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Home My WebLink About2010-392 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-392 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SA BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE REPROGRAMMING OF CERTAIN ENERG EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS PROGRAM AND TH CREATION OF AN ENERGY EFFICIENT RETROFIT GRANT PROGRAM USIN EECBG PROGRAM FUNDS. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of2009 and, WHEREAS, On February 17, 2009 President Barack Obama signed into law th WHEREAS, one of the new programs receiving funding from ARRA is the Energ Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program to fund projects that reduce energ use and fossil fuel emissions, and that improve energy efficiency and, WHEREAS, the EECBG Program received $3.2 billion in nationwide funding; of that, the City of San Bernardino received a direct allocation of $1 ,954,600 and, WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino received approval by the Department of Energ 811 JP A; 2) Residential Energy Efficient Audit and Rebate Program; 3) Commercial Energ to utilize $660,982 of its EECBG funds for three programs: 1) Establishment of Regional AB Efficient Audit and Rebate Program and, WHEREAS, due to regulatory rulings by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the thre approved projects can no longer be implemented and, WHEREAS, to ensure the intent of these funds to reduce energy consumption in th home and put local contractors back to work, a newly created energy efficient residential retrofi grant program will be created. -1- 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2010-392 1 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMO COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: 2 3 SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardin 4 5 6 7 8 authorize the reprogramming of $660,982 of EECBG funding and authorize the submittal of Project Activity Sheet (Attachment B) to the Department of Energy for the creation of an Energ Efficient Retrofit Grant Program. SECTION 2. The City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to execute i 9 the name of the City of San Bernardino all necessary forms and agreements for the purposes 0 10 reprogramming the funds and creating the energy efficient retrofit grant program. 11 12 III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III -2- 2010-392 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SA BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE REPROGRAMMING OF CERTAIN ENERG EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS PROGRAM AND TH CREATION OF AN ENERGY EFFICIENT RETROFIT GRANT PROGRAM USIN EECBG PROGRAM FUNDS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayo and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a joint regular meeting thereof, held 0 the 20th day of December Council Members: AYES MARQUEZ X DESJARDINS X BRINKER X SHORETT --X- KELLEY X JOHNSON X MCCAMMACK X , 2010 by the following vote, to wit: NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT i1~1J. ~ Rachel G. Clark, City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this d.L ~ day of December ,2010. ~ City of San Bernardino Approved as to FORM: By: /1~V"t1,.-.... SF. PENMAN, Attorney -3- City of San Bernardino Eneray Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Proaram & Proiects BEFORE Pro"ect Title Total Pro"ect Costs $300,657 $174,157 $185,157 $152,757 $58,657 $113,657 $113,657 $433,669 $86,465 $21,257 $60,857 $253,657 Total $1,954,600 AFTER Pro"ect Title Total Pro"ect Costs $300,657 $174,157 $185,157 $152,757 $58,657 $660,982 $86,465 $21,257 $60,857 $253,657 Total $1,954,600 EECBG Activity Worksheet Grantee: City of San Bernardino Date: 12/01/2010 DUNS #: 59452636 Program Contact Email: Dailey _Ca@sbcity.org Program Contact First Name: Casey Last Name: Dailey Project Title: Residential Energy Efficiency Retrofit Grant Program Activity: 5. Energy Efficiency Retrofits Sector: Residential If Other: If Other: Proposed Number of Jobs Retained: 0.00 90,000 kWh/year Proposed Number of Jobs Created: 6.50 Proposed Energy Saved and/or Renewable Energy Generated: Proposed GHG Emissions Reduced (C02 Equivalents): 64.600 Proposed Funds Leveraged: Proposed EECBG Budget: 660,982.00 Projected Costs Within Budget: Administration: Project Contact First Name: Casey $147,326.00 Revolving Loans: Last Name: Dailey Subgrants: Email: dailey_ca@sbcity.org Metric Activity: Building Retrofits Project Summary: (limit summary to space provided) The City will establish an energy efficient retrofit grant program to provide grants to owner occupied homes for the purposes of implementing energy efficient retrofits. Some of the proposed eligible improvements will include lighting systems, dual paned windows, attic insulation, and other energy efficient improvements. The program will include both pre and post retrofit audits to ensure the desired efficiencies are achieved. Additionally, grant participants will be requires to provide utility bill statements for a period of time before and after the retrofit to monitor and track the savings. It is currently anticipated that the City will hire a consultant to develop the program guidelines and administer the grant program. If Other: The City will work with the utility companies (Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company) and the Community Energy Partnership (CEP) to offer a comprehensive energy efficiency retrofit program that includes home auditing services and grants for energy efficiency improvements. The City's energy efficient retrofit grant program will be established in conjunction with the utility companies to ensure the program is complementary with existing programs. In combination with the rebates and incentives already offered by the utility companies, the City's grants will further incentive the installation of costly energy efficient improvements, such as new windows, insulation, air conditioners, furnaces, heat pumps and boilers. The maximum grant amount offered by the City will be up to $10,000 per household. Additionally, the City intends to purchase an equipment library for use by recently trained home performance auditors to perform the audits at a significantly reduced rate to homeowners. In order to increase San Bernardino resident participation, a portion of the grant funding will be spent on advertising the City's energy efficient retrofit grant program. The City may work with the utility companies to determine the best means to advertise. Possibilities include notices with residents' utility bills, citywide post card mailings, advertisements on Omnitrans, newspaper advertisements, press releases, and web postings. To calculate the energy saved and GHG emissions reduced from this program, the following assumptions were made: - the average annual residential energy consumption is 18,000 kWh per year (electricity equivalent), _ the improvements achieved through this program will reduce participants' energy use by 10 percent, - 50 households will participate and will receive the maximum rebate amount of $10,000. - The U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator was used to calculate the estimated number of GHG reductions annually in metric tons. There are numerous opportunities to leverage additional funding through this program. In additional to the City's rebates, residential customers will be able to apply the utility company rebates and Federal tax incentives to many energy efficiency improvement projects. As the rebate amounts vary by the type of improvement, the amount of funding leveraged is unable to be determined at this time but will be calculated and reported to the State and Federal government after commencement of the program. If you are proposing more than one activity, save this file as many times as needed with successive page numbers. For example: "OH-CITY-Columbus- Project Activity page 1.pdf," "OH-CITY-Columbus-Project Activity page 2.pdf," and continue as needed.