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Special Meeting
Item No. 1
Single-Use Plastics
Presentation
August 16, 2022
Ursula Syrova, Environmental Programs Manager
Single-Use Plastics Ordinance
First Reading
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• Concerns:
• Foodware litter, chemical migration, microplastics,
ingestion, challenging recycling markets
• 2013: Cupertino banned single-use plastic carryout bags • 2014: Cupertino banned use of EPS foam foodware
• 2017: Zero Waste Policy adopted - supports reusable over single- use, reducing unnecessary single-use foodware & packaging • 2020: Single-Use Plastics Ordinance - City Work Program item • 2021 & 2022: Sustainability Commission input
• March 1, 2022: Council Study Session
Background
• Develop draft ordinance language
• Include temporary waivers to reduce impacts to businesses • Explore collaboration with schools
• Reach out to larger corporate interests
• Explore a pilot of reusable foodware for takeout
• Explore coordinating efforts with surrounding cities
• Consider requiring compostable plastic produce bags
• Clarify concerns about bio-plastics
• Compare the GHG impact of plastic vs compostable foodware Study Session Feedback
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
October 6, 2022
Ask First: Accessories only
on request (per AB1276)
• Businesses must ask
customers if they want
straws, utensils,
condiment packets,
spill plugs, stir sticks,
etc.
• No single-use plastic cups, containers, utensils, stir sticks, straws for dine-in or takeout
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
September 2023
• No use or sale of compostable plastics
• No serving food, drinks using compostable plastic
foodware
• Ban on the sale of compostable plastic foodware
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
September 2023
• No local sale of expanded polystyrene (EPS) items:
• Already prohibited to serve in EPS
• Ban on the sale of EPS foodware
• Ban on the sale of EPS coolers
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
September 2023
• Allow fiber-based takeout foodware:
paper, wood, bamboo, bagasse
• Allow aluminum foil-based items
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
September 2023
• Require reusables for dine-in
Ordinance – Recommended Elements
September 2023
September 2023:
• Amend our plastic bag ordinance:
• No single-use plastic bags for takeout food orders
Now:
• Code Cleanup to match State law:
• Require retailers (not restaurants) to charge $0.10 for reusable carryout bags. CMC currently allows reusable
bags to be given at no charge, but that is not in
alignment with State law. In practice in Cupertino this is already happening.
Ordinance – Single-Use Carryout Bags
• Additional time needed to comply
• Significant economic hardship
• Unique packaging hardship
• Plastic straws available as an accommodation
to people with disabilities who request them to
enjoy equal access to food and beverage
services within the City.
Temporary Exemptions:
• Pilot reusable to-go foodware in Cupertino
• Offer technical and financial assistance to businesses • Studies show switching to reusables pays off
• Help with the initial investment if needed?
Additional Recommendations:
Impact on food providers:
• Requiring compostable fiber-based foodware
• Mountain View
• San Mateo County
• City of Alameda
Other jurisdictions:
• Survey of food businesses in Summer 2021:
• 99 businesses (88 in-person, 11 via email)
• Cross-section of restaurant types (fast food,
independently owned, dine-in, franchises, bubble tea,
coffee/café, grocery, dessert/bakery, small to large)
• Main concerns:
• Cost of alternatives
• Concern about maintaining business operations
(boba cup heat-sealing process, proper packaging
of takeout foods, etc.)
Outreach to Businesses:
• Youth - supportive
• Unhoused and low income – concern over any
increased costs getting passed along
• Large corporate food providers – space for
scaling up dishwashing, availability of labor
• Disability community – retain access to plastic
straws, limited ability to wash dishes
• Schools – no dishwashers, supply chain, budget
Outreach to Special Interest Groups:
111 customers took a survey
• 61% supported moving away from plastic
• 35% are concerned about single-use generally
• 76.6% say it would be positive for the customer
experience
• 87.7% said they’ve received unwanted utensils
or napkins with takeout orders
• 91% worry about the waste from single-use
Outreach to Customers:
• Scene article, Mercury News
• Mailers to all food businesses
• Emails to all survey respondents
• In-person postcard delivery to bubble
tea, coffee places
• Sustainability Commission
• Chamber of Commerce
• engagecupertino.org/single-use-plastics
Outreach for Awareness:
• Impact to bubble tea places – allow unique
packaging exemption for an additional year?
• Offer financial assistance as part of the
technical assistance RFP?
• Plastic hot and cold lids are not included
Notable points:
Next Steps
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• September 6, 2022
• 2nd reading
Questions?
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Item No. 1
Safer from Wildfire
Presentation
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE
Mary Beth Bykowsky
Northern CA Outreach Analyst
Wildfire Actions
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ROLE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
RICARDO LARA
Protect consumers
Maintain insurer solvency
Set standards for agents and broker licensing
Perform market conduct reviews of insurance
companies
Resolve consumer complaints
Investigate and prosecute insurance fraud
Cannot require or compel insurance companies to
sell insurance
2 Met with more than
25,000 people
to hear wildfire and
insurance concerns
through
60 virtual
events
in
40 counties
Since 2019
What CDI Has Done
3 Progress Report
4 • Removed barriers to allow wildfire survivors to
receive critical insurance benefits
• Coverage for evacuation expenses
• Extensions to additional living expenses
• Created disclosures and coverage to meet
upgraded building codes
• One year moratorium from non-renewals (More than
4 million policyholders protected)
• Increased non-renewal notice from 45 to 75 days
Improving the FAIR Plan
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$3
$4
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Businessowners Commercial Pr operty Dwelling Coverage
Coverage Limits (Millions)
1990s 2022
5 Launched in January 2022, Safer from Wildfires is
an interagency partnership between Insurance
Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the state’s
emergency response and readiness agencies to
protect lives, homes, and businesses by reducing
wildfire risk.
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Regulations to lower costs and
increase transparency
• Require insurance companies to factor consumers’ and
businesses’ wildfire safety actions into their pricing
• Provide consumers with transparency about their “wildfire risk score” that insurance companies assign to properties • Give consumers the right to appeal their risk determination • Public hearing was April 13 — regulations expected to be in effect by summer 2022
•The number of homeowners non-renewed
by insurance companies fell by 10 percent
statewide in 2020 compared to the previous
year — a decrease of 22,870 policies.
• Premium discounts now available to 2 out of
every 5 consumers, with up to 20 percent
discounts for wildfire‐hardened homes – 6x
increase since 2019
It Is Working!
11 QUESTIONS?
1-800-927-4357
insurance.ca.gov
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Item No. 6
Innovation and
Technology Department
Update
Presentation
City Council Meeting
Department Update
Innovation & Technology
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Innovation & Technology Council Update
Council Work Program Items
• Council Work Program Dashboard
• Online Store
• License Plate Recognition
• Cybersecurity Education
Innovation & Technology Council Update
Recent Successes
• Business License
• CodeHUB
• Logikcull
• Wi-Fi Expansion
• Digital Transformation
Innovation & Technology Council Update
Additional FY23 Major Projects
• CIP Application
• Website Redesign
• ERP Needs Assessment
• Tech Refresh Server/Storage/Network Infrastructure
Innovation & Technology Council Update
Questions
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Item No. 12
Climate Action Plan (CAP)
2.0 Presentation
Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0
August 16, 2022
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• Nov 2020: Sustainability Commission goal-setting proposal • Dec 2020: Council input on carbon-neutrality goal
• Jul 2021 – July 2022: Public engagement process
• Nov 2021: Council reviewed draft measures & actions
• Apr 2022: Public Review Draft CAP 2.0 published
• May 2022: Sustainability Commission input and recommendation • May 2022: Environmental Review Committee input and recommendation • Jun 2022 – July 2022: CEQA public comment period
• June 2022: City Council Study Session
CAP 2.0 Process
Climate Action Context
2015: Cupertino General Plan – Environment & Sustainability Element 2018: Cupertino Climate Emergency Declaration
2019: Cupertino Achieved GHG Targets from 2015 CAP
2019: State Sets Targets for Carbon-Neutrality
2022: BAAQMD Updates Regional CEQA GHG Thresholds
• Achieve carbon neutrality in City-owned facilities and operations no later than 2030 • Reduce community-wide emissions by 50% below 2010 levels by 2030 • Achieve community-wide carbon neutrality no later than 2040 (five years earlier than the state target)
• Achieve negative net carbon emissions after 2045
• Establish a Zero Waste Community target date of 2035
• Guiding vision of equity, innovation, urgency and flexibility, resilience, and adaptation CAP 2.0 Ambition
Pathway to a Carbon-Neutral Cupertino
Pillars of Action
Structural Change: Ordinances, requirements, new programs, pilot programs, policies Studies & Plans: Feasibility analyses, investigations
Funding: Budget allocations, alternative financing, grant strategies Equity: Actions to mitigate impact for vulnerable people Engagement: Outreach, education, campaigns for participation Partnerships: Partnering with community-based organizations, public-private partnerships, regional partners, and neighboring jurisdictions
June 2022 Study Session
• General support for the efforts and appreciation for Sustainability Commission • Desire for the City to be a leader and implement the CAP policies in its own facilities
• Interest in working with regional partners
• Technical and financial challenges of electrifying existing buildings • Support for drought response and protect our natural resources • Concern on Measure TR-2 (public transit), request for more information • Request for more information about CEQA “qualified”
Implementing the CAP
General Plan/ES
Element
•Policy
Directions
•Strategies
CAP 2.0
•GHG Reduction
Plan
•Strategic Targets
and Sectors
•Measures, Actions
and Pillars
Near-Term Action
Planning
•Capacity
Assessments and
Near-Term Plans
Created
•Example: Building
Electrification
Strategy (WP Item)
Specific Policies
•Budget Requests
•Work Program
•Community
Engagement
•Specific Analysis and
Cost/Benefit
•Commission and
Council Input
CEQA GHG Analysis for
Developments
•Detailed GHG Analysis
or
•GHG Alignment Checklists
or
•Air District Thresholds
Monitoring and Reassessment
File with State Clearinghouse and County Upon Adoption Develop CEQA GHG Tools September 2022
Work Program Item: Building Electrification March 2023
Near-Term Action Proposals Fiscal Year 23/24
Next Steps
Recommended Actions:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 22-097 adopting the Climate Action Plan 2.0 Initial Study/Negative Declaration
2. Adopt Resolution No. 22-098 adopting the Climate Action Plan 2.0 and GHG Emissions Thresholds