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C. 41

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	November 10, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Extend terms of (1) PG&E Product and Services Agreement and (2) PG&E Proposal No. 2 to upgrade County-owned street lights, Countywide.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/10/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	S. Cohen, Special Districts 925-313-2160
cc:	B. Balbas, Administration W. Lai, Engineering Services Division Manager J. Chen, Special Districts J. Duffy, Special Districts M. McAfee, Special Districts C. Duenas, Finance J. Abraham, Facilities M. Ward, PG&E

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 10, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute term extensions on the following two documents, authorizing Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to replace high pressure sodium vapor lights with light emitting diode (LED) lights on County-owned street lights:


(1) PG&E Product and Services Agreement from March 30, 2016 to July 15, 2017, Countywide. (All Districts)

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

(2) PG&E Proposal Number 2 from January 29, 2015 to July 15, 2017, with no change to the payment limit of $450,000, Countywide. (All Districts)

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% County Service Area L-100 Funds.

BACKGROUND:

Public Works-Special Districts manages the street light program countywide, assuring the continuity of repairs and ongoing operations. On March 30, 2011, the County entered into a five-year PG&E Products and Services Agreement (Attachment 3) for energy-efficient lighting improvements to County street lights, expiring in March of 2016. This agreement was part of the County’s $3.57 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant. A successful pilot project was performed in 2011 to install 58 light emitting diode (LED) lights in two locations under PG&E Proposal Number 1 (Attachment 4). PG&E Proposal Number 2 (Attachment 5), was approved by the Board on November 4, 2014, for the installation of the LED lights on the remaining County-owned street lights. This is a request to extend the duration of the work to cover the expected time needed for the project.

Extending the terms of the PG&E Products and Services Agreement and PG&E Proposal Number 2 will allow time to complete the scope of work for conversion of 100% of the County-owned street lights. The inventory of street lights had to be completed before actual field installations could begin. The inventory required reconciliation of PG&E and County data. After completing the inventory, PG&E began the street light installations which are going smoothly. Extending the terms of the PG&E Products and Services Agreement and PG&E Proposal Number 2 will provide time for the installation of the lights in the entire County and completion of the remaining scope of work under the Agreement.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without Board approval, the conversion of the County-owned street lights to LEDs would not be able to be funded.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable