Green Infrastructure Grant Program:
Board of Supervisors Update
October – December 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
.
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
SFPUC closed the Fall 2023 application cycle and received 3 applications, totaling just over $4.4M in requested funding: Mariners Village, Cornerstone Academy Cambridge, and Cornerstone Academy Silver. During the reporting period, three projects (Crocker Amazon Park, St. Anne of the Sunset, and St. Emydius) continued construction and seven projects (Project Artaud, Buena Vista Horace Mann K- 8, Everett Middle School, Church of the Visitacion, St. Thomas More School, St. Monica, and St.
Thomas the Apostle) continued design and community engagement.
Program Statistics (February 2019 – December 2023)
Since the launch of the Green Infrastructure Grant Program in February 2019, the SFPUC has awarded grants to 20 projects with a total of approximately $20M in funding. The following program summary statistics are as of December 31, 2023:
• Applications Received: 23
• Applications Awarded: 20
• Active Projects: 16
• Projects Completed: 3
• Total Funding Awarded: $20.03M
• Potential Stormwater Captured by Awarded Projects: 13 million gallons per year • Property Site Visits Conducted by Technical Team: 58
• Site Opportunities Assessments Completed: 31
• Presentations Given to Stakeholders: 11
• Publications and Media pick-ups: 2
Green Infrastructure Grant Program Awarded Projects to Date Project Name Status Watershed Grant Amount
Impervious
Area Managed
(acres)
Estimated
Stormwater Volume
Managed (gal/yr)
Lafayette Elementary School Complete Sunset $487,891 0.6 341,000 St. Thomas More Church & School Design Phase Lake Merced $1,118,958 1.5 782,000 Bessie Carmichael Middle School Complete Channel $521,427 0.6 233,000 Lycee Francais SF Ortega Campus Complete Sunset $480,958 0.6 358,000 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Withdrawn Lake Merced $127,041 - - Crocker Amazon Park In Construction 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 In Construction Sunset $1,557,898 2.0 1,089,000 St. Emydius Church & School In Construction Lake Merced $873,136 0.9 445,000 Church of the Visitacion Church & School Design Phase Sunnydale $1,727,103 1.9 925,000 Project Artaud Design Phase 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 Design Phase Channel $1,874,496 2.0 1,060,000 Buena Vista Horace Mann School Awarded Fall 2022 Channel $629,423 0.7 318,000 Buchanan Street Mall Awarded Spring 2023 Channel $595,200 0.6 365,000 Louis Sutter Playground Awarded Spring 2023 Yosemite $831,473 1.0 488,000 Thurgood Marshall High School Awarded Spring 2023 Islais Creek $1,999,465 2.2 1,166,000 Visitacion Valley Middle School Awarded Spring 2023 Sunnydale $1,999,967 4.4 2,250,000 Total $20,028,744 25.1 12,956,000
St Anne of the Sunset (construction in progress, fall 2023)
Construction of new permeable walkway and rain garden
Completed construction of new permeable parking area
St Emydius (construction in progress, fall 2023)
Construction of new stormwater planter
Construction of new stormwater planter
Crocker Amazon Park (construction in progress, fall 2023)
Construction of new rain garden at parking lot entrance
El Dorado Elementary School (community engagement in progress, fall 2023)
An edible ‘food model’ was created for the project site and presented during a community engagement meeting for the Outdoor Learning component of the El Dorado Elementary School project.