Item 4 Commission Proposals for FY 2020-21 City Work ProgramProject/Task Project Objective
Driven by mandate, law, or
Council priority/direction?
(If yes, please specify)
Resources Needed
(e.g. funding and # of staff
hours)
May be updated by Dept as
appropriate.
Estimated Completion
Date
May be updated by
Dept as appropriate.
Measurement Criteria
(How will we know how we are doing?)
1. Community outreach, education,
and youth engagement
Student essay contest, tabling at Earth Day
Festival, and Speaker Series Events (at least
one event). Work with schools to involve
students in City's CAP and sustainability
initatives.
Complete student essay contest and at least one
Sustainability Speaker Series event. Draft a plan for
Commission to engage more actively with local
schools.
Proactive Legislative Advocacy on
Climate and Sustainability issues in
line with Council Adopted 20/21
Legislative Priorities
Take a proactive approach to supporting
or opposing climate, energy, and
sutainability related legislation
N/A No funding needed. Staff
hours depend on level of
analysis needed for legislation
Ongoing Legislative
2. Support CAP 2.0 and Adaptation
Plan development
Recommend strategies for involving the
community in the CAP 2.0 and Adaptation
Plan development.
Support staff's CAP 2.0 / Adaptation Plan process
with strategies to involve public input.
3. Zero Waste Policy Review regional efforts on restricting single
use / disposable items. Consider local
ordinance to restrict single use /
disposable items. Zero Waste Policy
Recommendation to City Council on policy to
prohibit or restrict single use / disposable items in
the City.
Decarbonization strategy for existing
buildings
Study policy options for limiting natural gas
usage in existing buildings. Identify best
practices around decarbonization.
Create a best practices list of policies and / or
strategies for accelerating decarbonization in
existing buildings.
Buy Clean state policy progress and
Bay Area local model codes on
embodied emissions in concrete
Staff to continue to provide quarterly
updates on state Buy Clean policy
progress. Review model code for
potential local adoption via Cupertino's
Green Building Ordinance.
Monitor the issue and determine if City action
should be taken.
Housing and sustainable land use
policy
Collaborate with other Commissions to
study land use, watershed protection, and
sustainable housing policy. Track state
legislation on housing density.
Monitor this issue and determine if future City action
should be taken
PG&E Public Safety Shutoff Events
Collaborate with Public Safety
Commission to identify resiliency
opportunities to mitigage effects of PSPS
events (as this relates to climate resiliency
/ adaptation policy or projects).
Recommend policy options to support resiliency
projects in the community.
Watershed protection and
impervious surface
Develop policy to monitor and regulate
the expansion of impervious surface in
natural watershed and bioswale areas.
Recommendation to City Council on policy to
update Green Building Ordinance or other
applicable code to address impervious
encroachment on watershed area.
Sustainability Commission Proposals for
FY 2020-21 City Work Program