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<br />5C <br />Page 25 <br /> <br />. DES Architects <br />. Harwood Homebuilders <br />. The Kastrop Group <br />. Peritus Precision Translations <br />. Positive Impact Partner <br />. Federal Shredding <br />. Applebee's Restaurant <br /> <br />Green municipal procurement standards <br /> <br />. The City does not currently have standards for environmentally preferable procurement. <br />. Despite no formal standard, the City has made a number of major environmentally <br />preferable purchases in the past 10 years. These include the following: <br />o In 2002, the City added 3 electric vehicles to its fleet. <br />o The Cil)' began replacing older general sedans with Toyota Prius hybrid sedans in. <br />2005. As of 2008, 83% of the City's sedans (IS sedans total) were hybrid, <br />excluding police sedans. <br />o In 2006, the City converted from using conventional diesel fuel to using Ultra <br />Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel, which produces fewer criteria air pollutants. <br /> <br />Municipal Employee Participation in Commute Alternative Program <br /> <br />The Redwood City Commute Alternative Program is a program provided by the City and <br />available to municipal employees. The program provides incentives and information to help <br />employees commute to work using a mode other than a single~occupancy vehicle, and also <br />encourage telecommuting when feasible. The program's major financial incentive is a limited <br />number of vouchers available to employees to redeem for transit rides. These are called <br />"commuter checks." Headline data about the program ll1cludes the following: <br />. As of June 2008, approximately 75~100 employees (14~18%) redeem "commuter checks" <br />on a regular basis as part of the Commute Alternative Program. <br />. Over the last 5 years, there has been a 200% increase in usage of "commuter checks.... <br /> <br />Summary of Results <br /> <br />Redwood City has seven businesses certified by the Bay Area Green Business Program. The City <br />is not a certified green operation and does not have standard for environmentally preferable <br />procurement, but has made some significant environmentally preferable purchases in the past 10 <br />years. The City also sponsors a well~used program encouraging employees to commute to work <br />using public transit, carpooling, or walking and biking. <br /> <br />Redwood City <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />Sustainability Indicator Analysis <br />