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<br />December 21, 2009 Section 6: Municipal Operations <br />control devices that reduce particulate matter (PM-10) by more than 85 percent. In addition to <br />reducing PM-10, the filters also reduce tailpipe nitrous oxide (NO) emissions. The City <br />2 <br />completed the retrofit program in September 2009, 27 months ahead of the December 2011 <br />compliance deadline. <br />There are two main strategies for reducing emissions related to vehicle operations – reduce <br />emissions per mile driven (through low carbon fuel, or fuel efficiency), and reduce the number of <br />miles driven. Measures and actions for consideration: <br />Replace a few City fleet vehicles with a car share program or replace cars with <br /> <br />? <br />hybrids or electric vehicles as needed. <br /> Following the City of Berkeley model, the City <br />may consider replacing 2-3 City fleet vehicles with 1 hybrid or electric vehicle from a car <br />23 <br />share company. Also, the City should replace fleet cars with hybrids or electric vehicles on <br />an ongoing basis, whenever feasible. <br />Continue to review and enhance maintenance procedures to ensure efficient vehicle <br /> <br />? <br />operations. <br /> The City is committed to continuing to keep engines properly tuned and tires <br />properly inflated to improve fuel efficiency. In addition, the City’s Fleet Department is a <br />registered Green Business. <br />Continue to retire underused and inefficient City fleet vehicles. <br /> Consider a Usage <br />? <br />Analysis Policy to assess the operating costs and annual mile usage of each vehicle to <br />compare costs per mile of each fleet vehicle. These types of metrics can provide <br />information to ensure cost-effective and reduced greenhouse gas emissions related to fleet <br /> <br />operations. <br />6.3 Goal: Increase recycling, composting and material reuse <br />related to municipal operations <br />Although waste generated through City offices, landscaping and construction projects comprise <br />a small portion (7 percent) of the City’s total municipal emissions inventory, it remains an <br />important component to overall sustainability. Actions to reduce waste and increase waste <br />diversion in municipal buildings and operations demonstrate important leadership to the <br />community. <br /> <br /> <br />23 <br /> Other cities have joined local car sharing agencies and encouraged staff to use the vehicles, but Berkeley has <br />contracted to develop vehicle reservation software that dedicates the vehicles for City employee use during the work <br />week and enables general members to use the vehicles on evenings and weekends. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 49 <br /> <br /> <br />