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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-084
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $54,776 IN LOAN FUNDS FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION TO RETROFIT
THE SOUTH CHULA VISTA BRANCH LIBRARY WITH
ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES, AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING $54,776 IN LOAN FUNDS
WHEREAS, Public Goods Charges are collected from a monthly utility bill surcharge of
approximately $0.05 per gas therm and $0.006 per electric kilowatt consumed by customers in
the SDG&E service territory; and
WHEREAS, the Public Goods Charges are used to implement regional Public Purpose
Programs, including residential and commercial energy efficiency and conservation efforts; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)/Chula Vista Memorandum of
Understanding (October 2004) directs SDG&E to directly involve the City in developing and
delivering up to $10,000,000 in Public Purpose Programs to ensure the community's access to
their fair share of energy efficiency opportunities; and
WHEREAS, as a result, both agencies have worked with the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) to create an Energy Efficiency Partnership Program to deliver energy
efficiency, conservation, demand management and alternative energy programs to Chula Vista
residents, businesses and municipal facilities; and
WHEREAS, in October 2006, Council approved the SDG&E/Chula Vista Energy
Efficiency Partnership agreement that provided the City with $731,075 annually for three
calendar years; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership's goal is to reduce the amount of kilowatt-hours (electricity)
and therms (gas) consumed by targeted sectors, which historically have not fully participated or
are not eligible for existing energy incentive programs; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership also provides funding to promote energy efficiency retrofits
at municipal facilities; and
WHEREAS, while Partnership funds are not able to be used for capital costs associated
with energy efficient municipal upgrades, it does provide financial support for City staff to
evaluate, identify and coordinate the installation of energy efficiency retrofit projects; and
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WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, City Council authorized the Department of
Conservation and Environmental Services to pursue a combination of California Energy
Commission loans and SDG&E 'On-Bill Financing' to bridge the financial gap between capital
costs and SDG&E incentives for energy efficiency retrofit projects at municipal facilities; and
WHEREAS, under the Partnership agreement, the City pledged to reduce municipal
building energy use by 15 percent (equivalent to approximately 1,700,000 kWh and 45,000
therms) compared to its 2005 energy load; and
WHEREAS, Engineering & General Services staff has identified 31 facility
improvements, which will reduce municipal consumption by 1,369,858 kWh and 14,463 therms;
and
WHEREAS, the implementation cost for these new improvements totals $810,601, which
can be partially offset by $203,155 in available energy incentives; and
WHEREAS, the identified energy efficiency retrofit project would produce
approximately $180,410 in annual energy savings, which was independently calculated and
verified by third party energy engineers; and
WHEREAS, to fund the project's remammg capital costs, the Department of
Conservation and Environmental Services applied for and was awarded a California Energy
Commission loan in the amount of $607,446 to provide the City of Chula Vista with capital
funding to install energy efficiency improvements at the South Chula Vista Branch Library; and
WHEREAS, the loan is repaid through the resulting energy savings and, once the loan
debt is repaid, the City would capture the net savings on its annual energy costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby accept $54,776 of the $607,446 in loan funds from the California Energy
Commission to retrofit the South Chula Vista Branch Library with energy-efficient technologies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City does hereby amend the fiscal year
2007/2008 Capital Improvement Program and appropriate $54,776 in loan funds.
Presented by:
Approved as to form by:
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Michael Meac am -
Conservation and Environmental Services
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Ann Moore \
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 1st day of April 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
Ramirez
ATTEST:
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Cheryl Cox, NY o~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2008-084 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1 st day of April 2008.
Executed this 1 st day of April 2008.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, Interim City Clerk