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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 26, 2018 Page 5 City Manager Casey confirmed it is an annual payment and noted a significant amount of the funding comes from the State. Mayor Faust explained for the viewing audience that this is for retirement for the part-time firefighters. City Manager Casey noted that it was also used as a retention tool for the paid on- call firefighters. 9 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 18- 10 0051; a Resolution Ratifying the Pension Benefits for the St. Anthony Village Firefighters Relief 11 Association. 12 13 Motion carried 4 -0. 14 15 C. Resolution 18 -052; a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign Additional Solar 16 Garden Subscription Agreements with United States Solar Corporation Mark Casey, 17 City Manager, presenting_ 18 19 City Manager Casey reviewed the Council's past action in 2016 to approve Solar Garden 20 Subscription Agreements with United States Solar Corporation and SolarStone Community LLC, 21 which was step 1 in community solar gardens. He explained the City is now at steps 2 and 3 to 22 get this process started. He explained that step 2 is the subscription agreement. 23 24 City Manager Casey stated the third step is to authorize him to sign the Subscriber Agency 25 Agreement and Consent Forms (SAACF) for each of the community solar gardens to which the 26 City has been assigned. It was noted this is an Xcel Energy document that permits them to link 27 the City's utility accounts to the products, thus enabling the process of bill credits. 28 29 City Manager Casey noted the City has approved agreements with United States Solar 30 Corporation and SolarStone; however, the SolarStone solar project site is not currently ready and 31 it is estimated to be operational in 2019. The contract agreements had been reviewed by the 32 legal staff at the Metropolitan Council as well as staff and are recommended for approval. He 33 noted that the agreements for the Council to consider are just for the United States Solar 34 Corporation. 35 36 Councilmember Stille gave a brief explanation of how the tax credit system works with this 37 agreement and noted that 25% of our City facilities are being powered by renewable resources. 38 39 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 18- 40 052; a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign Additional Solar Garden Subscription 41 Agreements with United States Solar Corporation. 42 43 Motion carried 4 -0. 44 45 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 46