HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2010-086RESOLUTION NO. 2010-086
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA (I) ACCEPTING $772,817 IN INCENTIVE
FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE TO
INSTALL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AT
MULTIPLE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES (2) APPROPRIATING
$772,817 IN INCENTIVE FUNDS TO THE CITY'S ENERGY
CONSERVATION FUND (3) AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR
2009/2010 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND (4)
APPROPRIATING $772,817 OF CITY ENERGY
CONSERVATION FUNDS TO EXISTING CIP GG208
(MUNICIPAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS)
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has identified the installation of renewable energy
systems as a top priority in its energy and cazbon management efforts; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Council-approved Climate Protection Measures
Implementation Plan (Measure #5), staff has developed a capital improvement project to install
approximately 500 kw of additional Solar PV systems at eleven (11) municipal sites; and
WHEREAS, the $3.2 million project is being financed through slow-interest California
Energy Commission loan ($1,579,285) and federal Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block
Grants ($874,300); and
WHEREAS, staff has also applied to reserve incentive funds through the California Solaz
Initiative (CSI); and
WHEREAS, as a result of the City's application, the California Center for Sustainable
Energy, which administers the CSI program in San Diego County, has reserved $772,817 for the
project based on its proposed size and electrical output; and
WHEREAS, the incentives will help reduce the project's net implementation costs and
shorten the payback period for the related California Energy Commission loan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby:
1. Accept $772,817 in incentive funds from the California solaz initiative to
install solaz photovoltaic systems at multiple municipal facilities; and
2. Appropriate $772,817 in incentive funds to the City's Energy Conservation Fund;
and
3. Amend the fiscal year 2009/2010 Capital Improvement Program; and
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4. Appropriate $772,817 of Energy Conservation Funds to the CIP expenditure
category for CIP GG208.
Presentedp by~~ (~ I~~~ Approved as to form by
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Michael Meacliam Bart,,e. Miesfeld
Director of Conservation and City Attorney
Environmental Services
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 20th day of April 2010 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Ramirez, Thompson and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: Castaneda
Cheryl Cox, ay r
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Noms, C ,City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2010-086 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 20th day of April 2010.
Executed this 20th day of Apri12010.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk