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The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Grant funding Program was developed to maximize the use of the funds available and to collaborate with other agencies to leverage other grant funding opportunities that were available. To date the City has been successful in that effort by joining the following three programs that have already been approved by the California Energy Commission. 1. StopWaste.org Green Packages Program was funded at $10.7 million and implements the California Comprehensive Residential Building Retrofit Program. This program is intended to create jobs and stimulate the economy through a comprehensive program and to implement energy retrofits in existing residential buildings. 2. State Energy Program Finance District was funded at $16.5 million which enables our local government to form an assessment district, this provides the ability for property owners to install renewable energy and energy efficient improvements on their properties, and pay for the improvements over time consistent with AB811. 3. Energy Technology Assistance Program (ETAP) was funded at $6 million. The goal of this program is to specify and implement advanced energy efficiency technologies in local government facilities and developing project case studies. The targeted technologies include wireless lighting controls, wireless HVAC controls, and occupancy sensor controlled bi -level lighting in parking lots. Staff is continuing to pursue many other grants and programs that are available over the next couple of years and hopes to be successful in further opportunities. The next grant opportunity that was available was the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding which was available to all cities and counties based on population. Pleasanton's allotment was $692,700; it was our intention again to maximize the use of this grant to leverage other opportunities long term. To ensure this occurs the grant was divided into 8 program activities: 1. Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy Development (EECS) $107,216 This portion of the grant was used to develop the EELS (see attachment A) and will be used for a portion of the energy strategy in the climate action plan. The following eighteen elements were researched in detail by staff and our consultant. 1 Climate Action Plan 7 Solar Cities Outreach 13 Green Packages Program 2 Energy Manager Position 8 Vehicle Fleet Study 14 LED Street Lights 3 Solar Municipal Sites 9 Electric Vehicle Charging 15 Green Building Programs 4 Green Retrofit Program 10 Solid Waste Assessment 16 Outreach program 5 PG &E Energy Partnership 11 Community Choice Aggregation 17 Illuminated Street Signs 6 Water Conservation 12 Climate Friendly Purchasing 18 Energy Finance District 2. StopWaste.org Green Packages Program $25,000 This portion of the grant reimburses the cost for the City to participate in the StopWaste program that was approved by Council in 2009 Page 3 of 6