This is a copy of the presentation for the initiative for a local site for a green energy and compost facility.

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.