Sustainability Action Plan 4 Progress Update
Council Sustainability Committee: November 21, 2024
Danielle Lee, Chief Sustainability and Resiliency Officer Lauren Anderson, Sustainability Analyst II
4 Background
• Sustainability Action Plan 4 (SAP)
adopted in 2019
• Most recent update to CSC in
May 2023
• CSC requested update on
progress at 9/4 meeting
Overview
Implementation progress
84% completed or
ongoing
16% in progress
Fleet Electrification
(T8.3)
EV Charging
(T7.3, T7.5, T7.6, T7.10)
E-Bike Incentives
(T3.6)
Transportation Actions
5 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• 85 incentives used by low-
income residents
• Exploring options to offer
more incentives in 2025
• Chargers installed in
downtown and Civic Center
garages and at Municipal
Operations Center
• More chargers coming to
Rengstorff Aquatics Center
• Plan completed in spring
2024
• Cross-departmental working
group coordinating
implementation
Transportation Demand
Management (T6.6)
Transportation Management
Association (T6.1)
Vision Zero
(T5.1)
Transportation Actions (cont.)
6 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• Vision Zero Policy Action
Plan and Local Road Safety
Plan adopted 9/10
• “Drive wisely” marketing
campaign underway
• Pedestrian mall pilot along
Castro Street
• Pedestrian mall pilot along
Castro Street
• Marketing Community Shuttle and
MVgo
• Expanding membership to new
residential developments
• Reimbursing costs of midday trips
for Lyft and Uber users
• Citywide TDM ordinance in
development
• Downtown TDM pilot program to
be developed after ordinance
adoption
Electrification during Municipal
Renovations (B4.1)
Energy Efficiency and
Electrification Projects (B2.4)
Energy Actions
7 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• Year of the Water Heater Campaign
• Mountain View incentive for electric
heat pumps
• BlocMaps tool completed
• Completed HVAC electrification at Fire
Station 1
• All-electric Rengstorff Aquatics Center
under construction
• Senior Center’s electric water heating
system and kitchen and kitchen in
design
• Electric heat pump water heaters
installed at 12 City facilities
Municipal Landscaping
Equipment (P3.1)Urban Forest Plan (P2.2)
Off-Road and Tree Canopy Actions
8 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• Developing new Urban Forest
Plan as part of the Biodiversity
Strategy
• Community engagement
underway
• Replacing gas-powered
equipment with electric – 50%
already converted
• Evelyn and Villa mini parks will
be fully maintained with
electric equipment
Landscaping Equipment
Rebates (P3.2)
• Promoted the state’s CORE
program
• Discounts through SVCE eHub
• Partnered with Day Worker
Center to host electric tool
trainings and launch electric
landscape tool library
Plant-Based Eating
Outreach (S4.7)
Neighborhood-Based
Engagement (S4.5)
Sustainability and Outreach Actions
9 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• Cool Block: 2 part-time staff
hired to implement Cohort 3
in 2025, focused on
electrification
• Ongoing outreach at events
• Resolution adopted in 2022
• Ongoing outreach via
events, newsletter, and
social media
Allocate Funds for Pilot
Projects (S1.3)
• Funding allocated to Senior
Center electric water heating
and kitchen project
• Add $400k for fleet
electrification pilots
Plan and Implement Municipal/
Community Decarbonization (S1.8)
Vulnerability and Resilience Plan
(S1.7)
Sustainability and Outreach Actions
10 Completed In ProgressKEY:
• Consultant to begin vulnerability
assessment in January 2025
• Consultant to complete decarbonization goal
analysis by end of 2025
• Add $160,026 for climate corps fellows
• Sustainability and PWD collaborating to plan
and implement building and fleet electrification
projects
SAP Funded Staffing – All positions filled
11 • Conduct wedge
analyses for 2035
and 2040
• Evaluate GHG
reduction potential
of current policies
and programs
• Develop 5-year
menu of actions for
each target year
Public Works
Position Status
Sustainability Facilities
Project Manager/Senior
Civil Engineer
Filled since March
2020
Transportation Planner Filled since June
2022
Sustainability Facilities
Maintenance Worker
Filled since
February 2022
TDM and Parking
Demand Management
Analyst
Filled since January
2022
City Manager’s Office
Position Status
Chief Sustainability and
Resiliency Officer
Filled since March
2022
Electrification Analyst Filled since
September 2022
Community Development
Deputy Building Official Filled since January
2024
SAP Budget
12 • Total Sustainability Fund budget of
$9,702,368
• $3,652,338 spent; $1.5 M reserved for
grant matching funds and investments in
sustainability measures that will result in
energy or cost savings
• SAP funding leveraged to secure additional
funding
• Sustainability-related grants are allocated
to the Sustainability Fund when received
13 Thank You!