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VV A I= 12 E V E R G V I I F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES P U BLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: APRIL 8, 2019 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS RENEWABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN ISSUE: Receive an informational presentation by the Public Works Department on the Public Works Department Renewable Resource Management Plan in support of a Sustainable and Self -Reliant Riverside. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities receive an informational presentation by the Public Works Department on the Public Works Department Renewable Resource Management Plan in support of a Sustainable and Self - Reliant Riverside. BACKGROUND: In 2007, the City Council, through adoption of a "Sustainable and Resilient Riverside" policy, initiated its vision to provide a framework for sustainability and green practices. Guided by this policy, the City's Green Action Plan was developed as a strategy to go green in the areas of Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Waste, Urban Design, Urban Nature Transportation, and Water. In October 2014, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1826 requiring businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016. This law also requires that on and after January 1, 2016, local jurisdictions across the state implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses. Organic waste means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food -soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. In 2016, the City's Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) installed a 1.4 mega -watt fuel cell system as part of a private/public partnership with Fuel Cell Energy, LLC. Fuel Cell Energy owns and operates the system and there was no capital cost to the City under the project agreement. The system utilizes wastewater treatment bio -methane as a fuel to produce approximately 40% of the facility's electrical demand. Electrical costs are fixed over the 20 -year project agreement. In 2017, the City's RWQCP Phase 1 Rehabilitation and Expansion Project was completed. The project modernized aged treatment facilities, installed new equipment and technology improvements, and modified processes to comply with regulatory requirements and increase liquid and solids treatment capacity. The completion of this $192 million -dollar construction project ensures safe and reliable treatment of the wastewater received from the City, the community of Highgrove, as well as from the Edgemont, Rubidoux, and Jurupa Community Services Districts. DISCUSSION: In response to evolving regulatory demands and on-going efforts toward operational efficiencies, the Public