To: HONORABLE MAYOR AND From: Carl W. Mosher

CITY COUNCIL

Subject: SEE BELOW Date: 11-17-03

COUNCIL DISTRICT: City-Wide

SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS RE-APPOINTMENT FOR THE SILICON VALLEY POLLUTION PREVENTION CENTER

RECOMMENDATION

Approval of the following re-appointment to the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Center.

Government Representative:

· Linda J. Lezotte, Councilmember, City of San Jose for a term from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006.

BACKGROUND

The Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Center (Center) was incorporated within the State of California on December 2, 1994. The purpose of the Center, as outlined within the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, is to educate the general public, industry and government agencies of the causes and sources of pollution in San Francisco Bay and to identify and promote methods of preventing pollution from occurring. In particular, the corporation shall:

1) foster institutional understanding and cooperation;

2) emphasize pollution prevention from all sources;

3) promote research, development and use of pollution prevention measures; and

4) provide information and referral services.

The Center was created by an agreement between CLEAN South Bay and the City of San Jose on July 23, 1993, that defined programs for implementation by the City of San Jose as provisions of the then reissued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and accompanying Cease and Desist Order. Within the Settlement Agreement with CLEAN, the formation of a Pollution Prevention Center was outlined as additional measures for San Jose to undertake. As defined in the agreement, the purpose of the Center is to "...coordinate, develop and transfer information on pollution prevention measures that will reduce toxic pollution in the San Francisco Bay, south of the Dumbarton Bridge."

ANALYSIS

The Center’s programs are developed with the overall goal of affecting positive changes in the water environment by preventing the introduction of pollutants to the watershed. As such there are several basic types of programs undertaken by the Center, corresponding to the sectors affected: targeted prevention efforts, community-wide education programs and policy development to promote integrated watershed management.

Recent programs and activities of the Center include:

· Preparation of a White Paper on Obstacles to Water Recycling in Silicon Valley

· Pilot Project for Closed Loop Water Systems for Manufacturers

· White Paper on use of TMDL’s vs. the State Anti Degradation Policy for implementing P2

· Stormwater Detention Pilot

· Secondary Education Outreach: P2 Problems to Engineering Curricula

· Upgrades to the Website

In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, of the twelve (12) Directors, four (4) shall be appointed by the City of San Jose and four (4) shall be appointed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (which shall establish its own internal procedures for appointing said Directors), and four (4) shall be appointed by the following organizations (which shall establish their own internal procedures for appointing said Directors): Citizens for a Better Environment, Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation, Bay Institute of San Francisco, San Francisco BayKeeper, Save San Francisco Bay Association, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, and the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.

Other current board members include:

Government

· Linda J. Lezotte, Councilmember, City of San Jose (current term expires 12/31/03)

· Rosemary Kamei, Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District

· Tim Chow, Director, Santa Clara County Environmental Resources Agency

· Robin Saunders, Director, Water and Sewer Utilities, City of Santa Clara

Business/Industry

· Margaret Bruce, Director of Environmental Programs, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group

· Andrew Gere, Manager of Water Quality, San Jose Water Company

· Gail Brownell, Environmental Manager, Agilent Technologies

· Robin Brack, Environmental Engineer, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Environmental

· Michael Stanley-Jones, California State Director, Clean Water Action

· Trish Mulvey, CLEAN South Bay

· Bill Whitmer, CLEAN South Bay

· One position is currently vacant

PUBLIC OUTREACH

As part of the appointment process, conducting a public outreach was not necessary.

COORDINATION

Preparation of this memorandum has been coordinated with the Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Center and the City Attorney's Office.

COST IMPLICATIONS

This recommendation meets the general principles of the Mayor’s FY 2003-04 Budget Strategy by protecting two Environmental and Utility Services core services: 1) Healthy Streams, River, Marsh, and Bay, and 2) Safe, Reliable and Sufficient Water Supply, through the reappointment to the Board of Directors to represent local governments on the Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Center. No budget action is required.

CEQA

Not a project.

CARL W. MOSHER

Director, Environmental Services Department