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CITY OF UKIAH
RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 49
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UKIAH APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE AMENDAED AND RESTATED NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF UKIAH
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah ("City') has a municipal electric utility, is a member
of the Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA"), and utilizes NCPA wholesale
electric services to assure the delivery of capacity and energy to the City to meet its
electric distribution load; and
WHEREAS, NCPA was formed in 1968 for the purpose of utilizing the joint action
of participating public power entities to pursue common interests for the benefit of all
such members; and
WHEREAS, the NCPA Joint Powers Agreement ("JPA") was initially developed
on July 19, 1968, and subsequently revised on April 1, 1973; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the City of Ukiah, the Cities of Alameda, Biggs,
Gridley, Healdsburg, Lodi, Lompoc, Palo Alto, Redding, Roseville, and Santa Clara, the
Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the Port of Oakland, the Truckee-Donner Public Utility
District, and the Turlock Irrigation District are signatory participants to the Joint Powers
Agreement and the Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative is an associate member of
NCPA and has also executed the JPA; and
WHEREAS, the JPA may be revised from time to time as approved by the NCPA
Commission and individually by all governing bodies of the signatories to it; and
WHEREAS, during the Spring of 2006, the NCPA Commission established an
ad hoc Governance Committee to address matters related to member entry to and exit
from Agency programmatic effort areas as well as to identify corresponding member
funding policies and budget allocation procedures; and
WHEREAS, the Governance Committee completed its efforts and made several
specific recommendations to revise and update the JPA including: 1) revising the
annual JPA member assessment from a maximum of 10 cents per peak kW to a
maximum of 15 cents per MWh of retail load or if no retail load is served, other suitable
measure; 2) providing for a minimum of two (2) years notice to withdraw from the JPA;
and 3) revising and removing certain elements of the JPA to be more consistent and to
comport with current business practices and procedures; and
WHEREAS, the attached proposed "Amended and Restated Northern California
Power Agency Joint Powers Agreement" (Amended JPA) incorporates the above
described Governance Committee recommendations and other updates to the Joint
Powers Agreement as recommended by Agency staff and Agency General Counsel to
strengthen NCPA operations and to effectively meet member needs;
WHEREAS, NCPA Commission on September 28, 2007, unanimously approved
the Amended JPA and further recommended that the governing boards of NCPA JPA
members approve the Amended JPA; and
WHEREAS, the Amended JPA strengthens NCPA operations and provides the
City greater certainty of NCPA service levels to more effectively serve the electric
utilities customers of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Ukiah does hereby approve the Amended and Restated Northern California Power
Agency Joint Powers Agreement, said agreement is attached and incorporated into this
resolution by reference, and authorizes the City Manager to execute the Amended and
Restated Northern California Power Agency Joint Powers Agreement on behalf of the
City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on December 19, 2007, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmember Thomas, McCowen, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Crane
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Dou as F. Crane, Mayor
ATTE T:
Linda rown, ity Clerk
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