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CITY OF FERNLEY AGENDA REPORT DATE PREPARED: 12/11/09 DATE OF MEETING: 06/16/2010 ITEM#: 5 SUBJECT: PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CITY OF FERNLEY ENERGY STRATEGY. RECOMMENTATION: Move to accept the City of Fernley Strategic Energy Plan. SUMMARY: This Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (EECS) was developed by the City of Fernley with grant funding from the United Stated Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program of 2009. The EECBG program funding is specific to counties, cities and Tribes to develop an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy. The strategy is a requirement by the Department of Energy for grant recipients. With the completion and submission of the strategy to the DOE, the City is now positioned to pursue other energy funding opportunities from the Department of Energy. The Department of Energy not only provided the funding to secure technical expertise to assist the City staff develop the strategy, but DOE staff provided on-going technical assistance through the grant cycle from assisting with the application, reviewing the draft strategy document and providing a site visit to review the goals and objectives of the strategy. The assistance of the DOE was invaluable. This strategy document also benefitted from the support, efforts, and knowledge of the City staff, Nevada State Office of Energy, Home Performance with Energy Star – DOE, NV Energy, State of Nevada Housing Division and interested parties as listed in the Acknowledgments section. All of the contributions were significant; together they are truly greater than the sum of their parts. This strategy is a vision document, a fluid blueprint that should be updated periodically as technologies evolve and budgets warrant. It is a basis for which benchmarking can be further defined. The document formulates opportunities to select which strategies the City would desire to pursue in striving to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Development of this strategy allowed, for the first time, the gathering and analyzing of data to provide a comprehensive understanding of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for all City facilities and fleet, as well as for the community bounded by the City’s geographic limits. The strategic goals and actions identified and recommended will allow the City to extend a history of leadership in environmental and economic sustainability and bring benefits to the City community for many years into the future. FISCAL IMPACT: None. PREPARED BY: Leslieann Hayden, Grants Administrator APPROVED BY: Greg Evangelatos, City Manager FINANCIAL REVIEW: Mel Drown, City Treasurer LEGAL REVIEW: Brandi Jensen, City Attorney ATTACHMENTS: City of Fernley Strategic Energy Plan