Want to take a break from all things Coronavirus? We suspect you have a lot of heavy things on your mind these days, so we wanted to balance that with three pieces of good news!

We have two exciting items headed to the City Council on Tuesday, April 21 . Both of these items will be presented on “consent,” so there will not be a staff presentation.

The agenda and staff reports will be available here on Friday, April 17. Instructions for how you can participate in the Council meeting will be available at the top of the agenda. We welcome your participation.
Carbon Neutrality Resolution
The City Council will vote on a resolution for Mountain View to become a carbon neutral city by 2045 . This means that in addition to achieving the adopted 2045 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 75%, Mountain View will need to balance any remaining GHG emissions with carbon sequestration projects (such as planting trees or restoring wetlands) and/or carbon offsets.
2018 Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Inventory
This inventory estimates the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the City’s operations, including energy use, fleet vehicles, employee commuting, and operation of the Shoreline landfill. We’re excited to report that we’ve successfully reduced our GHG emissions 51% since 2005, exceeding even our 2030 reduction target!
SVCE Community Energy Resiliency Grants – April 30 Deadline
Do you have a solution to cut emissions and advance resiliency? Apply for up to $100,000 in grant funding!
 
Applications are now open for  Silicon Valley Clean Energy’s Innovation Onramp . This program grants funding to cutting-edge projects that address key technical, market and policy barriers to achieving significant carbon reductions in our community and beyond. Depending on the stage of the project, grant funds up to $100,000 are available for demonstrations and $75,000 for proofs of concept.
 
For Spring 2020, applications focused on energy resiliency solutions with the potential to achieve significant carbon emission reductions will be prioritized. But all relevant projects are still welcome to apply! Projects may take the form of innovative hardware technologies, software and data, policies and programs or education and outreach. Project evaluation is based on community value, emissions impact, scalability, equity in service and core role for SVCE.
 
For program criteria and to apply visit their  website .  
Applications accepted until April 30, 2020 .
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