TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Jim Arndt, Public Works Director
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
Gwen Eng, General Services Manager
Sona Kalapura, Environmental Programs Manager
Juan Price, Maintenance Superintendent
SUBJECT: Title
Grant Funded Purchase of Energy Efficient Lighting for Parking Garages (Lots 3 & 4) and Downtown Streetscape Lantern Retrofits from Noribachi in the Amount of $75,149.95; and Appropriation of $58,290.00 from the Parking Fund and $16,859.95 from Unreserved General Fund Monies.
APPROVE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
a) Award bid #884-13 to Noribachi, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $75,149.95 for energy efficient replacement lights for Parking Garages (Lots 3 & 4) and Downtown Streetscape; and
b) appropriate $75,149.95 ($58,290.00 from the Parking Fund and $16,859.95 from the General Fund) for this project, which will be fully reimbursed with grant funding from the Department of Energy.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
In September 2009, the City was awarded a federal stimulus grant under the Energy Efficiency and Community Block Grant (EECBG) program from the Department of Energy in the amount of $186,000, consisting of $156,000 of reimbursable costs and approximately $30,000 of City project management in-kind match. The purpose of the grant is to replace inefficient lighting with advanced technology products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Projects already completed with these funds include the retrofitting of Strand lighting ($18,588), replacement of Walk Street lights ($39,737), and smaller projects at the Pier Comfort Station, Polliwog & Live Oak Parks ($22,525).
Energy efficient lighting for two Parking Garages (Lot 3 located at 13th and Morningside Dr. & Lot 4 located at Rosecrans and Highland) and Downtown Streetscape are not budgeted items in f...
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