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File Number: 16-591 <br />WHEREAS, in 2015, CDA staff engaged MRW & Associates of Oakland to prepare a <br />Technical / Feasibility Study (Technical Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program in <br />Alameda County, Draft (MRW & Associates, July 2016); and <br />WHEREAS, taken comprehensively, the Technical Study suggests that an Alameda <br />County CCA would be feasible, could operate economically, could provide ratepayers <br />reductions on their electric bills, and could both increase renewable energy and reduce <br />greenhouse gas emissions if the right balance is achieved by a JPA; and <br />WHEREAS, if a municipality is to form a CCA with other municipalities, it must become a part <br />of a Joint Powers Agency (JPA) as required by the legislation that permits CCAs, known as <br />Assembly Bill 117 (Migden, 2002); and <br />WHEREAS, a draft JPA Agreement has been prepared by the Office of the County <br />Counsel and has been reviewed by City Attorneys across Alameda County and the <br />membership of the Steering Committee over the course of several months. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Leandro that <br />the Council does hereby approve the agreement entitled, “East Bay Community Energy <br />Authority - Joint Powers Agreement” in order to participate with other prospective signatories <br />in a CCA Joint Powers Authority for Alameda County municipalities, and authorizes the City <br />Manager and/or his designee to execute said agreement and any amendments or related <br />documents. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in taking this action, the City of San Leandro is not <br />committing to providing working capital to the JPA upon its formation and any proposals for <br />such City involvement must be subsequently approved by the City Council of the City of San <br />Leandro. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/16/2016