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HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
NOVEMBER 3, 2008 CMR: 434:08
REPORT TYPE: CONSENT
SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Recognizing the Environmental Goals of Wave One
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council adopt a Resolution recognizing the environmental goals of
Wave One.
DISCUSSION
WAVE ONE is a recently formed non profit organization affiliated with Aeterra, a Palo Alto
based environmental advocacy group. WAVE ONE’s mission is to assist 250 Palo Alto small to
medium size businesses to achieve four goals by 2010: 1) utilize 100% renewable energy
through the Palo Alto Green program; 2) reduce energy use by 20%; 3) achieve 20% water
reduction; and 4) become a Palo Alto Green Certified Business. WAVE ONE is funded through
a combination of foundation grants and its own fundraising. Attached are materials elaborating
on it.s mission, funding and organizational structure.
WAVE ONE has requested Council adoption of the attached resolution. Because WAVE ONE
would be working with staff already engaged in marketing and developing existing green
programs, Staff does not anticipate workload impact as a result of this collaboration. Staff
supports WAVE ONE’s mission since its focus is on the small and medium sized businesses who
often lack the resources and expertise necessary to implement cost effective energy and other
sustainable innovations. Since Palo Alto has a well established business community, WAVE
ONE’s focus on retrofiring existing businesses has the potential to leverage the City’s marketing
efforts to reach a significant segment of our commercial sector.
RESOURCE IMPACT
There is no resource impact associated with this recommendation.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This recommendation is consistent with current Council policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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Adoption of this resolution does not meet the definition of a "project" pursuant to Califomia
Public.Resources Code §2106S, thus review under the California Environmental Quality Act is
not required.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Resolution
Attachment 2: WAVE ONE Handouts
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