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November 2022 Page 1 of 5 APP-22-045 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Exhibit B <br />California Automated Permit Processing (CalAPP) Program <br />Terms and Conditions <br />1.Background and Authority for this Grant <br />California Senate Bill 129 (2021) included an appropriation to the California Energy Commission (CEC) to <br />support a grant program for cities, counties, or cities and counties to establish online solar permitting. <br />2.Documents Incorporated by Reference and Priority <br />Incorporated by reference into this agreement are the following documents: <br />A.Grant Funding Opportunity (GFO) 21-402. <br />B.Recipient’s application to CalAPP. <br />As between the incorporated documents and the remainder of this Agreement, the rest of this <br />Agreement takes priority in case of a conflict. <br />3.Budget, Invoices, and Payments <br />a)The CEC is only obligated to reimburse the Recipient for paid costs that are (1) incurred during <br />the Agreement Term; (2) invoiced within the required timeframes of this Agreement; (3) not <br />more than this Agreement’s budget; and (4) reasonable, actual, and allowable expenses under <br />this Agreement. <br />b)Recipient acknowledges that the funds under this Agreement have a liquidation date of June 30, <br />2027, a legal timeframe after which the CEC has no authority to pay the funds. In addition, it <br />takes the CEC administrative time to review, approve, work with the Recipient to correct any <br />errors in, and request the State Controller’s Office to pay invoices. Accordingly, Recipient <br />acknowledges that if it does not submit accurate invoices by March 30, 2027, for all amounts <br />due under the Agreement, it risks not receiving payment, and relinquishes all rights to such <br />payments should the CEC not pay it by the liquidation date. Recipient acknowledges that time is <br />of the essence in invoicing by March 30, 2027, for all amounts due under this Agreement. <br />The Recipient may request payment from the Energy Commission at any time during the term of this <br />Agreement after successful adoption of a qualifying solar permitting platform as verified by the CEC, but <br />no more frequently than monthly. Recipient must use the CAM provided template invoice spreadsheet. <br />c)If invoicing for in-house staff time, the template invoice spreadsheet must identify the <br />employee’s name, hours worked, and billing rate to be included as a reimbursable expense. <br />d)Unallowable costs include: <br />•Software not related to the adoption of a qualifying online, automated permitting platform. <br />•Any costs incurred or activities conducted prior to entering into a grant agreement with the <br />Energy Commission or incurred after the grant agreement has ended.