HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 21, 2004 I-05AGENDA ITEM '45
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TLE: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide a Public Benefits
Program grant to fund Lodi's a Annual Get Green Weekend event (not to exceed
$25,000) (EUD)
MEETING DATE: January 21, 2004
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City
Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program grant (not to exceed $25,000) to fund Lodi's 2nd Annual
Get Green Weekend event.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Electric Utility staff is proposing the 2"d Annual Get Green Weekend.
The intent of this activity is to showcase new and emerging technologies that are environmentally
friendly. With the San Joaquin Valley's growing air quality issues, as well as California's overall water
challenges, our Get Green Weekend event will promote several products designed to improve air quality
and save water:
A on Saturday, March 13, 2004, from 7:00am to noon, Lodi residents may purchase one (1) 24 -volt,
electric rechargeable lawn mower, manufactured by Black & Decker (the event will be held in the
front parking lot of Temple Baptist Church, located at 801 S. Lower Sacramento Road);
➢ to participate, residents must show a current California drivers license, be a resident of Lodi, and
present a City of Lodi utility bill;
➢ to participate, residents must tum -in a gas-fired lawn mower to receive the $200.00 voucher for the
purchase of the new, Black & Decker 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mower (the gas-fired
mower must first be drained of oil and gasoline prior to the March 13, 2004 event);
➢ participating residents must purchase the new electric rechargeable lawn mower during the event
on March 13, 2004; fifty (50) Black & Decker 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mowers will be
available that day for purchase;
➢ in addition to the fifty (50) Black & Decker 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mowers, by way of
this Council action, the City of Lodi Electric Utility proposes to provide ten (10) additional rebates
($200.00 rebate per unit) for Lodi residents to purchase an electric rechargeable lawn mower from
participating Lodi retailers that sell a 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mower, or equivalent
equipment; and
➢ eligible customers will also have the opportunity to purchase one (1) electric rechargeable
lawn/edge trimmer manufactured by Black & Decker; the rebate is $50 on the day of the event, and
a total of fifty (50) units will be available for purchase on March 13, 2004.
APPROVED:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide
a Public Benefit Program grant to fund Loch's a Annual Get
Gnsen Weekend event (not to exceed $28,000) (EU D)
January 21, 2004
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The proposed budget for Lodi's 2id Annual Get Green Weekend event is as follows:
➢ $2,500 in rebates for lawniedge trimmers;
➢ $10,000 in rebates for lawn mowers purchased on March 13, 2004;
➢ $2,000 in rebates for lawn mowers purchased at Lodi retailers in 2004;
➢ $325 for the purchase of low -flow showerheads;
➢ $3,500 for the purchase of shade trees, stakes & ties;
$5,000 for advertising and promotion of the event.
The City of Lodi Electric Utility respectfully requests approval of this project as a qualifying component of
the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program, in the categories of Research, Development & Demonstration
Services, as well as Renewable Energy Resource & Technologies.
FUNDING: 164607 & 164608 — Public Benefits Fund (Categories: Research, Development &
Demonstration Services and Renewable Energy Resource & Technologies; $12,500 from each account)
Fundb* Approval: ��!_ e
Vicky McAtllie, Finance Director
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Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lochner, Manager of Customer Service & Programs
ANVlRLilst
cc: City Attorney
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide
a Public Benefits Program grant to fund Lodi's 2nd Annual Get
Green Weekend event (not to exceed $25,000) (EUD)
January 21, 2004
Page 3 of 3
The proposed budget for Lodi's 2„ d Annual Get Green Weekend event is as follows:
➢ $2,500 in rebates for lawn/edge trimmers;
➢ $10,000 in rebates for lawn mowers purchased on March 13, 2004;
➢ $2,000 in rebates for lawn mowers purchased at Lodi retailers in 2004;
➢ $325 for the purchase of low -flow showerheads;
➢ $3,500 for the purchase of shade trees, stakes & ties;
➢ $5,000 for advertising and promotion of the event.
The City of Lodi Electric Utility respectfully requests approval of this project as a qualifying component of
the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program, in the categories of Research, Development & Demonstration
Services, as well as Renewable Energy Resource & Technologies.
FUNDING: 164607 & 164608 — Public Benefits Fund (Categories: Research, Development &
Demonstration Services and Renewable Energy Resource & Technologies; $12,500 from each account)
Funding Approval:
Vicky McAthie, Finance Director
Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Service & Programs
ANWRL/lst
cc: City Attorney
RESOLUTION,4
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WHEREAS, the state has mandated that beginning January 1, 1998, the City of Lodi is
obligated to fund various programs through a Public Benefits Charge (PBC) based on an
historical electric revenue requirement; and
WHEREAS, the requirement amounts to approximately $1 million per year that must be
dedicated to qualifying programs such as energy efficiency. A further stipulation is that these
efforts must be done on the customer's side of the meter in order to qualify; and
WHEREAS, Lodi Municipal Code §3.20.070 authorizes dispensing with bids for
purchases of supplies, services, or equipment when it is in the best interest of the City to do so;
and
The Lodi Green Mower Project will work as follows:
> on Saturday, March 13, 2004, from 7:00 a.m, to noon, Lodi residents may
purchase one (1)24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mower, manufactured by
Black & Decker (the event will be held in the front parking lot of Temple Baptist
Church, located at 801 S. Lower Sacramento Road);
to participate, residents must show a current California drivers license, be a
resident of Lodi, and also present a City of Lodi utility bill;
➢ to participate, residents must turn -in a gas-fired lawn mower to receive the
$200.00 voucher for the purchase of the new, Mack. & Decker 24 -volt, electric
rechargeable lawn mower (the gas-fired mower must first be drained of oil and
gasoline prior to the March 13, 2004 event);
A participating residents must purchase the new electric rechargeable lawn mower
during the event on March 13, 2004; fifty (50) Mack & Decker 24 -volt, electric
rechargeable lawn mowers will be available that day for purchase; and
in addition to the fifty (50) Black & Decker 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn
mowers, the City of Lo i will provide ten (10) additional rebates, $ 00.00 rebate
per unit, for Lodi residents to purchase an electric rechargeable lawn mower from
participating Lodi retailers that sell a 24 -volt, electric rechargeable lawn mower, or
equivalent equipment; and
➢ eligible customers will also have the opportunity to purchase one (1) electric
rechargeable [awn/edge trimmer 'manufactured by Black & Decker; the rebate is
$50.00 art the day of the event, and a total of fifty (50) units will be available for
purchase on March 13, 2004.
WHEREAS, City of Lodi Electric Utility will partner with SimsMetal of Stockton to
haul away and properly recycle the used, gas-fired lawn mowers; and
WHEREAS, staff further recarnmends partnering with Black & Decker
Corporation, which will provide the fifty ( 50) 24 -volt electric rechargeable lawn mowers
and the lawn/edge trimmers, as well as staff for the event,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes
the City Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program grant to fund Lodi's 2"d Annual Get
Green Weekend event, not to exceed the amount of $25,000.00, and hereby approves the
program as presented.
#ated: January 21, 2004
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2004-17 was passed and adopte.d by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held January 21, 2004, by the following vote:
AYES- COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hitchcock, Howard, .and, and Mayor
Hansen
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SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clark