DATE: March 6, 2018
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
SUBJECT
Title
Solar Photovoltaic Project - Phase II: Approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration; Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Design-Build Contract to Construct a Two-Megawatt Solar Energy System and Submit an Application to the California Energy Commission for Financing; and Appropriation of Additional Funds
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolutions:
1. Approving the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Solar Photovoltaic Project - Phase II; and
2. Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a design-build contract with Engie Services U.S. Inc., which submitted the low bid, in an amount not to exceed $5,740,000, for a two-megawatt solar photovoltaic energy system to be installed at Water Pollution Control Facility; and
3. Authorizing the City Manager to submit an application for a California Energy Commission (CEC) low-interest rate loan; and
4. Appropriating additional funds from the Sewer Improvement Fund for the Solar Photovoltaic Project - Phase II.
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ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution Initial Study/Draft MND
Attachment III Resolution Contract
Attachment IV Resolution Loan Application
Attachment V Resolution Appropriation
Attachment VI Initial Study/Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration