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Home My WebLink About19-813RESOLUTION NO. 19-813 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS TO RATIFY A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS GRANT APPLICATIQN TO THE SLOAN FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP "AN INTEGRATED LOW- COST, MULTI-SCALE AIR POLLUTION MONITORING, MAPPIIVG, AND MODELING PLATFORM" PREVIOUSLY SENT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Denton's vision is to be a sustainable community that engages our employees, businesses, institutions, organizations, and citizens; and WHEREAS, air quality is a priority for the City of Denton and air quality data, awareness, public education, and action benefits the community as a whole; and WHEREAS, the City of Denton has supported local air quality awareness, engaged citizens and provided education about actions to improve local air quality for more than 20 years; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas has provided leadership for air quality action for the region through the North Texas Clean Air Steering Committee and the Regional Transportation Committee over the last 3 decades; and WHEREAS, the City of Denton has a history of mutual support and collaboration with the University of North Texas on a variety of programs and projects; and WHEREAS, the City of Denton was requested by UNT researchers to provide a no cost letter of support for an air quality research grant application, said grant application being due no later than April 1, 2019; and WHEREAS, the proposed research aims to explore multiple calibration methods for low cost sensors including in-lab and machine learning techniques, and the use of fne scale particulate matter data as a part of larger mapping and modeling analyses; and WHEREAS, the results of this integrated monitoring, modeling, and mapping analyses includes information that may be of value to the City's current and future understanding of local air pollution dynamics; and WHEREAS, the City provided the attached letter of support on April 1, 2019, after receiving direction from the City Council Committee on the Environment, now therefore, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES: SECTION 1. That this resolution ratifies the attached letter of support and that the same shall become effective immediately upon its passage. The motion to appiove thi5 �csolution was n�adc by __�� m" ��° ��,��°�� w�� follow n vote��k� �� ,��"�� the resolution was ��;�� and approved by the g �..,.��. .w� _.� Mayor Cl�ris Watts: Gerard Hudspeth, District 1: Keely G. I3riggs, District 2: Don Duff, District 3: John Ryan, District 4: Deb Armiiltor, At Large Place 5: Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6: PASSED AND APPROVED this tlle ATTEST: ROSA RIOS, CITY SCCRETARY Abst�in Absent .��,� _....� �� m � ��''� day of ` "� F m� _ ��..,� � �� ;�. , 2019. ��...._, ,��... w...� ,� � . r , , � � � � , f �� . � � �� _ �.r..�,� ..:.,,. _ �._ � �. .__. _...�. CHRISTOPHER WAT"fS, MAYOR � � , 0 . a � �'n � �� m , �� r��.� r �" —� ...:��a��...... ... .�. .., APPROVED AS TO LCGAL PORM: AARON LCAL, CITY ATTORN�Y �� Iiy: � � Page 2 � ��,, , �, ;��, April 1, 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 630 Fifth Avenue Suitc 2200 New York, NY, 10111 City of Denton Committec on the Environment Dear Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant office, City Httll 315 G. McKinney Strect Denton, Tcxas ww�v,ciq-ofdenton.com On behalf of City of Denton, wc are �vriting in strong support of this proposal. We confrm our commitment to work with the A1 and thc team to coordinate and organiie workshops to improve citizens' education on sensor technology �nd use ol'open suurce data to build upon air quali�y inforn�ation in the area. The City of Denton is commitied to improving the environment through our Simply Sust�inable i'lan. Wc enthusiastically support this collaboration with University of North Te�as to develop and implcment new strategies to help meet today's needs without compromisin� the ability of future �encrations to meet thosc same needs. By improving our understandin� of air pollution dynamics at the nei�hborhood level through low cost sensor technology and citizen involvement, the proposed work will producc highly useful and transferable results. The knowledge gained on monitor calibration, and fine scale results will effectivcly enhance the re�ion°s air quality knowledge, and aid in mitigation eFforts. These efforts are supported by the City o1�Denton Committee on the Gnvironment Sincertly, "r;" � �, d � � _�.,..- .�� .. ��•� t�: �N��a� Barnett Sustainability and Customer (nitiatives Manager 901-Ii Texas St. Denton TX 76205