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File Number: 16-252 <br />Governments” (ABAG) for City Council to review and give the City Manager authorization to <br />sign on its behalf, along with one copy of the fully executed Regional Collaborative Services <br />Agreement by the Western Regional Council of Governments (WRCOG) as an example of the <br />agreement that all of the above PACE providers have signed. The City Manager will be <br />signing an Acknowledgement Addendum for each of the above residential PACE providers. <br />Recommendation <br />In order to create a competitive PACE marketplace with multiple providers that will expand <br />options for home and business owners, stimulate local job development, and help to support <br />the City’s Climate Action Plan, staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached <br />draft Resolutions to join the following PACE programs: <br />·California HERO Program, administered by the Western Regional Council of <br />Governments; <br />·Figtree PACE Program, administered by Figtree Financing; <br />·Ygrene PACE Program, administered by the California Home Finance Authority (CHF); <br />and <br />·CSCDA Open PACE, a joint provider organization administered by California Statewide <br />Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), offering CaliforniaFIRST, AllianceNRG, <br />PACE Funding, Spruce Finance and CleanFund programs. <br />Staff also recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to approve and sign <br />an Acknowledgement Addendum to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) <br />Regional Collaborative Services Agreement (RCSA), as executed between ABAG and the <br />following residential PACE providers: <br />·Western Riverside Council of Governments (California HERO Program); <br />·Figtree Financing (Figtree PACE Program); <br />·Ygrene Energy Fund California LLC (Ygrene PACE Program); <br />·CounterPointe Energy Solutions (CA) LLC (AllianceNRG Program); and <br />·PACE Funding Group LLC. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />In December 2009, the City Council adopted the San Leandro Climate Action Plan (CAP) <br />which includes a series of measures that the City can implement in order to reach its <br />greenhouse gas emissions target of 25% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. Of these, <br />Action 3.1.2 states that the City should “Adopt a third-party or municipal financing program for <br />residential energy efficiency projects” and Action 3.3.1 states that the City should “Adopt a <br />third-party or municipal financing program for solar (PV and solar hot water) and other <br />renewable technology projects.” <br />Previous Actions <br />In February 2010, the City Council approved the City of San Leandro’s participation in the <br />CaliforniaFIRST Program, offered by the California Statewide Communities Development <br />Authority (CSCDA or California Communities). CSCDA is a California joint powers authority <br />Page 7 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/1/2016