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Farmers Branch committee approves minutes and hears sustainability update on transportation plan and grants
Summary
Members unanimously approved meeting minutes and received staff updates on a greenhouse-gas inventory, an active-transportation plan draft due next week, and potential grants for urban-heat sensing, TxDOT trail funding and TCEQ EV support.
The Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee approved amended minutes and then heard staff updates on ongoing climate and mobility work. Speaker 3 introduced approval of the Oct. 9 and November minutes, noting an attendance correction; Speaker 5 moved the motion and the committee voted in favor. "Motion passes," the chair announced.
Speaker 4 reported the committee is “slowly moving forward” with Salt Mart (lead for cities) and a greenhouse-gas inventory. Staff expects a draft active-transportation plan from consultants next Wednesday and will circulate it internally and to members before it goes to a council study session and for a vote. "We'll probably at least send it to y'all to look at as well before we take it to council," Speaker 4 said.
Staff identified several grant opportunities they are exploring: urban-heat measurement funding (similar to work the City of Dallas conducted), TxDOT trail funding for a potential trail connection, and grant funding from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for electric-vehicle initiatives. Speaker 4 said staff will follow up with details and any deadlines by email.
The committee set its next meeting for Jan. 8 and closed the item after members asked to be kept informed about grant timelines and the transportation-plan review schedule.
The minutes motion appears on the record as a formal action taken during the meeting; no additional amendments or roll-call vote names were recorded in the transcript.
