LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – JANUARY 15, 2025
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LIVE OAK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
JANUARY 15, 2025
6:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION
LIVE OAK COUNCIL CHAMBERS
9955 LIVE OAK BOULEVARD
LIVE OAK, CALIFORNIA 95953
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
JERAMY CHAPDELAINE, MAYOR
AARON PAMMA, VICE MAYOR
ASHLEY HERNANDEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
NANCY SANTANA, COUNCILMEMBER
BOB WOTEN, COUNCILMEMBER
RICK CRABTREE,
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
NICOLE ROSSER,
CITY ATTORNEY
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2 LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – JANUARY 15, 2025
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION
CORRECTIONS AND/OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA BY CITY MANAGER ONLY
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
A. Holiday Lights Decorating Contest Winners
PUBLIC COMMENT
Any person wishing to address the City Council on general jurisdictional matters or consent calendar items may do so at this time. If you are commenting on an agenda item, your comments will be heard at the time that item is scheduled for discussion. The City Council adopted a time limit of three minutes per person. The Brown Act does not allow for Council discussion of items not on the agenda. Councilmembers may only a) refer the matter to staff; b) ask for additional information; c) request a report back; or d) provide a limited factual response for items not listed on the agenda.
CONSENT ITEMS
Consent Calendar is passed by one motion with exceptions and separate votes as noted.
1. City Council Meeting Minutes
Recommendation: Approve the December 18, 2024, City Council Regular Meeting minutes. (Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk)
DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. Status Report: City Manager Recruitment
Recommendation: Receive timeline regarding City Manager recruitment. Provide direction to staff. (Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager)
3. Set City Council Strategic Planning Session
Recommendation: Set a date and time for the City Council to conduct a strategic planning session.
Provide staff with input regarding topics/issues for consideration. (Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager)
BUSINESS ITEMS
4. Introduction of an Ordinance Adding in its Entirety Chapter 13.38 Authorizing the Implementation of an Electric Power Community Choice Aggregation Program in the City of Live Oak Recommendation: Introduce and waive the first reading of the ordinance adding in its entirety Chapter
13.38 authorizing the implementation of an electric power Community Choice Aggregation Program in the City of Live Oak under Public Utilities Code section 366.2. (Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager)
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND ACTION
UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER 3 LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – JANUARY 15, 2025
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS / COMMENTS / REQUESTS
ADJOURNMENT
4 City of Live Oak
Report to City Council
Meeting Date: January 15, 2025
Title: Holiday Lights Decorating Contest Winners
5 City of Live Oak
Report to City Council
Meeting Date: January 15, 2025
Title: City Council Meeting Minutes
Contact Information: Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk
Recommendation: Approve the December 18, 2024, City Council Regular Meeting minutes.
Attachments:
Minutes
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CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Mayor Hernandez at Live Oak City Council Chambers, 9955 Live Oak Boulevard, Live Oak, CA at 6:02 pm.
ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmembers Woten, Chapdelaine, Ghag, Vice Mayor Santana, and Mayor Hernandez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION
Councilmember Ghag led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Hernandez delivered the invocation.
CORRECTIONS AND/OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA BY CITY MANAGER ONLY Item A – Holiday Lights Decorating Contest Winners – This item was removed from the agenda in its entirety and will return at the January 15, 2025, Council meeting.
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
A. Holiday Lights Decorating Contest Winners
This item was removed from the agenda in its entirety and will return at the January 15, 2025, Council meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Public Comment was opened and closed without any speakers.
LIVE OAK
CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
DECEMBER 18, 2024
6:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION
LIVE OAK COUNCIL CHAMBERS
9955 LIVE OAK BOULEVARD
LIVE OAK, CALIFORNIA 95953
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
JERAMY CHAPDELAINE, MAYOR
AARON PAMMA, VICE MAYOR
ASHLEY HERNANDEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
NANCY SANTANA, COUNCILMEMBER
BOB WOTEN, COUNCILMEMBER
RICK CRABTREE,
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
NICOLE ROSSER,
CITY ATTORNEY
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ELECTION RESULTS
1. Resolution Declaring the Results of the November 5, 2024, General Election Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager
Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager, provided a report for Council.
Public Comment was opened and closed without any speakers.
MOTION: ADOPT RESOLUTION.
(MOTION: GHAG; SECOND: HERNANDEZ)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Reference Resolution No. 31-2024.
2. Swearing-In of Elected Council Members
Ashley Stottlemeyer, Sutter County Assistant Registrar of Voters, conducted the swearing-in of Aaron Pamma and Nancy Santana.
**Clerk’s Note: Council recessed at 6:09 pm and reconvened at 6:20 pm.
CITY COUNCIL ORGANIZATION FOR 2025
3. Election of Council Mayor
MOTION: NOMINATE AARON PAMMA AS MAYOR.
(MOTION: SANTANA; SECOND: HERNANDEZ)
VOTE: MOTION FAILED 2-3
AYES: VICE MAYOR SANTANA AND MAYOR HERNANDEZ
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS WOTEN, CHAPDELAINE, AND PAMMA
MOTION: NOMINATE JERAMY CHAPDELAINE AS MAYOR.
(MOTION: WOTEN; SECOND: PAMMA)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
4. Election of Council Vice Mayor
MOTION: NOMINATE AARON PAMMA AS VICE MAYOR.
(MOTION: SANTANA; SECOND: CHAPDELAINE)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
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CONSENT ITEMS
Consent Calendar is passed by one motion with exceptions and separate votes as noted.
MOTION: APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
(MOTION: HERNANDEZ; SECOND: SANTANA)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
5. City Council Meeting Minutes
Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk
Council action: December 4, 2024, City Council Regular Meeting minutes approved.
6. Leasing of the Depot Building to the Live Oak Lions Club Luis Cibrian, Parks and Recreation Director
This item was removed from the Consent Agenda for further discussion at the request of Councilmember Santana.
7. Filing and Acceptance of State Required Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for Community Facilities District 92-1 of the City of Live Oak
James Ramsey, Finance Director
Council action: Accepted and filed.
8. Filing and Acceptance of State Required Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for Community Facilities District 2004-1 of the City of Live Oak
James Ramsey, Finance Director
Council action: Accepted and filed.
BUSINESS ITEMS
9. Graham Backflow Services Repair and Replace Backflows Jeff Nelson, Interim Public Works Director
Jeff Nelson, Interim Public Works Director, provided a report for the Council.
John Graham, Owner of Graham Backflow Services, addressed questions from the Council.
Public Comment was opened and closed without any speakers.
MOTION: 1) ACCEPT GRAHAM BACKFLOW SERVICE PROPOSAL TO REPAIR/REPLACE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS; AND 2) AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL. (MOTION: WOTEN; SECOND: HERNANDEZ)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
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10. 2025 Council member Committee Assignments
Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager
Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk, provided a report for the Council.
Public Comment was opened and closed without any speakers.
MOTION: APPROVE THE 2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS PRESENTED INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
CITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA APPOINTED AS MEMBERS.
FINANCE COMMITTEE: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ APPOINTED AS MEMBERS.
LOAN COMMITTEE: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN AND COUNCILMEMBER SANTANA APPOINTED AS MEMBERS.
STREETS, LIGHTS, AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEE: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA APPOINTED AS MEMBERS.
WATER, SEWER, AND STORM DRAIN COMMITTEE: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA APPOINTED AS MEMBERS.
REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE SUTTER YUBA HOMELESS CONSORTIUM:
COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AS ALTERNATE MEMBER.
FEATHER RIVER AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT: VICE MAYOR PAMMA APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AS ALTERNATE MEMBER. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA AS ALTERNATE MEMBER.
LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER.
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SUTTER AND NEVADA COUNTIES: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER.
REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY: COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AS ALTERNATE MEMBER. SACRAMENTO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA AS ALTERNATE MEMBER. 10 LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – DECEMBER 18, 2024
SUTTER ANIMAL SERVICES AUTHORITY: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE AND COUNCILMEMBER
WOTEN APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBERS AND VICE MAYOR PAMMA AS ALTERNATE MEMBER.
SUTTER BUTTE FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY: MAYOR CHAPDELAINE APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER SANTANA AS ALTERNATE MEMBER.
SUTTER-YUBA MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT: VICE MAYOR PAMMA APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER.
**Clerk’s Note: Council was informed by the District Manager that Lakhvir Ghag is to continue to serve until his end term date of December 31, 2027. YUBA SUTTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: VICE MAYOR PAMMA
APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER WOTEN AS ALTERNATE MEMBER.
YUBA SUTTER REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: COUNCILMEMBER SANTANA APPOINTED AS REGULAR MEMBER.
(MOTION: WOTEN; SECOND: CHAPDELAINE)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND ACTION
6. Leasing of the Depot Building to the Live Oak Lions Club Luis Cibrian, Parks and Recreation Director
Luis Cibrian, Parks and Recreation Director, addressed questions from the Council.
Public Comment was opened and closed without any speakers.
MOTION: APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
(MOTION: WOTEN; SECOND: HERNANDEZ)
VOTE: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager, informed of the Planning Commission’s suggestion to have a joint meeting with the City Council to get on the same page with some of the issues the Planning Commission faces.
Additionally, Mr. Crabtree suggested the Council hold a goal-setting meeting.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
Councilmember Woten highlighted his attendance at the Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting.
Councilmember Santana touched on the two boys missing from Thermalito Afterbay and on her excitement for future city accomplishments.
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Vice Mayor Pamma thanked his family, friends, and supporters for his successful election and discussed looking forward to working with the council and staff to make positive changes.
Mayor Chapdelaine highlighted his attendance at the Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, PFAS follow up meeting with the State Water Board, Department of Drinking Water, and Sacramento State University Office of Water Programs, and the annual Small-Town Holiday Stroll.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Chapdelaine adjourned the meeting at 7:22 pm.
Jeramy Chapdelaine, Mayor
ATTEST:
Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk
12 City of Live Oak
Report to City Council
Meeting Date: January 15, 2025
Title: Status Report: City Manager Recruitment
Contact Information: Rick Crabtree, City Manager
Background: The City has been searching for a full-time permanent City Manager for some time. Recently the City Council voted to contract with the employee placement firm of Bob Murray and Associates. Bob Murray has supplied the attached executive search timeline.
Fiscal Impacts: The City Council previously approved a contract with Bob Murray and Associates to conduct a formal recruitment for the City Manager position.
Recommendation: Receive timeline regarding City Manager recruitment. Provide direction to staff.
Attachments:
Timeline
13 City of Live Oak, CA – City Manager
Executive Search Draft Timeline – Bob Murray & Assoc.
Task Who Date
Kick off Meeting BMA & Live Oak 1/8/2025
Stakeholder Interviews BMA Through the week of
1/24/25
Text Approved and
Brochure Generated
BMA & Live Oak Week of 1/24/25
Brochure Approved by
Council
Live Oak Week of 1/31/25
Targeted Outreach
(ads placed)
BMA
Ads run 5 weeks
Week of 2/7/25
Email Blast &
Brochures Mailed
BMA Week of 2/7/25
Outreach BMA
phone calls, social media,
advertising, email blasts
Ongoing
for 5 weeks from
ad placement
Filing Deadline March 16, 2025
(ends on a Sunday)
Recruiter reviews
resumes/public records
check
BMA Week of 3/21/25
Recruiter conducts
preliminary interviews
BMA Week of 3/28/25
Recruiter presents
candidates and makes
recommendations.
BMA and Council
Via Zoom
April 2, 2025
1st round Assessments
with City Council
Special Council Meeting
BMA facilitates in person?
TBD
Background and
References on Final 2
Candidates
BMA TBD
2nd round Assessments Council Panel
BMA facilitates in person
TBD
Offer negotiated Council/BMA Weeks of
5/2/25
Contract approved in Open
Session
Council No later than 5/24/25
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City of Live Oak
Report to City Council
Meeting Date: January 15, 2025
Title: Set City Council Strategic Planning Session
Contact Information: Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager Background: The City Council has expressed the desire to conduct a special meeting/strategic planning session to discuss council goals and priorities for the new calendar year 2025.
Analysis: The planning session will be open to the public as a special meeting subject to the Brown Act.
Recommendation: Set a date and time for the City Council to conduct a strategic planning session. Provide staff with input regarding topics/issues for consideration. 16 City of Live Oak
Report to City Council
Meeting Date: January 15, 2025
Title: Introduction of an Ordinance Adding in its Entirety Chapter 13.38 Authorizing the Implementation of an Electric Power Community Choice Aggregation Program in the City of Live Oak
Contact Information: Rick Crabtree, Interim City Manager Location: City wide
Background: Pioneer Community Energy (Pioneer) is a Joint Powers Authority formed between the Counties of Placer and El Dorado, the Town of Loomis, and the Cities of Auburn, Colfax, Grass Valley, Lincoln, Nevada City, Placerville, and Rocklin.
Pioneer is a Community Choice Aggregation Program (CCA) authorized under Assembly Bill 117 (2002). The CCA provides local control over the electricity supply with a primary objective of providing competitive rates to the residents and businesses within its member jurisdictions.
Pioneer purchases the electricity supply (generation), and PG&E transmits and delivers the power through PG&E's infrastructure (poles and wires).
PG&E continues to own, operate, and maintain its distribution infrastructure, as well as to provide meter reading and billing services for Pioneer's customers.
17 Analysis: On September 24, 2024, the Pioneer executive team met with the City Manager and team to discuss the benefits of joining a CCA, how Pioneer may be a fit for their region, and necessary next steps required to join Pioneer.
On October 2, 2024, the Pioneer executive team gave a presentation to the City Council. This presentation was an overview of the many benefits of CCAs in general and Pioneer specifically. At this meeting, the Council authorized staff to proceed with an Impact Assessment Study.
At the December 19, 2024 Pioneer Governing Board meeting, the Board approved unanimously to allow staff to begin the process of amending the JPA to allow the Counties of Butte, Nevada, Sutter, and Tuolumne; the Cities of Chico, Oroville, Live Oak, Sonora, and Yuba City; and the Town of Paradise to join.
According to the Impact Assessment Study and the Pioneer leadership team, the expansion provides potential benefits to the residents and businesses in the new member service territories. Significant benefits include:
* Stable and Competitive Rates - From 2018 through 2023, Pioneer customers have saved $85 million, with an additional $21 million in anticipated savings in 2024.
* Local Control - As a member of the JPA, the City will have one seat on the Pioneer Board of Directors. This person is appointed by the Council from the elected officials. All meetings are open to the public and every representative's voice will be heard.
* Legislative and Regulatory Influence and Advocacy - Pioneer is an advocate for the member agency residents and businesses by working with the California State Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission, and PG&E on behalf of customer interests and concerns.
* Local Jobs and Power Supply Resources - Pioneer supports local business and prioritizes local power contracts, goods and services. The projected savings for Pioneer customers will result in additional spending by residents and businesses, further stimulating the local economy.
* Programs - The new members will have an impact on energy efficiency programs that are developed and the ability to customize programs to meet their specific needs.
If approved by the City of Live Oak, Pioneer plans to submit an Implementation Plan detailing Pioneer's expansion and planned service launch to the CPUC in March 2025. Based on results of the Impact Assessment Study, the optimal time for a service launch into expansion territories is October 2027, which allows Pioneer's procurement team the time needed to secure power resources while remaining in compliance and avoids the costly summer months. Pioneer will work with the City on a comprehensive education and outreach campaign to ensure a strong public understanding of expansion into each area.
18 Fiscal Impacts: The fiscal impact was a cap of $15,000, split between jurisdictions to fund half of the cost of the impact Assessment Study with Pioneer funding the other half. Live Oak's share of the shared cost is $5,000. There is no risk to the General Fund as the cost to serve the new members is funded through Pioneer rates.
Recommendation: Introduce and waive the first reading of the Ordinance adding in its entirety Chapter 13.38 authorizing the implementation of an electric power Community Choice Aggregation Program in the City of Live Oak under Public Utilities Code section 366.2.
Attachments:
Ordinance
Pioneer PowerPoint Presentation
19 Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVE OAK ADDING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 13.38 AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRIC
POWER COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF LIVE OAK
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVE OAK, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
The City Council hereby finds and determines as follows:
1. On September 24, 2002, the Governor of California signed into law Assembly Bill 117 (Statute 2002, Chapter 838; see California Public Utilities Code section 366.2; hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), which authorizes any California city or county, whose governing body so elects, to combine electricity load of its residents and businesses in a Community Choice Aggregation program (CCA). The Act expressly authorizes participation in a CCA through a joint powers authority; and
2. On September 9, 2015, the County of Placer and the City of Colfax entered into the original Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the purpose of establishing the Sierra Valley Energy Authority as a joint powers authority under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Government Code section 6500, et seq.; and
3. The California Public Utilities Commission certified the “Implementation Plan” of the Sierra Valley Energy Authority, confirming compliance with the requirements of the Act; and
4. On February 22, 2017, the Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement became effective and authorized the Cities of Auburn, Lincoln, Rocklin, and the Town of Loomis to become Voting Members of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and established a Community Choice Aggregation Program within the jurisdictions of the Voting Members; and
5. Resolution No. 2017-3 of the Sierra Valley Energy Authority approved a name change from Sierra Valley Energy Authority to Pioneer Community Energy (“Pioneer”), as it is known today; and
6. Subsequent amendments to the Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement have authorized the County of El Dorado and the Cities of Grass Valley, Nevada City, and Placerville to become Voting Members; and
7. Currently electricity is generated and provided to the residents of the City of Live Oak by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with no alternative provider for the City of Live Oak.
20 8. The City of Live Oak finds it important that its residents, businesses and public facilities have alternative choices to energy procurement beyond PG&E.
9. In October of 2024, the City of Live Oak and Pioneer began discussions and studies to consider the financial feasibility and assessed risk of the addition of City of Live Oak into the service area of Pioneer.
10. Contingent on completion of those discussions and studies, the City of Live Oak believes joining Pioneer will provide financial and other advantages to businesses and residents of the City of Live Oak.
11. The Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement requires a prospective member to individually adopt a resolution of intent expressing desire to become a member of the Joint Powers Authority and adopt an ordinance electing to implement a CCA within its jurisdiction under California Public Utilities Code section 366.2.
12. The City of Live Oak finds that adoption of this ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, as it is not a “project” since it has no potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment. (14 Cal. Code Reg. § 15378).
Further, the ordinance is exempt from CEQA, as there is no possibility that the ordinance or its implementation would have a significant effect on the environment. (14 Cal. Code Reg. § 15061(b)(3)).
SECTION II:
The City Council of the City of Live Oak authorizes the implementation of a Community Choice Aggregation Program within the areas currently served by PG&E through participation in the Community Choice Aggregation Program of the Pioneer Community Energy Joint Powers Authority, contingent on all of the following: (a) completion of the impact analysis by Pioneer, (b) adoption of a resolution of intent by the City of Live Oak expressing the City of Live Oak’s desire to become a member of Pioneer, (c) approval of Pioneer Community Energy’s Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, as amended, by the City of Live Oak, (d) approval by the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy of the membership of City of Live Oak, and (e) the certification by the California Public Utilities Commission of the Implementation Plan filed by Pioneer to include the City of Live Oak.
SECTION III:
The provisions of this Ordinance are separate and severable. If any provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court to be invalid, the City Council of the City of Live Oak declares that it would have passed this Ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of the provision held to be invalid and such invalidity shall therefore not affect the remaining provisions of this Ordinance which shall remain in 21 full force and effect or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
SECTION IV:
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after introduction and adoption, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once, with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against same in the Appeal Democrat, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Live Oak area.
Introduced and the first reading waived at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Live Oak on the 15th day of January, 2025, and passed and adopted after waiving the second reading at a regular meeting thereafter on the __ day of February, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED:
APPROVED:
____________________________
Jeramy Chapdelaine, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________
Clarissa Menchaca, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Nicole Rosser, City Attorney
22 An Overview and
Expansion Outlook for
City of Live Oak
October 2, 2024
23 Introductions
• Gina Stassi-Vanacore: Director of Communications, Pioneer Community Energy
• Lisa DeLaby: Community Outreach Manager, Pioneer Community Energy
24 About
Pioneer
25 What is a CCA?
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)
• Allows local governments to purchase electricity on behalf of residents and businesses in place of investor-owned utilities (i.e., PG&E) • Borne out of the energy crisis of the early 2000s
o California Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 117 in 2002, enabling community choice in its electricity provider
• Well established and successful
o First CCA launched in 2010
o In 2024, 25 CCAs serve more than 200 communities throughout California o Providing generation for approximately 14 million customers 26 How Does A CCA Work?
Pioneer buys electricity
from various suppliers.
The buying team works
with sources to negotiate
pricing and ensure a
steady, affordable energy
supply.
PG&E delivers
electricity, maintains
the infrastructure of
power lines and poles,
and sends out bills to
customers.
As a customer of both
Pioneer and PG&E,
customers get a choice in
electricity providers. With
Pioneer, you'll receive
competitive rates, energy
options and exceptional
customer service.
27 Why Choose Pioneer?
• Pioneer serves inland communities with similar
priorities like customer savings, community
reinvestment, exceptional customer service, and
economic development
• Ratepayer Savings – We are committed to providing
competitive electricity rates and have saved
customers $85 million since launching in 2018
• Pioneer is a Joint Powers Authority, a not-for- profit public agency, with a board of directors comprised of
only elected officials from the jurisdictions we serve
• Creating opportunities to support biomass, and local
power purchase agreements
- El Dorado Irrigation District ($37 million)
- PCWA (Over $10 million)
- Sierra Pacific Industries ($1.2 million)
- Grass Valley- Biomass RFP
- Western Placer Waste Management- biomass plant 28
Our Current Service Area
29 Benefits to Your Citizens
Lower
Utility Bill
Local
Control
Customer
Service
Energy
Future
Programs
Stability
Choice
Community
Saves money. From 2018 –
2023, customers have saved
$85 million compared to PG&E.
Customers are our
shareholders. Pioneer is a
JPA. Our Board is comprised
of elected officials from the
communities we serve.
Excellent customer
service. We live in the
community and know most
of the questions you have
and can relate.
Customers decide if they
want all renewable energy or
less and you decide what
energy projects we invest in.
Customers decide the
energy efficiency programs
we launch. Not PG&E.
Approved $2MM for funding.
Track record of success
Pioneer is financially stable with
an A- credit rating from S&P
Customers have a choice
for the first time in 100
years.
Customers are being served by
a utility that is a member of
the community. We buy,
invest and support the
community.
Your
Citizens
30 Expansion
Into Live
Oak
31 Pioneer/Live Oak Connection
• Spring 2024: Pioneer began discussions with Sutter County, Yuba City, and Live Oak about service expansion
• Spring/Summer 2024: Jurisdictions agreed to jointly commission an Impact Assessment Study to determine the feasibility of service expansion
• Summer 2024: Impact Assessment Study is conducted
• Fall 2024: Study results are shared with Pioneer’s Expansion Committee and Board of Directors
o Pioneer Board made recommendations on moving forward based on study findings
o Pioneer shares study findings and Board recommendations with jurisdictions; presents findings to Board/Councils
32 Increasing Interest in Pioneer
33 Two Questions to Answer
• Does it make financial sense to move
forward with expansion?
o Purpose of the Impact Assessment Study
o Go/No-Go Decision Point
• Do we have the power supply resources to
serve?
o Answers the timing of the launch
Phase-In vs. All at once
34 City of Live Oak Customer
Information
Expansion to Sutter County customers would represent an approximate 24% increase to Pioneer retail sales.
Expansion into City of Live Oak customers would
represent an approximate 1% increase to Pioneer retail
sales.
Data above are unadjusted for opt-out assumptions and
excludes standby accounts.
Classification Accounts
Annual
Energy
(MWh)
Average
Customer Usage
(kWh/Mo.)
Residential 3,017 15,150 418
Com/Ind 168 6,835 3,390
Ag/Pumping 9 85 783
Street Lighting 43 86 167
Total 3,237 22,156 570
Peak Demand
(MW)
6 -
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
G
W
h
p
er Y
e
ar
PIONEER LIVE OAK
-
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
A
c
c
o
u
nts
PIONEER LIVE OAK
35 Assumptions in the Study
• Examined 2 years of consecutive data (2022/2023)
• Projected revenues from current rates
o Very conservative approach
o Current rates average 7% discount
• Power Supply
o Energy
o Renewable Energy
o Resource Adequacy
36 Fiscal Impact Summary
• *Reflects partial year of service for fiscal year ending June 30, 2028. • Prior to Pioneer expansion, other implementation costs would be incurred. Such costs may be related to utility service fees, marketing and outreach, regulatory and legal representation, internal operations, resource planning and procurement.
FYE 2028 FYE 2029 FYE 2030 Total
Revenue ($MM) $ 162.8 $ 254.8 $ 260.1 $ 677.7
Operating Expenses
($MM)
$ 141.9 $ 252.4 $ 252.0 $ 646.3
Net Operating Margin
($MM) $ 21.0 $ 2.4 $ 8.1 $ 31.4
Electricity Sales (MWh) 1,264,837 1,848,607 1,886,873 5,077,642 Avg. Revenue ($/MWh) $ 128.82 $ 135.04 $ 135.04 $ 133.47 Avg. Expense ($/MWh) $ 112.15 $ 133.77 $ 130.86 $ 127.28 Avg. Margin ($/MWh) $ 16.57 $ 1.27 $ 4.18 $ 6.19
Avg. Margin (% of Rev) 13% 1% 3% 5%
37 Pioneer Board Direction
• Pioneer’s Board received a
presentation on Sept. 19th on the
results of the study
• Study recommended launch of
October 2027
• Over the next few months, we
confirm all parties remain on course
to join and in parallel conduct
market assessment on resources
• Return to the Board in December
with a consideration to start the
expansion process
38 Next Steps
Sep 2024
Initial Study
Results
Shared with
Expansion
Committee
Sep-Oct 2024
Results Shared
with
Prospective
Members
Oct-Nov
2024
Staff
Analyzes
Resource
Constraints
and Creates
Enrollment
Phasing
Schedule
Dec 2024
Staff Brings
Enrollment Phasing
Schedule to
Expansion
Committee for
Board
Recommendation
Nov-Dec
2024
Board
Approves
New
Memberships
and JPA
Amendment
Jan-Feb 2025
New Member
Ordinances
Adopted
Feb-Mar 2025
Implementation
Plan
Amendment
Submitted to
CPUC
39 Appendix
40 Mission & Vision
Mission Statement (What we do) – Pioneer
Community Energy is a locally owned provider of
electricity – powering the communities we serve
with competitive rates, exceptional local service,
and a choice in energy options
Vision Statement (Where we want to be) – A
community partner in energy solutions, and
positive local impact, powering today and
empowering tomorrow
41 Myth Busters
There are many misconceptions about CCAs in particular and Pioneer specifically. Here are some of the big ones …
MYTH FACT
Pioneer replaces PG&E. Pioneer is a choice on the generation portion of your utility service. Poles, wires, and bill are still with
PG&E.
Joining Pioneer will impact my PG&E service. CCA customer requests are not be “put in the back of the line” because you’re with a CCA
PG&E will increase Transmission & Distribution
(T&D) rates to compensate for the City joining
Pioneer.
There is no impact to your PG&E T&D rates due to
joining Pioneer.
Pioneer is just a “middle-man” buying from
PG&E and marking up to the ratepayers.
Pioneer procures its own power from various sources
to provide savings, not PG&E.
I’m on Solar NEM 2.0. and will be defaulted to
the new NEM rate (Solar Billing Plan – SBP)
Whatever NEM vintage customers have simply
transfers to Pioneer. Plus, Pioneer pays a ½-cent
premium over PG&E on your net generation.
Customers lose my PG&E programs by joining
Pioneer
Any program or special rate customers have with
PG&E rolls over to Pioneer and is not be impacted by
joining Pioneer.
42 Rate Products
43 Community Investment
03 04
02 05
01 06
$37 Million. Signed a 10-year PPA with El
Dorado Irrigation District
$15 million. Budget for Feed-In Tariff to
support local biomass and small-hydro in the
service territory
$126 million. Life-to-data through 2024 of
utility bill savings that is money staying in the
region and not going to Oakland
>$10 million. Energy and resource
adequacy purchases from PCWA
$1.2 million. Renewable energy credits from
Sierra Pacific Industries biomass plant in
Lincoln
$2 million. Energy efficiency programs
budget with direct impact to our ratepayers
44 How are customers billed?
PG&E Bill – Page #1
• Pioneer listed on the front page
• Customer pays total energy bill to PG&E – one payment • PG&E remits $ to Pioneer
45 Power Mix
46 PG&E Programs Carry Over
• Enrollment in any program with PG&E, carries over to
Pioneer. Examples include but not limited to:
• CARE
• FERA
• Medical Baseline
• PG&E service will not be impacted by joining Pioneer
(e.g., service request placed last in que with PG&E
because you’re with Pioneer)
• In addition, customers have access to Pioneer programs that are created to meet the unique needs of the
communities we serve.
47 Benefits for Solar Customers
• Pioneer has 42,000+ solar accounts
• If you are a net generator, we pay a ½ cent premium
over PG&E for your power
• If you are a net consumer, you enjoy the same
discount as non-solar customers
• No contract or PPA required
• Reconcile monthly
• Annual pay-outs
• Indifferent on NEM 1,2 or SBP
48 Thank you again
for having us here!
Learn more about us.
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