2. Palo Alto’s Dump Will Close Soon

3. Our Composting Operation would Cease Palo Alto’s yard waste would get trucked to Gilroy, generating 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide per year.

6. 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.

7. The First Rule for Getting Out of a Hole is to Stop Digging

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 could reduce our greenhouse gases by 20,000 tons/year

15. Anaerobic Digestion Would Save Palo Alto Money Expense/Revenue Item Offsite AD Initial Capital Cost 0 $13.75 mil. Annualized Capital Cost 0 $19.64/ton Estimated Operating Cost $41/ton $38.22/ton Revenues - Product Sale 0 -$8.33/ton Revenues - Electricity Sales 0 -$21.04/ton Revenues - Other Sales (CO2) 0 -$1.55/ton Total Net Cost Per Ton $41 $26.94

17. The Site would be at the Landfill Next to the Wastewater Treatment Plant

18. The Facility Would Require Undedication of 10 Acres (8%) of the 126-Acre Byxbee Park

26. An Equal Amount of Parkland could be Dedicated Elsewhere in Palo Alto Former Los Altos Water Treatment Plant site

27. Savings from an AD Facility could Help Maintain our World-Class Parks Foothills Park

28. Or Complete 92% of Byxbee Park (no funds currently exist)

29. To Qualify the Initiative for the November Ballot we Must Collect 4,356 Valid Signatures