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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager tD allocate a Public Benefits
Program rebate to Myers& Eby Property Managementfor a demand-side
management project ($9,004.50) (EUD)
MEETING DATE: January 18, 2006
PREPARED B Y Interim Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City
Managerto allocate a Public Benefits Program rebate in the amount
of $9,004.50 to Myers & Eby Property Managementfor a demand-
side management project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Myers & Eby Property Management has installed a cool roof (often
referred to as a "white root" or "sun retlective roof) at one of their
properties,The Crescent Apartments (315 S. Crescent Avenue). A
cool roof is a qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program, and is a recognized
energy efficiency improvement by EnergyStar®, the California Energy Commission, and electric
utility/service providers around the country. The City of Lodi Electric Utility has provided rebates to six (6)
customerswho have installed a cool roof on their Lodi property in the last few years. A cool roof typically
reduces "heat gain" (from the sun) through a roof and attic space by approximately 20 degrees, creating
a cooler environment inside the structure. A cooler interior structure reducesthe need for operating a
central air conditioning system or single -room air conditioners, thus reduced electric energy consumption.
In an effort to make the apartment complex more energy efficient, while enhancing the strength and
durability of the roof space, Myers & Eby Property Management opted for a new, cool roofing product,
covering 19,700 square feet of roof. The projected annual energy savings are: 4,800 -kilowatt hours
(kWh), and 3.5 kilowatts (kW/demand) facility -wide. These projected energy savings will be realized by
residents living in one of the complexes 21 upstairs units.
Electric Utility staff respectfully recommends approval of this rebate, as a qualifying component of the
C i of Lodi Public Benefiis Program, in the category of demand-side management or energy
conservation. Rebates of this size (in excess of $5,000, and requiring Lodi City Council approval) are
provided to commercial/industrial customers on a first-come, first-served basis, with a total of three (3)
large rebate projects (again, those in excess of $5,000) granted each quarter. For this third quarter of the
2005-2006 fiscal year, this is the first such large, qualifying demand-side management project.
FISCAL IMPACT: The projected energy savings noted above will result in a revenue loss (savingsto
the customers) aE approximately $750 per year. This figure is calculated by
dividing the total energy savings (kWh) by seven calendar months, April through
October (in Lodi, these are considered to be the months with the most sunshine annually); then,
multiplying this figure to the price charged per kilowatt hourfor energy; then multiplying this figure by
APPROVED: Z-7
Blair King City Manager
Adopt resolution authortring me CIM Managerto allocate a Public Benefits Program rebate to Myers 6 Eby Property
Managementfor a demand-side management project($ 9,004.60) (EUD)
January 18,2006
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seven months (calculation: 4,800 WVhl7 months = 686 kWh Y $0.156 kWh price = $107.00Y 7 months
= $749.00).
FUNDING AVAILABLE: PublicBenefits Program: 164605 (Category: Demand-side Management)
Ruby P ste, interim Finance Director
avid Dockham
Interim Electric Utility Director
Prepared By: Rob Lechner, Manager, Customer Service and Programs
DDIRUIst
c: City Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROGRAM GRANT— DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROJECT
TO MYERS & EBY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi's Public Benefits Program is comprised of four segments or
customer groups: commercial/industrial, residential, community/non-profit, and municipal; and
WHEREAS, the Electric Utility Department recommends that the City provide a Public
Benefits grant in the amount of $9,004.50 to Myers & Eby Properly Management who has installed a
cool roof (often referred to as a "white roof' or "sun reflective roof') at one of its properties,
The Crescent Apartments (315 S. Crescent Avenue); and
WHEREAS, a cool roof is a qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program
and is a recognized energy efficiency improvement by EnergyStarO, the California Energy
Commission, and electric uti litylservice providers around the country; and
WHEREAS, a cool roof typically reduces "heat gain" (from the sun) through a roof and attic
space by approximately 20 degrees, creating a cooler environment inside the structure. A cooler
interior structure reduces the need for operating a central air conditioning system or single -room air
conditioners, thus reduced electric energy consumption; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to make the apartment complex more energy efficient, while
enhancing the strength and durability of the roof space, Myers & Eby Property Management opted
for a new, cool roofing product, covering 19,700 square feet of roof. The projected annual energy
savings are: 4,800 -kilowatt hours (kWh), and 3.5 kilowatts (kW/demand) facility -wide. These
projected energy savings will be realized by residents living in one of the 21 upstairs units in the
complex; and
WHEREAS, Electric Utility staff respectfully recommends approval of this rebate as a
qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program in the category of demand-side
management or energy conservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the
City Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program Grant in the amount of $9,004.50 to Myers & Eby
Property Management to fund a demand-side management project as set out above.
Dated: January 18,2006
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 2006-16 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held January 18, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hansen, Johnson, Mounce, and
Mayor Hitchcock
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None A
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SAN J. BL►4CKN
City Clerk
2006-16