►
Description
San Bruno City Council Meeting January 26, 2010 8. CA 1st Program
A
Notices
have
been
published,
posted
and
mailed
hold
a
public
hearing
and
adopt
resolution
authorizing
the
city
of
san
bruno
to
participate
in
the
california
first
program
and
authorizing
lead
agencies
to
apply
on
behalf
of
the
city,
energy
efficiency
and
financing
program
grant
funds
in
the
California
Energy
Commission
staff
report.
Please.
B
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
before
you
tonight
to
discuss
the
energy
efficiency
and
solar
power
initiatives
that
the
city
has
the
opportunity
to
be
a
part
of.
There
are
three
separate
yet
very
interrelated
programs
that
will
be
discussing
the
San
Mateo
County
Regional
Energy
Action
Program,
which
is
a
group
of
cities
in
San,
Mateo
County,
as
well
as
the
county
itself.
B
The
California
first
program,
which
is
a
financing
program,
enabled
by
a
joint
powers,
authority
between
counties
and
cities
throughout
California
and
retrofit
Bay
Area,
which
is
a
program
spearheaded
by
a
bag
and
its
member
counties.
So
and
let
lest
I
forget
the
California
first
and
the
retrofit
Bay
Area
programs
are
also
programs
where
we
are
co.
Applicants
for
grant
funds
that
were
applying
for
the
state.
So
there
are
two
resolutions
authorizing
entities
to
act,
sort
of
on
our
behalf
in
that
grant
process,
but
we'll
get
to
that.
B
Maybe
the
the
full
screen
version
the
first
take
a
quick
look
back
at
what
was
done
back
in
June
of
2009.
The
the
council
authorized
several
different
programs
to
be
funded
through
an
energy
efficiency
and
conservation
block
grant,
which
is
authorized
by
that
stimulus
act
that
was
passed
back
in
February.
The
American
renewal
in
reinvestment
act
of
2009
3.2
billion
dollars
from
that
act
was
to
be
distributed
by
the
Department
of
Energy
for
energy
efficiency
related
projects,
a
portion
of
that
wind
directly
to
the
cities
over
35,000
population
which
central
one
of
them.
B
We
got
a
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollars
of
that
money.
The
rest
of
that
went
to
the
states,
and
so
the
states
California
in
particular,
is
distributing
some
of
that
money
to
the
small
cities
who
didn't
get
an
allocation
and
the
remainder
is
going
to
be
available
through
competitive
grants
which
to
make
our
application.
What
more
competitive
San
Bruno
is
partnering
with
a
number
of
other
cities
and
counties
for
some
of
that
money
to
160
thousand
dollars
that
San
Bruno
has
been
allocated
through
the
eec,
BG
energy
efficiency
and
conservation,
Block
Grant.
B
Twenty
thousand
dollars
for
an
LED
streetlight
pilot
program,
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
energy
study
for
energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy
study
for
our
utility
facilities,
they'll
be
matched
with
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
our
enterprise
fund
for
project
costs,
forty
thousand
dollars
and
then
a
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
an
energy
efficiency
retrofit
program,
of
which
eight
thousand
dollars
can
be
applied
to
the
programs
we
can
be
talking
about.
In
a
moment.
We
officially
got
the
award
only
a
few
weeks
ago.
B
The
goal
is
as
sort
of
two
interrelated
goals
promote
the
construction
of
energy
efficiency,
improvements
to
reduce
energy
consumption,
things
like
weather,
stripping,
installation
of
walls,
double-pane
windows,
those
sorts
of
things
and
then
provide
a
financing
and
incentive
mechanism
to
both
enable
those
improvements
to
happen
for
homeowners,
who
may
not
have
the
cash
to
make
it
happen,
as
well
as
provide
some
financing
options
to
install
solar
panels.
Once
your
home
is
energy-efficient.
B
B
So
there
are
two
big
components
that
will
help
make
San
Mateo
County
reap
happen.
One
of
them
is
a
policy
and
standards
and
the
other
one
is
the
financing
piece.
So
the
program
called
retrofit
Bay
Area
is
spearheaded
by
a
bag,
and
there
was
concern
that
the
cities
and
the
county
and
the
other
counties
in
the
Bay
Area
not
do
different
programs
and
not
have
different
standards
for
what
constitutes
an
energy
efficiency
retrofit,
which
retrofits
should
be
done.
B
First,
for
example,
you
pie
wanted
to
do
weather
stripping
before
you
put
on
solar
panels
of
those
sorts
of
things,
so
a
bag
is
spearheading
a
program
called
retrofit
Bay
Area,
which
puts
together
through
the
nuts
and
bolts
to
have
a
comprehensive
program
to
encourage
energy
efficiency,
retrofits
and
construction,
as
well
as
a
certification
and
training
of
contractor.
To
make
that
happen.
It's
pretty
nascent
industry
at
the
moment,
and
this
is
also
seen
as
a
job
creation
tool
to
put
construction
folks
to
work.
B
The
other
piece
is
the
California
first
program,
which
is
a
the
financing
mechanism
to
allow
some
of
this
to
happen.
So
if,
if
a
homeowner
property
owner
wants
to
do
some
efficiency,
improvements
may
not
have
the
cash
up
front,
there
will
be
an
option
for
the
California
first
program
to
finance
those
improvements
and
have
them
paid
on
their
property
tax
roll.
You
may
recall
Berkeley
initiated
measure
similar
to
this
a
couple
years
back.
B
So
the
retrofit
Bay
Area
program
will
look
at
the
marketing
workforce
development
quality
assurance
evaluation,
monitoring
the
nuts
and
bolts
a
bag
is
taking
the
lead
on
this.
The
program
partner
is
helping
with
a
grant
application,
include
bki
and
build
a
green
which
are
private
consultants
working
on
the
project.
The
California
first
program
you
may
hear
in
the
future
called
a
pace.
Property
assessed,
clean
energy
financing,
just
a
term
that
is
not.
C
B
That
friendly,
but
you
may
just
encounter
it
in
the
future,
basically
a
way
a
missile
finance,
meaning
that
a
government
is
be
able
to
finance
the
improvements
on
a
property
tax
roll,
not
that
we
as
a
musicality
will
be
doing
it,
but
our
joint
powers
authority,
with
whom
we're
partners
will
be
able
to
finance
both
energy
efficiency
improvements
and
the
installation
of
solar
panels.
The
program
partners
include
CSC
da,
which
in
also
referred
to
as
California
communities.
That's
the
joint
powers
authority
created
by
the
cities
and
counties
of
California.
B
They
would
be
sort
of
a
legal
entity
behind
the
financing
program.
Renewable
funding
is
the
sort
of
bonding
company
handling
sort
of
the
backbone
financial
transactions,
and
then
Sacramento
County
will
be
the
lead
applicant
for
the
statewide,
competitive
grant
and
ecology
action
is
a
private
nonprofit,
assisting
with
the
application
and
early
implementation
of
the
project.
B
So
this
is
not
for
sure
funding
yet,
but
the
a
bag
is
approximately
a
10
million
dollar
grant,
of
which
approximately
seven
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
may
come
to
San
Mateo
County
for
our
use
as
a
collaborative
program
for
the
California
first
program.
I
believe
the
total
grant
is
about
16
million
dollars
about
370,000
will
will
be
able
available
for
San
Mateo
County
and
in
san
mateo
county
itself
had
a
allocation
from
that
energy
efficiency
and
conservation,
Block
Grant
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
That's
money,
that's
locked
up!
B
They
have
what
we
spent
on
this
program,
no
matter
what
happens
there
and
then,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
San
Bruno
has
eighty
thousand
dollars
from
its
own
EE
CBG
funding
that
we
can
apply
both
to
any
costs
that
aren't
covered.
That
may
occur
if
we
don't
get
the
grants,
as
well
as
any
local
distribution
for
to
promote
the
program
within
our
own
jurisdiction.
B
So
a
very
tentative
on.
How
might
it
work
not?
How
does
it
work,
but
how
might
it
work
it's
a
little
early
but
wanted
to
give
folks
a
taste
of
how
this
program
is
starting
to
come
together?
The
homeowner
wants
to
reduce
energy
consumption
wants
to
be
be
more
green,
wants
to
produce
greenhouse
gases,
so
they
go
to
the
a
bag
website
for
the
retrofit
Bay
Area
website
they
choose
a
qualified
certified
energy
audit
contractor
energy
auditor
comes
to
their
home.
B
The
California
first
end
sends
a
check
of
the
homeowner
I
Morrison
to
check
to
the
contractor,
and
then
the
repayment
of
that
loan
is
done
on
the
property
tax
roll
over
a
specified
period
of
time
of
the
loan
contract,
5
10
20
15
years,
we're
expected
program
roll
out
to
begin
late
2010.
This
is
a
new
and
ambitious
program
that
will
take
a
little
while
to
get
rolling,
but
that's
how
we
hope
it
might
look,
and
the
timeline
are
probably
looking
at
a
few
pending
program
details.
B
We
have
to
figure
out
here
locally
how
best
to
market
the
program
to
our
contractors
and
residents
there'll
be
a
region-wide
effort,
but
we'll
also
need
to
target
that
locally
within
our
cities
and
county.
There
is
a
strong
discussion
of
creating
a
Community
Advisory
Committee
to
help
with
the
workforce
development
portion
of
this
piece,
the
training
of
the
contractors
and
building
inspectors
and
determining
if
what
types
of
subsidies
could
be
used
to
qualify
and
homeowners
to
help
subsidize
the
direct
costs.
B
C
B
So
we
think
the
interest
rate
is
because
these
are
new
financial
instruments.
The
the
market
for
the
bonds
may
not
be
as
strong
as
we
would
like
so
part
of
what
that
grant
that
California
versus
applying
for
is
to
help
by
down
that
interest
rate.
So
we
think
the
interface
is
going
to
be
somewhere
between
seven
and
eight
and
a
half
percent.