31-21 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

WHEREAS, Government Code section 4217.18 construes the aforementioned provisions to provide the greatest flexibility to the Town in structuring agreements to maximize the economic benefits of, and minimize financing and other costs associated with, the design and construction of alternate energy projects; and WHEREAS, for the proposed battery back-up system project, Town staff solicited three quotes from energy consultants Recolte Energy, Sage Renewables, and Syserco Energy Solutions, to procure the technical expertise and capability to provide the Town with the design, supply, and installation of such battery back-up system and resulting electricity services; and WHEREAS, Syserco Energy Solution possesses such technical expertise and submitted a "design - build" proposal with the lowest price; and WHEREAS, the Town has negotiated an agreement with Syserco Energy Solution, substantially in the same form as the document attached in Exhibit A (the "Energy Services Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the installation of a battery back-up system would achieve the aforementioned energy savings and sustainability goals, including helping the Town achieve efficient energy use and maintain endurance during the anticipated upcoming fire season and related Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) events; and WHEREAS, on May 20, 2021, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing at its regular meeting, the notice of which was provided two weeks in advance thereof, where it heard testimony and accepted a report from Town staff establishing information that the anticipated cost to the Town for the installation of the battery back-up system on Town property will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the Town of electricity otherwise consumed without such system or by otherwise providing backup electricity through propane, diesel or gas -powered generators. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby take the following actions: 1. The City Council finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as if stated in full. 2. The City Council makes the following findings pursuant to Government Code section 4217.12: a. It is in the best interest of the Town to enter into the Energy Services Agreement with Syserco Energy Solution; and b. The anticipated cost to the Town for electrical energy from the battery back-up system will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the Town of thermal, electrical, or other energy that would have been consumed by the Town in the absence of such back-up system, or by otherwise providing backup electricity through propane or natural gas -powered generators; and Resolution 31-21 Page 2