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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-180
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $18,643 IN LOAN FUNDS FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION FOR POSSIBLE
PROJECT COST INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ENERGY-EFFICIENCY
RETROFIT PROJECTS AT THE SOUTH CHULA VISTA
BRANCH LIBRARY; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR
2008/2009 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND CEC
ENERGY LOAN FUND; AND APPROPRIATING $18,643 IN
NEW LOAN FUNDS TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
GG202 (CEC ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN - PHASE I)
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, the City Council authorized the Department of
Conservation and Environmental Services to pursue up to $2,000,000 in California Energy
Commission (CEC) loans to bridge the financial gap between capital costs and incentives for
municipal energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofit projects (Resolution 2007-241) and
authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents for the loans; and
WHEREAS, in March 2008, the CEC awarded the City a loan in the amount of $607,446;
and
WHEREAS, the CEC subsequently informed staff that it encourages applicants to apply for
the total gross project costs, allowing the applicants greater implementation flexibility if actual
project costs are more than the originally estimated amounts; and
WHEREAS, staff received permission from the CEC to adjust the original loan amount to
reflect the total project costs; and
WHEREAS, $18,643 of the additional loan funds will be used for possible project cost
increases associated with previously approved energy-efficiency retrofit projects at the South
Chula Vista Branch Library; and
WHEREAS, the additional loan funds will ensure the public facility's operational
reliability and reduce its energy consumption and will allow greater implementation flexibility
for previously approved energy-efficiency improvement projects.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it:
I. Accepts $18,643 in loan funds from the California Energy Commission for
possible project cost increases associated with previously approved energy-efficiency retrofit
projects at the South Chula Vista Branch Library.
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2. Amends the fiscal year 2008/2009 Capital Improvement Program and CEC
Energy Loan Fund.
3. Appropriates $18,643 in new loan refunds to Capital Improvement Project GG202
(CEC Energy Efficiency Loan - Phase I).
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Bart C. Miesfeld
Interim City Attorney
Michael Meacham
Conservation and Environmental
Director
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 15th day of July 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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Donna R. Norris, CMC, Interim City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2008-180 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 15th day of July 2008.
Executed this 15th day of July 2008.
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