HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03022010 - C.13RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the General Services Director, or designee, to submit an
application and EXECUTE a loan agreement, if approved, for $2.5 million with the
California Energy Commission (CEC).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The CEC loan will be combined with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds of $1.45 million and rebates of
$300,000 to fund $4.25 million in building energy efficiency projects. The CEC loan will be
for a term of ten years at an interest rate of 3 percent. The estimated annual energy savings
of $354,000 exceeds the annual CEC loan repayment of $293,000 resulting in an annual
savings of approximately $61,000. The County is only obligated to pay back the amount
expended from the loan as projects are completed.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/02/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Terry Mann (925)
313-7163
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 2, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: GSD Admin, GSD - Accounting, County Administrator, Auditor-Controller, Andy Green
C.13
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Michael J. Lango, General Services Director
Date:March 2, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approve a California Energy Commission Loan Application to Provide $2.5 Million for Energy Efficiency
Projects in County Buildings
BACKGROUND:
Approval of the CEC loan will enable the General Services Department to install energy
efficient boilers, chillers, and HVAC equipment in 23 County buildings and install lighting
retrofits in several other County buildings. The environmental benefit of implementing these
energy projects is an estimated annual reduction in greenhouse gases of 1,494 tons. There
are eight energy efficiency projects identified in the County's Facility Life-cycle Investment
Program (FLIP) totaling approximately $1.4 million that will be completed if the CEC loan
is approved.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the CEC loan application is not submitted, the County will not be able to leverage the
federal funds from the EECBG grant to complete all of the energy improvement projects
that will result in energy efficiency and cost savings.