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08-678Council File #_�� Green Sheet # 3055790 RESOLUTION �� CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA Presented by 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Resolution Accepting the Sustainable Saint Paul 2008 Annual Report and Work Plan WHEREAS, the Sustainable Saint Paul workgroup has had many accomplishments over the past year, listed in detail in the attached Annual Report, and which include the following: • Hired an Energy Coordinator to reduce the Ciry's overal] energy use and coordinate energy conservation initiatives in the City; • Hired a new Water Resource Coordinator to work with City inspectors and plan review staff to update the City's construction sites erosion control program and facilitate coordination of water resource requirements as part of development review. • Expanded recycling and waste reduction efforts in City facilities; • Developed partnerships with other public entities to develop programs Iike GreenGatherings and to obtain grant funding through sources such as the Solar Cities program; • Developed efforts to attract green manufacturing and business opportunities to Saint Paul; • Retrofitted two parks and recreation buildings and a public works building for energy efficiency; • Initiated a pilot project to test new energy efficient street lights; • Made lighting improvements at other public buildings and parking ramps. Now, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul pursue participation in the carbon disclosure project; and be it further I2ESOLVED, that the W ork Group shall continue to idenrify further policies and practices that make Saint Paul a sustainable city with a healthy environment for all who live and work here, including working with the a variety of governmental agencies, utilities, businesses and nonprofit organizations and members of the Environmental Roundtable to further identify areas of enhanced sustainability practices; and be it finally RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council accepts the Sustainable Saint Paul 2Q08 Annual Report and extends its thanks once again to all the City staff involved who make the work plan a reality through their hard work on behalf of the residents, visitors and businesses of the City of Saint Paul. Requested by Depariment of: By: Approved by the Office of Financial Services By: Approved by City Attorney By: Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council Adoption Certified by Counc� ecretary By: BY� / / ///1 � .SG� Approv o n Date � p BY� (�-�A.�J�i� G � Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet � ��' �P�Z� CQ - Council Contac[ Pefson & Phone: Jennifer Dunn 6-8651 Must Be on Council Agen Doc, Type: RESOLUTION E•Document Required: Y Document Contact: Donna Sanders Co�tact Phone: 6-8653 fEIl�DI�F.F1 y Assign Number For Routing Order Total # of Signature Pages _(Clip All Locations for Signature) Green Sheet NO: 3055790 0 auncil I ooncil pe artment DireMOr 2 i Clerk 3 4 5 Resolution Accepting the Sustainable Saint Paul 2008 Annual Report and Work Plan. danons: Approve (A) or R Planrring Commission CIB Committee Crvil Service Commission 1. Has ihis person/fvm ever worked untler a contract ior this depadment? Yes No 2. 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CosURevenue Budgeted: June 18, 2008 3:17 PM Page 1 ��-�� Sustainable Saint Paut - � June 1, 2008 Summary ��'°�� °"� and E�ciency • Establish $1 million Energy Conservation Investment Fund • Hire the City's first Energy Coordinator • Conduct energy efficiency retrofits of the City's Rec Centers, Libraries, Public Works, Police and Fire Stations • Install lighting retrofits for City parking facilities • Gonduct energy-effiecient street light pilot project Clean and Renewable Energy Supply • Convert Xcel Energy's coal-burning power plant to combined-cycle natural gas facility reducing green house gas and mercury emissions ,• Research, in cooperation with Saint Paui Port Authority, a new renewable energy faciiity for Rock-Tenn and other development and redevelopment afong Central Corridor • Initiate DOE's Solar America grant to jumpstart solar in Saint Paul & Mpls Green Development • Adopt green buifding policy for public buildings • Develop City's fiirst green buiiding — Western District Police Station • Develop green building policy for private projects with public investment • Green buifding training and LEED accreditation for City staff GreenGatherings • Work with paRners to green large and small events in the City • Develop trainings and usabie material for event pianners Green Manufacturing ,• Research and release Making if Green in Minneapolis Saint Paul report • Research and develop green manufacturing opportunities • Develop marketing pian to attract green businesses to Saint Paul Green Space, Urban Reforestation & Parks • Enhance the City's urban forests by removing invasive species artd plarttirtg native trees, shrubs, and forbs • Establish a new tree donation program for City parks • Expand and enhance Blooming Saint Paul program National Great River Park • Secure funds for master plan of National Great River Park • Complete improvements at Raspberry fsland and Chestnut Plaza Recycling and Waste Reduction • Expand recyding oppor�unities at afl City parks and facilities • Expand the use of recycled and environmental preferred products • F�cpand residential curbside recycling program to include organic collection • Encourage recyciing and waste reduction opportunities for residents in invest Saint Paul neighborhoods 5ustainable Saint Paul Awards • Announce Second Annua( Sustainabfe Saint Paul Awards, review appfications, and present awards to recipients Transportation Options – Alternative Fueis and Vehicles • Work with partners to secure $70 million in flinding for Light Rail Transit (LRT) along Central Corridor • Purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles and light-duty trucks • Secure donation of ten Toyota vehicles including six hybrids &$300,000 • Increase use of biofuels, such as biodiesel and E85 Water Resources Management • Incorporate inrtovative water quality and infiltration practices on all City road reconstruction projects Hire new Water Resource Coordinator to work with City tnspectors, and plan review staff • - • Develop a water chapter for the City's 2008 Comprehensive P(an ��-�� • Sustainable Saint Paul 2008 Annual Report June l, 2008 MayoY Chris Coleman and the Saint Paul City Council are corrzmitted to making Saint Paul "The IYlost Livable City in America " and a leader in sustainable urban Ziving. The City is taking proactive steps to protect our City's air, water and urban landscape by focusing on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) reduction activities in the areas of energy efficiency and conservation; clean energy supply; alternative fuels; transportation opZions, recycling and waste reductzon; reforestation and green spaces, and water quality. Mayor Coleman and the City Counczl have already taken the first steps toward making Saint Paul one of the greenest cities in the country. Imrnediately after taking office in .Ianuary of 2006, Mayor • Coleman hired the City's first sustainability coordinator and signed, with unanimous support of the City Counci7, the U.S. Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement and pledged to reduce green house gases by 20% by 2020. In February 2008, the City of Saint Paul was ranked 11 th by Popular Science Magazine in its Zist of `America's Top SO Greenest Cities. " . Enerqy- Efficient Retrofits for Existinq City Facilities • At no a8difional cost to taxpayers, Mayor Chris Coleman will invest $1 million over the next several years into the Energy Conservation Investment Fund. The Fund is a revolving loan account that supports energy-e�ciency investments with a documented payback of less than ten years for City-owned buildings. The Fund enables the City to retrofit existing facilities to conserve energy, reduce CO2 emissions, and provide for substantiat long-tercn savings for ta3cpayers. • (n February 2008, the City hired its first Energy Coordinator to reduce the Ciry's overall energy use and coordinate energy conservation initiatives in the City. • During the past year, the City anatyzed ten City-owned buildings (Battle Creek Community Center; Como Lakeside Pavilion; Eastview, Langford, and South Saint Anthony Recreation Centers; Eastem Team Police Station; Highland Library; Hillcrest Recreation; Martin Luther King Certter; andtheTr�c Building at 899 Dale Streei) and plans to install energy management systems to help control updated heating and lighting systems with ten-year paybacks or less. During the next several years, the City will evaluate over 40 City- owned buildings and make the necessary improvements to reduce CO2 emissions and save taxpayer dollars. • • The City is using the ground-breaking State of Minnesota Building, Benchmarking and Beyond (B3) guidelines developed by Xcel Energy, MN Department of Commerce and W eidt Group to identify and prioritize public buiidings. • Energy- efficiency renovations are underway at two of the City of Saint Paul Division of Parks and Recreation's Linwood Recreation Center and Phalen Golf Course Clubhouse. It is projected that the Phalen Clubhouse will have annual electric savings of $7,73Q artd annual gas savings of $7,945. The Linwood Recreation Center is projected to have annual electricai savings of $6,833 and annuai gas savings of $2,958 upon completio� of the project. The energy-efficient upgrades wiii have a two to five year payback and wiii qua(ify for a combined $17,170 rebate from Xcel Energy. • The City of Saint Paul Department of Public Works improved the energy e�ciency of the Street Maintenance Faciiity at 873 Daie Street. Lighting upgrades were instalied and new digital controls will be installed by July 2008, with total savings projected to be over $34,000 annually. • New digital controls were installed at the Rice Street Library in March 2008 with estimated annuai savings of aver $8,800. • Four City-owned parking faciifties were evaluated for relighting projects. The Lowertown Ramp will be the first to be retrofitted. Over 350 100-watt high-pressure sodium lighfs wili be replaced with new high bay fluorescent T8 Iamps for an estimated annuaf efectrical savings of $13,640 and a payback of 3.1 years. � • Public Works initiated a pilot energy-efficient street Iightjng project to reduce the energy costs of the City's 37,000 street lights. � Clean � Renewable Enerqv Suppiy o�-�`�8 • The City continued to work with Xcel Energy on the conversion of the 25� MegaWatt (MW ) coal-burning power plant to a new 550 MW combined cycfe natural gas plant due to come on line duly of 2008. • The City monitored the Saint Paul Port Authority's efforts to study economic and technical feasibifity and environmental impact of building a renewable energy facility for Rock-Tenn, the state's largest paper recycling operation, and other development and redevelopment along the Central Corridor. • The City of Saint Paul with the City of Minneapolis and the MN Department of Commerce secured $200,000 cash grant and $300,000 technical assistance over two years from the Department of Energy to stimulate solar instaliations in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. • Green Develoament • Mayor Chris Cofeman and the Saint Paul City Council are committed to creating more sustainable buildings and sites that are more energy-efficient; have improved air and water quality; are more durable; and reduce long-term operating expenses. • W ith Mayor Coleman's support, last year the City Gouncil unanimously passed the Sustainable Development Policy for New and Renovated Municipal Buildings. All new or major renovated Saint Paul municipal facilities will use one of the following two well-established standards: 1) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desig� (LEED) or 2) State of Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines (B3). Fifty City staff received a day-long training on LEED and B3 sponsored by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and six City staff plan to become LEED accredited. • In December 2007, the City of Saint Paul opened the City's first green building — Saint Paul Police Department's Western District Police Faciliiy. The 38,000 square foot $10.5 million structure will house over 1 DO police officers that serve the western portion of the City. The building is certifiied LEED Gold and will be 45% more energy efficient than the State building code. The use of a white roof; A-41 p cooli�g; solar tubes; occupancy HVAC and lighting sensors; closed combustion boiler; and storrn water management techniques (i.e., rain gardens and pervious parking surtaces) all provide a facility that is "green" and reduces future operating costs. The collective payback period for the energy e�cient and "green" features in the building is three years. Plans are underway to build a new green fire station at West 7th Street and Randolph Avenue. � • With the Mayor's leadership, the City of Saint Paul secured funds in summer 2007 from the MPCA to convene a group of stakeholders to develop a comprehensive set of "green" policies and practices for projects receiving public investments. The City contracted with Ellen Brown, Brown Partners, and John Carmody and Richard Strong, the University of Minnesota's Sustainable Building Research Center, to facilitate the process and make recommendations in early 2009. • The Departmenf of Planning and Economic Development (PED) is currently ufilizing the Interim SainE Paut PED/HRA Sustainability Initiative Policy to make fufure developmenf projecfs in Sainf Paul more environmenta(ly and financially sustainabfe by identifying and incorporating proven a�d tested practices • that demonstrate significant measurable resulfs and return on investment. Commercial development projects are required to ufi(ize Xcel Energ�s Energy Design Assistance program and new residential projects are required to participafe in the ENERGY STAR Homes program and rehabilitation projects must compfy with Home Performance with ENERGY STAR. Some examples this year are CUB FooBs in Pfia(en Village, United Family Practices Clinic, Winnipeg Homes, J&J Disfributing, and 132 West Winifred. • Early in fhe Ford site redevefopment planning, fhe Mayor and Ford Site Planning Task Force set a strong vision for sustainable redevelopment of the site. The City took fhe first sfep to acfiieving this vision when it negotiated an opfion to purcfiase five megawatfs of power directly from the hydro faciiity next to fhe site for use in a redeveloped community. In 2007, PED began a partnership with fhe MPCA and the U.S. EPA Region 5 office fo pursue the goal of making fhe Ford sife a nationa( demonstration of susfainable brownfield redevelopment. This process began with two workshops fo discuss sustainable brownfield redevelopment generafly and fhen spec�caliy for the Ford site. PED continues to work witfi MPCA and US EPA staff to identify g�anf opportunities to heip advance sustainabiiify efforts af the Ford sife. fn June -- 2008, the MPCA approved two grants for the City of Sainf Paul. The firsf was a$25,000 granf to inifiate-a "Ford Site Green Team," a small group of susfainabfe development experts, charged with deveioping a roadmap of realisfic green goais and fools for the Ford site. The second $20,000'grant is to be used to, begin pre-design planning for a best management practice stormwater system for a redeveloped Ford site given the likelihood of some "contained° contaminants remaining after remediation. • PED is in the process of updating the City's Comprehensive Plan and incorporating sustainability fanguage in each chapter. The Comp Plan will be adopted by tfie City Council in late 2008. PED pianning staff are afso working on Central Corridor LRT, Station Area Plans, Centrat Corridor Bike-Waik- Plan, and Mississippi River Critical Area Regulations. GreenGatherinqs • The City, with Ramsey Counry, MPCA and EPA formed GreenGatherings to shape the greening of events, large and small, in the Twin Cities Metro Area, beginning with the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) September 1 - 4, 2008. • The purpose of the GreenGatherings project is to build a lasting environmental Iegacy; protect the region's natural resources; educate citizens and visitors about green choices and their impact on the environment; provide tools and information to allow all gatherings, large and smali, to become green; and demonstrate the economic and community benefits of greening. • In February 2008, GreenGatherings conducted a green practices seminar for area hotels and restaurants. � U r� �� Green Manufacturinq tnitiative • • In January of 2007, Mayor Coleman and Mayor R.T. Rybak announced the formation of the Mayors' lnitiative on Green Manufacturing with the Blue Green Allia�ce. The Mayors canvened a development team of leaders from environmentaf, labor, business, and non-pro�t organizations to examine how Saint Paui and Minneapolis can become leaders on promoting and developing green manufacturing technologies and products while creating famity supporting jobs. • In April 2008, the Mayors' Initiative on Green Manufacturing reieased Making it G�een in Minneapolis Saint PauL This report, prepared by CDC Associates, examines the economic growth areas for green industries such as renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, and geothermal); green building products (e.g., energy-efficient heating, air conditioning, ventilating systems, windows, and green roofing systems); transportation industries (e.g., hybrid and plug-in cars, and automotive components); a�d reclamation industries. • The Mayors' Initiative also worked with graduate students from the Hubert Humphrey Institute to fuRher examine manufacturing jobs in multiple green industry sectors, green i�dustrial site criteria, and green economic development zones to guide Saint Paui and Minneapoiis's sustainable development. Their • findings are detailed in Green Cities Green Jobs completed in May 2008. • With the assistance of Minnesota State Senator Ellen Anderson, the City secured $100,000 to evaluate the Ford site and conduct a skiils assessment of current workers for future green manufacturing opportunities. An additional $250,000 was secured to work with the Blue Green Alliance, City of Minneapolis, and others to further the Mayors' Initiative on Green Manufacturing. Green Space 8� Urban Reforestation • This year, the Parks and Recreation's Natural Resources and Forestry crews celebrated Earth Day at College Park by planting trees donated by St. Anthony Park Community Foundation with 75 community members; commemorated Arbor Day at Phalen Park with 3rd grade Students from Farnworth Elementary School; and hosted the Annual Spring Cleanup in the Parks and Invest Saint Paul areas. • A new tree donation program was established . and kicked off at the Rivertront Corporation's annual Millard Fillmore dinner with a donation from District Energy of 25 trees for the Jimmy Lee Rec Center. • Over the past year, the Parks and Recreation Departmenl pianted over 1,860 native trees and shrubs and 9,750 native grasses, forbs and aquatic plants. b�� • Parks crews and volunteers removed invasive buckthorn from 4 acres of parkland and utilized prescribed burning to maintain an addifional 14 acres. • ln preparation for the Republican National Convention, the Parks and Recreation's Biooming Saint Paul . crews are doubling the number of plants in hanging baskets and large disk ums around the Downtown area. • Parks Maintenance acquired a new Green Machine Vacuum-Sweeper to remove grass Gippings and oiher debris aiong paths and sidewalks and, when possible, is usittg "green powered" equipment that have low emission engines, whicfi meef or exceed EPA or CARB requirements. • Saint Paul's Second Shift Youth Commission (made up of high school students) had an environment subcommittee that worked on encouraging youth and families to use "green" cleaning supplies. Included was a kit created for family nights with information on environmenfai and health hazards, and materials for people to make their own "green° Soft Scrub-like cleanser out of common cooking ingredients. The Commission traveled to various facilities including Hancock Recreation Center. • The Green Team at Como Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory is a group comprised of stafF members that meet monthly to monitor Como's environmental efforts and maintain a sustai�able workplaoe, Their mission is to make Como Campus an Environmentai Rmbassador for its visitors, statF, and volunteers by enhancing, fostering, and inspiring green practices such as recycling, waste reduction, conservation, and education. Initiatives include energy conservation and efficiency improvements; recycling, reuse, and waste reduction activities; and other pollution prevention initiatives, • Como Park Zoo and Conservatory opened, Blooming Buttertlies, a new exhibit that features a variety of butterfly species and native pfants on June 6, 2008. Blooming ButterFlies is a seasonai, free- standing butterfly exhibit, resembling a caterpillar, wiil be a new immersion experience at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. National Great River Park . The Minnesota State Legislature approved over $7.8 miilion for capital improvements for the National Great River Park. Unfortunately, the funds were vetoed by Governor Tim Pawienty. • The Parks and Recreation Department is completing $5 million in improvements at Raspberry Island, which includes new rip rap, walking trail with permeable pavers, restroom and fishing beach; finishing improvements at Chestnut Piaza; and initiating planning for Lilydale Regional Park and Cherokee Park. Recvclinu and Waste Reduction . Financed with loans from MPCA and Ramsey County, Eureka Recyclirtg's new optical glass sorting line became operational in February. This is one of only iwo such systems in the U.S. installed at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF). This advanced technology will greatly increase the value of the Citys giass stream, lower processing costs and increase the City's revenue share from the Eureka contract. � o�-t�� The Pubfic Works Department, with Eureka Recycling and Ramsey County, launched a reinvigoration of recycling initiative in January 2008 in the City Hall/Court House and City Hall Annex buildings. Public � Works and Eureka are working with City facilities staff to assess current recycling system practices and will launch in the libraries, recreation centers, and outdoor picnic areas in summer 2008 and will move on to Police and Fire buildings in the fall. • The 2008 "Wishes for the Sky' event at Harriet Island had 1,500 participants but generated less than five pounds of trash due to the support of �ureka Recycling's Zero Waste initiative. • Saint Paul's Midway Stadium annually recycles nearly 400 yards of material, along with 125-ninety gailon carts of glass. This year, Parks and Recreation is partnering with the St. Paul Saints to place an additional 25 recycling containers for gfass and cans around the property. • Clean organics colleetion will be added to the curbside program in 2009-10, with the objective of reaching a 75% residential recycling rate in Saint Paul. Financing will require 11 % increases in the residential recycling service fee in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The program wiii be phased in begi�ning in April 2009 and wili be availabie curbside io ali single-family households by 2010. The targeted materials will be food waste and other household organics wastes, such as soiled paper, dryer lint, and pet waste. The organic materials will be collected curbside and transported to a composting facility. The impleme�tation plan includes a Eureka contract extension required to finance the organics program capital expenditures. • Eureka is working in Invest Saint Paul priority neighborhoods to distribute multi-language recycling brochures and recyciing bins door-to-door using volunteers from YouthCARE and the East YMCA. AII 4,000 households in the • priority neighborhoods will be visited by the end of 2008. Eureka is partnering with TetraPak to distribute free drink boxes to the households as part of the education campaign. Priority neighborhoods in District 3 were also visited as part of the project. • Overall, 47°Io, or 460 tons, of materiais brought to the neighborhood cfeanups in 2007 were recycled or reused. in response to changes in state legisiation, cleanups will no longer charge residents for electronics and electronics recycling held steady at about 90 tons. Additional funds are available for District Councils coordinating litter pickup along public streets and sidewalks, before, during, or after cleanup days. The District Councils are also encouraged to separate clean wood at cleanups. � With the City's support, E�reka received a US EPA grant to implement comprehensive recycling services at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, which inciudes new equipment and containers to be installed in June 2008. Public Art Saint Paul received a grant from the City's Cultural STAR program to anaryze environmental elements of public art and incorporate the analysis into policies and projects in Saint Paul neighborhoods. PASP is working with Eureka Recycling to design and implement environmentally suQerior and aesthetically pleasing recycling receptacles for use in Saint Paul public spaces, starting with a pilot project in Mears Park to be completed in 2009. , • The Department of Financial Services Office of Contracts and Analysis Services researched best practices to support increased usage of remanufactured toner cartridges and conducted a successful trial in the their office. 7 • Recycle Minnesota worked with Cinco de Mayo to promote recycling and waste reduction at the State's largest Latino event, Rondo Days organizers are working with the City, Ramsey County, and Eureka Recyciing to make portions of the event waste free. Sustainabie Saint Paul Awards • fn 2006, Mayor Co(eman established the annual Sustainabie Saint Paul Awards program to honor outstanding achievement of individuals, businesses, artd organizations that are protecting and restoring the environment in Saint Paul. • Mayor Coleman and the Saint Paul City Council recognized awardees at the 2nd annual Sustainable Saint Paul Awards ceremony in Aprii 2008 in fhe Saint Paul City Councii cham6ers. The ceremony was weil attended and broadcasted on cable access. • This yea�'s winners included: Macalester College - Energy Efficiency or Conservation; Saint Paui Parks and Recreation Environmenfal Services Sfaff - Water Quality or Conservation; Saint Pauf Cfassic Bike Tour - Transportation Options; Gordon Parks School - Commercial Green Building Design; Community of Peace Academy - Green Spaces; Como Zoo and Conservatory Society Ceil Phone Recycling - Waste Reduction and Recycling; Eco Education - Environmental Education and Awareness; Como Park High School's Greeneyez environmentai ciub,-Youth Leadership; and Larry Zangs - Sustainabie City Employee. Transportation Options — Alternative Fueis and Vehicles • The Cify worked with Metro Transit, the City of Minneapolis, and numerous community partners to secure $70 million in state funding for LighY Rail Transit on the Centrai Corridor from Saint Pau! to Minneapolis. • The Coleman Administration is working to further reduce CO2 emissions by purchasing more fuei- effcient vehicles like the Ford Focus sedans and light utility vehicles, as well as other electric utility vehicles, while continuing to reduce the totaf number of vehicles in the fleef. After carefui examination in 2006 and again in 2007, it was,determined that purchasing hybrid cars at this time wouid not be cost-effective. • The Division of Parks and Recreation secured a donation of ten vehicies including six hyb�ids from Toyota and $100,000 annually for three years. \ J • - • in 2007, the City doubled its purchase of E85 to 4,454 gailons for the City's flexibie-fuei Ford Taurus and o�-r��8 plans to doubie the use of ethanoi in 2008. In July 2007, the Public Works Department installed a 1,000- gallon E85 tank at the Dale Street Yard. ` • At the Mayor's direction, the City is expanding the use of other biofuels (ike E85 and biodiesel. In 2��6, the City moved beyond the state mandated use of 2°!o biodiesel (B2) to B5 and then fo 610. For better cold weather pertormance, the City drops back to 65 for the winter season, gradually increasing back up to B10 again for the spring and summer months. During 2007, Public Works offset 10,74� gallons of diesel fuel with biodiesel and 4,454 gallons ofi unleaded gasoline with E85. • During 2007, the Public Works Department programmed 15 heavy diesel trucks with idle shut-down systems, turning off engi�es left idling for more than ten minutes. • The City worked with Minneapolis Parks to secure a donation of 1,000 bikes from Humana and Bikes Belong to be used during the Repubiican National Convention with the intent of starting a bike-sharing program for the Twin Cities area. . The federally funded Como Bikeway project, which includes approximatety 8.5 miles of on-street striped bike lanes and Share the Road facilities was compfeted in 2007. This project, which has been in the works for fifteen years, connects Mississippi River Boulevard to the Gateway Trail Head at 135E and Cayuga Street, as well as providing access to the State Gapitol. • • The Public Works Tra�c Division applied for and received Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot Program federal funding for installation of bike lanes on Como Avenue from Raymond, west to the City Limits, and on Marshall Avenue from Mississippi River Boulevard to Creiin. The Marshall project also includes landscaped medians, which will reduce the amount of impervious pavement. Both projects will be implemented in 2009. • Public Works propo5ed, and tlie CIB Committee, Mayor, and City Council approved, "Bicycle Facilities Program" as part of the 2008-2009 CIB Program. This will provide a funding source for installation of bike racks in public rights-of-way and installation of on-street bike facilities in conjunction with mi11 and overiay projects as opportunities present or as stand alone projects. Water Resources Manaaement • The City worked in partnership with local watershed districts to implement innovative water quality and infiitration practices on aii City RSVP road reconstruction projects including installation of rain gardens and /or roadway infiltration trenches at Earl/Mclean, Ivy/Kennard, Ashland(Pascal, Hubbard/Griggs, and GriggslJefferson street projects. � • In 2007, a task force formed to help develop a water chapter for the City's 2008 Comprehensive Plan and met monthly throughout the year. This new chapter provides comprehensive direction on three different types of water: (1) the municipal water supply, which pipes water to our homes; (2) surface water (i.e., rain and snow), which drains via storm sewers to ponds, lakes, and the River; and (3) the sanitary sewers that flow to the Pig's Eye Treatment Plant and then back into the river. � • In January 2008 the Departments of Public Works and Safety and Inspections hired a new Water Resource Coordinator to work with City inspectors and plan review staff to update the City's construction sites erosion control program and faciiitate coordination of water resource requirements as part of development review. • The City of Saint Paul has been conducting a successful storm drain stenciling education program since 1993 wifh the Friends of fhe Mississippi River. In 2007, volunteer groups stenciled 2,926 storm drains, distributed over 10,000 door hangers and involved 1,223 volunteers. The program aiso included community workshops, tours and litter dean-ups. . With the Capitoi Region and Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed Districts, the City cosponsored educational activities such as the Como Lake Water Festivai and Watertest at Phaien Lake and distributed 80,OD0 "Green Up Your Lawn not Your Lakes and Rivers° brochures in the Storm Sewer Service Charge b+lling. • The City participateci in the Wafershed Parfners' Minnesota Water — LeYs Keep it Glean campaign. in 2007, the campaign included PSAs on Twins Radio, 1500 KSTP, and Comcast, print ads, and a website redesign. . The Saint Pau( Regional Wafer Services (SPRWS} brought on line a granulated activated carbon filters system at the McCarrons Treatment Pla�t to improve water quality and taste and significantly reduced odor and complaints. • The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) approved the SPRWS's welihead protection pian and submitted a Source W ater Protection Plan to MDH and a Conservation Pian to the State of Minnesota for approval. • SPRWS is completing a study to determine how to manage, prevent, and maintain the source water supply from zebra mussels and other invasive species, which have been discovered or could be introduced into the source water supply. • SPRWS is drilling additional wells in 2008 to expand the ground water supply as an altemalive to the current surface water supply. SPRWS is in negotiations with the Saint Paui Port Authority to acquire two deep weffs to be used in the event that the McCarrons Treatrnent piant could not supply water for emergency services such as fire fighting. For Additional Information Contact: Anne Hunt, Mayor Chris Coleman's o�ce Phone: 651.266.8520 E-mail: anne.hunt@ci.stpaul.mn.us Website: http://www.stpaul.gov/sustainablestpaul • r -_ L, 10