File #: 25-00805    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/5/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 9/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Consider recommendations regarding SunLight Power Purchase Agreements for Seven (7) Countywide Locations, as follows: a) Find, in accordance with Government Code Section 4217.12, that the anticipated cost to the County for electricity provided by the Power Purchase Agreements will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County of electrical or other energy that would have been consumed in the absence of the Contract, and that the terms of the Solar Services Agreement are in the best interests of the County; b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Calle Real Campus, located at 439 N. San Antonio Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (APN 059-140-029); c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary...
Sponsors: GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A – Power Purchase Agreement – Calle Real Campus, 3. Attachment B – Power Purchase Agreement – Santa Maria Animal Shelter, 4. Attachment C – Power Purchase Agreement – New Cuyama Aquatics Center, 5. Attachment D – Power Purchase Agreement – Fire Station 34, 6. Attachment E – Power Purchase Agreement – Lompoc Health Campus, 7. Attachment F – Power Purchase Agreement – Casa Nueva, 8. Attachment G – Power Purchase Agreement – Santa Barbara Social Services, 9. Attachment H – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Calle Real Campus, 10. Attachment I – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Santa Maria Animal Shelter, 11. Attachment J – CEQA Notice of Exemption – New Cuyama Aquatics Center, 12. Attachment K – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Fire Station 34, 13. Attachment L – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Lompoc Health Campus, 14. Attachment M – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Casa Nueva, 15. Attachment N – CEQA Notice of Exemption – Santa Barbara Social Services
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Consider recommendations regarding SunLight Power Purchase Agreements for Seven (7) Countywide Locations, as follows:

 

a) Find, in accordance with Government Code Section 4217.12, that the anticipated cost to the County for electricity provided by the Power Purchase Agreements will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County of electrical or other energy that would have been consumed in the absence of the Contract, and that the terms of the Solar Services Agreement are in the best interests of the County;

 

b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Calle Real Campus, located at 439 N. San Antonio Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (APN 059-140-029);

 

c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Santa Maria Animal Shelter, located at 548 W. Foster Road Santa Maria, CA 93455 (APN 111-231-004);

 

d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Fire Station 34, located at 3500 Harris Grade Road Lompoc, CA 93436 (APN 097-380-043);

 

e) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the New Cuyama Aquatics Center, located at 290 Wasioja St. New Cuyama, CA 93254 (APN 149-040-003);

 

f) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Casa Nueva Building, located at 260 N. San Antonio Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (APN 059-140-029);

 

g) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Lompoc Health Campus, located at 301 N R St, Lompoc, CA 93436 (APN 091-040-004);

 

h) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Power Purchase Agreement with SL Mission Solar I, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SunLight General Solar Fund III, LLC) to finance, design, construct, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems for the Santa Barbara Social Services Building, located at 234 Camino Del Remedio, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (APN 059-140-029); and

 

 

i) Determine that the renewable energy projects are statutorily exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080.35 (installing solar systems on existing roofs and existing parking lots), and it is further categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA per sections 15301 (minor alterations to existing facilities) and 15303 (limited construction of small facilities) and 15304 (minor alterations of land) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations and a Notice of Exemption was filed on that basis, and that the recommended actions are within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.