Fiscal Note
Approximately $43,500 is expected to be received at the end of construction which is scheduled for April/May of 2014. When the funds are received, they will be deposited to the Facilities Management capital project Energy Efficiency Improvements (810604).
CB53-73253-810604.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an Incentive Agreement with Focus on Energy for the Fire Station No. 13 design assistance program and accepting incentives from Focus on Energy in the amount of around $43,554.00. (3rd AD)
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WHEREAS, Focus on Energy is an energy efficiency and renewable resource program funded by the state’s investor-owned energy utilities, under Wis. Stat. § 196.374(2)(a), and participating municipal and electric cooperative utilities. The program works with eligible Wisconsin residents and businesses to install cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The program is administered by Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc. and/or its parent company Chicago Bridge and Iron Company or CB&I (“Program Administrator”) under contract with Statewide Energy Efficiency and Renewable Administration, Inc. (“SEERA”); and,
WHEREAS Focus on Energy facilitated a collaborative approach with the City and the City’s architectural and engineering design team consultants, Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Inc. and Harwood Engineering to evaluate energy savings strategies related to the building design for Fire Station No. 13 that are cost-effective and make sense for the City’s project; and,
WHEREAS the intent of the process by Focus on Energy is to explore and quantify a number of alternative building design strategies that demonstrate the highest value for selection of the building envelope materials, lighting systems, and heating and cooling systems; and,
WHEREAS the energy analysis results are used to form the basis of incentives from Focus on Energy; and,
WHEREAS under the design assistance program the City would r...
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