City Council Agenda and Packet 2023 10 10 SP

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LClotyof Louisville COLORADO -SINCE 1878 Memorandum To: Louisville City Council Members From: Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board Date: October 10, 2023 Re: Internal Decarbonization Plan Final Report Dear Louisville City Councilors, The Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board writes you again regarding McKinstry Engineering's plans for decarbonizing the City's buildings and operations. The Board appreciates all of the attention and consideration that City Council has devoted to this planning process. As the Board previously advised, the Board again strongly recommends that City Council adopt and implement these plans for municipal decarbonization. Previously, the Board specifically voiced its support for McKinstry's recommended solar array installations. According to McKinstry's analysis, these arrays will result in long-term cost -savings for the City. The Board understands that City Council had questions regarding aspects of McKinstry's financial analysis for solar array installations and that City staff and McKinstry will address these questions in the context of financing through the Colorado Energy Office's energy performance contracting program. This program provides not only financing, but also administration for projects like the recommended solar array installations; moreover, the City's work with McKinstry would likely qualify the City as having completed the initial steps in an energy performance contract. The Board hopes that City Council receives satisfactory answers to its questions. If a more thorough financial analysis reveals that installing solar arrays will not result in long-term cost -savings, then the Board still strongly supports McKinstry's recommendations for decarbonizing the City's buildings and operations through timely replacement of 42