HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9339Resolution No. 9339
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the Professional Services
Agreement between the Northern California Power Agency and the Cities of Alameda, Palo Alto
and Santa Cara for Electric Transmission, Generation and Regulatory Consulting Services
RECITALS
A. The City of Palo Alto ("City"), a municipal utility and a chartered city, is a
member of the Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA").
B. In 2003, Palo Alto, along with two other NCPA members the Cities of Alameda
and Santa Clara, formed the Bay Area Municipal Transmission Group ("BAMx") and requested
that NCPA provide professional consulting services related to electric transmission, power
generation, regulatory issues, and electric market design issues affecting the BAMx members.
C. Since 2003 NCPA has had a contract with Flynn Resource Consultants, Inc.
("Flynn RCI") to provide these consulting services to the BAMx members.
D. The current contract between NCPAand Flynn RCI expires on June 30, 2013 and
I NCPA staff has prepared a new agreement to continue the consulting services for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2014.
E. For consulting agreements executed by NCPA on behalf of one, or a subset of,
NCPA members, NCPA requires that those members enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with NCPA.
F. The Professional Services Agreement specifies the terms and conditions under
which NCPA will procure the requested professional consulting services and allocate charges
between the BAMx members.
The Council ofthe City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby approves the Professional Services Agreement
Between Northern California Power Agency and the Cities of Alameda, Palo Alto and Santa
Clara. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of
the City of Palo Alto.
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SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not meet the
definition of a project under Public Resource Code Section 21065, thus, no environmental
assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 3, 2013
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST: ~lJ!Lt,~
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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