Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Setting a Time and Place of a Public Hearing to Consider an Agreement to Upgrade Building Lighting and Mechanical Systems, the Costs of Which Can Be Offset by Energy Savings

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors in 1995, approved the County's participation in the Federal Environmental Protection Agency's Green Lights Program, a program to improve the energy efficiency of buildings; and

 

WHEREAS, Invensys Building Systems provides performance based services which calculates energy savings that can be used to finance the replacement of less energy efficient lighting and building mechanical systems; and

 

WHEREAS, Invensys has performed a detailed inspection and analysis of specific County facilities and has recommended projects to install energy conservation related equipment and improve building lighting and mechanical systems; and

 

WHEREAS, it is expected that the cumulative project cost, $2,067,389, will be recovered through energy savings over a ten (10) year period; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 4217.10 et sec. of the State of California Government Code provides that a governmental agency may enter into an agreement to install energy saving systems after considering said agreement during a regularly scheduled public hearing; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board wishes to consider such an agreement.

 

    NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that

 

    1.

This Board will conduct a public hearing during its regular scheduled meeting on March 19th at 9:30 a.m. in the Board's Chambers in the Hall of Justice and Records at 400 County Center, Redwood City, California, to consider an agreement to install energy saving systems in County Facilities; and

 

    2.

The Director of Public Works shall cause notice of said public hearing to be published once in the Independent Newspaper Group, a newspaper of general circulation.

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