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Consider recommendations regarding an L.E.D. Lighting and Controls Upgrade Contract and Financing at Foster Road Campus, Fourth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Find, in accordance with Government Code Section 4217.12, that pursuant to an energy audit of the facilities at the County's Foster Road campus, the anticipated cost to the County for an L.E.D lighting and controls upgrade project at the County's Foster Road Campus (Project) will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County for electricity that would have been consumed in the absence of the Project; that the terms of the Energy Services Contract are in the best interests of the County; that no facility ground lease will be required; and that public notice was given at least two weeks prior to the hearing;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Energy Services Contract with Veregy Pacific, LLC in the amount of $1,359,190.00 (Energy Services Contract) for final design, construction and startup of L.E.D lighting and controls upgrade at the Foster Road Campus (Santa Maria);
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010040 establishing appropriations of $1,409,190.00 in the Utilities Services Fund 1920 for the Energy Services Contract;
d) Approve and authorize the General Services Director or designee to execute eleven (11) On-Bill Financing Loan Agreements following concurrence from County Counsel, Risk Management, and Auditor-Controller, for financing an On-Bill 0% interest loans from PG&E in the amount of $970,312.02 with a 10-year term to help fund the L.E.D. lighting and controls upgrade Project; and
e) Determine that the project is statutorily exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Sections 15301 (minor alterations to existing facilities) and 15303 (limited construction of small facilities) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations and direct staff to file a Notice of Exempti...
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