Resolution approving Department of the Environment Funding Recommendations for San Francisco Carbon Fund grant awards to eight organizations.
[San Francisco Carbon Fund Grant Awards]
Resolution approving Department of the Environment Funding Recommendations for San Francisco Carbon Fund grant awards to eight organizations.
WHEREAS, Since July 2009, the City and County of San Francisco has levied an innovative carbon fee on municipal air travel; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance 172-09 instructs the Department of the Environment to administer the revenue generated through this fee and invest in local projects that mitigate and sequester carbon emissions; and,
WHEREAS, The Department of the Environment administers these funds through the San Francisco Carbon Fund; and,
WHEREAS, San Francisco Carbon Fund projects not only mitigate and sequester carbon, they improve San Francisco’s natural infrastructure and enhance the quality of the living environment; and,
WHEREAS, These projects have a range of other co-benefits including youth and workforce development, providing healthy food and creating safe and green community gathering spaces; and,
WHEREAS, After a competitive process the San Francisco Carbon Fund has selected six community-based greening projects and two innovative compost projects in which to invest; now therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, The Commission approves the award of San Francisco Carbon Fund project grants, totaling $225,000 to be disbursed during CY 2015-2018 in the following way:
Organization Amount
Climate Action Now (fiscal: San Francisco Parks Alliance) $42,000
Friends of the Urban Forest $62,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (Fiscal: Matter of Trust) $25,000
Literacy for Environmental Justice $42,000
Permaculture Institute/Buena Vista Park Foundation $25,000
(fiscal: Matter of Trust)
Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center $14,000
Starr King Open Space $20,000
Urban Sprouts (fiscal: San Francisco Parks Alliance) $20,000
I hereby certify that this Resolution was adopted by the Commission on the Environment at its meeting on November 9, 2015.
Monica Fish, Commission Secretary
VOTE: Approved
AYES: Commissioners Arce, Bermejo, Wald and Wan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Stephenson