HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9469Resolution No. 9469
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and
Authorizing the Execution of the State of California Department of
Community Services and Development 2014-2017 Direct Payment
Program Agreement No. 14Y-1419 Governing the City of Palo Alto
Utilities Department's Administration of Home Energy Assistance
Program Funds
RECITALS
A. The City of Palo Alto ("City"), a California charter city, has offered energy
assistance to families of low-income since 1981 as a part of the City's Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program.
B. The United States Department of Health and Human Services annually
distributes authorized funds under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
("LIHEAP") to states to assist eligible low-income households with payments for heating and/or
cooling energy expenses. The State of California Department of Community Services and
Development ("State CSD") then distributes these funds, under its Home Energy Assistance
Program, to energy providers under the LIHEAP terms and conditions.
C. The City has a contract (the "Direct Payment Program Agreement") with the
State of California to provide direct credit to the accounts of Palo Alto residents who have been
identified by the State CSD as recipients of payments to be made under and in accordance with
LIHEAP, which includes the Home Energy Assistance Program.
D. The Direct Payment Agreement No. 14Y-1419 is for the term October 1, 2014
through April 30, 2017.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby authorizes the City of Palo Alto to enter into and
execute with the State of California Department of Community Services and Development the
2014-2017 Direct Payment Program Agreement.
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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 Resources Code Section 21080 or Section 15378 of the
CEQA Guidelines and, therefore, no California Environmental Quality Act environmental
assessment is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: November 17, 2014
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT: HOLMAN
ABSTENTIONS:
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Mayor 6 ~i.\1 City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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