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RESOLUTION 31-21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 4217.10 ET SEQ. FOR A PROPOSED BATTERY BACK-UP SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SYSERCO ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR RELATED WORK WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") desires to optimize electrical utility use and to ensure its facilities are operable to provide essential government services and would function during events that result in the loss of electrical power; and WHEREAS, the Town's current emergency back-up generator, installed in 1993, is powered by duel fuel (propane and natural gas) and serves as the sole source of emergency power during power outages to provide for essential government functions; and WHEREAS, the Town proposes to replace the existing emergency back-up generator by installing a battery back-up system that would connect to the Town's existing solar photovoltaic power system, charge during non -peals, non -emergency hours, and offload power during high demand hours or emergency situations; and WHEREAS, as described in the accompanying staff report, such a battery back-up system would efficiently leverage energy obtained from the existing solar power system and would thus: (1) provide for efficient energy use and storage, and (2) provide greater certainty for continued operations in power outages and enable the Town to provide essential government services; and WHEREAS, the Town has successfully applied for a $250,000 grant from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) as a part of the FY2020-21 Community Power Resiliency Allocation to Cities, which funding would be applied towards the battery back- up system project; and WHEREAS, California Government Code section 4217.10 et seq. allows municipalities such as the Town to enter into "energy service contracts" on such terms and conditions as the City Council determines are in the best interest of the Town, by malting certain findings at a noticed public hearing; and WHEREAS, an "energy services contract" means an agreement providing electrical or thermal energy or "conservation services" where equipment, load management techniques or other energy- efficient or reduction measures on public property are utilized to result in electrical, thermal, or other energy savings to the Town; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 4217.16 authorizes the Town to award such energy services contract after requesting proposals from qualified persons and evaluating such proposals based on experience of the contractor, type of technology employed by the contractor, cost to the Town, and any other relevant considerations; and Resolution 31-21 Page 1