sr-032310-13c13-C
March 23, -2010
Council Meeting: March 23, 2010 Santa Monica, California
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE -MEMORANDUM
To: City Council
From: Councilmember McKeown
Date: March 23, 2010
13-C: Request of Councilmember McKeown to direct staff to investigate ways to
continue the highly successful Solar Santa Monica program past this fiscal
year, with the goal of making the program self-funding, in keeping with the
City's greenhouse gas and other sustainability goals, pursuant to a
recommendation from the Task Force on the Environment.
13-C
March 23, 2010
MINUTES
MARCH 15, 2010 MEETING OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TASK FORCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Discussion and Recommendations Regarding Solar Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica Task Force on the Environment strongly opposes the loss of
funding for SolarSanta Monica in FY 2010/11. We urge City Council to direct
staff to indentify a permanent scalable financial model for Solar Santa Monica.
This program efficiently and effectively assists the city in achieving stated energy
independence goals, established Sustainable City Plan goals for distributed
generation, community-wide targets for greenhouse gas emissions, and the
creation of local green jobs. A permanent scalable financial model for Solar
Santa Monica could include revenues from a city implemented AB811/PACE
fund, energy use fees, application fees or other scenarios that secure $250,000
per year. The immediate need is to fund Solar Santa Monica for FY 2010/11 with
the intention to develop a permanent scalable financial model that makes Solar
Santa Monica.self funding in the long term.