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Office of the City Manager 1017 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Telephone (650) 780-7300 FAX (650) 780-7225 Redwood Ol-Iv Galifornia rOundBd 1887 ~-~ ,~I/II '11/1', February 25, 2008 Rick Row Executive Director Sustainable Silicon Valley 224 Airport Road, Ste. 620 San Jose, CA 95110 Dear Mr. Row: Redwood City is pleased to support the efforts of Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) and hereby commits to take part in SSV's Carbon Dioxide (C02) Reduction Initiative. The following campuses or facilities are included in this commitment: 1 City Hall 2 Main Library (to be added in year two) 3 Police Facilities (to be added in year two) As we make this commitment we understand that by May 31, 2008, we will complete the SSV reporting tool for facilities identified above for a twelve (12) month period. This report will identify: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a baseline reporting year for each facility; a goal for C02 emissions reduction (percentage and year) for each facility; a normalizing factor (optional) for each facility; the amount of electricity and natural gas used in each facility annually since baseline year; the amount of diesel and/or gasoline used in each facility for any or all of the following: fleet, employee business use of personal vehicles, employee commuting (optional clause for each facility); a comparison of energy use reported for each facility in the current year and base year; and; a brief description (one-two paragraphs) of some (two-five )of the key actions taken that led to the decreasing emissions of C02. We understand that this information will likely be shared with others as "best practices" and included in SSV's annual reports with or without (at our option) attribution. 6. 7. The information we submit will be used in the SSV report published annually. Energy use will be reported either in kWh of electricity, therms of natural gas or gallons of diesel/gasoline. Ifwe chose to normalize our energy use, we will also include the normalizing factor in this annual report. If we get better data after submitting our annual report to SSV, for example, more accurate or comprehensive data or data certified by a third party, we will summit the improved data.