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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 98866055352 Resolution No. 9886 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the City’s Participation in the State’s Clean Fuel Reward Program Via the Execution of the Participating Electric Distribution Utility Joinder to the Clean Fuel Reward Governance Agreement R E C I T A L S A. On November 2016, City Council approved the Sustainability Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) to lower the greenhouse gas emissions of the Palo Alto community; In December 2017 Council accepted the Sustainability Implementation Plan which identified the need for the community to rapidly adopt electric vehicles to meet community’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. B. In September 2019 the Utilities Advisory Commission discussed the results of a Palo Alto residential customer survey that identified the following four factors as most important to make customers more likely to purchase or lease an electric vehicle(EV): cash rebates, more charging infrastructure, low cost of electricity, and assistance to install EV chargers at home. C. In 2019, the California Air Resources Board instituted the Clean Fuel Reward (CFR) as a new statewide point-of-purchase cash rebate program at participating car dealerships, under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation; D. The LCFS regulation requires electric distribution utilities such as Palo Alto, which receive funds through the LCFS program, to contribute 20% of these funds to the CFR program from 2019 to 2022 and 25% of funds from 2023 forward; E. Participating electric distribution utilities collaboratively developed CFR Program Governance Agreement to fund and administer the EV rebate program, and the California Public Utilities Commission approved the agreement in January 2020. F. Participating in the LCFS program has been beneficial to the Palo Alto community by garnering multiple millions of dollars in funding to facilitate EV adoption in the City, and participating in the CFR program will meet the needs of the community by seamlessly reducing the purchase price of EVs at the point-of-purchase. G. The City’s cost of participating in the CFR program is estimated at 0.5 million to $1 million per year, and will be funded by the City’s LCFS Program revenues, with no ratepayer impacts. // // 6055352 The Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. The Council hereby approves the City’s participation in the State’s Clean Fuel Reward Program, which will provide rebates for Electric Vehicles at the point of purchase. SECTION 2. The Council approves the Northern California Power Agency to be the City’s initial authorized representative on the Clean Fuel Reward Program Steering Committee; SECTION 3. The Council delegates authority to the City Manager and/or his/her designee to execute the Participating Electric Distribution Utility Joinder to the Clean Fuel Reward (CFR) Program Governance Agreement (Exhibit A to Attachment B) and to execute and approve future documents or agreements as needed to facilitate the City’s participation, so long as they are in compliance with the California Air Resources Board’s LCFS and CFR regulations, and the City’s municipal code. // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 6055352 SECTION 4. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution approving City’s participation in the CFR program and execution of the Participating Electric Distribution Utility Joinder to the Clean Fuel Rewards Governance Agreement is not a project requiring California Environmental Quality Act review under section 21065 of Public Resources Code and section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines, because it is an administrative governmental activity which will not cause a direct or indirect physical change in the environment. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 11, 2020 AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: Assistant City Attorney City Manager Director of Utilities Director of Administrative Service Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 8B56F13449444AF193E2E95367761439 Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: RESO 9886 Clean Fuel Rewards Program.docx Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 5 Initials: 0 Kim Lunt AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Disabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 kimberly.lunt@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 5/13/2020 9:14:30 AM Holder: Kim Lunt kimberly.lunt@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 Amy Bartell Amy.Bartell@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/13/2020 9:19:58 AM Viewed: 5/13/2020 9:24:08 AM Signed: 5/13/2020 9:24:23 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 7/16/2015 5:52:40 AM ID: d8ecb53d-ef81-4016-8886-1560c48de42a Kiely Nose kiely.nose@cityofpaloalto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 73.93.166.59 Sent: 5/13/2020 9:24:25 AM Resent: 5/21/2020 11:17:36 AM Resent: 5/26/2020 10:58:26 AM Viewed: 5/28/2020 9:55:58 AM Signed: 5/28/2020 9:56:11 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Dean Batchelor Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org Director of Utilities Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/28/2020 9:56:12 AM Viewed: 5/28/2020 10:08:39 AM Signed: 5/28/2020 10:08:53 AM 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 Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/28/2020 10:08:55 AM Viewed: 5/28/2020 1:57:42 PM Signed: 5/28/2020 1:58:10 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Adrian Fine adrian.fine@cityofpaloalto.org Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 108.228.10.70 Signed using mobile Sent: 5/28/2020 1:58:13 PM Viewed: 5/31/2020 2:21:17 PM Signed: 5/31/2020 2:21:31 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Beth Minor Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org City Clerk City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 5/31/2020 2:21:34 PM Viewed: 5/31/2020 5:50:31 PM Signed: 5/31/2020 5:50:46 PM 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 5/31/2020 2:21:34 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 5/31/2020 5:50:31 PM Signing Complete Security Checked 5/31/2020 5:50:46 PM Completed Security Checked 5/31/2020 5:50:46 PM Payment Events Status Timestamps Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure