City Council
MEETING DATE: 1/12/2015
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Establishing the California HERO Program in Cathedral City
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council receive a report, discuss and provide direction to staff.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2013, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) Executive Committee directed staff to initiate a Regional Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program for member agencies. At the time the decision to offer a PACE program was made, the Executive Committee directed staff to explore the option of encouraging competition by offering PACE programs provided by both Ygrene Energy Fund and the HERO program. The CVAG Executive Committee established criteria for any PACE program, including that CVAG have its own stand-alone HERO program and that the CVAG Executive Committee would have the lead in making changes to the program. At the time, representatives of the California HERO program indicated they could not meet the requirements set forth by the Executive Committee. CVAG worked with Ygrene Energy Fund to launch the Clean Energy CV Upgrade program in December 2013 offering residential and commercial property owners financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation upgrades.
Recently, several CVAG member agencies joined the California HERO program. CVAG staff was approached by representatives of Renovate America who indicated a willingness to meet the conditions laid out by the CVAG Executive Committee in 2013. CVAG has worked with Renovate America and the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) on an agreement that, in CVAG staff's opinion, substantially meets the conditions described by the Executive Committee to provide the HERO program to CVAG member agencies, with CVAG as the responsible agency for program oversight and direction. At their December 1, 2014 meeting, the CVA...
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