Bridgeport Harbor and Riverfront Recapture

Legal and Land Use Training Workshop

City of Bridgeport Sustainability Program
BGREEN to Be the Future
Theodore L. Grabarz, AIA, ASLA Sustainability Director, City of Bridgeport.

6/6/2011 1
 1. Focus on Sustainability – For Future Generations
2.. Focus
ocus oon C
Carbon
bo Balancece – Public
ub c Sector
Sec o Low
ow – Private
v e
Sector High Steering the Ship Not Driving the Ship
3. Focus on Building the Demand Signal (Economic Driver) for
. Sustainability in Private Sector-
Sector Proof of Concept Projects
and institute sustainability in our best practices and offer
incentives to expand in private sector (zoning and density
bonuses/partner on public sector solar programs etc) and
with our private sector affiliates BRBC etc.
4. Focus on Funding – When dollars are scarce focus on the
seemingly little things and stick with it –build
build partnerships
5. Focus on Marketing – Spreading the word, developing
behavioral investment in residents (what is in it for them daily
– reduction in particulates, parks access, etc, through on the
ground connections.
6. Focus on Access and the Environment – Wise Use and Human
Ecology because ultimately it comes down to Human Health
6/6/2011 2
 Sustainability = Responsibility
.

. “Meeting the needs of the present, without

compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs”.

(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Ch
Change, Rio
Ri Di Janero,1992)
J 1992)

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 The New Currency or
Medium of Exchange
. Natural
N t l Resources
R - Historically
Hi t i ll natural
t l resources
have been a factor of production like soil, water, air
or oil or their analogs-soil nutrients, storm-
water CO2,
water, CO2 or carbon,
carbon etc.
etc
Now- They are more and more considered to be
“capital assets”, or things that we use to make other
things , use to generate wealth, to increase our
productivity and thus have value unto themselves as
factor multipliers. (green infrastructure).
They are the new medium of exchange or currency
of ours and future generations largely defined by
Energy in different forms. Specifically as carbon
credits, renewable energy credits etc.
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 Enhanced of Life
for Future Generations
Mayor Finch Mission Statement
. M i Bridgeport
Moving B id t Forward:
F d A Vision
Vi i forf our
Community
We are committed to making Bridgeport the cleanest,
greenest, safest, most affordable city with schools and
neighborhoods that improve every year by:
Sustainability Defined •Developing
Developing innovative approaches to improving the
quality of our education system
•Making our streets and citizens safer
•Expanding economic development
“Meeting the needs of the present without •Building more workforce housing
compromising the ability of future generations to •Supporting a healthier lifestyle
meet their own needs”. •Revitalizing our neighborhoods
•Providing more local jobs and small
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, business opportunities
•Protecting
Protecting our environment and greening our city
Rio Di Janero,1992) •Creating a leaner, more efficient
government
•Accessing 21st Century technology and
infrastructure
•Supporting the Arts
•Ensuring a vibrant, diverse community
Reducing property taxes
6/6/2011 5
 2008 - Mayors Executive Order
1. Brownfield's redevelopment (XX % cleaned up and on tax roles by 2020).
2. Energy Audit all City Buildings (Reduction of XX by 2020).
3. Energy Improvement District (By 2020, 40% electricity from renewable resources)
4. City Open Space and Tree Canopy Assessment (Increase tree canopy by XX% or xxxx trees by
2020).

5. Increased Recycling (Diversion rate, 15% by 2010)

6. Stormwater Management through Low Impact Techniques
7. Green Building Standards (All City of Bridgeport construction, LEEDS Silver certified).

8. Green Jobs Initiative (Create xx jobs by 2020).

. 9.
9 Purchase of Hybrid or Alternative Fuel Vehicles (Red ce ffuel
(Reduce el cons
consumption
mption b
by 15% b
by 2020)
2020).

Starting with the Mayors Executive Order (2008) which targets a number of
reductions ultimately dealing with energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions , there are five key concepts that this program focuses on, and is easy to
describe and value in the public and private sector:
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 2009 - Planning
g Efforts http://www.rpa.org/bgreen/

•Conceptual Development of Sustainability Issues

and TBL (Triple Bottom Line) Prioritization
.
•Social – Environmental –Economic
all in one
14 elements that shape our
communities

•First TBL Assessment in Connecticut

•Creating a Sustainability Mindset

-Evaluating interactions
-Going beyond historically
recognized impacts
-Opportunities for
strengthening/broadening
h i /b d i initiatives
i ii i
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 Five Key
y Concepts
p
1. Reduced toxicity and pollution release
.
leading to reduced potential impact on
human health and the environment. (non-toxic
office, cleaning and construction supplies).

2. Reduced waste generation through

increased recycled content. (recycling and green
procurement).

3. Reduced non-renewable energy

consumption. (conservation and behavioral changes -
turn the lights off!)

4. Reduction of the depletion of natural

resources. ((water savingg devices,, ggreen infrastructure).)

5.6/6/2011 Support for sustainable manufacture/local 8

purchasing. (organic food locally grown food hubs).
S t i bilit Timeline
Sustainability Ti li 2011
Jan                   Feb                 Mar               Apr              May       Jun       Jul              Aug         Sep     Oct Nov  Dec

6/6/2011 9
 Organizational The Mayor
Bill Finch

Framework Andrew Nunn,

Ted Grabarz
CAO/Paul
City of Bridgeport
Timpanelli BRBC
Sustainability Director
for Implementation

. City of Bridgeport Departments

Deb Caviness, Alanna Kabel
Community Advisory Lisa Miro-Conservation Corps
Board Sabine Kuzko-Housing/Com Dev
John Cottell-Public Facilities
Paul Catino-Public Facilities
Bernd Tardy-Purchasing
Ed Lavernoich
Lavernoich-OPED
OPED
Alex McGoldrick-CG
Lisa Trachtenburg
Aijaz Syed
David Mike Nidoh
Jeff Leichtman
Resource Kooris/Evelyn Lee Fernanda Olivera
Sustainability
Committee Regional Planning Art Harris
Consultant
Association Steve Hladun
JJohn Tristine

Working Group Working Group Working Group Working Group Working Group

G
Green Green Space, Green Business,
Energy/Green Greenfields and
Recycling and Jobs and Green Marketing
Buildings Green Wheels
Water Resources Purchasing and Education
Committee Committee
Committee Committee Committee
Bill Leahy Barbara Miller
Greg Dancho Susan Davis Chanti Haynes
Tom McCarthy Ron Kilcoyne
Dick Tiani Anne Robinson

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 Potential S
Sustainability
stainabilit Economic Impact
Supply

. Pi 1
Price-1 Gov’t
Subsidy
Price-2
Demand

Quantity

Each of these key areas has three sectors: government, households and business, of which
government is by far the smallest in terms of impact and indeed in terms of environmental footprint
as well. Therefore this program focuses on leading the way with government, showing the solutions
that
h can beb provided
id d by
b government, to inspire
i i households
h h ld andd ultimately
li l businesses
b i to invest.
i

As the Mayor likes to say, the business of government is to steer the ship
not drive the ship.
11
P
Public versus Private Sector Involvement
u
b 10
1. Concept
Supply
l
i
Pi 1
Price-1 Gov’t
c
Subsidy
S 2. Public 20 Price-2
e Investment Demand
c
t Quantity
o 3. Outreach
r Event 30
I
n
v 4. PILOT
o 40
l
v
e
m 50
e
n 05 04 03 02 01
t

12
Private Sector Involvement
 Bridgeport Energy Economic
. Impact
Summer Winter
Group # Accounts Annual kWh Summer kWh Winter kWh
Peak kW Peak kW
Commercial 5,122 355,449,216 98,672 101,919 40,289,295 67,737,718
Industrial 235 56,329,128 19,931 20,302 6,975,064 12,698,814
Residential 53,361 283,307,125 2,718 3,212 81,453,872 155,453,872
Bridgeport Total 58,718 695,085,469 121,321 125,433 128,718,231 235,890,404

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 Creating that Demand Signal to the
Private Sector -Process Solutions
1. Regulatory–
New Planning and Zoning Regulations
. a. PILOP Ordinance: (Payment in Lieu of Parking): Example: 100 parking
spaces otherwise required x $17K per space in structured parking= $1.7M. Developer pays an
annual fee into Trust Fund for sustainability instead at Y per space (0.1 x $17k +-) and parks in
public space. Reduces cost of development and facilitates more permeable surfaces on site.

b. LEEDS Bonuses: Green Building Design: A building designed to meet LEED

(see below for definition) Silver or equivalent shall receive a development bonus of 0.5 FAR.
A building designed to meet LEED Gold or equivalent shall receive a development bonus of
0.625 FAR. A building designed to meet LEED Platinum or equivalent shall receive a
development bonus of 0.75 FAR.

c. New Public Open Space: A portion of a zoning lot that is developed as a

public open space having frontage on a public street or public pedestrian way, beyond those
areas required by the zone development standards (excepting that new waterfront access
required within the DVD-W shall remain eligible), shall result in one square foot of additional
development for each one square foot of public open space.

d. Stormwater Regulations Water Quality, Water Quantity, Channel

Protection, and Flood Control Requirements- One acre permeable surface = $30K savings at
WPCA Preference for water management through infiltration.
WPCA. infiltration

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 Creating that Demand Signal to the
Private Sector -Resource Solutions
2. Operations and Maintenance –
Environmental Enhancement
. a. Commercial Recycling: Example: Estimate 1000 tons commercial
recycling generated downtown. Costs business owners $59.00/ton to remove. City will
take away for free and gain $5/ton bonus + add to the total to meet our minimum
commitment. Business saves the cost of recycling tonnage removal.

Energy Conservation

b. Energy Performance Contracting: Used for City and School buildings

and will be offered to businesses as well. Audit/Upgrade/Payback. Through Savings

Alternative Energy
c. Solar Photo-Voltaic: Solar roof top and vacant land leasing for city buildings
and schools and businesses with Power Purchase Agreement.

d. Energy Improvement District: Bonding Authority off of City Budget

to fund alternative energy as well as conservation strategies for government, businesses and
homeowners including energy aggregation services providing lower cost electricity to
consumers, businesses and government with a significant renewable component.

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Strategic
g Communication
The last part of my Sustainability Program is Green
Marketing and Education. A singular difference in
my program though is that marketing to me isn’t
about sales, its about strategic
communication, conveying ideas through
action, actions as I’ve described to facilitate changes
i behavior
in b h i in i our consumers, our constituents,
i our
society writ large

Savings
g up
p to 693 KwH / yyear x 34000
HH = 23,562, 000 KwH per year (or 23
cents x 23,562, 000 = $5, 419,260.00 )
That’s almost 8% of residential use!

200 Home Energy Audit

100 Clean energy
0 Solar energy
Rain barrels/ garden
Home Energy Audit
B Green Program
Request Recycling Bin
6/6/2011 16
Total Households Visited
 Energy Stewardship
Energy Conservation

1. Energy Performance Contracting-

Reducing Energy Use in our Buildings.

2. Energy Due Diligence- Reducing Energy Use by

Other Systems, GPS in Vehicles etc.

3. Consolidation- Reducingg Energy

gy Use byy sellingg off
Buildings.

4. Transit First Policy- Encouraging mass transit use

as well6/6/2011
as multi-modal options, walking, biking, etc. 17
Energy Stewardship
Alternative Energy Enhancement

1. Energy Improvement District –

Bonding Authority and Ability to direct own energy resources.

2. Biomass Program- Alternative Energy

Production from Sewage Sludge.

3. Solar Photo Voltaic Options- Developer

directed solar options
p on vacant land and roof tops.
p

4. Green Energy Park at the Seaside

Park Landfill-
fi Alternative Energy development on a
brown-field.
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E
Energy Improvement
I t Di
District
t i t
1. Provides an energy overlay of City for:

2.  Bonding Authority and Ability to direct own energy resources to inspire economic development
through long term stability of energy prices

1. EID established and approved by

Council.
2. Board established and approved by
Council.
3. Bylaws
y created.
4. Operational budget and organizational
chart created.
5. Project Management RFQ out.

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 El t i l A
Electrical Aggregation
ti

1
1. City is
Ci i putting
i an RFP for f aggregationi
services to be able to lock in electrical
rates for a variety of service types
including: seniors,
seniors veterans
veterans, small
and disadvantaged businesses.

2
2. Through locking in rates it will
minimize spikes due to supply
shocks, seasonal fluctuations etc.

S
Summer Wi t
Winter
Group # Accounts Annual kWh Summer kWh Winter kWh
Peak kW Peak kW
Commercial 5,122 355,449,216 98,672 101,919 40,289,295 67,737,718
Industrial 235 56,329,128 19,931 20,302 6,975,064 12,698,814
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Residential 53,361 283,307,125 2,718 3,212 81,453,872 155,453,872
Bridgeport Total 58,718 695,085,469 121,321 125,433 128,718,231 235,890,404
 Biomass Program
g Feasibilityy
Alternative Energy
Production from Sewage
Sludge
Sludge.
1. Stearns and Wheler retained to perform study
on viability of generating clean energy from sludge.
On track for completion October 1, 2010.

2. Yale graduate students from Industrial Ecology

program have already provided basis of concepts.
BIOMASS PROCESS FLOW 
CITY OF BRIDGEPORT
Solid Waste

Domestic 
Wastewater

RESCO

UI
Electric Power to 
WPCA

Treated 
Effluent To 
Resco

Sludge Generation Clean Water 
Generation

Sikorsky  Unused Parking 
Areas 
Sludge Processing:  Heat to dry it 
Potential  Staging Area
Potential Staging Area for 
for
(
(prepare for combustion) or heat to 
f b i ) h
Waste Heat   Biomass  
digest it (produces usable biogas) 
to sludge  Wood Chips
[potential RESCO Site]
Solid Food Waste

Dried Sludge or Gas to Resco
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Additional Resource Input
Solar Photo Voltaic Options
Options-
Developer directed solar leasing on city and school roof tops.

1. RFQ solicited 12 firms

2. Main Street Power selected from
Boulder, CO
3. Focusing on 20 city buildings and
schools, 3.2 Mw of clean energy.
4. Will provide power 4 cents below
current retail.
5. Starting with municipal
governmentt andd offering
ff i to t the
th
private sector.

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Green Energy Park at the Seaside Park
Landfill-
Alternative Energy development on a brown-field.

1. RFQ Issued and 4 respondents.

2. Subsequent to selection process Turtle
Energy/Tychon Construction selected as
developer with Photo Voltaic design.
3. Stewardship Permit finalized with DEP.
4. In Agreement Negotiation phase.

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 Cost per Squarefoot per Facility
10.00
9.24
9.00

8.01
8.00

Energy
gy Performance
7.00

6.00

Cost/SqFt
5.28
4.93
4 93 5 05
5.05
5.00 4.55 4.57
4.37

4.00 3.75 3.71

Contracting-
3.38 3.31
3.12 3.08
2.94 2.87 2.85
3.00 2.68 2.78 2.73 2.64
2.50 2.45
2.34
2.18 2.07 2.07
1.87 1.92 1.80
2.00

0.89
1.00 0.64
0.54
0.31
0.00
0.00

1 RFQ process resulted

1. l d iin 14 firms
fi submitting
b i i 400.0

362.0

350.0

for the work on performing energy upgrades 300.0 290.7

to 3,000,000 square feet of city buildings 250.0

TU/SqFT
and schools.
202.8 202.1
200.0 192.4
173.9

kBT
143.4 144.2
150.0 133.6 136.4 132.7
119.1 121.8 119.0
112.0 109.8
102.5 98.2 100.3 98.2
94.7 94.2 89.3 93.4
100.0

2. Three firms selected for RFP, awaiting 70.6 76.4

68.9 64.4 66.4

50.0 40.6 43.3

27.0
20.3

results September 9, 2010 0.0

0.0 4.9

Facilities

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Environmental
Stewardship
Environmental Conservation

Conservation Commission Establishment – As an advisory

body to the Planning and Zoning Commission,
Commission a Conservation
Commission would be a key stakeholder in the identification of biota
within the City, make recommendations for the Plan of Conservation
and Development and be the primary advocate for the natural resources
within the City.

Stormwater Authority- To manage our stormwater as a resource.

Parks Biodiversity Assessment- An assessment of the natural

resource attributes in existence in the City.

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Environmental Stewardship
Environmental Enhancement

1. Recycling –

2. Green Infrastructure –

High Impact Areas-Focus for an engineered solution will

be accelerated.
Low Impact Areas- For more residential neighborhoods
a focus will be on so called Low Impact Development or
reducing impermeable surfaces

3 Green-scaper Training-
3.

4. Tree Canopy Enhancement -

6. Brownfield’s to Bright-fields-

7. 6/6/2011
Community Gardens – 26
 Recycling
Enhancement -
1. Recycling Rewards Program to
begin with Recycle Bank the
week of School Opening.

2. 5200 households in East

Sid /E End
Side/East E d to be
b targeted.
d

3. Goal is to triple City’s

recycling
y g rate in order to
increase diversion rate and
thus save money

Total Residential Recycling

3000
2500
2000
1500 Total Residential
1000 R
Recycling
li
500
0
0 6/6/2011
2 4 6 27
G
Greenscaper Training
T i i

1
1. Developed a
program between
Rutgers
University, UCONN
and EPA to train the
next generation of
landscapers
p in Low
Impact
Development.
2. Attendance
exceeded all
expectations-50+

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Solid Waste and Recycling Workshop
“Turning Garbage into Gold”
1. WORKSHOP on Recycling and
Community Economic Development
sponsored by City of Bridgeport
Sustainability Program Be Green 2020, US
Environmental Protection Agency-New
England and the Institute of Local Self
Reliance (ILSR)

Neil Seldman, ILSR, Washington DC

Best economic development practices with regard to recycling and
composting

Terry McDonald, St. Vincent De Paul, Eugene, Oregon

Repair and resale enterprises

Ted Reiff, The Reuse People, Oakland, California

Network of deconstruction companies
Andy Bozzuto, Johns Refuse Company, New Haven, Connecticut
Recycling and Composting operations

John Gundling, Integrated Green, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut

Construction and Demolition Recycling Enterprise
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Complete Streets
Program

1. City formed working group

January 2010.
2. Developed consensus from
stakeholders on Park Avenue and
Railroad Avenue.
3. Completed
p Assessments from
both GBRPA and OPED.
4. Tying in regional bike trail along
with
pedestrian, bike, intermodal, tree
cover enhancement and
permeable surfaces and bio-
swales
l for
f storm
t water
t recharge.
h
5. 5. Implementation Fall 2010.
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 Consolidation
Program
1. To save energy and utilities, increase
operating efficiencies and return
buildings to tax rolls.

1. Seaview Avenue Facility

Public Facilities Complex to Public Facilities Complex
Health Department Moved 2008
2 Environmental Health
2.
and Housing Code – Moved
7/19/10.
3. Vital Statistics and
BOE Registrar of Voters – Move
City Hall October 1, 2010
Annex Mc Levy Hall 4. Probate Court- Move
March 1,1 2011
5. Public Facilities/Parks-
6/6/2011 2012-Remediation on- 31
going.
 1.

2.

6/6/2011
Energy

Inventory
for City of
Bridgeport

completed 2008

Energy Strategy
Completed 2010
Green House Gas
gy
gy Strategy

GHG Emisions  (MtCO2e)
1000
1200
1400
1600

0
200
400
600
800

Barrnum Museum
Blacck Rock Sr. Ctr.
City Hall
City Hall Annex
C
Eisenhower
Fire ‐ EOC
Fire EEngine 10 New
Fire  Engine 10 Old
Fire Engine 12
Fire Engine 15
Fire Engine 16
FFire Engine 3/4
Fire Engine 6
Firre Engine 7/11
Firee Headquarters
Health/Welfare
H
Klein Building 1
K
Library ‐ Black Rock
Facility

Libraary ‐ Burroughs
Librrary ‐ Newfield
Libraary ‐ North End
Library ‐ O Old Mill Green
McLevy Hall
PAL
Police ‐ Acad demy Newfield
Police ‐ Animaal Shelter New
Police ‐ Animmal Shelter Old
Police ‐ CComm.  Servies
Policce ‐ ES Precinct
Police ‐‐ Headquarters
Policee ‐ WS Precinct
Pub b Fac Buildings
Ralpholaa Taylor Center
Trransfer Station
Wheeler Center
W
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CLG Truck
Conversions
1
1. Retrofit of 4 - snow
plow trucks from
Diesel to Liquified
Natural Gas.
2. Grant provided through
ARRA funds.
3. Target
g completion
p date
11/1/10

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 Seaside Village
g
Green
Infrastructure
1. Developing a replicable
model through The Yale
Urban Design Workshop for
green infrastructure, Low
Impact Development
components as an alternative
to engineered structure.

2
2. Utilizing
Utili i hihistoric
t i S Seaside
id
Village with Relative 0.00’
that is subject to constant
flooding as test case.
case

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AIA Sustainability
y Design
g Assessment Team
1. September 13-15, 2010.
Charge is to find ways to
link the various
neighborhoods together
sustainably.
2. Building
ildi on ULI Study d
that created NRZ’s as
well as Plan of
Conservation and
Development, this
inclusive planning effort
will seek to bring the
NRZ’s one step further.

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Parks Master Plan
1. Parks Master Plan for the City of Bridgeport to
establish a vision for the Park City for the next
100 years.
2. RFQ issued, 14 respondents interviewed.
3. Five -5- firms selected for RFP.

4. 5.

3.

1.

2. 6.

7. 7A.
8.

10 A. 9.
10.
20.
21 A.
21.
21 B. 11.
12.
22. 19.
18 A. 18.
13.
23. 25.
17.
26. 28.
24. 27. 28 A. 14.

29. 15.
31.
30. 16.

33. 32.

34. 35.
40.

36.
39.
37.

38.

6/6/2011 36
 Parks- Pleasure
Beach Master
Plan – Passive
and Active
Recreation
Enhancements
1. RFQ advertised.
2. 14 landscape
architecture firms have
submitted for design
3
3. P
Preparing
i tot begin
b i
selection process.

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 Parks- Pleasure
Beach Facilities
Refurbishment
1. RFQ advertised.

2. 13 professional architecture
firms have submitted for
design
g services.

3. Qualifications review and 6

firms selected for interviews.

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Parks Physical
y Implementation
p
Pequannock Pocket Park –
1. Design Completed – June
2010 Pocket Park
2. Construction- Fall 2010 Design –
Knowlton and
City Hall Annex Pocket Park Grand Street

1. Design Competition- Fall

2010

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 Tree Canopy
py
Enhancement -
11. Adopt
Ad t a T
Tree PProgram -
Over 200 trees planted to
date by City Forces.

2. Ground Works program

with xx trees planted and
corporate donations
obtained.

3. Contractor Based
Program – To start in
Fall, Goal 2012 trees by
2012.

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Pequannock
q River
Watershed
Enhancement
Program
1. Developing a regional L.I.D.
solution (Monroe, Trumbull and
Bridgeport) to the problems of water
quality and enhanced recreation.

2. Consultant selected, Fuss and

O’Neil.

3. Save the Sound performing

Outreach.
4. Project underway.

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 DSSD MSW + 0 Recycling
Tonnage
Commercial 250
200

Recycling 150
100 MSW Tonnage

PILOT 50
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

1. Currently very little recycling

occurs within the business segment.

2. City will begin commercial

recycling PILOT in association with
Trevz Corporation this Fall.Fall
3. If successful, this will be expanded
to DSSD thereby increasing City
y
recycling g satisfaction of its CRRA
commitment and saving businesses
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 Green Procurement
1. Green Procurement - The City adopted a
green procurement or environmentally preferred
purchasing policy January 2010 to purchase 40%
green office supplies in next FY.

2. Promotes the practice of environmental

sustainability and prudent use of resources to
minimize the City’s purchasing practices from
having an adverse impact on the environment and
the health of its employees and residents.

3. FY09 spent $854K on office supplies of which

approximately $460K was on paper
paper.

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Transportation
p Initiatives - Hertz
and Zip Car 1. The City of Bridgeport is looking
for ways to reduce the cost of its
fleet.
2. This could involve options such as
Zip Car and/or Hertz Rent a Car
ride sharing.
3
3. Th City
The Cit has
h 392 plated
l t d vehicles
hi l
costing $495k per year to own and
operate.
4. Findingg ways
y to understand actual
usage and partnering with business
/universities can result in real $ and
environmental savings.

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 As part of the Sustainability Program effort there has
been discussion on expanding the community gardens
Urban Farming throughout the City and perhaps expand the possibility of
“urban farming” where urban farmers might purchase
Problems city land in order to commercially grow vegetables to be
No systematic/standard method for legal recognition of gardens available to urban and other residents close to where they
on City property are grown
Cityy often gets
g stuck with unexpected
p and unbudgeted-for
g utility
y
bills
Unaddressed potential liability in several forms
No defined operation/performance measures
No process for clear indication of neighborhood
support/commitment
Goals
Provide reasonable support for a Community Garden program as
directed by a Mayoral administration
Establish a formal process to gauge neighborhood/support
commitment
Establish formal process for legal recognition of gardens on City
property
Ensure that responsibility for utilities is clearly defined
Address City liability issues as fully as possible
Hold tenants/licensees accountable for some level of
results/performance
Recommendations
Create a Community Gardens Policy Statement for Finch
Administration
Establish a standardized petition for neighborhoods to circulate
related to an organization’s request to establish a community
garden
Create simple guidelines for performance measures
C t standardized
Create t d di d documentation
d t ti forf leases,
l access
agreements, and reporting
Outline a step by step process for appropriate City agencies to
review requests and seek necessary approvals for leases
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Fuel Cell Technology

Uniting three potential users

without crossing a public
ROW would all these three
organizations:
Bridgeport
id Housing
i Authority
h i
Aquaculture School Bridgeport Housing Authority
Captains Cove Marina
Aquaculture
q School
To participate in a clean
energy solution of fuel cell
technology
technology.

Currently being studied by

CT Center for Advanced
Technology
Captains Cove Marina
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GPS Technology for a Common
O
Operating
ti Picture
Pi t
GPS System- Through the use of a GPS System we have
been able to track, reduce our use of fuel and better
manageg our fleet. Since January y 2008 the Cityy has
undertaken the installation of GPS units in 91 of its
approximately 500 passenger vehicles in the City of
Bridgeport’s municipal fleet. This has provided
the added benefit of increasing situational awareness
which facilitates the safety of personnel and the real
real-time
time
ability to re-deploy forces as necessary to conduct other
missions.
A reduction of 4% of the fleet usage of fuel or 3,081
gallons is directly attributable to the use of GPS. Most
notably one department was down 24% from 8,072
gallons in FY08 to 6,165 in FY09, a savings of 1,907
gallons. With 409 vehicles to go, and an average cost of
$500/unit, the expectation is that if 100 vehicles could be
outfitted per year and an average savings of fuel
representing 14% (24-4/2+4)
55,724-53,380=2,344 gallons saved for 91 vehicles or
2344/91= 26 gallons per year saved per vehicle. Assume
14% or 7801 gallons saved /191 vehicles = 41 gallons per
i saved per year. 41 gallons x $3/
vehicle $3/gallon gasoline
i x
191 vehicles = $23,493.00/$500/unit= 47 units purchased
with savings in gasoline usage for next 100 vehicles.
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 Composting
p g
1. The ability to utilize food waste and
yard waste both from residences and
businesses is a potential untapped
market. This product could be used
for everything from fertilizer to bio-
f l For
fuel. F bio-fuel
bi f l a major j positive
ii
factor is the lack of a feed-in
commodity cost like there is for
ethanol from corn.
Leaves and Yard Waste
2. The trend within the City as the 6000

graph shows is an increasing amount 4000

Leaves and Yard
off yardd waste
t that
th t is
i collected
ll t d every 2000
Waste
0
year.
0 2 4 6

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Theodore L. Grabarz, AIA, ASLA
S t i bilit Director
Sustainability Di t
City of Bridgeport
Deputy Director of Public Facilities
203 576 8439
203-576-8439
ted.grabarz@bridgeportct.gov

Questions?
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