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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 10035Resolution No. 10035 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the Execution of Two Assignment Agreements: 1) the “Assignment Administration Agreement For Western Area Power Administration Base Resource Percentage Between Northern California Power Agency and Assignor: City of Palo Alto”, and 2) the “Request For Assignment of City of Palo Alto’s Base Resource Percentage To Northern California Power Agency: Assignment 21-SNR-02644” Between the City of Palo Alto, Western Area Power Administration, and Northern California Power Agency R E C I T A L S A. The City of Palo Alto (“City”), a chartered municipal corporation operating municipal utilities including an electric utility, is a “Preference Customer” of the Western Area Power Administration (“WAPA”) of the United States Department of Energy; and B. The City has a 30-year power supply contract (Base Resource Contract 21-SNR-02365) with WAPA for an 12.06299% share of WAPA’s “Base Resource”, in effect from January 1, 2025 through December 2054; and C. The City is a member of the Northern California Power Agency (“NCPA”), a public agency established pursuant to the California Joint Exercise of Powers Act, which is authorized to acquire, construct, finance, and operate buildings, works, facilities and improvements for the generation and transmission of electric capacity and energy for resale; and D. The City, and other NCPA entities that are WAPA customers, have operated a resource and load sharing pool since 2005 administered by NCPA, with WAPA’s consent; and E. NCPA intends that the pooling of resources and loads among participating agencies, including City, will continue to save money for those agencies; and F. The City intends to execute an assignment of its WAPA “Base Resource Percentage” to NCPA to allow NCPA to receive the City’s Base Resource Percentage for pooling and optimization during the 30-year Base Resource power supply contract extension from 2025 to 2054; and G. The City and other participating agency members assigning Base Resource Percentage to NCPA drafted an “Assignment Administration Agreement” to determine and allocate costs and benefits of the WAPA resource pooling in a fair method to participant assignors; and H. After executing the Assignment Administration Agreement with NCPA, the City intends to execute the “Request for Assignment of City of Palo Alto’s Base Resource Percentage to NCPA: Assignment 21-SNR-02644”, which is a letter of agreement between the City of Palo Alto, WAPA, and NCPA, pursuant to which the City directs WAPA to assign its 2025 Base DocuSign Envelope ID: 4B65CA8D-B4BB-4B78-83F3-F0A1AAAA7A3A Resource Percentage to NCPA, and NCPA formally accepts the assigned 2025 Base Resource Percentage; and NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. The Council hereby authorizes the City Manager on behalf of the City to execute two assignment agreements in which City assigns its WAPA Base Resource Percentage under Base Resource Contract 21-SNR-02365 to NCPA: 1) the “Assignment Administration Agreement For Western Area Power Administration Base Resource Percentage Between Northern California Power Agency and Assignor: City of Palo Alto” and 2) the “Request for Assignment of City of Palo Alto’s Base Resource Percentage to Northern California Power Agency: Assignment 21-SNR-02644”. // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // DocuSign Envelope ID: 4B65CA8D-B4BB-4B78-83F3-F0A1AAAA7A3A // SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution regarding execution of this contract extension does not require California Environmental Quality Act review, because it does not meet the definition of a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as an administrative governmental activity which will not cause a direct or indirect physical change in the environment. WAPA’s 2025 Power Marketing Plan authorizing the contract has a Categorical Exclusion from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review since WAPA is reallocating its existing resources and is not planning to increase its generation or transmission. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 9, 2022 AYES: BURT, CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, KOU, STONE, TANAKA NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: ___________________________ ___________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ___________________________ ___________________________ City Attorney or Designee City Manager ___________________________ Director of Utilities DocuSign Envelope ID: 4B65CA8D-B4BB-4B78-83F3-F0A1AAAA7A3A Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 4B65CA8DB4BB4B7883F3F0A1AAAA7A3A Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: RESO 10035 of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the Execution of ... Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 5 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Mahealani Ah Yun AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 5/10/2022 1:39:17 PM Holder: Mahealani Ah Yun Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Aylin Bilir aylin.bilir@cityofpaloalto.org Deputy City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Signed by link sent to aylin.bilir@cityofpaloalto.org Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/10/2022 1:41:21 PM Viewed: 5/10/2022 1:54:50 PM Signed: 5/10/2022 1:56:42 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Dean Batchelor dean.batchelor@cityofpaloalto.org Director of Utilities City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Signed by link sent to dean.batchelor@cityofpaloalto.org Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/10/2022 1:56:43 PM Viewed: 5/10/2022 2:27:18 PM Signed: 5/10/2022 2:27:27 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Signed by link sent to ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/10/2022 2:27:28 PM Viewed: 5/11/2022 8:37:42 AM Signed: 5/11/2022 8:37:50 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Patrick Burt pat@patburt.org Mr Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Signed by link sent to pat@patburt.org Using IP Address: 98.37.159.0 Sent: 5/11/2022 8:37:51 AM Viewed: 6/1/2022 8:49:11 AM Signed: 6/1/2022 8:49:32 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Lesley Milton Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Signed by link sent to Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/1/2022 8:49:33 AM Viewed: 6/1/2022 8:53:40 AM Signed: 6/1/2022 8:53:46 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 5/10/2022 1:41:21 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 6/1/2022 8:53:40 AM Signing Complete Security Checked 6/1/2022 8:53:46 AM Completed Security Checked 6/1/2022 8:53:46 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps