REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to (1) Execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Public Facility Resilience Implementation Program in Substantially the Same Format as Attached, and (2) Approve Project Scope Revisions Necessitated by Project Funding, Budget or Bid Changes and Submit Scope Change Requests to the EPA as Needed During Implementation of the Grant
Report
BACKGROUND
Approval is requested to authorize the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy for the Public Facility Resilience Implementation Program (PFRIP) through the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) for design and construction of publicly owned and operated fuel-switching, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and solar/battery storage projects in Santa Clara County, CA.
The Biden-Harris Administration and Congress established the $5 billion CPRG program administered through the EPA as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to enable states, municipalities, tribes and territories to work together as coalitions. Coalitions are expected to develop plans to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and implement ambitious measures regionally that will achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions and protect communities, especially vulnerable communities, from the harmful impacts of climate change.
Sunnyvale is a member of the PFRIP coalition with the Cities of San Jos?, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, and Cupertino, in collaboration with the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) and Prospect Silicon Valley. The coalition is led by Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). The coalition's EPA grant application, titled Public Facility Resiliency Implementation Project, is requesting $ 49.9 Million to implement GHG reduction measures at 62 critical and communit...
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