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- 2. Palo Alto’s dump will close soon
- 3. Our composting operation will cease Palo Alto’s yard waste would get trucked to Gilroy, generating 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
- 5. Zero Waste Initiative 90% diversion by 2021 Vs. Climate Protection Plan 15% CO2 reduction by 2020
- 7. Palo Alto should be concerned about climate change Without levee improvements, much of Palo Alto would be under-water in the not-too-distant future.
- 8. San Francisquito Creek Floodplain Approximation based on FEMA and 1998 flood maps Menlo Park East Palo Alto Palo Alto 1/2 mile
- 10. Three Sources of Organic Waste 60,000 Tons Per Year Composition of Disposed Organics
- 11. Each year Palo Alto’s organics could fill a football field the height of City Hall 130,000 Cubic Yards
- 13. Yard & Food Biosolids Generator 13,500 tons garden & farm compost 5,600 tons commercial compost 21,000 tons Yard Trimmings & up to 22,000 tons Food & Compostables 16,000 tons Wastewater Biosolids Methane Green electricity for 1,400 homes Usable heat For wastewater processes Anaerobic Digestion Waste Transformation AD would reduce our greenhouse gases by 12,000 tons/year
- 15. Locally-generated energy would be available even when the grid goes down East Palo Alto Plane Crash - February 2010
- 16. The only possible site is at the landfill next to the Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 17. The facility would require undedication of 10 acres (8%) of the 126-acre landfill
- 24. An equal amount of parkland could be dedicated elsewhere in Palo Alto Former Los Altos Water Treatment Plant site
- 25. Savings from an AD facility could help maintain our world-class parks Foothills Park
- 26. Or complete 92% of Byxbee Park (no funds currently exist)
- 27. To qualify the Initiative for the ballot we needed 4,356 valid signatures We submitted 6,023 signatures, 5,128 were valid
- 30. Alternative Electricity Natural Gas 1a 11,533 11,280 2 23,329 26,194 3 22,716 22,716 AD would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12,000 tons per year Figures are in metric tons per year. One metric ton = 2,200 pounds.
- 32. 20-Year Cost Case Project/Financing Option $91 million 1a Dry Anaerobic Digester private financing/private operation $67 million 1a #3 Dry Anaerobic Digester public financing/private operation $76 million 2 Incinerate sewage sludge/truck yard waste to Gilroy/food waste to San Jose $105 million 2* Incinerate sewage sludge/truck yard waste to Gilroy/food waste to San Jose $71 million 3 Incinerate sewage sludge/truck yard and food waste to Gilroy $97 million 3** Incinerate sewage sludge/truck yard and food waste to Gilroy *Includes 15% contingency for San Jose facility, $20 million capital cost for incinerator, and $20/ton CO2 adder. **Includes $20 million capital cost for incinerator, and $20/ton CO2 adder.