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Dallas updates CCAP implementation plan, advances rooftop solar contract for Beckley Saner Rec Center
Summary
City environmental staff told the Parks, Trails and Environment Committee the CCAP FY25 implementation assessment yielded 73 activated actions for FY26 and flagged funding dependence as a major constraint; staff asked council to approve a contract (budget cap $488,418, ARPA funds) to install rooftop solar at Beckley Saner Recreation Center, estimated to cut the building's annual energy use by about 72%.
Angela Hodgescott, director of Dallas's Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability, presented the annual Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) implementation report and the FY26 implementation work plan to the Parks, Trails and Environment Committee on Jan. 6.
Hodgescott said CCAP, adopted by Dallas City Council in 2020, is a 30-year roadmap organized around eight goals and 97 actions. OEQS' performance measure is to have at least 75% of the CCAP actions active in a fiscal year; for FY26 staff activated 73 actions supported by 130 milestones across 16 city departments. "Each fiscal year, OEQS develops an implementation work plan that identifies which CCAP actions will be advanced," she said.
OEQS staff summarized a FY25 assessment that led to removing milestones from the FY26 work plan that reflected routine, ongoing operations so that limited staff and funding can focus on initiatives that move measurable results. Staff said many milestones remain dependent on dedicated funding and that improved cross-departmental ownership is necessary to streamline reporting and accountability. OEQS said it will develop a five-year priority action plan focused on city operations and will present the city's 2023 greenhouse gas inventory to the committee next month to clarify progress toward 2030 targets.
During questioning, council members asked for clearer evidence of progress toward 2030 CCAP benchmarks. OEQS said city operations show an "upward trajectory" of emissions-reduction progress but noted that many citywide emissions drivers — including commuting and private-sector infrastructure such as data centers — are outside the city's direct control and require regional coordination.
The briefing included an agenda-item preview: OEQS and Facilities and Real Estate Management (FRM) seek council authorization for a turnkey design-and-install contract to add rooftop photovoltaic panels at Beckley Saner Recreation Center (the transcript also used the spelling "Beckley Saynor"). Staff said the installation was selected from a 2023 solar siting study; Metco Engineering Incorporated was chosen from five respondents and the project budget was set at a not-to-exceed $488,418. Funding was identified as an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant directed at solar installations on city properties.
Staff told the committee the Beckley Saner contract covers the photovoltaic system and installation only (no battery storage in the contract). When asked what portion of the center's energy needs the rooftop panels would offset, OEQS staff estimated the system would reduce the building's annual energy usage by about 72%.
Council members requested additional follow-up materials (the solar siting criteria, a list of the five most suitable city rooftops from the siting study, and the full five-year action plan for CCAP). OEQS committed to sending those materials and presenting the greenhouse gas inventory at a subsequent meeting.
