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A Resolution of the Council of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the establishment of a County-wide Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (“C-PACE Program) pursuant to Act 30 of 2018; providing for standards and guidelines for the operation of a C-PACE Program within the County; authorizing the County to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the administration of the County’s C-PACE Program; and authorizing the appropriate County officers and officials to create such documents and to such other action as they deem to be necessary and prudent to carry out the purposes of this Resolution.
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Whereas, on June 12, 2018, Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 234 into law as Act 30 of 2018, which is now codified at 12 Pa. C. S. A. § 4301 et seq. (hereinafter “Act 30”); and
Whereas, Act 30 authorized the establishment of a property assessed clean energy program or “C-PACE program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to ensure that owners of agricultural, commercial and industrial land and buildings can obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy projects that is repaid through a charge against the owner’s real property within a district which is levied and collected by the county or municipality that establishes the district; and
Whereas, Section 4303 (1) of Act 30 specifically authorizes a county to establish its own C-PACE program within a defined district by adopting a Resolution or Ordinance and to provide standards and guidelines for the operation of a county C-PACE Program; and
Whereas, in compliance with Section 4303 (2) of Act 30, the County, through its Department of Economic Development, has provided written notice to every municipality within Allegheny County that the County, through action of its Council, intends to establish a C-PACE Program district consisting of the entirety of Allegheny County and to...
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