PresentationsOctober 15, 2020
Update on Services:
New Solid Waste Franchise Agreement
Item #2
What are we asking for in the
new agreement?
●Continuation of mandated services
●Extra services
●New services
●Comply with SB1383 Short-Lived
Climate Pollutants regulations
Potential new services
Smaller 24-gallon garbage cart
Expanded cardboard collection
Annual washing of residential organics carts
Cloud-based customer portal
Mulch as well as compost for use in city
Surveys
Formal and informal surveys of residents
and businesses, online and in Chinese
●How valuable are extra services
●Interest in new services
●Understanding of SB1383
●Satisfaction with Recology
●Rates
Residential Survey Results
Service – valuable?Formal Survey Informal
On-call collections 92% 96.1%
Batteries & bulbs curbside 88.2%94.2%
Environmental Days 80.9%85.4%
Compost giveaway 72%75.7%
Motor & cooking oil curbside 68.7%76.7%
Christmas tree collection 67.2% 69.9%
Food scraps containers 55.8%55.3%
Coat collection 50.1% 53.1%
Potential New Services Formal Informal
Extra cardboard collection 81.5%70.8%
Washing the organics cart 1/year 61.7%62.1%
Smaller sized garbage cart 43.1%47.1%
New regulations:
SB1383: Short-Lived Climate
Pollutants
●Goes into effect 1/1/2022
●Requires 75% reduction of organics in
garbage by 2025 in California
●Businesses: Edible food to be “rescued”
●Everybody: Food scraps and food-soiled
paper into the organics cart/bin
Invitations for feedback
●Dedicated web page: Cupertino.org/newFA
●Sustainability Commission
●Chamber of Commerce LAC
●Articles in The Scene and Business Buzz
●Coverage in Cupertino Today
●Two Zoom outreach meetings
●Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor
●Emails through GovDelivery
Rate changes expected
Amount of increase will be influenced by:
●Services negotiated
●Costs to comply with SB1383
●Weak recycling market
Next Steps
●If needed, present updated status
on agreement and rates to City
Council in November
●Recommend new agreement and
rates in January
●New agreement begins in February
Input & Questions
FAQs and links to surveys at:
Cupertino.org/newFA
CAP 2.0
2020-2045
Updating the Climate Action Plan with a
carbon-neutral, zero waste, and resilient
mindset
Item #3
Cupertino Policies and Related Plans
•General Plan (2015-2040)
•Develop and maintain a CAP
•Study climate hazards
•Climate Emergency Resolution 2018
•Cupertino Parks & Rec Master Plan
•Plan Bay Area 2050
•Signatory to:
•Climate Mayors
•“We Are Still In”
Targets: California state guidance
Robust & quantitative
Locally appropriate
Follow the state goal curve
Sources: California Air Resources Board 2017 Scoping Plan
City of San Jose 2019 goal-setting memo
Cupertino 2018 GHG Forecast
Carbon neutral by 2045
Sources: California Air Resources Board workshop August 2020
Considering targets
●Political feasibility –target should harmonize with local leadership
●Financial feasibility –climate measures and emissions reduction
targets make financial sense
●Engage the community in establishing the target
●Revisit the goals after completing the GHG forecast
Local levers
●Land use authority
●Reducing car miles
●Sustainable development patterns
●Public works (bike and walk infrastructure)
●Local codes and city activities
●Organics collection, embodied carbon requirements, etc.
●What creates co-benefits
●Local jobs, More mobility choices, Quality of life, Equitable
access to benefits, etc.
●Public/Private partnerships –build economic opportunity
●Where can Cupertino uniquely excel?
Game changers
●Adopt a Zero-Emissions Standard for New Buildings
●Build a Ubiquitous Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
●Mandate the Recovery of Organic Material
●Electrify Buildings’ Heating and Cooling Systems
●Designate Car-Free and Low-Emissions Vehicle Zones
●Set a City Climate Budget to Drive Decarbonization
http://carbonneutralcities.org/
Recent CAPs
Menlo Park (June 2020)
Carbon Neutral by 2030 goal
●Electrify-on-Burn-out ordinance
●All new cars are EV by 2025
●Reduce car miles by 25%
●Direct carbon removal for remaining GHGs
Recent CAPs
Oakland (August 2020)
Carbon Neutral by 2045 goal
●Carbon investment program
●Expand tree canopy
●Electrify all buildings by 2040
●Equity focus on all measures
Goal setting: starting place
Achieve city-wide carbon neutrality no later than the year 2045
Achieve negative net carbon emissions after the year 2045
Establish a mid-term 2030 carbon emissions target of 50% below a 2010 baseline
Establish a Zero Waste Community target date of 2035
Draft Vision for CAP 2.0 process
Adopt the following vision to guide the update process:
a. Equity: Activate and celebrate the diversity of Cupertino. Take every effort to include traditionally under-
represented voices in the planning and selection of strategies, as well as business, faith groups, neighborhoods,
and schools. Create a plan that ensures the benefits and opportunities are available to all, and that climate risks
are not borne disproportionately by people of color.
b. Innovation: Develop measures in the 3-year and long-term action plans that position Cupertino as a leader in
climate innovation and technological development.
c. Urgency and Flexibility: Establish a cadence of three-year updates to the near-term action plans, with the aim
to both focus community resources and stay flexible in a fast-moving world. Work with haste commensurate with
the Climate Emergency Declaration that Council adopted in 2018 and the unprecedented opportunity that
climate and waste plans present to our community by taking bold steps in the early planning horizon.
d. Resilience and Adaptation: Establish climate adaptation measures that keep Cupertino residents and
businesses safe, productive, and happy while climate risks accelerate.
Proposed timeline