CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA September 19, 2023
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
City Council Chambers
4488 Red Bluff Street
Shasta Lake. CA 96019
Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 6:00 PM
Mayor: Greg Watkins
Vice Mayor: Janice Powell
Council Members: Tena Eisenbeisz, Justin Jones, Pamelyn Morgan
OTHER WAYS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING
• Watch a livestream of the meeting online or view the recording any time after the meeting concludes at the following: cityofshastalake.org/meetings
• Submit public comment by mail or email addressed to City Clerk, City of Shasta Lake, PO Box 777, Shasta Lake, CA 96019 or [email protected]. Mailed and emailed comments must be received one day prior to the meeting to be included.
6:00 PM CALL TO ORDER – REGULAR MEETING:
Call to order (please place electronic devices on silent) Statement for the record of Council Members present or absent Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
Proclamation declaring October 3, 2023, National Night Out 2023 (Page 1) The Brown Act prohibits the Council from taking action on any item not placed on the Agenda in most cases. The Brown Act requires any non-confidential documents or writings distributed to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours before a regular meeting to be made available to members of the public at the same time they are distributed.
Should supplemental materials to be evaluated in the decision-making process be made available to the members of the legislative body at the meeting, seven (7) copies must be provided to the City Clerk who will distribute them.
Councilmembers are encouraged to contact the City Manager prior to the meeting with questions or concerns regarding any item on the Agenda so that their questions and concerns can be adequately addressed at the meeting.
Agenda packets are available for public review at City Hall, 4477 Main Street, Shasta Lake, CA during normal business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays.
In Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call (530) 275-7407. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting is requested to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA September 19, 2023
PRESENTATIONS:
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, AND OUTSIDE AGENCY REPORTS:
PUBLIC COMMENT:
This time is set aside for citizens to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the regular agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment. Each speaker is allocated three (3) minutes to speak. Speakers may not cede their time. Comments should be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the City. Council discussion or action cannot be taken on items not listed on the agenda other than to receive comments. Speaker forms are available from the City Clerk, 4477 Main Street, Shasta Lake, on the City’s website, or at the back of the meeting hall. If you have documents to present to members of Council, please provide a minimum of seven copies.
CONSENT AGENDA: None
The items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine business and will be voted on together by one motion unless a Council Member requests a specific item to be removed and discussed separately.
1. Resolution attesting to the veracity of the submission of the Power Source Disclosure Report and the Power Content Label for calendar year 2022. (Page 2)
2. Resolution to declare ERS Industrial Services Inc. the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, award a construction contract in the amount of $31,100.00 to ERS Industrial Services Inc. for the construction of the WTP Filter No. 2 Rehabilitation Project, and approve a total expenditure for construction not to exceed $40,000.00. (Page 15)
3. Information Item – Checks, E-Payments, and Wires: (Page 19) Checks, Wires, E-payments:
8/17/2023 $344,300.35
8/24/2023 $1,218,477.03
Payroll:
9/8/2023 $196,374.31
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None
REGULAR AGENDA:
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA September 19, 2023
4. Discussion and possible action on a Resolution directing the City Manager to commence the Comprehensive Update of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances of the City to implement the 2040 General Plan. (Page 28)
5. Discussion and possible action on a Resolution to rescind the use of the City of Redding Construction Standards and Construction Standard Exceptions and adopt the updated City of Shasta Lake Construction Standards. (Page 36) Construction Standards are online at the link listed in the staff report.
6. Discussion and possible action on a Resolution approving the Multifamily Solar Program. (Page 39)
7. Discussion and possible direction on Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission Stipend Compensation Rates. (Page 46)
STAFF COMMENTS:
Jessaca Lugo, City Manager – Discussion and direction regarding cancellation of the October 3, 2023, meeting due to National Night Out Event.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
This is the time set aside for Council Members, who may so desire, to give brief comments or reports concerning City matters. The City Council may not enter into discussion on matters reported.
Statements made by individual Council Members should not be interpreted as a statement of the City Council. The City Council only takes action by majority vote. • Brief reports by members of the Council regarding correspondence, events and/or meetings attended, and upcoming meetings/events.
• Suggestions/motions for future agenda items.
• In compliance with Assembly Bill 1234, Council will report on attendance at conferences/meetings/events where expenses are reimbursed by the City.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meetings are broadcast on the Wednesday following the meeting at 6:00 PM and the following Friday at 2:00 PM on Charter Channel 181. Videos of meetings are also available through the City website: www.cityofshastalake.org
A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
SHASTA LAKE DECLARING OCTOBER 3, 2023
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2023
WHEREAS, the City of Shasta Lake and Shasta County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the nationwide crime, drug and violence prevention program on October 3, 2023, entitled “National Night Out;” and
WHEREAS, the Annual National Night Out provides an opportunity for the City of Shasta Lake to join forces with thousands of other communities across the country in promoting cooperative, police-community crime prevention efforts; and WHEREAS, the local neighborhood and homeowners’ associations play a vital role in assisting the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office through joint crime, drug and violence prevention efforts in the City of Shasta Lake and is supporting “National Night Out 2023” locally; and WHEREAS, it is essential that all citizens of Shasta Lake be aware of the importance of crime prevention programs and the impact that their participation can have on reducing crime, drugs and violence in Shasta Lake; and
WHEREAS, police-community partnerships, neighborhood safety, awareness and cooperation are important themes of the “National Night Out” program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, I, Greg Watkins, the Mayor of the City of Shasta Lake, do hereby encourage all residents of the City of Shasta Lake to participate in “National Night Out” on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Dated this 19th day of September, 2023 ______________________________ GREG WATKINS, Mayor
1 Report and Recommendations 1
Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: James Takehara, Electric Utility Director
DATE: September 13, 2023
SUBJECT: Power Source Disclosure (PSD) Report and Power Content Label (PCL) for Calendar Year 2022
FILE NO.: E-090-522-627
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council of the City of Shasta Lake adopt a Resolution to approve the attached “Power Source Disclosure” (PSD) and “Power Content Label” (PCL) for calendar year (CY) 2022.
BACKGROUND
California Public Utilities Code Sections 398.4 and 398.5 requires retail suppliers of electric products to identify the electric sources and product mix used to serve their customers and to provide this information to the California Energy Commission (CEC) and their end-use customers, annually.
The PSD was originally adopted in the late 1990s and remained largely unchanged until 2016 when AB 1110 was adopted into law, which was the first major update to both the PSD and PCL.
The AB 1110 changes are intended to capture the impacts of new power products that emerged as a result of California’s aggressive climate change laws including renewable energy mandates and carbon reduction mandates.
The data gathered on the PSD are used to create the 2022 PCL, which summarizes the types of electric resources that the City’s end-use electric customers receive. The PCL contains several data points worth highlighting.
1. The City’s carbon intensity of its electric portfolio is about 78% less than the average CA utility. This can be found by referencing the upper left of the attached PCL under “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity,” measured in pounds per carbon dioxide 2 equivalent (lbs/CO2e). The City’s portfolio contains 93 lbs/CO2e vs. the average CA utility’s 422 lbs/CO2e.
2. The City’s renewable energy content appears to be 17% higher than the average CA utility, with 41.9% renewable energy in the City vs. 35.8% in other utilities. This is an oddity based on differences in how the City must report renewable energy purchases under different State laws. Under the renewable energy laws, utilities are allowed to purchase renewable energy within a 3-4 year period as long as the total amount of renewable energy within that multiyear period meets minimum standards. In contrast, the laws governing the PSD and PCL require that renewable energy purchases be reported in the year delivery is made. In this case, the City purchased more renewable energy products than other utilities as the prices were economic at the time and have since more than doubled.
3. The City’s portfolio reports 4.7% of energy from nuclear resources. The City does not own a nuclear power plant nor does the City directly contract for power from a nuclear facility.
The presence of nuclear energy in the City’s portfolio is an indirect result of purchasing certain low-carbon resources from entities in the Pacific Northwest. In prior years, the only data the City received when purchasing these types of power supply resources was the carbon intensity (e.g., lbs/CO2e). For this reporting, state regulators collaborated to further define what energy resources make up these low-carbon products so that this information could be reported on this PSD, PCL, and other reports. The low-carbon product that the City purchased from the Pacific Northwest was predominately large hydroelectric. It also had small percentages of renewable, nuclear, and unspecified power.
The accompanying resolution satisfies an administrative requirement that the City’s governing board approve the submission of an attestation of the veracity of the PSD, in lieu of having the report independently verified, and the PCL.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the approval of this resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
2022 Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label
DISTRIBUTION
Central Files
3 RESOLUTION CC-2023-xx
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE
ATTESTING TO THE VERACITY OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE REPORT AND THE POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 WHEREAS, California Public Utilities Code Sections 398.4 and 398.5 requires retail suppliers of electric products to identify the electric sources and product mix used to serve their customers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shasta Lake is required to report this information, together with supporting documentation, to the California Energy Commission (CEC) in the form of the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) and to City of Shasta Lake electric customers in the form of the Power Content Label (PCL); and
WHEREAS, the PSD and PCL reporting templates were modified by the CEC, pursuant to AB 1110 (2016); and
WHEREAS, the PSD and PCL for 2022 shows that the City’s publicly owned electric operation has met end-use customers’ needs with electric sources that were from 41.9% eligible renewable energy resources, as defined under California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard laws, 0.0% coal,
43.0% large hydroelectric (i.e., the hydro powerhouse production capacity is 30 megawatts or larger), 0.0% natural gas, 4.7% nuclear, 0.3% “other,” and 10.1% from “unspecified sources;” and WHEREAS, this Resolution serves as the verification required by CEC Regulations for the City’s governing board to approve the attestation of the veracity of the annual reports; and WHEREAS, Staff developed the PSD Report and PCL consistent with State law and the CEC’s regulations using metered generation, use, and retail sales data when preparing and verifying the City’s scheduling, billing, and settlement activities, which is the same data used in other public reports and regulatory compliance filings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Shasta Lake approves and attests to the veracity of the Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label for Calendar Year 2022 attached to this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
GREG WATKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI M. COATES, CMC
4 City Clerk
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If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at [email protected] or (916) 639-0573.
NOTE: Information submitted in this report is not automatically held confidential. If your company wishes the information submitted to be considered confidential an authorized representative must submit an application for confidential designation (CEC-13), which can be found on the California Energy Commissions's website at https://www.energy.ca.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/chief-counsels-office.
WEBSITE URL FOR
PCL POSTING www.cityofshastalake.org
Submit the Annual Report and signed Attestation in PDF format with the Excel version of the Annual Report to [email protected]. Remember to complete the Retail Supplier Name, Electricity Portfolio Name, and contact information above, and submit separate reports and attestations for each additional portfolio if multiple were offered in the previous year.
CITY, STATE, ZIP Shasta Lake, CA 96019
PHONE (530) 275-7400
EMAIL [email protected]
NAME James Takehara
TITLE Electric Utility Director
MAILING ADDRESS 4477 Main Street | PO Box 777
CONTACT INFORMATION
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
City of Shasta Lake
ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Electric Portfolio
Retail suppliers are required to use the posted template and are not allowed to make edits to this format. Please complete all requested information.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
6 Version: April 2023
Schedule 1: Procurements and Retail Sales
Schedule 2: Retired Unbundled RECs
Schedule 3: Annual Power Content Label Data
ACS Resource Mix Calculator
GHG Emissions Factors
Attestation
Retail suppliers may report specified purchases from ACS system power if the ACS provided its fuel mix of its specified system mix to the Energy Commission. Use the calculator to determine the resource-specific procurement quantities, and transfer them to Schedule 1.
This template provides the attestation that must be submitted with the Annual Report to the Energy Commission, stating that the information contained in the applicable schedules is correct and that the power has been sold once and only once to retail consumers. This attestation must be included in the package that is transmitted to the Energy Commission. Please provide the complete Annual Report in Excel format and the complete Annual Report with signed attestation in PDF format as well.
GHG Emissions Factors
This tab will be displayed for informational purposes only; it will not be used by reporting entities, since the emissions factors below auto-populate in the relevant fields on Schedules 1 & 3.
Specified Purchases: A Specified Purchase refers to a transaction in which electricity is traceable to specific generating facilities by any auditable contract trail or equivalent, such as a tradable commodity system, that provides commercial verification that the electricity claimed has been sold once and only once to retail consumers. Do not enter data in the grey fields. For specified purchases, include enter following information for each line item:
Facility Name - Provide the name used to identify the facility.
Fuel Type - Provide the resource type (solar, natural gas, etc.) that this facility uses to generate electricity.
Location - Provide the state or province in which the facility is located.
Identification Numbers - Provide all applicable identification numbers from the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS), the Energy Information Agency (EIA), and the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS).
Gross Megawatt Hours Procured - Provide the quantity of electricity procured in MWh from the generating facility.
Megawatt Hours Resold - Provide the quantity of electricity resold at wholesale.
Unspecified Power: Unspecified Power refers to electricity that is not traceable to specific generation sources by any auditable contract trail or equivalent, or to power purchases from a transaction that expressly transferred energy only and not the RECs associated from a facility. Do not enter procurements of unspecified power. The schedule will calculate unspecified power procurements automatically.
Complete this schedule by entering information about unbundled REC retirements in the previous calendar year.
This schedule is provided as an automated worksheet that uses the information from Schedule 1 to calculate the power content and GHG emissions intensity for each electricity portfolio. The percentages calculated on this worksheet should be used for your Power Content Label.
Retail suppliers of electricity must complete this schedule by entering information about all power procurements and generation that served the identified electricity portfolio covered in this filing in the prior year. The schedule is divided into sections: directly delivered renewables, firmed-and-shaped imports, specified non-renewables, and procurements from ACSs. Insert additional rows as needed to report all procurements or generation serving the subject product.
Provide the annual retail sales for the subject product in the appropriate space. At the bottom of Schedule 1, provide the retail suppliers’ other electricity end-uses that are not retail sales, such as transmission and distribution losses.
Retail suppliers shall submit a purchase agreement or ownership arrangement documentation substantiating that any eligible firmed-and-shaped product for which it is claiming an exclusion was executed prior to January 1, 2019. Any retail supplier that offered multiple electricity portfolios in the prior year must submit separate Annual Reports for each portfolio offered.
Schedule 2 - Retired Unbundled Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) Schedule 3 - Annual Power Content Label Data
Asset-Controlling Supplier (ACS) Procurement Calculator PSD Attestation
INSTRUCTIONS
Schedule 1 - Procurements and Retail Sales
INTRODUCTION
Retail suppliers are required to submit separate Annual Reports for each electricity portfolio offered to California retail consumers in the previous calendar year. Enter the Retail Supplier Name and Electricity Portfolio Name at the top of Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, and the Attestation.
A complete Annual Report includes the following tabs:
PSD Intro
Instructions
7 Version: April 2023
215,961
198,175
17,786
-
-
-
198,175
9,094
0.0421
DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured
MWh
Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions (in
MT CO2e) N/A
Lewiston Eligible hydro CA W1108 61044 977 23 - 23 23 - - Nimbus Eligible hydro CA W1161 61045 444 457 - 457 457 - - Stampede Eligible hydro CA W1177 61046 7066 41 - 41 41 - - Cabazon Wind Partners - Cabazon Wind Partners Wind CA W834 60736 56011 14,212 - 14,212 14,212 - - Coram Tehachapi, L.P. - Coram Tehachapi, L.P. Wind CA W4897 63223 54750 104 - 104 104 - - Mesquite Solar 3, LLC - Mesquite Solar 3 (1) Solar AZ W4959 62897 60308 52,721 - 52,721 52,721 - - Narrows No. 1 Powerhouse - Narrows No. 1 Powerhouse Eligible hydro CA W363 60052 262 7,062 - 7,062 7,062 - - Rising Tree Wind Farm LLC - Rising Tree Wind Farm LLC Wind CA W4444 62425 57621 5,000 - 5,000 5,000 - - Whitewater Hill Wind Partners - Whitewater Hill Wind Partners Wind CA W835 60737 56012 10,901 - 10,901 10,901 - - - - #N/A
FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID
EIA ID of
REC
Source
EIA ID of
Substitute
Power
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)
Eligible for
Grandfathered
Emissions?
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e) N/A
Shasta Large hydro CA 445 2,087 2,087 2,087 - -
Keswick Large hydro CA 443 448 448 448 - -
Trinity Large hydro CA 451 444 444 444 - -
Judge F. Carr Large hydro CA 442 379 379 379 - -
O'Neill Large hydro CA 446 2 2 2 - -
Spring Creek Large hydro CA 450 110 110 110 - -
Folsom Large hydro CA 441 1,300 1,300 1,300 - -
New Melones Large hydro CA 6158 900 900 900 - -
Grand Priest Large hydro WA 3887 9,403 9,403 9,403 - -
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET-CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS
Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e) N/A
BPA ACS Biomass & biowaste BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Geothermal BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Eligible hydro BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Solar BPA 0 0 0.0160 0
BPA ACS Wind BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Coal BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Large hydro BPA 77,685 77,685 0.0160 1,243
BPA ACS Natural gas BPA - - 0.0160 -
BPA ACS Nuclear BPA 10,111 10,111 0.0160 162
BPA ACS Other BPA 718 718 0.0160 11
BPA ACS Unspecified Power BPA 4,066 4,066 0.0160 65
Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Shasta Lake
Electric Portfolio
GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh)
Net Specified Natural Gas
Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions)
Instructions: Enter information about power procurements underlying this electricity portfolio for which your company is filing the Annual Report.
Insert additional rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto-populate as needed and should not be filled out. For EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling suppliers, enter "Unspecified Power", "BPA", or "Tacoma Power" as applicable. For specified procurements of ACS power, use the ACS Procurement Calculator to calculate the resource breakdown comprising the ACS system mix. Procurements of unspecified power must not be entered as line items below; unspecified power will be calculated automatically in cell N9. Unbundled RECs must not be entered on Schedule 1; these products must be entered on Schedule 2. At the bottom portion of the schedule, provide the other electricity end-uses that are not retail sales including, but not limited to transmission and distribution losses or municipal street lighting. Amounts should be in megawatt-hours. 8 Version: April 2023
- #N/A
- #N/A
END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh
9 Version: April 2023
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RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province RPS ID Total Retired (in MWh)
Total Retired Unbundled RECs
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Shasta Lake
Electric Portfolio
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter information about retired unbundled RECs associated with this electricity portfolio. Insert additional rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey autopopulate as needed and should not be filled out. 10 Version: April 2023
Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements 90,521 41.9%
Biomass & Biowaste - 0.0%
Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric 7,583 3.5%
Solar 52,721 24.4%
Wind 30,217 14.0%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric 92,758 43.0%
Natural gas - 0.0%
Nuclear 10,111 4.7%
Other 718 0.3%
Unspecified Power 21,852 10.1%
Total 215,961 100.0%
215,961
93 0.0%
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Shasta Lake
Electric Portfolio
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels. 11 Version: April 2023
Net MWh
Procured N/A Resource Type
Resource Mix
Factors
Resource-Specific
Procurements from ACS
92,581 Biomass & biowaste -
Geothermal -
Eligible hydroelectric -
Solar 0.00 0
Wind -
Coal -
Large hydroelectric 0.84 77,685
Natural gas -
Nuclear 0.11 10,111
Other 0.01 718
Unspecified Power 0.04 4,066
Net MWh
Procured N/A Resource Type
Resource Mix
Factors
Resource-Specific
Procurements from ACS
Biomass & biowaste -
Geothermal -
Eligible hydroelectric -
Solar -
Wind -
Coal -
Large hydroelectric 0.89 -
Natural gas -
Nuclear 0.06 -
Other -
Unspecified Power 0.05 -
Bonneville Power Administration
ASSET CONTROLLING SUPPLIER RESOURCE MIX CALCULATOR
Tacoma Power
Instructions: Enter total net specified procurement of ACS system resources into cell A8 or A23.
In Column E, the calculator will determine quantities of resource-specific net procurement for entry on Schedule 1.
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2022 POWER CONTENT LABEL
City of Shasta Lake
www.cityofshastalake.org
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Intensity (lbs CO2e/MWh) Energy Resources
Electricity
Portfolio
Name
2022 CA
Power Mix
Eligible Renewable1 41.9% 35.8%
Biomass & Biowaste 0.0% 2.1%
93 422 Geothermal 0.0% 4.7%
Eligible Hydroelectric 3.5% 1.1%
Solar 24.4% 17.0%
Wind 14.0% 10.8%
Coal 0.0% 2.1%
Large Hydroelectric 43.0% 9.2%
Natural Gas 0.0% 36.4%
Nuclear 4.7% 9.2%
Other 0.3% 0.1%
Unspecified Power2 10.1% 7.1%
TOTAL 100.0% 100.0%
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by
Retired Unbundled RECs3
:
0%
1 The eligible renewable percentage above does not reflect RPS compliance, which is determined using a different methodology. 2
Unspecified power is electricity that has been purchased through open market transactions and is not traceable to a specific generation source. 3
Renewable energy credits (RECs) are tracking instruments issued for renewable generation.
Unbundled renewable energy credits (RECs) represent renewable generation that was not delivered to serve retail sales. Unbundled RECs are not reflected in the power mix or GHG emissions intensities above.
For specific information about this
electricity portfolio, contact:
City of Shasta Lake
(530) 275-7400
For general information about the
Power Content Label, visit:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-andtopics/programs/power-source-disclosure-program Electricity Portfolio
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14 Report and Recommendations 2
Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Will Bond, City Engineer/Public Works Director
DATE: September 19, 2023
SUBJECT: Construction Contract Award
WTP Filter No. 2 Clarifier Rehabilitation - Bid No. 2023-07 FILE NO.: New
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the City Council consider awarding the WTP Filter No. 2 Clarifier Rehabilitation project to ERS Industrial Services Inc. of Fremont, CA in the amount of $31,100.00 and approve a total of $40,000.00 to allow for a contract contingency.
BACKGROUND:
The WTP Filter No. 2 Clarifier Rehabilitation project is being constructed to replace the clarifier media in one of the Microfloc Trident TR-840A tri-media gravity filters at the City’s water treatment plant. The City has prepurchased the new media and media retention screens; the Contractor will be responsible for removing and replacing the media and installing the screens, along with other miscellaneous work.
The City advertised the project for bid on July 31, 2023 and two (2) bids were received on September 7, 2023. The low bid of $31,100 was approximately 22% below the Engineer’s Estimate of $40,000, and the high bid of $50,200 was approximately 25% above the Engineer’s Estimate. A Bid Summary is attached.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
This project is funded through currently budgeted water utility funds (510-340).
ATTACHMENTS:
Project Exhibit, Resolution, and Bid Summary
DISTRIBUTION:
City Council
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16 RESOLUTION CC-2023-xx
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE ERS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC. THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,100.00 TO ERS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WTP FILTER NO. 2 REHABILITATION PROJECT, AND APPROVE A TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR CONSTRUCTION NOT TO EXCEED $40,000.00 ________________________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, The City advertised for competitive bids to construct the above project starting on July 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, The City opened two competitive bids on September 7, 2023; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder was ERS Industrial Services Inc. of Fremont, CA with a bid of $31,100.00; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the construction contract funds, contingency funds need to be allocated, creating a construction budget of $40,000.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Shasta Lake City Council hereby:
Declares ERS Industrial Services Inc. the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, awards a construction contract in the amount of $31,100.00 to ERS Industrial Services Inc. for the construction of the WTP Filter No. 2 Clarifier Rehabilitation project, and approves a total expenditure for construction not to exceed $40,000.00.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
GREG WATKINS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TONI M. COATES, CMC
City Clerk
17 Engineer's Estimate ERS Industrial Services, Inc.
License No. 724233 License No. 862067DIR No. 1000003275 DIR No. 1000002349 Item # Description Est. Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Unit Price Total Unit Price Total 1 Rehabilitate Clarifier No. 2 1 LS $40,000.00 $40,000.00 $31,100.00 $31,100.00 $50,200.00 $50,200.00 Total: $40,000.00 $31,100.00 $50,200.00
Subcontractor(s): None Solid Rock Construction Inc.
RTA Construction, Inc.
WTP Filter No. 2 Clarifier Rehabilitation
Bid No. 2023-07
Bid Opening Date: September 7, 2023
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Report and Recommendations 4.
Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jessaca Lugo, City Manager
Jim Hamilton, Senior Planner (Annuitant)
DATE: September 19, 2023
SUBJECT: Authorization to Initiate Phase II of the Comprehensive Update to the City of Shasta Lake Zoning Ordinance and related provisions.
FILE NO.: Z 23-02
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution initiating “Phase II” of the comprehensive update to Title 16 – Subdivisions and Title 17- Zoning of the Municipal Code (SLMC).
BACKGROUND:
On November 15, 2022, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 2022-296 “Codification and Inclusion of the General Plan in the Municipal Code.” Adoption of the General Plan update did not include any concurrent edits to the Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Map that would implement the policy direction of the Plan. The codification ordinance did however provide interim guidance on the processing of land use entitlements, and this direction was used in developing the Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) which was adopted on August 1, 2023. The IZO became effective on August 31.
The IZO is considered the first phase (Phase I) update to Title 17 - “Zoning” of the Municipal Code.
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING UPDATE
Zoning is the primary means of implementing the General Plan. In contrast to the long-term outlook of a general plan, the City’s zoning and related subdivision standards govern the specific, immediate uses of land. The successful implementation of the 2040 General Plan vision rest in large part upon the success of a city’s zoning and subdivision ordinances in translating the longrange goals of the General Plan into the everyday land use decisions that shape the community.
Adoption of the IZO has provided “breathing room” for the City to complete the legally necessary updates to the SLMC. The comprehensive update effort is also supported by many General Plan goals, policies, and implementation measures including the following:
28 a. POLICY-HE-1.1 Adequate Housing Sites. The City shall ensure that there are adequate sites available to meet its regional housing needs with an allocation of 238 units.
b. POLICY-HE-1.3 Infill Development. The City shall support infill residential development on underutilized or vacant infill sites to facilitate production of housing units while also prioritizing minimal displacement of existing residents. c. POLICY-HE-1.5 Governmental Constraints. The City shall minimize governmental constraints to the development, improvement, and maintenance of its housing stock, such as reducing setbacks, height limitations, coverage ratios, parking requirements, and other development regulations.
d. IMPLEMENTATION-LU-1.7 Establish zoning districts and quality development standards consistent with general plan goals and policies and amend the city’s zoning map in a timely manner to be consistent with the General Plan. e. IMPLEMENTATION-LU-1.8 Ensure the zoning ordinance provides for minimum and maximum densities consistent with the General Plan's land use classifications and state law.
f. POLICY-LU-3.1 Where practical, promote mixed-use development patterns and higher densities that use land and resources efficiently, reduce automobile dependence and pollution, and facilitate walking, bicycling, and transit use. g. POLICY-LU-3.5 New development should be consistent with the densities and intensity established in this element (the Land Use Element) to ensure orderly development of the community.
h. IMPLEMENTATION-LU-3.1 Review, and as necessary revise, specific design policies, guidelines, and development standards to address new structures and property development.
i. IMPLEMENTATION-LU-3.4 Discourage development without a coordinated plan for land use or that is incompatible with adjacent residential areas, circulation limitations, available infrastructure capacity, or public service needs. j. POLICY LU-n. The City's regulatory systems should accommodate new economic development and should be reviewed periodically to facilitate development and the permitting process.
ALTERNATIVES
Alternatives include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Adopt the resolution.
2. Do not adopt the resolution.
3. Direct that the resolution be revised to address issues or modifications determined necessary by the Council. The Council should supply directions on the revisions.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution Directing the City Manager to Initiate the Comprehensive Update of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances of the City to Implement the 2040 General Plan. 29 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO COMMENCE THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES OF THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN.
WHEREAS, Section 65300 et seq. of the California Government Code requires the City to prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for the physical development of the city; and
WHEREAS, an updated General Plan for the City of Shasta Lake was adopted on November 15, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Government Code allows the City to adopt land use standards to regulate the development of property in order to protect public health, safety, general welfare and the environment, and such regulation must be consistent with the direction provided by the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive update of the City’s zoning plan (the zoning ordinance and zoning map) has not been completed for many decades; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2023, the City Council adopted an interim zoning ordinance (Phase I of the comprehensive zoning update) as a temporary measure to reduce the potential for impacts to the health, safety and general welfare of residents and businesses which could result from inconsistences between the City’s existing development regulations and the policies of the 2040 General; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive update of the zoning and subdivision ordinances (See Attachment A for scope of work) of the City will aid in the preservation of land and buildings, while also supporting development of a variety of living environments and community growth within the General Plan’s well-defined policies; and
WHEREAS, updating the zoning and subdivision provisions of the Municipal Code will further the public necessity, convenience, and general welfare by providing citizens and property owners with opportunities to participate in the planning and decision-making processes relative to the creation of a new zoning plan for the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Shasta Lake does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Findings and Determinations
1. It is necessary and in the best interests of the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the City to update the municipal code land use regulations and development standards to ensure that future use and development of property is consistent with the General Plan.
2. There is a need to commence the Municipal Code updates as soon as practical to support the continued orderly development of living environments and the continued growth of the local economy.
30 3. These actions and determinations are consistent with state law and the City’s General Plan by supporting its adopted policies and implementation measures.
SECTION 2: Direction
1. The zoning ordinance update effort shall provide the public with reasonable opportunities to participate in the planning and decision-making processes of the update of the Municipal Code zoning regulations and development standards.
2. The City Manager shall commence, as soon as practicable, the comprehensive update (Phase II) of the zoning and subdivision ordinances of the City, including all its relevant provisions and related zoning map(s).
3. The City Manager is authorized to use existing staff resources, including part-time employees and retired annuitants, as necessary to efficiently and cost effectively complete the project.
4. The use of allocated and unexpended budget resources is authorized for this effort. The City Manager shall obtain prior authorization from the Council for the allocation and use of any unbudgeted funds necessary to complete the update.
5. The following general principles will guide the zoning ordinance update project:
a. The updated ordinances shall be consistent with State and Federal law in all respects.
b. The updated ordinances shall create a transparent, predictable, and consistent development review process.
c. Respond to community concerns in a timely fashion.
d. Promote infill and mixed-use development where appropriate. e. Where practical, create flexibility in the application of development standards. f. Standardize, streamline, and simplify development review processes where possible.
g. Simplify and where possible reduce the number of zoning districts. h. Create development guidelines and land use standards that are reflective of current and future community development trends.
i. To the degree consistent with law and General Plan policy, allow for determinations on appropriate land uses within a zoning district to be made without the need for General Plan amendment or property rezoning. j. Produce a document that is organized and written in a manner that can be readily understood and used by staff, policy makers, property owners and the public at large.
k. Provide regular updates to the City Council on the status of the update effort.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
GREG WATKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI M. COATES, CMC
City Clerk
31 ATTACHMENT A: Scope of Work - Phase II of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map Update
32 Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update (Phase II) - Proposed Scope Of Work • Purpose
In January 2023, the City embarked on a comprehensive update to the City’s Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map which was made necessary by the adoption of the 2040 General Plan (adopted November 2022). The City’s zoning and subdivision ordinances will serve as the primary tools to implement the adopted General Plan. They will shape future growth and help realize the community’s vision of preserving and enhancing the small-town character of Shasta Lake, while also providing for growth that enhances the quality of life for the community, expands employment opportunities for local residents, and supports a range of housing types for people of all ages.
• What is a Zoning Ordinance?
While the General Plan sets forth a wide-ranging and long-term vision for the City, the Zoning Ordinance specifies how property can be used to achieve those objectives. Zoning determines the form and character of development, such as the size and height of buildings, and also includes provisions to ensure that new development and new uses will fit into existing neighborhoods. It accomplishes this by establishing the rules on how new development or modifications to existing development integrate with surrounding uses.
Outdated regulations can hinder long-term community objectives. Zoning Ordinances typically do the following:
• Divide a city into various zones based on the desired uses in an area. • List allowable uses within zones and the necessary review process to establish such uses. • Provide for conditional (discretionary) and permissible accessory uses. • Establish development standards such as building heights, setbacks, lot coverage, parking, signage, and landscaping, etc.; and
• Provide administrative procedures for variances, conditional use permits, development review and zone changes or text amendments of the ordinance and the General Plan.
The City’s current Zoning Ordinance, Title 17 in the Municipal Code, has not been updated comprehensively in decades. The recent adoption of the 2040 General Plan has created an important opportunity for the community’s first comprehensive update of the its Zoning Ordinance since incorporation. It allows the City to create a concise and user-friendly set of regulations that can more clearly communicate and effectively implement the General Plan’s policies.
• Current Status
With the recent adoption of the Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO), the City has completed a “Phase I” ordinance update. This effort has laid the groundwork for Phase II - the “Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update” effort. Much of the City’s current zoning and subdivision ordinances will be used in the updated ordinance, and many users may see no difference in its day-to-day application (other than the format and ordinance organization). In addition, state law dictates that the City move forward in making the necessary updates.
The update also provides an opportunity to craft a modern framework for zoning in Shasta Lake. The Planning Division wishes to accomplish this task by organizing the updated Ordinance in a format that is easier to understand, infused with graphics and illustrations, and reformatted to be a more useable and efficient ordinance. The Ordinance would be produced in a format that is also “web-ready,” and easily accessible through the City’s current online system (Municode). 33 • Scope of Phase Project
1. What is the Process and How Long Will It Take? The City Council has taken the first steps to initiate the project with the adoption of the IZO (Phase I). The Phase II project will commence with completion of a full evaluation of Title 17 and its conformity with 2040 General Plan goals and policies, as well as changes in state law. This will be combined with the development of an overall framework and updated ordinance format.
Updated ordinance provisions will then be drafted for review and consideration by policy makers and the public. Based on input received from the public, City Council, Commission, and other stakeholders, these draft provisions will be revised. The community will be encouraged to participate throughout the process which is anticipated to take approximately 1.5 - 2 years to complete, concluding in Fall of 2025.
The proposed effort includes the following significant elements. • The Development Services staff will work closely with the Planning Commission, as well as other City departments and outside agencies where necessary, to review and critique the current zoning regulations (including the IZO), and to develop necessary revisions consistent with the policy direction of the General Plan (including new formatting) to take the place of our current zoning and subdivision ordinances.
• Staff expect to work with the Planning Commission to organize topic focused working groups to evaluate specific areas of modification to ensure the provisions will be effective, efficient, and practical in application. Membership of the working groups will typically include staff, representatives from the Commission and affected departments, and stakeholder representatives. • An informational webpage will be created on the City website to provide general information and public notifications on the status of the effort. The page will also provide basic information on zoning and how it functions in applying General Plan direction. Online surveys will be made available on the webpage to seek public input into specific zoning topic areas when needed. • At least two public workshops will be held as part of the public outreach efforts. These workshops will provide the public with information on updated zoning provisions, topic area background, and other information.
2. Who Can Participate? All residents, business owners, and other stakeholders within Shasta Lake are encouraged to take part in this project and to help shape the zoning ordinance, consistent with the direction of the General Plan.
3. Evaluate Ordinance – We will review existing regulations (including the IZO) and identify problem areas or gaps. This is necessary to ensure consistency with the goals and policies of the General Plan. All 34 zoning regulations must conform to California state law as well. This will require particular effort focused on state mandated changes to residential development requirements.
4. Formatting – A layout for the new ordinances will be developed including the addition of graphics to aid in the overall understanding of the material and to assist and support those employed by the City with the application of these regulations. The new format will include user-friendly graphics to illustrate each of the major zoning district requirements as well as other visual aids to assist with illustrating basic and complex standards. The reformatted ordinance should be written so that staff, decision makers and the general public can understand and apply it as easily as possible.
5. Web-Ready – The adopted Ordinance would be presented in a format that is web-ready with applicable hyperlinks as necessary within the document.
6. Final Document – The product would be a final Zoning Ordinance which includes the new formatting of the ordinances in adoptable form. The final document will be created in both hardcopy, PDF, and an editable format.
7. Noticing and Environmental Review – At a minimum this will be accomplished in the manner required by state law.
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Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Will Bond, City Engineer/Public Works Director
DATE: September 19, 2023
SUBJECT: Construction Standard Adoption
FILE NO.: New
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the City Council rescind the use of the City of Redding Construction Standards and Construction Standard Exceptions and adopt the updated City of Shasta Lake Construction Standards.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Shasta Lake’s construction standards (COSLCS) are used by the engineers, contractors, and developers in the construction community when public improvements are constructed. At incorporation, the City’s municipal code referenced Shasta County construction standards and standard details; however, many of the referenced details were changed significantly over the years or eliminated entirely and were no longer suitable for use. In 2007, the City adopted the City of Redding’s construction standards (CORCS), as well as extensive exceptions that were taken to the CORCS to accommodate modifications requested by Public Works. Collectively, the CORCS and exceptions have been referred to as the COSLCS.
In 2012, Chapter 13 of the Shasta Lake Municipal Code was extensively amended to change and/or eliminate many outdated standards and sections that were no longer valid, especially related to the water and sanitary sewer utilities. Various other changes have been made throughout the years.
Over the past 18 months, City staff has reviewed, modernized, and updated a nearly complete set of standards*. The standards have gone through two rounds of review and are ready for release to the public. COSLCS subdivisions include Streets (100), Storm Drains (200), Sanitary Sewer (300), Water (400), Miscellaneous (600), Grading and Landscaping (700), and Stormwater Management (800). The numbering system remains close to the City of Redding’s system to assist local engineers, contractors, and developers in finding the standards that they are looking for when performing work in Shasta Lake.
36 In all, nearly 180 standard details were updated. It is anticipated that, going forward, the COSLCS will be updated no more than once per year.
*Section 500 – Electric was not updated at this time. The Electric Utility will continue to use their current standards, with the goal of updating their section to reflect their current requirements at a later date.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
None; COSLCS can be reviewed online at:
https://cityofshastalake.org/1258/Draft-Construction-Standards DISTRIBUTION:
City Council
37 RESOLUTION CC-2023-xx
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE CITY COUNCIL TO RESCIND THE USE OF
THE CITY OF REDDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARD
EXCEPTIONS AND ADOPT THE UPDATED CITY OF SHASTA LAKE CONSTRUCTION
STANDARDS
________________________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, since 2007 the City has used the City of Redding Construction Standards (CORCS) and Construction Standard Exceptions for the construction of public improvements; and WHEREAS, City staff has completed the task of reviewing, modernizing, and updating a newly revised set of City of Shasta Lake-specific construction standards; and WHEREAS, these updated standards are now ready for public release.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Shasta Lake City Council hereby rescinds the use of the City of Redding Construction Standards and Construction Standard Exceptions and adopts the updated City of Shasta Lake Construction Standards.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
GREG WATKINS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TONI M. COATES, CMC
City Clerk
38 Report and Recommendations 6 Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: James Takehara, Electric Utility Director
DATE: September 13, 2023
SUBJECT: Amend Distributed Generation Programs to Apply to Multifamily Buildings FILE NO: New
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution adopting the “Multifamily Solar Program,” that would facilitate interconnection of customer-owned renewable generation equipment on multifamily buildings and complexes.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council adopted Resolution CC-18-83 that adopted the “Customer-Generation Interconnection Policy” and the “Net Energy Metering Program Tariff,” both of which are active today. These documents work together to implement City Council policies that allow individual property owners to connect certain generation equipment to and operate in parallel with the City’s electric grid, including rooftop or ground mount solar.
One underlying assumption of the current program design is that energy usage and generation would be wired “behind the meter” of a single electric customer, which allows all usage and generation to easily be attributed to that single customer. However, this assumption breaks down if solar, or other qualified generating equipment, are installed on a multifamily dwelling. Namely, the one-to-one relationship between consumption and production is not valid in the multifamily setting. Multifamily dwellings with solar or other Customer-Generators has been relatively uncommon. However, recent changes in CA building code will make this a much more common issue.
State policy makers have adopted multiple laws and regulations over time that do several things related to electricity usage and now electricity generation. First, policies related to electricity usage are long-standing laws, regulations, and policies that strongly promote energy conservation by requiring separately metering individual dwellings in such buildings. The idea is that when an 39 individual user is directly responsible for the cost of his/her own electric bill, s/he will use electricity more efficiently since s/he will reap the direct benefits of conservation or pay the direct costs of higher consumption. In contrast, users who pay a portion of a single meter / single utility bill through some imprecise averaging (e.g., split the bill equally amongst the number of dwellings, rather than in proportion to electricity usage), will not use electricity as efficiently. Therefore, the Electric Department requires individual dwelling spaces to be individually metered.
Second, developers across the State have found the new rooftop solar mandate to be challenging to implement. They report that it is impractical to attempt to wire solar panels “behind the meter” to individual apartments on multifamily buildings and express concerns of costs of doing so would be significant. Yet, they must comply. Staff has examined its policies and practices and finds certain adaptations to current City practices could promote both State policy objectives, address developer concerns, and promote community interests.
The ”Multifamily Solar Program”
To address these issues, staff has prepared the “Multifamily Solar Program” or “MSP” for City Council consideration. The MSP would match individual tenant metered electric usage with an allocated share of solar generation located on the same property as the multifamily building. All consumption and production data would be measured using City electric meters. The MSP would be implemented through the City’s utility billing process and is designed to utilize the same energy accounting and financial settlements of Net Energy Metering Tariff provisions that are active at the time the MSP is activated for a qualifying multifamily structure. As of the date of this staff report, the NEM A-2 program is active.
Staff proposes several conditions to determine if a multifamily structure, with its associated solar, qualifies for the MSP, which are listed in the proposed MSP Tariff attached to this staff report.
The following discusses a partial list of qualifications and program conditions. • All generation and load are to be located on the same property and all must be under common ownership. The MSP is designed to facilitate development of multifamily projects and lessen the burden of State policy (i.e., the rooftop solar mandate). The MSP is not designed to be a “community solar” program, an optional and alternative means for developers to meet this building code mandate. However, if the City finds the workload of the MSP is manageable and scalable to use for a “community solar” program, then the MSP tariff or separate tariff can be considered in the future. • Only multifamily structures of 5 dwelling units or more qualify. Quadplexes or smaller can facilitate solar by wiring panels directly to individual load centers. The purpose of this provision is to balance the interests of developers and the City who is taking on additional and complex administrative workload through the MSP.
• Generation administered through the MSP shall be allocated to the dwelling units of the multifamily structure. The mandate to build rooftop solar on multifamily structures is driven by the square footage of the dwelling spaces.
The Electric Committee met on July 31, 2023 and supports the adoption of the MSP as drafted.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The implementation cost of the MSP is expected to be immaterial, as staff has created a prototype to facilitate the workload. This will require staff time from the utility billing group, and the related ongoing cost of implementing the MSP is expected to be offset by the NEM Program Fee of 40 $7/month. In the event the City pursues automation or additional third party software to implement the MSP, funding will be pursued through separate City Council action through the standing budget and appropriation approval processes.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
Multifamily Solar Program Tariff
DISTRIBUTION:
City Council
41 RESOLUTION NO. CC-2023-xx
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE
APPROVING THE MULTIFAMILY SOLAR PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution CC-18-83 approving the “Customer-Generation Interconnection Policy” and the “Net Energy Metering Program Tariff,” which allow individual property owners to connect generation equipment to and operate in parallel with the City’s electric grid, including rooftop or ground mount solar; and
WHEREAS, California mandates and policies promote energy efficiency by individually metering electric usage of individual tenant units and mandates rooftop solar on all new, low-rise residential structures; and
WHEREAS, to assist future electric customers with the rooftop solar mandate and policy to individually meter electricity usage, the City of Shasta Lake supports amending its customergenerator policies to adopt new administrative tasks described in the Multifamily Solar Program; and
WHEREAS, the Electric Committee met on July 31, 2023 and supports adopting the MSP as drafted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Shasta Lake City Council approves the Multifamily Solar Program (MSP) and authorizes the City Manager to implement the MSP.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shasta Lake held on September 19, 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
_____________________________
GREG WATKINS, Mayor
ATTEST: _____________________________
TONI M. COATES, CMC
City Clerk
42 2023
Multifamily Solar Program
2023
CITY OF SHASTA LAKE
43 City of Shasta Lake
Multifamily Solar Program
For City Council Consideration Page 1
Purpose & Motivation
The City offers this “multifamily solar” program to assist developers in meeting State mandates that require rooftop solar on large multifamily dwellings. Building rooftop solar on multifamily dwelling can be challenging since developers generally would prefer installing a single, large generation system while electric utilities and state policy prefer dwelling’ electric usage to be individually metered. However, portions of generation from the single large generation system can be matched with the City’s detailed electric metering data through the City’s utility billing system. The goal is to produce a utility bill to an individual apartment tenant, as if his/her allocated share of the solar were wired directly to their space (i.e., much like generation and usage are linked in a singlefamily dwelling). This program uses City software processes that will implement the City’s solar program that is applicable at the time of permitting.
Introduction
California building code requires all new, low-rise (3 stories or less) residential structures to have rooftop solar that is forecasted to annually produce enough electricity to offset the residents’ expected annual energy usage.
This policy is commonly referred to as the “zero net energy” and is administered through building code “Title
24.”
Implementing this mandate on a single-family dwelling is relatively straight-forward, as 100% of the usage and 100% of the generation are attributable to the same person(s). That is, one electric Customer is exclusively responsible for all generation and usage.
Implementing the State’s zero net energy mandate with rooftop solar on a large multifamily structure is more complicated, as the number of electricity consumers is greater than the number of solar generators. That is, on a 100-unit apartment, there generally won’t be 100 separate solar installations.
Developers note physical limitations make it difficult, impractical, and sometimes impossible to replicate the one-for-one relationship between electric users vs. solar generators on a multifamily complex. There may be times when the developer installs a single, large solar PV system to meet the needs of the occupants, forming a “one-to-many” configurations. There may also be times when a developer deploys a large solar PV system on each building within a multi-building apartment complex, forming a “many-to-many” configuration. Bottom line:
implementing the State’s solar mandate on multifamily is more complicated than on single family dwellings.
Electric utilities may have some ability to assist by assuming the data management of these more complex configurations under a “multifamily solar” program.
City of Shasta Lake Multifamily Solar Program
It is the policy of the City of Shasta Lake to offer to qualified locations the “Multifamily Solar Program” (MSP).
The MSP shall implement the energy accounting and financial settlements of the City’s solar program that is in effect at the time a given customer becomes a MSP participant. At the time of the writing of this document, in 2023, the “NEM A-2” program is in effect.
Participation
All qualified multifamily structures, as determined by the Electric Department, installing solar shall be auto enrolled in the City’s MSP. Enrollment in the MSP is not a guarantee or “lock-in” of electric rates nor of electric rate structures.
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Multifamily Solar Program
For City Council Consideration Page 2
Conditions and Characteristics
A multifamily structure that meets the following conditions shall qualify for the MSP:
1. A multifamily structure must have 5 or more dwellings.
2. Generation meter(s) associated with benefiting consumption meters (i.e., generation equipment installed to satisfy CA building code) shall be identified upon enrollment in the MSP and all such generation and consumption meters must be on the same property.
3. All generation must meet all criteria of the City’s Customer-Generator Interconnection Policy.
4. The generation shall be metered by the City’s electric utility meter. No load shall be interconnected behind generation meters, except electricity usage required by the generation equipment and or energy storage equipment.
5. Generator(s) must comply with all sizing requirements as they may be periodically updated. At the time of this writing, this includes:
a. For existing multifamily structures, the generator(s) must be sized to produce no more than the total annual energy consumption (kWh) of all benefitting accounts based on the last 12-months of actual usage.
b. For new construction, the total nameplate capacity of generation, measured in kilowatt-DC (kWDC), installed on the premises shall not exceed that which is required by California building code “Title 24,” net of any Title 24 exemptions utilized by the developer.
6. The nameplate capacity of generation equipment, measured in kilowatt-DC (kW-DC), interconnected behind a single generation meter shall not exceed 1 megawatt.
7. The generation shall be allocated only to dwelling units. This may include loads that directly support the dwelling units such as centralized Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. This does not include office space or “house load” meters for common areas, exterior lighting, etc.
8. The generation allocation basis to identified benefiting consumption meters may be determined by mutual agreement between the City Electric Department and the developer / property manager. If no mutual agreement is reached, the City shall use allocation factor(s) that form the basis for the required size of the solar equipment. For example, “conditioned floor area” of the dwelling spaces, excluding common areas, is the basis for solar sizing at the time of writing.
9. The generator allocation to identified benefiting consumption meters can be updated by mutual agreement between the City and developer/property management not more than once per twelvemonth period. All requests for such updates shall be provided in writing. The then-current allocation basis shall remain in effect while such change requests are evaluated and processed. Revised allocation factors, once mutually agreed to, shall be implemented by the City on the next available bill cycle, provided that at least 5 business days are provided before the bill cycle begins. For the purpose of counting business days, the City’s calendar shall apply and the first business day applicable under this implementation period shall follow the day the mutual agreement for change is reached.
A Property is defined as: all of the real property and apparatus employed in a single multitenant or multi-meter facility on contiguous parcels of land. These parcels may be divided by a dedicated street, highway or public thoroughfare or railway, so long as they are otherwise contiguous, part of the same single multi-tenant or multimeter facility, and all under the same ownership. 45 Report and Recommendations 7
Reviewed and Approved
City Manager
AGENDA ITEM
City Council
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Jessaca Lugo, City Manager
DATE: September 19, 2023
SUBJECT: Discussion and Possible Direction on Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission Stipend Compensation Rates
FILE NO.: New
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council discuss and provide direction to the City Manager on possible changes to the stipend compensation rates for Planning Commission and/or Parks Commission Members.
BACKGROUND
The City of Shasta Lake has the following two established commissions that are appointed by the City of Shasta Lake City Council:
Planning Commission (SLMC 2.16)
Established in 1993 and consists of five members who are either residents or business owners within the City. Planning Commission meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 6:00PM. In the calendar year 2022, the Planning Commission met 11 times and in 2021 met 10 times.
All members of the planning commission shall serve as members with a $50.00 per meeting stipend. This action was established by City Council by Resolution (CC17-16) on March 7, 2017.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission (SLMC 2.18)
Established in 1999 to oversee matters regarding the City’s park system and recreational programs. The five-member commission regular meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 4:30PM. There was only one parks and rec meetings in 2020 and none in 2021 46 as there were not enough commissioners for a quorum. New commissioners were appointed in January, 2022, establishing a full commission of 5 appointed members. To date in 2023, there has been 5 meetings.
All members of the parks and recreation advisory commission shall serve as members without compensation (SLMC 2.18.040).
At the request of Councilwoman Morgan, the following options are available for the City Council to consider:
1. Discussion of amending stipend amounts for Planning Commission and/or Parks and Recreation Advisory Commisssion and direct staff to return with a future agenda item.
2. No action.
3. Provide alternate direction to staff.
FISCAL IMPACT
Discussion item, no fiscal impact.
ATTACHMENTS
None
DISTRIBUTION
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