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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Calle Real Photovoltaic Solar Energy Project, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Energy Service Agreement with Endelos Energy Incorporated (a local vendor) in the amount of $5,015,661.00 for final design, construction and startup of a one megawatt (MW) solar facility at the Calle Real Campus upon return of the contractor’s executed documents, and the review and approval of the County Counsel, Auditor-Controller and Risk Manager or their authorized representatives. Award of the contract is pursuant to Government Code Section 4217.10 et seq., which provides for the award of an energy service contract by a public agency upon making a finding that the alternative energy system will offset existing energy costs;
b) Approve the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and adopt the mitigation measures with their corresponding monitoring requirements contained in the MND. Adopt the findings for the Calle Real Photovoltaic Solar Energy Project;
c) Find, as required by Government Code Section 4217.12, that the anticipated cost to the County for electrical energy provided by the Energy Service Contract will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County of thermal, electrical, or other energy that would have been consumed in the absence of the Contract, and that no facility ground lease will be required;
d) Approve the project, and direct staff to find an alternate funding source if the application for Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds are unsuccessful and return to the Board of Supervisors for approval; and
e) Approve a Budget Revision Request to account for preliminary expenditures to date.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE