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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION-CONSENTING TO <br />THE INCLUSION OF SANTA ANA <br />PROPERTIES IN THE CALIFORNIA <br />HERO PROGRAM ,/ <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on I" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution which: <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1) Consents to the inclusion of properties within the City's jurisdiction in the California HERO <br />Program to finance distributed generation renewable energy sources, energy and water- <br />efficiency improvements, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and <br />2) Approves an amendment to the related Western Riverside Council of Governments Joint <br />Powers Agreement. <br />DISCUSSION <br />This action will establish the City's association with the Western Riverside Council of Governments <br />(WRCOG) to make available the California Home Energy Renovation Opportunity Program <br />(California HERO) to property owners in Santa Ana. The California HERO Program provides a <br />mechanism by which residential and commercial property owners can install energy and water <br />efficient improvements and renewable energy systems that are financed through a special <br />assessment on their property tax bill. There is no hard cost and no dedicated staff resources <br />required for the City to participate in this program. <br />Assembly Bills 811 (signed into law on July 21, 2008) and 474 (effective January 1, 2010) <br />amended Chapter 29 of Part 3 of Division 7 of the California Streets & Highways Code. The bills <br />authorize a legislative body to designate an area within which public entities and property owners <br />may enter into voluntary contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed <br />generation renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, and/or water conservation improvements <br />that are permanently fixed to real property. The financing for these improvements has come to be <br />known as PACE - Property Assessed Clean Energy. <br />The California HERO Program (for PACE financing) is being offered to allow property owners in <br />participating cities and counties to finance approved energy-saving improvements on their <br />property. If a property owner chooses to participate, the installed improvements would be financed <br />through the issuance of bonds by the WRCOG joint powers authority. The bonds are secured by a <br />55A-1