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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 2, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH <br />SIEMENS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY <br />IMPROVEMENTS <br />,, Z,-CI MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on Vt Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment to the <br />agreement with Siemens Building Technologies, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by <br />the City Manager and City Attorney for a not-to-exceed amount of $155,778 to implement <br />additional energy efficiency improvements to City buildings and parks. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2009 the City Council authorized an agreement in the amount of $3,267,000 with Siemens <br />Building Technologies for energy efficiency improvements in the City's buildings and parks <br />funded by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) monies, through the <br />American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In addition to these funds, the City applied <br />for rebates available from Southern California Edison (SCE). <br />This project includes exterior and interior lighting retrofits, HVAC improvements, implementation <br />of automated control systems, and ball field submetering. These improvements are designed to <br />save energy, reduce the City's cost of electricity, and allow the City to modernize and upgrade its <br />buildings and equipment. <br />This project was approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2010, and at this time the <br />installation of the energy retrofits are 95 percent completed. The only remaining item to be <br />completed under the scope of work is installation of the HVAC upgrades at the City Yard. <br />Late last year, the Department of Energy informed the City that any incentive money received <br />from SCE would either need to be returned to the DOE or utilized for added energy efficiency <br />projects. The anticipated rebates have been estimated to be between $73,300 and $83,300. It <br />is recommended that the City utilize these rebates and authorize an additional relamping project <br />(at the Police Department) in this amount. <br />During implementation of the project, a number of improvements were not done as originally <br />intended. This situation occurred because the project had been originally designed in 2008 and <br />some of the work in the project scope had already been completed using other funding. As a <br />25D-1