HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - December 16, 1998 (67)AGENDA TITLE: Matching Grant for Western Area Power Administration Funds ($5,000)
MEETING DATE: December 16, 1998
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a letter of
agreement with the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) for a
$5,000.00 matching grant from the Western Area Power Administration
(Western).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: By letter of agreement signed by the Western Area Power Administration, the
California Municipal Utilities Association and the Northern California Power
Agency (NCPA), NCPA will perform tasks for CMUA under the cooperative
agreement between Western and CMUA. The agreement calls for CMUA to provide technical assistance to Western's
customers, such as Lodi, in developing and implementing energy services, including energy efficiency and renewable
energy projects. This agreement outlines the terms and conditions under which CMUA and NCPA will utilize Western
funds to support certain activities of the City of Lodi Electric Utility Department. The general results will, in tum, be
shared with other Western customers.
Upon Council approval, the Electric Utility Department will use the grant to pay for a portion of its costs to the Energy
Solutions Company, a consultant previously hired by the City under the Public Benefits Program. Other payments
made under contract to the consultant will count as the City's required matching contribution.
FUNDING:
PREPARED BY
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C: City Attorney
No additional funding required - previously approved Public Benefits Program
expenditure for consulting services.
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Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
Jack Stone, Manager, Business Planning and Marketing
APPROVED'
H. Dixon Flynn -- Cityanager
RESOLUTION NO, 98-187
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT
WITH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY FOR A
$5,000.00 MATCHING GRANT FROM THE WESTERN AREA
POWER ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, by Letter of Agreement signed by the Western Area Power
Administration, the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) and the Northern
California Power Agency (NCPA), NCPA will perform tasks for CMUA under the
cooperative agreement between Western and CMUA; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement calls for CMUA to provide technical assistance to
Western's customers, such as Lodi, in developing and implementing energy services,
including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement outlines the terms and conditions under which
CMUA and NCPA will utilize Western funds to support certain activities of the City of
Lodi Electric Utility Department, and the general results will, in turn, be shared with the
other Western customers; and
WHEREAS, upon Council approval, the Electric Utility Department will use the
grant to pay for a portion of its costs to the Energy Solutions Company, a consultant
previously hired by the City under the Public Benefits Program, and other payments
made under contract to the consultant will count as the City's required matching
contribution.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City
Manager to execute a Letter of Agreement with the Northern California Power Agency
for a $5,000.00 matching grant from the Western Area Power Administration.
Dated: December 16, 1998
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 98-187 was passed and adopted by the Lodi
City Council in a regular meeting held December 16, 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members — Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino and
Land (Mayor)
NOES: Council Members — None
ABSENT: Council Members — None
ABSTAIN: Council Members — None
ALICE M. REIMCHE
City Clerk
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