Business View Magazine | January 2020

300 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 it should be fully-energized in the first quarter of 2020. “Another green-related project is our agreement with Southern California Edison to retrofit all of the Edison-owned lights in the City of Upland to LED lighting. That project was completed earlier this year and it was financed through on-bill types of programs, so there were no out- of-pocket costs to the City. And over time, the capital investment will be recouped through the differential between the bills at the sodium vapor lighting rate and the LED rate. So, the cost savings is paying for the capital investment over time. We’ve also been able to retrofit our city- owned street lights to LED, and we’ve done that with internal resources in an effort to lower our energy costs and to provide better and more efficient lighting in our community. “The City also does a lot of its paving projects using a recycled, rubberized asphalt. We’re taking the tires that would otherwise be disposed of and using them for an alternative purpose - at least for the top coat of our asphalt street projects. We found that product to be superior from a standpoint of longevity, color, reduced noise, and cracking that might occur. We think that’s a great way to be green while providing a sustainable paving application. “We also have projects like active transportation grant funding that we’ve received through partnerships with San Bernardino County Department of Transportation Authority and other local area jurisdictions that are helping us improve the infrastructure around our Metrolink station - improving our bike trails, so we have a better amenity for people to use from a recreation standpoint, and for access to alternative types of transportation outside of vehicular transportation as a primary source. We also have a Cool Parks Grant, which is helping the city address a number of public trees that have been impacted by disease and are dying; the grant allows us to remove those dying trees