HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2014.09.04 - 21492REPORT (MISC. #14I69) September 4, 2014
BY: Planning and Building Committee, Jim Runestad, Chairperson
RE: MR #14169 — Board of Commissioners — Initiate Property Assessed Clean Energy
(PACE) Program Countywide to Assist Oakland County Businesses and Green
Investment
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning and Building Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
August 26, 2014, hereby recommends that the resolution be amended to strike the NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph and insert in its place the following.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
appoints a study group, made up of two members of the majority party and two members of the
minority party, to develop a report on the feasibility of creating a countywide Property Assessed
Clean Energy (PACE) District program and to submit its report to the Planning and Building
Committee in 90 days.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the acceptance of
the foregoing report.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roil call vote.
erson, I moveithfi Odoption of the foiegoing Resolution.
ave Woodward, District #19
Miscellaneous Resolution # 14169
BY: Commissioner Dave Woodward, District #19 4- CovvionKss,t ,\ef-
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — INITIATE PROPERTY ASSESSE
(PACE) PROGRAM COUNTYWIDE TO ASSIST OAKLAND COUNTY
GREEN INVESTMENT
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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CLEAN ENERGY
BUSINESSES AND
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a program designed to allow property owners
to install small-scale renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements to their
buildings and pay for the cost over its functional life through an on-going assessment on property tax
bills.; and
WHEREAS PACE is a voluntary program that addresses two barriers to adoption for clean energy and
energy efficiency installations —the high up-front cost and the possibility that those costs will not be
recovered if the property is sold; and
WHEREAS PACE assessments do not create a burden on taxpayers because they are only paid by
participating owners for their own projects; and
WHEREAS A 2012 study by the Rockefeller Foundation outlined an investment opportunity of nearly
$280 billion over the next 10 years that would translate to over $1 trillion in energy savings, over 3
million jobs, and 600 million fewer metric tons of carbon emissions per year; and
WHEREAS Michigan has enacted PACE enabling legislation and PACE programs have launched; and
WHEREAS Huron, Ingham, Macomb, Saginaw, and Wayne Counties as well as the Cities of Rochester
Hills, Southfield and Ann Arbor have all moved forward with PACE for commercial property owners; and
WHEREAS the governments in Michigan to date forming PACE districts, excluding Ann Arbor, have
joined a cooperative organization called Lean and Green Michigan to access low interest financing; and
WHEREAS Oakland County should always be leader in programs that promote economic development
and environmental stewardship; and
WHEREAS a PACE program would be a wise supplement to the county's existing OakGreen program
that provides incentives for organizations to reduce their energy consumption by 10%; and
WHEREAS the lack of a countywide PACE district is depriving many companies of a valuable tool to
save on energy costs and access low interest financing; and
WHEREAS a PACE program could be created at little or no cost to county taxpayers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests
that the Economic Development and Community Affairs Department enter into discussion with Lean
and Green Michigan to explore the creation of a countywide Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
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Resolution #14169 July 16, 2014
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #14169 September 4, 2014
Moved by Runestad supported by Woodward the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Runestad supported by Jackson the Planning and Building Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Runestad supported by Woodward the resolution be amended to coincide with the
recommendation in the Planning and Building Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Runestad supported by Woodward to appoint a study group, made up of two majority members
and two minority members as follows: Spisz and Taub (majority) and Woodward and McGillivray
(minority).
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the appointments were confirmed.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Gosseiin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray,
Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford,
Dwyer. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
I H EBY APPROV_ THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 4,
2014, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 4th day of September 2014.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County