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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-017 Application - ODOE Direct Technical Asst. Program APPLICATION FOR ODOE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM/PART B Name of CitYII~~X Ashland, Oregon Instructions: Please present the following statement and the eligibility criteria for the technical assistance program to your Council/Commission. Ask them to read the criteria and sign the statement below. Please type or print names under each signature. This form is designed to assure the Selection Committee that there is substantial interest in and understanding of the technica1 assistance program among elected officials in your jurisdiction. We, the council~~ members of Citv of Ashland . (name of jurisdiction) have read the eligibility criteria for participation in the ODOE Direct Technical Assistance Program and acknowledge that we will comply with them. , . Signature ~~aMYJ Councilman Don Laws .~ ,- Signature cilman Jim Sims Signature 4 1J1:t-~ Councilwoman Pattie Acklin Signature,J)LP r~~ignature Councilman Lee Howard ~ Signature I I s-;~~ ~ '9\~J ..... / I APPLICATION F(JI' ODOE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRPM/PART A. Name of City/County Ashland, Oreqon Address P1anninq Dept., City Hall Ashland, OR 97520 Contact Person Dick Wanderscheid, His/Her Title Associate Planner Phone Nurrber 482-3211, ext. 47 Population Within Jurisdiction 14,992 Please answer the following questions as completely as possible. Use additional sheets of paper if necessary. 1. What does your jurisdiction hope to accomplish by participating in the technical assistance program? The City would like to reduce all types of energy usage. We are in the process of develop- ing an overall energy plan for the City and when this program was discovered it fit right in with our present plan of action. The plan we were proposing to develop would have been done in house by our current staff with no outside help. This program would allow us to get the plan developed much sooner than if we had to do all the work ourselves. .2. What specific issues, problems or opportunities does your jurisdiction want to address through this program? Please be as specific and descriptive as possible. (See saJlll1e answer to this question enclosed in packets) The City of Ashland presently buys electricity from Pacific Power & Light for resale to Ashland residents. It looks as if we will be buying power from BPA when our current con- tract with PP&L expires in 1982. BPA power contracts require the municipality to reduce electric consumption as a condition of the contract. We would like to explore programs of weatherization and solar retrofits of existing residences to reduce space heating energy use requirements. We also would like to explore various funding methods to implement weatherization and retrofits to enable residents to fund the i.mprovements. We are in- terested in looking at energy used for transportation and ways to reduce this form of energy consumption. The City is also interested, being a public utility, in ways to continued, next page 2. Continued generate energy of its own. This could include small scale hydro, solar utilities, or other feasible means of generating our own sources of energy. Weare also interested in the economics and funding of active solar hot water systems. Basically _we are looking for cost effecti.ve ways to reduce energy consumption on a year to year basis, so the City can start on the road to reducing energy consumption each year. We are particularly in- terested in seeing how the City can use its position as a public utility to develop pro- grams and the various low cost ways in which the programs could be finances. We have also participated in a wind energy development project under the auspices of the Public Power Council and the City supplied $6,000 for this project; $4,000 was allocated to develop hydropower at the Applegate Dam. 3. .Please describe any actions (programs. plans. ordinances. etc.) taken by your jurisdiction to encourage energy conservation within government facilities. programs or functions. A. The City's new Justice Center and City Council Chambers, which are presently under construction, are designed to be passively solar heated, in order to reduce the space heating requirements of the building. B. The City Council has made the development of an overall energy plan a pressing priority of the City's Planning Dept. They have indicated that the plan should address government energy usage and ways to reduce it. "' 4. Please describe actions taken by your jurisdiction to encourage cit izens and bus i nesses to conserve energy. A. The City has passed a City-wide Solar Access Ordinance which guarantees that new struc- tureswill not preclude surrounding neighbors' right to the sun. B. The City has passed a Performance Standards Ordinance which gives density bonus points · for building energy efficient homes. Up to a 40% bonus in density can be earned by pro- vision of building energy efficient homes. These regulatioffiare mandatory in the P-Overlay areas of the City, which are nearly all of the vacant developable land within the City. C. The City has instituted a program where Ashland residents can purchase hot water heater insulated covers to reduce electricity consumed for hot water heating. D. The City through Southern Oregon Regional Services Institute (an institute associated with Southtern Oregon State College) provides the use of the SOSC computer to allow builders to test potential performance of passive solar homes by use of the PASFRAC Computer Program. This service is available to area builders for a minimal fee of $5/house. E. The City provided seed money so that a Passive Solar Design Seminar could be sponsored to inform area builders of the advantages and state of the arts approach to passive solar space heating. The seminar was held in November of'1980, and was co-sponsored by SORSI and the City of Ashland. It was held at Ashland Hills Inn in Ashland. The seminar was sold out and attended by over 200 people. Experts from throughout the state provided tech- nical and practical expertise to the participants. Everyone involved in the Conference generally felt it was a great success and much information on the feasibility and practi- cality of passive design was disseminated. continued, next page I I F. The City Building Dept. will perform energy audits for privately owned homes, commer- cial and industrial uses upon request by the citizens of Ashland. This service is presently provided free of charge by the City. II I 5. What is the principal source(s) of energy used within your facilities i.e., gas, electricity, oil? The City of Ashland has electric, oil, natural gas, and wood as the principal sources that are used within our municipality. City facilities are scattered at the present time but utilize all of the above sources except wood for our own energy sources. As mentioned before, the City's new Justice Center/City Council Chambers under construction on East Main Street has been designed to be partially passively heated. Backup heating needs are provided by heat pumps. 6. Has your jurisdiction implemented any method(s) to measure energy usage in your facilities/equipment? Yes XX No If the answer above is '~es", briefly describe the method(s) used. No, but the energy plan as envisioned by the City's Planning Staff would have looked at this. Background data as to the various energy use componets within the City has already been developed and is available. 7. Has your jurisdiction participated in any other technical assistance program within the last three years which was directed at energy conservation? (For instance, contracts with consultants, federal or state programs, training programs). Yes XX No If the answer above is "yes", please describe the program an~ the extent of your jurisdiction'S participation. II I 8. Has your jurisd1cation applied. to participate in the federal energy audit program for local governments (often called the "schools and hospitals program")? NO (Check all applicable boxes below) We completed a preliminary audit. We have applied for funds for technical assistance study. We have conducted a technical assistance study. XX We haveba2~~ our own audit without outside assistance. We have contracted for an audit using other than federal funds. We have not done an energy audit. and have not applied for funding to perform one. 9. Please list employees and officials from your jurisdiction (by name and title) who will be involved in the technical assistance project should your jurisdication be selected for participation. Brian Almquist, City Administrator John Fregonese, Planning Director Dick Wanderscheid, Associate Planner Bob Nelson, Director of Finance Bernie Krug, Director, Electric Utility Everett Murrell, Building Official . John Great, Building Inspector Don Tingle, Utility Accountant APPLI CATION FOR OOOE DIRECT TECHNI CAL' ASS'ISTANCE PROGRft.1/PART C Selection criteria which will be used to evaluate applications for the technical assistance program are listed ~elow. Please use the space provided under each of these to explain how your city/county has addressed or plans to address that criterion. If your juriSdiction cannot address one or more of the criteria. please explain. Use additional sheets of paper if necessary. Selection Criteria 1. Agreement by the city/county governing body to adopt measures which will reduce energy usage in the.jurisdiction's facilities or in the community or county and which will increase any reduction which has been achieved prior to participation in the technical assistance program. The Council has already adopted a Solar Access Ordinance and a Performance Standards Ordinance which will both save energy. If new legislation can be shown to be effective and cost-effective, the Council will no doubt follow their previous direction and adopt this type of legislation. 2. A demonstrated willingness to share with other local government jurisdictions expertise developed by the applicant. The City has already made PASFRAC available to anyone who wants to use it, through SORSI and SOSC. We have also widely distributed our solar access strategy throughout the western part of the United States. 3. Evidence of strong support from the local governing body for the creation of an on-going energy conservation program where there ;s now no program. (Respond to this item QR Item 4) The City Council has already made development of an Energy Plan a Number 1 priority of the City.s Planning Dept. II I - 4. Evidence of c0fTJTI1tment of the local governtng body for the expansion and improvement of an energy conservation program where one is already established. (Respond to this item QB Item 3) :Refer to #3 , 5. Willingness to give staff or governing body members new or continued authority to undertake development, implementation or improvement of an energy conservation program. Passage of our Solar Access Ordinance and Performance Standard Ordinance shows the committment of the Ashland City Council to strongly support energy ronserving legislation. Also, the Council willingness to underwrite the Passive Solar Design Conference shows they are willing to invest money to 'save energy. The stro~directive from the Council to develop an Energy Plan shows their committment to get the entir.e ~ty involved in energy management. 6. Wi.llingness to commit funds currently avai.lable to the applicant to an on-going energy conservation program. ... The City already committed funds for a Passive Solar Design Conference and the Council has indicated that energy management will be very important in the future. If money is needed to start programs to conserve energy the' Council will no doubt follow through on their committment. We provided money for the Public Power Council Wind Energy Project and development of hydropower at Applegate Dam which further shows the City's committment to wise energy planning. DH:slr 13548 I I ~