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2013-04-15 ENR Packet
AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE COMMISSION Monday, April 15, 2013 7 p.m. Council Chambers - Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes: a. March 18, 2013 5. New Business a. Regional Indicators Initiative Report b. Environmental Utility Fee Credit 6. Unfinished Business 7. Visitor Presentations 8. Commission Presentations 9. Staff Presentations a. Update on Maplewood Dump Site Clean Up b. Spring Clean Up – Saturday, April 20 c. Earth Day – Monday, April 22 d. Metro Cities Environmental Commissions Meeting – Tuesday, May 14 e. Maplewood Nature Center Programs 10. Adjourn Agenda Item 4.a. MINUTES CITY OF MAPLEWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION 7:00 p.m., Monday, March 18, 2013 Council Chambers, City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Chair Johannessen. 2. ROLL CALL Randee Edmundson, Commissioner Present Judith Johannessen, Chair Present Carol Mason Sherrill, Commissioner Present Ann Palzer, Vice Chair Present Cindy Schafer, Commissioner Present Dale Trippler, Commissioner Present Absent Ginny Yingling, Commissioner Staff Present Shann Finwall, Environmental Planner 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Mason Sherrill moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Trippler. Ayes – All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Mason Sherrill requested the wording be clarified on page 4, second paragraph. In the next paragraph she requested the last four words be reworded “with one and other”. As well as cleaning up the paragraph at the top of page 4, Commissioner Trippler’s comments regarding parking and sidewalks in the Living Streets Policy should be clarified. Commissioner Trippler asked that his comments regarding his nay vote for the Extension of Tennis Sanitation’s Recycling Contract be included. Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the February 21, 2013, Environmental and Natural Resources Commission meeting minutes as amended. Seconded by Commissioner Palzer. Ayes – All The motion passed. March 18, 2013 1 Environmental and Natural Resources Commission Meeting Minutes 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Wetland Ordinance and Shoreland Ordinance Variance Requests for a Swimming Pool at 660 Eldridge Avenue East i. Environmental Planner, Shann Finwall gave the report on the wetland ordinance and shoreland ordinance variance request for a swimming pool. ii. The applicant, Amanda Schneider, 660 Eldridge Avenue East, addressed and answered questions of the commission. iii. Rob Anderson of Poolside addressed and answered questions of the commission. The commission discussed several issues regarding the project as follows: Is it possible to shift the pool closer to the house in order to reduce the variances? Mr. Anderson indicated that the only other location in the back yard where the pool could be located is behind the garage. That area has a retaining wall and is heavily wooded. Additionally, if the pool was shifted to this location it would no longer meet the City’s setback requirements for a pool to a structure and the side yard. Will trees be removed with the construction of the pool? Mr. Anderson indicated that one tree will be removed with the construction of the pool. The commission recommended that other trees in the area be protected with safety fencing during the construction of the pool and that the tree removed be replaced as a condition of approval. The 15-foot-wide buffer is going to help mitigate impacts of the pool to the lake. In addition, it will serve as an educational component for neighbors who are interested in restoring their shoreline. The applicants should consider hosting a neighborhood party to spotlight the buffer once complete. Commissioner Trippler moved to recommend approval of the shoreland setback variance for the pool at 660 Eldridge Avenue East with conditions outlined in the staff report and the following conditions: Protection of trees near the pool during construction. Planting one tree to replace the tree that is being removed. Working with staff to have the pool placed as far away from the ordinary high water mark as possible, if that is an option. Working with staff on impervious surface issues. If the impervious surface is found to be over 30%, the applicant should install a rainwater garden as a form of stormwater management best practice. Seconded by Commissioner Edmundson. Ayes – Chair Johannessen, Commissioner’s Edmundson, Mason Sherrill, Palzer, & Schafer Nay – Commissioner Trippler The motion passed. Commissioner Trippler stated he voted against the shoreland structure setback variance because he doesn’t think the City should approve variances that are greater than 50%. Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the wetland buffer variance for the pool at 660 Eldridge Avenue with conditions as outlined in the staff report. Seconded by Commissioner Edmundson. Ayes – All March 18, 2013 2 Environmental and Natural Resources Commission Meeting Minutes The public hearing will be heard at the Planning Commission meeting on March 19, 2013 with final review by the City Council scheduled for April 8, 2013. b. Allied Waste Services’ 2012 Yearly Report and 2013 Work Plan i. Environmental Planner, Shann Finwall gave the report on Allied Waste Services’ 2012 Yearly Report and 2013 Work Plan. ii. Rich Hirstein, Allied Waste Services, addressed and answered questions of the commission. The commission had the following comments/questions about the report: The commission asked about RFID readers? Mr. Hirstein stated that Allied purchased RFID readers and installed them in their new trucks for the City’s trash system. Allied uses the readers for tracking carts and billing purposes. Can you explain the number of delinquent accounts shown in the report? Mr. Hirstein explained that the initial number of delinquent accounts was high due to the roll out of a new system. The City and Allied used Ramsey County data for the address list. These addresses were accurate, but many of the homeowners changed. Therefore, the initial bills were being forward to previous residents, etc. It took some time to get the correct billing names for many properties; therefore, some of those bills were late. Now that we have accurate homeowner data for billing purposes, the delinquent accounts are decreasing. It’s a good idea to coordinate a fall cleanup campaign in addition to one clean up day. This will allow the City an opportunity to educate its residents about reduce, reuse, recycling in addition to proper disposal of bulky items. Commission members commented on how nice is on trash day to have just one truck picking up residential trash in the City. The commission thanked Mr. Hirstein and Allied Waste for the reports and their service to the City. c. Environmental and Natural Resources Commission 2012 Annual Report i. Environmental Planner, Shann Finwall reviewed the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission 2012 Annual Report Commissioner Schafer asked that her name be corrected on page 3 of the report from Cynthia Palzer to Cynthia Schafer. The date at the top of the report on page 2 should read March 18, 2013 rather than 2012. Commissioner Mason Sherrill requested that the Tree City USA participation be included in the annual report as well as the Heritage Tree Program. Staff and the commission discussed the subcommittees formed and how to get the groups started. If someone wants to take a leadership role in the subcommittees that would move things along in setting up a meeting. Staff will send out an email reminder. Staff will make the amendments and this report will go to the City Council in April. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS March 18, 2013 3 Environmental and Natural Resources Commission Meeting Minutes None present. 8. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a. Commissioner Mason Sherrill 1. Earth Hour – March 23, 2013 A short video was shown to the Commission on Earth Hour. Commissioner Mason Sherrill provided a handout to the Commission. To learn more information about Earth Hour visit www.earthhour.org. Commissioner Palzer commented that it was advertised on Twitter to pledge to earth hour go to the I-Will-If-You-Will challenge. 2. Chemical Reaction Documentary Commissioner Mason Sherrill said a speaker will come to speak to the commission in April about a documentary on Chemical Reaction. Commissioner Mason Sherrill shared a clip of the documentary and the adverse effects chemicals have on the health of humans. 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Maplewood Nature Center Programs Environmental Planner, Shann Finwall presented the upcoming Nature Center Programs. For more information contact the Maplewood Nature Center at (651) 249-2170. 10. ADJOURNMENT Chair Johannessen adjourned the meeting at 9:11 p.m. March 18, 2013 4 Environmental and Natural Resources Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Item 5.a. MEMORANDUM TO:Environmental and Natural Resources Commission FROM:Shann Finwall, AICP, Environmental Planner Regional Indicators Initiative Report SUBJECT: DATE:April 10, 2013 for the April 15 ENR Commission Meeting BACKGROUND The City of Maplewood is participating in the Regional Indicators Initiative project. The project measures annual performance metrics for 20 Minnesota cities that are committed to increasing their overall efficiency and level of sustainability. The project addresses two crucial components of planning for sustainability—carbon baseline assessments and annual indicators. Four primary indicators were collected through the activities generated by the people who live, work, learn, travel, visit, and recreate within each city’s geographical boundaries including: • Energy: Total energy consumed for electricity production and the stationary combustion of natural gas and other fuels (coal, fuel oil, diesel, gasoline, propane) primarily for space heating. • Water: Potable water consumed. • Waste: Municipal solid waste managed via recycling, composting, combustion, and landfilling. • Travel: On-road vehicle miles traveled. The project is supported by the Urban Land Institute whose mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities. DISCUSSION The project was a development of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s GreenStep Cities Program. To achieve GreenStep certification, a city must meet minimum requirements and choose from 28 best management practices designed to improve the city’s sustainability. While GreenStep Cities tracks which practices cities have adopted, it does not currently have a method of tracking how effective these strategies have been at “moving the needle” towards sustainability. The City of Maplewood has been participating in the GreenStep Cities Program since December 2010. The scope of work included collecting four years of data for benchmarking (2008-2011), establishing a process for collecting data for the next year (2012), evaluating the specific best management practices selected by each city and correlating them to the outcomes being measured, and the production of a final report that measures each metric individually as well as in tons of carbon. The report evaluates and compares data for use in selecting strategies and establishing policy, and serves as a communication template for public distribution of information. The Regional Indicators Initiative executive summary report is attached. The full report can be found on the City’s website at www.ci.maplewood.mn.us/sustainability. SUMMARY Rick Carter, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Senior Vice President of LHB, Inc., is serving as the project manager for the project. Mr. Carter will be present at the April 15, 2013, Environmental and Natural Resources Commission to give a presentation of the Regional Indicators Initiative. A copy of Mr. Carter’s power point presentation is attached to this report for your review. Attachments: 1. Regional Indicators Initiative Executive Summary Report 2. Regional Indicators Initiative Power Point Presentation A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Attachment 1 6)+-32%0-2(-'%8367-2-8-%8-:)6)4368 1IEWYVMRK'MX];MHI4IVJSVQERGI %RMRZIRXSV]SJ)RIVK]4SXEFPI;EXIV8VEZIP;EWXI+VIIRLSYWI+EW )QMWWMSRWERH'SWXWJSV8[IRX]1MRRIWSXE'MXMIWJVSQ ENERGYWATERTRAVELWASTEGHG EMISSIONS BRITISH THERMAL UNITSGALLONSVEHICLE MILES TRAVELEDPOUNDSCARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTSCARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS 2008 2011 2009 2010 4VITEVIHF] 0,&-RG[MXL36%2+))RZMVSRQIRXEP00' *IFVYEV] 55 A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Regional Indicators Initiative Acknowledgements Completion of this report and the accompanying spreadsheets required the gathering of over 4,200 data points from over 80 different sources to populate the 480 tables and charts contained in over 360 spreadsheets that included over 11,300 calculations. In addition to J. Michael Orange of ORANGE Environmental, LLC, who had primary responsibility for the reports, the following people helped make this possible: Cities: Steve Gatlin and Matt Fulton, Matt Stemwedel, City of Coon Rapids DyAnne Andybur, Joe Miller, Tari Rayala, City of Duluth Juli Seydell Johnson and Cherryl Mesko, City of Eagan Jackie Schwerm, City of Eden Prairie Ross Bintner, City of Edina Bart Fischer, City of Falcon Heights Steve Stadler, City of Hopkins Dean Zuleger, City of Lake Elmo Shann Finwall, City of Maplewood Brendon Slotterback, City of Minneapolis Julie Wischnack and Jeff Thomson, City of Minnetonka Jennifer Hassebroek, City of Oakdale Steve Devich, Pam Dmytrenko, and Robert Hintgen, City of Richfield Phil Wheeler, City of Rochester Anne Hunt and Jim Giebel, City of St. Paul Jessica Schaum, City of Shoreview Mark Casey, Jay Hartman, City of Saint Anthony Kathy Larson, Jim Vaughan City of St. Louis Park Ellen Richter, City of White Bear Lake Jennifer McLoughlin and Dan Hansen, City of Woodbury State and local government: Peter Ciborowski, Sig Scheurle, Chun Yi Wu, and Phil Muessig, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Gene Hicks, Minnesota Department of Transportation Larry Koshire, Chet Welle, and Craig Diekvoss, Rochester Public Utility Lorilee Blais, Western Lake Superior Sanitation District Tony Hainault, Hennepin County Linda Henning, Mark Filipi, and Russell Owen, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Brian A. Grzanek, Olmsted County Waste to Energy Facility Eric Schlacks and Jerry Pelofske, Duluth Comfort Systems and the Duluth Steam Plant Roy Fuhrmann, Metropolitan Airports Commission Kurt G. Claussen, Rochester International Airport Jim Sharrow, Duluth Port Authority Abby Finis, Minnesota Department of Commerce ii 56 A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Regional Indicators Initiative Private Utilities: Jennifer Abbott, R. Scott Getty, Bob Torres, Michelle Swanson, Michael Anderson, Colette Jurek, Xcel Energy Timothy Doherty, Dakota Electric Association Mark Strohfus, Great River Energy William Traylor, Steven Guhanik, Thomas Dolan, Luke Litteken, and Robin Prow, CenterPoint Energy Jason Risdall, Minnesota Power Jeff Larson, Minnesota Energy Resources Timothy Johnston, NRG Energy Tom Keller, Connexus Suzanne Hansen, Macalester College Other: Rick Carter, Elizabeth Turner, Michael Petesch, Becky Alexander, and Molly Eagen, LHB Inc. Amy Malick and Alex Ramel, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Shane Stennes, University of Minnesota Nina Axelson, St. Paul District Energy Dan Voss, Anoka Municipal Utility iii 57 A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Regional Indicators Initiative Executive Summary Project Overview: The Regional Indicators Initiative (Initiative) measures annual performance metrics for approximately 20 Minnesota cities that are committed to increasing their overall efficiency and level of sustainability. The Initiative addresses two crucial components of planning for sustainability—carbon baseline assessments and annual indicators. The project collects the following four primary indicators for the four study years of 2008 to 2011generated through the activities of the people who live, work, learn, travel, visit, and recreate within each city’s geographical boundaries: Energy: Total energy consumed for electricity production and the stationary combustion d of natural gas and other fuels (coal, fuel oil, diesel, gasoline, propane) primarily for space heating. Water: Potable water consumed. d Waste: Municipal solid waste managed via recycling, composting, combustion, and d landfilling. Travel: On-road vehicle miles traveled. d Most of the indicators are expressed not only as annual totals, but are also broken down into residential and commercial/industrial uses, and are “normalized” in terms of per-capita, per- household, and per-job calculations that enable them to be compared over time with the data from peer cities. The carbon baseline assessment (Assessment) prepared for each participating city measures the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with each of the above indicators as well as each city’s share of airport-related GHG emissions, emissions associated with wastewater treatment, the associated energy consumption, and cost estimates (except airport share). The Initiative correlates these metrics with strategies to achieve savings in energy, water, vehicle miles traveled, and waste, and to reduce GHG emissions. Starting in Section 2 of this report, the focus is on the carbon baseline assessment portion of the Initiative. A description of the other aspects of this project can be found on the website that has been developed to communicate the findings of the Initiative, along with other written reports. Purpose: As described by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler in their book, Reinventing Government (1992), “If you don’t measure results, you can’t tell success from failure. If you can’t see success, you can’t reward it. If you can’t see failure, you can’t correct it.” Baseline assessments and indicators are useful. Planners need them, elected officials want them, and the future may see their development as a basic requirement of State and federal funding. Measuring the energy aspects of human activities and the associated GHG emissions offers a unique way to compare the effectiveness of various energy and sustainability best management practices. Greenhouse gas emissions and energy serve as common denominators for the comparison of kilowatts of electricity, natural gas therms, and gallons of liquid fuels consumed; as well as vehicle miles traveled, tons of waste processed, and gallons of potable water treated and distributed. 1 60 A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Regional Indicators Initiative The Initiative supports planning for sustainability by defining a baseline, tracking a trajectory, and measuring outcomes of sustainable strategies at a citywide scale. By producing annually comparable indicators for twenty Minnesota cities – including 27% of the state’s population – the success of the State’s GreenSteps Cities Program can be measured. Additionally, the Initiative will indicate progress toward meeting the State’s energy efficiency and GHG reduction goals, as defined by the Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act of 2007. Background: The Initiative is an outgrowth of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s GreenStep Cities Program. To achieve GreenStep certification, a city must meet minimum requirements and choose from 28 best management practices designed to improve the city’s sustainability. While the program tracks which practices cities have adopted, it does not currently have a method of tracking how effective these strategies have been at “moving the needle” towards sustainability. The project began with a pilot study that proved that the above four indicators of city sustainability can be measured, gathered, and analyzed annually in a reasonable period of time and at a relatively low cost. The Initiative was launched to continue this study at a larger scale, opening up the possibility to compare data across a range of Minnesota cities. Partners: The Initiative is a collaborative project managed by LHB and ULI Minnesota. The carbon baseline portion of the Initiative is primarily the work of ORANGE Environmental, LLC. Funding for the Initiative comes from several sources—grant funds from the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; pro bono services from LHB and ULI Minnesota; and a $2,500 fee paid by each participating city. Participating cities: To date, the 20 following cities are participating in the Initiative (listed in order of population density within each category): Central/stand-alone cities: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Duluth d Inner-ring suburbs: Richfield, Hopkins, St. Louis Park, St. Anthony, Edina, Falcon d Heights, Maplewood Outer-ring suburbs: White Bear Lake, Coon Rapids, Oakdale, Shoreview, Eagan, Eden d Prairie, Minnetonka, Woodbury, Lake Elmo The ICLEI Community Protocol: This report focuses on the GHG Assessment portion of the Initiative. The has been prepared consistent with the most applicable and current guides available; namely, the U.S. ICLEI Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, October 2012 (ICLEI Community Protocol), and the Local Government Operations Protocol for the Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories, Version 1.1, May 2010 (Governmental Operations Protocol). Both of these documents were prepared by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), a United Nation’s agency with a long and highly respected reputation for the development of such GHG assessment protocols. The ICLEI Community Protocol addresses the important questions of what to measure (called Activities and Sources) and how to measure it. To address small Sources and Activities and allow their exclusion, it sets a minimum size threshold, called de minimis. The Protocol also 2 61 A1.8 Regional Indicators Initiative Report Regional Indicators Initiative describes methods to avoid double counting emissions for facilities that are shared among multiple communities. Five Basic Emissions Generating Activities and Sources: Consistent with the ICLEI Community Protocol, the Assessments include data regarding the following required Activities and Sources: Use of purchased electricity d Use of fuel in stationary applications d Use of on-road motor vehicles d Use of energy in the production and distribution of potable water and wastewater d treatment Solid waste disposal d These Activities and Sources are required because 1) cities are the level of government that has the greatest authority and responsibility over the emissions-generating activity; 2) the data needed to estimate emissions are reasonably available; 3) the emissions associated with the Activity tend to be significant in magnitude; and 4) the Activity is important and common across U.S. communities. Greenhouse Gas Terms: The greenhouse gases of carbon dioxide (CO), nitrous oxide (NO), 22 and methane (CH) are aggregated and reported as carbon dioxide equivalents (COe), which is a 42 commonly used unit that combines greenhouse gases of differing impact on the Earth’s climate into one weighted unit. Greenhouse gas emissions are referred to herein as carbon dioxide equivalents (COe) or used interchangeably as simply greenhouse gases (GHG). 2 Spreadsheets: The Assessment for each individual city includes 17 or more spreadsheets that disclose the data and data sources, conversion factors, and trend analyses particular to each city. The Table of Contents provides the list of spreadsheets and Section 4 of this report describes each one. 3 62 Attachment 2 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE Rochester, MN | Energy, Water, Travel and Waste: How are we doing? Rick Carter, LHB Inc. An Inventory of Energy, Potable Water, Travel, Waste, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Twenty Minnesota Cities from 2008 to 2011. February 28, 2013 177 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE WHAT IS THE REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE? The Regional Indicators Initiative (RII) measures annual performance metrics for 20 Minnesota cities committed to increasing their overall efficiency and level of sustainability. The Initiative supports planning for sustainability by defining a baseline, tracking a business-as-usual trajectory, establishing targets, and measuring outcomes of sustainable strategies at a city-wide scale. OUTLINE Background, Purpose, and Scope Key Findings Explore the Data Next Steps 178 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE BACKGROUND Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s GreenStepCities Program: BUILDINGS AND LIGHTING Choose from 28 best management practices LAND USE (BMPs) TRANSPORTATION GreenStepCities tracks which BMPs cities have adopted, but does not currently have a method of tracking the effectiveness of these strategies GreenStepCities Pilot ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Regional Indicators Initiative Pilot Edina ECONOMIC AND Falcon Heights COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Saint Louis Park 179 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE PURPOSE/GOALS Promote efficiency and sustainable change at the scale of the city through the following tasks: Collect 4 years of performance Correlate reduction strategies with metric data for 20 citiesperformance metrics Evaluate trends within the collected Develop effective communication datastrategies to convey this information to cities Forecast business-as-usual outcomes based on the dataDocument the process so that the Initiative can serve as a replicable model for other regions Establish targets for reduction based on statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals 180 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE 181 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE METRICSADDITIONAL DATA ENERGY (IN BTUS): electricity, natural gas, and district DEMOGRAPHICS energy consumed citywide(subdivided into residential and All data is reported both commercial/industrial) as a total as well as in units/capita. Residential WATER (IN GALLONS): potable water consumed citywide data is reported in (subdivided into residential and commercial/industrial) units/household, and Commercial/Industrial TRAVEL (IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED): on-road distance data is reported in traveled within city limits units/job WASTE (IN POUNDS):citywide municipal solid waste managed via recycling, composting, combustion, and landfilling (prorated from countywide data) COMMON METRICS AREA GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (IN TONNES COE):citywideCity Area (sf) 2 greenhouse gas emissions associated with each of the four indicatorsWEATHER Heating Degree Days COST (IN DOLLARS): cost estimates associated with each of Cooling Degree Days the four indicators Precipitation (in) 182 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE Average trends for 20 Minnesota cities from 2008-2011 183 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOTAL ENERGY USE (kBtu/capita/day) 184 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE THE ‘CHECK MARK’ TREND TOTAL ENERGY USE 2008-2011 (MMBtu/year) 99,009,563 95,556,141 94,415,876 90,745,345 185 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE THE ‘CHECK MARK’ TREND TOTAL ENERGY USE 2008-2011 (kBtu/capita/year) 186 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE CONSISTENCY ACROSS DATA SETS THE ‘CHECK MARK’ TREND ENERGY/YEARRESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY/CAPITA/DAY ENERGY/HOUSEHOLD 200820092010201120082009201020112008200920102011 ENERGY/CAPITA/DAYCOMMERCIAL ENERGY/JOBNATURAL GAS/CAPITA/DAY 200820092010201120082009201020112008200920102011 187 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ENERGY IS GREATER THAN RESIDENTIAL AVERAGE OF 2008-2011 DATA (TOTAL AND BY CITY TYPE) 188 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOTAL POTABLE WATER USE (gallons/capita/day) 189 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE RESIDENTIAL WATER USE IS GREATER THAN COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL WATER CONSUMPTION -2011 190 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE RESIDENTIAL WATER USE IS INCONSISTENT BETWEEN CITIES WATER AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION –2011 (per capita/day for 20 cities) 96 91 88 85 84 75 74 71 6766 66 58 (AVERAGE) 5353 51 47 44 41 37 34 32 58% gallons/capita/day 42% 7 20 2121 22 24 28 28 31 3737 41 42 42 42 (AVERAGE) 46 53 56 57 92 127 155 148 147 139 126127 125 112 (AVERAGE) 120 119 112 112 108 103105 103103 99100 92 81 40% kBtu/capita/day 60% 50 71 73 8685 96 101 116 126 156 157 162 177 178 ) 186 170(AVERAGE 197 199 221 246 414 191 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOTAL VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT/capita/day) 192 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVEREGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED INCREASES AT GREATER DISTANCES FROM CENTRAL CITIES VMT/CAPITA/DAY -2011 193 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVEREGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IS LOWER THAN MNAVERAGE VMT/CAPITA/DAY -2011 60 50 50 38 40 32 28 28 30 MN AVERAGE, 29.1 27 26 25 25 25 25 24 24 RII AVERAGE, 26.1 22 19 19 18 18 20 17 10 10 0 194 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOTAL WASTE PRODUCTION (pounds/capita/day) 195 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGED (POUNDS/CAPITA) -2011 Recycled Incinerated Landfilled 1,2691,126 1,386 1,206 958 916 836 214 746 919 866 858 1,467 615 1,083 792 692 521 486 294 DakotaWashingtonRamseyAnokaHennepinOlmstedSt. Louis County 196 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (tonnesCOe/capita/year) 2 US AVERAGE (2011) –17.3 WORLD AVERAGE (2011) –4.9 197 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE A COMMON METRIC BREAKDOWN OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS –2011 (all 20 cities) RII follows the method outlined in AIRPLANE the ICLEI Community Protocol WASTE TRAVEL WASTE WATER 5% 1 % 1 % Many cities have done greenhouse gas inventories, but this is the first state-wide effort of this scale VMT 24% For RII cities, energy is the largest contributor to emissions RII’s primary metrics comprise over ENERGY 69% 90% of all in-boundary emissions Other emission sources were also calculated, including air travel and wastewaster 198 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE SO WHAT? TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES (tonnesCOe/year) 2 RII data 30 25 20 15 40% reduction from 2005 10 5 - 200520102015202020252030 199 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE SO WHAT? PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH –ALL RII CITIES RII data 1.8 30 1.6 25 1.4 1.2 20 1.0 15 0.8 0.6 10 0.4 5 0.2 - - 200520102015202020252030 200 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE SO WHAT? TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES (tonnesCOe/capita/year) 2 RII data 30 20.0 25 15.0 20 15 10.0 49% reduction 10 from 2005 5.0 5 0.0 - 200520102015202020252030 201 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL ENERGY –2011 (kBtu) 45,000,000 40,000,000 35,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 202 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL ENERGY BY TYPE –2011 (kBtu/capita/day) Commercial/Industrial Residential 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 203 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA RESIDENTIAL ENERGY –2011 (kBtu/household/day) 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 204 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL ENERGY USE BY SOURCE–2011 (kBtu/capita/day) Other Fuels Natural Gas 600 Electricity 500 400 300 200 100 0 205 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA ROCHESTER ENERGY USE (kBtu/capita/day) Natural Gas Electricity 400 350 300 250 241 248 235 236 200 150 100 117 109109 106 50 0 2008200920102011 206 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA ROCHESTER ENERGY USE (kBtu/capita/day) Residential Commercial/Industrial 400 350 300 133127 119 120 250 200 150 230 226 225 221 100 50 0 2008200920102011 207 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL ENERGY –2008-2011 (kBtu/capita/day) 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 2008200920102011 208 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA ROCHESTER WATER USE (gallons/capita/day) Residential Commercial/Industrial 140 120 100 58 56 54 80 53 60 40 63 59 54 53 20 0 2008200920102011 209 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL WATER USE BY TYPE –2011 (gallons/capita/day) Residential Commercial 180 160 140 120 31 46 28 100 21 127 57 20 92 24 41 28 22 80 53 42 21 3742 56 37 60 42 96 91 88 85 84 40 75 74 71 7 67 66 66 58 5353 51 47 44 20 41 37 34 32 0 210 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA ROCHESTER VMT (miles/capita/day) 19.6 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.3 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.1 19 18.9 18.9 18.8 18.7 18.6 2008200920102011 211 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL VMT –2011 (miles/capita/day) 60 50 50 38 40 32 28 28 27 30 26 25 25 2525 24 24 22 19 19 18 18 17 20 10 10 0 212 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA ROCHESTER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (tonnes/capita/day) 18.5 18 18 17.5 17.2 16.9 17 16.6 16.5 16 15.5 2008200920102011 213 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE EXPLORE THE DATA TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS –2011 (tonnes/capita/year) 30.0 24.9 25.0 19.5 20.0 17.1 16.6 15.7 14.9 14.714.7 14.0 13.8 15.0 12.7 12.5 12.3 12.1 11.811.811.8 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.4 10.0 5.0 0.0 214 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE CORRELATIONS WITH GREENSTEPCITIES ENERGY TRAVEL 7 | Efficient City Growth 1 | Efficient Existing Public Buildings 8 | Mixed Uses 2 | Efficient Existing Private Buildings 9 | Efficient Highway-Oriented 3 | New Green Buildings Development 4 | Efficient Building and Street Lighting and Signals 11 | Complete Green Streets 5 | Building Reuse 12 | Mobility Options 15 | Purchasing 13 | Efficient City Fleets 17 | Efficient Water and Wastewater Facilities 14 | Demand-Side Travel Planning 25 | Green Business Development 15 | Purchasing 26 | Renewable Energy (will affect GHG emissions) 27 | Local Food 28 | Business Synergies 28 | Business Synergies WATERWASTE 15 | Purchasing5 | Building Reuse 17 | Efficient StormwaterManagement15 | Purchasing 20 | Efficient Water and Wastewater Facilities22 | Solid Waste Reduction 21 | Septic Systems25 | Green Business Development 215 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE NEXT STEPS Obtain data for 2012 for all twenty cities Measure data in five additional cities including those outside of the metro area Establish targets for each metric and include in city comprehensive plans Use regional indicators to: Inform BMP choices Establish policy Obtain funding Verify outcomes 216 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE CONCLUSIONS We can measure community-wide data and normalize by jobs, population, households and weather Greenhouse Gas Emissions form a ‘check-mark’ trend Energy is the largest part of the CO2 pie ENERGY 69% Commercial/Industrial energy consumption is greater than C/IRES Residential; 60%40% however… C/IRES. Residential water use is greater than 42%58% Commercial/Industrial Energy consumption consistently forms a ‘check mark’ over the four years 221 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE CITIESUTILITY COMPANIES Coon Rapids Duluth Eagan Eden Prairie Edina Falcon Heights Hopkins Lake Elmo Peoples Cooperative Maplewood Power Association Minneapolis OTHER PARTNERS Minnetonka Oakdale Richfield Rochester Shoreview Saint Anthony St. Louis Park St. Paul White Bear Lake Woodbury 222 Agenda 5.b. MEMORANDUM TO:Environmental and Natural Resources Commission FROM:Shann Finwall, AICP, Environmental Planner and Michael Thompson, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Environmental Utility Fee Credit SUBJECT: DATE:April 11, 2013 for the April 15 ENR Commission Meeting BACKGROUND Maplewood’s Environmental Utility Fund (EUF) was started in 2003 in response to local legislation that required the City to establish a program to meet permit requirements for the storm water system. The legislative mandate, called the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), is required of all storm system agencies within the state of Minnesota. The EUF helps the City pay for street sweeping, storm pipe maintenance, wetland/ponding area maintenance, enhancements to wetland areas, water quality improvements in our lakes and streams, and upgrades and replacement of the storm drainage system. (For additional background information refer to Attachment 1 - Financing Maplewood’s Storm Water Management with a Environmental Utility.) For single family homes, the EUF fee is charged on a per household rate. The 2013 quarterly rate is $20.73, or $6.91 monthly, and is billed on a resident’s water bill. (Refer to Attachment 2 – EUF Billing.) For commercial and other uses, the fee is charged based on the amount of impervious surface on the property and the impact those surfaces have on the overall drainage system. With a fee based on the amount of the utility used, similar to a water or sewer bill, the amount of the charge to properties is more equitable. Taxes, on the other hand, are based solely on property value which is not correlated to the needs of the drainage system. DISCUSSION EUF Credits Maplewood allows residential properties to apply for a EUF credit in the amount of 30 percent per month ($2.07 savings per month) if the property owner installs and maintains a rainwater garden or other city approved stormwater best management practice. The rainwater garden or other appropriate best management practice must meet current City standards and be approved by the City's Engineering Department prior to and after its construction. (Refer to Attachment 3 - Environmental Utility Best Management Practices Credit.) EUF Credit Policy Revision In January 2013 the City Council adopted a Living Streets Policy. (To view the Living Streets Policy, visit the City’s website athttp://www.ci.maplewood.mn.us/index.aspx?nid=954The .) general nature of the Policy is to enhance biking and walking conditions, enhance safety and security of streets, calm traffic, create livable neighborhoods, improve stormwater quality, enhance the urban forest, reduce life cycle costs, and improve neighborhood aesthetics. One of the implementation strategies to achieving the policy is an increase in the EUF credit. The implementation strategy is outlined as follows: Increase the EUF credit from 30 percent to 50 percent to maintain and increase the level of voluntary participation in the rainwater garden program. Clarify that continuance of credits is not guaranteed for perpetuity. Credits are reviewed periodically and can be terminated if the best management practice is not being adequately maintained. Establish a program to allow for retrofitting of rainwater gardens. Designate an amount annually from the EUF to be used for retrofitted rainwater gardens. Recommended initial amount is $10,000. Establish a procedure for interested property owners to apply for consideration of having a retrofitted rainwater garden constructed. Approve up to five applications for funding for retrofitted rainwater gardens per year, with an award of $2,000 to be made to the property owner upon successful establishment of the rainwater garden. All applications for retrofit rainwater gardens within any given year would be approved if appropriate, however only five applications would be approved to receive funding support. Curb cut would be provided as necessary by the City at no cost to the property owner for approved retrofit applications. RECOMMENDATION During the April 15, 2013, Environmental and Natural Resources Commission meeting, staff will present current statistics of our Environmental Utility Fund and credit program including budget impacts and number of properties participating in the credit program. Staff will then outline the details of a revised EUF Credit policy for review and comment by the Commission. Final policy changes will be reviewed and approved by the City Council. Attachments/Links 1. Financing Maplewood’s Storm Water Management with a Environmental Utility 2. Environmental Utility Billing 3. Environmental Utility Best Management Practices Credit 4. 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"('+#%.%$"!"!*'6", ' !'! 8 @ # "# @ ' '! ! ; ' ; A #*'!+#7"#$%. $'.'$-!%$",=+!,$+!71%$"! @ 8 #K "!*'6"%,""" A 7%#%("7"#$: LJ 7 B D .B <#'; !+ J ++% B H < ; +!' ,+J % B > ) A %+7! ,+J % 7Q =(%;+ 7;+ ( # %;+;% +J + .44G 'A %;+;+77 J %.", %@ (<< ; < 8 ;$ J % ? > / /99 3%I D J % J ; + J !%#,'$ %@ % 3+%I D ; Attachment 3 Environmental Utility Best Management Practices Credit Background On August 25, 2003 the Maplewood City Council approved an Environmental Utility (Ordinance No. 839) to finance the City’s Storm Water Management Program. In addition, the Utility will be utilized to finance compliance with the City’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Phase II (NPDES Phase II) Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for the City’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) as outlined in the City’s Storm Water Permit. The Utility provides for credits for the use of Storm Water Best Management Practices (BMPs) such as storm water ponds, green space, undeveloped land, etc. Credits must be th applied for by Dec. 15 of year preceding the year in which the credit is to be considered. The amount of the credit will be determined by Maplewood’s Public Works Department and approved by the City Council. A property owner may appeal to the City Council regarding a determination of the credit once per calendar year. Commercial, Industrial, Institutional A credit may be granted to a Commercial, Industrial or Institutional parcel that can demonstrate a minimum reduction of 20% of the amount of storm water leaving the parcel via the use of an approved Storm Water Best Management Practice (BMP). Credits can be combined to account for a total reduction of up to 75% of the Environmental Utility Fee. Documentation must be provided to the City of Maplewood’s Public Works It is strongly suggested that the Department for evaluation of the claim. documentation be prepared by a licensed professional engineer of the State of Minnesota and provide the necessary drawings and calculations to support the claim. It is the applicant’s responsibility to prove the claim. Examples of Best Management Practices 1.Storm water retention and infiltration systems (ponds), grassed swales and drainage from parking lots into grassed surfaces. 2.Storm Water Detention ponds are not eligible for a credit since the water from the ponds is discharged to the City’s storm sewer system. MS4. Land Use Credits Vacant Land Credit Vacant land meeting the following criteria is to be excluded from the area used to calculate the monthly charge. 1.The property must not be developed in any way, or have been developed in the past ten (10) years. The property must reflect land in an “undisturbed, natural state” with non-impacted soils (i.e., the soils are not compacted). 2.The vacant land must represent at least 50% of the total parcel 3.Vacant land does not include “green space” as outlined below Green Space Credit Green space areas meeting the following criteria can receive up to a 75% reduction from the area used to calculate the monthly charge. 1.Green spaces shall be contiguous pervious vegetated areas incorporated into the developed parcel. 2.The space shall not have more than 25% impacted, compacted soils. Examples of impacted spaces are trails, ball fields, gravesites, golf courses and picnic areas. 3.Green space must be 20 feet or more away from the nearest impervious surface or structure. 4.The green space must be a minimum of 1 acre in size and not less than 25% of the total parcel. 5.Grassed parking areas that are utilized more than 15 days per year are excluded from the green space credit, as these are impacted, compacted soils. Residential Properties and Rain Gardens A Residential Property can apply for a credit of 30% per month if the property installs and maintains a rain garden or other city approved BMP. The Rain Garden or other appropriate BMP’s must meet current city standards and be approved by the City of Maplewood’s Engineering Department prior to and after it’s construction. Authority Administrative implementation of this policy was reviewed by the Maplewood City Council on January 26, 2004. The Best Management Practices Credit Application, if not attached, can be obtained on the city's website at www.ci.maplewood.mn.us in the storm water management section, or by calling Maplewood Public Works at 651-249-2400, or at Maplewood Public Works. Environmental Utility Best Management Practices Credit Application Property Owner: Street Address: Maplewood, MN Parcel I.D. # (If unknown, leave blank) Contact Name: Phone Number: Email Address: How should we contact you? Phone or Email? When can we contact you with any questions? Brief Description of the BMP or Land Use Credit: For commercial, industrial and institutional properties only: Estimated reduction in storm water volume: % Please attach any documentation supporting this claim to this application. It is the applicant’s responsibility to prove the claim. Maplewood Public Works • 1830 County Road B East • Maplewood, Minnesota 55109 651-249-2400• 651-249-2409 (fax) • www.ci.maplewwood.mn.us 1/2004