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Sustainability Update

Sustainability Update. B Session Briefing City of San Antonio June 11, 2008. Overview. Opportunity Scan 4 Areas of Plan Development and Related Action Steps Energy Efficiency Economic Development Transportation City Operations Current City Initiatives. Decision Principles.

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Sustainability Update

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  1. Sustainability Update B Session Briefing City of San Antonio June 11, 2008

  2. Overview • Opportunity Scan • 4 Areas of Plan Development and Related Action Steps • Energy Efficiency • Economic Development • Transportation • City Operations • Current City Initiatives

  3. Decision Principles • Focus on a limited but ambitious number of attainable objectives • Have a sound financial basis for decisions • Tailor initiatives to San Antonio • Plan and implement with substantial community participation

  4. Double Bottom Line • Seek double bottom line returns • Direct Financial Return (it pays for itself) • Social Benefit • Environmental • Economic • Quality of Life

  5. Untapped Wealth of Conservation • COOLR—Cost of Living Reduction through conservation with no loss of quality of life • Large potential average saving per household in energy and transportation • $10,000 gross savings per household and $5,000 net increase in annual household income=better choices

  6. Keys to Tapping Conservation Wealth • Finance the infrastructure, programs to extract the wealth • Cut the cost of living for residents and cost of business for companies • Existing businesses improve and new green collar businesses and well-paying jobs are created • Economic multiplier is high as more of this money stays in the community

  7. Priming the Green Pump Green Capital

  8. Opportunity Scan Findings and Recommendations

  9. Context—High consumption costs local economy billions • $4 gasoline, 2012 projections range from $177 to $504/barrel • Low rates and bills ($100+/month) but high consumption—1266 kwh/month or more • Above national average in energy consumption per household

  10. Economic Context—Area is not really recession-proof = risk exposure • Top American concern today is personal economic security • Foreclosures rising in Bexar County • Relatively low income • Cost of living rising faster than incomes • Transportation systems not adequate to growth • Marketplace is looking for real estate products that are hard to supply here • Sustainable economy will requires skills and businesses that are only partly here so far

  11. San Antonio 2000-2006Median Income Grew $36214-$40650, 12.2%Mostly in > $75k Households60 Percent of HHs Still Earning Less than$50k Yellow - 2000 Green= 2006

  12. San Antonio 2000-2006Transportation Costs Grew Twice Rate of IncomeHousing Costs Grew Three Times Faster than Income 33.2 23.9 12.2

  13. Energy Costs Rising Universally

  14. Consultant’s Report • Findings are aligned with the key areas of plan development: • Energy Efficiency • Economic Development • Transportation Optimization • Improve Sustainability of City Operations

  15. Key Sustainability Areas Plans and Action Steps

  16. Energy Efficiency

  17. Energy Action Steps • Mayor has proposed creating a Task Force on Sustainable Buildings • Proposed Chairman: Ed Kelley • Representatives from key stakeholder groups • Mission: “To develop building strategies that enhance San Antonio's capacity to experience a resilient and environmentally sensitive future, emphasizing and focused on energy and water conversation”

  18. Energy Action Steps • Coordinate Advanced Metering Initiatives between CPS, SAWS, and COSA

  19. Energy Action Steps • Design financing mechanisms for retrofits and distributive energy projects • Double bottom-line investment fund • Conventional and energy efficient mortgages • Explore using existing programs, such as the Community Reinvestment Act • CPS rebates • Involve households and neighborhoods in building community wealth through conservation and innovative financing

  20. CPS Plans • CPS comprehensive energy efficiency study • New conservation goals and financial commitments • Advanced Metering Initiative (AMI) and demand side management • Reorganization to support sustainable energy solutions • Plan active partnership with COSA

  21. “Greenonomic” Development Attracting Capital for Infrastructure and Green Jobs

  22. “Greenonomic” Action Steps • Hire consultant to analyze potential for double bottom line fund or funds for new green development, energy retrofitting, and clean energy, bio-med and high-tech business development • Create funds, if feasible

  23. “Greenonomic” Action Steps • Develop strategy for attracting larger share of private venture capital investments potential

  24. “Greenonomic” Action Steps • Match opportunities to capital • Develop a scorecard on economic performance that benchmarks resources used for energy, transportation and water resources and use of capital to support higher wage job creation and investment opportunities

  25. “Greenonomic” Action Steps • Raise awareness of green job opportunities, counseling and training to be coordinated by the P16Plus Council and higher education institutions • Involve households and neighborhoods in building community wealth through conservation and innovative financing

  26. Transportation Plan Optimizing Mobility and Cutting Transportation Costs for Residents

  27. Transportation Action Steps • Judge Wolff and Mayor Hardberger have proposed to form and co-chair a Transportation Task Force to identify regional transportation challenges and create a comprehensive strategy to address them • Mission: “Explore the transportation challenges and frame the transportation issues facing our community. This includes helping prepare our community for short- and long-term regulatory, environmental, economic, and legislative issues affecting transportation. The goal is to unite our community around transportation choices that meet San Antonio’s economic and environmental needs.”

  28. Transportation Action Steps • Implement initiatives ripe for adoption while Task Force planning proceeds • Examples include: • Data gathering on the transportation burden on residents and using such data in financial counseling and value capture programs • A car sharing program through non-profit and/or for-profit model

  29. COSA Mission Verde Turning City Operations as Green as Possible

  30. City Energy Profile • Annual Kilowatt-hours: 247,299,941 costing $23,102,990, or 2.6% of the operating budget • Total water bill: $9,705,326 • Total Fuel bill: $13,762,478 • GRAND TOTAL: $47 million, or 3.3 % of City’s operating budget

  31. Fleet Profile • City fleet comprises: • 980 Heavy-Duty Diesel • 122 Hybrid (16 arriving Summer 08) • 193 Propane • 511 Flex Fuel (includes 400 police cruisers) • Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled: • 33,663,162 • Annual Number of Hours: • 63,303

  32. Annual Fuel Consumption

  33. Mission Verde Action Steps • Recommend creation/use of three kinds of sustainability financing • Master lease for up to 7-year payback • Self-Supporting Certificates of Obligation (CO’s) • State Loan Star Fund • Seek supplemental funds such as rebates, grants, etc.

  34. Mission Verde Action Steps • Establish Sustainability Investment Task Force • Establish performance goals • Screen and prioritize investments • Coordinate initiatives and policy recommendations • Provide guidance to the Office of Environmental Policy (OEP)

  35. Mission Verde Action Steps • Sustainability Task Force to evaluate opportunities in key target areas: • Energy saving and distributed production • Fleet efficiency • Waste reduction and recycling • Green purchasing • Technology including telecommuting policy and support and smart buildings • Space utilization and sharing • Trees and green space on City property

  36. Mission Verde Action Steps • Utilize free and fee external engineers and analysts from vendors and agencies • Determine proper staffing level for OEP within budget process • Create Sustainability Initiatives Fund to support: • Data gathering • Consulting • Initiative implementation start-up

  37. Current City Initiatives Review of Existing Efforts

  38. OEP and City- Wide Efforts • Full inventory available in handout • Solar City Grant • Solar Showcase Grant Application • AACOG Greenhouse Gas Inventory • Energy saving power strips • Convention Center, Alamodome, and Airport energy efficiency projects

  39. Sampling of 162 City Initiatives • Health Department gathers 200,000 hours air quality data per year • Tree canopy analysis to determine a city-wide goal • Aviation installed a cell phone waiting lot to increase traffic efficiency within the Airport

  40. Sampling of 162 City Initiatives • Incentive Scorecard System (ISS) provide incentives for LEED certified projects and Certified Build San Antonio Green projects • Completed installation of red and green Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in 2005. resulting in significantly reduced energy costs and increased visibility of the signals • Curbside residential recycling program collects 5,600 tons of recyclables monthly, an increase of 300% over FY2004  

  41. Questions and Comments Council Feedback and Guidance

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