Green Infrastructure Grant Program:
Board of Supervisors Update
January – March 2023
Program Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Green Infrastructure Grant Program (Grant Program) is designed to encourage San Francisco properties to design, build, and maintain performance-based green stormwater infrastructure (Green Infrastructure or GI), including but not limited to: permeable pavement, rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, and vegetated roofs. The purpose of the Green Infrastructure Grant Program is to improve the performance of SFPUC’s sewer system by reducing the amount of stormwater runoff entering the system, while delivering public benefits that enhance the quality of life of SFPUC rate payers.
To receive funding under the Grant Program each project must:
1. Be located on a parcel that is connected to an SFPUC-owned and operated sewer system service area.
2. Manage stormwater runoff from a minimum impervious area of 0.5 acres.
3. Capture the 90th percentile storm (0.75-inch depth) with the proposed green infrastructure features.
4. Provide at least two (2) of the identified co-benefits from the program list, which can be found in the Grantee Guidebook
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5. Have a grant team that collectively demonstrates a history of successful project implementation and has previous experience designing, constructing, and/or maintaining green infrastructure, and be in good standing in all currently active Green Infrastructure Grant Program projects.
More information on the Grant Program can be found at http://www.sfpuc.org/gigrants .
Quarterly Highlights
During the first quarter of 2023, SFPUC launched the Spring 2023 application cycle, which closes on June 2nd, 2023. In March 2023, the Grants Team announced the Spring cycle, sent an e-blast to over 300 prospective applicants, and posted the Spring 2023 Solicitation to the program website and at Main Branch of the Public Library. Included in the e-blast was an invitation to join a virtual workshop on the grant program, which is scheduled for April 4th, 2023. During the first quarter, the Grants Team began outreach for the Spring application cycle by conducting in-person flyering at large, highly impervious parcels throughout the city. The outreach resulted in delivering program factsheets to over 60 properties.
Six activate projects, Crocker Amazon Park, St. Thomas More School, St. Monica, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Emydius, and St. Anne of the Sunset continued project design during the first quarter.
Fall 2022 awarded projects continued to review and negotiate grant agreements.
Program Statistics (February 2019 – March 2023)
Since the launch of the Green Infrastructure Grant Program in February 2019, the SFPUC has awarded grants to 17 projects with a total of approximately $17,820,000 in funding. The following program summary statistics are as of Mach 31, 2023:
• Applications Received: 17
• Projects Awarded: 17
• Projects Completed: 3
• Total Funding Awarded: $17.82M
• Potential Stormwater Captured by Awarded
Projects: 11.05 million gallons per year
• Property Site Visits Conducted by Technical Team:
49 • Site Opportunities Assessments Completed: 26
• Presentations Given to Stakeholders: 11
• Publications and Media pick-ups: 2
Green Infrastructure Grant Program Awarded Projects to Date Project Name Status Watershed Grant Award Impervious Area Managed (acres)
Estimated
Stormwater Volume
Managed (gal/yr)
Lafayette Elementary School Project Complete Sunset $489,142 0.6 341,000 St. Thomas More Church & School Design Phase Lake Merced $1,118,958 1.5 782,000 Bessie Carmichael Middle School Project Complete Channel $521,427 0.6 233,000 Lycee Francais SF Ortega Campus Project Complete Sunset $480,958 0.6 383,000 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Planning Phase Lake Merced $1,577,161 2.6 1,319,000 Crocker Amazon Park Design Phase Sunnydale $859,151 1.1 593,000 St. Thomas the Apostle Church & School Design Phase Sunset $724,227 0.9 483,000 St. Monica Catholic Church & School Design Phase Richmond $641,413 0.8 394,000 St. Anne of the Sunset Church & School Design Phase Sunset $1,557,898 2.0 1,089,000 St. Emydius Church & School Design Phase Lake Merced $873,136 0.9 445,000 Church of the Visitacion Church & School Planning Phase Sunnydale $1,727,103 1.9 925,000 UCSF Parnassus Awarded Fall 2022 Sunset $1,765,633 1.9 1,016,000 Project Artaud Awarded Fall 2022 Channel $684,409 0.8 377,000 El Dorado Elementary School Awarded Fall 2022 Sunnydale $1,412,016 1.6 800,000 Visitacion Valley Elementary School Awarded Fall 2022 Sunnydale $883,092 1.0 489,000 Everett Middle School Awarded Fall 2022 Channel $1,874,496 2.0 1,060,000 Buena Vista Horace Mann School Awarded Fall 2022 Channel $629,423 0.7 318,000 Total $17,819,643 18.8 11,047,000