Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, August 23, 2024
10:00 a.m.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Office
333 W El Camino Real, Suite 330
Sunnyvale, CA
Morgan Hill City Hall
17575 Peak Ave.
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Villanueva 547
M5507 Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza, Argentina
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
Chair Klein called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m.
Roll Call
Present:
Chair Larry Klein, City of Sunnyvale
Vice Chair Bryan Mekechuk, City of Monte Sereno (participated remotely) Director Sally Meadows, City of Los Altos
Director George Tyson, Town of Los Altos Hills
Director Yvonne Martinez Beltran, City of Morgan Hill (participated remotely) Director Tina Walia, City of Saratoga
Absent:
None.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
No speakers.
Consent Calendar
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
MOTION: Vice Chair Mekechuk moved and Director Tyson seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar.
Docusign Envelope ID: 591C21D5-F3E3-410D-A125-18B7D4E4873B The motion carried unanimously by verbal roll call vote. 1) Approve Minutes of the June 28, 2024, Executive Committee Meeting Regular Calendar
2) CEO Update (Discussion)
CEO Monica Padilla provided an update, which included the following announcements:
An invitation to a ribbon cutting event on August 29, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in Los Altos Hills commemorating the completion of a backup battery installation at Town Hall; An invitation for a ribbon cutting event on October 10, 2024, for the Victory Pass solar plus storage project in Palm Springs; and
Acknowledgement of fellows and interns leaving over the summer including:
o Mia Yancich, Climate Corp. Fellow
o Rebecca Dawson, Decarbonization Data Analyst Intern
o Julianne Miller, Climate Corp. Fellow
o Elisa Floyd, Government and Legislative Intern
Staff responded to committee member questions and comments regarding SVCE’s internship program; committee members requested updates on the internship application process and proposed future intern presentations.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
3) Request the SVCE Executive Committee Recommend the Board of Directors Adopt the FY 24/25 Strategic Focus Areas and Strategic Plan (Action)
CEO Padilla presented the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 Strategic Focus Areas and Strategic Plan with a request of the Executive Committee to recommend Board of Directors approval at the September Board of Directors meeting.
The Executive Committee had no recommended changes to the Strategic Focus Areas, as outlined below:
SFA1: Expand Affordability Efforts
SFA2: Expand Clean & Reliable Grid Actions
SFA3: Expand Offerings to C/I Customers
SFA4: Prepare Region for Electrification at Scale
SFA5: Attract & Retain Employees
Committee members provided feedback on the Strategic Plan which included:
Quantifying the measures in more detail, and
A suggestion to merge Goal 6: “Avoid failures in management of market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risks, and enterprise risks”, and Goal 7: “Maintain healthy financial position” to eliminate redundancy for a total of 10 goals.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
Docusign Envelope ID: 591C21D5-F3E3-410D-A125-18B7D4E4873B MOTION: Vice Chair Mekechuk moved and Director Walia seconded the motion to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors Adopt the FY 24/25 Strategic Focus Areas and Strategic Plan.
The motion carried unanimously by verbal roll call vote. 4) Request the SVCE Executive Committee Recommend the SVCE Board of Directors Approve the Expanded Education Fund in the Amount of $100,000 (Action) Pamela Leonard, Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications, introduced the item and Julianne Miller, Climate Corp. Fellow, presented information on the Expanded Education Fund. The presentation included background information on existing education initiatives and new and expanded education programs.
Staff responded to committee member questions and comments regarding non-profit program examples, title 1 schools in Santa Clara County, the proposed Community College Partnership, the proposed Mentorship program, reaching a younger audience, the proposed Lecture Series, a suggestion to set up or build toward a credit course in community colleges, working with other colleges and universities including San Jose State and a UC Berkeley extension in Moffet Field, broadening the opportunity to different areas within SVCE’s territory, information sharing with other CCAs, potentially increasing the fund request, and recording the program to roll it out more quickly.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
MOTION: Director Walia moved and Director Meadows seconded the motion to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors approve the Expanded Education Fund for FY24/25 in an amount of $100,000.
The motion carried unanimously by verbal roll call vote. 5) Introduction to 2024 Member Agency Grants (Discussion) Justin Zagunis, Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, introduced the item. Jessica Cornejo, Senior Programs Specialist, presented information on the 2024 Member Agency Grants to provide decarbonization grant funding for projects that address building and transportation electrification, resilience, and community engagement and education. The program will be divided into three areas: 1) Non-Competitive Member Agency Grants, 2) Competitive Member Agency Grants, and 3) Competitive Community Grants. Senior Programs Specialist Cornejo reviewed the timeline of activities.
Staff responded to committee member questions on communication to member agencies on the grant opportunities, grant qualifications and options to submit an application with a neighboring member agency, grant launches and deadlines, stacking funds for the competitive and non-competitive grants, if there are matching requirements from the member agency, eligibility criteria, communication on Community Grants and potential assistance on applications, and a request to present information to the Executive Committee on the Community Grants once it is more developed and before launch.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
Docusign Envelope ID: 591C21D5-F3E3-410D-A125-18B7D4E4873B 6) Program Snapshot: Multifamily Retrofits (Information Only) Nupur Hiremath, Manager of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, introduced the item and Leanna Huynh, Senior Programs Specialist, presented information on SVCE’s Multifamily Retrofits program.
Staff responded to committee member questions on where the existing multifamily properties are located and census tracks that correspond to socioeconomic vulnerability index (SEVI) quartiles, upcoming multifamily Builders Remedy projects, who the program is for, the data used to identify affordable multifamily properties, eligibility criteria, participants in the stakeholder focus groups, engaging landlords in other multifamily funding opportunity programs, utility allowances,
Vice Chair Mekechuk left the meeting at 11:49 a.m.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
Committee/Staff Remarks
Director Walia thanked SVCE for its programs; Chair Klein concurred.
CEO Padilla noted a lot of the presentations at the meeting were related to affordability, which will be one of SVCE’s FY 24/25 Focus Areas.
Adjournment
Chair Klein adjourned the meeting at 11:57 a.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
Docusign Envelope ID: 591C21D5-F3E3-410D-A125-18B7D4E4873B