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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 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 • 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
Double Bottom Line • Seek double bottom line returns • Direct Financial Return (it pays for itself) • Social Benefit • Environmental • Economic • Quality of Life
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
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
Priming the Green Pump Green Capital
Opportunity Scan Findings and Recommendations
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
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
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
San Antonio 2000-2006Transportation Costs Grew Twice Rate of IncomeHousing Costs Grew Three Times Faster than Income 33.2 23.9 12.2
Consultant’s Report • Findings are aligned with the key areas of plan development: • Energy Efficiency • Economic Development • Transportation Optimization • Improve Sustainability of City Operations
Key Sustainability Areas Plans and Action Steps
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”
Energy Action Steps • Coordinate Advanced Metering Initiatives between CPS, SAWS, and COSA
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
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
“Greenonomic” Development Attracting Capital for Infrastructure and Green Jobs
“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
“Greenonomic” Action Steps • Develop strategy for attracting larger share of private venture capital investments potential
“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
“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
Transportation Plan Optimizing Mobility and Cutting Transportation Costs for Residents
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.”
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
COSA Mission Verde Turning City Operations as Green as Possible
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
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
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.
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)
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
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
Current City Initiatives Review of Existing Efforts
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
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
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
Questions and Comments Council Feedback and Guidance