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Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR

AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: Kerrie Romanow

SUBJECT: STORMWATER PERMIT ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

DATE: August 10, 2015

Approved Date

RECOMMENDATION

1. Accept this update on the 2014-2015 Stormwater Permit Annual Report developed in conformance with the Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (Stormwater Permit) requirements, pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act; and

2. Authorize certification and submittal, of the 2014-2015 Stormwater Permit Annual Report to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in conformance with the Stormwater Permit requirements.

OUTCOME

Approval of this recommendation will result in submittal of the 2014-2015 Annual Report to the Water Board, as required, by the September 15, 2015 deadline.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Stormwater Permit requires the City to submit a Stormwater Management Annual Report (Annual Report) by September 15 of each year certifying implementation of and compliance with the Stormwater Permit requirements. The Annual Report fulfills the requirement for reporting on activities undertaken from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. This memorandum highlights the City's accomplishments and activities supporting compliance with the Stormwater Permit during the reporting period. Highlights include the expanded implementation of the Expanded Polystyrene Foodware Ordinance; progress associated with the Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance; grant awards and construction of green street projects; public education and outreach efforts; and City and community group creek cleanups.

The current five-year Stormwater Permit became effective December 1, 2009, and remains in effect until the next Stormwater Permit is adopted and becomes effective, which is currently

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projected to occur in December 2015. City staff, along with other Bay Area co-permittees, have been actively engaged in discussions with the Water Board regarding new permit requirements. The most significant changes are expected to be in the "New Development and Redevelopment", "Trash Load Reduction", "PCBs Controls", and "Mercury Controls" sections of the permit. Staff has commented on the proposed new Stormwater Permit requirements and will continue to participate in the ongoing discussions to affect the final content of the next Stormwater Permit scheduled to be become effective in December 2015.

BACKGROUND

Water enters the City's storm sewer system through more than 31,000 storm drain inlets. Stormwater flows are conveyed without treatment to local creeks and streams and ultimately to the San Francisco Bay. This water is comprised of rainfall, irrigation water, and other water used outdoors. It collects pollutants as it flows across rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, streets, and landscaping.

The Federal Clean Water Act requires the City to operate under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) municipal stormwater permit for the discharge of stormwater to surface waters via the City's storm sewer collection system. On October 14, 2009, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board), which implements the federal NPDES program, adopted the Stormwater Permit for the San Francisco Bay Region as Order R2-2009-0074. The 5-year Stormwater Permit became effective December 1, 2009, and remains in effect until the next Stormwater Permit is adopted and becomes effective, which is currently projected to occur in December 2015. It regulates 76 municipalities, counties, and flood control agencies in the Bay Area and specifies actions necessary to reduce the discharge of pollutants in stormwater to the maximum extent practicable and effectively prohibits non-stormwater discharges into the municipal storm sewer system to protect local creeks and the Bay.

The Stormwater Permit requires the City to submit a Stormwater Management Annual Report (Annual Report) by September 15 of each year certifying implementation of and compliance with the Stormwater Permit requirements. This report is the sixth Annual Report under the current Stormwater Permit and follows a standardized reporting template developed for all 76 agencies to ensure that all Permittees provide the Water Board with consistent information. The Annual Report fulfills the requirement for reporting on activities undertaken from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.

ANALYSIS

Actions to prevent pollution from entering the City's storm sewer system encompass multiple City operations, as well as the daily activities of residents and businesses. Accordingly, many City departments are actively engaged in and are critical to the City's efforts to prevent stormwater pollution and protect water quality including: Environmental Services (ESD); Parks,


Recreation and Neighborhood Services (PRNS); Public Works; Planning, Building and Code Enforcement (PBCE); Transportation (DOT); Housing Department, and the City Attorney's Office.

The City's Stormwater Permit implementation activities are detailed in the Stormwater Management Plan. 2009-2014. The Plan describes the City's approach and strategies for implementing the requirements of the Stormwater Permit and for protecting receiving waters consisting of local creeks and the Bay. The Plan was accepted by the Transportation and Environment Committee in May 2011. A new Stormwater Management Plan will be developed following adoption of the next Stormwater Permit.

Through implementation of the Stormwater Management Plan for 2009-2014, the City strives to achieve the following objectives:

• Manage stormwater to ensure clean, healthy creeks and protect the Bay; • Ensure the City complies with Stormwater Permit requirements in a cost-effective

manner; • Integrate new permit requirements into existing programs to minimize resource impacts,

whenever possible; and • Utilize opportunities in permit implementation to pilot new approaches and familiarize

City staff with these approaches so the City is well positioned to inform development of the next permit.

Stormwater Permit implementation and compliance involves many components of City operations. It also has broad community implications including increasing public awareness of the storm sewer system and its connection to local creeks, as well as encouraging implementation of Best Management Practices (BMP) and behavior changes to reduce pollutants entering the storm sewer system and local creeks. Key program elements of the Stormwater Permit and associated implementation actions fall into six Key Implementation Areas:

• Ensure City Operations Integrate Water Quality Protection • Prevent Pollutant Discharges through Effective Enforcement • Guide Development to Protect the Watershed • Develop and Implement Strategies to Reduce Target Pollutants • Motivate Public Stewardship of the Watershed • Collect High Quality Monitoring Data

The following sections provide a summary of accomplishments associated with the Key Implementation Areas, and updates on the trash load reduction efforts and the Stormwater Permit negotiations to date.

2014-2015 Program Highlights City departments implementing the Permit requirements have been working diligently to meet the challenge of conducting compliance activities and developing and implementing new programs with limited and shifting resources. The accomplishments for 2014-2015 continue to


demonstrate the City's leadership and innovation in improving the condition of local creeks and waterways, and the quality of life for City residents. Accomplishments include:

• Expanded Polystyrene Phase-Out - In August 2013, Council approved the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foodware Ordinance, making San Jose the largest City to adopt such an ordinance at the time. The second phase of the ban on EPS take out foodware, affecting the approximately 1,700 remaining restaurants became effective January 1, 2015. Most restaurants have successfully transitioned away from using EPS food ware to alternative products. Since full implementation of the ordinance, staff has received only 25 complaints of non-compliance. Staff responded to each report either by phone or in person and found that most of these restaurants were in the process of exhausting their remaining inventory of EPS food ware products or, in a few cases, were unaware of the ordinance.

• Single-Use Carryout Bag Regulations - The City's Single-Use Carry out Bag Ordinance took effect on January 1, 2012, prohibiting single-use plastic bags and allowing the sale of recycled content paper bags for a minimum price. In September 2013, Council approved an amendment to the ordinance canceling the planned increase in the minimum sales price from 10 cents to 25 cents since staff did not observe a significant increase in paper bag use. Staff continues to monitor the effectiveness of this ordinance through a data metric program that observes retailer compliance, consumer behavior, and local creek conditions. Surveys at retail locations indicate an 86% reduction in the average use of single-use bags and an increase in reusable bag usage from 3.1% pre-ordinance to 54.6% post-ordinance. In-creek litter surveys document significant environmental improvements as single-use plastic bag litter has declined by 71% since ordinance implementation.

• Pesticide Reduction Pilot Programs - PRNS continued its pilot program to further reduce City use of toxic pesticides and increase the use of non-chemical and less toxic control methods at 65 neighborhood parks and facilities. The pilot program builds upon ongoing PRNS efforts to minimize the use of toxic chemicals in order to reduce risks to workers, the public, and water quality. This year, PRNS was nearly 100% successful in using alternative non-chemical or organic means of control within the pilot area.

• Santa Clara Valley Water District Partnership Grant Award - The City was awarded $196,250 to support implementation of the San Jose Watershed Community Stewardship and Engagement Project. The project will enable the City to continue elements of the Clean Creeks Healthy Communities project, including engaging homeless individuals in creek cleanup efforts. Additionally, the project will support community cleanups on the Coyote Creek and Los Gatos Creek conducted by grassroots groups: Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and Friends of Los Gatos Creek/Guadalupe River.

• Earthquakes Partnership - The City entered a three year contract partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer team to raise awareness and encourage


environmental behaviors that help reduce waste and prevent pollution. ESD and the Earthquakes have planned several activities that will continue through the 2016 season. These include Earth Days, "Green Nights," and ad campaigns with an audience reach well beyond soccer fans. On game-day at booth activities, ESD and PRNS staff delivered messages that encouraged fans to adopt environmentally positive practices to reduce waste and protect water quality and public health. Earthquakes home games at the new AVAYA stadium reach 18,000 fans. Through the City's partnership with the Earthquakes, over 300,000 fans will be exposed to the environmental messages in one season via verbal announcements, video boards, interactive half time contest, and outreach booths. Through the partnership, ESD aims to achieve more than 4 million exposures through mass media in English and Spanish languages per year.

• Christmas in the Park Environmental Alley - ESD shared environmentally friendly holiday messages at Christmas in the Park, San Jose's signature holiday event that were featured in displays, signage, stage announcements, and online throughout the month-long event to more than 500,000 visitors. This year, the "Environmental Alley," featured displays showcasing Santa's elves and children from around the world taking simple steps to save resources and reduce waste, to be added to "Santa's Good List". As part of the displays and on S JEnvironment social media platforms, community members were invited to participate in the Santa Goes Green contest, hosted online via Rafflecopter. The contest asked participants to follow S JEnvironment on social media and pledge to try various green actions during the holidays.

• Green Street Project Grant Award - The City received an award of $1,429,355 from the State Water Resources Control Board Proposition 84 Stormwater Grant Program to fund a project to treat stormwater runoff along approximately one-half mile of Ocala Avenue between Daytona Drive and East Capitol Expressway by installing bioretention rain gardens, permeable pavers, and native or adapted trees. The City will provide matching funds of $378,359 to cover the remaining costs of the $1,807,714 project. Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2016.

• Martha Gardens Green Streets Project - Construction of the Martha Gardens Green Alleys Pilot Project began in April 2015 and is scheduled to be completed in August 2015. This project will install "green" concrete and permeable pavers that will work in tandem to manage runoff and provide a long lasting surface. The City received an award of $945,180 from the State Water Resources Control Board Proposition 84 Stormwater Grant Program in 2012 and provided $473,397 in matching funds for this project.

• Water Quality Monitoring - City staff continued to support the collection of high quality monitoring data by participating directly in regional and countywide water quality monitoring efforts. This includes serving on various committees and subgroups to plan and implement monitoring activities, and assisting in field activities within San Jose's creeks and watersheds.


• Mercury and PCBs Controls - The Stormwater Permit requires a number of actions designed to gain information on the effectiveness of various management practices to control mercury and PCBs in stormwater. City staff from the Departments of Transportation and Environmental Services completed the City's participation in regional projects evaluating the effectiveness of street sweeping and hydrodynamic separator control devices (HDSs). Results were compiled with those from other participating municipalities around the Bay and are currently being evaluated.

Attachment A includes a more complete list of FY 2014-2015 accomplishments achieved under each of the six Key Implementation Areas. The complete Stormwater Permit Annual Report 2014-2015 is available on the City website at http ://www. sani oseca. go v/Archive.aspx? AMID=: 160.

Trash Load Reduction Estimate Update In the City of San Jose 2013-2014 Stormwater Management Annual Report, the City reported a trash load reduction of 62%, exceeding the regulatory goal of 40%. This estimated trash load reduction was calculated using the methodology approved for use at that time by the Water Board. Over the past year, ESD has continued implementation of trash control measures indentified in the Clean Waterways, Healthy City: Long-Term Trash Load Reduction Plan. Based on the same calculation methodology, the preliminarily trash load reduction for 20142015 has increased to 77% for 2014-2015, due primarily to increased efforts in removing trash from homeless encampments along the waterways.

In the Municipal Regional Permit Tentative Order (T.O.) released by the Water Board on May 11, 2015, the Water Board introduces another change to the trash load reduction calculation methodology. The new methodology includes ceiling limits on the trash reduction credits that Permittees may claim for Creek and Shoreline Cleanups (e.g. volunteer creek cleanups) to 5% and Direct Discharge Cleanups (e.g. homeless encampment cleanups) to 10%, lowers the maximum credit for all source control measures (e.g., single-use plastic bag and EPS ordinances) to a combined 5%, and does not include credit for public outreach. The Water Board's rationale for the proposed changes is generally that cleanup efforts along waterways are "after the fact" actions that do not address or reduce the generation of trash prior to its discharge to the waterways and are technically beyond the reach of the permit which regulates discharges through the municipal stormwater system, consequently, they are denoting these efforts now as "offsets." The Water Board has also deemphasized the benefits of source control measures and public outreach, as it is difficult to directly measure the benefits attributable to these efforts.

ESD contends that these changes significantly undervalue the City's efforts to implement these priority community-serving programs and similarly overlooks the significant water quality benefits that the City has observed due to these actions. ESD staff has provided oral and written comments on the T.O. requesting that the Water Board increase the proposed limits on trash reduction offsets to 10% for Creek and Shoreline Cleanups, 25% for Direct Discharge Cleanups, and at least 15% for Source Control Actions. The table below compares the City's FY 14-15

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trash load reduction based on the current calculation methodology, the T.O. methodology, and the methodology counter-proposed by ESD.

Action Current Tentative Order ESD Proposed Source Reduction 14% 5% 14% Full Trash Capture Devices 8% 8% 8% Public Outreach 2% N/A N/A Other Control Measures 2% 2% 2% Creek/Channel/ Shoreline Cleanup Offsets

51% 15% 30%

Total 77% 30% 56%

The Water Board decision regarding the trash load calculation in the final T.O. is of great concern because it will impact the City's ability to comply with the upcoming regulatory goal to achieve a 70% trash load reduction by July 1, 2017.

Additional trash control programs are scheduled for implementation next fiscal year that will continue progress in improving conditions of local creeks. These control measures include construction of additional full trash capture devices, installation of additional public litter cans, initiating business engagement pilots, continued creek cleanup efforts, and education and outreach efforts aimed to inspire, motivate, and advance public stewardship of the environment.

Stormwater Permit Negotiations With the current five-year permit term ending in November 2014, City staff, along with the 75 other BASMAA co-permittees, have been actively engaged in discussions with the Water Board regarding new permit requirements. The most significant changes are expected to be in the "New Development and Redevelopment", "Trash Load Reduction", "PCBs Controls", and "Mercury Controls" sections of the permit. These new requirements were summarized in a report entitled Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit and Trash Load Reduction Plan Update (found here: http://sanioseca.gov/DocumentCenterWiew/42828') and presented at the May 4, 2015 Transportation and Environment Committee meeting. Since the May 4 Committee Meeting, the Water Board has issued the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit Tentative Order, dated May 11, 2015, and held two hearings to receive public comment on the Tentative Order. Staff has provided oral testimony at the both hearings and submitted written comments highlighting concerns with the proposed new Stormwater Permit requirements.

EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP

Staff anticipates presenting a report to the Transportation and Environment Committee in December 2015, following Water Board adoption of the new Stormwater Permit. In the interim, staff will keep the Transportation and Environment Committee and Council apprised of additional key issues that may arise.

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PUBLIC OUTREACH

The City conducts outreach to various sectors of the community on relevant stormwater issues, such as pesticide use, mercury, new development requirements, and ensuring that only rainwater enters the storm sewer system. Many outreach activities are accomplished in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program or regional campaigns. This memorandum will be posted on the City's website for the September 1, 2015 Council agenda.

COORDINATION

This memorandum and the Annual Report were developed by the Environmental Services Department in collaboration with the departments of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement; Public Works; Transportation; Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services; Housing; and the City Attorney's Office.

COST SUMMARY/IMPLICATIONS

There are no direct costs associated with submittal of the Annual Report, as the report summarizes activities that have already occurred. Ongoing programs related to the stormwater permit are funded primarily through the Storm Sewer Operating Fund (Fund 446).

CEOA

Not a Project, File No. PP10-069(a), City Organizational & Administrative Activities.

/s/ KERRIE ROMANOW Director, Environmental Services

For questions please contact Napp Fukuda, Deputy Director, at (408) 793-5353.

Attachment A: FY 2014-2015 Stormwater Management Program Highlights

Attachment A

FY 2014 - 2015 Stormwater Management Program Highlights

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions Ensure City Operations Integrate Water Quality Protection

C2 Municipal Operations C5 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) C15 Exempted and Conditionally Exempted Discharges

DOT maintains 27 stormwater pump stations including cleaning of wet wells throughout the year. Prior to the winter rains, DOT removed 94 cubic yards of debris from 24 storm water pump stations.

The City performed about 58,752 curb miles of street sweeping removing nearly 19,058 cubic yards of debris from City streets.

DOT cleaned more than 31,500 storm sewer inlets removing approximately 250 cubic yards of debris.

265 municipal operations and maintenance staff received training in stormwater protection and best management practices.

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions Prevent Pollutant Discharges C4 Industrial and Commercial Site Controls Through Effective Enforcement C5 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE)

C6 Construction Site Controls C15 Exempted and Conditionally Exempted Discharges

237 enforcement actions were taken during 1,165 City inspections of construction sites. Ninety-nine percent of all violations (360) were corrected within 10 business days or otherwise considered timely.

846 enforcement actions were taken during 3,604 City inspections at 2,672 Industrial and Commercial facilities. Ninety-eight percent of all violations (1,218) were corrected within 10 business days or otherwise considered timely.

The City proactively screened over 341 storm drain outfalls for illegal discharges, of which 41 were identified as key major outfalls. No illegal dumping or illicit connection incidents were identified during the FY 14-15 screening.

The City received 455 IDDE complaints, of which 34 could not be found upon field inspection. Ninety-eight percent of all issued violations (322) were corrected within 10 business days or otherwise considered timely. Vehicle leaking incidents, largely in residential areas, also remained one of the highest categories.

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions

Guide Development to Protect the Watershed

C3 New and Redevelopment C6 Construction Site Controls

The City approved 37 C.3 "Regulated Projects" (36 private and 1 public) in FY 20142015. By comparison, 49 C.3 Regulated Projects were approved in FY 2013-2014, five (5) of which were public projects.

City staff inspected 142 stormwater management systems at 37 project sites to ensure their proper maintenance and function as part of the Stormwater Treatment Systems Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Inspection Program. The City also verified proper

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installation of 264 newly installed stormwater treatment systems under its 45-Day Initial Stormwater Treatment Systems Installation Verification Program. Inspections found that all installed stormwater treatment systems were in good working order at approximately half the sites. Staff worked with property managers to ensure actions are taken to correct the issues found at the remaining sites.

• The City received an award of $ 1,429,355 from the Proposition 84 Stormwater Grant Program funding to treat stormwater runoff along approximately one-half mile of Ocala Avenue between Daytona Drive and East Capitol Expressway by installing bioretention rain gardens, permeable pavers, and native or adapted trees. The City will provide matching funds of $378,359 to cover the remaining cost of the $1, 807,714 project. Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2016.

• Construction on the Martha Gardens Green Alleys Pilot Project began in April 2015 and ,is scheduled to be completed in August 2015. This project will install "green" concrete and permeable pavers that will work in tandem to manage runoff and provide a long lasting surface. The City received an award of $945,180 from the State Water Resources Control Board Proposition 84 Stormwater Grant Program in 2012 and provided $473,397 in matching funds for this project.

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions Develop and Implement Strategies C9 Pesticide Toxicity Control to Reduce Target Pollutants Trash

C l l M e r c u r y C12 PCBs C13 Copper C14 PBDEs, Legacy Pesticides, and Selenium

• Citywide use of pesticides that threaten water quality remains very low. When these pesticides must be used, staff adheres to the City's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) policy to reduce impacts. PENS continued its pilot program to further reduce City use of toxic pesticides and increase the use of non-chemical and less toxic control methods at 65 neighborhood parks and facilities. The pilot program builds upon ongoing PRNS efforts to minimize the use of toxic chemicals in order to reduce risks to workers, the public, and water quality. This year PRNS was nearly 100% successful in using alternative non-chemical or organic means of control within the pilot area.

• The City participated in two studies in the Leo Avenue drainage area to evaluate control measures for PCBs. The first evaluated the efficacy of a full trash capture devices to capture mercury and PCB-contaminated sediment; and the second was a study to evaluate the possible benefit of enhanced sweeping. The results of each are being evaluated.

• The City continued to implement the Clean Waterways, Healthy City: Long-Term Trash Load Reduction Plan it submitted to the Water Board as required by the Stormwater Permit on February 1, 2014. The Long-Term Plan sets forth a path for the City to achieve "no adverse impact" from trash by July 1, 2022 and includes a revised approach to addressing the problem of trash in the City.

• The City was awarded a $196,250 Santa Clara Valley Water District Partnership Grant Award to support implementation of the San Jose Watershed Community Stewardship and Engagement Project. The project will enable the City to continue elements of the Clean Creeks Healthy Communities project, including engaging homeless individual in

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creek cleanup efforts. Additionally, the project will support community cleanups on the Coyote Creek and Los Gatos Creek conducted by grassroots groups: Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and Friends of Guadalupe River.

• In August 2013, Council approved a phase-in of the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foodware Ordinance. The first phase, a ban of EPS foam take out foodware at the approximately 300 national chain restaurants in San Jose, went into effect January 1, 2014. The second phase, affecting the remaining 1,700 restaurants, took effect January 1, 2015. Most restaurants have successfully transitioned away from using foam food ware to alternative products. Since full implementation of the ordinance, staff has responded to 25 reports of non-compliance and has found that most of these restaurants were in the process of exhausting their remaining inventory of foam foodware products or were unaware of the ordinance. Staff plans to conduct targeted outreach to restaurants in the coming year to ensure awareness and compliance.

• The City's Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance took effect on January 1, 2012, prohibiting single-use plastic bags and allowing the sale of recycled content paper bags for a minimum price. Surveys at retail locations indicate an 86% reduction in the average use of single-use bags and an increase in reusable bag usage from 3.1% pre-ordinance to 54.6% post-ordinance. In creek litter surveys document significant environmental improvements as single-use plastic bag litter has declined by 71% since ordinance implementation.

• ESD has expanded its partnership with PRNS and Housing to create new programs to remove trash from significant stretches of San Jose creeks. In FY 2014-2015, these interdepartmental partnerships cleared 1,424 tons of trash from creeks.

• PRNS staff again collected large volumes of trash generated from parks and facilities used by the public and maintained by PRNS. These efforts diverted trash from entering creeks, streams, and storm drains adjacent to City parks. In FY 2014-15, park maintenance staff removed 59,400 cubic yards of trash from PRNS maintained properties.

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions Motivate Public Stewardship C7 Public Information and Outreach of the Watershed ALL

• The City continues to strive toward marking 100% of the storm drain inlets with "No Dumping" markers. With over 28,000 markers currently installed, 87% of the City's more than 31,000 storm drain inlets in public streets have been marked, exceeding the Stormwater Permit 80% requirement. Since 2011, the City has achieved a savings of over $400,000 by having DOT staff, rather than contractors, install the markers

• The City participated in 30 local community events and festivals to raise public awareness of stormwater pollution opportunities, distributing over 1,515 educational pieces. The City entered a three year contract partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer team. ESD and the Earthquakes planned several activities that will continue through the 2016 season. These include Earth Days, "Green Nights", and ad campaigns with an audience reach beyond stadium fans. On game-day at booth activities, ESD's Watershed Protection and PRNS staff delivered messages that encouraged fans to adopt environmentally positive practices to reduce waste and protect water quality and

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public health.

• Christmas in the Park Environmental Alley -ESD shared environmentally friendly holiday messages at Christmas in the Park, San Jose's signature holiday event that were featured in displays, signage, stage announcements, and online throughout the month-long event to more than 500,000 visitors. This year, the "Environmental Alley," featured displays showcasing Santa's elves and children from around the world taking simple steps to save resources and reduce waste, to be added to "Santa's Good List". As part of the displays and on SJEnvironment social media platforms, community members were invited to participate in the Santa Goes Green contest, hosted online via Rafflecopter. The contest asked participants to follow SJEnvironment on social media and pledge to try various green actions during the holidays.

• San Jose has completed the fourth year of the four-year Clean Creeks, Healthy Community grant funded pilot program to expand community engagement and address litter, illegal dumping, and homeless encampments along a targeted reach of Coyote Creek. During FY 2014-2015, the Clean Creeks, Healthy Community project staff worked with 299 local volunteers to remove 60 cubic yards of trash from Coyote Creek, participated in outreach events and community meetings, and canvassed neighborhoods to reach out to more than 8,350 residents about pollution prevention and environmental significance of Coyote Creek. The EPA approved extending the grant period through April 30, 2016, to allow additional work to be completed using surplus funds.

Key Implementation Area Permit Provisions Collect High Quality C8 Water Quality Monitoring

Monitoring Data

• City staff continues to support the collection of high quality monitoring data by participating directly in regional and countywide water quality monitoring efforts. This includes serving on various committees and subgroups of the San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP), BASMAA Monitoring and Pollutants of Concern Committee, and the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP) Monitoring Ad Hoc Task Group. City staff directly participated in planning and conducted field activities for the BASMAA Regional Monitoring Coalition (RMC) in FY 2014-2015 at sites relevant to water bodies in San Jose. City staff also continued collaboration with SCVURPPP and the Santa Clara Valley Water District on planning of the "Stressor Source ID" project on Upper Penitencia Creek.

• The San Jose Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program encourages citizen monitoring and trains citizens to collect water quality readings and conduct water body observations at permitted locations throughout the City. This year the program added 10 new volunteers and monitored 23 locations.

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