Consent Item 8
Consent Item 8
To: Ava Community Energy Authority
From: Howard Chang, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Contracts Entered Into
Date: December 18, 2024
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RECOMMENDATION
Accept the CEO’s report on contracts that Ava Community Energy has entered into, as required by the Administrative Procurement Policy, from November 14, 2024, through December 11, 2024;
C-2024-157 LHi Group, Inc (Piper Maddox) Staffing Services Agreement (Part 2), provides contract/temporary employment assignment services, effective November 7, 2024.
C-2024-158 Frontier Energy Consulting Services Agreement, provides energy efficiency program regulatory reporting services, effective November 6, 2024, through December 31, 2027, with compensation not to exceed $200,000.
C-2024-159 Townsend Public Affairs Second Amendment to CSA, adds an additional $60,000 in compensation and extends the term through November 30, 2025.
C-2024-160 California State University, East Bay Facility Use Agreement, provides Grand Lake and Montclair room use at Oakland Professional Development & Conference Center for six (6) events, January through March 2025 Board of Directors and CAC meetings. The total rental cost is $5,175.
C-2024-161 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Amendment 3 to MSA, extends the term of the agreement for an additional 5 years, through December 31, 2029, and changes all references from EBCE to Ava.
Consent Item 8
C-2024-162 Channing Street Copper Company Induction Cooking Education and Awareness Grant Agreement, terminates and replaces C-2023-126. Provides for a Community Investment Grant of up to $300,000 over two years for the purposes of accelerating clean energy investments that enhance workforce development, promoting stronger local economic activity, and increasing community resilience.
C-2024-163 Cypress Mandela Training Center Clean Energy Jobs and Training for Youth Community Investment Grant Agreement, provides for a Community Investment Grant of up to $300,000 over three years for the purposes of accelerating clean energy investments that enhance workforce development, promoting stronger local economic activity, and increasing community resilience.
C-2024-164 Paul Ferradas (San Jose) Consulting Services Agreement for photography and videography services through June 30, 2025, compensation not to exceed $10,000.
C-2024-165 Jewell Stewart Pratt Beckerson & Carr PC (San Francisco) Consulting Services Agreement for immigration counsel services through December 31, 2025, with compensation not to exceed $50,000.
C-2024-166 Amerilist (Orangeburg, NY) Data Processing Insertion Order for the purchase of social demographic data for our new communities (Stockton and Lathrop), with compensation not to exceed $3,000.
C-2024-167 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) AMENDMENT 35 TO EXHIBIT A : SCOPE OF SERVICES Task Order 2 – Data Management and Call Center Services, creates two new informational line items for Solar Billing Plan - Energy Export Credits earned this cycle and Energy Export Bonus Credits earned this cycle, at a cost of $2,225.
C-2024-168 Coastal Cloud LLC (Palm Coast, FL) Consulting Services Agreement for the purpose of providing services related to the design, development, and deployment of various Salesforce applications to Ava with compensation not to exceed $99,900 through December 31, 2026
C-2024-169 Kitchen on Fire (Oakland, CA) In-Person Event Contract Cooking event to be held on December 4, 2024, for 9 people at a cost of $2,400.
C-2024-170 Keyes and Fox Ninth Amendment to CSA updates hourly rates of compensation effective January 1, 2025.