Improve profitability, legal compliance and conserve resources through adoption of ordinance language, licensing and resource management contracts.
Improve recycling services and expand to multi-unit housing and commercial businesses.
Address concerns over consumer products and packaging through encouragement/implementation of one or more of:
Adopt best practices for urban tree planting/quality; require them in private developments and/or use them in at least one development project.
Customize a model sustainable building renovation policy that includes the SB 2030 energy standard and adopt the language to govern private renovation projects that:
Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who add energy/sustainability improvements, meet the SB 2030 energy standard, or renovate using a green building or energy framework.
Work with the local school district to ensure that future new schools are built using the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who build new buildings that utilize the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Require by city policy that new city-owned buildings be built using the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Create a demand-side pricing program to reduce demands on water and wastewater systems.
