City of Milwaukee - File #: 100456

• File #: 100456
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/1/2010
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/21/2010
• Title: Substitute resolution approving a marketing strategy, budget, financing plan and financing RFP for the Milwaukee Energy Efficiency program.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ENERGY CONSERVATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/24/2010	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/21/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
9/17/2010	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Matt Howard, Office of Environmental Sustainability Erick Shambarger, Office of Environmental Sustainability George Edgar, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation Sue Hanson, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation Julie Ferris, City Clerk's Office	Pass	6:0
9/16/2010	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/16/2010	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/1/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
100456
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
100007
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving a marketing strategy, budget, financing plan and financing RFP for the Milwaukee Energy Efficiency program.
Analysis
This resolution approves the marketing strategy, budget, financing plan and financing RFP for the Milwaukee Energy Efficiency program. Common Council Resolution File Number 100007, adopted on July 27, 2010, authorized the Department of Administration - Office of Environmental Sustainability to accept and fund an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant BetterBuildings grant in the amount of up to $20,000,000, with a minimum funding of $12,051,372 to be applied to projects in the City of Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) is administering the program as the Milwaukee Energy Efficiency (ME2) Project. This resolution approves the marketing strategy, budget, financing plan and financing RFP for the program.

Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee has been awarded grant funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund whole-neighborhood building energy retrofits, and these will be projects that demonstrate a sustainable business model for providing cost-effective energy upgrades for a large percentage of the residential, commercial and public buildings in throughout the city; and

Whereas, On July 27, 2010, The Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 100007, authorizing the Department of Administration - Office of Environmental Sustainability to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) to implement the ME2 program; and

Whereas, The ME2 program is funded as part of a $20 million U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) BetterBuildings grant to WECC, with a minimum funding of $12,051,372 for the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The Common Council, through Resolution File Number 100007, reserved th...