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C.137
To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date: September  7, 2021
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Ameresco Keller Canyon RNG LLC Community Benefits Agreement

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   09/07/2021
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Stanley Muraoka 925-655-2876
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:     September  7, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute a Community Benefits Agreement with Ameresco Keller Canyon RNG LLC (Ameresco), effective as of August 10, 2021, to pay the County $50,000 per year while Ameresco’s Renewable Natural Gas Processing Facility and Pipeline is operational.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this agreement will allow the County to receive $50,000 annually, adjusted annually based on any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco-Oakland -Hayward Combined Statistical Area, to be deposited in the Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund.

BACKGROUND:

On July 13, 2021, the County Board of Supervisors (Board) approved Land Use Permit CDLP18-02022 and an amendment to the existing Keller Canyon Landfill Land Use Permit LP89-2020 to allow Ameresco Keller Canyon RNG LLC (Ameresco) to construct and operate a renewable natural gas processing facility and pipeline (RNGPFP) at the Keller Canyon Landfill. Prior to Board approval, Ameresco voluntarily agreed to pay $50,000 per year to the County while the RNGPFP is operational, with payments to be deposited in the Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund and disbursed by the County to fund projects benefitting


BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the community according to the protocols in place for that Fund. The proposed community benefits agreement memorializes this commitment.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funds for deposit into the Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund for funding projects benefitting the community.

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