HomeMy WebLinkAboutAUTHORIZING RESOLUTION - AEA ResolutionLevelock Village Council
P.O. Box 70/401 Main Street
Levelock, AK 99625
(907) 287-3030
levelockadmin@bbna.com
A Resolution supporting the Levelock Village Council's application to the Alaska Energy
Authority Renewable Energy Fund —Round 15 for financial support to develop a
Reconnaissance Study to assess our current system and other AEA required items and a
Feasibility Study & Conceptual Design to identify how our renewable energy system can be
configured and other AEA specifications to guide development. This effort builds on Levelock's
wind resource assessment, which recommended wind -battery storage configuration with a grid -
forming converter.
WHEREAS, the Levelock Village Council is a federally recognized Tribal entity in the State of
Alaska and is the governing body for the community of Levelock
WHEREAS, the Levelock Village Council created our utility, Levelock Electrical Cooperative,
Inc., and works collaboratively with our utility; and
WHEREAS, the Levelock Village Council is actively developing a fish processing facility, which
will require substantial power; and
WHEREAS, the fish processing plant will be much more profitable if the additional power
needed is not provided by diesel fuel; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council is taking the lead to also develop a renewable energy system to
power the plant and the community; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council also supports our community's efforts to reduce its dependence
on fossil fuel; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund is seeking applications for
eligible renewable energy projects through the Renewable Energy Fund —Round 15 to produce
cost-effective renewable energy for heat and power to benefit Alaskans statewide; and
WHEREAS, Levelock has not previously developed renewable energy projects, for this effort it
will:
- Designate Alex Tallekpalek, Tribal Council President as our communities' Point of Contact;
- Rely on an experienced consultant/contractor, Intelligent Energy Systems, LLC, to serve in
the role of Project Manager. The contractor's cost quotation, team resumes and contact
information is included as an attachment to our application.
Require reports from the contractor and provide them along with an oversight report to AEA
to ensure all grant funds will be expended on costs directly related to the performance of
the scope of work and administration and reporting of grant activities.
Rely on Pati Crofut, a highly experienced grants manager and rural utility accounting
consultant and trainer to ensure the project accounting is done to AEA requirements.
Rely on the contractor/consultant to provide local employment opportunities to train and
collect data and obtain temporary labor services by coordinating with the local point of
contact, as it has done with other communities the contractor/consultant has worked with.
WHEREAS, Levelock will provide matching funds in the form of local housing and transportation
for the contractor, and further certifies that this match is not being used for any other State of
Alaska grant.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Levelock Village Council hereby supports this
application to the Renewable Energy Fund —Round 15 and authorizes Alex Tallekpalek, tribal
president to represent us as an applicant for our efforts to apply for, secure, and obtain funding
to invest in renewable resource development.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Levelock Village Council is in good standing with
respect to its existing credit and federal tax obligations.
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Levelock Village Council commits to provide the matching
resources for the project at the match amounts indicated in the application.
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Levelock Village Council authorizes those individual(s) signing
the application have the authority to commit Levelock Village Council to the obligations under
the grant.
CERTIFICATION. The following resolution was passed and apprggved by a duly convened
meeting of the Levelock Village Council tribal council. This 2, rle'hlay of 1 U&10!fO22 by a
vote of (yes) (no) (abstaining)
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