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MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE October 28, 2019 East Conference Room Present: Councilmembers Anderson, Rader& Bullock Also Present: Assistant Law Director Swallow, Director Beno, Fleet Manager, James Holman, Mike Wise of McDonald Hopkins, Scott Hubay (attorney), one member of the public, and Deputy Clerk Lascu taking minutes Call to Order: 6:04 p.m AGENDA Approval of the minutes from the September 9, 2019 Public Works Committee meeting. Councilman Anderson made a motion to approve the minutes from the Public Works Committee's September 91h meeting, which was seconded by Chairman Rader. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. RESOLUTION 2019-01 -A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a solar power purchase agreement with Enerlogics Solar LLC for the installation of solar panels and purchase of the power generated from the solar panels at four City locations. (Referred to Public Works Committee 10/21/19) Chairman Rader deferred to Mike Wise and Scott Hubay to give an overview of the deal proposed in Resolution 2019-01, to enter into a solar power purchase agreement with Enerlogics Solar LLC for the installation of solar panels and purchase of the power generated from solar panels at four City locations. Mr. Wise referred to slides 4 and 5 of his presentation, which provided an executive summary and general outline of the deal. He noted that the initial agreement initially focused on 8-10 City sites but has now been pared down to 4. The City would receive the same rate pricing that the county receives through its aggregated solar program, however its power purchase agreement(PPA)with Enerlogics would have a 30 year term, as opposed to the county's 20 year term PPA, due to it being a smaller scale project and would better allow Enerlogics to recoup its investment. Councilman Bullock stated that he understood the deal conceptually and was for it in principle but asked a series of questions related to the specifics of the deal. Some of these questions included requests for comparative savings, whether the administration would be responsible for due diligence on the deal and what the timeline for that would be, whether the committee was comfortable with the material terms of the deal (30 year term vs. 20 year term), whether there was a financial advantage to buying and owning the system in year 6 of the deal, etc. He did note that it appears the financial and business structure of the deal helps the City find a funding source for solar power instead of$1.3 million in cash it would take to finance the project without a partner. He also added that the service garage currently has a 240 volt inverter now and would need a 480 volt inverter if the city is to electrify