REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Approve Budget Modification No. 17 to Appropriate $503,384 of the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Noncompetitive Member Agency Grant Funds for the Fire Station 2 - New Construction Project
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
The Environmental Services Department (ESD), in collaboration with the Department of Public Works (DPW), applied for SVCE's Noncompetitive Member Agency Grant. In December 2025, the City was awarded $503,384 (Attachment 1) in addition to the $1,000,000 previously awarded through SVCE's Competitive Member Agency Grant for the Fire Station 2 project (RTC 25-0613, Attachment 2).
The combined $1,503,384 in grant funding will support the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and battery energy storage system (BESS) at the new Fire Station 2, enhancing the facility's energy resilience. The competitive grant funding will also support a ribbon cutting ceremony, digital dashboard display and printed building electrification outreach materials.
SVCE developed the Noncompetitive Member Agency Grant program to fund capital projects for building and transportation electrification and/or energy resilience projects that demonstrate the feasibility of all-electric technology to the community within their service territory. Grant funds support capital investment in electric vehicles and infrastructure, building electrification, or building & electric vehicle infrastructure energy resilience.
The new Fire Station 2 will be an all-electric facility consistent with the City's Climate Action Playbook goal of eliminating non-electric sources of power in municipal buildings upon rebuild or significant remodel (Play 2.2, Move 2.E). The addition of the noncompetitive grant funding will support solar PV and BESS installations serving approximately 16,836 square feet of the fire station building (Plays 1.2 and 1.3).
City staff time is ineligible to be reimbursed through this grant.
DPW will oversee the capital project, which includes ...
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