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City of Palo Alto
City Manager's Report
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TO: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY MAl"AGER DEPARTME?'<l: Public Work!
DATI.: November Ie, 1994
SUBJECT: Clew Ba)' Busines, Program A".rd
REQUE51
This is an inform:nio!j;J nem only; no 1.._: n:' ( (~Iljr; c"li _1.,,'~ I ,':1 ,~ r:,~,' c' :;iJ: ,-';.
RECO~1ENl2.llLQ;.."IS
Nonr.
I'OLlCY IMI'LICATIONS
None,
EXECUTIVE SUMl\-M.RY
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Tbe AS5ociltlon of Emrironn:cnw! Profl',>'Si0i14:-:' (AEP) re(tntiy re-'::0j.;fiind tne P J..!o Altn
Region)J 'X";ltef Quality Plant CIt'J.n B.y Busln~~ Progr,HTI with its A-,"';;.rd for an
Outstanding Pubhc !nvolvementlEduc.ation Prognm. ,\ sociny of em-ironmem":
plannen, ~'-l.cators. and t!!ch.nic.al experts., AFP con-:iucts;m ;L'1null ~ ...... ~rds. plO'pml to
honor outstanding environmenu.! progr.lms <l.."1d en\-ironrnern.J...! d(lo,.-u..-n:-nu., R\X'QCr
5ta.L"i were honored to ~ccept the 1994 award_
Tight water qumty standards in the southern aJ.cn of S.m fra.nclscC.· B.y required the
RWQCP to ask vehicle service f;u:ilities to implemc-nt cenaln .~S1 mw..gcment
p~""tices" to redw--c pollutant dischartes. Enforcemem of th~ practices. 2.t the hundred£
of affected facihties, however, is. dlfficuh~! be-st. For this reasou, the RW'QCP 5(n.lght to
develop an effective pO_lit.ive incentive for compliance with water potlution prf"Vention
requirementS. Together with Uribe & Associates md RWQCP <tail (Suz.;ume He.aly and
Margaret Zittle) de...-eloped the Clean Ba)' Business Program to ... du('ve [his goaJ.
The P~io Alto R~LOnJJ \V.ater Quliity Control Plam Clt:m B,,-y Bu~i!le)) Pro-grJ.tn
involves. public education at,out vehide-service-reh.ted pollution wd edue-.nional
incemi\·es for vehicle service facihty o~rners. Program Lmplemi~ntation Cft'4ted a positive
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incentive for local vehicle ~rvice facLllties to modify (1pt"rat!ng pr· ... cti;:e:s, to re-Juce or
eliminate sources of pollutaut di~harge to both the 5('wer and storm drain systems.
TIlI'ough the Clean Ray Business Program, vehicie S('rvict' [acilitit"s significJ.lltly reduced
discharges of toxic pollutants. In the first rear, lJ 1 oIth~ 318 vehicle ser .... ice facilities in
the RWQCP .~rvice area eliminated toxic diS("h.a.rges to be-comc Clean B .. y Bu.sine\~.
Implementation of the pr01:,'rlim i<; now in its third ye<lT.
FISCAl. IMPACT
None.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSES~Mnrr
Not applie>.b!e.
ATIACHMENTS
Photograph of RWQCP staff membt!n: Margaret Zinle Or;o{t) lJld SU2,1hn~ f-iNi: r<;'(,~1\"1n,~
the AEP Outstanding Public lnvoivement/Education ProgrJ.fTI Aw,uC
Prepared By: Phli!ip Babel, ~,iand.ger, En\'l(oamenraJ Compl;,mu
Department H"d Review, /&tf~~-----
Director of P'Jblic Work~
City Manager ApprovaL 11RrvtA>J.:N., lli~ lUI _
BERNARD M. S~
Assistant City Manager
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