total
of
202
out
of
hundreds
of
thousands
of
workers.
I
mean-
and
this
is
some
big
giant
thing-
that
we
need
to
drag
70
industries
into
and
and
come
up
with
a
whole
set
of
new
regulations.
That's
crazy!
D
The
last
question.
Actually,
a
question
is
of
the
top
four
you
list
under
nevada,
osha
heat
complaints
by
industry.
The
top
four
are
almost
all
inside
working
workers.
They
don't
work
outside.
You
know
you
look
at
construction
like
myself,
we
work
outside
most
of
the
time.
Virtually
everybody,
though,
on
this
list
are
inside
people.
Are
you
suggesting
we
increased
the
amount
of
air
conditioning
in
these
units?
I
mean
this.
Isn't
this
isn't
global
warming
that
people
are
thinking
of
where
it's
the
sun?
That's
baking,
the
poor
worker
out
there?
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
victoria
carion
for
the
record
to
senator
hansen.
So
yes,
absolutely.
As
I
mentioned
during
my
presentation,
we
have
found
that
indoor
heat
is
a
major
issue
in
nevada.
I
think
it
is
definitely
compounded
in
the
summer,
because
sometimes
air
conditioning
systems
are
strained
when
you're
in
a
restaurant,
for
example-
and
you
have
a
lot
of
heat
going
on
in
the
restaurant
and
it's
hot
outside,
so
I
think
the
confluence
of
the
environmental
heat
and
the
indoor
heat
can
kind
of
collide
during
those
times
oftentimes.
N
D
All
right,
so,
basically,
we
need
to
expand
the
amount
of
air
conditioning
that
these
people
work
under.
I
got
it,
but
again
that
conflicts
with
what
the
governor
called
for
so
anyway,
when
I
look
at
this
200
complaints
out
of
hundreds
of
thousands
of
workers
working
365
days
a
year,
we're
making
a
mountain
out
of
a
molehill.
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
senator
hansen.
You
know,
we
also
don't
have
you
know
extremely
large
outbreaks
of
different
diseases
and
it's
because
we
also
train
and
try
and
avoid
the
spread
of
those
diseases
through
some
of
our
occupational
programs.
So
I
think
the
goal
of
this
again
is
to
protect
public
health
by
making
sure
we
get
out
in
front
of
some
of
these
issues.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
in
answer
to
your
question
victoria
carrion,
for
the
record,
so
yes,
we
do
believe,
there's
quite
a
bit
of
data
gaps.
First
of
all,
if
you're
making
a
heat
illness
complaint,
that's
a
voluntary
thing.
Obviously
so
not
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
are
not
submitting
complaints.
We
have
heard
that
there's
concerns
among
workers
who
may
be
undocumented
and
don't
want
to
submit
complaints.
So
we
know
that
that's
one
factor
out
there.
A
Thank
you.
You
know.
One
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
often
under
discussed
is
that
high
temperatures
can
actually
have
impacts
on
cognition
and
and
mental
health,
and
so
I
know
you
had
mentioned
earlier
that
that
may
be
a
contributing
factor
to
a
fall
or
another
incident.
N
A
All
right,
we'll
put
it
onto
the
to-do
list.
I
believe
next,
we
have
a
question
from
vice
chair
donate,
then
we'll
go
to
assemblywomanhansen.
I
So
much
sure
watts
and
of
course
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation.
As
a
side
note,
my
siblings
are
landscapers
and
one
of
them
fainted
twice
last
year,
so
definitely
relevant.
I
guess
my
two
questions
that
I
have.
The
first
is
in
the
provisions
that
you're
writing
is
there
any
requirement
that
these
programs
have
to
be
language
accessible
to
the
employees
of
what
they're
proficient
in
and
then
my
second
question
would
be
you
know
I.
I
love
this
presentation.
I
I
like
the
fact
that
we're
talking
about
the
protection
of
employees
that
work
outside
in
the
future
are
you
considering
also
similar
programs
for
art,
air
quality
and
folks
that
have
to
be
disproportionately
affected
from
this
issue.
I
know
we
talk.
We
always
talk
about
heat,
but
I'm
interested
in
hearing
your
perspective
on
air
quality.
N
Thank
you,
senator
victoria
carion,
for
the
record.
So
in
answer
to
your
question,
there
is
a
general
osha
requirement
that
all
training
provided
to
employees
does
need
to
be
in
the
language
that
they
understand.
N
So,
yes,
the,
like
the
training,
would
need
to
be
in
a
language
that
is
accessible
to
them
and
then,
in
terms
of
air
quality,
we
did
issue
some
guidance.
We
don't
have
a
regulation
related
to
air
quality,
but
we
did
issue
guidance
on
may
3rd.
I
believe
regarding
wildfire
smoke.
Yes
may,
third!
So
it's
on
our
website
and
I'm
happy
to
send
a
link
to
the
committee,
but
it's
on
wildfire
smoke
as
well
and
and
includes
the
different
air
particulate
levels
and
what
kind
of
action
you
should
be
taking
for
your
employees.
F
Thank
you,
chair
for
the
opportunity.
Actually,
the
good
senator
here
in
the
north
took
some
of
my.
I
got
some
of
my
questions
answered
already.
F
I
we
own
a
a
construction
company,
a
plumbing
company
full
mechanical,
so
sometimes
deal
with
the
cooling
side
as
well
in
heating.
So
of
course,
your
slide
number
eight
grabbed
my
attention.
When
I
saw
for
osha
heat
complaints,
the
construction
trades
were
at
about
four
and
a
half
percent
of
your
reporting,
where
again
the
accommodation
and
the
retail
were,
and
the
food
services
were
at
the
higher
end
of
the
spectrum,
so
that
caught
my
attention
now
in
the
north.
F
N
Thank
you,
71
victoria
carion,
for
the
record,
so
obviously
cold
temperatures
could
have
a
definite
negative
impact
on
worker
health
and
so
under
the
general
duty
clause
of
nevada,
osha,
those
workers,
those
those
employers
who
have
employees
who
are
exposed
to
very
cold
temperatures,
also
already
have
a
duty
to
try
to
mitigate
those
hazards,
and
they
already
should
be
part
of
their
workplace
safety
program.
Thank
you.
F
I
have
a
son-in-law
who
is
a
three-person
landscaping,
company
in
northern
nevada
and
so
deals
with
the
heat
and
the
opposite
end
of
the
extreme
of
single-digit
temperatures
and
and
tremendous
amounts
of
snow
removal.
So,
while
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
here
today,
I'm
I
am
worrying
that
we're
trying
to
find
solutions
to
problems
that
are
so
minute
and
that
we
are
spending
all
this
time
doing
it,
but
I'm
open
to
having
the
conversation
but
certainly
glad
to
see
the
numbers
are
not
so
extreme.
F
A
Thank
you
very
much
assemblywoman,
and
you
know
we
appreciate
you
and
the
senator
being
proactive,
and
I
think
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
shares
in
following
some
of
those
best
practices.
A
One
question
that
I
did
want
to
ask
real
quickly
because
it's
been
brought
up
a
couple
times:
the
indoor
and
outdoor
and
you
kind
of
mentioned-
and
I
just
want
to
get
some
clarity
on
this.
You
mentioned
when
workers
are
exposed
to
temperatures
of
90
degrees.
So
that's
not
necessarily
that
this
kicks
in
whenever
the
outdoor
temperature
is
90
degrees,
but,
for
example,
someone
may
be
working
in
a
kitchen
or
in
in
another
environment
indoors
where
they
might
be
exposed
even
year-round
to
temperatures
in
excess
of
90
degrees.
A
So
am
I
correct
that
it's
what's
what
the
worker
is
exposed
to
and
not
what
the
thermometer
reads
outside
that
kind
of
determines
having
again
a
training
program
in
place
and-
and
you
know
a
a
guideline
of
how
to
ensure
that
that
heat
doesn't
reach
negative
levels
for
the
worker.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
bilbray,
axelrod,.
E
Thank
you,
chairwatts.
B
I'm
kinda
gonna
piggyback
on
what
you
asked
about
those
the
numbers
of
accommodations
food
service,
retail
trade.
So
I'm
guessing
that's
a
year-round
thing
like
you
said
not
just
what
the
temperature
is
outside,
but
I'm
also
curious
as
someone
who
personally
had
heat
exhaustion,
I
am
tremendously.
B
Affected
by
the
heat,
because
of
that
and
my
doctor
has
said
that
because
once
you
have,
are
you
seeing
a
lot
of
repeats
when
you
is?
Is
my
understanding
correct
that
that
that's
a
normal
thing
so
once
you've
been
had
heat
stroke
or
heat
exhaustion,
you're
much
more
likely
to
have
that
happen
again.
N
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I,
like
all
the
comments
that
was
brought
forward.
I
also
in
the
construction
and
raised
on
ranches
most
of
my
life
and
if
you
want
to
get
hot,
get
on
a
horse
and
get
out
in
the
middle
of
nowhere,
you'll
find
out
what
heat
is,
but
in
the
construction
we're
in
the
construction,
also
in
commercial
and
residential,
so
we're
out
there
all
seasons
long,
I
mean
we're
moving
stowe
we're
trying
to
chip
ice,
but
mostly
in
the
construction
trade
in
the
winter
time.
C
Our
people
are
know
what
they're
going
to
be
facing
before
they
even
go
out
there
that
day,
but
instead
of
creating
another
law
and
regulation,
wouldn't
be
best
that
that
osha
just
says.
Okay,
here's
a
place
card
you
can
put
where
the
employees
are
with
all
the
regulations
combined
with
the
federal
and
state.
C
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
victoria
carion
for
the
record.
Certainly
a
poster
like
what
you
are
explaining
would
be
a
great
resource
for
employees.
The
reason
that
we
think
a
regulation
would
be
helpful
is
because,
in
the
absence
of
one
there's
not
as
much
clarity
as
as
to
exactly
what
employers
should
be
doing,
and
so
we
think
this
provides
greater
clarity
for
both
the
employers
and
the
employees
about
what
is
required,
as
well
as
from
the
osha
perspective.
N
A
A
You
know
again
something
to
make
sure
that
employers
are
giving
an
overview
of
employees
that
they,
you
know
what
to
expect
and
potential
symptoms,
so
that
they
can
recognize
heat
illness
and
then
making
sure
that
they
have
a
basic
plan
in
place
if
a
worker
is
experiencing
those
things
to
provide
some
shade
water,
a
break
from
some
of
the
heat
conditions,
so
they
can
cool
down.
Is
that
correct.
N
Victoria
cardone
for
the
record,
mr
chair,
that
is
correct.
The
osha
10
training
that
has
been
discussed.
That
is,
a
specific
curriculum
that
is
mandated
by
federal
osha.
So
this
is
in
addition
to
that.
N
A
And
then
one
other
thing
that
I
just
wanted
to
ask:
you
know
we've
heard
about
workman's
comp
and
you
know,
there's
obviously
costs
to
those
incidents.
There's
also
costs
to
decrease
product
productivity
if
folks
are
suffering
from
physical
or
mental
impacts
as
related
to
exposure
from
excessive
heat.
So
really
and
again,
it
sounds
like
many
many,
but
not
all.
A
Businesses
already
have
plans
to
address
these
and
you
know,
essentially
the
any
any
cost
associated
with
providing
water
or
shade,
and
some
of
these
mitigation
measures
can
also
be
balanced
against
the
costs
of
of
the
incidents
that
happen
when
heat
gets
out
of
control.
A
A
L
Thank
you,
chair
watts.
My
name
is
jayna
moan
and
I'm
the
external
affairs
director
for
the
nature
conservancy
in
nevada,
chair
peters
and
chair
watts,
and
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
to
talk
about
urban
heat
mitigation
programs
that
tnc
is
working
on
in
other
states.
L
The
nature
conservancy
is
a
global
ngo.
With
a
mission
to
conserve
the
lands
and
waters
on
which
all
life
depends.
We
have
chapters
in
all
50
states
and
have
conservation
programs
in
over
70
countries
worldwide
use
a
science-based
collaborative
place-based
approach.
The
advantage
of
being
part
of
such
a
large
organization
with
a
broad
mission
is
that
we
are
able
to
tackle
a
wide
range
of
issues
in
different
places.
L
Most
of
the
programs
in
these
cities
have
a
component.
That's
focused
on
expanding
urban
tree
canopy
to
serve
the
function
as
natural
cooling
infrastructure.
This
diagram
here
shows
the
cooling
effect
that
an
urban
tree
canopy
can
have
in
our
cities
by
providing
shade
where
people
work,
travel
and
live
and
trees
have
other
benefits
too.
They
can
serve
as
habitat
for
wildlife
and
birds,
they
sequester
carbon
and
they
provide
a
connection
to
nature
for
people
in
cities
which
has
positive
benefits
for
human
health
and
well-being.
L
I
included
this
slide
to
illustrate
the
point
that
there
are
significant
temperature
differences
in
the
shade
versus
unshaded
areas.
In
this
example,
there
is
a
14
degree
temperature
difference
in
shaded
versus
unshaded
areas.
It
was
pointed
out
to
me
that
this
is
an
air
temperature
monitor
and
its
readings
are
sensitive
to
direct
sun
so
to
fully
measure
temperature
for
understanding
heat
impacts.
It's
important
to
measure
land,
surface
temperatures.
L
To
illustrate
why
land
surface
temperatures
are
important,
I
added
this
slide
to
illustrate
how
surfaces
can
reflect
and
absorb
heat.
My
presentation
today
is
focused
on
urban
tree
canopy,
but
I
again,
I
added
a
few
slides
after
receiving
a
little
bit
of
feedback
to
note
that
there
that
another
heat
mitigation
strategy
in
urban
areas
is
to
use
cool,
roofs
and
pavement
that
can
reflect
that
sunlight,
instead
of
absorbing
it
into
the
surfaces
where
it
stays
hot.
L
L
It
is
a
multi-year
health
study
to
understand
the
benefits
of
urban
greenery
to
human
health,
the
researchers
first
measured
baseline
risk
of
diabetes
and
heart
disease,
stress
levels
and
the
strength
of
social
ties
and
700
participants
from
targeted,
louisville
neighborhoods
and
also
took
baseline
assessments
and
measurements
of
air
pollution
levels.
At
the
same
time
now,
the
team
is
in
process
of
planting
thousands
of
trees,
plants
and
shrubs
throughout
the
neighborhoods
to
create
an
urban
ecosystem
that
promotes
physical
activity,
while
decreasing
noise
stress
and
air
pollution.
L
They
have
already
planted
several
thousand
trees
by
asking
neighborhood
residents.
If
they
will
host
a
tree
in
their
yard
and
teaching
them
how
to
care
for
it,
the
700
participants
will
receive
annual
checkups
to
evaluate
how
increasing
greenery
has
affected
their
physical
and
mental
health
and
their
social
ties.
This
program
is
focused
on
human
health
and
outcomes
for
enhancing
urban
greenery,
and
while
combating
urban
heat
was
not
the
primary
goal,
it
is
certainly
a
co-benefit.
L
In
new
york
city,
the
nature
conservancy
mapped
tree
canopy
and
heat
vulnerability.
They
found
that
trees
are
not
evenly
distributed
across
the
city.
The
most
heat,
vulnerable,
neighborhoods
tend
to
be
low-income
communities
or
communities
of
color
with
less
tree
cover.
Another
gap
they
discovered
is
that
there
is
no
dedicated
long-term
funding
or
committed
plan
for
managing
this
resource
in
the
years
ahead.
L
L
The
mapping
effort
was
part
of
a
larger
program
called
heatwatch,
led
by
kappa
strategies
and
supported
by
the
national
oceanic
and
atmospheric
administration's
climate
program
office
to
complete
the
mapping,
citizen,
scientist,
volunteers,
traveled
along
prescribed
routes
to
record
ambient
temperatures
and
humidity
at
three
specific
times.
During
the
day,
the
project
volunteers
covered
32
mapping,
areas
or
polygons
that
represent
a
10
mile
10
square
mile
area.
L
The
data
they
collected
is
open,
source
and
available
to
the
public
to
better
understand
where
the
most
heat
vulnerable
communities
are.
Temperature
data
was
overlaid
with
data
from
the
cdc's
social
vulnerability
index.
The
map
on
the
bottom
right
of
the
screen,
the
blue
areas,
represent
higher
vulnerability.
L
L
In
denver
the
conservancy,
the
conservancy's
mapping,
efforts
also
revealed
that
wealthy
neighborhoods
have
an
average
of
seven
times
more
trees
than
poor
neighborhoods.
Together
with
partners,
tnc
has
been
working
with
local
communities
in
the
denver
neighborhoods
to
plant
more
trees
and
find
holistic
solutions
for
expanding
the
tree.
Canopy
across
the
city.
L
Key
to
tnc's
approach
in
denver
is
advocating
for
successful
ballot
measures
that
raised
the
city's
sale
tax
to
support
climate
resiliency
for
the
city.
They
included
measures
to
embark
on
transformative
heat
mitigation
in
2018
ballot
measure.
2A
was
passed
to
raise
a
tax
levy
to
support
climate
resiliency.
Some
of
this
funding
can
be
used
for
trees
in
the
public,
right-of-way
and
trees
in
parks
and
then
in
2020
ballot
measure.
2A
was
revisited
again.
L
The
overall
the
measure
will
generate
40
to
45
million
dollars
per
year
for
climate
resilience,
workforce
development,
environmental
justice
and
climate
justice
programs,
as
well
as
workforce
developers
that
work
for
spelling
there
are.
There
are
a
few
things
that
ultimately
help
supporting
the
community
included
in
this
effort,
and
that
is
really
focused
on
community
outreach
and
engagement.
L
Currently,
through
this
measure,
the
city
can
provide
grants
for
organizations
and
for
individuals.
Individuals
can
apply
to
serve
as
climate
ambassadors
to
do
outreach
and
climate-related
engagement
and
any
of
five
different
climate
related
areas
in
one
of
those
areas
is
urban
forestry
also
denver
just
hired
its
first
urban
forester
this
year.
L
In
phoenix,
the
conservancy's
mapping
effort
revealed
that
the
hottest
neighborhoods
have
the
highest
child
poverty
rates
and
lowest
tree
economy
cover
tnc,
contributed
to
the
heat
action
planning
efforts
in
the
targeted,
phoenix
neighborhoods
and
there's
a
presentation
on
the
phoenix
heat
action
program.
So
I
won't
go
into
too
many
details
here
about
that,
but
I
will
say
that
one
of
the
efforts
that
tnc
is
really
engaged
with
in
phoenix
is
the
development
and
implementation
of
the
urban
heat
academy.
L
Just
to
highlight
some
common
threads
among
these
programs,
these
programs
all
had
a
heat
mapping,
effort
which
revealed
health
equity
issues
and
heat
equity
issues.
So
I
think,
as
we
address
heat
issues
in
our
nevada
cities,
this
is
also
a
way
that
we
can
address
nature
inequity
issues.
Many
people
in
disadvantaged
communities
don't
have
access
to
nature
and
nature
has
so
many
benefits
for
human
health
and
well-being.
As
that
slide
a
few
slides
ago
demonstrated
it's
good
for
social
networks.
L
It's
good
for
cleaning
air
quality,
but
nature
inequity
continues
to
remain
an
issue
as
some
of
these
mapping
exercises
have
generated.
So
I
added
an
important
bullet
point
to
this
slide
about
the
need
and
opportunity
to
address
issues
of
nature
inequity,
as
we
start
to
look
at
heat
mitigation
efforts.
L
L
Finally,
just
some
lessons
learned
for
reducing
heat
in
nevada
cities.
My
original
presentation
just
had
las
vegas,
but
I
realized
that
reno
is
certainly
a
a
a
very
fast
worming
city
as
well,
and
I
will
I
will
say
in
our
exploration
of
this
at
the
conservancy
here
in
nevada,
there's
a
lot
of
mapping
that
has
been
done
and
is
currently
being
done
and
there's
several
existing
programs
and
goals
that
I'm
aware
of.
L
Everyone
has
a
right
to
enjoy
and
experience
the
multiple
benefits
of
nature,
and
this
is
a
great
way
to
address
historic
inequities
and
bring
everyone
along
heat
planning
should
be
prioritized
and
focused
in
neighborhoods
that
are
experiencing
the
worst
impacts
of
heat.
We
can.
We
can
learn
where
those
are
from
our
mapping
efforts
and
then
another
way
that
another
thing
I
think
that
is
important
take
away.
Is
it's
important
to
invest
in
urban
tree
programs?
L
The
legislature
could
consider
establishing
a
climate
resiliency
fund
like
colorado's,
to
support
activities
like
urban
forestry
and
other
climate
resiliency
measures
that
are
beneficial
for
both
our
cities
and
our
rural
areas,
and
then,
finally,
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
put
trees
and
solar
panels
on
parking
lots
in
our
cities.
These
parking
lots
are
big
black
surfaces
that
suck
in
heat,
like
the
one
that
is
shown
on
the
screen.
Our
cars
bake
in
this
heat
all
day
long,
and
then
we
expend
even
more
energy
and
carbon
dioxide
to
cool
them
down.
L
A
simple
solution
that
could
generate
renewable
energy
is
to
cover
our
parking
lots
with
trees
and
solar
panels.
A
good
example
of
this
can
be
found
now
at
the
springs
preserve
in
las
vegas.
They
have
that
a
beautiful
parking
lot
there
and
I
have
it
pictured
there
on
the
bottom
of
the
screen.
It's
actually
quite
enjoyable
to
be
in
kudos
to
you
spring.
Preserve
with
that.
I
am
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
and
comments,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
attention.
A
C
L
Well,
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblyman
hardy
for
the
record
jaina
moan.
This
is
true.
Trees
do
require
water,
but
you
know
if
planned
right.
Urban
canopy
in
in
cities
can
have
a
higher
return
on
investment
as
natural
infrastructure,
because
they
they
also
move
a
lot
of
times
those
the
cities
and
the
buildings
and
the
concrete
it
it
traps
humidity,
as
well
as
trapping
water
and
trees,
have
a
more
efficient
way
of
of
cooling
down
the
area
around
them.
L
Overall
and
then
you
know,
I
think
that
the
southern
nevada
water
authority
has
thought
about
this
idea
of
trees
for
a
long
time
and
has
thought
about
the
the
trade-offs
that
you
have
with
water
use
and
water
savings
and
trees
and
turf
and
we've
been
having
those
conversations
about
turf
removal,
especially
now
it's
ongoing,
non-functional
turf
removal
and,
I
think,
there's
a
very
distinct
difference
between
lawns
that
require
a
lot
of
water
and
some
trees
that
can
be
that
can
be
part
of
your
hydrological
system.
L
I
think
if
you
were
to
assemblymen
walk
in
some
of
those
shaded
paths,
even
if
they're
scrubing,
mesquite,
trees
or
or
some
other
drought
tolerant
plant,
you
will
find
a
significant
cooling
effect
that
occurs,
and
if
you
do
that
across
a
larger
shaded
tree
canopy,
you
can
you
can
you
can
organize
it
and
design
it
so
that
it
works
with
the
water
demand
in
your
environment,
and
that
certainly
needs
to
be
planned.
C
L
Oh,
I
think
that
we
should
have
a
responsible
urban
tree
canopy
that
provides
shade
and
is
beneficial
for
our
desert
environment
and
suitable
for
that.
So,
if
some
trees
need
to
be
removed
either
because
they
are
water
hogs
or
they
are
otherwise
pesky
impala,
if
you
could
produce
pesky
pollen
or
something
like
that,
then
I
think
that's
a
decision
for
some
of
these
administrators
to
make,
but
I
certainly
am
not
I'm
certainly
advocating
for
more
trees.
C
A
You
thank
you.
Thank
you
we'll
go
on
to,
I
believe
assemblywoman
hanson.
F
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you.
Miss
mullen
a
couple
of
questions.
I'd
like
you
to
answer
for
the
record.
There
were
some
claims
that
were
made.
I
never
really
thought
I'd
see.
I've
heard
some
real
interesting
conversations
in
this
building,
but
I
never
thought
I'd
really
hear
conversations
about
trees
and
undertones
of
neighborhood
against
neighborhood
that
there
might
be
some
sort
of
discrimination
going
on.
F
I
am
what
you
would
consider
an
at-risk
youth
growing
up
raised
by
a
single
mom
in
a
single
white
trailer
in
sun
valley
nevada.
Certainly,
there
were
a
lot
of
trees
where
I
lived,
but
but
some
of
the
claims
you
made
about
the
impoverished
areas
and
less
trees.
F
L
Thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywomanhansen
for
the
record.
My
name
is
jayna
moan,
I'm
not
trying
to
put
blame
on
anybody
for
a
situation
that
we
observed
in
our
mapping,
which
was
that
there
are
more
trees
in
in
affluent
neighborhoods,
have
more
trees
than
underserved
neighborhoods
and
and
several
of
those
maps
identified
that
pattern.
A
But
let
me
let
me
just
add
something:
real,
quick
I'd
be
glad
next
time,
you're
in
town
assemblywoman.
I
know
you're
familiar
with
southern
nevada
to
take
you
out
to
downtown
summerlin
where
they
relatively
new
development
that
has
already
got
extremely
mature,
shade,
providing
drought,
tolerant
trees
and
then
take
you
over
to
east
las
vegas
on
saharan
nellis,
where
I
grew
up
where
there's
significantly
less
tree
cover
and
again
I
don't
think
it's
necessarily
an
issue
of
discriminat
discriminatory
intent.
But
you
know
development
code
standards.
A
Technologies
have
changed
over
time
and
some
of
these
older
communities
you
know,
have
been
left
behind
and
it's
a
mix
of
governmental
decisions
as
well
as
just
you
know
what
individual
properties
have
done
and
have
decided
to
do
over
over
the
years.
So
next
time
you
come
down
I'd
love
to
to
show
you
some
of
the
differences
that
have
been
revealed
through
some
of
this
mapping
and
go
ahead
and
follow
up.
F
Thank
you,
chair
and,
and
I'd
be
glad
to
take
you
up
on
that.
My
great
grandfather
was
the
sheriff
of
lincoln
county
in
the
late
1800s,
which
included
clark
and
on
horseback.
So
you
know
I
have
family
and
roots
from
southern
nevada,
so
I
I
I
get
it,
but
I
would
love
to
to
do
a
visit.
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
this
report.
F
L
Yeah,
that's
correct
and,
and
we
I
did
not
show
you
mapping
that
we
have
done
the
nature.
Conservancy
has
mapped
land,
surface
temperature
temperatures
in
las
vegas.
We
did
that
in
2020,
but
I
would
also
like
to
point
you
to
a
really
wonderful
report
that
was
done
by
the
lindsay
institute
out
of
unlv
in
2020.
L
A
B
G
L
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
gorilla,
jane
amone
for
the
record.
Those
are
great
conversations
that
need
to
be
had
and
those
that's,
I
think
the
highlight
of
some
of
those
programs
that
I
have
mentioned
in
my
presentation
is
that
they,
the
court,
have
worked
and
coordinated
with
community
organizations
with
health
organizations
with
cities
and
counties
to
have
those
conversations
and
to
establish
those
long-term
plans
for
care
and
maintenance,
and
because
certainly
that
does
take
time.
That
is
why
long-term
planning
and
investment
is
needed.
L
Trees
live
a
long
time
and
their
care
and
maintenance,
especially
during
the
first
few
years
after
being
planted
and
they're
growing
up
to
their
full
mature
height,
is
critically
important.
But
it's
also
a
wonderful
amazing
way
to
engage
community
members
and
neighborhood
associations
and
citizens
in
those
communities
in
the
health
of
their
of
their
own
neighborhood
and
in
the
appreciation
of
their
own
neighborhood
as
well.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
This
quite
interesting
urban
person
rules
is
my
question.
Do
you
have
any
idea
how
much
water
a
standard
tree
takes
a
day.
L
For
the
record,
jaina
moan,
assemblyman
ellison,
I
believe
that
varies
on
the
tree.
Species.
L
To
answer
your
question:
the
amount
of
water
that
a
tree
needs
from
day
to
day
varies
by
the
tree
species,
and
so
I
I
I
don't
know
specific
numbers,
but
that's
why
those
resources
that
I
previously
noted,
like
the
regional
plant
list
from
snwa
and
the
southern
nevada
plant
guide,
are
really
helpful
for
understanding
and
planning
water
requirements
for
trees.
C
The
reason
I
ask
this
in
some
of
the
rural
areas,
the
wildlife
is
being
affected
by
lack
of
water,
so
by
pruning
these
trees
in
some
of
these
areas
that
fills
that
aquifer
back
up,
and
I
was
surprised
how
much
of
juniper
trees
it
took
a
day
water.
So
I
was
hoping.
Maybe
you
could
answer
that,
because
the
juniper
tree
out
into
these
areas
they
had
to
prune
quite
a
bit
areas
in
two
counties
so
to
get
that
aquifer
back
up
to
get
more
water
to
farming,
to
ranching,
to
wildlife
in
general.
L
Okay
for
the
record
jaina
moan
assemblyman
ellison,
I'm
happy
to
to
follow
up
with
an
answer
about
the
water
use
and
requirements
of
juniper
trees.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that.
Miss
mullen
and
I'd
just
like
to
note
that
these
are
real
real,
complex
issues
that
we're
running
into
when
we
look
at
kind
of
the
intersection
of
trying
to
transition
to
clean
energy-
and
you
know
addressing
some
of
these
things
may
increase
energy
use,
we're
looking
at
water
usage,
which
of
course
is
another
scarce
resource
and
then
dealing
with
heat,
and
so
just
to
note
that
there.
A
These
are
our
complex
issues
that
that
we're
dealing
with
and
a
lot
of
different
things
that
we
have
to
take
into
consideration.
I
believe
we
have
a
question
from
assemblywoman
titus.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
acknowledging
me.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
ask
a
question,
so
I
I'm
a
tree
lover
and
I
would
describe
myself
as
a
tree
hugger
I
plant
trees
and
any
property
I've
ever
owned.
K
Our
nevada
division
of
forestry
has
a
nursery,
and
most
of
it
is
grown
in
southern
nevada
and
then
they
bring
them
up
to
washoe
lake,
where,
whenever
ever
I've
planted
a
tree
in
my
properties
I
go
to
that
nursery
and
get
a
native
plant
or
one
that
we
know
is
acclimated
will
survive
in
this
part
of
the
state.
Where
is
the
association?
Are
you
working
with
our
nevada
division
of
forestry?
I
haven't
heard
you
mention
them
at
all,
and
then
I
have
a
follow-up,
mr
chair.
If
that's
okay,.
L
Thank
you
for
the
question
for
the
record,
jane
amon.
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
titus,
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you
are
a
tree
hugger.
Likewise,
I
am
too
and
yes
thank
you
so
much
for
mentioning
the
nevada
division
of
forestry.
They
have
an
amazing
program.
L
Not
the
durstary
programs
are
really
amazing
and
several
of
our
staff
do
coordinate
with
them,
but
we've
also
recently
been
talking
with
nevada
division
of
and
forestry
about
an
urban
tree
canopy
program
and
beginning
to
form
the
the
beginnings
around
that
with
others
in
southern
nevada,
other
other
stakeholders
like
the
southern
nevada,
water
authority
and
the
rtc,
and
we
have
been
engaging
with
ndf
and
their
urban
tree
program
on
planning
that
program,
I
didn't
include
much
of
a
mention
about
the
activities
that
we
have
in
las
vegas,
because
I
was
asked
to
present
on
activities
in
other
states,
but
I'm
happy
to
share
more
information
about
that
that
fledgling
urban
tree
program
that
we
are
currently
working
on.
K
However,
I
think
we've
all
been
to
las
vegas
and
we
certainly
know
that,
and
I
think
we
should
be
giving
credit
to
the
development
in
summer,
something
like
summoning
who
was
able
to
recognize
when
they
built
to
be
able
to
build
these
trees
and
make
it
cooler,
as
opposed
to
disparaging
that
and
saying
in
these
these
other
areas,
they
don't
have
trees.
I
think
I
think
their
intent
was
with
new
development
and
new
zoning.
K
The
requirement
is
that
you
have
to
do
some
things
and
think
forward
and
and
not
necessarily
criticize
the
fact
that
folks
have
recognized
hey.
Let's
plant
some
trees
and
and
now
they're
bad
suddenly,
because
these
other
areas
don't
have
them.
So
I
think
that
that
keeping
it
open-minded
and
again
moving
forward
on
solving
some
of
these
issues
and
problems
in
southern
nevada,
but
not
just
southern
nevada.
Everywhere
we
have
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
much
water
they're
using
and
do
they
give
adequate
shade
to
even
plant
them,
and
so
habitat
is
critical.
K
And
you
know
we
talk
about
urban,
but
there's
other
things
that
are
impacting
our
state,
that
we
have
to
look
at
this
overall
view
of
what
we
are
doing
or
not
doing
what
we
choose
to
ignore,
because
I
feel
strongly
that
we're
ignoring
some
things
that
we
really
should
be
talking
about
and
not
addressing
some
of
the
impacts
to
our
our
rural
areas.
Also,
and
so
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
but
would
love
to
see
more
about
what
we're
doing
with
our
nevada
division
of
forestry.
A
Of
course,
thank
you
very
much,
assemblywoman
titus
and
again
my
intent
is
not
to
disparage
any
neighborhood
again.
You
know.
A
new
development
is
much
more
water
efficient,
much
more
energy
efficient,
and
so
I
think
the
question
that
comes
up
is
what
to
do
to
help
some
of
those
older
committees
or
communities.
A
Pardon
me
that
you
know
that
do
not
aren't
enjoying
some
of
those
benefits
and
focusing
some
of
the
efforts
on
delivering
some
of
the
benefits
of
kind
of
more
forward
thinking,
policy
and
newer
technology,
depending
on
on
what
we're
talking
about,
so
that
everybody
has
the
ability
to
to
enjoy
them,
and-
and
I
certainly
appreciate
your
comments
about
our
rural
communities
as
well.
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
wanted
presentations
on.
A
We
want
to
recognize
that
all
of
our
communities
are
different,
but
that
nevada
is
a
is
a
state
that
gets
hot
all
over
and
so
figuring
out
how
we
can
help
support
every
community
in
this
state
in
in
addressing
some
of
these
some
of
these
issues
and
perhaps
providing
a
framework
that
local
governments
can
then
build
off
of
to
come
up
with
something
that
is
appropriate
for
their
communities.
A
And
if
you
have
any
suggestions
on
you
know,
rural
issues
related
to
heat
or
some
of
the
other
topics
that
are
being
brought
forward,
always
encourage
you
to
share
those
with
us
so
that
we
can
consider
them
members.
Are
there
any
other
questions.
D
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
got
your
attention
chair
appreciate
the
opportunity.
First
of
all,
all
our
local
communities
have
been
doing
these
things
for
years.
D
I
really
have
to
take
issue
with
the
phoenix
arizona
slide
that
was
presented
by
the
nature
conservancy.
Somehow
there
is
a
correlation
in
that
that
child
poverty
is
almost
caused
by
a
lack
of
tree
canopy
cover
and
that
kind
of
correlation.
I
want
to
say
right
off
the
bat
that
that
is
the
kind
of
nonsense
that
makes
tremendous
friction
in
these
kind
of
conversations.
D
L
Thank
you
for
the
question,
senator
hansen
for
the
record,
jaina
moan,
and
I
think
that
comes
with
planning
and
really
looking
at
what
with
the
community
that
is
interested
in
expanding
urban
tree
candy
or
to
expand
urban
tree
canopy
would
involve
planting
and
that
would
involve
again
a
species
list
of
suitable
trees
and
we
have
wonderful
resources
already
to
develop,
to
do
those
and
and
wise
selection
of
the
placement
of
those
trees
and
a
program
that
can
help
care
for
those
trees
for
the
for
the
lifetime.
L
I
don't
know
enough
personally,
specifically
about
the
water
needs
of
individual
trees
to
make
those
decisions,
but
we
have.
Fortunately
you
know,
you
know
good
resources
that
are
developed
by
nevada,
division
of
forestry
and
the
cities
and
the
water
authorities,
and
and
and
even
the
world
the
rural
communities
that
you
just
talked
about.
Absolutely
I've
been
through
those
rural
communities
and
they
are
beautiful,
er
communities
with
with
urban
dream
canopy,
and
so
I
I
think
more.
L
I
was
just
making
the
point
that
there
are
some
areas
that
have
opacity
of
urban
tree
canopy,
and
perhaps
this
is
something
that
is
suitable
for
everybody.
So,
let's
think
about
how
to
bring
everybody,
the
benefits
of
an
urban
tree
canopy,
and
how
to
do
that
in
a
way
that
works
with
our
own,
arid
environment.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
would
say,
though,
that
this
is
one
of
those
deals
where
we
talk
like
it's
a
universal
problem
in
the
state
of
nevada,
when
in
fact
it's
not,
there
may
be
isolated
pockets
in
clark
county,
but
to
say
you
know,
we
need
a
legislative
mandated
policy
for
the
state
of
nevada
when
in
fact,
almost
all
the
counties
and
cities
already
have
these
extensive
programs,
just
that
makes
once
again
no
sense.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you
very
much
senator
hansen,
and
if
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
some
population
limits
in
place
to
you
know
to
make
sure
that
certain
communities
don't
benefit
from
any
programs
that
we
might
put
together
to
support
initiatives
to
help
plant
trees
or
keep
people
cool.
I'm
more
than
welcome
to
entertain
those
concepts
and
I'd
just
like
to
also
note
that
correlation
and
data
doesn't
mean
causation.
B
Thank
you,
sharon,
I'm!
You
know
as
an
alternate
on
this
committee.
I
almost
feel
like
I'm
in
like
bizarro
world,
because
I
didn't
know
we
were
gonna
fight
over
trees
like
I
think,
most
of
us
all
like
trees,
I've
never
met
anyone
who
doesn't
like
a
tree.
I
will
point
out,
though,
and
and
you
can
we
do
have
the
majority
of
the
population
of
the
state
of
nevada
in
clark,
county
and
we've
also
talked
about
reno,
so
I
I
think,
a
pop
cap.
B
If
you
guys
don't
like
trees,
I
thought
I
heard
a
tree
hugger
up
there.
I
also
would
like
to
point
out-
and
you
can
mesquites
mesquites-
provide
tremendous
amount
of
shade
and
they're
very
water
smart.
So
I
I
appreciate
what
you're
doing
and
and
don't
we
all
love
trees.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
I
do
know
that
assemblywoman
hanson,
you
have
a
question
given
the
interest
of
time.
I
think
that
we're
going
to
kind
of
limit
everyone
to
one
bite
at
the
apple
today,
but
if
you'd
like
I
I'd,
please
encourage
you
to
send
your
question
to
miss
moen
directly
and
and
then
any
information
that
comes
out
of
that
we
can
get
shared
with
the
committee.
F
So
do
any
other
members
chair,
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt.
It's
not
a
question.
Actually
I
just
I
wanted
to
make
a
comment
in
regards
to
my
my
colleague
that
just
spoke.
We
all
love
trees.
Okay,
I
don't
even
think
we
have
to
say
that
it's
it's.
F
What
kinds
of
underlying
comments
are
being
inferred
in
the
presentation
is
what
we
are
trying
to
address
and
we
certainly
know
where
the
majority
of
the
population
is
in
nevada,
but
just
a
reminder
we
all
represent
the
same
amount
of
people
for
the
most
part
in
the
state
of
nevada.
So
I
I'm
always
offended
when
we
have
to
be
reminded
that
somehow
majority
rule,
because
they're
all
in
clark
county,
but
as
legislators,
we
all
have
about
63
000-ish,
regardless
of
where
we
live
and
that'll
change
a
little
bit
with
the
redistricting.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman,
and
I
will
put
I'll
put
any
more
back
and
forth
between
the
members
to
rest
as
well
again,
as
stated
previously,
we
always
welcome
the
perspective
and
suggestions
of
members
all
across
the
state.
So
with
that,
thank
you
again
for
the
presentation,
miss
moan.
We
appreciate
it.
We
will
now
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item.
A
We
will
then
hear
from
a
presenter
for
agenda
item
number
11,
who
has
some
time
constraints,
and
then
I
believe,
after
that,
we
will
be
taking
a
break
for
lunch
just
so
everyone
understands
what
to
expect.
So
with
that.
We
now
have
an
overview
of
heat,
ready,
phoenix,
a
program
to
comprehensively
manage
the
dangers
of
extreme
urban
heat
on
public
health
in
the
city
of
phoenix.
A
O
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
It's
honored
to
be
joining
you
this
afternoon,
dave
hondula
from
the
city
of
phoenix.
I
serve
as
our
director
of
heat
response
and
mitigation
role.
I've
been
in
for
just
eight
months
and
in
my
slides
I'll
talk
about
how
we
got
to
this
point
in
the
city
of
phoenix
to
to
have
a
person
in
office
who
are
focused
on
this
challenge
of
extreme
heat.
Just
a
few
comments
before
we
we
get
into
the
slides.
O
I've
really
appreciated
hearing
the
discussion
that
you
all
have
been
having
thus
far
today,
I'd
like
to
highlight
that
I've
had
the
great
fortune
to
enjoy
some
collaboration
with
your
colleagues
and
collaborators
in
the
state
of
nevada,
both
in
a
a
project
that
nasa
was
involved
with
in
mapping
urban
heat
in
washoe
county
and
regularly.
We
have
participants
from
southern
nevada,
join
an
arizona
heat
resilience,
work
group
meeting
to
share
some
of
our
experiences
in
trying
to
trying
to
help
the
public
meet
some
of
the
health
risks
associated
with
heat.
O
Of
course,
I'm
coming
to
you
from
the
the
city
of
phoenix
and
I've
heard
the
rural
urban
dynamic,
and
I
will
certainly
be
presenting
an
urban
perspective
on
the
topics,
but
I
appreciate
that
there
are
broader
concerns
in
a
large
and
diverse
state,
like
nevada
and
arizona.
O
I
appreciate
the
perspective
that
heat
is
not
a
new
challenge
to
either
of
our
states.
It
has
been
something
we've
been
thinking
about,
whether
it's
in
the
public
health
sector
or
the
occupational
sector
for
for
many
decades,
as
has
been
suggested,
I
agree,
but
I
hope
I'll
be
able
to
present
a
little
bit
of
evidence
that
perhaps
there's
a
little
bit
more.
O
We
can
do
to
help
certain
members
of
our
our
communities
and
certainly
acknowledge
that
I'm
here
to
learn
along
with
you,
I
think
cities
across
the
united
states
are
really
just
at
the
early
steps
of
learning
how
we
can
do
a
better
job,
protecting
people
from
what
is
either
the
nation's
leading
or
second
leading
weather-related
cause
of
death,
and
certainly
looking
forward
to
more
shared
shared
learning.
O
We
are.
We
are
focused
on
extreme
heat
in
this
new
role
with
the
city
of
phoenix,
for
the
same
reasons
that
we
heard
from
many
of
the
folks
who
provided
public
testimony
at
the
very
start
of
the
meeting,
we've
seen
a
really
troubling
increase
in
heat
associated
deaths
here
in
our
region,
450
increase
since
2014,
and,
unfortunately,
our
city
of
phoenix
ranks
at
the
top
of
the
list
in
terms
of
the
per
capita
rate
of
heat
associated
deaths.
Here
in
maricopa
county,
where
there
are
more
than
20
other
jurisdictions.
O
This
trend
far
outpaces
anything
we'd
expect
with
respect
to
population
growth,
demographic
transition,
it's
occurring
much
faster
than
any
sort
of
change,
we'd
expect
with
the
with
the
climate
and
we're
we're
very
confident
that
it
is
not
a
reporting
signal.
Instead,
we
understand
this
trend
to
be
driven
in
part
by
what
we're
seeing
in
our
community
with
an
increase
in
homelessness,
and
we
also
think
it
is
coupled
to
what's
happening
with
substance
abuse,
particularly
the
opioid
crisis
that
continues
to
plague
our
cities.
O
O
We
heard
many
quotes
like
this
in
elementary
school
gymnasiums
on
saturday
mornings,
community
meetings
and
weekday
evenings
talking
about
limited
physical
activity
and
questions
about
what
that
mean
for
chronic
health
conditions
in
our
communities
and
and
these
types
of
testimonies
are
certainly
more
evident
in
some
neighborhoods
than
others,
where
folks
have
fewer
ability,
fewer
abilities
to
go
outside
and
safely
recreate
during
the
extreme
summer
heat
that
we
have
just
to
give
a
sense
of
the
the
scale
of
the
problem
when
our
county
health
department
and
when
academic
partners
have
conducted
surveys
to
ask
people
in
different
ways
how
their
quality
of
life
is
impacted
by
extreme
heat.
O
In
some
cases,
25
33
or
more
will
say
that,
for
example,
they're
too
hot
inside
their
home
during
the
year
they
experience
some
adverse
health
effects
related
to
extreme
heat.
Those
are
all
impacts
and
quality
of
life
that
we
at
the
city
would
like
to
work
on
to
help
continue
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
our
residents.
O
We
also
recognize
that
there's
an
economic
side
to
the
story.
The
nature
conservancy
also
commissioned
a
report
about
the
economic
impacts
of
extreme
heat
here
in
our
county,
and
they
estimated
potential
losses
in
in
the
billions
as
we
look
forward
to
mid-century
without
effective
heat
response
and
heat
mitigation
strategies,
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
those
strategies
might
be
both
here
in
arizona
and
in
nevada.
O
I
think
we're
really
leading
the
way
in
terms
of
growth
and
investment
from
all
over
the
world
in
our
communities,
which
is
great
to
see
and
creating
new
opportunities
for
us,
and
we
also
see
headlines
about
some
of
the
the
climate
challenges
that
we
have
in
our
two
states,
and
we
certainly
are
doing
everything
we
can
at
the
city
to
ensure
that,
as
these
headlines
can
continue
to
appear
about
the
inevitable
doom
and
gloom
that
is
apparently
facing
our
cities,
then
in
fact
the
reality
reflects
that
we
are
investing
in
protecting
people
from
extreme
heat,
we're
investing
in
cooling,
our
hot
neighborhoods,
showing
that
we
are
a
say,
a
safe
place
and
a
really
great
place
to
invest
as
we
move
forward.
O
So
one
of
the
one
of
the
challenges
that's
emerged
in
the
heat
conversation
in
in
recent
years
is
whose
problem
is
this
who's
who's
working
on
the
problem?
And
this
is
a
question
that
we've
been
entertaining
here
in
central
arizona.
Our
major
newspaper
in
the
state,
the
arizona
republic
produced
this
story
a
number
of
years
ago
that
provided
30
individual
stories
about
people
who
had
succumbed
to
heat
exposure.
O
O
Fortunately,
here
in
arizona,
we've
had
a
wonderful
trajectory
of
engagement
on
this
topic,
bringing
together
many
stakeholders
largely
convened
from
public
health.
Our
local
public
health
department
here
has
one
of
the
best
heat
health
surveillance
programs
in
the
country.
That's
part
of
the
reason
why
our
numbers
were
so
high
on
that
earlier
slide
and
because
they've
been
involved
in
reporting
those
cases
for
more
than
15
years.
Now.
I
think
they've
really
emerged
as
a
leader
in
our
region
and
they
are
the
ones
who
can
convene
other
folks
to
bring
them
to
the
table.
O
Recognizing
that
cities
have
their
hands
on
certain
levers
that
public
health,
which
here
in
arizona,
is
managed
at
the
county
level,
does
not
so
phoenix
mayor
and
city
council
in
the
in
the
public
budget
last
year
put
forward
a
new,
approximately
three
million
dollar
climate
package,
about
half
of
which
was
for
trees,
and
I
know
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversation
about
trees
today,
but
it
also
included
investment
in
new
positions,
including
park
staff
for
urban
forestry,
including
some
other
folks
in
the
water
strategy
department
to
help
address
some
of
our
water
challenges.
O
O
Our
entire
budget
is
for
staffing,
and
you
can
see
the
positions
reflected
in
the
office
here
on
the
slide,
where
you
can
see:
there's
a
specialist
for
urban
forestry
and
other
specialists
to
think
about
the
non-forestry,
related
cooling
strategies
for
the
city,
and
we
sit
as
part
of
the
city
manager
office
here
at
the
city
of
phoenix,
which
implies
that
we
have
a
cross-departmental
coordinating
role
in
responsibility.
O
Also
note
that
the
larger
climate
package
here
on
last
year's
budget
was
the
single
most
popular
item
in
terms
of
public
comments
received
during
our
public
hearing
process
on
the
budget,
which
is
quite
extensive.
O
So
what
do
we
think
an
office
of
heat
response
and
mitigation
might
do?
This
is
a
question
we
continue
to
ask
ourselves
day
in
and
day
out,
but
we
offer
a
few
initial
ideas
here.
Are
there
there
are
eight
pieces
of
our
vision?
We
won't
touch
all
of
them
for
the
sake
of
time,
but
just
to
highlight
a
couple.
O
The
first
on
the
slide
here
is
we're
really
trying
to
think
about
two
buckets
of
activity
for
our
work,
responding
to
extreme
heat,
with
short-term
strategies
that
can
protect
us
when
it
is
hot
and
longer-term
strategies
that
can
help
cool
the
city
and
make
it
more
comfortable
that
that
accounts
for
the
two-part
name
of
our
office,
heat
response
and
heat
mitigation.
O
We're
certainly
trying
to
be
data-driven
trying
to
evaluate
our
work
to
understand,
what's:
what's
effective,
what's
cost
effective
as
we
deploy
public
resources
to
address
this
hazard,
we're
also
very
much
trying
to
be
responsive
to
community
needs
and
guidance,
and
we've
heard
some
testimony
today
that
suggests
that
people's
experiences
with
heat
is
quite
different
from
neighborhood
to
neighborhood
or
population
to
population.
We
are
trying
to
focus
our
efforts
where
there's
the
greatest
opportunity
for
public
health
improvement.
O
Looking
at
the
groups
and
neighborhoods
that
are
most
disproportionately
impacted
by
extreme
heat,
we
had
the
chance
to
write
the
the
city's
first
heat
response
plan
looking
forward
to
this
this
summer,
and
that
plan
is
in
effect
as
we
speak,
and
I
wanted
to
share
just
a
few
highlights
from
from
that
plan,
including
the
goals
of
the
plan.
O
We
think
looking
at
those
data
are
a
good
proxy
for
the
demand
and
need
in
the
community,
and
and
finally,
we
have
the
third
goal
to
evaluate
all
of
the
programs
and
services
that
the
city
operates
related.
There
are
more
than
30
of
them.
Many
of
them
are
led
by
other
departments-
they're,
not
ours,
but
nationally.
We
do
not
have
a
a
terrific
sense
at
the
city
scale
of
what
works.
What
really
should
we
be
investing
in
to
protect
our
first
responders
to
protect
underserved
communities
and
that'll
certainly
be
work.
O
We
undertake
in
the
fall
after
the
warm
season
is
done.
We're
trying
to
build
across
across
our
plan
we're
trying
to
build
activity,
build
momentum
in
six
different
thematic
areas,
including
situational
awareness,
public
engagement
and
communications,
having
more
access
to
cool
space
and
water,
having
healthier
home
environments
having
healthy
and
safe
mobility
and
recreation,
and
also
supporting
healthy
workplaces
in
schools.
Although
I
know,
as
was
alluded
to
in
earlier
presentations,
the
jurisdiction
for
occupational
matters
and
schools
here
in
the
city
of
phoenix
and
arizona,
really
falls
outside
of
the
city's
purview.
O
So
we
play
a
supportive
role
in
that
last
category.
Just
to
highlight
a
few
pieces
of
the
plan.
We're
trying
to
do
a
better
job
of
being
situationally
aware
of
what
is
happening
with
extreme
heat
in
the
community,
bring
together
many
different
data
sources
to
have
our
pulse
on
what's
happening.
Looking
at,
for
example,
how
we're
trending
year
to
date
with
respect
to
those
fire
department,
calls
for
service,
and
are
we
seeing
any
particular
hot
spots
in
the
community
that
we
haven't
seen
in
previous
years?
O
If
so,
we
can
shift
some
of
our
outreach
efforts
to
those
neighborhoods
and
speaking
of
our
outreach
efforts,
we
have
two
major
two
major
programs
that
we
coordinate
from
the
city.
One
is
called
our
rear
cool
program.
This
includes
staff,
members
and
volunteers
who
are
out
on
the
street
talking
largely
to
our
unsheltered
neighbors,
not
only
to
put
a
cold
bottle
of
water
in
their
hands
or
a
cooling
towel,
but
also
to
share
information
about
where
nearby
cooling,
centers
and
hydration
stations
are
and
this
year
for
the
first
time.
O
First
time-
and
this
is
one
of
the
the
happy
marriages
we've
been
so
happy
to
be
able
to
facilitate-
we
have
case
managers
from
our
homeless
services
team
out
with
us.
So
when
questions
come
up
as
they
often
do
about
food
stamps
about
identification
about
showers
about
shelter,
we
can
answer
those
questions
as
well.
We
know
that
answering
those
questions
is
really
what's
going
to
make
an
impact
in
the
long
term,
in
reducing
the
public
health
impacts
of
extreme
people.
O
This
is
led
by
our
neighborhood
services
department
team,
and
I
understand
that
they've
been
quite
proactive
over
the
last
few
years,
such
that
the
number
of
calls,
particularly
from
repeat
offenders,
has
really
gone
down
here,
as
is
the
case
in
southern
nevada.
Air
conditioning
can
really
be
a
lifeline,
and
I've
been
encouraged
to
hear
this
proactive
dialogue
that
neighborhood
services
has
had
with
the
with
the
landlord
community
to
ensure
that
more
individuals
are
protected.
We'll
also
be
expanding
our
weatherization
program.
O
This
is
one
of
the
ways
we're
putting
american
rescue
plan
act,
funding
to
work
particularly
trying
to
help
homes
that
haven't
fit
into
the
typical
mold
for
weatherization,
based
on
federal
guidelines
around
the
traditional
weatherization
program.
We
think
we
can
help
some
different
types
of
homes
that
we're
normally
able
to
do.
O
We
do
have
a
robust
network
of
cooling,
centers
and
hydration
stations.
You
can
see
the
map
here.
We
won't
talk
about
in
any
great
detail,
but
I
did
want
to
share
an
experience
that
we're
seeing
so
many
folks
here,
as
I
think,
might
be
the
case
in
nevada
as
well.
So
many
folks
are
new
to
homelessness
and
new
to
homelessness.
O
In
our
area,
we've
unfortunately
been
just
100
200
yards
away
from
the
door
to
a
public
cooling
center
chatting
with
someone
who
might
be
living
in
the
park
or
living
in
their
car,
and
they
just
simply
aren't
aware
that
that
that
door
was
open
to
them
or
that
there
was
a
cold,
a
bottle
of
cold
water
fountain
on
the
exterior
of
the
building.
So
so
one
of
our
pieces
of
advice
is
that
we
can't
over
message
about
the
heat
relief
network
and
another
new
service
that
we're
so
happy.
O
Our
utility
has
made
possible
here
in
phoenix
this
year.
Folks
can
get
free
rides
to
cooling,
centers
and
hydration
stations
through
our
statewide
211
service.
First
want
to
acknowledge
that
this
is
not
a
city
effort
alone.
There
are
a
lot
of
other
really
important
pieces
to
the
pie,
including
the
heat
health
surveillance
program,
the
wonderful
work
from
our
weather
forecast
office.
O
While
the
focus
of
my
remarks
today
is
really
on
those
short-term
measures
to
protect
public
health,
I
I
did
want
to
dip
my
toes
into
the
heat
mitigation
water
a
little
bit,
particularly
since
it's
been
such
a
a
lively
point
of
conversation,
thus
far
with
the
committee,
and
I
wanted
to
first
observe
how
our
work
and
how
our
thinking
around
heat
mitigation
is
so
intersectional
with
other
efforts
at
the
city
and
in
our
region.
O
One
of
the
major
efforts
in
our
region
is
to
increase
the
use
of
active
and
public
transportation.
There's
a
very
ambitious
goal.
Our
regional
transportation
organization
has
put
forward.
This
would
represent
at
least
a
doubling,
although
it
might
be
an
increase
of
four
or
five
times
over
where
we
are
today
and
folks,
using
active
transportation
and
using
public
transportation,
and
we
think
that
solving
the
heat
piece
of
the
puzzle
is
really
important
to
be
able
to
achieve
that
goal.
O
If
folks
perceive
it
to
be
too
hot,
they're
not
comfortable,
they
don't
think
it's
safe
to
be
walking
to
their
transit.
Stop
we
don't
think,
there's
any
way
we
could
achieve
this
goal
and
as
such
we
are
certainly
investing
in
urban
forestry.
We
have
new
commitments
in
the
city
budget,
we're
using
federal
funding
to
support
urban
forestry,
we're
trying
to
encourage
private
investment
as
well.
O
We've
been
really
happy
to
have
some
corporate
donations
to
support
this
effort
and
we're
trying
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
we
do
this
to
support
the
historically
underserved
neighborhoods,
where
tree
canopy
cover
is
low
and
where
people
say
they
suffer
from
heat
at
a
higher
rate.
O
One
of
the
tools
which
is
available
to
communities
in
nevada,
as
well
as
cities
in
nevada,
is
the
american
forest's
tree
equity
score
map,
which
has
assigned
a
numerical
score
to
every
census,
block
group
in
cities
across
the
country
to
help
get
a
sense
of
those
communities
that
might
not
be
receiving
the
benefits
of
trees
as
fully
as
fully
as
others.
American
forests
have
been
terrific
partners
with
us.
We've
made
a
pledge
for
tree
equity
with
them,
and
part
of
that
pledge
has
increased
our
access
to
corporate
donation
money.
O
That's
enabled
us
to
accelerate
some
of
our
tree
planting
efforts.
We
are
just
starting
the
process
of
revising
our
tree
and
shade
master
plan,
which
hasn't
been
touched
since
2010
and
unfortunately,
we've
been
barely
treading
water
toward
the
goals
that
were
put
forward
in
this
plan.
In
part,
I
would
argue,
because
of
a
lack
of
public
investment
that
accompanied
this
plan
when
it
was
written.
2010
was
a
very
tough
time
for
all
government
operations
still
recovering
from
the
recession.
O
So
I
think
this
plan
landed
at
an
unfortunate
spot
in
time,
but
I
also
don't
know
that
we
resourced
the
plan
as
fully
as
we
could.
We
in
the
train
trade
master
plan
revision
will
certainly
be
thinking
about
these
tensions
that
have
been
discussed
today
with
respect
to
maintenance
with
respect
to
watering,
and
there
will
be
a
robust
public
engagement
process
that
accompanies
it.
And
finally,
this
is
the
last
substantive
slide.
O
Some
of
you
might
have
seen
headlines
in
the
newspaper
about
the
cool
pavement
program
here
in
the
city
of
phoenix.
This
is
led
by
our
street
transportation
department.
More
miles
of
city
streets
have
received
a
cool
pavement
coating
here
than
any
other
city
in
north
america.
As
best
we
can
tell,
the
atmosphere
is
heated
from
the
ground
up
and
when
we
look
at
thermal
imagery
from
space
or
from
helicopters
of
the
city,
there's
one
feature
that
clearly
stands
out
as
the
hottest
and
that's
the
road
network.
O
So
in
theory
anything
we
can
do
to
make
those
hot
surfaces.
Cooler
will
produce
benefits
in
terms
of
cooling,
cooling,
the
city,
perhaps
reducing
our
energy
bills.
This
is
not
the
entire.
This
is
not
the
entirety
of
our
strategy
to
cool
the
city.
O
Cool
pavement,
for
example,
does
not
provide
shade
for
pedestrians,
but
we
think
it
can
be
an
effective
part
of
our
strategy
and
cooling,
those
hot
surfaces
and
we're
seeing
some
encouraging
results
that
suggest
that
the
cool
pavement
coating
might
allow
for
longer
lifespan
of
the
underlying
asphalt
column,
which
could
produce
cost
savings
for
taxpayers
with
that
I'll.
O
Just
wrap
up
by
saying
thank
you
and
share
that
this
observation
that
every
week
since
I've
been
on
the
job
since
starting
in
october,
I
I
do
see
evidence
from
my
colleagues
here
on
c
hall
that
I
think
the
city
has
has
made
a
good
investment
in
creating
this.
This
office,
I
don't
know
about
the
personnel
choice
that
they
they
chose
and
hiring
me
individually,
but
but
so
often
it's
the
case
that
somebody
from
another
department
will
come
to
me
and
say
I've
been
working
on
this.
O
This
project
that
I
think
could
be
really
impactful
for
improving
quality
of
life
in
the
city,
something
related
to
heat.
Maybe
it's
a
certain
part
of
the
zoning
code
or
a
permitting
process,
but
it's
never
really
been
my
job
to
work
on
it.
I
haven't
really
had
support
from
my
leadership
to
work
on
it,
but
now
you're
here
you're
in
the
city
manager
office,
you
have
this
office
that
has
this
title
to
focus
on
heat
people.
Think
it's
your
job
to
focus
on
heat.
O
Maybe
you
can
take
this
package
and
run
with
it
and
and
see
it
succeed,
and
I
wonder
how
much
of
that
untapped
energy
there
is
in
cities
all
across
the
country
when,
just
because
we
have
not
had
a
culture
of
it
being
anybody's
responsibility,
we've
missed
a
lot
of
opportunities
I'll
end
there,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you.
A
A
I
also
just
really
briefly
want
to
say
that
I
appreciate
the
mention
of
the
other
nature,
conservancy
study,
looking
at
the
costs,
and
so
and
and
looking
at
some
of
these
things
as
investments,
and
I
think
it
is
helpful
to
have
data
that
allows
us
to
do
some
of
those
cost
and
benefit
comparisons
when
looking
at
you
know,
particularly
public
sector
investments
in
trying
to
address
some
of
these
things,
and
you
know,
would
would
love
to
see
how
we
could
try
and
get
some
state
and
region
specific
data
on
that.
A
I
also
really
appreciate
your
remarks
around
kind
of
who's,
responsible
and
and
they're
being
shared
responsibility,
and-
and
you
know
particularly
in
getting
the
word
out
about
some
of
the
resources
that
are
available.
A
I
think
that
follows
up
on
some
of
the
comments
from
our
members
in
terms
of
the
importance
of
education
and
coordination,
and-
and
you
know
I
I-
I
would
just
ask
that
if
you
could
follow
up
with
some
of
the
information
on
what
you're
thinking
about
around
weatherization
and
how
we
can
kind
of
build
out
some
of
those
programs
to
be
more
robust
than
that
that
kind
of
federal,
fairly
funded
baseline.
A
I
think
that
would
be
interesting
and,
finally,
that
I
I
find
the
temperature
standards
for
some
of
the
rentals
really
fascinating
and
kind
of
establishing
a
concept
of
a
right
to
be
cool
or
to
have
us.
You
know
to
to
be
protected
from
extreme
heat
in
your
home.
So
thank
you
again
for
for
sharing
we're
going
to
open
it
up
to
questions
we'll
start
with
assemblywoman
titus.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
allowing
a
question.
I
appreciate
it
and
I
appreciate
your
presentation,
I'm
interested
in
addition
to
loving
trees.
I
also
love
good
data
and
but
I
always
like
to
kind
of
pick
into
that
and
make
sure
that
the
percents
and
where
you're
getting
some
of
these
numbers,
I
can
look
it
up
and
know
so
I
can
do
some
of
my
own
research.
K
So
looking
at
your
slide
early
on
in
this
number,
two,
where
you
have
the
454
percent
increase
since
2014
in
in
maricopa,
county
of
heat
related
or
heat
associated
deaths,
where
has
your
population?
What's
been
your
population
increase
in
that
period
of
time?
I'm
curious
about
that
number.
One
number
two:
what's
the
breakdown
on
between
the
61
deaths
in
2014
and
the
338
deaths
in
2021?
K
What
age
group
was
it
were
they
in
homes?
Were
they
you
know?
Did
you
see
it
increase
percent
because
of
covid?
Did
you
see
it
increase
percent
because
of
illnesses
related
with
that
heat?
Do
you
have
a
breakdown
that
or
some
place?
I
can
go
to
research,
that
where
did
you
get
that
number?
Because
it's
you
know
you
can
do
a
percent,
but
then
what's
the
actual
breakdown
of
that
and
was
there
a
change?
Did
you
have
a
marathon?
I'm
a
marathon
runner,
you
know
heat
stroke
is
important.
O
Mr
chair
and
assemblywoman
titus
dave
hondula
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
share
your
enthusiasm
for
data
and
understanding
the
data
and
unfortunately,
there
are
comprehensive
reports
that
are
publicly
available
from
the
maricopa
county
department
of
public
health.
I
believe
have
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
answers
to
the
questions
that
you've
asked.
O
Heat
az.org
is
a
shortcut
to
get
to
their
page
and
they
really
do
have
a
nice
robust
annual
report
to
to
answer
a
couple
of
your
questions.
Briefly,
the
the
the
percent
increase
absolutely
far.
Outpace
is
anything
we'd
respect,
we'd
expect
with
respect
to
population
growth,
the
population
growth
is,
you
know,
I
believe,
we're
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
few
to
several
percent
over
a
decade
time
span,
and
here
we're
talking
about
just
seven
or
eight
years.
The
numbers
are
not
population
adjusted.
O
I
I
take
your
point
there,
but
they,
the
the
pattern,
would
essentially
be
the
same.
The
the
breakdown
between
indoor
and
outdoor
and
age
groups
does
show
some
interesting
variability
year
in
and
year
out.
To
answer
a
couple
of
the
questions
you
had
toward
the
end,
I
was
very
surprised
to
learn
that
in
in
2020
and
2021
very
few
of
the
cases,
I
think
just
two
or
three
had
a
positive
indication
of
covid
amongst
the
decedent
in
the
medical
examiner's
process.
O
I
expect
it
to
be
much
higher
higher.
Being
sick
with
covet,
makes
one
heat,
vulnerable
and
and
being
sick
from
heat
might
make
one
more
more
covered
vulnerability.
I'm
not
sure
I'm
not
a
medical
doctor,
but
I
was
surprised
to
see
that
the
overlap
was
so
small
if
covid
is
partially
responsible
for
the
increase.
It
would
then
have
to
be
through
other
mechanisms
which
could
include
the
closing
of
public
buildings
that
served
as
cooling
centers.
O
Although
we
had
some
compensating
strategies
here,
certainly
more
work
to
do
to
understand
the
nature
of
those
relationships,
and
I'm
not
aware
that
that
any
singular
event
has
really
led
to
this
increase.
I
do
believe
it's
largely
related
to
what
we've
seen
of
an
increase
in
our
our
unsheltered
community.
The
math
is
very
fuzzy.
O
It's
hard
to
get
a
sense
of
the
denominator
of
what
the
exact
population
is
folks
experiencing
homeless,
uhness
here
in
maricopa
county,
but
our
best
estimate
using
the
point
in
time,
data
that
are
publicly
available
from
the
maricopa
association
of
governments.
We
use
that
as
a
denominator
and
what
the
county
health
department
reports
as
a
numerator
would
suggest
that
our
unsheltered
neighbors
are
200
to
300
times
higher
risk
of
heat
associated
death.
O
K
A
great
sir
thank
you
and
if
I
might
follow
up,
I
am
a
medical
doctor.
I
am
a
county
health
officer,
so
I
was
really
asking
for
that
association
of
what
diseases
and
other
entities
might
have
been
happening
in
that
window
of
time
where
we
saw
the
increase.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
one
more
question.
If
I
might
I
I'm
interested
in
the
cool
pavement
program,
I
think
that's
a
great
idea.
K
I
think
I
think
anything
we
can
do
to
mitigate
the
the
heat
on
that
blacktop
is
is
good
and
especially
if
it
saves
the
pavement,
I'm
wondering
what
the
cost
of
that
is
and
if
you
could
tell
me
where
I
can
go
to
find
what
that
costs
your
city,
how
how
efficient
is
it?
Where
are
you
getting
the
resources,
what
chemicals
you're
using
and
the
protect
you
know,
there's
always
a
risk
versus
benefit
category.
K
When
we're
looking
at
this
and
and
just
wondering
some
more
information
about
the
cool
pavement
program
and
where
I
might
go
to
find
it.
O
Mr
chair
assemblywoman
titus
dave
hondula
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I'd
love
to
connect
you
with
our
street
transportation
department
for
some
of
those
technical
and
engineering
details,
particularly
the
cost.
O
I
do
know
that
there
has
been
an
ongoing
conversation
with
the
manufacturers
with
the
contractors
not
only
to
improve
the
material
itself,
that's
being
applied
to
the
pavement,
trying
to
address
some
concerns
about
glare
and
color,
but
also
durability,
that
have
come
up
over
time,
but
also
trying
to
improve
the
mechanisms
by
which
the
coating
itself
is
applied
to
the
streets
to
be
able
to
do
this
at
scale.
Of
course,
we'd
have
to
have
to
have
a
vehicle
that
can
go
relatively
quickly.
O
The
original
photographs
of
cool
pavement,
in
los
angeles
and
phoenix,
show
individual
workers
out
with
squeegees
on
the
roads
and
with
thousands
and
thousands
of
miles
of
roads
in
our
city,
where
we'd
never
be
able
to
really
progress
forward
in
a
meaningful
way
with
that
approach,
so
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
innovation.
I
think
that
means
that
the
cost
question
is
an
evolving
one
and
we
do
try
to.
O
We
certainly
do
try
to
engage
public
in
understanding
their
perception,
as,
as
this
coding
has
been
applied,
we'll
be
standing
up
even
a
more
robust
public
engagement
process
as
it
moves
forward.
Some
of
the
survey
research
that
that
has
been
been
done
suggests,
I
mean
maybe
just
to
the
north
side
of
positive
in
terms
of
public
perception,
but
a
really
wide
range
of
opinions.
O
We
certainly
have
the
case
where
we'll
be
standing
on
a
street
corner
with
someone
who
thinks
this
is
a
brilliant
solution
and
they
wish
we
could
do
it
citywide.
At
the
same
time,
we
receive
an
email
from
somebody
who
might
be
concerned
about
about
some
of
these
trade-offs
and
we're
absolutely
working
to
solve
those
trade-offs.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
K
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
she
had
exactly
every
question
I
had.
But
one
thing,
maybe
you
could
answer,
is
that
actually
cement
or
is
it
a
surgery
that
you're
putting
onto
that
asphalt?
I
think
that's
the
greatest
thing
in
the
world
because
asphalt
creates
heat,
but
I
think
that's
a
great
idea.
So
do
you
know
if
it's
it's
cement
mix
or
if
it's
some
kind
of
clergy
solution
that
goes
on
that
asphalt.
O
Mr
chair
and
assemblyman
ellison
dave
fondula
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
It
is
a.
It
is
a
coding,
a
slurry
type
coding.
There
is
some
information
available
on
our
street
transportation
department
website
that
will
be
happy
to
just
to
send
to
the
committee,
but
it
is,
it
is
a
very
thin
coating.
It's
applied
with
a
sprayer
on
top
of
the
asphalt
column.
C
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Similarly,
nelson
other
questions
for
members
of
the
committee.
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
take
advan.
I
don't
see
anyone
so
again.
Thank
you.
I
think
this
is
an
extremely
informative
and
helpful
presentation,
and
we
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
be
here
with
us
today.
Again
members
we
are
going
to
in
order
to
accommodate
speakers.
We
are
going
to
move
briefly
to
agenda
item
11.
A
in
particularly
in
particular
we're
going
to
just
hear
from
the
center
for
community
engagement
and
environmental
justice
and
health
at
the
maryland
institute
for
applied
environmental
health
in
the
school
of
public
health
at
the
university
of
maryland,
and
then,
after
that,
we
will
be
taking
a
30-minute
lunch
break
after
which
we'll
go
back
to
our
original
agenda
order.
A
So
with
that,
I'd
like
to
welcome
our
representative
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
environmental
justice
issues
as
we
move
on
from
heat
issues
specifically
and
whenever
you're
ready,
you
can
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
begin
welcome.
P
P
Is
to
do
a
quick
overview
of
climate
change
issues,
waves,
environmental
justice,
environmental,
health
disparities.
So
what
is
environmental
justice?
Just
a
quick
history?
P
Thermal
justice
part
of
it's
a
social
movement
in
many
ways
it's
connected
to
the
civil
rights
movement
and
the
movement
talks
about
how
some
communities
do
the
race
class
other
other
demographic
features
are
overburdened
by
what
we
would
call
environmental
hazards
so
locally
wanted
land
uses
that
could
be
incinerators,
petrochemical
operations,
chemical
plants
uses
that
to
release
pollution
and
impact
human
health,
and
so
there's
been
a
long-standing
movement.
That's
been
around
for
about
40
years
or
more.
P
You
can
even
say
it's
connected
to
dr
king's
work
when
he
was
assassinated
in
memphis
with
the
census
of
worker
strike,
and
then
you
have
the
pcb
landfill
fight
in
warren
county,
north
carolina
1982,
but
it's
really
a
social
movement
connected
to
you
know
these
these
issues
around
differential
burden
of
hazards
and
talk
about
these
issues
and
microenvironments
we
find
ourselves
in
so
basically
what
we
live,
we
work.
We
play
what
we
pray,
we
learn
and
now
you
have
different
exposures,
different
birds,
difficult
exposures,
differential
health
effects.
P
The
epa
has
a
definition
of
environmental
justice.
It's
the
fair
treatment
and
meaningful
involvement
in
all
people,
regardless
of
race,
ethnicity,
culture,
income
with
respect
to
development,
implementation
and
enforcement
of
environmental
laws,
regulations
and
policies.
So
this
is
an
original
epa
definition
under
executive
order.
14608,
the
white
house
established
the
white
house
of
varmless
advisory
council,
so
it
is
providing
advice
to
the
white
house
on
environmental
justice
issues
and
they
re
define
environmental
justice
and
they
change
fair
treatment
to
just
treatment
and
they
define
an
environmental
community.
P
P
P
So
those
of
you
in
public
health,
you
may
have
heard
of
the
term
social
determinants
of
health
in
this
definition,
he's
really
talking
about
social
terms
of
health,
has
been
important
drivers
of
environmental
injustice
or
could
it
help
achieve
environmental
justice,
so
decent
pay
and
safe
jobs,
quality
schools,
recreation,
decent
housing,
adequate
health
care
so
really
about
the
infrastructures
in
our
communities
and
communities
are
free
of
violence,
drugs
and
poverty.
Those
will
also
be
classified
as
stressors,
and
then
we
think
about
environmental
justice.
P
We
break
it
down
by
the
types
of
justice
you
have
recognitional
justice,
where
you
have
folks
who
are
most
impacted
by
the
problems
are
at
the
decision-making
table.
You
have
distributive
justice,
making
sure
that
the
benefits
are
are
basically
across
the
board
equally
across
the
board.
You
have
intergenerational
justice
is
another
component
and
you
also
have
a
restorative
justice,
so
making
sure
we
restore
communities
to
what
they
were
before.
In
many
cases,
we
think
about
environmental
injustice.
We
don't
want
to
respond
to
the
word
before
because
of
issues
like
racism.
P
P
One
of
the
first
studies
was
toxic
race
in
the
u.s
in
1987
follow-up
study
done
in
2007
and
basically
found
that
racism
is
a
significant
projector,
the
most
significant
predictor
of
the
distribution
of
hazardous
waste
facilities
in
the
country-
and
this
has
been
found
not
just
for
hazardous
waste
facilities
but
other
uses
as
well.
So
when
it
comes
to
power
plants,
gas
or
coal,
when
it
comes
to
incinerators,
landfills,
I've
done
work
on
industrial
chicken
farms,
industrial
hog,
farms.
Again
you
we
see
that
race
income
is
important
when
we
do
statistical
analysis.
P
P
Some
of
these
same
communities
have
a
high
concentration
of
psychosocial
stressors
and
then,
as
indicated
by
some
of
the
previous
presentations,
some
of
these
communities
also
have
a
lack
of
access
to
infrastructure.
So
you
can
think
about
ecologic
infrastructure.
You
know
natural
infrastructure.
P
There's
a
study
was
done
a
couple
years
ago
called
the
nature
gap
that
african-americans
and
other
people
of
color
have
three
times
less
access
to
nature
compared
to
the
white
counterparts
and
low
wealth
populations
have
three
times
less
access
to
nature
compared
to
the
wealth
of
counterparts.
This
is
important
when
it
comes
to
climate
change,
mitigation
adaptation,
you
think
about
also
built
infrastructure.
You
know
access
to
supermarkets,
grocery
stores,
schools
and
other
types
of
infrastructure,
so
you
can
have
positive
health,
remote
infrastructure
where
they
have
limited
access
to.
P
When
you
have
negative
pathogen
infrastructure,
which
it
may
have
an
over
bonus
off
and
again,
race
is
an
important
kind
of
driver
of
the
distribution
of
of
hazards
or
or
goods
and
ills,
and
so
studies
have
shown
that
there's
a
pollution
advantage
for
some
populations,
70,
less
air
pollution,
exposure
for
whites
compared
to
body
consumption,
well,
blacks
and
hispanics
will
average
bear
blues
and
burden
56
percent
and
60
access
exposure.
P
So
air
pollution
is
important
to
talk
about
an
environmental
business
context,
because
you
can
have
sources
of
air
pollution,
both
mobile
and
stationary
sources,
that
disproportionately
in
these
communities
and
when
exposed
to
air
pollution.
It
can
impact
you
in
utero,
so
it
can
impact
the
development
of
a
child.
It
can
impact
that
that
child
during
their
their
younger
years
right
because
children
have
a
higher
higher
inhalation
rate
per
kilogram
body
weight
compared
to
the
adult
counterparts.
P
Blood
brain
barrier
does
not
solidify
until
you
know
age,
nine
or
ten,
so
things
can
cross
the
blood
brain
barrier,
and
so
there
could
be
development
problems
and
also,
of
course,
respiratory
issues.
We
know
that
a
lot
of
children
are
riding
school
buses.
They
could
be
exposed
to
diesel
exhausts
of
black
carbon,
which
can
also
contribute
to
adverse
health
outcomes.
You'll
be
also
impacted
by
air
pollution
as
adults
and,
of
course,
in
your
early
years,
when
you
may
have
comorbid
comorbidities,
you
may
have
immune
system
issues,
which
means
you
can
be
at
higher.
P
P
Then
it
could
be
disparities
in
exposure
to
to
various
stressors,
whether
it
be
chemical
stressors,
and
if
you
think
about
lead
and
mercury
or
particulate
matter,
they
can.
There
can
be
disparate
exposure
to
biological
stressors
as
well.
They
think
about
starves,
cove2,
a
mole
mildew
allergist.
It
could
be
exposure
to
physical
stressors.
You've
heard
a
lot
of
presentations
about
heat,
think
about
noise
pollution
as
well,
and
then
psychosocial
stressors,
you
can
have
disparities
in
risk
from
various
climate
change.
Related
perturbations,
you
know
so
in
those
disparities
can
lead
to
health
disparities.
P
So
you
think
about
health
disparities.
We
talk
a
lot
from
an
environmental
justice
science
perspective
or
I'm
an
environmental
health
scientist
some
of
the
chemicals
I've
already
mentioned.
We
know
that
lead
is
a
big
issue
in
older
homes,
and
you
know
the
impacts
on
children.
P
It's
a
neurocognitive,
the
the
effects
that
it
has
and
again
when
you
live
in
communities
they
may
be
dealing
with
the
cumulative
impacts
of
air
quality
issues,
for
example,
and
kill
of
impacts
is
a
very
important
term
that
the
u.s
epa
is
focused
on
now
in
trying
to
find
ways
to
better
address
the
chemical
impacts
of
permitted
facilities,
whether
it
be
facilities
permitted
on
the
air
act.
This
is
permanent
on
their
clean
water
act.
P
Nip
these
national
discharge
elimination
system
nifty's
permits
facilities
that
may
be
permanent
under
under,
under
other
regulations,
trying
to
understand
the
human
impacts
of
the
emissions
for
those
facilities,
how
they
impact
environmental
quality,
how
they
impact
human
health
and
how
they
impact
quality
of
life.
P
So
when
you
think
about
environmental
distress
and
climate
change,
this
is
just
a
slide
that
some
of
you
may
have
seen
that
are
more
developed
countries.
We
emit
more
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
but
those
who
contribute
at
least
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
will
be
impacted
most
by
climate
change.
So
our
are
developing
countries,
and
so
you
see
a
similar
type
of
issue
in
the
u.s
context,
just
one
quick
example
that
maybe
not
as
irrelevant
for
the
state
of
nevada
but
the
issue
of
hurricanes
and
environmental
justice.
P
We
know
that
last
year,
seven
named
storms
hit
the
gulf
coast.
I
think
the
in
most
name
stores
the
history
dating
storms
in
the
gulf
coast
and
ironically
hurricane
ida,
hit
hurric
hit
new
orleans
on
the
16th
anniversary
of
hurricane
katrina
in
new
orleans,
and
so
you
see
differences
in
the
impacts
of
hurricanes
because
of
underlying
economic
and
social
vulnerabilities
right.
Some
people
were
able
to
get
out
of
harm's
way.
Some
people
were
able
to
rebound
quicker.
P
Some
people
were
able
to,
you
know,
have
access
to
health
care
and
health
insurance,
so
there's
an
intersection
between
race
and
income
in
this
case,
and
so
that
could
be
that
can
be
applied
to
the
issue
of
forest
fires.
It
could
be
applied
to
issues
of
other
climate
related
perturbations.
P
In
the
standpoint
how
we
can
be
more
prepared
for
climate-related
events,
so
there's
been
reports
from
nlcp
about
some
of
the
sources
of
greenhouse
gases
and
how
they're
not
distributed
equally
in
the
country,
and
so
we
see
that
there's
just
distributional
issues
inequities
in
the
distribution
of
power
plants
in
the
us.
So
this
is
one
study.
That's
been
done.
There's
another
study
done
when
you
think
about
greenhouse
gas
emission
sources.
Of
course,
fossil
fuels
are
major
source
will
become
bus,
fossil
fuels.
P
We
have
oil
and
gas
extraction,
you
think
about
hydraulic
fracturing
or
traditional
oil
and
gas
wells.
You
can
also
see
there's
distributional
inequities
in
those
in
that
infrastructure
of
our
legacy,
fossil
fuel
infrastructure
in
the
u.s
and
again,
when
we
use
those
fossil
fuels
to
combust
combustors
fossil
fuels.
P
Of
course,
we
get
a
lot
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
that
contribute
to
some
of
the
issues
that
we're
talking
about,
especially
to
climate
change,
and
so
this
is
just
a
figure
that
shows
some
of
that
process,
and
so,
when
you
combust
fossil
fuels,
we
could,
you
know,
produce
greenhouse
gases
like
methane
and
co2,
but,
as
I
mentioned
before,
you
have
these
coke
pollutants
that
produce
light,
vault
organic
compounds,
polysaccharide,
hydrocarbons
and,
of
course,
particular
matter.
P
That's
the
dust
in
the
air
that
contribute
to
the
respiratory
health
outcomes
I
talked
about
before
and
also
have
other
impacts
on
human
health.
So
when
we
talk
about
climate
change,
it's
just
not
about
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
The
co
colons
are
very,
very
important
for
public
health
and
those
populations
that
are
more
susceptible
to
pollutants
like
the
elderly
or
children,
or
more
vulnerable.
Because
of
underlying
social
economic
issues,
we
have
to
try
to
prioritize
resources
to
make
sure
we
protect
those
populations,
and
so
I've
already
talked
about
particular
matter,
but
just
real
quickly.
P
P
It
can
contribute
to
diabetes
in
alzheimer's,
it
can
cause
cancer
increased,
inflammatory
rates,
birth
defects,
low
birth
rate
births
cause
premature
mortality
and
also
impact
life
expectancy,
as
I
showed
in
the
previous
slide,
and
then,
if
you
think
about
connection
to
urban
heat
and
environmental
justice,
we
know
that
about
redlining,
if
you're
familiar
with
red
line
and
not
think
about
the
history
of
loans
going
into
various
communities
through
fha,
some
communities
were
colored
red
because
of
the
social
demographic
composition
of
their
of
that
particular
area.
P
If
you
have
more
people,
color
or
color
reds,
they
may
not
get
those
loans.
If
they
had
more
white
residents,
they
would
color
green
that
impacted
investments
and
also
in
the
built
scape,
but
also
impacted
investments,
as
relates
to
the
natural
state.
So
studies
have
shown
that
areas
that
the
history
of
redlining
compared
to
non-railing
areas
are
warmer,
and
there
were
some
discussions
earlier
about
urban
heat
issues.
So
there's
a
connection
between
heat
and
redlining
and
also
tree
canopy,
baltimore's
example.
This
I
want
to
get
into
real
quickly.
P
Baltimore
has
a
history
of
segregation
harvard
segregation.
Dr
lawrence
brown
did
a
study
on
it
called
the
black
butterfly
and
you
can
see
in
the
first
graphic,
the
in
the
east
and
west
baltimore
is
highly
segregated
with
african-american
residents,
and
you
see,
non-hispanic
whites
are
in
the
middle
of
baltimore.
P
If
you
look
at
this
slide
to
the
right,
you'll
see
the
the
real
estate
sales
in
the
butterfly
wings
compared
to
the
other
parts
of
baltimore,
so
you
see
much
higher
real
estate
sales
in
in
levels
of
in
dollars
in
the
non-black
parts
of
baltimore.
So
that's
one
example.
You
can
look
at
redlining
and
health
issues.
So
if
you
look
in
this
graphic,
you
see
the
spatial
gradient
of
redlining
in
the
first
map
and
look
at
the
second
map.
You
can
look
at
life
expectancy.
P
You
can
see
a
see
a
spatial
correlation
spatial
patterning
when
it
becomes
between
redlining
and
life
expectancy
and
years.
So
there
is
a
a
correlation
there,
and
this
is
in
this
in
in
public
health.
We
call
this
work,
a
social
epidemiology
when
you're
looking
at
these
associations,
between
social
factors
and
health
issues
and
also
in
baltimore,
we've
seen
a
pattern
between
red
line
areas
in
baltimore.
Again,
you
can
look
at
the
the
east
and
west
part
of
baltimore
with
the
butterfly
wings
and
you
see
more
lead
violation
cases
in
those
in
those
locations.
P
P
There
are
relationships
there
in
baltimore
just
to
talk
about
another
city
in
the
country,
and
this,
of
course,
is
our
urban
area,
where
we
know
that
in
I've
been
talking
about
the
butterfly
wings
in
baltimore
east
of
west
baltimore,
those
areas
could
be
50
degrees,
hotter
than
more
in
floating
areas
again
in
the
middle
of
baltimore,
and
that's
because
of
the
distribution
of
tree
canopy.
P
We
there
was
a
report
done
called
code
red
in
baltimore
where
students
use
citizen
science
to
place
temperature
sensors
in
in
parts
of
baltimore,
and
we
found
not
just
in
across
blocks.
In
baltimore,
we
talked
about
east
and
west
baltimore,
but
on
the
same
side
of
the
street
in
baltimore
the
power
of
one
tree,
you
can
see
in
the
picture
that
there's
a
20
degree
difference
of
more
when
you
have
a
tree
in
your
at
the
row
house,
and
you
see
even
we
go
to
houses
with
more
than
with
two
trees.
P
The
temperature
difference
is
even
higher,
so
you
can
see
a
gradient
in
temperature
because
of
access
to
trees,
as
I
mentioned
before,
because
we
had
differences
in
tree
canopy
in
some
of
our
cities
like
in
baltimore.
You
see
this
this
issue
and
also
we
see
differences
in
air
conditioning
access
as
well,
so
having
too
much
concrete
and
asphalt,
plus
limited
trees
and
lack
of
access
is
a
basically
a
formula
for
people
to
have
have
high
rates
of
heat
related
morbidity
and
mortality
in
our
state
of
maryland.
P
Baltimore
city
has
more
heat,
related
mortality,
more
morbidity
than
brutality.
That's
the
other
city
in
the
state
of
maryland,
and
so
you
can
also
look
at
you
know
again
using
a
spatial
correlation
to
look
at
temperature
and
health
conditions
in
baltimore,
and
we
see
again
that
heat-related
deaths
and
how
most
of
those
deaths
are
in
the
population,
most
impacted
was
60
60
black
and
a
lot
of
again.
P
The
black
population
in
baltimore
live
in
those
hyper
segregated
areas
where
you
have
housing
with
limited
tree
access
outside
right
and
with
no
air
conditioning,
and
then
also
you
see
a
similar
kind
of
spatial
pattern
between
when
you
look
at
asthma
and
air
pollution.
So
again
the
right
the
left-hand
side,
you
see
the
redlining
map
again
for
reference.
You
look
at
the
first
map
in
in
the
right-hand
side,
you
can
look
at
respiratory
risk
in
in
baltimore
and
then
the
second
map
you
see,
age-adjusted
hospitalization
rates
per
ten
thousand
people.
P
So
again,
there's
a
you
see,
associations
between
red
lining,
air
pollution
and
health
outcomes,
and
I
added
these
slices
just
to
talk
about
some
of
the
solutions.
One
thing
we
try
to
do
is:
do
hyperlocal
air
quality
monitoring
in
areas
that
are
impacted
by
mobile
and
stationary
sources
of
air
pollution.
Again,
when
you
combust
fossil
fuels,
you're
creating
you
know:
greenhouse
gases
right,
carbon,
co2,
methane,
but
also
creating
those
co-pollutants.
P
P
So
you
can
look
at
the
intersection
of
a
physical
stressor
like
heat
and
also
chemical
stress,
like
particular
matter
at
the
same
time,
and
it
helps
you
if
you
can
collect
this
data,
you
can
map
the
spatial
gradient
of
air
pollution
and
also
temperature.
You
know
where
you
want
to.
You
know,
do
interventions
right,
and
so
this
is
just
a
map
that
shows
our
pm
levels
in
relationship
to
wind,
speed
and
wind
direction
in
chevrolet
maryland,
which
is
in
princess
county.
Where
university
of
maryland
is.
I
just
want
to
show
you
this
kind
of
map.
P
This
chloroplast
map
is
the
color
map,
so
of
course
harder
the
higher
the
pm
levels.
You
know
the
the
red
the
color
is,
you
know,
y'all,
know
y'all
familiar
with
weather
maps
and
and
we're
doing
work
in
partnership
with
our
state
agency,
environmental
agency,
the
maryland
department
of
environment.
P
So
the
reason
why
I
mentioned
it
is
we're
trying
to
collaborate
with
them
to
use
this
data,
to
inform
actions
to
look
at
the
cumulative
impacts
of
air
quality
insurably,
and
this
is
a
model
that
can
be
used
in
other
parts
of
maryland
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
We're
not
the
only
people
who
are
doing
hyperlocal
air
quality
monitoring
to
look
at
things
like
pollution
and
temperature.
But
again
you
want
to
figure
out
where
your
populations
of
most
impact
the
most
concern
are.
P
You
want
to
be
able
to
map
this
data
and
then
use
that
data
to
work
with
your
county
agencies,
your
city
agencies,
your
state
agencies,
to
implement
some
type
of
intervention.
It
could
be
anti-idling,
it
could
be
trend
electrification,
it
could
be.
You
know,
traffic
calming.
It
could
be
plenty
more
trees,
but
this
combination
of
mapping
and
air
quality
monitoring,
I
think,
is
a
really
important
way
to
get
to
make
sure
you
have
an
evidence-based
approach
to
address
these
issues
and
we're
expanding
this
work
right
now
to
our
high
schools
in
printers
county.
P
So
we're
trying
to
put
sensors
up
in
every
high
school
in
our
county
to
to
bring
the
stem
component,
which
is
important,
but
also
again
to
get
that
gradient
of
where
we,
where
we
know
population,
almost
impact
the
most
at
risk
of
air
personnard
children
are
very
much
at
risk.
You
know,
young
adults
are
very
much
at
risk
of
air
pollution
in
high
schools,
community
centers,
nursing
homes,
hospitals,
are
what
we
call
sensitive
human
receptor
sites.
P
P
But
there
are
some
tools
that
may
be
relevant
for
you
in
the
state
of
nevada
right
now,
you
may
or
may
not
be
familiar
with
executive
order,
1408
that
I
mentioned
before
as
part
of
that,
caq
is
developing
a
national
climate
economic
screening
tool.
So
these
are
what
we
call
gis
visualization
tools
to
visualize
areas
that
have
disadvantaged
communities
that
are
most
at
risk
or
may
have
more
environmental
justice
and
climate
and
climate
and
equities
right.
So
there's
other
tools
that
states
have
developed.
We
have
a
tool
called
maryland.
P
Ej
screen
that
I've
worked
on.
California
has
a
tool.
Colorado
has
a
two
washer
state,
oregon,
half
tools,
illinois,
minnesota,
michigan,
have
state
level,
mapping
tools
and
also
massachusetts,
rhode,
island,
new
jersey,
maryland
sorry,
north
carolina
virginia.
They
also
have
these
mapping
tools,
so
so
you
you're
able
to
bring
together
data.
P
That's
context
specific
to
the
state
of
nevada
to
really
figure
out
where
the
areas
that
have
the
most
kind
of
environmental
justice
or
common
climate
equity
concerns
right,
and
so
what
we
do
is
we
have
data
that
has
pollution
burden
like
exposures,
hazards,
population
characteristics
and
we
come
up
with
a
score
and
you
can
map
this
data
at
the
track
level
at
the
block
group
level,
the
block
level,
whatever
unit
of
analysis
that
makes
sense
for
your
state
and
in
our
in
our
in
our
domains.
P
We
have
different
indicators,
so
we
have.
Let
me
go
back
real
quick,
so
we
have
a
pollution
burden
exposure,
so
you
can
see
that's
the
first
one
like
air
pollution
pollution
burn
environmental
effects.
That's
proximity
to
the
land
uses
that
I
talked
about
before,
like
landfills
incinerators,
chemical
plants
right
those
would
be
sources
since
the
populations,
elderly,
children,
folks
with
underlying
health
issues,
and
then
those
typical
social
demographic
factors
percent
hispanic
percent,
black
per
percent,
less
than
household
education.
P
You
can
also
look
at
bringing
class
and
income
related
indicators
and
it
creates
a
score.
So
this
will
allow
you
to
identify
prioritize
in
micro
target
areas
that
have
the
most
need.
Okay,
and
so
we
have
this
ej
screen
tool.
We
also
developed
a
park
equity
mapping
tool
for
the
state
of
maryland
to
look
at
access
to
parks
and
green
space.
That
could
be
another
way
to
say:
hey.
P
P
Many
schools
are
very
urban
centric,
so
they're
missing
some
of
the
very
important
rule
indicators,
access
to
wi-fi.
You
may
have
think
about
water
quality
people
may
be
on
septic
tanks
or
they
may
be
on
well
water
right.
You
can
bring
it
in
other
climate
indicators.
Like
you
know,
drought,
indicators,
flooding,
indication,
flood
indicates
seasonal
variation
in
the
flooding
that
you
may
have
in
nevada.
Maybe
something
you
want
to
also
bring
into
this
type
of
tool,
and
so
we
we
have
a
climate
and
health
mapping
tool
that
we
are
building
to
that.
P
The
try
to
is
really
contextualized
to
the
state
of
maryland,
but
again
this
is
an
approach
that
can
also
be
used
for
nevada.
So
you
can
have
an
environmental
justice
mapper
you
can
have
a
climate
ignorant
health
mapper
and
just
I
want
to
close
and
say
that
the
reason
why
it's
important
to
use
these
type
of
tools
when
it
comes
to
executive
order
fortune
008,
which
is
the
justice
40
initiative.
P
As
we
move
from
a
dirty
energy
economy
to
clinton's
economy,
40
of
the
benefits
should
go
to
disadvantaged
communities
and
the
way
you
get
those
investments
to
those
communities.
Those
benefits
is
through
the
infrastructure
bill.
So
you
can
have
these
type
of
tools
to
figure
out
who
you
how
to
identify,
prioritizing
markets
our
communities
and
make
sure
those
emphasis
infrastructure
dollars
that
your
state's
receiving
can
go
to
the
communities
that
have
the
most
need,
but
you
got
to
have
it
has
to
be
evidence-based.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
extremely
comprehensive
presentation.
We
really
appreciate
it
well
I'll
open
it
up
to
members
four
questions.
D
Thanks,
sir,
thanks
for
the
presentation,
sir,
you
have
two
pages.
I
want
to
go
to
the
naac
report
of
cold-blooded.
I
guess
maryland
has
a
lot
of
coal-fired
plants.
We
only
have
two
in
nevada.
The
other
next
page
talks
about
existing
natural
gas
facilities.
Now
those
are
the
two
main
sources
of
energy
in
the
united
states
does,
do
you
guys
does
maryland,
have
any
nuclear
power?
And
if
yes,
do
you
support
nuclear
power,
because
that
is
a
carbon-free
source
of
energy.
P
Yeah
maryland
does
have
nuclear
power.
I
would
say
not
to
answer
your
second
question
yet
I
think
it's
important
to
have
a
diverse
energy
portfolio,
and
I
know
the
department
of
energy
under
this
new
administration
is
really
investing
a
lot
into
different
forms
of
energy.
I
would
say
I'm
a
proponent
of
clean
energy
and
I
would-
and
I
think
you
know
there
was
a
recent
announcement
from
the
ceq
about
hydrogen-
is
another
investments
in
hydrogen
infrastructure
in
the
country.
P
I
think
investing
in
solar
and
geothermal
and
wind
are
very
important
and
I
think
also
other
types
of
sources
are
important
as
well,
but
I
would
say
that
yes,
coal
and
gas
are
dominant
and
we
know
that
investments
in
those
have
increased
over
time,
but
we
have
to
create
greater
accessibility,
but
but
yeah
I'm
not
the
yeah.
I'm
not.
P
I
want
to
say
this:
I'm
not
the
biggest
fan
of
nuclear,
but
I'm
new,
I'm
neutral
nuclear,
but
I'm
more
I'm
more
into
wind,
geothermal
and
definitely
into
old,
school
hydroelectric
and
definitely
into
hydrogen
as
a
potential
as
well.
I'm.
A
Senator
I
just
wanna
really
quickly.
I
know
that
the
these
issues
definitely
have
a
relation
and
we
do
have
some
additional
seats
in
in
both
carson
city
and
las
vegas,
where
we
could
have
included
the
growth
and
infrastructure
committee
in
this
joint
meeting
as
well.
But
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
say
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
into
the
energy
mix
side,
because
that's.
D
The
thing
the
whole
presentation
is
about
climate
injustice
and
we
are
talking
about
climate
change
based
on
carbon
footprints.
My
question
simply
was:
does
the
state
of
maryland
have
an
extensive
nuclear
program
and
if,
yes,
the
question
follow-up
would
be
there's
no
presentation
here
showing
that
those
are
in
neighborhoods
of
color
disproportionately.
D
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
and
again
I
just
want
to.
I
just
want
to
be
extremely
clear
that
again
we're
looking
right
now
at
the
kind
of
downstream
impact,
so
not
as
much
energy
generation
sources
and
we're
again.
I
know
that
there's
when
we
discuss
climate
there's
a
whole
piece
around.
What
do
you
do
to
reduce
emissions
that
are
contributing
to
warming?
A
D
P
P
Yes,
yes,
I
cannot
answer
apologize.
I
cannot
answer
your
question
about
the
nuclear
industry
that
that
part
of
it,
but
I
will
say
that
we
just
passed
the
comments.
Lucious
now
act
that
I
think
is
a
maybe
one
of
a
model
acts
to
look
to
that
may
be
relevant
for
for
the
state
and
we
have
some
grand
goat
emission
reductions
goals.
So,
but
no,
I
cannot
answer
a
question
about
about
the
newfoundland
park.
G
Thank
you,
chair
watts.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
This
is
really
interesting.
Work
that's
been
going
on
around
the
country
for
for
decades
and
nevada.
I
feel,
is
a
little
behind
on
our
structures
and
ability
to
look
comprehensively
at
specifically
the
cumulative
impacts
of
environmental
justice
drivers
in
our
state,
and
I
wanted
to
ask
you
a
little
bit
about
how
you
your
state
is
responding
to
the
net
the
tools
that
you've
come
up
with
and
the
discussions
that
you're
having
with
stakeholders
on
how
are
you?
G
How
are
you
addressing
the
foundational
problems
and
overcoming
or
adapting
communities
to
reduce
that
justice
that
injustice
and
bring
equity
to
your
communities.
P
Well,
thank
those
questions,
so
we
we
have
done
a
lot
of
work
with
our
state
agency
maryland
department
of
departments,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
the
chevrolet
example.
I
think
that
could
be
a
model
for
how
you
build
out
hyper
liquid
air
quality
modular
networks.
P
Usually
the
mantra
is
20
miles
down
from
the
house.
You
know,
but
the,
but
your
the
factory
is
right
next
door,
but
there's
not
a
monitor
next
door,
that's
actually
bad
science
and
so
the
to
fill
that
gap.
This
hyperlocal
quality
monitoring
is
really
important.
Also,
mobile
monitoring
is
important.
Satellite
data
remote
sense
data
is
it's
filling
those
gaps.
So
that's
getting
at
some
of
the
issues
of
understanding
the
differential
exposure
to
air
pollution
and
then
using
that
to
inform
action
right.
P
We
also
engage
with
legislators
in
our
state
on
various
bills,
so
that
was
a
four
year
effort
to
pass
the
climate
solutions
now
act
that
just
passed
this
this
past
session
legislative
session
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
I
think
that
act
has
a
lot
of
equity
and
justice
components
in
it,
including
looking
at
air
pollution.
As
many
of
y'all
said,
you
talked
about
trees,
so
we're
also
trying
to
plant
trees,
and
I
think
I
appreciate
the
question
about
the
maintenance.
P
I
think
the
maintenance
question
is
really
a
equity
issue
too,
because
I
think
part
of
the
way
we
want
to
do
to
address
climate
inequities
and
climate
justice.
There's
a
workforce
development
component
to
it
so
making
sure
that
you
have
folks
engaged
on
the
workforce
and
business
side.
So
you
have
sustainability
in
your
in
your
programming
and
your
initiatives
that
that's
the
piece
we
want
to
miss
out
on.
P
So
again,
I
want
to
advocate
for
y'all
looking
at
the
climate
solutions
now
act
as
a
model
and
then
mde
actually
built
its
own
screen
to
offer
our
screening
tool.
So
we're
gonna
have
these
sister
mapping
tools
now
in
the
state
of
maryland,
and
so
I
think
we
have
a
really
good
working
relationship
with
the
legislators.
We
have
a
good
working
relationship
with
mde.
P
We
have
a
group
working
relationship
with
our
department
of
health,
the
environmental
public
health
tracking
program,
we're
not
trying
to
integrate
climate
action
planning
within
with
environmental
justice
in
all
the
counties
in
the
state
of
maryland.
P
So
we
started
that
conversation
with
our
state
health
department,
dr
cliff
mitchell,
and
we
also
have
a
good
working
relationship
with
our
state
agency,
our
department
of
natural
resources,
they're,
actually,
the
ones
that
funded
our
our
mapping
tool
and
we're
using
that
tool
to
do
some
coastal
resilience,
work
and
some
water
resilience
work
in
the
state
of
maryland.
So
there's
a
lot
of
really
positive
relationships
that
I
have
at
my
university
with
with
many
of
the
state
agencies
with
the
legislature
and
also
some
of
the
county
department
of
environment
and
county
health
departments.
G
I'm
going
to
ask
maybe
a
quick
question
and
I'm
happy
with
a
follow-up
if
you
want
to
do
that
instead
of
responding,
but
have
you
guys
set
like
data
quality
objectives
or
metrics
to
look
at
critically?
How
effective
your
your
actions
and
your
responses
and
your
resiliency
programming
is
and
again,
if
you
guys
have
that
in
a
in
a
some
place
where
we
can
find
it,
I'm
happy
to
do
for
just
that.
Follow-Up.
P
Yeah,
I
don't
have
that
part
of
it,
but
that's
a
very
important
question.
So
I'm
going
to
switch
real,
quick
this
this
respond,
I'm
I'm,
I
was
part
of
the
epa's
national
environmental
justice,
advisory
council
and
we've
been
providing
a
lot
of
advice.
The
epa
on
metrics,
as
it
relates
to
the
justice
40
initiative.
So
I
think
that
work
could
be
relevant
to
your
to
your
discussion.
P
To
the
point
the
question
you
just
asked,
but
as
part
of
the
follow-up,
I
can't
connect
you
to
my
colleague
at
dnr
to
help
you
on
the
the
data
quality
and
and
making
sure
that
you
know
that
you
get
some
of
those
those
the
tracking
the
measures
that
they're
using.
So
I
can
do
that
for
you.
A
All
right,
seeing
none
thank
you
again
very
much
for
taking
the
time
to
join
us
and
share
some
of
your
expertise
from
your
community,
as
well
as
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
nationally,
that
we
should
be
aware
of
in
regards
to
environmental
justice
and
and
equity
all
right.
Well,
members
with
that,
we
are
going
to
take
a
30
minute
break
for
lunch
for
folks
that
are
familiar
with
the
legislature.
You
know
that
our
30
minute
breaks
tend
to
spill
over.
A
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I'm
going
to
actually
take
off
two
minutes,
so
we're
gonna
plan
to
come
back
at
1
15.
Exactly
so,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
if
you're
not
a
part
of
that
quorum,
then
we're
going
to
get
started
without
you.
So
we
can
keep
this
agenda
moving
and
then
and
we're
gonna
go
back
to
where
we
left
off
in
the
order
of
the
agenda.