BIRD-SAFE & DARK SKY CITY OF CUPERTINO COMMUNITY MEETING wwww.cupertino.org/birdsafedarksky

BIRD-SAFE PURPOSE To increase bird safety by reducing CITIES WITH BIRD-SAFE POLICIES hazardous building and lighting design • San Francisco • Santa Cruz BACKGROUND • Portland • Oakland • Fiscal Year 2019/20 City Council Work Program Item • Alameda • Sunnyvale • 2.9+ billion birds in North America lost since 1970 • Birds are critical to our ecosystem and ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? provide benefits such as: Ellen Yau • Plant pollination (408) 777-1360 • Seed dispersal [email protected] • Insect and rodent control

PROTECTING BIRDS FROM COLLISIONS

Consideration 1: Applicable Projects Consideration 4: Mitigation Measures

• New buildings/new additions • Mandatory or recommended • Remodels and retrofits • Prohibit or limit glass in specific areas on a building • Window replacements • Glazing/Exterior treatments • Existing buildings • Netting • Patterned/fritted windows Consideration 2: Applicable Locations • Exterior design elements • Avoid placement of bird attractants near • City-wide or specific neighborhood/zones glass • Sensitive areas near parks, green space, bodies • Prohibit or limit design elements on buildings of water, vegetated areas (glass atriums with interior landscaping, glass tunnels, etc.) Consideration 3: Exemptions • Interior design elements • Blinds or curtains • Historic buildings • Documentation (Bird Collision Reduction Plan) • Small residential buildings • Donation of dead bird specimans to conservation • Retail frontages organization

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PURPOSE To minimize impact of artificial lighting AREAS WITH DARK SKY POLICIES

BACKGROUND • Malibu • Kern County • Fiscal Year 2019/20 City Council Work Program Item • Portola Valley • San Bernardino County • Dark Sky Movement to decrease light pollution • San Luis Obispo • San Diego County • Light pollution negative effects • Humans (sleep) ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? • Animals Erick Serrano • Insects (408) 777-3205 • Match lighting with use [email protected]

MAKING THE NIGHT DARK

Consideration 1: Applicability Consideration 4: Lighting Controls

• All properties (residential, commercial, etc.) • Automated control system • New permits (planning and building) • Motion sensor lights • Existing lighting to continue • Photo-cells • Self-extinguishing Consideration 2: Exemptions Consideration 5: Deviation from Lighting Standards • Holiday/temporary lighting • Permitted lighting for signs • Allow for deviation in standards? • Accent lighting • Lighting in the public right-of-way Consideration 6: Prohibited Lighting • Art work lighting • Flashing or blinking lighting Consideration 3: Lighting Fixtures • Up-lighting • Lights for game courts • Shielded lighting • Flood lights • Light trespass • Aerial

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