Energy Services Contract for Solar Photovoltaic Systems and Battery Energy Storage Project-Various Actions
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View:
1. Awarding an Energy Services Contract to SolarNorcal, LLC, doing business as Excite Energy, for the Design, Installation, and Commissioning of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems at Four City Facilities: the Mountain View Public Library, City Hall, the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center (“Project Sites”), including roof replacement work at the Mountain View Public Library and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts; and a Battery Energy Storage System (Battery Storage) at the Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center, For a Total Amount Not to Exceed $3,945,750.
2. Finding that the Project Collectively, Satisfies the Cost-Effectiveness Requirements of California Government Code Section 4217.12 for Energy Service Contracts.
3. Approving a midyear Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project, City Facilities Solar PV and Battery Storage (“Project”), for the Design and Installation of Solar PV Systems at the Project Sites, including roof replacement work at the Mountain View Public Library and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Necessary to Support the Installation and Expected Useful Life of the Solar PV Systems, and Battery Storage at Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center (“Project”).
4. Transfer and Appropriate $2,600,000 from the General Non-Operating Fund, $1,400,000 from the CIP Reserve Fund, and $1,000,000 from the Sustainability Project CIP (Project 20-99) to the new CIP project. (Five votes required)
5. Finding that the Project is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), with the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Qualifying for a Statutory Exemption Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.35; the Battery Energy Storage System (Battery Storage) and associated improvements qualifying for a Categorical Exemption Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1, Existing Facilities); and the Roof Replacement Work at the Mountain View Public Library and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts qualifying for a Categorical Exemption Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction).
To be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Updated 10.8.2026 10:00:01 PM UTC